Grinnell College ear-em Oldest College Newspaper West or the Mississippi Vol. LXXIV Gtinnell. Iowa, Wednesday. November 9, mos Seller Nametl Presidential Assistant The appointment or M. Charles Seller as an assistant to the president has been announced by President Glenn Leggett. Ralph Pomerenk Pomerenk Named To Residence Post The appointment of Ralph K. Pomerenk of Seattle, Wash, to the newly-created position of director of residences has been announced by President Glenn Leggett. Pomerenk. who will assume his new duties Dec. 9, is cur rently associate director of stu- dent residences at the Univer- sity of Washington. He has had nearly 10 years experience in all phases or student residence administration. A member of the UniverSity of Washington statt since 1957 Pomerenk. 33. served progres- sively as assistant manager or men's residence halls, assistant to the director of Student resi< dences, and associate director. In the latter capacity, he has shared responsibility tor iive residence halls and four mar< ried students’ housing develop ments which serve nearly 5,000 persons. in addition to supervising the operations at the two residence hall systems at Grinnell, Pom- etenk will also help plan two new residence halls which are now under consideration. “I am very muclt pleased that Pomerenk will he join- ing the Grinnell staff." Presi- dent Leggett said. “He is a man of solid experience and outstanding promise and will bring to his new position a proresslonal competence and a warm personality that will make him a welcome addi- tion to the academic commu- nity." A native or Albuquerque, N.M., Pomcrenk attended high school in Port Orchard, Wash, where he was president or the student body and ot the senior class and an honor Student. He also competed in football, track. and boxing. Seller, who has been diree tor of public information at Lafayette College (Easton, Pa.) since August, 1958, will assume his new duties at Grinlicll on Nov. 28. His primary responsibilities will he to Work with the lacuity and administration in the prep aration of proposals to rounda- tions and in various phases of long-range planning. Seller, 34, graduated from Bloomfield (N.J.) High School in 1950 and from Dickinson Col~ lege in 1955, and received an MA, degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1963. Following graduation from Dickinson and Several months as a reporter on the Lebanon (Pa) Daily News, Seller was named director of public rela- tions at Lebanon Valley College in 1556. He became an editorial assistant in the school of ion - nalism and office of public in- formation at Penn State the next year and served in that capacity at Lafayette in 1953. At Laiayette, he established and supervised the college's first full-time news-feature of- ‘ [ice and coordinated the publi- cations program. i-lis duties have also included the produc- tion of promotional materials for the annual Lafayette Col— lege Fund and a $5 million Ford Challenge Campaign, writing speeches and foundation pro< posals, and handling a variety of administrative assignments. Seller is married and the father of a daughter, age five, and a son, age three. Tariutfe Starts Tomorrow The Grinnell College Theater will present Moliere’s classic comedy, “Tartutfe,” Thursday. Friday, and Saturday, with W114 liam Leach, a guest actor itom New York City, playing the lead role and Donald Stowell, head or costuming at Southwest Missouri State College, serving as guest costume designer. The comedy will be presented at 8 o'clock each evening in Roberts Theater. Admission will be by advance reserva- tions only, with tickets avail- able at the Forum desk. Richard D. Meyer, speech and theater, is directing the production from Richard Wil- bur’s English translation. Thomas F. Somerville, speech and theater, is design and tech- nical director. A trio from the Grinnell Col- legium Musicum, conducted by David A. Sutherland, music, will play parts oi Francois Couperm’s “Concert Royal No. 4” before the production and during the intermission between the two acts. Leach has played a wide var- iety of roles in off-Broadway and summervstock productions. including Jamie in “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” Creon in “Oedipus Rex,” the devil in “Don Juan in Hell," Tom in “The Glass Menagerie,” Argon in “The imaginary Invalid,” and Thomas Becket in “Mur- der in the Cathedral." He has also appeared on tele» Vision in “The Doctors,” “As TARTUFFE— (Continued on Page 7) McMuIIin to Give Gates Lectures The Rev. Ernan MCMullin, head or the department or phil- osophy at the University of Notre Dame, Will deliver the 1966 Gates Memorial Lectures NOV. 1315. A specialist in the philosophy of science, Father McMulliri Will give three lectures, all in Herrick Chapel, on the theme “Some Historical Aspects of the Relation oi Science and Re- liglon." The lecture schedule: Nov. 13, 3 pm “Christ- ianity and the on ns or Na- tural Science." Nov. 14, a pm. — “The Clash of Two World Views." Nov. 15, 11 3.1!]. —- “The Contribution of Science to Theology: A Look to the Fm tare." A native of Donegal, Ireland, Father McMullin received hon- ors degrees in physics and theology at Maynootn College oi the National University at ireland. Following his ordinas lion in 1949, he studied theoretiv cal physics at the Institute 0! Advanced Studies in Dublin. From 1950 to 1954, Father MC- Mullin studied at the Institut Superieur dc Philosophie or the University of Louvain in Bel- gium, receivmg baccalaureate, licentiate, and doctoral degrees. He joined the Notre Dame tacuity in 1954 and held a Na< tional Science Foundation posts doctoral grant in the philosophy of science at Yale University from 1957 to 1959. Father McMullin is vice pres- ident of the American Catholic Philosophical Association and editorial consultant on the his tory and phllosopliy or Science to the New Catholic Encyclo- pedia. He has lectured at many American colleges and univer- sities and contributed articles to numerous journals. The Gates Memorial Lecture Series was established in mem- ory of George A, Gates, sec- ond president of Grinnell, and annually ieatures a distin- guished religious leader or theologian. Faulwell Named Speaker; Senate Endorses Interim By MARTHA BERKEY Senior Bond Faulwell was unanimously elected to fill the resigned speakership of Dan Bucks at the Senate meeting Nov. 2, He was nominated by SGA president Steve Kent and ran unopposed. in a Statement distributed to senators prior to ‘ the meeting. Kent cited Faul- well’s "extensive experience in student government as a mem- ber of the Senate and as a house president? in making his formal nomination. This year Faulwell has served as a dlscussion leader at Encampment, is a mem- ber at the Senate Committee on Academlc Life and has participated in the planning [or an interim sesslon at the beginning or next semester. After his election he told the 5&1? that he would be con- cerned immediately primarily with reviewing the Senate. He said he (on that the ground work for action had been laid and now was the time In em act ideas. In the absence ot a speaker, SGA president Steve Kent pre~ sided. He opened the meeting with an address on the Senate and its function in SGA in which he expressed hope that the Senate could “ideally" be a place where student opinion may be expressed. It would deal with problems on an am- bitious scale at the committee level. He stated that at this time the solution to problem does not lie in the creation of more committees, as the exist- ing structure is already “awful- ly ambitious." Kent called for a “clear definition or objec- tives" as the next step in com< mittee runctioning, declaring that “implementation is nine- tenths of the battle once they get an idea." In other action Wednesday night, the Senate unanimously endorsed the proposed interim session to precede the begin- ning of second semester. Chair- man Ric McDowell presented a tentative outline schedule of Bond Foulwell four elective seminars, each of which would meet three times, plus tother types or discussions and activities. The period would run from Sunday, Jan. 8, through Sunday, Jan. 15. This would mean a return to cam- pus three days early for par- ticipating Students. Prior to gaining the Senate‘s support, the interim proposal had been very favorably received by the faculty. Senate F in a n c 2 Committee chairman Chuck Wall presented two proposals, one to raise the SGA secretaries' salaries and another concerning Senate sub- sidy of Langan hall social funds. An increase in wages from $.Z5 to $1.00 an hour for the seven secretaries employed by SGA was unanimously accepted after the defeat of an amend- ment by senator Hank Balikov to set the figure at $1.20 per hour. Controversy ensued over the SENATE— (Contlnued on Page 6) “Slow Dance” at LeMoyne SIX GRINNELL STUDENTS traveled to LeMoyno Col- lege. Mam hit. ianrrersee. recently to stage William Henley'l pay ”Slow Dance on the Killing Ground Shown her. in . post—portormane. diieuiiien or. Bren- do Thomas. assistant direelor. and Myron Lowery, L.- Mayne ttudont who played one of the leads. Story And more pioturn on page 5.