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Volt LXXIV

Grinnell, Iowa. Friday. September 23, was

No. 4

 

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Court Rules Guilty
3 Get Conduct Pro

By HENRY WILHELM

In the first court case of the
year, two girls and one boy
were sentenced to one semester
of conduct probation for a “visi-
tation violation" by a joint ses—
sion of the Men’s and Women's
Primary courts. The boy was
caught “about haltway through
the window” of Haines Hall late
last Friday evening by the
w a t c h m a 11. He voluntarily
turned himself in to CofHP
President Bob Foote the next
morning. The girls involved
turned themselves in to AWS
Board President Karen Lauter-
bach.

The defendants pleaded guilty
to the charges against them
but asked that the penalty be
limited to conduct probation.
Karen Lauterbach had originab
1y suggested to the court that
in addition to conduct proba-
tion open dorm privileges for
the defendants should be sus-
pended ror a semester, but this
was dropped after deliberation.
The boy told the court that he
thought conduct probation would
be sufficient to deter him from
doing such a thing again. He
noted that the stated function
of the court is to be “preventa-
tive rather than punitive." its
added that in this case restrict-
ing open dorms would be “kind
of silly."

Lauterbach told the court that
this case was “just a matter or
illegal entry” and that there
were no extenuating circum-
stances. Karen told the session,
which was attended by Dean of
Men, Eugene Thompson, and
Dean of Women, Alice Low,
that the defendants “showed a
remarkable lack or judgment
and responsibility" in their ac-
tions. None of the defendants

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3.5 Grade

As the result of a measure
approved by the iaculty late
last year, the college grading
system now includes the ad-
ditional mark of 3.5.

The section in the Student

Handbook new roads:

Grano ntrinltlon
on itxcelisnt
, Sumrlor
Very good
Good
Snilsinctory
Passing
rooms

The new 3.5 grade variation
will function as the equivalent
of a 3*. In the future, how-
ever, only numerical grades
will he entered on transcripts.

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“Grinnell Weekend“ in December;
World War | Is Designated Topic

From December [at through
4th Grinnell will conduct the
“Grinnell Weekend,” an acad«
emic gathering oi students, lab
ulty, administration, trustees,
towns people and plofossors
and journalists from all over
the country The weekend is an
attempt to bring the different
groups of people comprising
the college together with the
aims of focusing attention on
signiticant issues. The week
end, if successful, will contrib-
ute something of a scholarly
nature to the academic com-
munity. It will also call anew
tion to the college and cons

Freshman Workshops . . ,

JOHN ECKSTEIN and Tom Murray sriorm in "That's
Your Trouble," one of night review a niche: written by

Harold Pinter. The

sketches.

accompanying The

Dwnrvel. written by Pinter and directed by Helen
Balshaim, were presented three night: last week.

tribute to the stature of Grin-
nell throughout the country.

The idea of a “Grinnell
Weekend" was first mentioned
by President Leggett in his in-
augural address. At this mo«
merit a committee of twelve ap-
pointed hy him and headed by
Mr, Russell Fridley is planning
the event. The committee in-
cludes Mr, Wall, Mr. Kintner.
Mr. Verette, Mr. Howe, Mr.
Nelson, Mr. McMillan, Mr.
Meyer, Mr. Hess, and students
Art Arnold, Cathy Cosman, and
Bob Johnston.

Grinnell Weekend wlll include
lectures, p a n 91 discussions,
films, and an exhibit from the
Smithsonian institute. W o r l d
War 1 has been designated the
general topic of the weekend
because plans for a symposium
on World War I had already
been worked out by Raymond
F. Betts, history,

The spirit of Communltas
invoked at convocation moved
beyond the caverns of Darby
Gym into the Senate chambers
Wednesday night when Kenyon
Knopf, Economics, spoke to the
Senate. Knopf, former Chalr<
man or the Faculty, read at
length from his annual res
port to the faculty and
discussed with the Senators the
portions or the report dealing
with curriculum evaluation.

Knopf's report dealt iirst with
recent faculty committee re~
ports on the curriculum. in 1964
an ad hoc faculty committee re-
ported that “much is wrong
with the senior comprehensive
examination, with the major
program as preparation for it
and with the senior year in gen-
eral.” Several other such
studies have been launched in
recent years, but except for the
study of Speciflc questions about
the calendar, the Junior Liber-
at Arts examination. the inter-

Chapel

Sunday's Chapel Service
will feature a dramatic read
ing at “Cain And Able“ pre-
sented by Dennis Spencer,
Jeff Patterson, and Robert
Kinsey. The reading is taken
from Come Sweet Death 3
Quartet from Genesis.

port to Faculty

MR. KNOPF

lm session, and the Humanities-
Historical S t u die 5 Sequence
which was reported and acted
upon by the iaculty in the spring
of 1965, none of these Sludles
has been complete enough to
warrant faculty action.

Knopf's report suggested that

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Encampment Topics Broadened

The Encampment planning
committee has changed ihe ore
ganization of the small group
discussion sessions from the
six - topic division reported in
last week’s issue of the 5&3 to
a more general consideration at
three areas each to be dis-
cussed by all groups. Chairman
Kathy Jagow explains that this
is “in keeping with the more
general nature of this year's
Encampment . . . to get a more
comprehensive, overall view or
of Grinnell."

The annual leadership retreat
will be held at a camp near
Boone Sept. 30 through Oct. 2.
Leading oil the weekend of ses-
sions will be a studenttacuity
panel discussion on “The aims
and goals of a liberal arts
Education.”

Scheduled for Saturday arc

 

Carnival with Sideshows Scheduled
For Quad Open House Festivities

The carnival's coming to
town tomorrow, and it's bring.
ing along a crew at 550 girls,
40 gallons oi lemonade, a log-
gia-full of sideshows, and The
Three Souls to play in the cell-
ter ring. The event? Quad Open
House, of course! And it's all
for the entertainment oi the
North Campus men.

The flaps will go up in the
big tent at 7:30 for two hours
or open house on South Campus
with a continuous Schedule of
sideshcws plus booths and other
attractions on each iloor. North
Campus reSldellts are urged to
roam the loggia and off-campus
houses in search of women,
food, and excitement. Hottlog
and lemonade stands will be lo-

cated in the courtyards and
women will be located every-
Where.

At 9:00 the bright lights will
shilt to Tile Three Souls as
they bring the Forum swinging
into the midway circuit. The
jazz combo consists of a saxo—
phone artist, a drummer, and
an organist. They were reatured
at last year’s Christmas dance
in the Forum.

The weekend movie, “Yester-
day, Today, and Tomorrow"
will also be shown beginning at
9:00 and will be repeated Sun-
day night at 9:00. The show is
a collection of three separate
stories about present day Italy,
starring Sophia Loren and Mar-
cello Mastroianni.

three intensive sessions for
which delegates will meet in Six
small groups. The first of these
will consider Grinnell's “Acade-
mic Life,” and how the Grinneil
philosophy of education is
manifested in the calendar,
curriculum, and methods of in-
struction.

Afternoon discussions will be
oriented toward consideration
of “Grinllell and its relation to
the world beyond the campus."

Topic for the third session is
“Total campus environment"
which will focus attention on
extra-classroom education and
the Grinnell atmosphere,

A general concluding session
is planned for Sunday morning
to summarize the Encamp-
ment’s efforts to express the
basic philosophy and purpose
of Grinnell College

Discussion leaders will be
Bond Faulwel], Jay Williams,
Tom Triplett, Ronald Kurtz
(anthropology), Luther Erich.
son (chemistry), and Sue Dos-
tal. Hank Ballkov will lead the
opening general session.

SGA President: Steve Kent
defined the purpose and goal
of encampment in a statement
for the 5&3. “It's aim is not
to initiate solutions to specific
problems but to stimulate
thought about overall goals and
purposes," he said. He Cited
the Student Senate as the
“legitimate body for the dis-
cussion of specific campus issues
and problems." Kent expressed
hope that the concept of Grin-
nell formulated at encampment
could be applied in speciiic con-
cerns as well as contribute to
President Leggett's effort us
develop a comprehensive, longs
range plan (or the collegial