Page Two SCARLET AND BLACK FridayI February H, “956 Editorial . .. , PICTURED ABOVE Is A DEAD CAT. A troten deed eat. This was a mecolsre touch oi cre— ativity that North Younlrer added to their mow sculpture. The work of art also included a dead dog. Atrozen deed doo.lhe animals were obtained tron. s loeol veterinarian. This tasteless display or humor by the boys who usually knew haw to take the time goes a long ways towards convincing the tseolty and administration that their tears at a North Cam- pus problem were untounded, Burling Boys vs N. To the Editor: 1 read in. Lighthournc's cola hum. “trains and rivers," ot Fri- day- the last with great respect tor both his intellect and style ot writing. I mention this in open ing because I doubt my abilities as a writer when 1 consider going into linguistic combat with David, Nonetheless, I must take excepr tion with his figures of speech concerning the administration and their policy towards students. it seems to me that so long as the adininis ion shows us our “due respect,” , doesn’t meter to us as the discontented dangling pi toplasm ol North Campus, the least/we could d vould he to re- train troni rete ing to them as the B ling Boys—despite the alliterative impact of such a name. In review ol administration policy 1 don’t. intend to assert that they have created, or should I say have allowed the students to create the “best at all possible worlds" on the Grinnell campus. But I do believe that they have made eitorls in what they thought was this general direction, al. though being mortal (as we both PHOTO CREDITS -n. l-lodiernc, I, \vtlhcliu siiirgis liorlierne page 5. llodietne rage a» tindierne Campus Proloplasm are, David) they do tend to err. I do believe that ive should criti- cize their actions, but when doing so it might be better to keep one’s tongue in check rather than in cheek. to conclusion and in defense oi Norris, let me say that the res- idcnts at East. No is don’t reIer to their ball as an “architectural catastrophe" but rather as the ul- timate in extended reverberation Liar: Rollxstein ‘Rale Superior al Pe!la Al the Central College debate tournament in Pella Saturday a Grinnell debate team ol Law. renee Fellerman and Beniamin Williamson won all tour rounds ot competition to receive a superior rating. An excellent rating went to a second Grinnell team, composed oi Cynthia Nagel and David Sch» reck, who wort three at tour rounds. 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MMy Malcolm. Llhhy l-aiiiiiviit, mane romerunee, Delirium nice. iohn Won Fellerman, Williamson ’Flaubert Advised to Take Coffee Break To the Editor: Look, Flaubert I’ve spent these last three hours with you Tliiimhing through my diction naire. , I'm grateful for your eliorts and your care, But my teliciti is thumping down the stairs, The snoiv that settled weeks ago Is sliding into Spring, The air is warm And smothering my senses, Ponds of ice are glistening and girls are letting doun their hair irlauoci iPut :rway your words, ‘Take a collee break, (Go to the Forum alreadyh llanioy La Vie Absurde ,Thcre are sounds there lWhich yoti haven’t heard, Anonymous VISTA Vo A group of 20 volunteers has ex- panded to over 2000 in a year's time. Such is the 1000 per cent growth that the domestic answer lto the Peace Corpsithe War on Poverty's Volunteers in Service to America—can boast. VISTA asks one year of Volun- teer work. Oi the 20 initial volun- teers, 34 per cent re-enlisled tor a second year. Others, according to Pat Smith, VISTA recruiter at Grinnell early this week. have _stayed in the War on Poverty In idifierent capacities. On campus with Miss Smith was John Herbert. Both were sent by 0.E.0. to explain VISTA to students and to distribute applica- tion farms. Heibert said that groups across the collntry have put in 7000 requests tor VISTA workers He said that both the demand ior volunteers and the number or volunteers enlisting are growing rapidly. Application to VISTA must he Controversy Over Privacy Continues As Shender Defends forum Planning To the Etlitar: I must lake issue with one h‘ peel of Miss Kirschner's letter 01 January 28. 1 am very sorry to see that Forumhuitingis becomr ing a new college pastime _ e pecially when I recall the eagei- ncbs with which we watched the Forum tzlko shape in ~Elli-'64, and the excitement With which we pressed our noses to the glass a year ago last tall. it seems ironic that, once inside, we Wish we could be solllelvhel'e else. In any case, Miss Kirschner (through no fault 01 her own) was not here then, and cannot but fail to per- curve the Irony of the general 5 uation or retlcct upon the impli- cations it otters as to the general nature of mail. So to be fair to her, 1 must limit myself to come menting on the obvious flaws ot her own reasoning. To begin with, 1 not greatly up set by the aspcrsions which have been cast on the intentions oi lhs archilect, Netsch Miss Kirschller writes, ”This sounds like ii coallr tion of administration and archir lect against the student's need for a certain degree ot privacy , . Netsch is certainly no dolt when it comes to college architecture. After all, he has to his Credit Bur- ling Library, and the Fine Arts Center, not to mention the Air Force Academy chapel and the entire University of Illinms Chi- cago Cimle campus. It Netsch has designed the Forum as he has, it is because he has certain concopr tions as to what purposes and goals ii small liberal arts college such as Gl'inllell is aiming toward. and a general scheme as to how to help the college achieve these ends, as much as possible, through the mechanics of design. I serious- ly doubt that he acted as a Bill'- ling Basement. stooget Secondly, l am alraid that the cry ot “No privacyl" is one which is t-oiecd by people who would not be happy unless they were com- plaining about something, and that the rest of us have hardly noticed the “defect" After all. do you suppose the people ot the TV room really care it they are hoiiig watched by the people in the North Lounge? Is it possible that the even notice when they are eng ed in the tuner And does any no seriously believe that the people in the North Lounge mind being hatched by the people in the TV room? Atter till, don't people dance today be- cause they want t’l) be seen? And the people in the game room 7 do they care it the wallilowers in the North Lounge are staring at thcm twliile they are staring at the en hall)? Is there anything really so private going on in the grill that the people in the game 'rooln anti the coffee house llltlht ai-crt their glazed gate? Finally, who is more embarrassed — the people entwined around each other on the floor oi the South Lounge each night at l .45, or the people ogllng them from the CM- t'ee shop and the music room? Perhap ltliss Kil'schller has ittit‘ really amined both sides at the question. Miss Kirschncr writes of the South Lounge, “ anyone who talks above a whisper or so much as plays an arpeggio is booed out by the people who have taken over the South Lounge as a study center." Perhaps we should erect a sign which states- THIS LOUNGE FOR AUDIBLE CONVERSATION (15-75 DECIBELS) AND ARPEGGIOS ONLY But then wouldn’t we be defeating the goal of ireedom in the liberal arts community? Atter all, it the South Lounge is tor quiet media lation it is by the choice of the students, and what is so wrong with that? We have made it what we want it to be. or the grill, the authoress says, “My idea or a place to relax and meet my irlends is not a restallr rant.” In reply, there is no law which says you must stay in the grill to talk; there is always the TV room, the North Lounge, and heaven tor d, the music room or the Coffee :ihup. In conclusion. it appears that hliss Kirschner has lost sight or, or denies, the real purpose oi the Forum in the context of the col- lege community. Of course the Forum was not designed for pi-i. racy (although it attords a re markable amount of it in spite or this tact — try the private din- ing rooms or study rooms seine time, or spend an evening in the dark room)‘. It was not designed as a place nhere people could hide from each other. They can do that in their rooms. The Forum has designed as a meeting place. as n hub of campus social lite. not as the cud of it. It is the beginning of and means to better coinlnnni. cation. The Forum is the fatal point of campus lite and is a slat-l- ing point for illlerrhllnlnn Lon- tacts within the college coiilnnie uitv. and it serves this purpose well. as Miss Kirschncr must act. unit. It is the fault at the ruin. ounicnt and the rather narrow policies oi the administration i(‘~ garding open rooms, and not the tault ot Netscll, that we have no- uhcre else to go. Stephen Shender [unteers Sought Here erences Applicants are screened; ped, ludian reservations and rural by ”lamps Wm, expertem inial'eas, Volunteersworkalways with Peace Corps selection, according to MISS Smith Although VISTA volunteers do not undergo the inr tensive security check customary for Peace Corps volunteers, 40 per cent or those applying are res jected, During the six week train- ing period, an additional 10 per cent is dropped. The training period includes three Weeks of cliis ‘oom edilcar tioii and three weeks on the spot training in VISTA techniques. Techniques, however, depend largely on the originality and intel- ligence oi the individual volunr teers. ”ln most cases a Volilnr (ear is given almost complete freedom." MISS Smith said. The volunteer works in with the peo— ple, sees the problem, and he manages to see the way out. she explained. VISTA goes into six major are job corps, urban slums. mi» accompanied by at least eight ret. grunt workers, mentally handicap- “Americans whose present state is bad—Americans whose present state can be elevated," VISTA volunteers range in age and skills widely. “There is no such thing as a typical volunteer,” Miss Smith said. In the 18-25 age group are 75 per cent ot the vol- unteei-s. 13 per cent are trom 25. so, and 12 per cent are over on. One volunteer is so years old. l-lerbei-i said or his work in re. ci-iiiting tor VISTA: “I tliiuli it really sells itselt. You just tell people about it.” In reference to a tendency among college students to remain Iullinvolved, Herbert pointed out, “Kids don't ieel they’re experts in any area, thereiore they shouldn't do anything." He said that he tells them “You shouldn't orer- indulge in humility.” Quoting Ben Jonson, he added “II you wait un— til you‘re iully equipped to tl0_ something. you're never going to do ttL"