hyml’wo- Scarlel' and Black .IINNILL COLLEGE filianl. low- A weekly newspaper published each rrida of the col- lege year by the Gin-men committee on sru en! runlicn. tions. Represented for nulonal Advertising by National Ad- vertising Service, trio, Couege Publlshers Representative, is cost 50th Street, New York 21. are paid at Grinneli. lows. sub: N '1. Second class post. ption me $5.00 per school year. lain paid sunscnririons. EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER ASSOCIATE EDITORS mm“: iDlTOR SPORTS mrron nun PHOTOGRA EXCHANGE EDITOR . , SPECIAL ASSISTANT 10 THE CIRCULATION MANAGER . heron-risks... , . , Pun ciiul, John Wol! , . untold Fuson Bob liodlrrne, sire Twlor Wayne stengei steve Casey . Tom uanmrn sure my . Klren Adklnxon chandler Motmnln , , Doug McCormrc, Arthur Yellln, JflmEs uerzog, Alan Axelmd. Glen Ashmon, Kris Nash Jeanette Mali, connie siinon. Don \Vinney. shsron sneumsuer, Lynn uenzier PHOTOGRAPHERS . corv srnrr . John Phillips, Steve snender. Henry wiuielni Sue usrauist. carol Jensen, Ellen Wernick. nn sirnonsen, ueien Hotscinw, Amy postman. Karen Summers. Donna Koiilainen, Clrll uugan, srours usmurzus BUSINESS sure Janice uni-i, Kcndsit Vicionne. bunny Hunt . Dick Lovell, Nick Nouns, ruin his; _ Mlml Maduru, siisnn wui Cleaver: Ship 'Em Back Theory Mighl' Well Work Both Ways To the Edito ' A rough and rapid content analye ll: of the last 5&3 discloses that the most urgent question confront- ing this community at scholars is student government. 1 wish to wmmend one student, however, who seems to have got hold of I matter that is also rather impor- tant: race relations, l refer to a letter by a student who expresses his earnest desire that I. fellow student could be lhipped back to Africa, inasmuch as the latter finds disagreeable present arrangements for the Ne- gro in the United States. I admire the letter writer’s capacity to see beyond the affairs of the parish; but I would quibble with him at a couple of points. First, the student he refers to is not from Africa, but from New York, New York; nevertheless, the suggestion that he change his home is of the some order or gene erosity as that tendered to his an- cestors in Africa a century and a half ago. Second, although he is correct in noticing that the white "popu- lar majority” has generally been able to “enforce r . , reason” (as it has defined reason) on its “pig- mented iriends," he might not have noticed a current theory that the form that reason takes might sometimes be questionable For example, it is pointed out by those who hold to this theory that the popular majority has de~ Cliled (l) to guarantee the right to vote to all citizens regardless of race, creed, or previous condition of servitude; and (Z) to use state troopers, horses, sheriffs, police dogs, hilly clubs, dirty jokes, ser- mons, curses, tear gas, economic pressure, whips, eniorced illiter- acy, hiizzings by automobiles, orv gunized humiliation, fire, fire hoses, spit, intimidation and vio- lence against children, law, iron chains used as lashes, bombs, bul- The sets prints only signed letters to the editorr If a writ- er wishes his name to be withheld [ram pubiicntion, he should place his letter in box 1234 rather than the 5&8 hoxr Although the 5&3 attempts to use every legitimate let- ter, we reserve the right to shorten any letter. All letters to the editor should be typed and double spaced. lets, brick-bats (the list is partial and merely suggestive) to prevent Negro citizens from voting. Perhaps this is why the popular majority seems so curiously un- popular in Selma these days, mough no doubt people should ac- cept such everyday irritations in good grace. But, perhaps also we of the white majority ought not to be surprised if some logic—chop- pers find such an allegedly contra. dictory pair of decisions puzzling and even upsetting Charles Cleaver English Peter Head's Wit Descends on Wall To the Editor: Mr. Wolf should he applaud— ed for his penetrating analysis of the FCSA. He has a pai‘ticw larly keen awareness or jus- tice, indicated by his assump- tion that surely one adminisv trator, involved directly with inter 'ewing students and de- termi ng the necessity of dis- cipline, is best qualified to view the evidence and assign a penalty. We should also ap» preoiate Mrr Wolf's journalis» tic openrml’ndedness and hue mility in assuming: 1) That anyone interested in student affairs (particularly faculty members) must subscribe tn the Scarlet and Black; 2) If any college organization is to function properly it must in form the 5&3 of all its activi- ties. preferably by means of a personal interview, When you consider the fact. that the FCSA has had only token re- sponsibil ‘es in the past few months, this latter request seems quite reasonable, Finally we must commend Mr. Wolf for his democratic separation of powers at Grin. nell. The administration must punish, the faculty must teach and certainly the students‘ only role is to passively accept the products of both, Obviously we are not a community with similar concerns, so why he pretentious? Faculty, return to the classrooms. Administrar tion. return to arbitrary au- Lhoritarianism; and students, don’t expect sympathy from anyone but yourselves. Pete Rend SCARLET AND BLACK Letters . . . Friday. Much II, "II Miss Herman Questions Grinnell's ‘liberal' Position To the Editor: It has become more and more apparent to me in the past few months the distance and lack of sensitivity that the students of this “liberal" in- stitution have toward the real goal of the Negro in American society and in particular the problem on this campus, There is an assumption here that we are all concerned and sensitive to the sufferings of a large body of our population, and so the attempt is made at Grinnell by “assimilation" and “inclusion” to show that we care about them as persons. The problem to which I'm ree ferring is manifested in a very subtle attitude by the way in which students try to achieve this end of “assimilation" and “inclusion" Last week Doug McCormac expressed this feeling overtly, but for the most part. I think this attitude is an unconscious one. The fact is that we all have become so aware of the general problem >— it is some thing which hits us in the face everyday - that it is very very hard to get away from the externals. By this I mean that it becomes extremely difficult to forget that one is relating to a Negro and accept him solely as the person that he is. When this happens, people be- come overly conscious of their positions and tend to exag- gerate their "liberalism" in a subtle benevolence which be- comes paternalistic and con- descending. This kind of utr Quad Protected by lights, Watchmen The Quad has received in. creased protection in recent weeks following several cases of stealing and reports of prowlers around south cam- pus. Lighting to the east end west of the quad has been in- creased in intensity. Accord. ing to Evan Walden, director of the physical plant, a new permanent lighting system will be inslalled soon so that "prowlers can be detected," Walden said that there have been reports of several prowl. ers and that the lighting is de~ signed to discourage these peo— ple, “especially the youngsters from town." In another move to secure the quad from outside entry, _ B&G has cut down the tree on the norm end of the loggia ' which a student used to Climb to the loggia roof in two recent quad break-ins. Walden said the tree "had been under sus- picion {or quite awhile because several branches were broken; it wasn't any good, anyway, so we took it out.” Also, a second night watchv man has been assigned to the quad patrol for the past two or three weeks. According to Walden. a second night Watch- man is "used now and then" when the situation merits it, titude is the most profound at- front to human dignity that exists. On this campus, this attitude has made itself felt so strongly that the Negroes have respond- ed in some cases with justified disdain and in others with heart-rending apology. An in cident occurred very recently where a Negro felt obliged to make two other students aware oi her presence because she happened to be overbearing a conversation in which she felt something might be said to hurt her and that she did. not want to hear. When confronted by the students and assured that they were in full sympathy with her situation, she said, “Well, I just don’t know who to believe anymore. When I first heard about this place, it was supposed to be so wonder- ful. But since I've been here, so many things have happened and that letter Friday just made me cry. 1 just wish 1 could make people understand that I can’t help that my skin is dar .” Here, at Grinnell College, someone has to apologize for what they are — for what they cannot help. How reassuring we must be — how manifestly we must show our respect for people as individuals — for hu- man dignity. I think some seri- ous questioning must be done by each one into the_basis for his assumed “liberal" positionr Mary Herman McCormac Slates He Is Misunderstood; Racial Problem Not All Black and White To the Editor: Perhaps. I am an intemper- et- racist. as condemning brown have accused me. I have to admit that if all colored people were ushered to some remote corner. the racial sit- uation would be ideal in Amer- icar Likewise, however, Aristotle’s logic compels me to admit that if the whites were purged from ' the earth. a similar ease and welcome peace would ensue—l an ideal state so novel that Plato could not recognize it. Contemporary e v i d e n c e seems to indicate. though, that when one group finally exits. the other will be in close pur- suit: that result might be most ideal of all. But. as Spinoza In such In Existential flux. then (not to mention a mettle physical confusion). the meas— ure of an attitude should not be made by the number of bias- antly evocative words in a sen- tence. My letter of last week was a parody~ parody on those who would know the racial conflict and would know what is needed to satisfy Black and White, Mr. Gray, in all his fury. may know better than anyone else: that it’s something more than a virgin princess for each lusty black boy. More, also, than a pleasant environment for young blonde faces to smile through. in any case. my font of wis- dom has run dry with the above observations, and I hereby wash my already-white hands never said, this is the only of all at further controversy. possible worlds Doug McCormac