' Pug. 7w. tellers Prof [ambush S&B's Unification 0f Student Socialslcademic Life To the Editor: Congratulations! Just when Grinnell is threatened with total Iubmergence in the cant of hyp» ocrisy the S&B’s dynamic editor comes through again. You are quite right to take the faculty and administration to task for not having I coherent and uniform view of students. Down with in- dividuality and difference! Let's quit kidding and equate social lite completely with academic life and stop trying to make meaning- less distinctions within the sphere of "academic experience” The college authorities have departed radically from their suspicious view of the students, of whom they always suspect the Worst, by instituting the “credit-fail" sys- tem. You have courageously alerted everyone to this and sug- gested it would be foolish to ex periment and hope the students would act with responsibility. Of course they will abuse the system and silly ideas that they Won’t should not be allowed to masquer- ade under the cover of a suppos- Idl liberal experiment. uwever, I also support you in your call for a new unified view or the students. Let us assume, Is they so often tell us, that they are far more mature than we give them credit for. Let us abfllish all grades and have a complete cred. .It-fail system. Let’s get rid of the hypocrisy of letters of recommen- dation to grad schools and supply each professor with a printed sheet of paper (using a good stock, of course) whore he can fill in the name of the student and then check either “recom- mended" or “not recommended for graduate Study.” 1 mean, after all, either a student is or he or she isn’t. No need for advisors — who do little anyway but try to im ose their views on students H eit err students know what they want. Let’s carry this over to social life, too. Abolish all rules and let the lowa State Police and Liquor Commission into the dorms to handle that question. Forget about having deans intervene with the authorities if students get into trouble, either on campus or downtown. After all. students are mature enou h not to need the protection 0 a ”loco parent". What is more hypocritical than cutting our students off from the way others live and thereby mak- ing them rpeciall Counseling emotional problems and all that jazz are the business of the students and the parents. Let’s also make them responsible for the repair and upkeep of their living quarters, the way one is in the real world. This would not only cut down on the hypocrisy but eliminate constant tension be tween the students and 13ch (of course it might take a while to find something else to talk about). in short, a loud hurrah for your spproachl You didn't quite go far enough and weren't quite logical enough but that’s why we are here ~ to help pride you. Please enlist one enthusiastic supporter and guide. A Friendly Faculty Member Dillon Letter Protests Campus Politics, SGA To the Editor: The upcoming contest for the SGA presidency promises to be our first free, allcampus election in three years. Since the spring of 1954, two prospective candr dates have been prevented from running for this office by out- right political intimidation. Cam- paign costs have grown probi five to many. Efform in last ycai Senate to correct this abuse were squelchcd by those whose mtcr ests required the exclusion of others from Sludent government. The consequences of this neglir genes are plain to see. The cam» pus political structure has be come a closed system, unrespon sive to creative initiatives irom the student body. As one example, the Senate this year twice refused to provide funds for the Des Molnes Prolect, although more than seven hundred students have agrccd to support this effort by a onetneal fast Also, no construc- tivc response has been given to lacully proposals for tho rciorm of the hall system. Administra- tion intervention in this matter results from a failure of students and their government to develop and implement meaningful goals in community living. One iaculty member has trenchantly expressed the current inertia in SSA: “Atter me, llle delugel" thn one rates present per. formance in terms of past achieve ment at Grinnell, the record of the Goddard administration is dis couraging. Coutrasted with the pioneering guilds of students and faculty who founded the univen sittcs of Europe, the story be comes positively ludicrous. Though campus respect for our govern- ment has seriously deteriorated, one may hope that certain immc dials changcs by a vigorous 2dr ministration can reverse the trend. F an open political process CHANGES~ (Continued on Page 6) Scarlet and Black GRINNELL COLLEGI Griunull. lawn a ueckly ucuspupe. published curb Friday of the col- by the crinucil Coinrnrttcs on Student publica cscuicd lbr natlnnal advertising by National Ad- Sc inc ‘l. uunl, Course Publishers Rrbreseniuuvs, \ew York 22, N it. Second class post. lowa subscriprion vole ssbu per i . oul rcai lsuo nslrl subsLl’lDtmns. > s lt)l'l'OR nusmuss MANAGILR ' mus ~moll idNur EDIIOH . rtlllzr Ul- uncadu hum thtuUlAllU-V MANAGER ncuLATloN MANAGER Alun Axelrud sue in Duw cu, Ann Fairer, Mary Malcolm. " chk cuodv. Bolt liodlcrns llurold i-usan , slere cam , Paul brumcy suc Taylor wr chandlcr mun-u Suzy will . Mlkz Siollcr coll. Parrish, lim srorcis bunrccr. Marina berkey. Libby l'llnnvllit. Dlune romcrnnre, netrbmn ills-c. .loltu iVolr SCARLET AND ILACK Doug McCormac Friday. Fobru-ry 4, I?“ The Grudge Pot In this age of democratic concern over the surplus quantifies 0t loudstutls that are such an ironic waste and expense, it is surprising that another sorely- pressing surplus has been long ignored by the Ameri. can public. Such august societies as the D.A,R. and the P.T.A. have no official viewpoint on the subject, and even recently relevant information has been scarce. The problem, of course, is that of an excessive number of corpses. Doubt of the severity of the prob- lem now fills most of the even well-informed public with apathy, and the peace and quiet of contem- porary cemeteries seem to after a gentle reassur- ance. But the truth can be found in the August edition of The Mortlcian’s Digest (p. 23): “ The corpse sur- plus is the gruesome counterpart ol the population explosion . . . it has reached almost epidemic pro- portions . . . soon our graveyards may look like over- piled junkyards.” A serious side-effect, which ultimately may ruin our medical profession, is the large number of Cadav- ers now being supplied to medical schools. Jerome Heart, dean of Jack Hopkins, has much to say on the subject. “This Situation is really awtul! It's unbearable. So many people nowadays think they are doing the one good deed of their lives when they give their bodies to science, but they're really just fouling up our whole program. “Here at J. Hi we have so many cadavers that we have to keep our boys up half the night, carving and slicing and digging away. As you know, you can’t keep a dead body forever like a can of beans. And you Can't look a gilt-horse in the mouth, either. So there we are, stuck With heaps of wrinkly little old ladies and (at old codgers and such. “If these people really wanted to do their country some good, they would live longer. Or they could go somewhere inconspicuous to die. At least, then, they would not add to the problem.“ Enlightened commentators on the Situation have seen some promise in the government's recent recog- nition of the problem. Through Such modem tech niques as the war in Viet Nam, bodies are deliveied to foreign lands and are legally and judiciously disa posed otr specialists have noted the extreme suitability of rice-paddies for mass burials, and the government has further out the expense of the project by elimi— nating cold-storage and sending the bodies over while still alive. Yet, the disposals in Viet Nam are only a drop in the bucket when placed in the perspective of the entire population The Dead Menace still exists, and if current tlends continue unchecked, by the year 2050 every man, woman, and child can look lDrWald to only three square inches in which to be buried. “What can I do?" the responsible citizen must ask. if only man had the lemming instinct and ran to the sea, or it he were an elephant with one llllal resting ground, the citizen could act. The lasting solution now lies only in the hands of him whose linger rests over the nuclear button. The natural and harmonious proportions of mankind can be restored only by such a purge of fire. Let us pray that that day comes before our progeny have no place at all to call a grave Letter Pol icy The following Shall be the edi- tnrlal policy of the son with re- gard to Ihe publication of letters to the editor: I) The editor of the 35d! reserves the right to edit all letters he re- ceives. He reserves this right in order to protect the 55:3 from ll- bel and to protect the S&B from publishlnp mythlng forbidden by the Faculty Committee on Student Publications, specifically, obscene words and phrases; 1.) All letters must be signed Letters will be printed anonymous- ly but the edllor must know who wmtethem. Cruelty of Ecology Class Criticized; Naturalist Deplores Dastardly Deeds To the Editor: 1 love my school, and the prin- ciples for which it stands, My heart beats fervently when i think of the good will engendered by many of her sons and daughters in these limes of strile. The Gl . nell community may take ride in the spirit of peace and ind- ness ruling most of the people here, but h dark cloud threatens the blue sky of Grinnell’s worthy nature. There is on campus a group or people _ i hesitate to call them such — dedicated to Kirschner Protest Letter Provokes Swee Discussion of Lack of Privacy To the Editor' As was r ‘ognized in Miss Ku‘schnel’s letter, there 13 )1 ba- Sic disparity between what this college purports in do and what it really does. Tllis is to be ex» pected. No one can blamc the col- lege [or trying to present the best tillage it can. Wth is sad IS that the catalog is the only basis in choosing a college to which to apply. This, of course, leads to the obvious disappointments But it seems to me that more is no leaoon Why the college can't be made to live up lo its projected image more fully. i would like to discuss the main areas of Stu- dent life, namely study and social lunctlons, with this lll mind, Now, while it is true that me collcge provides a number of placos to study outside of [he stu» uenls’ rooms, it is also true that these areas could be both im- proved and enlarged upon. For me, the noisy. glary library does not have the proper atmosphere for study. This could be remedied, partly by more cooperailon on the part oi the administration to can [ml the noise level of the offices situated ill the basement and the first floor. Purl. of the library's problem lies in its modern glass structure. To me. a library is a place in which you can look for it certain kind of isolaliun. The large glass windows prevent you from getting any sense of privacy, except In a few selected seats hid- deli among the books upstairs. The glare of the lights also pre- vents isolation. The glare pro» duccs an atmosphere of noise and trivolity, instead of the more aus- tcro, l'elinell mood of a good li- brary. Curtains and softer lights with individual desk lamps could help here The rooms in A RH. and Good- now are not really meant for studying. The seats in Ah H. are uncomfortable while the lighting in Goodnow is poor, The rooms in the Science building and Car. negie are excellent. My only com» plaint is that there aren’t nlore of them, I say this even though I know for a iact that they are nev- er very full. This is because the feeling of privacy is ruined if more than a few people are in these small rooms, Although the South Lounge is sometimes used for studying, students should not feel that they have to whisper there, for it was originally in- tended for informal conversation. It's up to the students themselves to bring this about As the college offers the stu- dents certain places to study. so does it offer them certain places to talk. There are many places where two people can talk a1» TWO CAN~ (Continued on Page 5) [he wanton slaughter of small animals in the Grinnell areal These persons use the biology de» partmenl as a front to lend their dastardly enterprise good name and a legitimate cover. They have managed to hoodwink the faculty into assigning them a class time and the use of facilities or the school, under the name of a class in “Animal Ecology." Days ago, those villains set out into the fields and vsles of tho Grinncll area with the purpose oi setting out crucl mechanical traps to kill or maim small animals wand -' g afield in their struggls for girl ellce. in ten days, they have caught approximately 140 helpless animals, Why must this annihilation go on? Shall we per. mit such pointed cruelty to pro ceed? What is the purpose of these fiends? They purport to be taking a scientific surrey uhicb needs to measure a cross section of the animal population. This 1 can understand, but I cannot \In- derslano why they must be killed. in my anguish, i asked one of the crin nals why. He merely rcloricd with glee, “the little beggars arc ellslcr to measure when thcy are irozcn still!" Another time, he reported with obvious satisfaction that they had killed a chickadcc. l-ic wasn't so happy another day when they caught a bird by the foot; they lot him go in hopes hc might irocze to death with a broken leg. Picture. gentle reader, an out mal caught and freezing to death, The poor dumb animals try to crawl away. but the demons wire the traps in place. One or the trappers grinned and explained with satanic glee that “When J‘ou see the trap upsidevdown at the end. of the Wire, you know you've got one!” Oh Horrorl! I must loll you, they chew their legs on to free themselves, only to freeze to death or die from loss of blood. Gentle sir, help me by telling llle students of fair Grinnell cl this masquerade, and lead us in its destruction. Let “5 fight cruel» ty at Grinnelll Friends of peace arise! GRINNELL WILL BE OURSlli ' A Ltmer of Birds and Mice