SCARLET AND BLACK SCARLET 5 BLACK Student Newspaper of Grinnell College Grinnell, Iowa sol i2 OPS A weekly newspaper published each mm or the college year by the crlnnoll committee on Sin (lent publications. Represented [or national Cuilllvcr- using by National Advertismg Service, inc, o ago Member.“ fl” Publlsllcls ficpicscntauvc, is least 50th Street, New Collegiate York 22, N.Y. Second class postage p‘oidlut Gimpg’lo, rowr. Subscription role $5.00 per same year. he“ 59M" vaid subscriptions. EDITOR .. .. perry Ancnnl BUSXNESS MANAGER _ Stephen Wursh oils MAKING YOUR SCENE in his remarks at Convocation Monday, Peter Hackes spoke of the technological growth that has occurred since his undergrad- uate days, and predicted the trend of further growth to the year 1000. None of us would deny the great changes that science has made in our world, nor fhe importance of continued scientific en- deavors. it was unfortunate, however, that Mr. Hackes digressed from his catalog of the good things in life to comment on “the gang that turns itself on.” He is as sure that his world of technology is the scene to make as he is afraid the hippies believe theirs’ is the only way. We are certainly not reassured about room for spiritual and social growth in the world when the hippies are described as working for love only by “lying back on (their) long hair and dreaming," and when earning a degree from Grinnell helps guarantee its owner “a placid life and a sensational career.” We hope that Mr. Hacites does not believe that all hippies are lazy because they don’t want to work hard to earn a placid life. Their effons in many other directions point up their willing- ness to work. Each person has his own indiVldual scene to make, and if he denies it, he denies his individuality. Technological growth is a man-made blessing of our age, but spiritual and SOCIal growth must also Come from men. The lalter must accompany the former if We are to find any satisfaction in our scientific paradise. THE GRINNELL MAGAZlNE We are pleased to hear about Dean Thompson’s new Grinnell Magazine. The plan to enlarge the size and expand the content of the old Alumni Scarlet 8r Black is well thought out. Through this new medium, Grinnell alumni and friends will be able to see the best in news, creative writing and photography from the campus. Their enjoyment will not be disturbed by irre- sponsible editors, or crank writers, or other detractors from the true Grinnell picture. And of course, the magazine will continue to publish true stories about the college while Student publications wallow in evil, deceit, and corruption Grinnell students will surely Want to see What their college il really like, and the magazine should oblige them One suggestion: Why not include favorite campus jokes, vo— cabulary tests, first person stories ot heroism and arlicles by conservative alumni and call it Grinneliians’ Digest, Edilo sarn STAFF MEETINGS 7 pun. Sundays in salt ome- Newcomen Welcome Parents, Alumni, Friends . . . This is a complimentary copy of the Scarlet 8r Elixir. To insure receipt of all issues of the 58.3. send five dollars now to Business Manager Stephen Walsh. Pierced Earring Headquarters in Grinnell Kramer's Jewelry CORNER OF 4TH AND BROAD 236-4948 NEWS BRIEFS Promotions have been grant- ed to fell members of the faculty, President Glenn Leg- gett has announced. They are effective this (all. The promotions: To professor — Raymond F. Belts, history; Alan R. Jones, history; Don Jones, music; Myron M. Liberman, English; Morris Parslow, French; and Elbert M. Smith, French and music. To associate professorARon- aid 1. Kurtz, anthropology; Vic— [or S. Verrelie, French; and James S. Magee, political sci- ence. To assistant professor — George M. Young, In, Russian. Eugene A. Kowert, currently an assistant in physical educa- tion for men, will become an instructort a a a Two English professors, Mal- colm Nelson and a new faculty member, Edward Moore, col- lected 133 signatures of students against the war in Vietnam at a table set up outside Darby Gym during registration. Donations in excess of thir- teen dollars were collected and Moore, who has expressed wil- lingness to be faculty advisor for an anti-war organization on campus, urged interested stu- dents to sign up in ARH 23. .r x a Republican David Stanley, Iowa State Senator from Cedar and Muscatine counties, will be the featured speaker at the an. nual Grinnell College Young Republican picnic, which will be held on Barber Plaza at 4:30 pm Sunday, September 10. Senator Stanley, 39 years old and an Iowa native, is the first declared candidate for the 1968 Republican Senatorial nomina- tion. Stanley is seeking the seat currently held by Republican Bourke Hickenlooper. a v a Howard S. Currant will join the Grinnell College adminis- trative staff Sept. 16 as publi— cations associate in the infor- mation Service. At Ihe same time, President Leggett announced two promo tions and the changing of the name of the Office of Public Relations to Information Ser- vice, effective Sept. 1. Fred C. Hess, director of public rela- tions for the past five and a half years, will become associ- ate director of development. MKS. Ruth Prescott, associate director of public relations, will become director of the Infor- mation Seercet a s a The college picture rental collection Will be available to moirow (Saturday) in the Fine Arts Center basement corridor. Renting will be open to stu- dents only from 2:00 , 3:00 pm. and to faculty and administrn live staff members from 3:00- 3:30 pm Original paintings and prints, as well as fine color reprodud tions, are included with many different subjects and styles, and sizes in the assortment. All pictures are framed and ready to hang. Fees range from fifty cents to two dollars for the college year. Friday. September 8. l?" THE LONELINESS OF THE IONG DTSTANT STllDENT Paul Jones One of tile most prevalent attitudes or philosophies among creative people at Grinnell is that which I chose to call ‘alones ness’. This is not the same as trying to be an individual, or 'lden— tity crises’, or apathy, or any of the other longtime maladies with‘ which Grinnell Supposedly has been plagued But, on the other hand, it is perhaps the basis or one of the prime bases of some of these nominal problems. This is not to deny that there are virtues to being alone with yourself and indulging in introspection at times, but carried to extremes, as in anything, it becomes an evil which by far oute weighs its virtues. To hear people complain about having no-ono to 'talk to’, to hear them say that there is nothing to do here, is one indication of this. But a much greater and more important indication is the pretty much total unwillingness of many people — students and faculty alike —— to express what they as individu- als feel or Lhink. There are plenty of ‘sincere’ people on this campus, but it is hard to prove this by public example. I for one elm convinced that there are a majority of people at Grinnell who have deep and important feelings to recognize and, if ever expressed, thoughts that would probably approach the limils of proiundity. Why, then, is this the case? Is it because there is not a will~ ingness to express? I don’t think that this is the case at all. It is more a fear- to express. There is the fear to allow yourself to be placed in a position to be criticize ‘ mean criticized in the sense of judged or measured, not or zed in the sense of being walkedon. To fear being walked-on is a legitimate fear, but un- fortunately one engendered by the former sense of ‘tn be criti- cized'. That is, most of the ‘judgment’ that takes place is a do structive type that forces most people to conclude that to be placed in tiny position of criticism, outside of the classroom, iii dangerous and to be feared. What does ail of this have to do wilh ‘aloneness’ that I men- tioned before? Perhaps this attitude of aloneness is only a ration. alizallon for the fear of criticism or judgment, and the unfortu- nate result is that creativity becomes a private affair. When this happens, a college campus becomes a sterile and quiet place. it is untortunate that Grinnell has assumed this atmosphere, allis Ice Cream Bar Only Home-made Ice Cream In Grinnell 825 5th Books - Candles - Giil's Mar’rin Senour Pain’rs' Squire's Home Specially Slore 820 4TH AVENUE Tasty Pastry shop “for All Your salient Needs" 923 Broad 236-4386