Page lwo Concern Over Viet Nam Suddenly the demonstrators have made us, the Grinnell students, realize the concern over Viet Nam more clearly. They’re real students now, not just unseen critics. VAnd they are students who have shared America with us for about 20 years and who share our “conditioning" to the problem of war. Supposedly, we 20-year-olds have been led to re- alize that many of the traditional views of war don't fit the modern situation. Why, with the advances in weaponry, are we fighting a “traditional” war? Why, with advances in communications between nations, are we fighting any war? Supposedly, we 20-year-olds have been taught to be open minded, and so we respect the views of people who have lived through traditional wars, people who think that demonstrations against the government's stand in time of war is wrong. Supposedly, we 20-year-olds ought to be respon- sible to our government. It would be foolish to want to try to undermine a system that allows the opportunity to demonstrate as students are now doing. Supposedly, also, we 20-year»olds have a commit- ment to tell others how we feel a situation like Viet Nam ought or ought not be handled. And why should we let the rest of the country forget our feelings when the deci on has been made against our favor? Many students are demonstrating from a non-tra- ditional, open-minded, edified, and idealistic stand- point. But they are being called cowards and communists. They are detested and arrested. They burn draft cards and get no understanding. They criticize and lower the morale of our troops. Is the student demonstrator being treated the right way? By the time he is beaten by the angry survivors of other wars, by the time he is called communist by his government leaders, by the time he is fined lor burning an insignificant piece of paper, he will prob- lbly come to have doubts not only about the Viet Nam situation but also about the intrinsic worth of a species that knows what it is doing is wrong but that keeps it up while bemoaning the lack of alternatives. Educare Gives Faculty-Student Panel Views Voiced on Discipline, Freedom "Freedom and Discipline in Higher Education” was the topic or the second discussion sponsored by Edueare. A panel consisting oi Raymond liens (history) and Wal- do Walker (biology) and students Karen Lauicrbzich and Pete Koll- Walker stated that ‘ nitial dis- cipline is necessary to establish the basic currency oi any held or study." There was virtual agree- ment on this point, but disagree- ment over the extent to which “entertainment” should be used to motivate students. SCARLET AND ILACK letters . . . To the Editor: in response to the enclose the following rep 0 Pareniroct Wonder, Whose reed-like cries pierced lhc s at B, Are there options to your view, ln'lbedded as it was in lyric dcggorrl (sicii Men do evolve perhaps, and if so cultures too. Or withdraw ashollow men whose whimpers pl ”It was fuzzy-minded to have seen it. Objects to U.S. Supp To the Editor: east Asia; they Eastman Wonders About Parent-Poet poem sent to you by “A St. Louis Parent" I y: anonymous oracle oi Hestia, A modern world, ior good or ill, breaks in upon us; Do we lace its Implications boldly and deliberately My familiar \va of Seeing things is good enough for all," Gear e Eastmln While Supporting Viei Policy Truffant Enjoyed. Quick Shower Not To the Editor: All hall to the owers of Fun- oois Truiiaut ind is treatment 0! M, Charlie in “Shoot the Firm Player.” 1 did not, however, enjo being rendered part oi the lam. when anonymous water balloon: descended from his heavens, i.c. the balcony, upon my innocent per son. This is the second time within two weeks during which a selected area oi the audience was deluged with therr in the lace of iuturo possible bombings, 1 see only two options. Either one must gamble with his tormentors in a kind oi drippy roulette game, by sitting in a diiiorent pin-t oi the audience every weekend; or, it one is scorn- iul of superstition, there is the i - ternative oi watching every movie cad: (E ucution) ression can only conclude in recent weeks the government has taken an increasingly repres- sive stand against those who pub- licly protest our actions in Viet that the action oi Hanoi are aimed at_the iorcible domination oi its neighbors. I agree with this mas Jorlty. Yet i can never believe beneath the relative security oi an umbrella, And yet, my fellows, would it not man spoke in the South Lounge last Tuesday. Alter each panel member pre- sented his own views, questions 'were taken from the audience of ubout 40. The dlSCuSSiDH Centered "Imposed” vs. “sell" discipline. The discussion was part or the Educarc series, which has “Mo, tivalion vs. Apathy" as its t h e m e. Educare vlcerpresident Marty Yaseen explained the rear son tor the panel and introduced the speakers. Scarlet and Black GRINNELI COLLEGE Giiunen. lum- A wccsly uswspsnsi publishcu ouch Friday at ihc col- lege )‘SIIl‘ by me oniiiioli Comnnivcc on srudciu l’ilbllca‘ nous wcpruscntco tor national utivernsm by Nauonu Ad. vortismg service lm', coicge rublishc Reprosenl. ve it! Edit soih srrcct, ew York . , N v cuud cihss p st. ugt paid or Grinntli, lows Sllhsallllll uie sine PM” school year isoo [laid subscriptions. rul'iou liusmrss nun/men Assam/uh comm . 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The passage of a law against burning draft curds was a virtual invitation to individuals who wish in make this practice a symbol oi dciiancc. croulps (such as the Stu- dents ior a emocratic Society) which have led the campaign for human rights and the elimination oi poverty are now being investi- gated by the Attorney General ior alleged Communist intlucncc, is this a reasonable concern, when one considers that the dogmatlsm and conformism of the Party are completely alien to l democratic order? or is the Justice Depart- ment seeking isolated incidents to damage the reputation oi rll stu- dent social and peace movements? The second sltcmativc seems more plausible: once again, the power structure is leveling a cor- porete innuendo sgzihst those who do not follow its line. no iirst casualties oi foreign war have con- sistently been social roionn Ind domestic iroedom. The arrests oi pacifists in World War I, the an forced detainment oi Jn onese- Americans in World Wsr I, and the excesses oi McCarthyism in the early Cold Wu- are significant examples. Probably the greater number oi college students have reluctantly siiirmcd our program in South- Daug McCormac be advanced by ministration In To the Editor: A few questio envtype noises peril? rapidly? fore then? conducive to Why doesn't a on this campus use terms like Does crime really pay? “Never! A thousand tlmes. never!" will reply those who shudder and blanch at the very thought of Evil, except that they J-walk and hedge on their income tax. And they probably are right. The question, in fact, had not even occurred to me as one day l strolled along a iilthy Chicago avenue, and that omission was on enough to lead me to (he remptalion that nearly ruined my life and the American economy. Through the rusred pillars that up held the ele« valed, i saw an old neon sign. “Charlie Wu — Lairntlryman," it said. "Cheap. Fast. Clean.” As I crossed the street, 1 could hardly read the dusty ,7 and intellll — S|gn in the window. “If your shirt Hoses a button here, we will wash 5 lbs. free!" i will not discuss my motives, because they are obVlous and I liltln>l have any. I slmplv decided in lake in a bag of underwear and (0 hide a shlrt in one of the shorts. Of course, i would remove a but- ton beforehand, and when i would reveal \vhal they had done to my “good" shirt, I would have my next Wash ilone free. And it worked like a charm, “Hello,” I said as I entered the shop, "You must ibe Charlie Wu." “No, man.” a Chinese youth said. “i ilultky. Blossmon name Stanislas \Vyzenskl in old country. Good Polish bastard. Come to Mama and take new name for new land." “50 he called himself Charlie Wu?" I asked in— credulously. “What wrong with good Mercan name? You Ger- man fasClst bastard uf Sllmmln? You want nothel‘ do... rr.,..,i.v,..li ism. ;i that self-determination abroad can home. To keep the continued sup port of iLs friends, the Johnson add rights of its critics. Notes ’Hypocrisy’ three years in this place: Why is it that there will never be a lire on north campus. while the Southern Hemisphere is in dire Why don't boys who leave cam» pus ever hm emergencies when they might need to be notified Why is the danger ol acting “im- morally" grcitcr after l2:00 pm (12:30 on Saturdays) than it is be- Why is s Sundly riicrnooh less bu roper than 2 Friday big t, or my night? standards" nnd “hypocrisy"yhere they are so obviously applicable? be far better to appeal to that better part found in all men, and hope to have done with these dast- ardly deeds? Your antics grow stale, gentlemen. Kitty Alexunler Objects to Firedrill To the Edllor: Although the prospect of death in a dorm fire in the middle of the night may be quite unattrac- live, for many or us on south cam- pus it is less so than being roused at 1:30 hm. to the most glaring alarm since the Nazi regime for u tic-called fire alarm. If the urpose of such I drill is to compy with fire department regulations, the obvious time (or it is shortly alter hours on - Satv urdny night. Ii, however. the hid den purpose is to serve as - kind or militant hodcheck, to uncover girls who are :isewhere It i:30 Wednesday morning, the time choice may be )ustiiilble, but the method is ridiculous. Whoever instigate: these things might consider the possibility at tire drills it a suitable time (or fire drills and nice quiet room- checks at a time suitable for room. checks. Mary Malcolm suppression at ust respect the David Dillon n8, elicited by silk in the night and conduct nyone in authority have the nerve to “archaic double Cynthia Brust l The Grudge Pot war?" The young Chinamall was slender and trail and had a wan complexion. He seemed to need a doctor as he slumped preposterously behind the counter. When I returned two days later. the nameless Cllinamad'i was still alive and doing nothing, He Sat on his Old chair, whistling hit American show— tunes and relusing to touch peoples' bundles at laundry. “Just what do you do here, Charlie or whoever you are?" i finally asked, "Glad you askee,” he said, standing for the first time. “I give class and atmosphere to crumby Polish launry. i like sexy slacky singer in nightclub. l real class." When i showed him the shirt with the billion missing, however, he swoonetl with a clatter. and four young. sexy Polish girls with rough red hands rushed into lhe room. The real Charlie Wu, who knew only two words or English, knocked one oi Illem (lown as he hastened u) see what was the mat- ler. "Dirty Capllz‘llsl," he snarled as he studied the shirt (or a moment. Alter I handed him the live pound bag or laundry l had thoiightiully brought along, he whirled and departed. Three months later, though, when they iinnlly had finished my laundry, he got his revenge. i opened the bundle oi fresh. Clean Clothes and dn'ris of buttons tumbled to the floor. All my buttons had been viciously. savagely, barbarically, and expertly removed. I could not let this challenge go unanswered, (To Be Continued)