!a Four ICARLIT AND ILACK ‘ Friday, ch 1 9" Girls Think Grinnell Restricts Student Activity lo the Editort Those individuals responsible r the planning of the new udent Forum wen thought~ l: they allowed for tremen- IDuI creative potential in its . We as students appreciate El: potential, Therefore, we are mayed when it is limited: we ould like to see the college en- :ourage student a r o ativity ‘ Nether than restrict it. tlecently two students were gar to share with the college mmunity a unique creative Weavor. The social coordi- nating committee gave its l'ir ncial support to the “Faces Mexico” photographic ox- 'bit. Beyond that point, how- er, instead of encourage- ent, the photographers in- , lved encountered obstacles at every turn. In order to exhibit their pic- tures in an integral form, negtr tiations had to be made with the Forum director. Settlement was finally reached, but unfor- tunately, it left antagonism on both sides. Once up, the exhibv it, has been enjoyed by students and faculty alike. From the be- ginning, however, its effective— ness has been marred by the hanging of posters underneath. This, in itself. might be toler- ated. But after two weeks (even though the exhibit was designated by the social calen- dar for the entire month), the bullfight sequence—flan integral part at the exhibit—was re- moved, thus destroying all ar- tistic wholeness of the exhibit. The decision was made to place the poster—which could easily have been hung else» For All Your PASTRY NEEDS DANISH MAID ' where—at the expense of the exhibit: without permission of the photographers or the social coordinating committee. We feel that this action, typical in its arbitrariness, wail unjusti- fied and provocative at the very least, We protest it. As Grinnell students we are often criticized for our appar- ent unwillingness to rise above mediocrity. Mediocrity will conv tinue when efforts to shine are almost inevitably thwarted, We are disappointed at such seem- ing ambivalence toward stu- dent creativity. Rather than an attitude or contining attempts at creativity. we would like to see originality watched and en- couraged joyously and with pride. Therefore, a re-evalua- tion is called for to bring pol- icy to a level consistent with what the college stands for. Krys Neuman Ann Thompson Rev. George Webber, Di- rector of the East Harlem Protestant ' P a r i s h; will speak in Herrick Chupel' Sunday-morning at 11:00. His sermon will concerts in- ner.city projects, for which the East Harlem Protestant Parish is usually considered a leader. Have you ever questioned whether there was a BEST lime to "art saving? If you have. you'p'mbnbly still hmn'l .nswmd the question to your utistection. aui thm t. In nnmt _ li'. RIGHT NOW. There is no better time to start saving your money than this very ma. meni. 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E E E E and loan A ssociation 1025 Main Street I Grinoell, town 0 Phone 515 236-312] llllllltltlllllllltIllllllllllllllllllhlllltllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll||||lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll'llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll . McDonald Replies To Most Everyone To the Editori After careful reading of the SH! 0! the past lew weeks i feel the need to make a remark 01' two before the contributors to the “Letters to the Editor" column lose all sense of pro- portion. First or all, with regard to Herzog’e opinion of student government, perhaps some of the purposes of our time spent in college should be re-stated. The process of obtaining an ed- ucation is basically an egotisti- cal affair. Part of this process, for those with galloping cases or self-importance, involves playing around in student poli- tics. Fortunately, most stu- dents are apathetic to student politics and do not interlere with the game. There is no point in taking the game away from those who wish to play it, No one Advocates the removal of games which other students engage in. Since the obtaining of a col- lege diploma is a basic qualiti- cation to .be fulfilled before one canfio anything useful in life, students should do whatever they wish to make their Shel» tered environment more inter- esting. This probably includes thmwing snowballs through windows (in answer to Mr. Kurasch) or writing letters to the newspaper with the pur— pose of stirring up the sensitive emotions of various people (in answer to Mr. Cleaver). There may be limits which should be applied to some of the games students engage in, but I won- der what they are. Perhaps we would all he bet- ter off if We went back to our copies of Palmer, Samuelson, etc., and didn't bother With these games. However, we would probably soon become cases for our inadequate coun- selling services. John McDonald The Management of THE LANTERN oxpreslel Great Gratitude to than who helped redecorat- 909 [read SP. Adelman for 'Sporl'ing Life” To the Editors While sitting in the Forum recently, i happened to even hear two professors discussin‘ the merits or inter-collegiate athletics. Both believed that the administration and silk dents were placing too much emphasis upon such an unre- warding endeavor, and that the college could use the fund: for higher or nobler purposes while students could use the time for intellectual pursuits. This conversation exempli- fies the attitude of many on the Grinnell campus. One can see that the number of students in- terested and dedicated enough to engage in inter-collegiate athletics has been on the down- swing during the past iew ren- sons. ' John Piitsch, head basketball and assistant football coach, defines the problem, “It's not only that the number of stu- dents out for inter-collegiate sports has declined over the last two years. Perhaps more serious than this is the fact that those who are out to com- pete, generally speaking, have lost their competitiveness and devotion. Their aim seems to be to stay on the squad, in— stead of to help the squad win.” This letter is designed to serve as a reminder of the values of athletic pal‘ticipa‘ tion. This participation should be strongly encouraged in an environment like ours. The ac- tivity itselt offers a pleasant change of pace to a life 0: solid studying, the physical ex- ertion offers a chance to rid Oneself of natural aggressions and emotions, and also it en- ables one to meet others out- side of one’s hall who are de- voted to an identical aim. The case Should not be over- Stated nor the benefits of ath- letics over-emphasized. Grin- nell makes the facilities avail- able, but unfortunately they are being ignored by many who could gain immensely. More participants, not spec, tutors, more people to join the athletics and not to watch them, should be encouraged by a proper atmosphere. Ken Adelman THE KNIT SHOP 1701 Elm St. Closing Out Sale All prices greatly reduced Odd lot table - Half Price