Weekend Fare: Winter Setting Coi'nfed unite! The chains of the academic pro- letariat will be thrown off this weekend as Grinnellians make a stab at a full-fledged social life with North Campus weekend. Male propagandizing will resume after a briet lapse during Women’s Weekend, with open dorms, a rock ’n roll dance and a Snow Queen adding a dash of decadent capi» talism to the festivities Saturday night. “Annapurna; Ski New Here izons” will be the feature fare in ARI-l at 9:00 Friday nightt Com- petition between halls, will be held Saturday afternoon in broom hock- cy (co-ed teams on Barber Plaza without skates), dog sledding, and snow sculpture (a Michelangelo with a snowball affair). The apple- cheeked, healthy, young luwan ate mosphere will prevail and contin- ue Saturday night when Grinnell meets Augustana lil basketball at 7:30 and with open swimming Sun- day afternoon. “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" will either be the perfect ending to a perfect week» end or will prowde the last straw Sunday night at 7:30. Broom hockey, anyone? intellects of Grlnllell Students Grinnell upperclassmen found the going rough at tile end of the semester, but on the whole preter- red ending the fall semester before Christmas vacation, a re- cent survey by the 5&3 revealed. Of the 250 survey forms re- turned. 69.5 per cent favored the new semester exam schedule, with an additional 5.25 per cent iavoring the early exams. but a shortened Christmas vacation. Some suggested a longer mid« term break in the tall and more breathing space at the end of the semester for written work and ex- am preparation. Only 18 per cent advocated a return to the old sys- tem, with exams following Christe mas vacation. Seven and a quar- ter per cent indicated indifference on the questionnaire. Pressure Greater Comparing last fall with pre- Vious fall semesters at Gi‘inilell, 41 per cent indicated that they found the pressures on them toward the end much greater. Another 31 per cent said the pressures seemed slightly greater. Twenty per cent of the Students found end-of-the semester pressures unchanged, while only 3 per cent indicated that they seemed less than usual. The lengthy Christmas break pro- vided 60 per cent of those ques- tioned to do more unrequited reading than during previous va- cations. Twentyrsix per cent said they did the same amount of un- required reading, while 14 per cent indicated less. A number of students in these two categories indicated that they were seniors who spent the time studying for comps. Work Load Up Fifyrsix and a half per cent of the students said their work load increased this semester, 37.5 per cent tnund lt unchanged and 6 per cent found it lighter. They rated their own performance as im- proved in 42 per cent at the cases, unchanged in 33 per cent, and de- clined in 25 per cent. Starting school on Labor Day caused major inconveniences to 12 per cent of those questioned. On the other hand, a few students and faculty members suggested starting the semester late in Au- gust to aViid such tight finals scheduling. Students rated their unrequired reading during last semester as more, is per cent; less, 31 per cent; and the same, 53 per cent. Many of the students who indicat- --atk New Fall Schedule ed that unrequired reading was at the same level as previously, ad- ded “which is none." Quality Unchanged The change in semester schedui- ing had very little effect on com: tinuity of class work or student( participation in extracurriculu activities, according to the silk vey. Fittyefive per cent found the quality of work in class tins changed. 34 per cent felt it had improved, 11 per cent indicated that it had lowered. Those that indicated an increased partfcpa- SURVEY—- (Continued on Page 1) Oldest College Newspaper West at the Mississippi Vol. LXXIII Grinnell, tewa. Friday. January 28. |966 No. l‘ Move to Abolish Student Senate Progresses in Wednesday Session By LIBBY PANNWITF Wednesday night, after a week ot deliberating on the subject of reorganizing the present student government system. the Student senate came to a vote of 1277 in favor of putting the proposed changes into amendment form. As it stood last week, the major changes involved tlle abolishment of the Senate, and the establish ment of a Council of House Pres- idents by combining the AWS Board and the Coil-1P. SGA President Jerry Goddard opened the evening’s discussion to general questioning from the sen- ators and members of the commit- tee iormed last week to draft the iinal proposal, The discussion covered the fol- lowing general areas: 1) Will the proposed system en- courage enough participation of students not actively involved in SSA? 2) At present the administration doesn't discuss its actions enough with the Senate. This is not the fault of the Senate and Should not be used as a point of criticism. 3) Will the coordination of the AWS Board and the CofHP be a more efficient system and Still representative of the students? 4) Karen Lauterbach said those in favor of abolishing the Senate were those who were never active in the Senate, and that the Senate was effective as a political train- ing ground and accomplished a great deal. 5) in the past the Senate has been given more of a chance to be an effective part of the student government, some senators said. This year it has not been given the chance and has been Worked around in general, these senators contended. “The important thing," Goddard Said, “is what each [if uS consid- ers student government to be. I think that the SGA functions to do a job—to govern eiiectively and also to talk with college officials.” Chris Peterson, AWS Board President, said, “Any system you haveethe Senate or the new pro< posed system—depends a lot on personalities involved. It‘s only SENATE (Continued on Page 5) Poverty Speeches in Des Moines Seen As Pioiett By DAVE DILLON “I see no reason whatsoever why students cannot and should not be involved in community af- fairs, anymore than 1 can under— stand why more universities and colleges are not more actively in- volved in the community from which they draw their money and in which they participate to a great extent. . .1 think this is a university and a college responsi- bility,” This was the response of Office of Economic Opportunity Specialist and Grinnell graduate Walter Valverde to a question about student work in social ac— tion projects. Other leaders of the ”Governor's Conference on Community Action Problems" held last Friday in Des Moines affirmed the active Liberian Positions Offered to Grads Seniors are eligible for two-year appointments beginning in July 1955 as Graduate Assistants at Cuttington College in Liberia. This opportunity is made possible by a program of cooperation and ex- change between the Associated Colleges of the Midwest and Cut- tington College. The ACM - Cuttington program was begun in 1963, Dirk Baay (German) was one or the first ACM faculty members to teach at Cuttington, He is now the Grim nelt member of the Cuttington Col- lege Committee; applications and information may be obtained from him. The Cuttington program offers a unique opportunity for partici- pation in the development of lib- eral education in Africa. The stu- dent body of 200 represents about one-third of the enrollment in higher education in Liberia. Visiting Far Eastern Journalists Tour Grinnell Campus This Week Visiting on campus and in the Grinnell community this week are seventeen Far Eastern journalists who are currently on an informa- tion and education tour of the United States. Under the joint spon- sorship of the U.& information Agency, the State Department, the Department or Delense and the White House, the journalists rep- resent Australia, New Zealand, Viet Nam, Houg Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, Okinawa, Japan, and the Republic of China. Men of various interests and positions, they include a Harvard Niernan follow, the publisher and editor of the Vietnamese language daily “Thoi Luan" Saigon, and the pres- ident of the Hong Kong Chinese Athletic Federation. After touring the campus and ate tending classes, they are partici- pating this afternoon in a South Lounge coffee hour and tonight will attend dinnerrdiscussions in the Quad and Cowles, Their visit on campus has been coordinated by Detachment 255A, Air force ROTC, Grinnell College. Previously their schedule in Grinnell has been as follows: Tuesday, Jan, 25th~met at the Des Moines airport and brought to Grinnell, Wed, Jan ZGtIiAvisited with Mayor Floyd Beaver and toured city uiiices, Veterans Mem- orial Center, and Chamber of Commerce facilities. Toured city, Visited and luncl'led at Grinnell High School. Tour-ed local stores and dined in homes of Grinnell families, Thurs, Jan. 27th—Tour» ed local industries and shopped in Grinnell stores. Visited and dined at area farms Fri., Jan. 28th— attended political session at Long» horn with the League of Women Voters, tin-campus activities. and evening social hour at the coun- try club. Tomorrow they will return to the Des Moines airport and con- tinue their tour, which has thus far taken them to Honolulu, Ha— waii; Seattle. Washington; Colo- rado Springs, Colorado; and Ofiut Air Force Base, Nebraska, From Gl‘innell they will go to New York City; Washington, D.C.; Winston- Salem, North‘ Carolina; Houston, Texas; Kirkland Air Force Base, New Mexico; and San Francisco, California Grinnell is the small- est city scheduled for the tour. Endorsement role or students in building the “Great Society.” also Director Sargent shrtver referred iii his press conference to the many tasks performed by shi- dents in Project Head Start. to- toring, driving, and preparin meals. He further cited a teen-ag community action program orgaor‘ ized by a Washington high school student who he said “did a reallfl smash job.” Governor Harold Hughes also foresaw a positive benefit from participation by Iowa college peo- ple in the anti-poverty war. Flin- ther asked if his breakfast me» ing with Shriver would result in an intensification of this program, he replied that a total effort was III ready being made and could not Successfully be stepped-ups Following the press conference, Shriver was asked about the feed- ing of some workers in community organizations that their effort! were being preempted by the 13- cal power structure, thus weakefi ing the base of popular represent; tiunt Shriver replied that he did not think this was true and said that "on a national basis approximate- ly 27 per cent of all the peoplI managing local community action programs are poor people who come from the areas where pow erty is concentrated.” He went on POVERTY— (Continued on Page 7) —___r ADDRESS HERE! oBalWD ITGWVD . suotqclaaranqi‘d