no. Two SCARLET AND BLACK Ed' orial Sugar Coated Education? While watching the 3&6 men busily cleaning the Forum windows (seems like the last time they did that was just before Commencement, but I wouldn’t swear to it) some thoughts occurred to me about the nature of the present weekend. Basically, it seems to me that the whole thing is a pretty good idea. Bringing all the parents and alums over and giving them a taste of what Grinnell life really is does seem to be a laudable undertaking. The questions that bother me, however, are, do we really give them much of an idea of what’s going on here or do we just show them a big party and send them home even more ignorant than before? I suppose the whole thing harks back to the old problem of the college’s image. Should we try to sugar- coat the Grinnell education and hope the parents and alums never see beyond the coating or should we make an honest effort to show them what’s really hap- pening here. The sugarcoat approach would be fine except that every once in a while the real thing does show through! like when the 58;]! prints obnoxious articles or the stu- dents return home for vacations. Often when the real thing does show through, it of- fers only an incomplete picture which out of context is very damaging to our precious image. What is lacking is a context of understanding. Homecoming could contribute to such a context. The point is, I suppose, that most of us at Grinnell spend very little time going to football games, wearing mums, electing queens and building floats. Yet for the parent or alum who spends one day a year here it looks like that really is about all that happens. I’m not saying that homecoming football games should be abolished, though perhaps a series of IM games might be more representative, but that the emphasis should be placed elsewhere. Rather than send out an expensive invitation emblaz- oned with a Grinnell halfback scampering for long yardage (or maybe just trying to get back to the scrimmage line), why not substitute a shot of a classroom discussion or a play. If football games were once the motif of Grinnell life, they are now only a pleasant, if slightly irrelevant, adjunct. What this weekend needs is more emphasis on such things as tomorrow morning’s symposium or the Ameri- can premier of the Russian drama. An expansion of ac- tivities which show what Grinnell life really is and a lightening of the emphasis on the football game would in the long run, make homecoming a truly significant event and not just the occasion for a haircut. IllilllilllllllilllllllllllllllllllIIllllllllillllllilllluillllllllllllllillllllilllli ACM Program Open: Applications for second se- mester (January - June ’67) fellowships in the ACM Central American Field Studies Pro- gram, San Jose, Costa Rica, are now available from R. F. Voenman, economics, in Car- negie 112. Anyone wishing further in— formation should confacf voen- man. The closing date for the acceptance of applications is November 4. nlllllllllllllllllliilIIllllllIIiIlllllllllllllllllulllllllllllllllllllllluillllllr Selective Service Test The Selective Service Quali- fication Test will be given again this year on November 18 and la Grinnell men who have not taken the test and are imbued with a healthy neurotic horror of the draft should obtain an application card from Dean Thompson as soon as possible Alihough die test will not be given in Grinnell, fransporrafion to Iowa City or Des Moines will be arranged at a later date Scarlet and Black GRINNELL COLLEGE Grinncll. lower A weekly newspaper Published each Friday or the .. 0, college year by :no Grinnell Colnlnluce on Sinnenr Pubs r, llcatlaus. Represented for national novcrnsing by Na- e n [tonal Advcnising Servicer inc, College Publishers Repressnlalive. l3 Eur 59m sirosr, New York. 22. N.Y. nsccond clnss postage paid at Grinnell. Iowa Subscripllon nxe 35.00 per Ichool year. laoo paid subscripucns. EDITOR . .. BUSLNESS ANAG NEWS muck _ 7 resume zmron _ copy EDITOR . anron EDITORS . . ASSlsrAN‘r ro THE EDITOR cum: monomer-rm PHOTOGRAPHERS clncuLArroN STAFF nArr _ k HArnld Fuson __ Susan will M-rlhl ncrkey , Nun riscncr Susan Gather Alan Axelmd. Ann Klrschner . 7 Anne Farrer Jim Slur-gas ,. Alan bernhurur, susnn Kuescr . Mike Delole, Chuck Demchuck . mi Nncnman, Charles sinlrh, Kryl Neuman, Rid-um Schooirov, Knihy Siren, Jan Hale. Paul Jones Bruce nlnnrord, l'lltnhrd Kump, Andy isms, racism Johlumn, Henry Wllhelnl. Phyllls Murruy, Sunh rhorsen. Don \vinney Animal Behaviour Neii Fischer Friday. October 2']. 19M — Guy lombardo in '67 Certain more conservative elements on campus have ex- hibited a notable lack of en- thusiasm for (and even fear of) the radical departure from the pasf represented in rnis year’s homecoming. The dance (And Jefferson Air- plane; Visual: Anthony Mar- tin) surely must be aversive for these individuals, and it is thus with their psychologi- cal welfare in mind that 1 pre- sent a schedule of homecom- ing events for 1951 —— a sched- ule so well adapted to Grin- nell as to be immediately ac- oepted. Sn even if all of you forthright, conservative, and sterile individuals are too in- hibited to enthusiastically al- lend the Jefferson Airplane dance, you can still look for- ward to next year: Events of 1967 “Parents' Weekend” (“homecoming,” of course, will be eliminated ns semantically inappropriate) will begin on Friday. October 22, with administration-alumni sym- posium of primary interest to all alums — “The Role of the Maid in the Hall System.” Friday, too, offers a host of o t h e r Wonderful activities. Two showings 0f “Bambi,” a wonderful family movie for the entire, wonderful family, will ge biven in ARI-i — a parents’ showing at 6:30 pm. and a matinee at Z in the nth emoon. Later a fascinating exhibit of Alumni Needlework of the Class of ’46 will be shown in the Schneffcr Gal- lery. A treat for our scholars will be a lecturesdemonstralion in R o b e r t s concerning “Social Amenities and Gracious Living” by governor Harold E. Hughes. Mrl Hughes will also distribute free scarlet and black penibox favors to quali- fied seniors. On Saturday, though, dis real fun begins. Feeling the necessity for victory, the ml:- letic department has nego- liated to play Pnrsons’ fresh- man team. Prior lo the game, there will be a musicale of Beloved, Sacred Music by Cowles. Float competition will be de- leted from the schedule; Clark men would have won anyway With their original theme — “Scenes from the Life of Dean Thompson." Following the big game, re- freshments will be served. Par- ents and faculty will imbibe Sherry and biscuits (Courtesy of Golden Rule Funeral Homes) in the North Lounge, While stu- dents and chaperones will have Kalli-Aide and graham crack- ers (courtesy of the Rex) in the South Lounge. And the dance — oh, yes . . . We are extremely form. uate ln having secured Guy Lombardo and his Royal Can- adiansr Bubbles will be blown onto the dance floor over huge blocks of dry-ice. Let’s hear it for Guy and the boys who have ended a twenty-five year booking at New York’s Roosevelt Hotel just to come all the way In central Iowa to play your favorite tunes .. notably the “Anniversary Waltz." Dress will be suicily en. forced. Man must wear three- butforl, v e s t ed, conservative suits; skirt length must be “modest." All dates must have gaudy purple orchids at least seven (7) inches in diameter. This appears in me [0 be the kind of thing that some of you want, and personally I think it’s just wonderful, won- derful, wonderful. And, be- sides, the Jefferson Airplane (lance this weekend is a once- ino-lifeiinie thin g anyway; you‘ll never have to worry about if oagin. Letters . . . Questions Formality To the Editor: On attending chapel this year, 1 was happy to see that Mr. Haas was not afraid to create a religious atmosphere in his ser- vice, especially when contrasted with the tone of many of last year’s chapel services. However, it is my own feeling, and that of most others to whom I have talked, that this has been ac- complished partially at the cost of informality and meaningfur ness. I think that most students who amended the recent commu- nion service appreciated the fact that they could participate in a Communion service for the cola lege community, although many regretted that it had to be ac- companied by so much formali- ty and ritual. When preoccu- pation with formality displaces the meaningfulness of the ser- vice, then the formality is be- ing carried too far. in the fu— ture perhaps Mr. Haas and all others concerned could con- centrate more fully on bringing a significant Christian message to the sunday service. rather than insisting on a potentially perfunctory ormalify. _Byron Bangert Classic Cynicism To the Editor: Never before have l been so thoroughly disgusted by a letter appearing in the sell. I am, of course. referring to John Cros- sett‘s example of “classic” cyni- cism. Anyone who can read the special 5&3 and come away with no more than a mental residue of grammatical errors and in— correct logic, should be copy- ing manuscripts in a monastery and not writing letters in con- demnation of the fresh spirit of involvement. which has been so sorely needed at Grinnell. For the first time in at least three years the campus is really alive with the, excitemenh of ‘new ideas, and all John ci-osselt can see is poor logic. ironically John Crossett’s let- ter_is itself a model of poor logic and invalid goneralizsuon. The statement that flows “mar each argumentior rather each utterance” is a classic example To write such a letter last year would have been equivalent to kicking a mun who was already down. but this year, in an at- mosphere of innovation and ex- citement. John Crossett has only succeeded in making clear how truly out of touch he is. —Craig w. Allin in Defense To the Editor: It is unfortunate that the North and James Fetzer sing presentation has been misin- terpreted and distorted by Peg« gy Barlett in her letter in last week's paper. Miss Barlett referred to a pre« sentzltlon that dealt with, as she phrased it, “the topic of Negro culture.” if Miss Barleht had listened more closely to the nar- ration, she might have recalled more precisely that it made specific reference to “the Negro farm hand in the 1850’s" Now the kind of music created by and about these people was the essence of the NorthsJames Fet- zer presentation, the mood of which was clearly not dems gatory. The recurrent themes that ran through all of the songs were “I got a crown up in a the kingdom, Ain'a that good news,” “There is a balm in Gilead to make the wounded whole," and “I got plenty o’ nothin’, and nothin’s plenty for me ('cause) 1 got my girl, got my Lord, got my song.” It is ex- tremely disrespectful to twist the meaning of Gershwin's music and Heyward’s lyrics, as Miss Barlett did to make her Eolnt. If Miss Barlett had any nowledge of the musical Porgy and Bess, she could not have inaccurately concluded that the message was simply ”nothin’s plenty for me.” And more im- portant, as in all great choral music, the song smks for it- self, if you listen to the whole song. And n point about dialect. Mr. Burleigh, one of the famous Negro folk song writers of the 1880’s, and his contemporaries wrote all their songs in dialect. Heyward wrote his lyrics in the same style. To reconstruct the lyrics in “perfect” English, to tamper at all with u composer’s work, is an insult to the com< poser and a misrepresentation of what he wrote. This was not our lniEntIOn. Finally, our costumes were part of a context —— a period in time, a place in history. When Miss Barlelt changed die Lime and place, she protected no in- nocence. What made her sick (“Your handling of the topic was offensive . . l and you don’t) even know it") cast an ironic reflection, the proportions of which exceed even her poor taster —.Bill Hughes In Defense II To the Editor: Having read and reread Peg- gy Barleth lemr fo rho sou last week regarding Fetzer, 1 am still completely unable to understand it. Although I on: not a Negro Culture major, there are certain facts upon which even I feel qualified to comment. The form er slave condiu'on of the Ameri- can Negro is no secret, nor is it, 1 believe, a negative reflec< tion on the Negro In any sense of the word. It is, lo borrow on expression, a sickening chapter in American history, but it is a chapter of which the Negro is the victim, not the culprit. The only people who should have been sensitive about Oul' pre- sentation are white. It is in mis sense that North and James attempted to treat the Negro Slave culture in Fet- zer; not as u mockery of his position, but as a tribute to the dignity with which he bore his unjust burden. Although undoubtedly not an moi replication of the Negro condition of the 1850’s, our pre- sentation was, we feel, treated with dis highest degree of re~ specl, dignity, and sensitivity, —Bruce Hamilton 1 l