Page Two SCARLET 8 BLACK Student Newspaper of Grinnell College 1202 Park Street Grinnell College Grinnoll. Iowa SOTIZ A weekly newspaper published each Friday or the college year by the Grinnell Committee on sul- dent publications. ksprzsenlco ror national udverv tisin by National Educational Advertismg Services. sou cxmgton Ave., New York, New York iool7. Second class posings paid at Grinnell, Iowa, Sub- scription rm 35.00 per lchosl year. 1800 paid lubscrlptionu OPS Mambor of ill. collegiate Pun Sonia IDI'I‘OII _. Barry Anmnu MANAGING . Nell Fischer lusmrss MANAGER _.. _..... Stephen Worsh CIRCULATION MANAGE _.. Bnlcl Stroul curl: WRITERS , , IIIJII Eerkcy, Gordon Christensen. Edwards, Anne Farrel, Debbi: ornlry, mu Gocrmloucr, Andy lrucr, David Kaufman, Addenne Lemmons, Molly McGulre, SM! mill-r. Paul nnrnrnnn. Jet! Schtcklcr. Gerald Swlnson. Anna Twlor. PHOTOGRAPHERS . Alan Bernhardt, Don l-rrclrrr, Lellllr se-rarn. Dick Tleumunn Editorials . . . TOWN AND COLLEGE Relations between the young people of Grinnell and the stu- dents 0t Grinnell College are at a very low point. The hostility can be traced back to the objectionable behavmr of a few persons on each side: "townles" who steal from college rooms and lounges and vandalize college property, and “college queers” whose ac- tions downtown are repulsive to the sensibilities of local residents. Fear on each side that the respective ways of life are in danger, and the subsequent rumors and exaggerations, have led to hostility toward all members of the opposite group. College students have two responsibilities: we must be tolerant of the “tomles” and we must make sure they are tolerant at us. “Townies” who steal and vandalize must be caught and turned over to the police. “Townies” who verbally and physically abuse Negro students must be identified, and complaints filed with the police immediately. Police Chief Peters is firmly dedicated to the maintainace of law and order in Grinnell, but he is handicapped by the hesi- tanco of students to press charges and produce witnesses. We must be willing to lace the problem and deal with it directly. The 5&3 urges President Leggett to work to establish a town- college commission to examine the difficulties between college students and young townspeople. The problem wants study; it must be eliminated soon. ANTI-WAR PETITION The 5&3 urges all members of the Grinnell community to llgn the anti-war petition being circulated by GSM. Marches and draft card burning have their places, but the political implica- tions of petitions circulated among college students are far reach- lug. The most obvious response by the Johnson Administration is to dismiss such petitions as the work of idle college noise-makers. The coming majority of many students and the rapidly approach- Ing election year should, however, temper this view. A series of luch petitions on college campuses around the country would certainly help to push the peace question into the forefront in this coming election year. Let those of us who have been active in the peace movement be the first to sign this important document. And let those of us .who are just awakening to our responsibilities as citizens and yeaccloving people make signing the petition our first commits merit. Let us show President Johnson that the new voters of the United States are opposed to his war. NOTES FROM THE CIRCULAR FILE Four of the convocation guests will be staying in the mens‘ residence halls. But where in the hall? Dean Thompson told the Resident Advisers that the guests would stay in the house presi- dents’ suites; he told the house presidents that the guests would be staying in the R. [Ls’ suites. He told the 5&3 he wasn't sure where they were staying. uni-ur- The director 0! promotion of the company publishing Grlnnell College - ms (the oldest unofficial college yearbook west of the Mississippl) identifies himself as Richard Chapman, ’21. We .would like to know; ’21 of what? According to college records, Chapman never completed any courses here, although he (lid register. The Alumni Office does not consider him an alumnus (and in the generous manner of the Alumni Ottice, anyone com- pleting one semester at Grinnell is considered an alumnus). ’21 If what'l’. SCARLET AND BLACK ‘—"| lllllllllllllllllllllllllllilillliilllllliilllliiillllllllllllllilllillll l‘" LETTERS TO THE EDITOR lllllliillllllillllliillllllillllllillllllillllllllHillilllllillllllllll To the Editor: Due to some of the response to the letters posted around campus announcing a “drug discussion and aid service” be ing implemented, we would like to clarify a few points: 1. The major project to he carried out is a regular semi- nar to be held at Eli-Loco, Sev- eral students are working to- gether to plan it, and the lirst meeting is tentatively sched- uled for Wednesday, November I. 2. The “old" service, if he- gun, can be no more than an information service. No Haight~ Ashbury “main switchboard" is being planned, and there is no Intention of playing with il~ legality. Nevertheless, as dnlg use spreads, people may want advice. No such service now exists, and if anyone has sug- gestions or advice. put a note in Box 513. 3. Perhap most importantil the seminar will not be pro- moting drugs. Hopefully, it will air opinions and facts. Pot and most hallucinogenics are illegal, and that is a fact that no one should forget. But, they exist, and need to be examined, be- cause they are so widespread and reflect the society in which they are used. The seminar is not being addressed to the “head" on campus, but to everybody. We hope this letter clears up n iew oi the fears and ob- jections that have been ex- pressed. Rlck Exrier Dick Kamp "no ml: MAHiJuANA, noJ-‘afhcr 01099!) no clnllll with patio.» and of canine no nlilml hudli'ms, TM occasion, ur orderly pla-1011‘ hon. wdlld rapport 01 out (map! in' Viet: mom; the place, Cincinnati; tho in. lpi'ron, on ad hoc‘ Committee lot A:- rion by Team. Tile Ill-7o: m on the nvluwln‘ marl. ins Cincinnati Enquinr ordained in. mm, M . nice crowd a! unlpomoro'd rrrn. - [an rurnr rt out. The r-nr... crowds rrrysa ru - tm tow st Ill. run-in mu. st NA‘ vioNAi. IEVIEW, writ- cm. 150 r. Yo NJ. I00” What Time Is It? It’s PIZZA PUBbing time! Boogaloo on down and enjoy . pitcher or glass of our dark beer and a plus or Home oi our de- licious fried chicken — they are guaranteed to shake a tail leather. ANIMAL I usually dislike the aroma or newlymimeugraphed docu- ments, but when I opened my copy of the Haveman report Wednesday night I genuinely hoped for something. What I hoped for—roughly imagined and paraphrased—- was just a paragraph some thing like this: “The Special Commltlee on Educational Policy and Curri- culum recommends that every Grinnell student have the op tion of taking a semester of oft-campus work. Such students would be placed in jobs in large cities by the college of- fice of placement.” What I hoped for, alas, was Antioch. l . or maybe Beloit. . . ,but never, I guess, Grinnell. The paragraph wasn’t there, but a little autobiography, 1 think, is necessary here. Last week I took a little mindrsobering sojourn to Boston for six days. I didn't go to visit there: I went to live there. And I lived with some people from Beloit engaged, as it were, in just the kind of pro- gram 1 want to talk about (or talk around.) They—excuse me, we—shared an apartment. It’s really a very fun thing to decorate an apart- ment and live and cook for yourself. They went to work at typi- cally workaday jobs — at the Harvard Co-op or insurance companies—every morning. And i went to work every morning. . . iollowing them. I’m not sure What it is I want to tell you, because ac- tually the column this week is nothing more than one lengthy sigh. But they were learning how to live away from Grinnell and —for six days—so was i. “A really liberal education,” Tom Greenfield mused to me the other day, “has really got to include getting out of Grin- nell, Iowa now and again.” The point really hit home, because all the rive-hour bus trip from Chicago to Grinnell Friday, October 20. I967 ERROOOR By Neil Fischer I found myself thinking the most incredible and untoward or thoughts. . . for me. “Zowie,” I thought, “it will really be good to get back or home or whatrtbe-hell-ever to Gfinnell." Then I recanted: “What are you doing, you nincompoop? Aren’t you the one always stumbling across campus mums bling how much you hate the place?” “Self," I said to myself, “Stop this immediatelyl" But I couldn’t, because it really was good to be going . . . back. Why? Because I thought I was bringing something back? Yes? Why can't we get away from Grinnell to bring something back other than what We are at home or at Grimell? We have our Argonne Semes ter and Newberry Library but why can’t we all get away from Grinnell more often? Can’t we? Just because we aren’t Antioch? And can’t we learn what it’s like to liveiindependently and inconspicuously—in a pla cs where there aren’t convenient forums and scheduled social events and trees and other in. solating verdure? Let’s have a bus-trip to Chl- cago every other weekend, It would only cost ten bucks if we tilled a charter bus. And you all know we would fill it. Dear readers and enemies I wanted to wrim a single un- disturbed unpretentious column. This is the closest I want to come, and I don’t care it you like it or not. I liked Grinneli for one whole day after that trip. I believe this, and maybe if I strip away some of the tacky phrasings and esoteric journa- lese for a week, you’ll under. stand that I am not~always~ a professional cynic. This week it is my problem. Could we do something about it. . this time? PANASONIC RECORDER RQ-IOZS Solid State portable tape rc- corder - A5: or Battery powered - Capstan drive - 2 speed (17/. dt 3% ips) - Single lever operation - 3V4" reels - “Easy-Matic" for trouble free recording - Fast forward - Safety lock record but- ton - Remote microphone.