SCARLET 8 BLACK Student Newspaper of Grinnell College ‘20] Park Street Grimm" Cell-qt Grinnell. lewd Will EDITOR MANAGING rron ,HUSXNESS MANAGER clncuumolv MANAGER sure WRITERS nurry Anton- Neil Fischer .. . Stephen w-rsh Dulce Slrom Marthl lerkey, Gordon chnslensen. Edwards, Anne rurrer, Debbie onniry, Jock Gochenouer, Andy isms, ptvid knunnun. Adrienne Lemntont, Molly McGuire. Sue Miller, Paul Nnehlxiiin, .rcil scheckter. Gtmfl Swlnson, Anne nylon PHOTOGRAPHERS u .n Allin Bernhlrdt, non Hacker, nick mumnnn A POP IN THE CORN We enjoyed Convocation. We didn’t enjoy the lines, the score of the football game. the early ending of a rather undanceable Dance, or having Saga workers and Requiem people miss many events. But for most people, most 01 the time, there was something to learn, to amuse. to move. Convocation knocked Grinnell off its usual apathetic strlde. ‘ Students reacted to the change. The Peace‘Raliy was an exciting successr Offrcampus parties flourished. We lived a different life . . r for three days. in a week or so, Convocation will just be a memory: I heard this one, talked to that one, got drunk with the other. It was it oneshot thing. A big pop in the corn. We’d better get back to the books . . . A STUDENT OPINION ENLIGHTENMENT FROM OONVO By HERBERT U. PEGUES one historian has said, “it is historical fact as well as bio- logical theory that the past—of ten the distant past—lives on in the present." This resounding idea hung over the heads of hundreds this past weekend. Some ignored it; to others it was a shocking re- ality, and still others, a true awareness The historical links were put beinre you so plainly. i need not repeat the slavery of the Negro and countless injustices toward him for some 348 years. These in a nutshell are facts that have bred the forms of racial uproar in America to hay. This is why the Negro thinks the way he thinks, this is why he lives the way he does, and this is why he revolts the way he does. Hopefully you know all Americans, both black and white, suffer the consequences oi past and present "America the free." Admittedly. there are some redeeming tactors. We can 0v» ercome the grim historical re~ minders, or at least lessen their severity, by reevaluating our value system. Salvation lies in your own mind. Wisdom is a wonderful thing. out in all your getting, you must get understanding. All of you really needed those racial. 1y oriented topics or the Con- vocation, if just for peace of mind. The intellectual Grinnell, with the rest of America, can- not rise above itself without un- derstanding, the God — given rights of all humanity. All men are equal, as human beings, under the sun. Illllllllllllllllilllllliillllllillllllllllllilllllllllliillllllliilllillllliliiliiilliililllliiilliiiiilllllliliillillliiiillliiillllllllllllllliillilllliillilliilllllllllilliliiiiil ) KING (Continued from Page i) loclal progress is that legisla- Iion cannot change people's morals; you have to change the heart. “The law cannot re- strain the heartless, but it can prevent them from lynching me,” the Baptist mlnis~ ler mused. The last myth assumed by the sleepers, is that the Negro can lift himself by his boot~ straps. Like the other imml~ ant groups coming tn the .S., the Negro should be able 10 help himself. “No other group has had their color made a social stig- ma. It is a cruel last to tell a bootless man to lift himself up by his bootstraps." Riots, King cited, are neith- er the most practical nor the most moral way But condemned the conditions oi today that have The next issue of the 5&5 will appear November 11; brought riots into being People today seem more con- cerned with “quietude, and the status quo, than to help ni- leviate them" The immorality oi the Viet- Nam war, and the possibility of its leading to a third World War constituted King‘s next comment. in justifying his link between the civil rights and the anti- war movements, King said that it is silly to be concerned about integrated schools, and not be concerned about the survival 01 the world to be integratedl “These people are maladjust- ed in society, but there are cer- tain aspects of society that should always merit maladjust- meni. Jesus Chlist was maladjust- ed when he stated that “he who lives by the sword shall perish by the sword," King concluded. For people who act, and do not sleep during a social revo- lution, should be created the 'Natlonnl Association for the Advancement of Creative Mul~ adjustment: , ‘ SCARLET AND BLACK EillI|Iilill|liiiillliillllllilllllillilllilllliilllllliillllllillillilllllliilil LETTERS TO THE EDITOR s iiiiiliiiiillllllllllilllllliiiillliilillilllllllllillliilllllilllllilllllliiillliifi minimum no the Editort’ I would like to comment briefly on Mr. Marquardt's and Mr. Tice‘s column in the Oct. 27 5&3. They refer to the seven required courses envisioned in the Curriculum Report as “lec- ture courses.” Even a hasty reading of the report indicates, in my opinion, that most required courses would be taught in small sec- tions, The proposed Humanities course, for example, would continue the work of the pres- ent one, which is now taught in sections averaging 18 stu- dents. Emphasis in this course is on literary analysis in depth through the frequent writing of papers which are thoroughly criticized by the instructor, and through conferences. (1 can testify that l have had stu~ dents in that course who ap- proached literature in greater depth than did some juniors and seniors; hence I would never call the course vague and impersonal.) Likewise the language cours- es envisioned in the report (as those now taught) would be of- fered in small sections; and the Social Studies and Humani- ties In (Fine Arts) course! would also involve work done in sections. 1 am not here defending the specific proposals of the re- port; but I thought it might be usetul to have someone not connected with the committee point out what seems to be a factual inaccuracy in the col- umn of Mr. Marquardt and Mr. Tice. Andrew P. Pebickl Spanish n r it To The Editor: Circulating on our campus is n criminal element which pro- poses to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Bulshevik Revolution which will occur on November 7th. in anticipation or this event, may 1 rec- ommend a viable alternative to those of us here at Grinnell who do not tind wearing red stars, brandishing posters of Lenin and Trotsky, and drink- ing vodka, to their political taste. it is ironic that Novem- ber 7th just happens to be the day before November 8th. No« vember Hill of this year—inter- estingly enough — commemort ates the fortyrfourth anniver- sary of the Munich Beer Hall Pulsch which was the first mil- jor attempt by the thenstmg- gling National Socialist Ger- man \Vorkers’ Party to attain political prominence. Needless to say, the whole at- lair was a sham, but the fact that this became a red letter day in Nazi Germany replete with the old-line guard partici- pants oi the event marching down towards the shrine of those who liatl fallen in 1923. leads me to believe that some here at Grimtell might find this the perfect antithesis to the Russian Revolution! Any number 01 those inter- ested may participate. All that will be needed to commemor- ate this glorious throwback of Wednesday November l, mu ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR By Neil Fitch! Conscientious administrators and functionaries are constantly doing their duties here at Grinneil. They protect college property from misuse and abuse They keep the college running . . . like water , . . m‘ It , machine Their public relations techniques for improving the Grinnell image are timeless and without measure. Someday I’d like to swing a column in their praises. But this week they ought to be cut down. Somewhere in the midst of their concern for college prop- erty and their concern for Grinnell P.R.. they have lost nil concern for the general welfare of the students who live here. Convocauon offered a case or two in point: Now it's nice to feed all the trustees on time. and it's nice to make a good impression on the alumni. But it‘s even nicer to reed Saga workers, and It the Quad that simply didn’t happen during Super Weekend. "By the time we had time to eat." one Quad waiter told me, "all that was left were a few stale Danish pastries, I had to miss three meals straight so I could help lat alums feed their faces.” One hell of a lot of Saga workers and Verdi Requiem par. formers were finagied into weekend work and rehearsal scheduler precluding any benefit from Convocation. “Martin Luther King got to see more of Grinneli Convocation than i did," a student Requiem singer stated, “and he was only here a few hours," Said another Quad worker. “Some girls worked breakfast all morning. were given a whole half-hour for I break, and then had to work lunch for two hours" Lack of admirdstrative concern for student welfare, horr- ovtr, isn’t just an accident or one busy weekend. About two weeks ago, Cleveland freshman Louise Peick had the misfortune to trip and cut the side of her head open in the Forum music room. Witnesses said they thought she was about to go into shock, In they made her lie down on the floor. And we all know what happens when you lie down on the floor in the Forum. Immediately the forces of concern (for college property, that in) surged into action The "Forum Lady" -— that is to say. the lady who work: the desk and makes people keep their shoes on and sit up straight (the epithet has the same connotation as "Avon Lady" or “Fullei Brush Man”) — instantly arrived to console Louise. Quoth the “Forum Lady," according to one witness: “I’m sorry you cut your head open, but could you please try not to bleed on my carpet?” Quoih Louise: “I really wasn’t thinking about where I was bleeding at the time.” ’ I understand that college telephone operators are just it little busier these days than they were at the beginning of November last year. They are busy because they are still looking up telephone numbers for students. They are still looking up telephone numbers for students because the Herd Books haven’t been printed yet. ”Why haven’t the Herd Books been 11th yet?” you nsk. “Why aren‘t the new 1937-68 analogues out yet?” Well, yoii know. I’d ask Mrsr Prescott over in Public Rela- tions about that, but I’m afraid she‘s still a little tired from pumping out Convocation schedules, Convocation programs. Com vocation booklets, and Convocation news releases. But now that Super Weekend is bagged, maybe she can work I little on something to help students here —like a catalogue or I herd book. Now that the slums are gone, maybe Sage will have time to feed Saga workers too. Now that the college is a college again and not just I convocation cluster, maybe it can begin looking out for its college students. Anyway, if you crntlr your skull in the Forum try to keep your blood off the carpet, will you? Because they’ll probably raise my tuition to pay 3er for cleaning it up. Iiillllillllllllllllllilllllllillilliliilllllililllilllillillillllllllllllllllilillllilllllliilllllilllllllllllllilllllllillllllilllllliillillllliiilllliililllliiitlliiliiiliiiilllilii 1923 are a brown shirt and u , CONVO case or beer (which costs just (Continued from Page i) about as much as a fifth of given by George Champion, vodka). To make the evening more entertaining, why don’t the brown — shined celebrants of the Beer Hall Putsch mount machine guns on the streets of Grinneil a day early and mow down the November 7th, Rus. sian Revolution participants? in the end, both sides will re- alize each oiher’s destruction;‘ and Grinneil College can once more bed down for another winter of apathy rind non—in- volvement. George Undo-in Rockheod Chairman of the Board, Chase Manhattan Bank and recipient of an Honorary Degree of Doc~ tor of Laws, Dr. Champion's address was entitled Our 0b- solete Welfare State and ex- plored the gross inefficiencies of the 11.5. Governments pree~ ent welfare program and the War on Poverty and proiiered a substitute, an “incentive web fare” program.