Ellis fitarlct '& 'ifilttrk GRINNELL COLLEGE eldest College Newspaper West or the Mississippi Vol. LXXVI Grinnell, Iowa, Friday. November 29. ”68 a No, [0 Scarce Meetings Diminish Affairs Committee Power By ALAN HART The Committee on Student AL tdirs has been meeting regu- larly on a weekly basis this year, most recently discussing the question oi open dorms a n d related 15 s u e s. The final result was to be a resolution and pro- posal tor regulations on these Itiairs. This committee is made up or eight regular members plus two ex-Diticio members. There are three students, three meme beta or the taciilty, and two deans, Mr. Thompson and Mrs. Low. Once this group has passed a recommendation, it is passed on to President Leggett tor approval. The president may consider it tor no more than thirty days. it it is passed by him, the proposal goes to the board of trustees. But the President must have {elt too much time had passed with out results, and consequently he went ahead with his plan. Until the President’s final ANALYSIS— (Continued Page 4, col. 3) News Analysis Wilson & Dunforth Nominees Named Nominees lor the Dalifoi’lh and Watson iellowship pru- grams have been named by Griniiell College. From tweit- tyrl'ive who dpplled lot the Thomas J. Watson Foreign Travel Fellowship, Jonathon Buswell, Frederick Kuethe, John de Mahler, Elennote Spiegel and Brenda Thomas were nominated by the col- lege. From the eight who applied for the Daniurth Fellowship. Byron Bangert, Michael Damian, and Eleonore Spie- gel were nominated. The Watson Fellowship gives "graduates or unusual promise who are likely to en haiice signilicaiitly their po- tential lot personal growth and inture leadership it al- torded with an opportunity to spend n year abroad" a 36000 stipend ior such activi- ties. Daiitortll Fellowships are awarded to prospective grad- uate students who show great potential ior becoming el- Iective and chstruCtive col- lege teachers; who demon- strate widetangiiig and thor- ough academic achieve- ment: and who Show broad and unselfish interest in reli- gious matters. Grinrlell House, Presidents' Home (mi-w of two an‘l’cles) By STEPHEN GROW Gt'iitnell House, until 1961 the President's Home, stands state- ly and gracious on the corner 0! Park Street and Filth Ave- nue. The house has been inti- mately connected with Grinnell tradition Since it was built in 1917, a tradition which some- how pervades its atmosphere. it is commonly the scene of prestigious events —- the recent Phi Beta Kappa ceremony. an nccaslonzil concert or recital, ur the meeting or the Board or Trustees, This splendid struc- ture has an interesting past. The President’s House stands on property which the College has owned since 1887. Before it was built in 1917, at a Cost of at titty-six thousand dollars, an- other house, the Little House, occupied the property and sewed as the home or Presi- dents Gates, Main. and Brad- ley. The Little House was built by an early resident oi Grin- nell, a businessman and mayor, aiter whom it was named. Around 1916 the building was in such bad repair that Presi» dent Main and his iamily moved out of the house. The building was razed and the present Griiinell house built in 1917. in a letter to the “Brethren and Sisters or the Fellowship or Grinnell and Friends or Pres ideiit Main" the Grinnell col- lege Foundation stated the rea< GRINNELL HOUSEA- (Continued page 4, Col. 3) ,ATlufirlnnell House. home or presidents. Chambers Visils Campus; Reports On Black Power Ernest Chambers, a black power speaker ironi Omaha, Nebraska, visited the campus last Friday and Saturday to address both integrated and black audiences, attend classes, and counsel individual students on the meaning 0! black power. His working definition of the term, as he explained to a press conference, is “A well-loaded gun in the hands or a man who knows who the enemy is." The real enemy. Chambers stressed ilt campus appear- ances, is the American system, whose laws, morality, and struc» ture he heels are all geared to- ward whites. During his Italy, Chambers lived in a mom in East Norris Hall. His Visit, sponsored by CBS, the Initiative fund, and other sources. brought him into contact with many individual students and small groups or students in the Forum, in his dormitory room, and on the campus. “1 prefer talking to black students," he added, saying there was a need to unity black college students behind the ideas of black power, He ad- dressed several integrated au- diences, however, and explained his interpretation of black hiss wry—as distinct from American historyeand what he saw as the need for violent social relorm. His 8:00 lecture in Roberts Theatre on “Alternatives loi- Black and white People” war delivered to an audience or 600. Chambers' indictment oi the Christian religion as inheiently white and racist was strongly worded The ”alternative" Chambers saw was one oi racial pride by blacks, preceded by a violent rejection of American white culture and history. Semester Theatre Prog ra m Sta rl'ed Grinnell College and the Mil— wankee Repertory Theatre are conducting a cooperative educa- tional program in theatre during the '68-'69 academic year. This experimental program, which was made possible by a $15,000 grant trend the Rockefeller Foundation, Will bring rive asso- ciates at the Milwaukee Reper- tory Theatre to Grintiell as teachers, Coaches, and actors in-residence and will provide up to eight Grinliell students with a semester or oilrcampus study with the repertory company in Milwaukee. Grinnell students chosen for oii-caiiipus study and work with the Milwaukee company will have both theoretical and prac— tical work in proiessional thea- tle and will receive 14 college credits tor the semester. Hughes To Deliver Graduation Speech President Glenn Leggett has announced that Governor and Senator-elect Harold Hughes (Democrat) will be the commencement speaker this year. Dining the core- monies he will be presented with an honorary doctor at laws degree (LLD). Harold Hughes has been the governor or Iowa since 1963. He attended the State University nl iowa. From 1958 to 1963 he was the Com- missioner of Commerce 101' the state OI Iowa. In 1960 he was an unsuccesslul Demo cratic candidate for govera nor. SGA Leaders See Leggett Proposal As Mixed Blessing Reaction to President Leg- gett’s proposal tor open dorms 34 hours per week has met with split opinion trnm student Gov- ernment. Varying opinions as to whether the policy should be accepted and as to how much the new policy should be en- iorced occur both among the SGA leaders and the various house presidents. SGA leaders Tom Thomas. Lee Maril, and Heather Foote appear split in their opinions as to what, it anything, should he done to achieve a more lib- eral position than Leggett's. Tom Thomas felt that the pro- posal contained a “potential tor coming up with u very work- able situation,” and at it was acceptable to a majority or the students, considering the close— ness ot the vote in the recent SGA reterenduni on opens. He ielt that the major emphasis 01 Student Government Should be towards the implementation or the new rule. Thomas said that “within his (Leggett’s) broad guidelines, there is an awful lot that can go either way," concerning particulars such as entorcement and a Student Bill of Rights and Responsibilities. Tom Thomas emphasized, how- ever, that SGA is “up in the air as far as an official posi- tion.” and that his position will vary with student opinion and the willingness or others to compromise. C of HP President Lee Maril would not comment on his po- sition, saying that it is his “pol- icy iiot to have interviews with the 58:3,” He said that he had been misquoted by the sun just atter he became C ot HP President, and that now, “all communications (with the Scar- let and Black) must be writ- ten." It was learned, however, that Marti was against accept- REACTION— (Contlnued Page 2, col. 5) Faculty Decides To Add Students To 3 Committees Last Monday at n laculty meeting the iaculty voted to put into eltect the recommendation or the Committee on Faculty Organization and to plac- students on certain standing committees of the faculty. Three students “elected by the Student Government ASSD< elation" will now gain a voting membership on Library Com- mittee. the International Rela- tions Club, and the Committee on Public Events. The proposals m allow stl1< dents on these committee! passed in a near unanimoul vote. According to reliablo sources, then was only on. vote in opposition to the plan, and this vote was opposed only to putting students on the 1mm» national Relations Club. The Committee on Faculty Organization, chaired by Mr. Alan Jones (History), also pro- posed that they put three stu- dents on the committee on Ad. missions and Student Aid, but this was not voted on. This p1'o« posal will be on the agenda tor the next meeting Also discussed and passed at the Faculty meeting was a pm posal to create an ad hoc Com- mittee on the Bookstore 0t thre- taculty members and three stu- dents to study intensively the op- eration of the College Bookstoru and to make a report to the Committee on Library and bookstore and to make a report to the Student Senate by May 1, 1969. Extra—curricular Credit Passed By Humanities Dep’ls. The Humanities Division, in a meeting last week, dis- cussed and passed proposals concerning tlle Wall Amendment to the Curriculum Committee report of last year which allows the granting oi credits tor pan ticipation in “extra-curricular" activities. The proposal was made because it would be un- feasible to give tullrcredtt: courses relating to some sub jects. Two speciiic recommenda- tions were passed at the meet- ing. First. the music depart nient's proposal that one credit per year be given lnr satis~ lactory participation in the chorus, Chamber music. and Orchestra was passed. A stu< dent is limited to Six credits during his tour years to go towards his graduation. The Classics Department re- quested similar uccredtlaiiolt tor their Greek Reading Group. which the Humanities Division granted.