SCARLET AND BLACK Scarlet and Black GRINNELL COLLEGE Grlnnoll. lawn A weekly newspaper pubhshed each Friday or the col- lcge year by (he onnnclt Committee on Student Publlcz rloiis. keprcreiitod ior national advertising by National An. vertlsmg Service, inc. College Publishers th’csenutlve. is east 50m Street. New york 22, MY. Second class post- agc paid it oniiucll, Iowa. subscription mo 35,00 pcr school your. 1800 paid subscriptions. . John W0]: Harold ruron 'crne, sue leior Steve cucy uni Hanmln sm Bay w. chrndlcr Mohrmui Bunny nun: rcir Adulnsoii Alln Ax rod, Jnnlcc and. canon. nvsmcss MANAGER AssoCrATr. EDITORS. spans £anle .. nun maroon? EXCHANGE comm cmcuumolv MANAGER srmAL copy ASSXSTANT . SPECIAL ASSISTANT To THE :DlTon' , IEPORTERS . Glen Ash sue scro'ulrt, Dick chilly, rain chiy. Lynn benzler, Anne rrrrcr, .iliu Herrog sin: Johnson, Ted Lemxlre, Kris Nuh, connlc Simon. \vnync Slengel, Don \Viniiey . _ John Phillips, Scott rarrlrli, Henry wuhclm Ken Clymer, boa Kurnsch, Nlck Norms. im humscy. Shawn shcurnakcr, raul Tun Carll Duran, Hclcn leschw Carol .mism. Amy hossmcn, Klreu sup-mm. Hen wcrulck . Mlm| Mrdarr. susrn WI|I PHOTOGRAPHERS svou'rs nEPomEns .. corv sTAi-‘F . ausmcss sun- A New President? It has been nearly 14 months since President Howard Bowen quit his post at Grinnell to become head of the University of Iowa in Iowa City. 1n those months, several rumors of the impending selection of a ner president have proved unfounded. Each passing month and each groundless rumor make the no-president situation more discouraging to members of the community of a highly thought-of col- lege. We realize that it must be a difficult task to find a new president. Still. we would think that the trustees and administrators could be farsighted enough to real- ize that men like Howard Bowen are going to advance; therefore a group of men should be under consideration It all times for the presidency of the college. Of course, if our view of the situation is naive and superficial, it might be because we are not told many of the facts. The secret meetings with presidential prospectives continue, but the students never find out about them because “the privacy of the candidates must be protected." A 1900 editorial in the 5&3 noted, “While the stu—, dents are not qualified to select a man for president, Friday, May 7, ms Shades of Gray Showing Your True Color By Carl Otis Gray it’s spring! Anyone who hasn’t noticed it should take care to note the rich green car- peted campus and the tawny tan tapering legs that are beginning to grace the sun deck on Main. the tennis courts, the Forum floor, and all those other intimate niches that the campus has to provide. This of course, is nothing new; for years a coppery coat of skin has been the sign of healthy clean living people of the Pepsi generation. Now putting aside all denials oi ra- Cial chauvinism, I find this seasonal phenome- non highly significant as a point of departure in an investigation of certain psychological trends. Okay, let's start with Man-Tan. In accord- ance with all the principles laid down by Vance Packard and David Ogilvy, ManATan is a suc- cess. Man-Tan is virility. It promises the rugged, ruddy complexion that marks lumber. jacks and steel driving men; it promises the allure and excitement that was previously rer served for life guards and movie stars. Minutes irom the everyday "city White,” it can assure its users of a Florida tan that makes the sec- ond requirement of “tall, dark, and handsome" available to everyone from coal miners io oi- t'ico clerks. There's something overwhelmingly male about darkness, something strong and at- tractive. Then, at course, there's Coppcnonc, This has an appeal to the young ladies. It promises that sun»ravished cupric hue that complements femininity with the “fresh, glad to be alive” look. But both of these have a mass appeal calel‘A ing to the middle class ideal; it's Bain de Soleil that truly captures the upper class eye. It prom- ises no less than a ”love alfair with the sun." No doubt, such an affair would he momentous even for the most frigid of women — the more thought of it arouses torrid passions. But such an undertaking (so to speak) implies a certain decadence that only Wealth could ever achieve. Indeed, the golden girls oi this generation are searching for new thrills and excitement; it appears that anything under the sun is fair game. The erotic overtones of a suntan seem to be getting too hot to handle. . The suntan worth a mi ion dollars is no longer a mere advertising cliche but the harsh reality of John Howard Griffith. 50 when Mr. Griffith says. “Black Like Me," he does not strike a discordant note in the ears of Anglo- Saxia; he merely points out the advantages of a temporary tonal change. All this is. of course. in harmony with summer shades. So now, not only are mns masculine, feminine, and erotic perlections, but they are financially rewarding. One can only assume that to have a tan in America is to have the best of all possible worlds. This is how America views it accord- ing to all the available mass media, and yet we wonder how the black supremacists get that way. After all, the blacker the berry, the sweeter the lece! Memphis, ‘Place of Good Abode,‘ and their judgment in regard to such a selection could be questioned, no one doubts that they thoroughly ap-> preciate the task that was before the trustees to find a- man to take up the work where president Gates leaves i.t" (As an interesting sldelight, the man whom the trustees had selected and for whose selection the S&Bi was praising the trustees in the editorial never took over the presidency of the college, and Grinnell went from 1900 to 1902 with an acting president. The col- lege has also had acting presidents from 1884 to 1887, 1954 to 1955, and 1964 to present.) Students of 1965 probably wouldn’t take such a dim View of their abilities for helping choose a newi president; but since we weren't asked to help, we would i simply remind the trustees and administration that taking 14 months or more to select a new president looks more like desperation than deliberation Pakistani Nationalism Husain's Topic: Hindu-Islam Conflict Major Problem “I lam is not a religion in the pare], law, Calendar and even diet restricted sense of the weld it is that made Hindus and Moslems w i unable to live together. Calling the Moslem “conscious in way at lire. This was the vie altered by Professor Moliinud _ ‘nass oi oneness, oi being one; _ means Viewed as Two‘Complaceni’ Ci’ries Ed. note: The following re port was written by Cynthia Brust, who is a Grinnell ex- change student at LcMoync Col- leg: in Memphis [his semester. Memphis. Tennessee: the name “Place of Good Abode.” The billboards point out its repu- tation as the cleanest city in the, nation, and the Chamber of Com- merce spends thousands of dollars every year on a carnival to pro- mote Memphis as the ”Cotton Capital." White Memphis prides, herself on her reputation as the most liberal and “peaceful” city in the South. But there is another Memphis. one that most Memphians never see, or notice. Gradually. l have come to sec Memphis as the "Com- placent City." or rather. as two complacent ciiics. The Place of Good Abode is a city or white pet»; ple. Their lite is, at all times, quite . far removed from that of thei Negro, for this is a strictly seg-i regotcd city in spite or its lib»i et'rllity. All of the public recreational fa— cilltlcs and cultural buildings arei ,integratcd, Except tor the swimrl .rnirig pools: they’re closed! All swimmlng and wading pools in the, city have been closed ior twoi years since a court order torced‘ integration The wading pools will of the facxliiies they went to jalljpage — as a legitimate part of to open. Theaters, night clubs. restaurants 7 all are strictly and carefully segregated by habit, creating two complete and sepa-i rate Cities, housing in Memphis is so segrer, gated that buses almost never run with an integrated load. People al- ways look at us questioningly, and they olieii ask it we are sure we are on the bus we wanted. There is no hostility, just a friendly con- earn (the reception we have gotten lrom the entire Negro commuv nity), There are the usual “nice” neighborhoods. and there are gave emment prniccts, and there are heartbreaking slums. There are_ mixed neighborhoods, too —— horticr' areas that used to be white, until the realtors decided to ‘break" the block. gradually forcing it into transition and then into the segre- gated Negro area adjoining it. School llltegratlon has been pro cecding at its own merry (very slow) pace in Memphis. It has been a grade is year up until now. and all elementary schools are ar‘ least tccliiiicolly integrated now. Due to government pressure, all or the junior high grades will be integrated next iall. Senior high schools are sche- dilled tor the year after, and this step may cause the biggest change Husain. a member oi the history faculty at the University oi Kam- chi in a lecture on Pakistani Na- tionalism iii the South Lounge, Wednesday, April 28. Professor Husain interpreted the cvolutioii, characteristics. rind iu- lure problems oi Pakastanl Na- lionalism in relation to the his- toric conflicts between islam and Hinduism. lle emphasized the tar- mer differences in Cciemmly, up- among themselves” the essence of Fak'dstani Nationalism, Professoi Husaln Concluded Lhat the feeling springs from the "faith, culture, and historical traditions” oi a pod pie whose religion has ihe utmost‘ secular influence. Mr. Hl din. whose brother is Vice-president of lndiai is Visiting professor at the Near and Middlei East institute of Columbia Uni- versity this year. be opened this summer, and, hope»iirl Memphis since the skins five fully, the swimming pools by next years ago Win the ”St Steps to- summer But Will they be inte ward integration. New traditions, Emmi" Will they be used? The will have [0 be established. audl patterns of years at segregation i new patterns of social life Sfit “PE remain in Memphis. silently l'llarkv 1, fox and by these leen- 38915 Sports i log the location of the nowre- conferences. tournaments and all— moved “colored" signs. The Ne.1city teams will have to be iniol grocs' habits ot the and entertain ‘ grated, at long lost. city newspa- ment follow those that developed pers will have to acknowledge the irony years ago, and even the existence or the Negro on its teen 1collcge students do not use mliiiy . page, society page Ind sports Memphis, not a freak extra arm or leg. Even the rock-arid-roll radio stations will have to change, for they deiuiitely cater to one side or the other now. No, Memphis is not a bad place to live. it you are white. Or if you leam [D accept second-class hulls- ing at iirstclass rental. And police brutality and discrimination which are a daily fact of life here. and not a myth. If it doesn’t bother you that your employment op- portunities are limited. you’ll get along, but more than that, you have to be able to overcome the daily snubs of a southern white population that may call itself lib- eral but many of whose cars sport confederat nag license plates and Whose minds reveal confederate- flag sentiments. Memphis: The Place of Good Abode. There are more Churches here than gas stations (honestly!). and most at them are segregated. it is a wealthy town. a town proud or its elite society (mos its lead— ing families have been cotton" ‘inr generations). It boasts of cul« tural activities too numerous to list — most or which have iiutli- ences too small to make a prom. it is a small town grown ‘big _ ‘smug, conceited, sclicomplacent. Maybe l’ve painted it too grimly. Compared to most Southern cities ‘the relations are good. the progress is steady. But the Negroes and whiies in Memphis. like those in most Northern cities, live in two different worlds. They cannot. at- ilortl to let the wall between [Item grow whlle they tell themselves it doesn’t exist, No one con, any- where. Walls. visible or spiritual. legal or habitual. do not make 1 place of good abode.