Fri .9. Fobrvuy in. ms SCARLET AND ILACK Pa. flirt. Coed Urges New School Calendar Conform to Summer Job Chances To the Edltor: I would like to express an opinion about the new proposal lor the 1965- 66 academic calendar. I am cer- tainly in favor at having examina- tions belore Christmas vacation, because I have long telt the futility of attempting to study at home during Christmas vacation. From past experience, i have round that students arrive home tor the holi- days tar more exhausted, both physically and mentally. than at any other time during the year. it has always seemed to be quite unrealistic tor the faculty to as- sign papers during this convales- cent period. 1 do hope that some provision Will be made so that seniors will be able to arrive early on campus “1 January to study or Comps. As I have said above, it is difficult to concentrate on studies during the holidays at home, But most impor- tant, it is many times imperative to use the library while preparing Editor Gets Letter On Identity Crisis To the Editor: As Grinnell parents for the past four and a half years and with the anticipation or keep» ing that status for another four and a half years, we have been interested readers of the Scar- let and Black. We enclose an article from the SL Louis Post Dispatch of January 22, 1965, written in an. swer to an editorial on possible causes at the Berkeley difficul- ties. It presents a very differ- ent yet possibly perceptive as- pect of the many faceted Camp— us unrest problem. We've read some other side5#how about this one? May you have the tumult. The Robert E. Deterings Wl-lo AM 1? Your editorial “Nobody Knows My Name” should be entitled “I Do Not Know My Name." If the behavior or people is to be divined then there must be a genetic un- derstanding at» them. Nothing new is happening to the young Amer- icali intellectual, he is only adapt- mg or misadopting to the times as he always has and will. The extol-ti Dictionary states state adolescence continues to age 25 in a man and 21 in a woman. In this age of equality of the sexes you can see that it should be age 25 for both. Erik Erikson, profes sor ot psychology at Harvard Uni- versity, has called this period an "identity Cl’tsis.” From 12 to 25 llolll the body and the mind are changing and it takes the greatest efi t for this young person to ac- colllnlodate to these changes. peace amid This physical and mental change , causes the g1 .‘sltcst confusion in the young person so that doesn't know who he is." concerned with What his body looks like, ivlltil, kind of thoughts he has, what is his place in the \‘lDt’ltl, what kind of World does he live in. untl What is to become of him. To those who work Closely \titli the mental life of this age period it is clearly “the period of normal insanity." To avoid grappling with the inr iicl' lol‘tul’ s of this period the young pc- n puts his conflict out- sule of him livid then struggles \H(l1 it. in lllls \id}, “I do not. know ”he . He is? ror Comps since many departments require a great dealor reserved reading. Also, it will be practically impossible to begin extensive prep— aration tor Comps involving re- served reading beforc Christmas Vacation since we will be in the midst of final examinations, A third point is that it will be rather inconvenient to Carry home so many books. Literature majors would never make it. I am disturbed about classes beginning September 6, Labor Day. It had never dawned on me that Grinnell College would ever begin classes on a national holiday when it is practically a national habit to begin the academic year after this date. As a result, in applying for summer jobs. l committed myselr to staying through Labor Day. I have applied to summer resorts. It seems to me that I can correctly say that most summer jobs expect college students to arrive the sec. ond week in June and to stay through Labor Day. This is par ticularly the case with national park and resort jobs. For example, Glacier National Park requires its employees to work irom June 15 to September 15. And I would be willing to say that many Grin- nell students work in jobs which have these stipulations. Therefore, I do not understand Dean Stauss' statement, as reported in the 5&3, that employment would be easier if school were to and earlier. I rattler think that the reverse is true. I think that it would be a good idea if students whose summer employment is affected by the new calendar proposal would write to Mr. Siauss. After all, most of us do help finance our education through summer employment. Georgia Mickey myself” becomes “nobody knows me.” Revolutions occurring within him become revolutions outside of him. It is no different today. Thir- ty years ago they were “young lett~ ists or Communists.” With matur- ity and a settlement or the mental lire, they become capitalists. The University of California at Berkeley affair is only another cul- tural manifestation of this prob~ lem. Less turbulent cultural out- lets include the eating ot goldfish and panty raids. Democracy is not anarchy. Any situation can be seen as oppression especially to the adolescent mind. To live together niles must be obeyed, Change must take place through discussion. evolun'on and not revolution. Control must be maintained and discipline is news sary. Certainly students must be met, issues discussed and compro- lniscs made. However, in a peripheral way, adults and institutions must set limits for adolescents. There is freedom within these limits. liobert .i. Corday Mil). Assistant Professor Psychiatry St. Louis University ) Poll (Continued (mm Page 1) found interim heiprul in studying for Camps, 23 didn't find this to be the case, and one person missed that question. 84 seniors said that interim was more useful than Christmas vaca- tion for studying tor comps. Only 33 felt they could have studied as well during Christmas, and six didn’t answer. on the tinal question or the poll. 175 students indicated that may had gone to at least one lecture by Booth or Schwab even though it was not a lecture for his or her class. 434 people said they had not gone to one such lecture. The poll was taken by 323 women and 330 men. A breakdown by class and so): appears to the right. Political Selection Calls for Reforms “Obstacle Course on Capitol Hill," which calls for institu- tional reforms of the United States Congress, has been se» lected as the February—March Book-Of-the-Month by Grin- nell's Program in Practical Political Education. Using the long—standing and still unresolved issue of federal aid to education as the organiz- ing theme or the book, Author Robert Bendiner blames the "mechanical arrangements" of Congress — the seniority sys< tem. filibuster, undemocratic rules and procedures, etc, — for the frustration of the public Will and the failure of needed legislation. “This case-study of congres- sionlal action and inaction is particularly appropriate and il- luminating now that the focus of public attention has shifted from the presidential campaign to the Congress," observed C. Edwin G i l m o u r (political science), director of the. PPPE. Quartet Will Give Concert Tomorrow Compositions by H a y d n, Swift, and Beethoven Will be played by the Lenoir Quartet at Grinnell College tomorrow night in a concert scheduled for 7:30 in Roberts Theatre, The Haydn Quartet in E—t’lat Major, 0p. 64, No, 6, will open the program, iollowed by Swift’s Quartet No. 3, composed last year, and the Beethoven Quartet in E Minor, 0p. 59 No. 2, The Lenox group, which is in its third season as quartet-lib residence at the college, in- cludes Peter Marsh and Their dora Mantz, violins; P aul Hersh, viola; and Donald MC- Call, Cello. VAL AIR BALLROOM DES MOINES Every Saturday Starting Sort, Feb. 20“! "ROCK-N-CAMPUS" NITE For the COLLEGE and YOUNG ADULT Crowd Ago IV and Over Featuring the Best in 'ROCK' Music Adm. SLDO —— Dancing 9 to IZ:30 Dress Up Rules Will Apply o .si 4246 as as .59 37 57 6 .81 ii 72 . sl 40 52 . 55 as . Do «or» mil tho malty docislm to or interim! . on w reel that you benefitedhntellectually mm the llitodm? , old you read one or more books this lnterlmi . Do you think there should have been assigned praise-u dunno one interim . Did you leave campul for more than one day at any trim during on. year'- intenm? , Freshmen old you no to on. or more lecture. given by wayne Booth? . Sophomores: Did you go to one or more lecture: given uy Joseph Schwaur . Junlors. Did you rind interim a good time to study for ILA? . Juniors: Coulo you have studied as well tor the JLA over the Chi-Dunn ore-kl . seniors: old you lino interim a Rood time to study tor comm . Seniors: Coutd you have studied as well tor comps over the Girlstma‘l break? . Everyone. Did you go to any lecture1 by noon. or sohwab even thuuah they were not let-lures tor your class? 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