Parents, Alumni on Campus Grinnell College which BlAC Oldesi College Newspaper west of the Mississippi Vol. LXXIIl 'eiinneii, lowa. Friday. October is. loss No. 6 Viet Cong Absence Stops Debate; Teach-In Airs Saigon Vie Wpoint By DICK CHADY The first public debate between the National Liberation Front and the government or south viet Nam railed to uccur Saturday. Repre« sentatives irom both groups were scheduled to face each other at a tary Patrick Gordon Walker was the chairman of the panel. Each of the four speakers was allotted 30 minutes to address him- self to four questions: (1) Was insurrection against Ban Dal and his successors necessary for social progress? should be the relationship among the nations of Southeast Asia? in speaking for the government of South Viet Nam, Duc quoted several statements from the In- ternational C on tTDl Commis- sion (Canada. Poland and India) documenting the extent at North THE TORONTO TEACH-IN attracted over [00 person; to the South Lounge of lhe Forum last Saturday afternoon. teachsin at the University of To ronto. Grinnell participated via the tel- ephonic lecture equipment and un- der the sponsorship oi the RC and the Faculty Committee on in- ternational Studies. About 125 stun dents filled the South Lounge oi the Forum Saturday noon for the beginning of the session called “Viet Nam: Revolutiun and Inter- vention." The National Liberation Front. or Viet Cong, had indicated that two representatives would appear in Toronto. However, they were withdrawn in protest over the in- clusion oi a representative from Saigon. The NLF positinn was ex- plained by William Worthy, an American newsman currently in Prague. Czechoslovakia. The other speakers on the Viet Nam panel were Nguyen Phu Duc. Saigon minister to the UN; Robert Scalapino. protessor oi po- litical science from the University of California; and Pliuong Narr gain. the Cambodian Undersecre- tary otState. Former British Foreign Secre- (2) What intervention has occur- red from the outside and is any intervention justified? (3) Under what conditions will peace negotiations begin? (4) what will be the main fea- tures of a settlement and what Vietnamese intervention in the South. Duo said that “Hanoi has re- jected all peace offers" and that TEACH-[Nu (Continued on Page 8) Presideni Leggell Discusses Hall System Considerations “By March or April we will have to make some decisions about the possible reorganization or the residence hall system. and ! hope the matter will be well talked a- bout by then," said president Glenn Leggett during an interview with the 5&3 Wednesday. “The larger question is whether life in the residence halls has dce cayed and, if it has, what should be done to change it.” Dr. Leg gett continued. “The quality oi the evidence re garding hall life is such that it can only be measured by hearing discussions from both points oi view," he said. Dr. Leggett noted that the resi- dence hall problem had been a topic of consideration at this year’s encampment. The reports at the encampment committees, he said, have been distributed to the executive com- mitte of the faculty and iaculty discussion groups have been set up to consider the reports. The college trustees will meet at LEGGETT— {Continued on Page 9) for Weekend Offers Social Something For Every Taste For those who are planning to make the most of this Weekend, whether or not you are entertain- ing parents, there will be more than enough “doings" to keep busy and entertained. The Social Planning Committee has sched- uled a doubleheader—Homecom- ing and Parents' Weekend—so days and nights will be packed with events; in honor of the occasion. women’s hours have been extend- ed to 12:30 pm. tonight and 1:00 am. on Saturday. The Homecoming game with Monmouth is scheduled for 2:00 on Saturday afternoon. At halftimeI there will be a special program including recognition iii the par- ents of team members. presenta- tion at the Homecoming Queen and her court, and a welcome by President Glenn Leggett. Awards will also be given to the winners of the floatsbuilding Contest. which is scheduled for tonight. Follow- ing the game. everyone is wel- come at the two coiiee hours to he held in both the North and South Lounges of the Forum. Ann Jellicoe's play, The Knack. will be presented tonight and a- gain Saturday night at s in Rob- erts Theatre. A concert is also to be pre- sented both tonight and Saturday night, at 8:30 in Herrick Chapel. The concert. which Will include the music of the choir, two mad- rigal groups, the orchestra. and the Collegium Musicum, is expect» ed to be about 11/, hours in length. On Friday night only, David Lighthourne and Friends will en- tertain With an informal folk per- formance in the Forum coffee- house. The periormance will be gin at10:30 pm. The Homecoming Dance, which is to be decorated along the lines of a “Victorian Room", will be held in Darby Gymnasium, begirb hing at 9:30 pm. The featured decoration is to be huge chande- lier. designed by sophomore Ken WEEKEND— (Continued on Page 9) L. i9 Weeitend Purenls’ Weekend, Homecoming Fuse; Draw 1200 Guesls More than 1.200 alumni, parents. and other iriends are expected this weekend for Grinneli’s combined Homecoming-Parents' Weekend. Classes will be open to guests all day Friday. with the iirst for— mally scheduled activity at 4:15 p.m.—lhe faculty lecture on “Paks istan in Retrospect" by Grant Gale. physics. He spent the 1953. 64 academic year teaching in Pak- istan. Guests will again have an ops portunity to visit classes Saturday moming, and at an ll a.m. alumni-parents’ assembly in Here rick Chapel will hear President Glenn Leggett discuss “The Col- lege President as Parent." A spe- cial recognition ceremony will cite the parents who have come from the greatest distance. Robert W. McMillan, (art) will conduct a gallery tour at 9 am. Sunday in the Fine Arts Center, where an exhibition of “pop” and “up” paintings is hanging. Two college church services are Scheduled {or Herrick Chapel, at 10 a.n1. and 11:30 a.m. The first Will feature two stu- dent speakers. Arthur Arnold and Charles Pierce, Who will discuss‘ “Intellectual Honesty Towards Re- ligious Conflict.” College Chaplain Roger Eldridge will preach on “The Secular City" at the second service. Other events of interest slated during the weekend are: Conducted tours of the newly enlarged science building at 3 pm. Friday and9130 am. Saturday. Two Saturday carillon recitals by Elbert Smith (French) at 10 am. and 1 pm. A picture of the five Hon- or G Candidates for Home— coming Queen is on page seven. Also on that page is an announcement about the enter- tainment tor the annual Home- coming dance to be held to- morrow night at 9:30 in Darby Gym. Leggell Inauguration April 11 Sunday, April 17, had been designated as the data for the inauguration of Glenn Leggeit as Grinnell’s eighth president. The week of April 11-17 has been set aside as the Inaugural Week, and a committee representing the fad- ulty. student body. and administration will hold pre- liminary planning sessions in the near future. Dr. Leggett was named to the Grinnell post in July as the successor to Howard Bowen, now president of the University of Iowa, and assumed the presidency early in September. Pick Up Cyclones Bob Hodierhe, business manager of the 1965 Cyclone, requests that everyone wllo has ordered a 1965 yearbook and who has not picked it up do so as soon as possible. The books are in the publications rooms in the basement of the Forum and can be picked up dur— ing the evening. ADDRESS HERII