SCARLET AND BLACK Scarlet and ‘Black GRINNELL COLLEGE Grlnnollr low: A weekw newspaper published eath Friday or lhe col» lege year by the orinnel committee on student Publica- nons. Eepresenled lor national ndverrislniz by National Ad» venising service, inc, College publishers Representnllva. IS Ens! SDlh Street, New York 22, NY. Second class DDS:- nge paid or Grinnell, Iowa, subscription rate 55.00 per school ywl’. lsoo paid subscripiions. .. John Wall . . l-lurnld rusnn Bob Hodierne, sue lelnr , . wuyne srengel . sieve cascy . Tom Hartman . sum hey nren Adkinson Eur-Ton BUSINESS MANAGER . assocure EDITORS renruns EDITOR sronrs EDITOR ., HEAD YHO’I'OGRAPHER EXCHANGE comm SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE EDITOR , CIRCULATION MANAGER . . Chandler Morin-inn REPOR‘IERS . Pam clay, Anne ant-r, ick Chedy, Doug Mccurniac, Gerald Goddard, .lnines Herzag, Allln Axelrod Glen Ashnion, Kris Nash, .lenrieue Mnli, Connie slrnon, min inney, snurnn sheuinaher .lohn Phl|lins, sieve shenrler, Henry wilnelm sue pnrqulsl, carol Jensen, EHen Wei-nick, Ami sininnsen, Helen noiselnw, Amy hessinan, Koren summers, Donna hotllninen, onrli nu-nn, Janice nehl, Kendall Viclnrlne, Bunny uni Dick Lovell, Nick Nouns, rnul Tngg . Minii Mndaru, Susan Wlli PHOTOGRAPHERS COYY STAFF .. , SPDRTS REPORTERS . BUSINESS sure The FCSA We don’t quite understand why the faculty, through the Faculty Committee on Student Affairs, has taken upon itself to administer law and order on the Grinnell campus. What troubles us most is that, unlike administration of- ficials, we can’t even talk to the FCSA. To be sure, we did receive a vague written statement on the committee‘s duties that appeared in the first issue of the 5&3 after Christmas, but we have never been granted an interview. To heighten our irritation, in its most recent statement the FCSA observed that its lninutes show that the committee had indeed made a recommendation on the problem of ju 's- diction at a January meeting and that the problem was dis- cussed at other meetings Then the report blasts the students: “Student ignorance of this fact does not excuse the charges that have been made against the committee.” Still, the FCSA has consistently refused to discuss the business of its meetings with the 5&3. Our records show that three of the eight FCSA members do not subscribe to the 8&8, which does at least give an indi- cation of present campus attitudes. Are not the non-subscrib- ers failing to inform themselves of Student Affairs, even though such information is easily available? Finally, we just cannot see why any faculty member would want to get involved in an undertaking that adds so greatly to a schedule that apparently has most professors teaching too many classes. So let’s give up on the FCSA and give back to the admin- istration that which the administration says it possesses— the right to judge student conduct. The actions of the admin- istration, at least, are understandable, even if not agreed with, .lW A New Love for This Modern Romantic Paul Roberts Friday. March 5. l9“ Roberts Rules Of Disorder it came to pass, in a land in; the cold and bleak regions of Scandinavia, that there lived a race of exceeding tall and fair people, noted ror their good-l nature and slow wit, And it also came to pass that there lived among these people an exceeding short and dark youth noted for his foul- nature and quick wit. ' nature was far from pleasing, the King, tall and slow-witted, Was able to perceive some worth in having such a person as counsel, And so the King made the little man Chief Counsel, a great honor indeed for one so young. And, it being a time of war, to negotiate a complex but valued treaty. And, as so rare- ly happens in government, the Chief Counsel was the person best able to negotiate the treaty, for not only was he the fastest Wit in the natlon, but the tar southern land was a land of his own people. The Emperor of the southern land, a mighty potentate, was surprised when he saw the counsel sent to him by his friends of the North. He was surprised by the Counsel’s youth. He was surprised by the Counsel’s stature. And, most of all, he was surprised by the Counsel’s complexion. The Emperor was surprised, but impressed and much in- clined to be amenable to the quick wit also, could not resist a little humor in a business so serious. Said he, “Does your King send to me, a mighty po~ ientate, a beardless youth to ne- gotiate so complex and valued a treaty?” And the youthful Counsel, being of foul-nature, said, “Had my King known that you im- puted wisdom to a heard, he most certainly would have sent a goat." Now one can only go so with an emperor, a mighty tentate, and it seemed that Counsel had gone too far, forthwith the Emperor had youth’s head removed. Which all goes to prove even if you are of exceeding quick wit, among you own kind, and far p0- [he {or the it fell upon the Chief Counsel And while this youth's {dull to travel to a far southern landi requests of the northern nation. The Emperor, being or e favorably received; nobody likes a foulvi-iature. Sieve Shender A Parable 0/ Just Deserts ' One day, under a glaring sun, in the middle of a scorched desert, a young scientist, an elderly philosopher, and a camel driver chanced to meet. “Where are you going?” asked the camel driver. “Why, my good man," replied the philosopher, “that isn’t a relevant question atall. It matters little where I am going as i haven’t gotten there yet. Rather, you should inquire as to where l have been in order to discover the relationship between my previous situation and my present, more tan- glble (even it just as much transient) locus. In this way, through an orderly investigation or all relaled properties you would be able to understand the sig- nlncancc of my being independent or any tempor- ary goal.” “I am researching,” said the young scientist. "i am not going anywhere, Being here is important in itself. Who knows what I may discover,” he said and began sitting the sand with a sieve, “ineVltably,” replied’the philosopher to the sci- entist, “you will discover the limits of your knowl- edge. It is necessary to divorce oneself from lhe immediate in order to gain a complete vision. one cannot know; one can only speculate. The essence lol the problem is to remain apart and malntclln one’s objectivity. in the course of events one Will undoubtedly find that once solid connectlons become tenuous and that things once considered periecl lice come flawed. in any case, one must remain flex- able.” « "The more you know," replied the scientist, “the more accumie your entire picture becomes." “And indeed, more difficult to assemble," nn- swered the philosopher. "That is why i am here. Someone must discover lhe relationship of the parts to the whole, But it must be done without involve ment with any one of the parts. Such an involve- menr would tend [0 result in a biased universal, an immersion of the whole in the single pail. it one truly seeks veritas, one must seek it in comparative darkness." “I say," Said the sclenllst. who had not been listening, “this is ouicksandl Help me get out!" “Darkness,” repeated the philosopher. “Darkness is unfortunately lhe suit! true conceptions are made need one ray at a time, or else we become lost in the chaos oi many. We can accept only so much mVla at any given moment. else we become drowned in it.” “I say, help!” screamed lhe young scientist, “Drowned, yes I said drowned,” continued the philospher smiling beatificially. “In the scheme of the universe, the surprising is commonplace and in- iinity is the yardstick. We can only hope to grab some solid object, to reach some high ground in order to maintain, it only for a moment, a stale oi stability in a situation in which the norm is ilux. In this way, and only in this way, may we gain an understanding or the true order of nature." “Help," screamed the Scientist, trying to grab the philosophers leg. The camel driver, who finally was awakened by the scientist's anguished cry leaped to the ground and hurried over to him. To~ gather with the philosopher, whom he aroused irom his reverie. he helped the scientist out or (he quicksand. “We may indeed iii-ill that there is nothing solid outside at ourselves,” said the philosopher as the scienllst was Wiping the muck from his clothing. “in which case we must turn in upon our own be- ing for the stability necessary to ‘draw order 1mm ihe Chant": universe about us." ”My goodness," said the scientist, picking up his sieve again, “I shall have to do my research some where else . , . perhaps that dune over there.” “You will iiiid nothing but quicksarld my good man," replied lhe philosopher. “One can which stand the essence of that hill from here much bet- ter than when one is immersed in it. The meme physical interrelation of the integral parts is berler appreciated at a distance; the whole is apparent only to the detached.” The camel driver had mounted again and was whipping his animal into motion. As he picked his way around the quicksand that the solentlst had inllen into, the philosopher and the scientist choruscd. “Wait, yoll haven't told us where you‘re going." The camel driver contemplated the vastness or the desert in (rent or him. “To get out or ibis of. We tend to be blinded by too much light. We damned heat," he replied, and rode all. And he (lid. 27 Freshmen Named To Tassels, Hermils Robert Halienbelg, Russell Heuck-iTownel'. Susan will, a second se- endm Raymond Hm, Robe" i mester ireshman, is also a mem< Kalz, l=i-ederic McDowell, Rogeril’e“ May, hober: Nelson and Robert" Wells. ‘ The Tassels, honored at a run- ner Wednesday night, are Rosanne ‘_ Tassels, the two ii-eshman scholas-[Bgssl Cami graham. Mam tic honorary groups. binndis, Kathleen Ellrllham, Chosen for l-lcriiihs were Mich Janet Deyo, Anne Fan-er, Anneltel ael Asthalter, William Beeman,’Gould, Nancy Linder, Eleanorl Glen Beyer, Ronald Cogswcll, Ed Pall), Barbara Rochkind, Lurellal Fourteen freshman men and 13 freshmen women have been se- lected as members of Hermlts and ward Dlllgiliall, Dale Di-eyfuss, Smith, 'nda Stlliler and Susan: , , ,. .. ,. . li-i- ii i lili Ned Donahue (speech livid lhealer) who spent last semes- ler leaching drama at LeMoyl-le College, Memphis, Tenn., will discuss his experiences at e coiieehonr at 4 pm. Tuesday in South Lounge of the Forum The coffeehour is sponsored by the board or Religion.