SCARLET 8 BLACK student Newspaper of entire” College I201 Park Street Grinnell College Grinnell, lawn soil: A weekly newspapor publlshed coch Friday ol the college year by the ortnuell commutce on sur— deut Publications. Represented tor notional udvcr- ttstng by National Advertising Service, Inc. colleen Publishers Representative. In East 50th Street, New York 22, N.Y, second class postage puid ut crinnell, Iowa, subscription rate 35m per school your. land paid subscriptions. OPS Member at th. Collegiate Press Servlu EDITOR . MANAGING u BUSINESS MANAGER CIRCULATION MANAGER STAFF wul'mts . , parry Anconn Noll Fischer Stephen Warsh , Bruce strain Mnrtho ncvkey, Gordon Christensen. susnn :dtvotds, Anne Porter, Jack cocnenoucr. Andy lsnncs, Adrienne Letnmons. Molly Mooulrc, Sue Miller, Paul Nunnlnn, Jen Scheokter, Gernltl Swanson. Ann rntrcl. Anne Taylor. . Ainll oer-unordt, non Hooker, Loinh Seamrtl, ulok rrctnnsnn PHOTOGRAPHERS Editorials . . . TOWNIES ON CAMPUS The rock and roll dance Saturday night in the North Lounge was attended by college and high school students, and the com- bination didn't seem to work. The blame did not lie with the townics. The high school students, attracted by the Pete Klint Quintet (which was popular on the Iowa band circuit this summer), and with nothing else to do that evening, arrived at the Forum promptly at 9:30 pm. Most oi the college stttdents who were going to the dance were still watching the hRH movie. Even before the dance floor became crowded, high school stu~ dents were being told to leave, and those outside were told not to come in. Forum guards patrolled entrances to the North Lounge. The townies that remained inside were subjected to rudeness and physical abuse at the hands of some ol the less liberal arid/0r sober college students. Most, however, retired to the terrace out- side the North Lounge. Here was witnessed Line of the more in- credible sights oi the evening, as a prominent administration ilgure announced to the townies (who were sitting harmlessly and listening to the band) that: “all high school students must go home." Most ot them were gone by ll pm. Let those people who say that the high school students pay no activity tees and theretore should not be admitted he reminded that our omnipresent triends irom William Penn pay no more. Let us also remember that college Students didn't start to crowd the dance floor until alter IO p.m., and that the high school students could have been allowed in until then and then told p0- litely to leave. Poor relations between the town and the college are perpetue ated by such actions as transpired Saturday night. It is uniortunato that the first action in 8 long time that finds students and admin- lstration on the same side finds them both in the wrong. REALITY iS BAD I‘OR P.R. “The October Convocation is a iundraising vehicle tor the college, and other benetits train it are secondary." This was told to the sol; by James Avisorl, Director or Development We see nothing wrong with raising money tor the college. We see nothing wrong with doing it on campus, during the school year. We see nothing wrong with inconveniencing the students a little. What is objectionable is turning Homecoming and Parents‘ Weekend into a three ring circus, and inrcing plans on the college community, students and iaculty alike. . . . According to the latest inlormation, Martin Luther King. who is receiving star billing on lhe weekend, will arrive at mid- night Saturday, preach the Sunday sermon, and leave immediately afterward. . . . Homecoming iloot building was eliminated this year be- cause the noise would disturh all oi the participants, who were to live on campus. Three at them are staying on campus. . According to the weekend schedule, separate dining for men and women students (men and their guests at Cowles, and women and their guests and alumni at Quad) is the order of the day. Is this an attempt to balance dining iacility use (which usually balances anyway) or is it also an attempt to retain. it just for the weekend, the “old way or life” at Grinnell, so people can re- member it “as it Was” rather than how it is? There are other examples, and other problems with Convoca- tion weekend that should be worked out. Reality may be bad ior public relations, but it is wlizlt the students must live with the rest of the year. )k Il< at There Will be further editorials and articles on Convocation, and sludmt opinions are welcome. SCARLET AND BLACK Friday. September 22. lg ‘66 YEARBOOK Grinnell College — 1966 is H- nally in the hands of a publish- er who plans to publish It. The book. photographed by former students John Phillips and Hen- ry Wilhelm, is the disputed yearbook which the College re- fused to publish last spring for legal reasons. New Concepts Publishing Company or Herndon, Virginia was set up expressly to publish mis book. The company's diIec< tor of promotion is Richard Chapman, Grinnell class of ’21. Grinnell College —- 1966 is now scheduled to be ready ior dis— tribution in December. Price of the book has been raised to $10 to cover a more costly photo printing process and other expenses, } McCORMAL Y (Continued from Page 1) everything you say; you’re just politically naive.” "I make a career out of be- ing naive and writing flqul it," McCurmally mused. “I take up a lot of lost causes myself, you know,” Gilmour concluded. “But," he added, "after in- vesting thousands of American lives and millions of dollars, you tell me we’re just going to get out?” the political scientist asked. “It is my personal opinion," McCormally answered, “that as one Iowa newspaper editor who has read everything he could get his hands on . . . and talked to everyone he could get hold of I think we ought to get the hell out and 12! Ho (Chi Mihn) have it." Turning finally to the Repub» lican candidacy, McCormally was asked by Gilmour who he thought would be the Republi- can answer to Johnson. “Ronald Reagan,” McCor- mally answered resolutely, “And it scares me to death." “When you run out or alter— natives and answers,” the Iowa editor added, “Reagan is the altemative — the fictitious an- swer, a guy who gives the im- pression, who . . . looks good and sounds good." “I think people would be much more willing to pay $100 to hear him (Reagan) speak than Nixon," agreed Ptoiessor William Vanderpool (speech), county Republican chailltlan. “I think Reagan can’t win against Johnson,” McCormally added, “But I think a Rocketel- ler might be able to ur a Per. cy -— or a RockelellereReagan ticket." “You all got sold down the river tor Goldwater; we got sold out by Johnson," he said. “I voted for the man because he said that Goldwater would give us war in Vietnam,” he explained. “and now I . ." “Lyndon is week by week, month by month, losing all of his best people." The verbal joust was “all in the spirit oi knowledge and dis- cussion,” PDG head otlmour said at the outset of the meet- ing. “it those two guys (McCor- mally and Gilmollr) didn’t love each other enough to get more rietl,” observed McCormalIy's son, Sean (Gates sophomore), “it could be really bitter.” ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR By Neil Fischer There is nothing more distasteful to me than u lot of talk and no action - especially when all the talk is about not having enough action. And after a couple weeks reading columns on the “loneliness of long distant” students, reading letters concerning loneliness on campus, and listening to chatter — and chattering a little my- self —— about “not enough to do at Grinnell,” I have come to a conclusion a bit out of character {or this column. Namely, that our college has become a place characterized by myriad verbal "tordo’s" about everything bttt also by people who don’t want to do anything, and that it’s not the administra- tion‘s fault, Or to he more tacky — Grinnell students are ingenuuus, but have no ingenuity. They are staunch supporters of the freedom to have an active social liie, but they seldom 7 it ever — come up with anything interesting or unusual to do on campus. Take “no hours for women students.” Since my last Epistle on the subject, individuals have come up to me firmly stating that the only reason the “no hours” system was advocated last year was “the principle or the thing.“ I disagree, or course, but it “the principle of the thing” was the only reason, what the situation boils down to is this: “We weren't interested in doing anything with the time; we were only interested in the freedom to do nothing.” This, while noble, seems a waste of time 101‘ everybody -t students, administrators, SGA members, and columnists alike. Or take the monthly social calendars distributed in the mail- boxes. Most students take them anyway and on Friday and Saturday nights — and every other night ior that matter — ioilow them like they were Army strategy maps, A inend of mine pointed out a notable phenomenon to me the other night — a student reading his calendar and jotting down on a pad: “8 RM. — GO TO STUART DEMPSTER CONCERT IN ROBERTS . r I 10:15 RM. COFFEEHUUSE FLAMENCO GUITAR IN COFFEEHOUSE . . . 10:45 RM. ~ GO TO JAM SESSION, NORTH LOUNGE, FORUM . I ,” etc. But when nothing is marked on the Almighty Calendar, nobody is in the coffeehouse or Roberts or anywhere else. Can’t you people just go tor a cup of espresso or tell im- promptu jokes on the Roberts stage or have a midnight picnic in the local cemetery? Do you always have to go to the scheduled movie? Someone with just a modicum or ingenuity organized a Satuh day night “Camp Out.” Good Stuiil More of that. God damn it, can’t you do something? Anything? Try running down the Herrick Chapel aisles during the Sunday service scream- ing, “1 am saved! i am saved!” or course, there ls always danger involved in advocating new, wheel, and therefore lnteresting activities. Last year Protes- sDr George Young (Russian) elucidated the need [or “more crazy people" at Grinnell. Among other things, he suggested “bull- hghts on the central quad.“ Little did the good proiessor know that, tor the above comment, he can be indicted under Section 726.7 of the criminal statutes of the Code of Iowa: “it any person keep or use, or in any way be connected with, or be interested in the management of or receive money lor the admission at any person to, any place kept or used for the purpose or lighting or baiting any bull, bear, cock, dog, or other creature, or engage in, aid, abet, encourage, or assist in any btdl, bear, cock, or dog tight, or a tight between any other creatures, he shall he gudty of a misdemeanor." A misdemeanor in Iowa is punishable by as much as a year in jail, a $500 line, or both. The risk, i think, Is worth it. But students, I guess. have lost the knack to tell each other where to go, I note the loss with extreme grief. Good griei, though, maybe this week you all will do some« thing about something. And, anyway, you can’t say it’s the ad- ministration’s fault when you won’t. The classes are great here, the teachers are line; It’s the mealtimes at Saga that can blow out one’s mind. The Iood‘s bad enough here, the sit~downs are murder, Perchance I’d do better to pick rail-side vol-duke. In classes. my stomach seems to talk more than I. That load is not ottered I don‘t mean to imply: Our kilchens, lhe Forum, and rest’ranis are great, But with equally thin budget, my appetite shall not sate. Why not, instead or the room and board ice, Be given a chargeaccount about this city? The SAGA snack bar Shall remain for most meals: More proiit, less waste; choice shows how one feels. Excuse my poor poem —it’s difficult to Ihink ‘ When one‘s starving ll‘osh slulnach has gone on (he lilink. S. T. M. is