Page Eight SCARLET AND BLACK Friday. February 3. I967 North Campus Lite May Change; "Quota" Room Drawing Considered By Richard Schneirov Modification of room assign- ment procedure in the men's residence hall system, recom- mended by an ad hoc student- iaculty committee on problems in the hall system, was ap- proved by President Leggett this month, The change is now being considered by the Execu- tive Cabinet and the CoiHP, The approved proposal calls for a room drawing system for male freshmen similar to that now in use {or women. At the close oi their first year, fresh- men would participate in s North Campus room drawing. Numerically d e te rm i ned choices would be limited by eunsiderations of class balance, Juniors and sophomores would continue to choose rooms under the existing framework In its report in President Leggett the ad hoc commits tee stated, “The proposal pro- vides for balancing classes . . .. provides the men with sophomore and Junior standing free mobility within the halls, hroadens opportunities for close friendships in the first two years, gives incentive to p upperclassman-ireshman rela- _ tionshlps, weakens the incen- tives behind “prepping," pro- vides the Dean of Men with more practical means than he now has to make changes in room assignments which may be necessary for the good at individuals or halls, and will have an effect upon the closed-society aspects of some of the men’s halls without de- stroying their traditional in- tegration and self-governing independence." Tentative date {or putting the proposal into effect is 1968, ac- cording to present plans. Thus, the first students who would participate in room drawings would be next semester’s in- coming freshmen, The Execu- tive Cabinet is now discussing this room selection proposal with the Deans’ Committee. Proponents of the new system admit that certain problems may arise from it. A major concern is the conflict in some cases between individual mobil- ity and class balance. A conflict in scheduling may occur because room drawings take place shortly before the end of the semester and the college continues to make its placement decisions well into the summer. Another problem concerns the possibility that u narrow individual hall charac- ter might emerge from a sys- tem that would allow freshmen to choose for themselves. Final- ly, a class imbalance might result from exempting sopho~ mores and juniors from quotasl SWEATERS beautifully drycleaned “R 1* Magic” and finished with Finish . . . you won’t believe the ditterence ’iii you try it . . d CALL US TODAY] It costs no more. 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But the sum total of their collective de- cisicns appear inconsistent, un- alierable, and innnical to per» sonal privacy, If this interpretation is valid, we must ask whether there is hypocrisy within the structure itself. As s case in point, last De- cember‘s suspensions reveal a major distortion of moral is- sues. All of us, in our myriad personal relationships, are con strained to one pattern of sex~ ual conduct: force makes right. And the cost of ditference is ruinous. Suspension does not mean a simple change of resi- dence or transfer at credits, but the abrupt interruption of friendships. It is exile — ex. pulsion from home. This instance is even more pertinent when one recalls that the Deans were informed about the violation in order to assist an ill student. When counseling is made u method of rule en- forcement, trust breaks down and the genuine problems of college life remain unresolved Such irrelevance is demon- sti-oted in diverse ways. For- ex- ample; how have present re strictions on open rooms and drinking helped to break the herd mentality on North Cam- pusi While the Hobbesian philos- ophy of Burling Basement is clearly a negative social iorce, it also compromises the intellec- tual pursuits of the liberal arts college. Indeed, I believe this aspect demands not only stu- dent revolt, but faculty revolt. The censorship of Ionesco’s The Chairs, ordered through fear of unfavorable alumni re action, is the culmination of many subtler administrative at. tempts to regulate artistic ex- pression Tile loss for our thea- ter hns been evident to nil. Thus we have seen that the existing structure provides ar- liitrary restraints, but fails to solve corporate stress. Rather, Patronize Our Advertisers “February 14th” Is The Day Buy Her Some KING'S Chocolates AT THARP Pharmacy it intensifies them by alienating students from a system which we did not design. The unfor- tunate consequence is that many or us live outside all sys‘ talus, dwelling in isolation or joining the irresponsible aggro gation of the tribe. We are ultimately led to sug» gest some filial problems. Grin- nell is a center of academic promise, Here the vital fund hulls of the university # edu» cation and social service tempered by a critical aware- ness of culture — may be cars ried out, But the operation 01 free inquiry ls dependent on certa' implicit values: those described by William Temple as the “sacredncss of personali ty and the spirit of member ship,” If their development is stifled lay blind conformity. ex, cessive individualism, or insti- tutional hypocrisy, the soul of the scholarly fraternity must sicken and Elie. I believe it is these imperatives which have infused tile Encampment rec reports and given direction to Steve Kent's progressive admin- isll'atltml Therefore, I would like to propose some broad ideas for the meaningful reali- zatiolt of the S,G.A. programs. The overriding goal of educa- tion is the achievement of on integrated life; one where in tellectuel, social, and sexual identity may be expressed through respectful cooperation. The framework for such n com- munity must rest in a positive student tradition, and cannot be imposed by external authori- ty. Therefore, we can reverse the pattern of prolonged ado» lesceuce only by a radical de- termination to constructively regulate ourselves. To imple- ment this intention, student government must be granted an autonomy corresponding to that @——r 7 ' of the faculty. Given n free hand and a responsible man- date, capable leadership should succeed in forming a new con- sensus; one which will work to improve the tone of social life. Numerous practical steps might be taken. he creation of alternate men’s and women’s halls and the practice of com- mon dining would do much to alleviate the barracks atmos~ phone on North Campus. The new organization demands uni versal responsibility, so it ought to be correspondingly in. clusive and democratic — the STA GOLLUM’S NDARD Chapel The chapel speaker this Sun. day morning will be Dr. Thomas Oglelree, Assistant Professor oi Construc- tive Theology at the Chicago Theological Seminary. Mr. Dgletree is author of ihe book, “The Death of God Controversy," one of the study books used during the interim session. Students will have an opportunity to meet informally with the speaker Sunday afternoon at 1:30 pm in the Religious Activities Room. plan tor wider participation in FCSA is a worthwhile possibi llty. Expansion of me interim program with further faculty involvement should bring a voluntaristic stimulus to aca- dcmic life. These are only a few of the options available to a viable student society, Tile requirements on which this premise is grounded en- tall considerable risk. Human societies, as well as lesser forms of lite, seem bound by the law of entropy. The greater the sophistication and conscious liberty, the greater the like- lihood of failure; that is we ”est-ape irom freedom." put the open and responsible community has maintained a constant allure; indeed, it is indispensible for cultural_ad- vanoe. lf Grinneil is to achieve its potential, we must all match wits with entropy, Our success may be uncertain, but commit- ment is one of faith. David Dillon “WHATEVER umpire In Red chine if is cert-in that one. man the fouled upon. have fin-n on rheir .1in trees, For A doc-do may hm been rolling in that China- Come muniyrn was her. to my forum, that the Chinese people fully period in. repime, o . Them h . been its arguments on which they lined in. pmpoui for Admitting rh- Peking donmmult to t o UN. 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