GRINNELL COLLEGE Ellie Svtttrltt & Eiltttlt Oldest College Newspaper west of His Mississippi W. LXXVI k Grinnell, Iowa, Friday, September 20, me No. l MARIL ELECTED C OF HP PRESIDENT 'iieii 3&3 Staff Appointments: . Arieli, Sirom James Arletl and Bruce Strum, both ’69, were elected Editor and Business Manager respec- tively of me Scarlet 8: Black by the Board of Publications at meeting held Saturday, Sept. 4, Their administration of the paper began last Saturday. Susan Kaeser, '59, was chos- On as Editor for the second se- mester of the academic year. Arietl was the Editor, in Sep mher, 1967. of the David M. ibson Memorial Newsletter. ctrom worked during the past ear as the 5&B’s Circulation Nanager. Don R. Hacker, who sewed as Associate Editor during 1558, was appointed Managing Edi. tor for the paper. The new Man< ._—_ 5&3 STAFF— (Contlnued on Page 7) GMT. PHRDGM ‘PRODUGTION llP, , HOTG TO STAY’ "ROTC, or the Department of Aerospace Studies, exists on the Brlnnell Campus, for the de- artment and the college iinds t mutually beneficial," stated Captain Purdom of the Grin< IIBll ROTC. The Captain explained that ROTC is valuable to the stu- dent “because it opens up op- tlons—career options and op- tlons in meeting military obliga- tlons. Tile program is flexible enough that it can grow and change with the student’s needs; he gets out oi military service the most advantageous expein ience. also, the students get an opportunity to see what ‘this military business’ is all about. It’s important for an educated, responsible citizen to See what the issues oi national security are." In return, Grinnell students benefit ROTC by the “sense of values the liberally educated man brings to the activities he engages in. The liberally edu- cated man brings to ROTC a Width of mental Vision and a willingness to question.” “We don’t help the school fl- nancially — at least not direct Iy," stated the Captain. Indirect- ly, the scholarship money ROTC gives to students might free some college money, but the Captain declared that ROTC is ROTC— (Contlnuod on Page 2) tiiilliiillliiillliiilliiiilliiiilliiiilliiiilliiiilliiiiiliiiilliiUlliiiilliiiiliiiill FREE STORE OPENS IN LOOSE COATROOM Loose Hall cloakroom is the temporary home of Grinnell College‘s new Free Store, or- iginated by Bruce Nissen '70. A Free Store is a market- place that operates without money. Supplies ior the store are donated. Anyone who has something he feels he does not need, or would like [0 share or give away brings it iii—and these things can be taken by anyone. Nissen hoped to locate the store in the basement of an off-campus house, but his re- quests have so far been denied by 8&6. iiiiIiiiiilliiilliiiiiliiiillliiiilliiiiliiiiiIIiiiilliiiiiliiiilliiiiilliiiiliiiiiliiii FlleS SOUGHT Tb Alb BiAFRA A fund-raising drive for the starving people of Eiafra was held this past week by a group of students led by Bruce Nissen and Cathy Bull. It was sponsored by both the Board of Religion and SDS. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday collections were made at lunch and dinner meals at both Quad and Cowles. Let- ters have been written to all the ministers in Grinnell requesting them to have collections for Biafra at the next church ser- vices. A suggestion has been made to the Senate that a fast be held this semester with all profits going to Biafra. The idea for the drive origi- nated because of the Bialra BIAFRA— (Continued on Page 8) Residence Halls Adjust to New Integration Physical changes made in the newly integrated residence hall system this year include con- struction oi the South Campus reception center, a doorbell system for the women’s halls on North Campus and minor al- terations in the lavatories of the converted dormitories. The night loggia patrol duties have been eased by the purchase oi watchmen's three - wheeled Cushman scooters, North and South campuses have the same number of womv en — 220. South Campus dorms house 226 men, North Campus 290. Fifty women live in the HALL CHANGE— (Continuad on Page 2) Off-Campus Girls Get New Houses There are three new off-cam- pus houses at Grinnell this year: interracial House, Con- ference House, and French House. Two of the three, interracial and Conference, were born in the desire ior understanding that followed the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. French House is the successor to a similar house that existed three years ago, according to its president, Barbara Weitz, ’69. , The largest of the houses is Interracial, With 16 girls. President of the house is Sherri DesCliamps, ’69, who was one oi a group respon~ sible for the founding of the house. Thirty girls applied to live in the house last semester, and each wrote a short essay de< scribing wily they thought the house should be started and what it should do. Five books are on a planned reading list, and discussion of the books will be the equiva- lent of another course. The house is also planning to set up a library with AWARE (As sociation Di Whites for Advance- ment of Racial Equality) for general use to be financed through funds supplied by the SGA. Discussions open to the three NEW HOUSES— (Continued on Page 5) Sago Grapes Sour Morgen: Boycoi’r Forces Bunch By CONNIE ERICSON A boycott of grapes served by Saga planned in response to the California table grape pickers’ strike, “Wlll undoubted. ly be effective,” promised Bern- ard Mergen (History), “if enough students can be iniormed about the strike and the rele< vancy of the boycott." The workers, numbering about 3,000, are striking ior the second year against inadequate unem- ployment insurance. only partial Social Securtity benefits, and lack or minimum wage bancilts, sick leave, vacation pay, rest periods, and collective bargain- ing rights. The boycott, even if only par. tially successiul, can affect the amount oi grapes purchased by SAGA and thus the grape grow- GRAPE STRIKE— (Contlriued on Page 2) Wins 57% of Vole; Turnoui is Lighi Lee R. Maril (’69), elected President of the Council of House Presidents yesterday with 57% of the vote, urges a campus survey and vote on the issue of open dorms. NEW HEATING COOLS STUDENT Linda Cutler, ’70, cannot open her window as a result of a change in the heating system of Main Hall. in the past, each resident or the hall could control the temv perature of her own room by a knob on the radiator. Now there is a central thermos tat for the hall, located in Cutler’s room. She is told that opening her window would affect this central thermostat and tllus change the temperature or all the other rooms in the hall. Picnic Posier Makes Diggers, Saga Slew "steal silverware from Saga," advised a poster advertising Saturday night’s digger picnic at Conference House. It was rumored on campus that Ralph Pomerenk, Director of Resi- dences, intended to close Cnn- ference House because he was so angered by the poster’s pro- pasal. It was also said that all in ventory oi Saga silverware would be taken before and after the Saturday evening meal in order to bill Conference House for any spoons and ibrks found missing, Neither rumor was substantiated. Bruce Nissen, the poster mak- er, accepted respoiisibility lor the “steal silverware” idea. Nis- sen, a Loose Hall junior, said, “Pomerenk is conducting a witch hunt against the off-cam- pus houses. He tried to enrol- /nate them this year. The digger dinner got him maddest.” Why Pomerenk was most angry about the dinner Nissen could not explain. Several stu< dents gave accounts similar to Nissen’s. The president of Conference House, Catherine Jones, ‘69, said she had heard nothing about the closing of the house. She surmised that Pomerenk “was afraid that the house was going to be mutilated, They DIGGERS— (Continued no Page 2) Maril and his final election op- ponent Ted Seacrest defeated Sam Chandler (’69), Doug Fink (’70) and Terry Finn (’70) in the primary held Wednesday. only three-fourths oi the men voting Wednesday also voted Thursday, producing a final result of Maril — 73, Seacrest454r Th9 total vote represents less than 20% of the male students on campus. The push for both alternating and open dorms has “gone too slow” for Maril, who proposes a full . scale campaign to In- form Students of the issues. He is sure a student vote iavoring either or both issues would force the adminisiraiion to comply. “I am perfectly willing to go through the structure of the SGA to bring about this change." it was the administration that iirst proposed the integra- tion of campuses, but instead of alternating dorms “they are clustered, ilve man’s dorms on North Campus and three on ELECTION— (Continued on Page a) Draft Info Center Expands to Aid College, H.S. The Grinncll Drait Informa- tion Center (GDlC) is beginiiig its second year at Grinnell Col- lege this semester. The center, which began in October oi last year, p r o v i d e 5 information about Selective Service laws for men facing conscription. “We’ll help a guy with any kind oi drait problem he’s got,” says Wendy Batson, one of the Center's draft counselors, Wen- dy and Cathy Jones, Conference House President, are presently the Center's only two counsel- ors, but they expect to train several more. Last year the (3ch received 5150 from the Student Senate, oi which approximately slot) re- mains this year. The Center hopes to hold an all~campus seminar “in about three weeks”, and will bring films to Grinncll during the year. Also planned is an ex- pansion of the program to pr0< vide draft inlnrmatiun to Stu- dents at Grinnell High School. GDIC holds weekly meetings for all interested people at 7:00 Sunday night at 1205 Park street. where the center is locat- ed.