No Immediate Decision 0:: Dormitory ("flanges It will be the end of Febl‘ual _. at the earliest—belore a final de- cision is reached on revisions in the housing system on North Cam- pus. This according to Gl’innell’s president Glenn Leggett. “Fm thinking in terms of a ireshman dorm and not so strong. ly anymore about a senior dorm." was the indication Leggett gave of what the change might entail, He also said that he was “just think- ing aloud" when he spoke in these terms and that this was not final. ’The procedure to be tollowed in making the decision, according to Leggeti, would be to have the Ex- ecutive Council make recom- mendations to Leggctr from the opinions they have gathered. Leg< gett then will cooler with the deans and student leaders and pro sent a “White Paper" at the end at February. Leggett indicated that the changes will probably go into ei- fect next fall. The changes Leggett wants in the housing system should, in his words, make the system more “flexible" than it is now and be “loose enough so that it's exper- imental." Administration and faculty members also tend to be dissatis- fied with rule eillorccment on North Campus by the elected oi- iicials. This prompted Leggett to say that proposals {or senior ad- visurs or preceptors appointed by the administration would be con- sidered along witll other changes in the housing rules. This Sporiiiig Life 0r, Women's Panic “Oh, God, if it’s for me, tell ’em I'm in the shower," and the battle cry oi Women’s Weekend echoed throughout North Campus, as a suppressed giggle waited its way from Loose to Mears. While Visions of iolksingers and wrestling matches danced in their rusty heads, girls resharpened wiles and/or got various ghosts out of closets [or their annual air- ing as they comered or called the hapless males oi the Harvard oi the Midwest. Quite appropriately the ilick for the Week is “This Sporting Life," gous to the sighing and shin-kick- ing employed in this oldest oi sports presently being practiced on campus—-the hunt. Activities ior Friday night in- clude the movie at 7:30 in ARl-l and a square dance in Darby at 9:30 featuring Bob Lucas. At 8:00 on Saturday Carolyn Hester will give a iolksingiug concert in Rob— erts Theatre followed by an infor- mal concert in the South Lounge oi the Forum at 11:00, A dithy- ramb will be held in Gardner Lounge at 10:00. The movie will be shown again at 9:30 Sunday night. Meanwhile, several attitudes have been prevalenr among said hapless males. There's the "oh, to hell with it" school of thought, the “c’est la guerl‘e” iantlon, and the “oh dear, do you think she‘d ever ask me out?” crowd. And yet, there seems to be a bit of a good reason for the general fuss, bother, and uproar, for at last the female sector of this community has A chance to utilize all the suave lines they've ever received. probably analo ‘Passnidi Grinnell College Oldest College Newspaper Wed at the Misriuippl Vol. LXXIll Vice President Merritt c. Lud- wig who, in his own words has “worn a number of hats” at Grinnell announced his resigna— tion January 14. hie will accept a position in June at the University of Iowa. Ludwig came to Grinnell in 1955 to work as assistant to the presi- dent, Howard R. Bowen, now pres- MERRITT O. LUDWIG Grinnell, lows, Friday, January 2i, 1966 Ludwig Resigns Pool do liioo President; To Work With honor at Iowa llhiveiniy ident at University of Iowa. Lud- wig commented that he and Boo wen “had a wonderful working re- lationship for nine years. Both he and I would enjoy re—association." “My reasons for leaving are es- sentially the opportunity for pro fessional advancement," Ludwig emphasized. “At my particular age and my stage in a career this seemed as good a time as any to move on. One always re- grets taking leave of a place where he has been as involved as [have been at Gt‘innell." Ludwig pointed out that he was iormerly a iaculty member at the university and will join many friends there besides President Bowen. As director of planning and de- : velopmont at the university, Lud- wig will work closely with the president. He Said he would as- sume “a broader responsibility with regard to planning growth and development of the institution partially with regard to buildings and finances and coordi ating the various colleges of the univer- sity." Speaking of his ten years at Grinnell. Ludwig said “I was par- ticularily fortunate to hold a job LUDWIG— (Continued on Page 11) By JOHN WOLF Desire for, greater efficiency. uniformity, and respect [or SGA was voiced Wednesday night dur- ing a Student Senate discussion or proposed student government re- organization which would, among other things, abolish the body which gave life to the changes. As reported by SGA President I e rry Goddard, the Executive Cabinet of the SGA feels that hav- ing the Cam? and AWS Serve as combined executive, legislative, and perhaps judicial branch oi SGA would eliminate the inefficiency in maintaining three separate branches. The proposed System, according to Senator Rick Heilbron, would draw more respect from the col- lege administration by the ensuing uniformity between the rules and their eniorcement. Senator Robert Barrow ques- tioned the supposition oi unilorm entorcement by Claiming that house presidents would he likely to ignore unpopular rules, no mat- ter which body iorinulated them. Senator Jane Stracke agreed that the proposed system would be more cliicient, but she added. “Dic- tatorships are efficient, too." After opposition arose to the elimination of the two student pri- mary courts under the proposed changes Goddard took time to ex- plain that the proposal was made because he “feels the student court system should begin to act more on the order of a committee than a legal body” This, he said, would be accomplished by having the house presidents rather than "magistrates” handle misconduct cases. More objection was raised to the court changes, and Goddard av greed to add some sort or pri« moi-y court system .when iormal proposals tor son reor - ' are brought before the It's That Time Again! Senate May Yel Disband; Consider Absorption of Power by C of HP. AWS its next meeting. These formal proposals will be in the form of amendments to the SGA constitu- tion. ‘ Senator Dan Bucks took the floor to criticize the Senate as it artists He said, “Generally, the Senate has been domesticated e- nough so that it okays policies de- cided on beforehand by the E» ecutive Cabinet, the COIHP, or the AWS Board. Otherwise, it has been little else than a legislative nui- sance.” Bucks said that he felt the Sen- ate, it retained, could play its big- gest role in the area of service rather than in policy decisions, Senator Dick Chady took a jab at the proposals by questioning what made the Senate capable oi reorganizing the student govern- ment if, in the proposed system, the Senate shouldn’t take ally ac- SENATE— (Continued on Page 1) I Agd opted By ALAN AXELROD Grlnnell has adopted a limited version of the passiall grading system, ,7 Beginning next year, any sophdy more, junior, or senior will be u” lowed to take one course per 59’ mester on a credltriail basis, pro} viding the course is neither a gory cral requirement tor graduation nor in the student's major field. The new system, designated at ”creditiail" rather than "paw fall," was approved in Monday'. meeting of the general faculty by what President Glenn Leggett do‘< scribed as a “substantial major: ity." s Leggett said he was "very pleased" that the proposal waj approved, “What we want to do is make all of our resources avail- able tu Grinnell students. We want to make sure that a science major will not feel that he is hurting his chances at gaining admission to graduate school by taking a course in Shakespeare, for tear that it will lower his cumulative grade average of course this could just as well apply to an English ma- jor interested in a particular phy- siCs Course," One-Way Switch A student may not elect to talio a course on the creditvfail basis after his final registration for the course. He may, however, change trom creditviail to the letter grade basis at any time prior to the' deadline for adding courses. ‘ Grades received for courses tak- en on the new system will be deli- ignated “credit” ,or “fail”. A grade of “Credit" will not be in- cluded in a student’s graderpoint average. However, should a stu. dent iail a course on the macho tail basis, he will not only receive 0 Credits, but he will also have an “F" to grade points per cred- it) computed in his cumulative grade-point average. Following an editorial on pass- Iail by former 5&3 Editor John Woli, the passAiail system was is main topic of discussion at the Encampment Sept, 1749. A stu- , dent-iaculty committee, headed by Co-chairmen Steve Kent and Ric MacDowell, was organized to ex- amine the possibilities of such I system, Make Revisions ' T After receiving the report by tho student-faculty committee, the Ex- ecutive Council made revisions and submlgted a proposal to the gen- eral faculty, who returned the pro« posal with suggestions for addi- tional revisions. The newly-revised proposal was then submitted to the general faculty at Monday's meet- mg. “I am very hopeful about the effects of this system," said Ken- yon Knopf, chairman of the facul- ty. tollowing its approval. “It is a long step in reducing the term phasis on particular grades. It ll intended to encourage morn breadth in the kind of Study fol- lowed, and l am very enthusias- tic about it." ADDRESS HERE: afiaiiog {Iauuydn suongiag allqnd