Page Six SCARLET AND ILACK Brogan Views Quaint Grinnell “Grinnell r . . is set in the little town of Grinnell and is, in tact, the main and almost only eco- nomic justification for the exist» ence of the town." so said Sir Denis Brogan (now returned to civilization) about his home for three months last year. Brogan authored an article about (.vl'innell town and college which was featured in the Feb. 13 issue of a Glasgow, Scotland, newspa- per and which round itselr appear ing in the Grinnell Herald Register (a “parochial” newspaper, but re- minding Brogan of the “Rutherv glen Reformer” of his youth) on April 15. The article concluded by claim» ing that “either Main Street was not as bad as Sinclair Lewis pre» tended or it has vastly improved in the last 40 years. in reading the feature, the Grin- nellian is often led to wonder why Brogan feels there has been any progress, but can only conclude that what might be taken as criti— cisms by lowa pioneers are actual- ly endear-ments to the ruddy gen- tleman from the Old World Brogan noted that his proposed stay in the backwoods probably caused a stir in the civilized world and that “sophisticated friends in Washington or San Francisco or New York would have been no more surprised if we had gone to the Congo than to rural Iowa." Brogan did have some sympathy with the college’s primitive archi» tectural makeup. “The campus contains buildings of every style, from the must atrocious Victorian bogus Romanesque to extremely elegant modern Bauhaus construc- Lions." But-ling library‘s.stock (not the colonial kind) was Considered good, “by our (British) standards." According to Brogan, the col- lege has antiquated customs re- garding the sexes. He observed. “Grinnell segregates them much TASTY PASTRY SHOP DISCOUNT CENTER a variety of doughnuts and cookies YOUNG LADIES’ SHORTS Wrinkle Resistant— Shrinkage Controlled Machine or Hand Washable s1.27 Gibson's Price EVERYBODY BUYS RECORDS Top 30 Pops —Top |0 Westerns LOO value 79¢ KODAK INSTAMATIO 100 The Foolproof Camera 17.95 value 6:55.?" $14.97 VELVET or PRlNCE ALBERT Pipe Tobacco 17¢ EXCEDRIN 225's 2.5? Value more severely than Oxford or Cam- bridge now do.” The town itself “is in What the Americans would call ‘a blind' " because of the business loss caused by Interstate 30. Further, “it is not surprising that they (towns- people) Ere the main supporters of Goldwaterism." And as a tender, understanding note, Brogan mentioned that “there were rather touching examples of the desire to build up the local ‘merchant’ class. Every shop and store had a label on the door read- ing either ‘Push for Grinnell’ or ‘Pull lor Grinnell,’ depending on how the doors opened and shut." Even the borbarism hasn’t been removed from the frontier. To be sure, “there was crime in various parts of the state, if not in Grine nell, a good deal or embezzlement, a good deal of drunkenness ending in violence and sometimes in death, a certain amount of hi- jacking, and even something or the vice which Macauley optimistical- ly said ‘satire blushes to name.’ ” But Brogan held some hope tor the Midwestern wilderness. The people, he says, are lriendly, the Dutch Elm disease hasn’t gotten to Grinnell yet, the land is prob- ably as rich as that of East Loth- Lion and East Anglia, the settlers , seem remarkably sane in compari- sion with those of Southern Cali- fornia, “and the people at lowa have recently begun the experi- ment or allowing the sale of spirits by the drink . . ." Friday. April to. ma- » Production of ‘Tea & Sympathy' Demonstrates Director's Talents By Don Kurasch Bruce McConachie is a tal- ented young man. The presi- dent oi the Grinnell Players has previously proved his abil- ity as an actor, and alter this week's production of Robert Anderson's Tea and Sympathy has shown a deft capacity for directing. The most remarkable aspect of McConachie’s effort was his handling of the set. The bi-ievel structure was elaborate, yet tastefully appropriate, and made the fullest possible use of the limited space in Arena The- atre. But for a few seats on the side, which were partially cut oil by a large table lamp. there were no bad places to sit within the semicircular ar- rangement of the audience. In the roles of Bill and Laura Reynolds, Howie Harned and Georgia Mickey worked well together, The irreconcilable conflict between the two was clear—Hamed as the unyield- ing schoolmaster, afraid that the “queerness” he thought he saw in one of his students might be part of his own nature, and Miss Mickey as the sympathec ic Wife who understood her hus- band, but who was unable to penetrate the shell he had drawn over himself. Perhaps Harned could have varied the delivery of his lines some, and have come out a little less one- dimensiunal, and Miss Mickey might have tried letting her arms leave her sides occasion— ally, but in general the two were strong, and periodically dramatic. As the unjustly accused Ton-i Lee, Dan Burns came across as the sensitive, misunderstood student. Though there may have been some difficulty in deter- mining how much of the ob- vious nervousness was Eurns', and how much was part of the characterization, he did suc— ceed in creating a feeling of general sympathy with his problems. The two most consistent and effective characters in the play were Lilly Sears, played by Judy Ginsberg, and Al, played by Dan Mason. Miss Ginsberg made the most other small part as the tastefully vivacious flirt, and Mason was perfect as the rocky, understanding room- mate. There were a few lines “dropped," a few “thrown away,” and several technical fluffs, but overall, the play was very enjoyable And the producing and directing job by McConachie was truly note- worthy. WHERE YOU NEVER PAY RETAIL ! EVERY DAY DISCOUNT PRICES SAVE YOU MORE GRUEN WATOHES l7 Jewels — Unbreakable Mainspring 3935 value S14.88 Gibson's plus Price tax 816 5th Ave. flrinnell, lowa BATH TOWELS STORE HOURS: 9 mm. to 7 p.m. Friday 9 «.m. to 8 p.m. Mon.I Tues" Wed.. Thurs., Sat. 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