Friday Sepiember 9. I966 Republican Plans: To Eat and Vote The Young Republicans of Grlniiell College will hold a picnic as their first event of the year on Sunday, Sept. 11 at 4:00 pm. The picnic will be attended by former congress- man John Kyl, Who Is running for his old Fourth District seat: [his Iall, State Senator Kenneth Bendix from Poweshiek Com-my, and Clair Strand, Republican candidate for state representa- tive from Grinnell. Touch {001‘ ball and volleyball are also planned. The Young Republi- cans Will work closely with the Poweshlek county Republican Central Committee The first Young Republican campaign activity involving the whole membership (hopefully) will be Wednesday, Sept. 14th when members will go to Mar- shalllown for precinct canvas- sing. College students will also help in the opening and cpemt~ lag of downtown Grinnell Re- publican headquarters, located all Broad between 4th and 5th Avenues. Various local and state politicians are expected at the college now that the prim- ary electlnns are over and the party candidates have been chosen. The month of Septem ber Will be climaxed by Buck Night throughout the state. Thursday lhe 22nd, with YR members helping the fund drive. HAMMAN'S APPAREL Ludies' Ready-M-Wear Goals & Dresses All Siyles and Siresr JUNIORITE SPORTSWEAR AILEEN SPORTSWEAR LAMPL SPORTSWEAR JOYCE SPORTSWEAR } Leggell (Continued from Page 1) last one in May, we have picked up a frightful momentum. in searching for ways to face this world, and to deal construc- tively with iLAa search that all of us in this room, young and old, are preoccupied with—i came across two pieces of writ ing that have some relevance. The first is a shout poem quoted by Secretary of Education, John Gnrdner, in one of his books. It goes like this: To whnrn can l rpulr loday7 in. gentle rnrn h-i pnrish-d Th. violent man on accnl to .y.rybody. To whom Can I rpc lb. iniquity thot Iand it hrr no .nd. To wharn can | mark iodryl Them e no righironr rnen The on i. rurrsndrrrd to Grimm-IL The poem was written by a young unhappy Egyptian dul‘~ ing the time of the Middle Kingdom about 4000 years ago. The second piece of writing is a‘ paragraph 1 wrote myself some years ago. it goes as fol- lows: in. blunt fut which trcu ur todry ii thri ih. world w h you of th. old.r generation .r. having il . world which rcprr. 13M: Vnur Iailun. You cannot today? hr the SCARLET AND BLACK b. er cal it we Are dissatisfird with You cannot complain if we d crnnnr la depart ihrrply Iram precedentr irt by you. it is ohyiour to anyone who openr Iii: synr to reality that tho oco. namlc, social. and political cans ccptr which you have hallowed. .ithsr blindly or with open cyer hay. fril.d rnirnrrlsly h: achin- rnyrhine lit. full uliIixhlion of our mt rcrcurcrr tor nurnrn botfsrrnrnt and hn. man happinm. vri . ynwlq prrran today do" not blam- yon bitterly tor th. rtm at the world. H. kncwr you crnncr n unrolf h rt out of only in . hello! thsi .n ertruyoo. frith in th. dollrr will rely. all th. problcnir rt turtr. col. Inn. and living: of mentoring property value. 'ih human yslnor and tor f in; h: roly. tn. probtrnir ot thn twonliorh cIMwy with intollrcinrl Inm- bcr from the oreurt dnyr oi th. eighlebnlh and nlnliunlh curi- little). This was i sermon i delivered some 25 years ago at a convocar tion to a group of my college classmales’ parents, including my own. I found it in the dust bin of my own history while searching, as middleraged men often do, for memories of my own father and mother in their own right and not merely as PARENTS if you wish to rub. rcrib. lo the 5&3 please snclor. 55.00 and this coupon in an envelope and send to: 5&3 — Subscriptions Grinnell College Grinnell, Iowa 50111 the necessary sacrifical lnstru< merits of my own birth and up. bringing In recalling it. i saw not only the threatening look which the chairman of the hoard of trustees gave the col- lege president, but also, with some pangs of tender remorse. of how my mother reached over and patted my father's hand when i made my speech. in those days, when l was full of myself, i thought the gesture signified family pride; now i know it was to calm my tather down and keep him from mea- suring the distance to the near- est exit. But this in personal history What is important about the two pieces is their reflection of the persisting reality of a sin- ful world and the refusal, some- times artistically expressed a: in the first piece and sometimes ingenuously as in the second. 01 the human personality to take it lying down. But i confess that a constructive refusal appears to set harder and harder with each generation. In 1940, and from the safe distance of 40 centuries, the Middle Kingdom Page Thres of Egypt, like Henry Adams' romatioiied Middle A g o s , seemed to me to provide a rela- tively secure life—though i should tell you that I naturally assumed that had 1 been in either place i would have been ii member of the royal family or at least an archbishop. And in 1940 i even looked patro zingly on Matthew Arnold’s n0- tion that the late 19th Century was a darkling plain swept by confused alarms of struggle and fright where ignorant armies clash by night. it. too didn't know how bad it was really going to be. i am also aware that 1965 is probably worse than 1940. Not only has the sheer number of potential sin- ners increased; detailed ac. counts ol their sins have now become a matter of lascivious public knowledge, frequently while the Sins are being com- mitted, sometimes indeed in hopes that they soon will her Then too, the demands for free dom of the people of Asia and LEGGETT— (Continued on Page 4) UNITED FOOD MARKET for Parties — Picnics Snacks VISIT HARRY’S SPORT SHOP Davin It Wilson Tennis Rachel’s Models for 1h. 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