THE GRINNELL REPORTER Vol. LXXIV Grinnell College. erinnell. lawn, Friday, April l4. m7 No. 2! “Planning takes the fun out of life —-" IOWA STATE UNIVERSiTY‘S student body president Donald Smith ll “sincere. but definitely not a dynamic politician." Photo by Susan Kaeser Speak Out begins Vietnam protest By Mary Malcolm “It is necessary to protest because many Americans would have us all re- main silent. I defend protest as a pa- triotic act and a democratic gesture." cried Alan R. Jones (history) in Thurs- day afternoon's Speak Out against the war in Vietnam. The Speak Out culmi- nated a week of active Iacultystudent discussion meetings and preceded t0< morrow’s demonstration in Des Moines Over 100 members or the college com- munity will join in the Des Moinea march. Five students plan to march the 35 miles from midway between Grin- nell to Des Moines. beginning early Sat- urday morning. Others will march irom Anti-anti Demonstrators Demonstrate By Paul Nachman Several students in disagreement with the mobilization against the Vietnam war staged a counter-demonstration at the Thursday afternoon onrcampus Speak Out. They plan to repeat their counter demonstration Saturday. Voicing objections to Saturday's Spring Mobilization to End the War in Vietnam, senior Greg Robinson at a Tuesday eve- ning meeting in Clark lounge outlined plans {or a “mobilization against th mobilization." Robinson explained to about 30 students. including several “iniiltrators” from the main mobilization. that the counter~mobilizers will hold a demon stration when the Spring Mobilizers leave ior Des Moines Saturday. Several ccunterdemonstrators will also go to Des Moines, he said. Stressing that the counter mobilizers are not necessarily pro-war, Robinson explained that they decry the demonstrae tors’ oversimplitication oi the issues “Demonstrations thrive on blackrand— white issues —- on emotionallsm." he said. “but the issues aren’t that simple.” See ANTI-PROTEST on Page 1 the Veteran’s Auditorium to the State Capitol Building in Des Moines, where a rally will be held. The two-hour Speak Out drew a crowd which filled the ARK auditorium and included a small core of counter-demom strators. One picketer carried a sign claiming that protest would prolong the war. Joseph F. Wall (history) responded, “You might get an “A” in Marshall McLuhan's philosophy of ‘the message is the message, but you will get an “F" in history,” citing World Wars I and II as evidence that wars end more quickly when alternatives to unconditional sur< render are suggested. Wall sees the role or the dissenter as one oi oitering alter- natives. Ezra Mendelsohn (history) pointed to a psychological reaction to overexposure to the war and its horrors as one of the factors in campus apathy, “One's im- See MOBILIZATION on Page 3 Outspoken ISU student body president stirs controversy. fights impeachment By Richard Schneirav Ed. note: Not to be outdone hy Lite Maga- zinc. The Reporter sent three stair members hitchhiking to Anies. lowa to get a rirsthand report on the turmoil surrounding campus leader Donald Smith. Besides the reports on Smith himself, an analysis oi politics at ISU appears on Page a and an editorial relating the situa- tion to crinneu on Page 2. The most striking characteristic of Don Smith, president of the Iowa State University student body. is his sincer- ityr Despite the villiiication and harrass~ ment or the press, despite the present impeachment proceedings, Smith main- tains a candor that is disarming. Smith is definitely not a dynamia politician or an eitective administrator. He is not a man of details. He looks at issues in terms of individuals. not ideas. Though he is intelligent, he' is ‘ not an intellectual. Thus in explaining why he is now 8 Students ior a Demo— cratic Society (SDS) member though in 1964 he supported Goldwater, he said. “At that time I thought that political conservatism offered the answer to indi- vidual freedom. but I found this not to be true. I found that political con< servatives are the same people who are trying to draft me and send me to Vietnam. which is hardly the way to protect my treedom." Smith tends to personalize confronta< tlons. Many of his friends are political conservatives. At times it seems that he doesn't really understand all the criticism and blame that has been heaped upon him. His first reaction is as Don Smith. not as an SDS member or a radical. He has probably been deeply affected by the crises of the past two months. Looking at Smith more closely, one discovers a thin, sensitive face that contrasts with the original impression. no is still, in large part, or boy from smalltown Iowa. But this simplicity takes the untra~ ditional role of the nondoctrinaire prag- matist. “I live irom day to day. Plan- ning just takes the iun out or his and See Sivimi on Page 3 Pholo by Susan Kneser ANN KIRSCHNER LEADS PEACE SONGS at Thursday] Speak Out. Sign: in background are those of counter demonstrators. Reporter interviews lSU's Donald Smith by Richard Schneirov REPORTER! Exactly What were your. motives in bringing the pot incident out into the open. Was it essentiallfl to shock the campus into reality? SMITH: It was not planned to em. barrass anybody or anything else. The story was not broken by. me and my trust was betrayed by a reporter who told me she was writing an article about marijuana. She said that she wasn't going to use any named and then used my name anyway. And to. Iowa State Daily is trying to give 323 impression that I deliberately relea this article which is completely untrue. REPORTER:_Did you ask the Li“ reporters to come to see you? SMITH: No, they just came and followed me around {or three days, REPORTER: Which of the element‘ at your Bill or Rights has gained not ceptance by the student senate and which oi these elements would you giv‘ priority at oils point? 1 SMITH: Well, they passed the one: saying that the university could not tell students where they could live on See INTERVIEW on Page 5 i New Senate approves Bertenihai, Cabinet Newiyeelected senators and their 0!- ficials held their Iirst meeting Wednesday night. The Senate unanimously approved thd appointment of Phil Bertenthal all Speaker of the Senate. It also endorsed appointments to the Executive Cabinet as follows: Social coordinator, Dale Dreyfuss Movies chairman, Sue Pransky; Foruni‘ chairman, Jim Sebern; Assistant forum chairman, Ann Kirschner; NSA coordin- utor, Bill Fisher; SGA treasurer, Rage! Koenker, Students may make application ior the chairmanship of the Foreign Stu- dents Board, CoiHP President Bill Fiigeltaub' announced that Lee Arbetman has been selected North Campus social chairman. MacDowell announced that student: Will not hold membership on the faculty, curriculum committee. as the commit. tee's work is already well under wa. and the addition at new members woul cause ditticulties. Students may, how- ever. appear before the committee to express their opinions. it has also been suggested that seniors meet with thei major department heads to recommentl changes in the department. Lilah Morton announced Publications Committee plans ior two yearbooks in 1968. She explained that this woul make better use oi people’s talents an proposed that the Cyclone sell for $2 in the spring and be restricted to {DIR mal shots. The Grinnell Book would com! out in the fall. sell for $5. and [eatura candid shots. An editor and businesl manager would apply as a team. Morton expressed hope that several peopll See SENATE on Page I