Page Six SCARLET AND BLACK Friday, September 27, I963 Siuaeni Newspaper of Grinnall calleg. ‘201 PARK STREET GRINNELl.x [OWA EDI” An indeprnurns newspaper published weekly. except during holidays and ensrur nation periods, by me crinsell cornnulrss on Student Publications. Represented rur national haverlisms by National Educa- tlonal Advertising Services, an Lexington Ave. New York, NY. won Second class postage plld at Grinnell, In. sunscnhuon rate saw 12 . school year. moo paid sunscnpuons Editorvlnrchlel Managing Editor . Spoils 5 nor Business Manager Ctrcufluon wishes Assoclale Editor . , . Benson Snum Reporters Pam Hunt. Mar: Rayburn. Allhn Hm. John oarurner. Kit Loder, Carol Bndford, Maren srcwan, Mirnnei Daisy. Counlo Erlcson, Route crsnsrrr. yiskl Lolquisi. Cindy xooi. inner Sucks, Lynne sieniers. Yvon Swaklay- Janis: A. Arlell Don is. necks-r Jamey Shecler . lame Strom Douzlas Earl Editorial . . . The Wallace Ad During this past week a debate arose on the very intricate issue of advertising ethics The debate was centered on whether or not to publish an ad- vertisement for George Wallace which we received from the National Educational Advertising Service. There were some who thought that such a pub- lication would constitute an endorsement of the can- didate, in the same way as when an ad appears in the Good Housekeeping Magazine, an endorsement of the advertised product is understood Some ar- gued that publication of the ad might aid the cam- paign of Wallace, and since we ought to do nothing to help him, we should not publish it. Some also thought that the ads appearance in the S&B would offend a large number of our readers. If an advertisement for Nixon or Humphrey had arrived first, there probably would have been no difficulty, for these men, while not model candi- dates, do not stir such deep feelings of hatred as Wallace. We thought that if one of these ads had arrived we would have published it, Not to publish the Wallace ad would have been a kind of political censorship. Not having published the ad would set a dangerous precedent for a free newspaper — that only those whose views are compatible with those of the editorial staff he represented in the paper in advertising copy. The notion that the publication of an advertise- ment for a candidate constitutes an endorsement is absurd. Never would this paper endorse a man who threatens to run over demonstrators. A newspaper publishes political advertisements because these ads are a part of the forum on which ideas of the candi- dates are expressed. The publication of such an ad is not an endorsement, but is a recognition of the man’s existence as a candidate. if we were to run the ad, Wallace might well in- clude Grinnell College in a list of “liberal" col- leges where his ad appeared, and this might help his campaign. Or it might hurt it. Yet if we were to refuse to run his ad, he might include Grinnell in a list of colleges who refused to run his ad, and this also might either aid or hurt his campaign, It is also uncertain whether the ad itself will be of any help to him. We worked strenuously this week to solicit ad- vertisements from the other major candidates so that we would not offend the sensitivities of a large group by publishing the Wallace ad alone. We re- spect those sensitivities Henceforth, however, it will be the policy of this newspaper to publish po- litical ads. “It’s not a bargain if you don’t need it" A new gym has been on the priority list of need- ed constructions ever since the old women's gym burned down in the late 1930’s. Darby Gymnasium was originally built to be a temporary structure, to tide the college over the war years when a new gym would be built, The Fine Arts Building, the library, the Forum and the two service buildings all dis- placed the gym on the list of priorities According to President Leggett, the renovation of buildings is not an activity which must await the completion of new structures. In an interview he in< dicated that Steiner and ARH are on the agenda to be renovated this coming summer. Nevertheless, the planned gym is an excess, It would fill the needs of a college twice Grinnell’s size. Only if the college were planning a great in‘ crease in the enrollment would the new gym be jus- tified, But the college plans no such increase, and wisely, for a large increase in the number of stu- dents would significantly change the ethos of the school. Could not the college settle for something humbler? Is the gym a result of pressure from trustees who see the size of a college’s gym as be- ing directly proportional to that institution’s worth, just as in the suburbs one’s status is measured by the size of his swimming pool? To save some money the college is not going to put bleachers in the new gym immediately, so Dar- by will continue to be used for varsity sports. Would it not be less extravagant to convert Darby into a women‘s gym and build a new gym for the men smaller than the planned complex? Even if there be good reason for the new gym, there is no sense in its size. Corrections Last week we incorrectly reported the figures on the election or" Lee Maril. There was confusion between the SGA office and the S&B office, prob- ably because of their proximity. Anyway, the cor- rect figures follow: Maril — 162 Secrest — 129 In one of last week’s editorials, it may have appeared as if the David M. Gibson Memorial Newsletter was the sole contributor of the commu- nity bicycles. In fact, there were 15 persons who collected funds for the bicycles. Two were contrib- uted by the DMGMN, six by this group of fifteen. llllHlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHIIIHllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIllllllllllIIIlllilIlllllIII LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Mergen F' es Error . l 5&3 Blasted To the Editor: May I correct an error of fact which I unwittingly made in an interview with your re- porter last week? In my enthusiasm for the cause of the National Florist Workers Organization, which is on strike against the Kiiaya- ma Brothers greenhouses (al- so known as Colorado Floral Products) in Brighton, Colora- (in, l erroneously stated that Bates Flowers of Grinnell re- ceives Carnations from the Kitayama greenhouses. This is not true. Bates Flowers buys Carna< tlons rmm Denver Wholesale, which is not on strike. A boy- cott against Bates wuuld be pointless. Nevertheless, other florists in your hometowns may buy their Carnations lrom Kltaya- ma. If you wish to support the Florist Workers strike for de- cent wages and union recogni- tion, you should ask before you buy. You can also support the strike by making a linem- cial contribution and by writ~ ing to your congressmen urg< ing lhem lo support the hills which would put agricultural labor under the protection of the National Labor Relations Act. Bernard Merger: Assistant Professor oi History By Coed’s Mother To the Editor! My husband and i have worked hard to be able to send our girl to a good school like Grinnell, 1 can't tell you how hard we’ve worked, the sacri- fices we‘ve made, the degrad- ing things we’ve done — like jalning the PTA and giving up our SNCC buttons, so we wouldn’t offend influential people in the neighborhood, and my husband’s accepting promlr tions in a big corporation, whose guts he hates, just so we could have the money lo further our daughter’s educa- tion. We’ve played bridge when we could have been attending courses in guerrilla warfare at the local Free University. We've served on social com- mittees and Welcome Wagons when we could have been Or~ ganlzlng the paper boys of the city. We’ve led double lives, and all because our image of Grin- hell was. we thought, true. We didn't choose a college {or our daughter lightly. Ever since TIME said that Grinnell was hippie, we've studied it carefully. We subscribed to the 58.3, We took the underground paper, we watched the news- papers for signs to confirm our impressions of Grinnell as a place where a student could get a good 20th century education. one that would adjust and train him for the revolutionary world of change that faces us all. We admired the spirit of previous editors of the 5&3. and when lhe paper suspended publica- tion in protest over the censor- ship of the yearbook, we were delighted — especially since there were signs of under- ground papers to take up tho torch of education and pass ii on with the victory cry. "Burn, Baby, Bulnl" Our daughter ls an extremely gifted girl, as all who meet her would confess at once. Her po- litical views —— thanks to the prevailing climate of opinion. which approves of spliLs be- tween parems and children — have been able to differ sharps ly from those bourgeois ones my husband and l have had to expose to the world as our dis- guise. We were not exactly happy when she joined the "Clean ior Gene" campaign, cutting her hair, taking ire~ quent showers, using deoden ants, and even depilatories, and wearing hose and heels. We thought to ourselves, “My God, me kid's turning out just like her parents!" That is one 01 the reasons we chose Grinnell. It’s awrully hard to know just where to send your child, but irorn all we could tell, Grinnell looked like a safe place. imagine our surprise, and our despair. when we got the first issue of the 5&5. Not a lounletter word in it —- what- ever became of the FSM? All announcement that the years book was coming out. Where in Henry Wilhelm? Shirley Temple editorials congratulating people in a nauseating attempt to ores ate an era of good leeling. Serious attention given to SGA. And not one attack on the cal- lously indiiferent and brutally hypocritical administra< tion which actually sanctioned the appearance of a paper so disgraceful to the Grinnell tra- ditions! We were heartsick at what we had exposed our little girl to. We are, at the moment, try- ing to console ourselves at the thought of the whole issue he lng satire. The next issue will tell. We won’t say we dare you to print our letter, but we will certainly draw conclusions, and hegln looklng mm the transfer situation it you don’t. Our daughter’s future and the fu- ture of the nation are not mings m be toyed with. A Grinnell Mother Statement or Ownzrshlp Managemenc and circulslloh Grinnell college Scarlet R: Block. 1202 Park Street Grlhuell, poweslurk, lown 50ll2 Published cvory r or lhu school year by the Committee on Student Publications, Gllllncll College, criunell, lowa 50112. Editor: .iumes Aneu Managing sailor: Don Hooker Buslncss Manager: srucu srrarn Avg. No. Cuplcs :aoh issue During Preceding iz Mnnllll 'rolal no. cooler printed , Campus arslrihuuan Mml Subscriptions Tami rd. Clrculutio Free ulsmbuilan Tum Distribution Office Use a. tumor Tool single Issuu Nurses: Hill:- mi. 2000 2am mo 1300 55o izs iazo