Page Two SCARLET AND BLACK Friday. March ll, I966 Editorial _.Goddard's Promises ‘ Wednesday night Jerry Goddard delivered the traditional president’s farewell address to the Senate Klee age 1) and his speech bears examination for it roves r Goddard’s failure as an SGA president. ' Goddard pointed with pride to promises he made In September. He promised maintenance of the status quo, promised students would not “hear a lot of discus- Ilon about what SGA is up to this time," promised no search for “sweeping reforms,” and promised “rela— tlvo calm" Goddard kept these promises, ' Goddard maintained the status quo. However, the Item: quo, in his own words, lacked “dynamism” and I "willingness to move ahead with more liberal pro- grams. . .” Goddard complained bitterly in his speech that in» the days of Dr. Bowen the campus made tre- mendous progress “toward the ideal of a truly liberal arts college" and that that “aspect of Grinnell College . . . has been at least forgotten, if not lost entirely." The reason progress has stopped is people like Goddard who lack the ability and resolve to regain lthis lost “dynamism" and ”willingness to move ahead with more liberal programs. . .” The reason progress has stopped is SGA presidents like Goddard who are proud of maintaining the status quo but who at the same time attack it. Goddard’s speech is filled with ref- erence: to what is wrong with the status quo. Goddard promised that there would not he a “lot of discussion about what SGA is up to this time.” God- dard did not seek discussion or, for that matter, partici- pation. As all the SGA candidates this spring said, Goddard’s administration lacked widespread student “involvement.” Along the same line of limited discussion. Goddard accused the 5&1! of inaccurate reporting. We make mis- takes in reporting, and most of them deal with SGA. The reason for this has been the gross unwillingness of Goddard to cooperate with the 58:13. Had the 58:3 been sharply critical of Goddard, his stubborn refusal to help us would have been understandable. What is so remark- able is that his unwillingness to help seemed to lack motive, Another Goddard promise was not to “lead cru- lades for sweeping reforms.” And he didn’t, His speech called for reform of what he tagged the “if-you-don’t- like-it-get-out attitude” of administration towards stu~ dents. No leadership to back this much needed reform was provided by Goddard. He was too busy maintaining the status quo. Goddard was proud of the “relative calm” that existed this yeari We feel the "calm” could more accu- rately be called boredom. Goddard said that the college “has fallen prey to all the conservative forces that plague an institution without purpose” Goddard himself was one of those “conservative forces” He sought to conserve or main- taina system whose lack of progress he lashed out against Wednesday night. We are not going to label Goddard a failure. He did it for us. Scarlet and Black GllNNill can!“ Grin-ll. Inw- A weekly lieu/shape: published each Fridily n: the col~ it“ year by the Grinnel Committee on snidnn Publica» uuvls. ll'cpiescntcd lol‘ "annual Idvenlsinj hy Nltionhl nu- ie sin; service. inc, codex: Publishers klprcsentnllve. is cu slim Silent, New mm 12. in. Second class posi- nnc mm at Grinnell, lnwl. Subscription mm 5500 per n-hoci vear axon naid subscriptions. up llodleru imam huson Alan Axum . Mmh- sum sim l'nsd Ann! Flmr Paul analey Llhhy P-nhwlll Sue Taylor in ch-ndln Mom-lion , , Suzy wm coir Parrlsh, John Wolf Sue Blilimc’l’. olch oh. l in onwnev. Ann )(Inchnen Mary Ma|cnl um Nash. runi R. Jones. leby Paimwfll. Dclahlan nice. Judy seal: Riverside Singers Here Tonight To Perform Varied Selections The Riverside Singers, an excit- ing vocal ensemble, will perform in Roberts Theater tonight at 82% p.m. Since [heir debut in 1958, the group has won high praise throughout lhe Eastern, Southern, and Mid - Western United States, where they have toured annually for the past five seasons. The six solocaliber vocalists are Eileen Laurence, soprano; Joan Mey, soprano; Barbara Crouch, mezzo-soprano; Mui-iin Lies, Ten- or; Alan Baker, baritone; and Anthony Tamburello, bass - bari- tone. Most of them received their early training at the Juilliard School of Music in New York. Since their debut they have ap- peared on some of ihe nation’s leading concert stages including The National Gallery in Washing- ton, and New York's Town Hall. The group performs in a variety oi voice combinations, including solos, duets, trius, quartets, quin- ensemhle. Most of ihe music is unaccompanied, ranging from the Renaissance through the Classical and Roman- )tic periods. included also in the repertoire are several contempor- ary works, some of which have been written expressly for the group. The program tonight will include English, Spanish. and French madrigals of the 16th and 17m centuries, as well as contem- porary compositions by Poulenc. tels, and lull Michael Miller, and Thomas Wag ner. Cited as a rare. highly polished group with regard to balance, [one quality. and elegance oi style, their presence on the Grill- nell musical scene is wilhoui ques- tion a noteworthy event. The vocal chamber music repel oire is ex- tremely rich and varied; ihe Riv- erside Chamber Singers do we]— come justice to its many aspects and styles. new Social Coordinating Committee, headed by Bob John- slon. will take charge of omi- nell's social life after spring medic Chicago, St. Louis to Host Students Working in Annual Inner-City Project The Board of Religion is span. sorlng inner-city work-study proj- ects in St. Louis and Chicago over spring vacation. This is the second year Iuch projects have been lin- denulun It Grlnnell. Partlclpatlng in the St Louis project will he Anne Farrer, Trip Kennedy, Sue Klee, and Jeanne Cook, They will live at the Grace Bill Settlement House, where they will meet with staff members and local workers. They will also hold discussion sessions and do some neighborhood work. Project dates are March 1346. Panicipaimg in the Chicago project will be Sue Ogami, pcggy Harlan. Belinda Johnson, Georgia Mickey, Nancy Moyle, .lim Mom, Deborah Nelson, Mary lick, Lin- da Hauserman, Andrea Dungy, Alum Smart. Penny Bevis, June lfo, Gretchen Brewer, Heather Foo". Lureta Kahler. Evelyn Su» gawu, Judy Roberts, Mattye Nel— son and Richard Dresden. The Chicago project was con- ducted last year, while the St. Louis project is a new undertaking. Eight to Attend Conference About Tropical Development Grinnell will seild eight dele- gaies to the seventh annual Win spread Conference for the Associ- ated Colleges of the Midwest lo be held March 2517. Conierence site will be (he Wingspreud Es- tale near Racine, Wis, owned by the Johnson Foundation. The conference will consider the questions: why has development lagged in tropical areas; are [here Special considerations in the tropics —— geographical, climatic, economic, political. social and psy- chological—which contribute to un- derdevelopmem; what are the inc. tors on which strategies for de- velopment of the tropics should be based? Grinnell participants will be Jeri Lungham, Kathleen r a p 9, John Pnjmln, Rick Seiiert, John Sharpe, Ronald Kurt: (anthropoL ogy), Howard Burkle (philosophy and religion), and Robert Vnen- man (economics). Voertman also serves as one of three men on the planning committee in charge or the conference program, The sponsoring foundation, owned by Johnson Wax. will pay the en- tire expenses for all delegates to the meeting. Speakers at the conference will include geographer Philip L. Wag- nor of me University of California at Davis, best known for his work in the cultural geography of Mex- ice and Costa Rica. J. Robert Hunter, a tropical biologist and Field Administrator of the ACM Program of Field Studies in Ceiir tral America, will report on the work being done in that program William Paddock, formerly of the Latin American Science Board oi the National Academy of Sciences and an anthropologist for the us. Agency for international Develop- ment in Haiti, Venezuela, and Peru, will he a principal speaker and resource person. Last year the Wingspread con- ference was on “Problems or the Metropolis." it developed inio a Classic confrontation of anti-city and pro-city views with emphasis on the elevation of the Negro into middle class suburbia, Skiers Plan to Be Lodged in Colorado Fourteen Grinnell sludents will spend spring vacation skiing in the Rockies, according lo Irv Si- mane (physical educalion). Simone sponsors ihe mp which costs students 3150 for food, lodg« ing and transponation lor the l5 day vacation. Social Coordinator Named; Seeks lnformality, Diversity Recently elected by the old committee and approved by the Senate are movies chairman, Dave Harrison; concerts. Steve Reich; informal events, Linda Seckelson and Renate Reich ' (HF hyramh, Carli Dugan; puhli ty, Connie Simon: and forum Chair- man, Dick Faxon. The new CofHP last night elecied Dave Shellenbarger Nonh Campus social chairman. "We hope to provide diversiiy and I more informal almos~ phcre," Johnston Said in I re- cent interview. “We want mostly to be male experimental.” Johnston has in mind for exper. iment what he calls n "weekend Esperanto affair.” The first such program will be in April with jazz singer Betty Caner and her trip. She will sing two nights, giving two performances nightly. l-ler trio will provide dance music the i'r maindcr oi the evening. Eagerness to utilize student tal— ent in the collee house was ex- pressed by the new social chairman. "I am also anxious,“ slated Johnston, "to provide ways lor people to lake advantage of off-Campus faCilifies. This would mainly be for sheer convenience, such as regular trips to Des Moines, and also for such things as Lake Acre excursions." Under the new committee, mov- ie blui'bs and other expianaiury notes will be printed on the back- sides of the social calendais. The committee is planning in slage a “Happening" sometime in the near lumre, A dance mara- than has also been suggested. Wednesday night jam sessions will continue as will the Fonlm Film Series. Gadabouts chairman and the South campus social chairmen have yet to be elected. Hand Appointed To Head SAGA Chuck Hand will be the SAGA Food Service Director for Grin- nell when the present director. Fred Huggins, leaves March 19 to take a motel management job. Hand will coniinue as manager of Cawles dining hall 'n addition to assuming responsibility [or the feeding activities at the Quad (lin- ing room and the Forum. Hand received a as. degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management at the University at Denver in 1951.