Friday. October 11. ”657 3110111. Jim. Wadi. By CYNTHIA BRUST Recent weeks have seen an ed- ltying series of highly informative articles concerning Grinnell, un- illlder the above standard head (which saves a great deal at work tor Wednesday-nights headline writersh You by now should be tully aware of the state of Grin- nell during the eras of your moth- er, Grandfather, and greatruncle- twiceremovedl i hope you've caught our subtle editorial com- ments, both the snide and the profound Like, we’ve been trying to tell you that things around here don't change too much, and that there is nothing new under the sun, and such-like. In case not, here we are again, Five Years Ago Something new, this week, how- ever, . .0 look at the Grinneil we first heard of; the older genera» tions of us, mat is. Grinnell may or may not have meant much to you live years ago, but it was quite definitely here. And here too were a lot of familiar-type sights And gripes, and lot of things that are now defunct—remembered on- ly through the legends handed down by Baffleboards and other upperciassmen to this year's sen- iors—with them to be lost or preserved depending on the vaga— ries 0t fate, and other eternal tomes such as bad memories and apathy. But there are always the bound copies of the SH to keep us informed, and to provide filler when there isn't eight pages of new: going on in a week. . . 1960 was the year or the Nor- rises, the construction at the line art: building, and r new book- store. The latter was hailed in vol. 69, number 1 at the 5&3 for its . .floar plan arranged by one at the nation‘s foremost dc- signers in this field.” That was on page 1; page 4 featured a column discussing the ins and out of the honored Mr. Wassom’s distrust of the student body of Grinnell. . and nobody bothered to remember the name of that foremost designv er, either. Hypocritieal Liberalily Open dorms started their second year of hypocritical liberaiity in 1960, and the first encampment was held Discussion topics in- cluded curriculum, an honor code. religion, social life, and student- faculty relations The language lab was opened soon after the begin- ning oi classes, and the “Covered Wagon" entered the scene. Campus problems were few in 1950, mostly dealing with the not- qnite (mercifully) eternal prep ping controversy. A large part oi the Grinneii community that year found the worldly affairs of the nonsacademic community more worthy of their concern. The rest managed to create a comma vorsy out of this participation in world controversy. The 5&3 fea- tured a political editor in 1960451, and several columnists who found man's rockets more worthy of concern than the Rocket Man. The Kennedy-Nixon campaign, disarm- ament, and the Cuban invasion were ample cause [or numerous meetings, lectures, and picketing both off campus and on, Even the Military Ball was picketed. Cracks in the cloistered walls of Grinnell’s isolation came in two now»unavailahle ways during this yearl KGRW, the college‘s own radio station, was still a go— ing concern in those days. (It’s last gasp, as l remember, was the broadcast of the SGA conven. tion in spring of 1963, after a year of silence.) And there was B col- iee house, No, it didn’t have glass walls and an espresso machine of scandalous expense. It had i. small cellar in downtown Grinneil, sandwiches and most coffee-house type beverages, And folk-singers, almost every night. The nerve of the college students in those days ——trying he make Grinneii seem like a part of the real world: and with BEATNIKS, even. As us (excuse me. sir, but it sounds better than we) present Grinneiiians knew, even it we were only little high school ltids, 196041 was the era of the “ins" and the "outs‘K Actually, every era is, but this was when it was in to talk about it. And this is a glimpse, courtesy of the true-blue (it somewhat yellowing) back cop- ies of (he Sil, of “In and Out at Grinnell: " V Sweat Slum In “Hill sweat shirts are in; laden coats are out. Green book bags are still in, and red ones are det- iniwly out despite Mrr Wassom's attempts to change the situation. Black knee socks are out except on very cold days when they’re in. “Soccer is in, but football is tool chess and fencing will always be out; likewise beards (except when you've just returned from Europe - and they augment the role). “Drinking beer at the Rex is in. but sherry in your room be- tore dinner is out. Shakespeare class is in; organic chemistry out. Friendship with faculty members is in, but Eastern Sophistication is out. “Fruit” is in: “link" is out. “The Kingston Trio is still in as are Johnnie Mathis, Andy Will- iams, Frank Sinatra and Clan Headquarters For: so? DRESSES SKINS SLACKS ILOUSES orig“ fiW’A AP PAD El. omNNei.i_ TREATS from the TAS'IY PASTRY Broad Street - ICAILET AND ILACK b leggeit Describes ‘fresllman' (Continued tram Page l) announce it. For the Imail private liberal arts college cannot be all things to all men and still keep its integrity of locus and purpose," Leggett continued. The president's speech was en» titled "The College President as 1 Parent." He began by describing a typical freshman boy who comes troll: is relatively secure home en- vironmeut to the uncertain atmos- phere of college lite. President Leggett said, “The truth is that a college, partly by accident and partly by tradition and design, serves as a catalyst, as an agent for bringing the odds and ends of emerging maturity and its correlated confusions and irustrations to a focus,” The president reassured parents by saying, “lt seems to me that the essential usefulness of parents increases as their day-hy»day cone trol over their college-age children decreases." In conclusion. President Leggelt stated, “A college president who does his job properly looks at a student through many eyes— teacher. parent, institutionalist, emissary tor the future. “AS a teacher he is interested in helping the student grow into discipline and competence; as a parent he wants to find an ex» (the last is even in for "in" peo ple trying to be out). Martha Sciiiamme, Peggy and Mike Sec get are out; Pete is on the tencc. “War is in, (20': are out (cl jobs, references, luck). Kennedy buttons are in, but so are Nixon buttons~peuce buttons are still way out. Those green ”I don't want either" pins are out in Grin- neil, but in where skeptics congre- gate. “Beatniks are out, but pseudo- beatnikism is in. sincerity is out and always will be. short skirts are in: knee caps are out[ People with blond hair and blue Eyelids are in. “Zen and existeiltialism are in; correct pronunciation of "Pierce" is out. The welfare state is in, but socialism is out. Travel posters are in; Mexican woodcuts are out." "End oi in and Out at Grinneii”. Also the end of tilis column, and perhaps this columnist. i sure hope those 50 inches at blank space have been ililedi! tension into the future that is of himself but wiser and finer than himselt; as In lnstitutionaiist he sees the student as part of an organization that in better than the sum of its parts and can create an environment that tur- iiishes not merely a physical place but a style and a spirit; as an emissary tor the future, he knows that he must succeed with his first three responsibilities—that of teacher. parent, institutionalist— tor young people are the only hope we have and our only tu- lure." PHOTO CREDITS sob Hodieriie nan l-iodicrne Henry Wilhelm nob Hodlernc ST. PAUL’S Episcopal Church slim Ave. and Star. The Rev. Michael J. Joeliman. 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