Ellie $1: oldest College Newspaper west oi th. Mississippi arlvt & 331m: GRI NNELL COLLEGE Vol. Lxxv1 Grinnell, Iiowa, Friday. October 18, 1968 NEWS OF OTHER SCHOOLS Carleton Freshman orientation at Car- leton College featured a small exploratory group experience this year. Computer-matched (by divergence oi backgrounds and hail assignments) and coed. the groups of twelve to niteen students tried walking silelltly in concentric Circles, leading each other on “blind" walks, drawing murals, and commu- nicating nonverbally. a a a One of the highlights of the fall meeting of the board of trustees of Carleton College was an hour-and-one-halt confer- ence to which students Were in. vited. Among the topics dis- cussed were the possibility of greater student voice in male ing opendorm policy, student need for privacy, future divers sification of the student body, and the pros and cons of oli- oampus living. Monmouth The drinking rule at Mon- mouth College has been revised, on a onesyear trial basis. it bans possession or use of alco- holic beverages, either on Cam- pus, or at any oiiicial college or student. function off campus. First offenders will be fined $25, and a second offense draws a mandatory suspension for at least the remainder of the cur- rent term. or. Senior women at Monmouth College no longer have hours. Instituted this year is a system whereby the student checks out a key to the dorm door which she is then responsible for. Keys are returned by nine o’clobk the following morning. Beloit The Belolt College Student Senate is Studying the school's grading system. The student body is Currently answering senate questionnaires intended to evaluate present grading methods and to suggest im- provements in the system. ‘ v e a should a college student union be completely open? This pro- blem is an issue at Beloit Col- lege, where students are cur- rently protesting ID checks at the union's doors. The adm‘ 5. tration is considering alterna- tives to the previously vetoed open-union policy petitioned for, by students. Cornell The Vietnam Day actlvltlos sponsored by student and faculty members were largely ignored by parents attending Parents' Day at Cornell College. Few of the visitors showed interest in learning or communicating about such issues as the war, draft resistance, the Chicago convention, or racism. Muhlenberg At Muhlenberg (Pa) College, the women have revised their dress code. Bermudas and slacks are now allowed in labs and art studios, but are still banned in classrooms and Chapel. According to a poll taken last year, most women favor retention of the dress code as it now stands. u ii iii Questionnaires designed to provide accurate evaluation or the professors and courses at Muhlenberg are currently being filled out by students there. Northern Iowa An .AirosAmeriCan history Course Wlll be inaugurated next spring at the University o! Northern Iowa. Dr. Wallace An- derson, Dean of Undergraduate Study, hopes to open the course to residents at the community as well as college students. Simpson The administration of Simp- son College has reduced the number bl required student Con< vocations to six. The action caine following a student senate resolution against required at< tendance at either the monthly or special convocations. Wabash New this year at Wabash College is an AiroAmerican Student Union. The intention 01 die Union is to ”speak effec- tively [or their (black stu- dents') needs and at the same time to the needs of the Wa- b a s h College Community." Hopefully, a Blackswhite Coor< dinating Committee will also be instituted. MacMnrry The first. chapel service oi the year at MacMuri-ay (111.) Col- lege was an experiment. It featured a “Call to Worship“ by the Orchesis Club, the poetry of Yetveshenko, and such hymns as “Sounds of Silence” and “What a Wonderiul World.” Student reaction to the novelty appeared mixed. Rockford An editorial in the Rockford all.) College Collegian entitled “Staff of Life?" has resulted in changes in the practices of the college food service The food service is operated by Slater, a food service management firm similar to Saga. Earl D. Strong Funeral in Herrick Today Funeral services for Earl Dr Strong, 83, dean emeritus and professor emeritus of economics and business at Grinnell Col- lege, will be Conducted at 2:30 p,m. Friday, October 18 in Her- rick Chapel. Dr. Strong died Sunday in a hospital in Oneonta, N. Y. Howard R. Burkle, proiessor of philosophy and religious stu- dies at the College, will oillciate, and will be assisted by four other members of the college faculty: James H. Stauss, dean of the college; Joseph F. Wall, chairman of the iaculiy and Parker professor of history; and Neal W. Klausner, Miller professor of philosophy. College Organist Elbert Morse Smith will provide music. Pall~ bearers are Grant 0. Gale, Wil- liston proiessor oi physics; Alan R. Jones, professor of history; Edgar R. Mullins, Jr.. professor of mathematics; R. Homer Non ton, professor oi history; John h‘jiitsch, professor or physi- Cal education for men; and Law reiice B. Pcdersen. Honorary pallbearers are Carl E. Child, W. G. Greenwald, Robert S. Kinsey, Louis v. Phelps, and La Verne E. Raiiety. Dr. si~oiig joined the Grin- nell facility in 1915 and taught until his retirement in 1955, when he became professor emeritus of economics and bust- ln This Week’s 5&3 Included in this Week’s “Scarlet and Black" are all eight page magazine section which contains special iea. tures and a women's page, as well as an enlarged three page sports section. Also fear tuned in this issue are arti- cles of Current relevance from past issues of the “Scar- let and Black" and “Cy- Clones” SAGA Help Cries A group oi SAGA workers met Thursday, October 10, to discuss their grievances. Some of the workers at Quad dining hall are unhappy about the wage poli- cies oi SAGA. Recently, SAGA, to economize, cut down on time allotments ior some jobs and the number of workers on some jobs. The unrest is present, but the workers are as yet not uni- fled. The group is considering ask- ing tor a wage increase. This is viewed unfavorably by the Deans, who ieel it would lead to a higher board fee and would prompt other College workers to ask for a wage in— crease. The group plans to talk to SAGA Chuck Hand and Gary Shaw. Future action depends upon the outcome of these talks. ness. From 1944750 he Was dean oi the college. He became dean emeritus in 1950, and at that time the college awarded him an honorary doctor of laws de< gree. Born Feb. 15, 1885, in Tecum- seii, Neb., he earned his Ph.B. degree at Grinnell in 1909, his M. A. from the University oi Wisconsin in 1912, and his PhD. from Columbia University in 1931. He taught in Minnesota, North Carolina, and at other Iowa institutions before return- ing to Grinneil as a faculty member in 1915. He married Margaret Bentley in 1911, and to this union were born three sons, James B. of Lacey, Washl, Douglas E. of West Springfield, Mass, and Jerome C. or Oneonta, N. Y. Mrs. Strong and the three chil- dren survive, as do eight grand- children. All three sons. like their father, are Grinnell grad- uates. Dr. Strong had lived in Queen- to since August, when he and Mrs. Strong sold thelr Grinnell home and moved East to be near their son Jerome. During World War ll, Dr. Strong was state price director for Iowa under the Office of Price Administration. He was a member of the local Congregational Church. Burial will be in Hazelwood Cemetery. NJ—i Petition on Co-Ed Hours in Lounges Passes Committee The faculty - administration . student Committee on Student Affairs has acted on the student petition for hall self-determina- tion of coed lounge hours This action was announced last Tuesday at a meeting of the resident and student advisors with Deans Low and Thompson. The substance of the resolution Is the same as that of the pe< titlon, providing for each hall to set its own limits on tho hours for coed use of the resi- dence hall lounges. Some of the details of tho policy change have yet to be ironed out, and will be Consid- ered when the committee next meets on October 22. Then the Completed resolution will be submitted to the board of trus‘ tees ior their approval. Faculty members of the committee are Edgar Mullins, James Magee, and William Pallak. Deans Low and Thompson represent the administration, and SGA Fresh dent. Tom Thomas, C of HP . President Lee Mom, and AWS Board President Heather Foota speak for the students. Social Studies Grade Called “Experiment on Experiment” By BENSON SMITH An appeal to the faculty at large to use credit-fail grading for Social Studies was passed by a narrow margin. The deci- sion applies only to the iirst semester and only to this year. According to Bernard Mergen, Social Studies Department Chairman, the impetus for the proposal came 1 r D m the staff. Only eight of the 13 staff members, however, were originally in fa- vor of the suggestion. The pro- posal was written up by Robert Voertman (Social Studies Divi- sion Chairman), Gary Cagie (Philosophy). and Gregory Guroii (History). The resolution refers to the course as experimental. Guroff said “the objectives of the course are not quite clear," and “there was a general feel- liig that hints that what they were trying to do was ham- pered by grades." Tile resolu- lion states that “standards {or evaluation or performance is an undeSlrable constraint on ex- perimentation" and that “set- ting standards should be treated as a sequal to more basic as- pects of the experimentation." What we are trying to do, said Guroii, is to get students News Analysis to investigate areas on their own and to bring up relevant questions. With a grading sys- tem. he Continued, “students typically try to come in and figure out where a proi stands. and then to follow that rather. than find out where he (the student) stands." According to the resolution, “We can learn more about what students may learn from these materials if we reduce their concern to have us (the faculty) specify what they should be learning in order to score" The fact that the request to change to credit-fail came after the semester was underway is explained by the fact that “eight of the thirteen members of the staff were not involved in planning or discussing the course prior to the start ot the Semester." Gurnff added that many members or the stair were not quite sure how to handle the material. This is nut: surprising considering that over half of the staff did not partici- pate in planning the Course. This is perhaps accidentally beneficial. Because the staff is uniamilial’ with the material, the opportunity for initiative on the part of the students is greater. when the instructorl SOCIAL STUDIES— ;Cont‘d. Page 4, Col. 1)