SCARLET AND BLACK Friday. April 9. ms Scarlet and Black GRINNKLL COLLEGE Grinnell. law: A weekly newspaper published each rndny of the cal iege year by the Grinnell caiumuioe on Student Publica- lions. Represented for national advertising by National Ad- Venlsing Service, Inc.. ovileue Publishers depreseurallve. 18 East 50:11 Slreet, New York 22, NY, second class post- Ige paid a: Grinncll. Iowa. subscripilau me 5500 per school ye . law paid subscripriuhs. 1v" "u r (tr e y {a VRESS m USINESS MANAGER ASSOCIATE EDITORS FEATURE EDITOR . SPORTS EDITOR , SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE EDITOR Knrflll Adkinson CIRCULATION MANAGER W Chlndlzr Moi-111nm REPORTERS. ,. Pam Clay, Ann: I‘nrrer, Dick Chady, Doug McCormnc. Gerald Goddard, James Harlot. All" Axeh'od, . .lolu. rhiuire, Steve Slander, nenry wliuehu . Sue buqulsf. Cami Je‘men, Ellen Wei-nick, Ann smudge", "den Halwllw, Amy Rossmln. kureu Sui-mm naunu Immune-1,07” bum, mice 13th Kendall Vicmnn'e. Bunny Hunt Dick Lovell Nick Non-s, Paul meg _ mu Madam, Silvm wui John Wall . i-icrold rusou nob nodieme, sue lelnr Wayne slungel sieve Casey Tom nunman San lacy PHOTOGRAPHLRS COPY sure Irons REPORTERS , business sure Micro—Musings There was a lot that could have been editorialized about this week There was the search for a new college president, the Viet Nam situation, men's off-campus housing, the psychological services offered at Grinnell, the meaning of Easter, proctors, the new student govern- ment, the U. S. space program, the proposed new wo- men’s dormitory, the faculty tenure system at Grinnell, civil rights, the 1965-66 school calendar, and Waldo Walker’s retirement from the administration. It was an interesting mingling of topics —- local, national-world, and universal. It seemed like a good time to create some new terms, so we named these three editorial topics micro-problems, macro-issues, and mega-concerns, respectively. After creating these names, it seemed appropriate to editorialize about these various topics, thereby concerning ourselves with even another topic, which we won’t bother to name here, To get started, it should be pointed out dust the 5&3 has at times been accused of not liberating its readers’ minds from parochial affairs (micro-prob- lems). Our defense is that our rambling on macro—issues or mega~concerns would be an unimaginative extension of the academic method of second-hand research com- plemented by often- useless insights The concern of the S&B is with first- hand gath- ering of facts on Grinnell 5 current micro problems and presentation of our research and of our consequent pro- posals. This type of editorlal should have mole mean- ing for both the reader and the writer. The 3&3 will continue to present a broader View of the macro-world than is manifested in Grinncll, Iowa. This view is certainly more dramatic, Our Selma issue is an indication at our desire to present macro- and mega-viewpoints. But we think that our editoiial opinion is most constructively ielt' in the world of Grinnell micro- prob— lems Editolializing is among the few practical efforts that can be made in our micro- -world dedicated to mega» concepts of macro- maybe. Fly That By One (time Time, Fellows To the Editor: sis the answer? Is this tauto- We have been disturbed byllo ? As Gilbert twllted in The the current trend toward in- M ado: unity — the irrelevant gobble, “ ‘Is it a Weakness of intel- degook presented by what we lect. Birdie?’ I cried. know are Seminole minds. ‘Or a rather tough wol‘m in Based an the prosuppositioniyour liule inside?’ that. this fine, liberal arts iii-‘ With a shake ol his poor litr stitution should produce scholr tlc head he replied, arly, gentry minds instead of ‘Dh, WllloW, filwllluw, crec, g dilettanti, we wish lowl’ " more time were spent on this Should we remain oblivious than the fuzzy-minded thinking to the cries of wild birds? No, or :1 few, The rapid:mlneled we shouldn't. They are our bourgeoisie have been small friends. But everyone should shopkeepers mo, Recent court precn. Perhaps here lies the dealslons have shown that crux of the problem. How deep can superliciallly Aves end banality go? How high is James R, Klezke the sky? As Thoreau chirped, Rein ii, Sara] contemplating VV‘cIlClBll’ “Sixth1 Peter I. Stuben pliciLy! simplicilyl” Is Mime-i Wade r. Stevenson litWil- By Carl Otis Gray Meenng LcRoi Jones should be like meeting your conscience in a dark alley: you should expect knives entering your Spirit and soul-blmd spilled and smeared in your brain. You picture a smug self satisfied superhipsler oozing hate with his every syllable. It’s all a pleasant letdown to confront the soft. spoken but articulate angry young man on his own terrltory. I bumped into Jones as I Walked out of a movie theater in New York; he was on his way in a con- ference wilh some ABC bigwigs. Efficient and businesslike despite his Greenwich Village garb he scribbled his address and told me to get in touch with him. When I finally found my way to his East Village home overlooking the scenic Bowery, l approached with some trepidation — an Iowa college kid about to meet the very controversial Mr. Jones. Expecting to be dazzled by the sun god himself, 1 knocked, waited and entered as Jones motioned with it free hand, holding the other to a telephoned ear. This is LeRm Jones, author <7! The Toilet, The Dutchmln, The Dead Lecturer and a number of other works including a book on jazz and a partially finished twentyvvnhlme suicide note. Amazing. This is LeRoi Jones, anathema to white liberals and conservatives alike, voice of an impatient Negro population, member of the school of hip young artists who are changing the temper oi the Amer- ican cultural scene. I had heard about his weekly sessions at the Village Vanguard with his White Liberal Stampers and I had read a personal statement of his in some avanbgarde magazine and 1 was not prepared for Ed. Note: The following in letter from John Larson, ’54, Chapel tor a mass meeting which proved to be one at the most Shades of Gray [9 Roi the amiable, good humored person with whom I found myself shaking hands. “Where is Grinnell? What's it like?” he asked as I introduced myself and the tellow students with me. Lacking the time and the energy to answer his question with the care and accuracy them it demanded, I gave him the college catalog treat- ment and dismissed it. Maybe he wasn't satisfied. I asked him the questions that have crept mm almost everyone’s mind alter seeing or reading his work —- “Do you mean it?" And emphatically, “Yes!" was my answer. His own personal theories of the theatre demanded the blood bath — and besides, What Negro in America doesn't mean it? His show The Toilet, has closed in California be- cause of charges of obscenity or something else some authority iigure saw fit to call objectionable. Jones smiled and said it would open again. The Dutchman and The Toilet have upset. offended, and challenged more whites than Howard Taubman and Walter Keir, the New York drama divinitles, could ever have imagined. They are the hard-hit- ling expressions exploring a new perspective in die anger of the American Negro. Both are staged dis- sections of the oppressed and offended minority in- dividual, baring the seething passions that in» escapahle intercultural conflict elicit. Both are what has been needed for some time. As We left he showed us some of his Ian mail, a letter from a what could only have been a former white liberal suggesting that Jones flush himself down his own toilet. It occurred to me that what the suggestion itself needed was a lime more of that Toilet paper because it was obviously encrusted with three hundred years worth of shit! lon Larson Another Trip To Selma vented all but Jeff and Mike from going. the remaining space was our who recently accompanied two Grinnell students to Sel- ma, Alabama. meaniugiul experiences of four days in Selma. The most frightening moments came the next morning as we naively headed for the downtown section to buy him and were confromcd by local whites who were intent ion roughing up any “nigger lov~ tranquility as you approach oulmg w”. my mud my me" 'nghway 22 a Winding back road hands on Luckily we wele only a lrecummended by veterans return» short distance from the boundary ‘mg to Chicago after being shot at y of the New section and were on the main road. It was not with-1““e m rem" _ out lear, however. that lefl Bum T° ”we 93°11 0‘ “‘9 ”Per" lences of our slay would take up “am- "We “0‘7““ 3““ I 51”” too much of the 5&8‘5 valuable made our way mw Selma m “The space and perhaps bore the read- Clea! Blue Heap,” our Nebraska Iers This is not the purpose bl license plates obviously aware“! 'lhis article as 1 am sure lhe 5&1; After reading 101- weeks about ytlie violence in Selma. Alabama lone is astonished by its outward sing under the burden of a oi eacli days events. It is hoped, thousand pounds of food gatheredlinsread zhar this effort might in jointly by Catholic Jewish and some small way “sell” the idea 1P1 otestam groups In Chicago- lol givmg a pan of youi life to the We were able to make u safely Cause for human dignity. in Brown's Chapel and unload the After graduation in June, Iwent load which was used in feed turn» to work as a social worker in a dies and demonstrators, residentlal treatment center furl We were not even iiuished unr emotionally disturbed children. loading when “Jim” asked if we Unfortunately this facility was had a place [0 stay. He replied to iorccd lo close December 15th due ,our negative answer by insisting‘to lack of funds. 1 found 1 could ‘ihat we be his guests and imme- make more money driving a dimer proceeded to lake us ro truck than as a lab technician or his home There Jim's wife and teacher and therefore be able (0 two daughters practically fell over start med school sooner. SD 1 be one another trying [0 make us came the only delivery boy in [he colnfoi'.table It seemed however lclty of Chicago with a college de- lhar the family income of $750 a gree The Idea of a trip :0 Selma week dd not keep the panlly lull lwas born out or frustration and so we proceeded to go grocery llller meaning'essness of lrudlng shopping. my time for dollars. SD i quit my While we were gone 350 demon» job and called Roger Eldridge strators had been arrested fol" The plan was to load the mud lmarching l0 lhe mayor’s house,‘muru number or interested 61 n ‘and me area had been sealed off. ,‘ ncllians imo my 1953 Pontiac sca- Finally the blockade was lillcd , tlon wagon and go to Selma. when ‘and we wcre able in relui'ii lo llie mkl‘lel'ln exaiils and apillllv plan The Springs 0f the Heal) were 53% reporters gave thmough accounts, l lseemingly prohibited this. ‘ lives used to haul a lhoussnd pounds of food. The meaningfulness and sense oi accomplishment experienced during those four days far out» weigh that of the previous ten mumhs us‘ a Grinnell graduate. Last June 1 had seriously consid- ered working full time in the movement but $3500 in education loans and personal commitments II the decision were mine to make acain, there is little doubt but that I would be in Alabama today. So as an alumnus who has EK- perienced the work day world and the feeling of being a very small part of the Civil rlElllS movement. 1 appeal to Gilnnell ‘students to give serious consider atlon to giving a part. at their to [his Worthwhile and meallingtul cause. Whether for a week, a summer, a year, or more, your contribution to the struggle for human dignity Will give you a sense at accomplishment not al- talnable in other pursuits regard- less of how glamorous or matter ially rewarding they might be. The battle of Selma is far from won. When the voting hill passes, the tedious task of registration re- mains, For that reason, there will be summer projects in Selma and throughout the South this sunl~ mer, Work is noW being done in the planning and organization of thls project and thousands of colr lege students are needed. It is mv hope that many Grinnell siiidenls will seriously consider giving up a year of their time not "1 me pursuit of fame and fortune bur in the pursuit of the eventual dl- talllment uf lustice for all men.