or» @rarlrt & ifilatk GRINNELL COLLEGE Oldest College Newspaper West of ii. Mixsirsippi Vol. LXXVI Grinnell, lowa, Friday, November 8. I968 NT? students raise victory sign last Sunday evening in support of the strike by Quad Sago workers. SDS March Draws 40 Grinnellians In Des Moines More than 40 Grinnell Stu- dents went to Des Moines Tues- day to join an election day march and rally sponsored by Students for a Democratic So- ciety (SDS), The reasons given for the demonstration were: 1) The election was a hoax, be- oauso the positions of the major candidates were so Similar; 2) this “law-and—order” issue, as used by the candidates, was a cover-up ior racism; 3) The US. should withdraw at once iron: Vietnam. without nego- Nations. The 300 marchers met at 2:00 PM. Tuesday in Good Park, on the west side oi Des Moines, tor march instructions from or- anizers of the demonstration. lans for the march were made with the intention of discourag- ing any provocation ot police by Wold or deed. "This is a {:eacs demonstration, and let's eep it that way," urged one SDS member. After some discussion. the marchers agreed to a police MARCH— (Contld, on Page ii, Col. 3) Reactions Surveyed 0n Nixon Victory A random sampling oi student Opinion of the presidential e1ec< tIon leveals a definite feeling of dissatisfaction—if not out-right disagreement—with the choice I the American electorate, ichard Nixon. Most students, however, did not express sur< prise over Nixon's deieat or his chief opponent Vicerpl'esldcnt Hubert Humphrey. Nixon was criticized especially for his personality, his ability to be an effective executive in spite of a Democratic majority SURVEY-— “mm on Page 8, Col. 1) Auction Nets $1500 Last Saturday night the annual charity auction was held in Darby gym. $1,525.50 were raised for the World Una lversities Service and the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship iund. Out of the 93 items sold, most notable were the tra« ditional Gates Orgy which sold ior the generous sum of $310 to East Norris, two of Miss dc Lecluse’s famous chocolate cakes which sold for $20 a cake, and the pres- tigious President's dinner which brought $105. The faculty sold a variety oi items including private concerts and golf lessons. For the most part, however, they offered dinners with oc- casional cultural benefits. Most of the student contrb butions consisted oi parties in one form or another — breakfasts, dinners, and or- gics. Quad Saga Workers Settle As Weekend Strike Concludes Sago: Help Use Union Tactics The strike by Quad workers against Saga included urging st..::.ts s Itif‘itiDitC to the walkout to employ various tac- tics to put political pressure on the food serVicer At first, these actions took the form of in< tentional sloppiness, but aiter Saturday's lunch the pressuring took on a different character, After the work stoppage had been called, students were urged by the strike leaders to eat only at the Quad. and to “eat but don't be neat.” The purpose was to make the clean-up job after the meal longer and more difficult than usual, so that meals would iall behind schedule, and the strike-breakers would reconsld< er their role in the strike. Dur- ing lunch on Saturday, sympa- thetic students were doing as the Strike leaders had asked. Dishes of food were dumped on the floor, butter. mayonnaise, and other types of dressings were smeared on the tables, and there were minor food fights and occasional destruct. tion of glasses and silverware The strikers came in to eat just beiore the regular closing time, and by that time the tables had been so successfully covered that there were none available for them. So the strikers ate on the floor at one end of the hall, leaving their TACTICS— (Coni‘d. on Page 3, Col. 3) Gates Lecturer Foresees Campus As New Land for Moral Activism Dr, Bi Davie Napier. Dean of the Chapel and Professor of Religion at Stanford University, was here last Sunday. Monday, and Tuesday (0 present the loss Gates Lectures. The theme for his three lectures was “on New Creation". “New Creation" re< suits when man becomes more conscrous of himself, both indi- vidually and collectively. Napier applied this to the educational institution, to America, and to the world. Dr. Napier, a specialist in Old Testament interpretation, has gained a national reputation in the last three years as Dean of the Chapel at stanlord. The theme of Di: Napier's lectures was that man “doesn‘t know Where he is going. but he knows what he wants: a new land. a new race, and a new lan- guage.” Dri Napier labeled ”the new land” as the American campus, “the new race or peo- ple" as the American people, “transformed by the icnewcd power of their minds.” and “the new language" as a world with NAPIER— (Cont'di on Page 3, Col. 5) Dr. B. Davie Napier College Reports $137,000 Deficit In Yearly Audit During the academic year 1967768 Grinnell College main- tained a $137,001] deficit accord- ing to Mr, Donald Lambie, Treasure of the College. The income tor the year was $5,019,279 and expenditures were $5,156,883. Average enrollment was 1140. The cost of the educa- tion for each student was there- fore $4,523. Since the tuition and fees amount to $3,100, the stu- dent who pays iull ices only pays ior 68.5% the cost oi his year at Grinnell. Income from endowments and giits make it possible for Grin- nell to operate without charg- ing enough tuition to cover the operating costs, Last year the income from endowments came to $407,537 and gifts amounted to $773,776. Mr. Lambie indicated that the college was hoping that am (Academic Improvement Mas< terplan) would be successful this year in relieving the college of last year’s deficit. The year before last the college came out with an $11,000 surplus. Faculty Considers Adding Students To Committees A proposal from the Executive Council of the faculty oiiicially to involve more students in the educational policy of the college departments is now be- ing discussed, Under the plan, two students major' in de- partments of each division will be placed on its Educational Policy Committee (EPC) These Students would review all revi< sions and proposals within each department oi their division. With the students more iormally involved, it is hoped that the EPC will be presented with ideas directly from the stu- dents. At the present time, accord- ing to Professor Joseph Wall, chairman of the faculty, it ap. pears likely that this proposal will pass. Tile biggest point or contention now is the method of choosing the two student repre< sentatives for each committee. The committee of Faculty 0r- ganizations is considering the addition of students to other faculty committees as well. Groups suggested include the COMMITTEES—- (Cont’d. on Page 3, Col. 4) Block Times Won, Increments Lost Tile dispute between Quad Saga workers and the colicge has, after a two day strike, been settled. Student workers re- turned to the Quad on Monday morning. Both sides compro- mised in reaching the iinal a- greement. Although wage in. increments will be eliminated on February 1, block times will now be split among workers who must hear an extra burden when an employe is absent or tardy. The "block time" is an aver- age time which a certain duty should take when a worker is assigned a duty be is paid at an hourly rate ior that average time. Previously, the official policy of Saga was not to pay a worker any extra money if he had to cover, in addition to his own job, the job of an absent workeri However, according to John Shaw. a mealhead at the Quad and one oi the student negotiators, block times were Split “openly” at the Quadran- gle. Under the settlement, block times of absentees will be split, -50% for first and 100% for: additional absentees. Also included in the settle« ment was a provision to pay a worker extra if a “schedule feature beyond the control of the workers extends the work period more than two-tenths hours beyond the normal block time." ”The block time settlement will cost the college no extra money," stated Ralph Pomer- enk, Assistant Business Manag< er of the College, “because we NEGOTIATIONS— (Cont‘d on Page 2, Colt 1) PERIODICAL BANK FOR ACM PLANNED A cooperative periodical bank for the Associated Col- leges of the Midwest is soon to be established in the Newberry Library, The bank will give each college access to more periodicals than any one li- brary could possibly hold, After two years planning, the periodical bank \Vlll begin op- erations in January. Students will then be able to request magazine articles irom the bank, and in three days the col- lege will receive microiorm copies of it. Tile bank will hold many magazines unavailable in our library noiv, as well as many back copies of magazines al- YERIODICALS— (Cont‘d. on Page 3, Col. 3)