SCARLET & BLACK Student Newspaper of Grinnell College erinnsll, lows, Friday, September ll lso7 HACKES, l48, TO SPEAK, GET DEGREE Peter Hackes, a 1948 Grinnell College graduate who is an NBC News space specialist, will address a convocation which wlll highlight the open- ing of the college’s 122ml yeart in addition to speaking, he Will be awarded an honorary L.H.Dt (doctor (ll humane let- tel's) degree at the convocation, whlch is scheduled for 8 pm. Monday, Sept, 4, in Darby Gymnasium. A veteran of America’s space program who covered early launches with field glasses from the beach just outside of Cape Kennedy, the 43-year—old Hacked has seen teIeVlslon’s space cov- erage grow to a level of so- phistication that includes the use of true-to-lite models and moclcups, He has reported every man- ned space flight, and during recent nights his assignment has been to simulate the Var- ious tasks periormed by the astronauts in outer space. By using space models, he demon» stl‘ales how the mission is car- ried out. On general assignment in Washington, DC, Hackes con~ centrales on reporting the ac- tivities of the National Aero- nautics and Space Administra- tion. the National Aeronautics and Space Council, and the Senate and House Space Com- niittecs. His assignments also include the Department or Do- fense (where he was NBC News Pentagon correspondent for 10 years), the Atomic En- ergy Commission, the Federal Aviation Agency, the Departe ment of Transportation, and other areas or the federal govA erlinicnt. A native of New York City, Hackes attended Grilillell Col~ logo in 1942-43 and alter three years ill the Navy returned to Cvl‘lllllell and received a B.A. degree in English (journalism) in 1948. Willie at Grinnell, Hackes was a member of the campus newspaper, radio station, lit~ erary magazine, and humor magazine stalls, and or the cllmr anti glee club. He was elected to membership in Sigma Delta Chi and Friars. NEW LOGGIA DOORS PROVIDE SAFE EXITS The threat or a Triangle firs disaster in Poweshlek County. which, at night, has hung so long over the heads or the virtually (slc) imprisoned girls of South Campus, has been put to rout by the lnstallatloll 0! double panio doors on the Log- gia. The cause or these neglected women was championed last spring by Grinnell's newspaper editor. who pointed out that the Loggia doors, locked as they were by Straight bolls which could not he opened lroni either side without a key, were not only dangerous, but were illegall Other advantages or the new doors include the opportunity to enter or exit through either door (although the unsightly oenter pole prohibits walking through both at nnce)i Spraiiied wrists or cuts caused by fly- lng glass should be completely eliminated. Such injuries olten accompanied a n ovice ’ s at- tempt to straight-arm a loggio door open — when he picked I locked door. it is, oi course, only a co- incidence that the replacement oi the door locks took place at the same time as the ellm< inatioll of hours. The girls at south Campus may now sleep assured that, thanks to the new locks. they may safely exit from the loggla in case or emergency, and that at the same time they are protected from the vicious dan- gers lurking on the darkened campust From The President Dear Studentsl it is good to have you here. The place isn't the same without you. As one ot my presidential colleagues, l-larold Stoke, once ro- marked, A campus is dead when its students are not there; it hums when they are. Not only are the students themselves galvanic but they galvanize everyone else 7 faculty, deans, presidents, and campus police. The annual return of the students inspires in everyone connected with a college the mixed ieelings or a happy homecoming and the wariness or people who are come pelled to live in occupied territory. I wish he had Said II more cheerfully, but he had been at the job longer than 1, and the important thing is his accuracy. which Is unquestioned. The purpose or a college, to paraphrase Alfred North Whitehead, is to unite the old and the young in the imagin- ative search (or knowledge; but wtthout students to seek. to re- spond, and to question, a college is nothing, only a group or separated adults searching for something to commit their learning and their ‘iopes to. Grinnell is not this, For 122 years it has been concerned with the way its students and iaculiy and its academic environment interact with one another [0 provlde an intellectual and social com« munity or style and strength and purpose. It is, as I wrote you newly entering students some time ago, and as you returning students know, neither pertectly free nor periectly ordered. it has some or the uninspiring and contusing aspects or real lite in gem eral, and a good deal of the dull and frustrating characteristics ol the scholar’s life In particular. It requires from all of us pa- tience, hard work, and a disciplined way oi talking and writing and behaving. But Grinllell will give us much in return: new friends, the satisfaction ol accomplishing things intellectually that we thought were beyond us, the sense or our own litness to belong in an iii- tellectual community. Above all, it wlll give us the opportunity to educate our imaginations so that we can manage better than we do now both the strange and exciting world inside us and the puzzling and sometimes terrible yet remarkable world utilSlde. The cultivation 0i this inside and outside imagination is What. edtb cation in the liberal arts means, and What finally, Grlnnell is all about. i hope you see it this way too. Welcome and welcome back, and my best Wishes ioi a successtul year, Glenn Leggett President DORM AREAS IMPROVED Limited manpower slowed the pace of residence hall improve- ments this summei. but many of the prolects have been com- pleted or are nearly tinislied. The summer work was 5P ranged for by the Residence Halls Administrative Conlnllttee consisting of Student Deans Alice Low and Gene Thompson, Physical Plant Director Evan Walden, and Director of Res- idences, Ralph Pomerenk. The Committee acted on suggestions solicited from students last. year, The trend oi me improve- ments is to provtde more room in the halls tor study and in; formal recreation. New rooms for these purposes have been completed, or are under con struction, in Langan. siiiith, Read, llailtes, James, Clever land, Main and Mears. New kltchenettes and improve- ments or existing ones tool: place in Loose, Hollies, Lleveland, Main and Meals. Resident AdVlSDrS' rooms were enlarged or improved in Loose, l-laines, Cleveland, and Meats. On North Campus, new chairs and tables and draperies are appearing in the lounges, and more l'elresllmeilt vending nia- clinics are being added, (See photos on page two) B & GBIIILIJINGS NEAR COMPLETION Grinnell's half , century - old service building-heating plant will probably remain on the campus through the entire school year. Although the two build- ings which will replace the crowded home of BM} will be ready some time this fall, a delay in receiving new role Buildings and Grounds’ Avenue 5am. phone equipment will put all located on the old Tenth Aves new oiiless. shops moving the college switchboard until the spring. The heating plant will be lo- cated in the structure nortlt at the present building. It. is de- signed to resemble the new science building wing. The new service building is qta iiue Playing Field east or the North western tracks. The new structure will contain: BSLG DI! (ices; areas for furniture rm pair and sewing; carpentry. paint, electrical and mochina shops; storage area; and a largo garage, and garage will be housed in the Tenth