Friday. October lB. ma SCARLET AND BLACK EXTRA-CURRICULAR CREDIT CONSIDERED The Student Coordinator’s or (ice is currently involved in an investigation working towards a major change in this College's curriculum. A “4-1-4" academic year, somewhat the same length as Grilinell's is now, with the addition of a month long special term in January devoted to in- dependent study is being con- sidered. Student Coordinator Tom Trip» lett and his stali have been gathering iniormation from nearby colleges such as St. Olaf, Westmar, McCalaster, and Be- loit for the past four weeks con- cerning the programs at those colleges. Generally, the pro- grams are one month long in January, occur as either on- campus or offrcampus study in one particular field, and carry academic credit, A voluntary interim program 0! independent study which did not carry academic credit was offered at Grinnell during the last ten days of the Christmas and semester break period lor the past two years. Last year, approximately three or four hundred students registered for the program, but only 1/, or 1/3 of those registered actually at- tended. The program was (lis- continued this year. The chief difference, besides length of time, between the 4-1- 4 year and the interim program is that the 4-14 is a “fully aca- demic program,” according to Triplett. Although independent study in the January term of the 4-H year would be like the Step Up To JD'S RESTAURAN'I 722% Main Mon. - so. a to ID [mm Sunday—~Ncnn to Hi pJn. MOVER’S GROCERY EAST END onooEniEs’ MEAT - BEER OPEN DAILY interim program, it wouuld fo- cus on special problems that cannot be handled in regular course work, the faculty would still be closely involved, and credit would still be closely in- volved, and credit would be given for such work. The Student Coordinator plans to submit a proposal of some kind to the Executive Council of the Faculty, after their are ploratory work is completed, be- fore the end [if this semester. They are hoping that there will be student discussion on the pro- posal, and that students who live in communities where there are colleges currently operating with a 471—41 program will bring back information on these pro« grams alter mid — semester break. Also, they intend to ques- tion faculty members on their reactions to the plan, and how it might interfere with their work or scheduling, The Executive Council of the Faculty will be the first body to consider the proposal. The council consists of the three division chairmen, the educa- ti all policy chairmen of each division, an lat-large faculty member, the chairman of the faculty, the Dean of the Col- lege, and the President. Be- cause of the failure of the in— terim session last year, faculty and administration are doubt- ful about the program. President Leggett told the 5&3 that, although he felt that such a program had a solid theoretical basis, “after the ex- perience of last year and the previous year," he would need to be persuaded that it. would work, and “whether the stu- dents will respond to it.” Free fessor Morris Parslow, a mem- ber of the Faculty Committee on Curriculum which investi- gated many curriculum pro- grams last year, expressed sim< ilar feelings. He saw “no par- ticular merit in 41-4 as some- thing new and different" and considered it mostly as a poor modification of the interim program and a “more form» less way of the old system of just givmg out credit." Tom Triplett took the opp0< site view in arguing int a change: he views any new in- dependent study program such as the 4-1-4 program as a way to get away from "the unstimu- lating nature of much of the current curriculum " Bicycles Stolen? Read This Bicycles are stolen in Grin- nell at therrate oi 1 or 2 a day. in most instances, the bicycles that are stolen have been ridden away from where they were parked, and then left anyplace. The police, when they find these stolen bikes, will contact the owner (if the bike is ll- censed). If it is not, it is put on the bike rack at the police station. Presently there are at least 6 bikes at the station. Some of these have not even been re pozted as missing, They will be left in storage there (at the Police station) until they are claimed by the owner. Brenton Dies w. Harold Brenton, chairman of the board of the Brenton Banks of Iowa, is dead of a heart attack at sixty-nine. Bren. ton was a benefactor and trustee of Grinnell College. Coordinator Both PR Man, Lawyer Last spring, the Office of Stu- dent Coordinator was set up within Student Government, with two major functions, to act as ombudsman for students, and to provide public relations for SGA. In his role as ombudsman, Thomas Triplett. the Student Coordinator, and his two as- sistants. have successfully han- dled many cases of complaints from students. ranging from very simple problems to ones of major academic concern in- volving a great deal of investi- gation. in almost one semester of operation, only one problem that has been handled by Trip- lett’s office has not been solved to the satisfaction of students —- Director of Residences Ralph Pomerenk refused. for safety reasons, to let the basements of the Park Street Houses (Con. lerenoe House, Interracial House) be used for Pferndactyl and the Grinnell Drflit Infor- mation Center. Every other problem ranging from getting rid of wasps, put— ting a light on Barber Plaza at night, and changing the way art exhibits in the Forum are selected, to academic problems involving changes in the edu- cational policy of the Music De- partment and changes in facul- ty rulings on the academic standings of students handled by the Student Coordinator has been solved to the satisfaction of the complainants. “Nothing would have happened in most cases if we hadn't participated and added the SGA seal," ex- plains Tom Triplett. in his public relations role, Triplet: publishes repozts to students to inform them of what Pagl Fifteen Student Government is doing, Currently, the Student Coordi- nator’s Office is corresponding with twelve other college! which have recently instituted open dorms policies in order to see how they met the problems that he anticipates Grinnell wtll face soon. Since any interest that anyone wants Student Gov. ernment to look into is channel. el into his office, Tiiplett has just recently begun to investi- gate the feasibility of initiating a change in the college’s cur- riculilm by adding a month long independent study program in January. The Student Coordinator's of- [ice also acts as student defend- er and offers its legal services to students who are brought be- fore the Judicial Council. in ad- dition, Contact with the Nation- al Student Association is the res sponsibility ot the Student Co ordinator. Gates Lectures On November 3-5 The 1968 Gates Lectures will be held November 375, with the speaker being Dr. B. Davie Napier. Dean of the Chapel and Professor of Re- ligion at Stanford University. The title of the lecture ser- ies is “On New Creation." The individual lectures will be as follows: Sunday, No» vember 3, 8:00 p.ni.——”A New Land”; Monday, No- vember i,’ 3:00 p.m.—”A New People”; Tuesday, Novem- her 5, 11:00 a.n1.v“A New Language”. All three lec- tures will be given in her. rick chapel. There will be several op- portunities offered for Slur dents and faculty to meet and chat informally with the speaker throughout this Zl- day period. FIRE UP. PIONEERS! Motor Bank 5». A we" need our professional drycleaning' finishing . . . . they're beautiful when you buy them . . . why not keep them that way with -. our professional dtycleauing and famous STA’NU linishr ing . . . it costs you no mole. Available At Both North and South Agency: Ask For Meekers Also 20 New Maytag Washers At Our LaundrarMnt MEEKER LllllNiiRY & GLEtliilEl’iS [019% Broad St, Grinnell, [own I! AM. - 8 PM. P WESHHEK “mint BANK 4th it Broad/5th & West . Grinnoll ' WK mmmmmm BR 2 Blocks East of Quad ‘ 1501 5th Ave. 6-4465