dip or cidert College Nowspaper West of the Mississippi mitt & {black GRINNELL COLLEGE ‘7 I, LXXVI Gtinnell. lawn, Friday. December 6, 1968 Cornell Reinstates Protesiors After Six Weeks of Trials Civil Charges Face Students Cornell College‘s Judiciary Board reached a decision con- cerning the student protesters . ho, on October 17. occupied , ld Sam, the college’s admin- istration building. The Student- Faculty Judiciary Board sus- pended the suspensions oi the as black protesters, and put them on disciplinary probation. lvll charges brought by the inn County Attorney against his students are still pending. The takeover at Old Sem oc- curred on October 17, 1968, when 36 black Students and three non- otudants locked themselves in the building, They presented the ’fidministration with a list of live demands, which they asked Cornell's president Samuel tumpf to promise to implement within 48 hours. The demands .were that a black activity cen- ter be established, that at least 10% of the convocations be pre- sented by black speakers, that the curriculum be revised to in- elude courses on black history and culture, that the college step up hiring of black instruc- tors, and finally, that no charges be brought against the protestors. President Stumpf refused to aign the statement, believing that he did not have the auth- ority, and Lhat the goals could not be accomplished in so short period of time. Because of pressure from non-protesting otudents and the Cornell Admirv istratiun's failure to persuade the protesting students to give up control of the building, Col- lege Vice President and Treas- nrer Charles Cochran Called the ‘lnn County Sheriii’s office for olp, When the deputy sherin .rrived with 35 men, the stu- dents conferred with the Admin- istration tor five minutes, and CORNELL- (Cont’d. on Page 3 Col. 1) us__—-—:—___——: i Ex Loco Players i In ‘The Duichmun' >"Tho Dutchman" by LeRoi )‘ones, performed last night, will be performed tonight at 8 nd 10 pm, Grady Murdock, 0, and Deborah Abbott, ’69. are the only players in the lhow which is directed by Ned Donahoe (Speech and Theatre). The play is about a black man who is confronted by a white woman on the subway. ’According to Murdock, the man has to live in a white society, Ind the way he chooses to live in it is to conform to the whim misty. 7 Professors Plan 2nd Term Leaves Several faculty members will be going on leave next semester, They will be pri— marily engaged in teaching, traveling, or research, Mr. Parslow (French) will be in Paris for six weeks d0- ing research; the rest of the time, he Will remain in Grin< nell. Mr. Roecker (German) will be in Germany and Po- land doing research on man- uscripts of meistergesang, a literary genre practiced by meistersingeis, a school of German poets. These manu- scripts, of which several are missing, are holographic in nature. Mr. Cleaver (Eng- lish) Will be teaching at sevr eral Negro colleges in Atlan- ta, Georgia. Mr. Zirkle (art) will be working on sculpture and silversmithing here in Grinnell next semester. Mr. M a g e e (political science) will be in Ethiopia doing re- search tor the United Na- tions Commission on Africa. Mrs. Hiser (speech and the— atre) Will be traveling in Europe. Mrs. Ponsetti (Span. ish) will continue to work on her book on Cervantes. Campus Events: Modern Music, Final Exams Tonight we have various di- versions to take us away from our studies. At 8:00 in Roberts Theater, there will be a con- cert ot contemporary music by “The Ensemble Contemporara” with Paul and Wilma Zonn, and Joan and Patrick Purswell. Also at 8:00, and again at 10:00, in the South Lounge there will be a performance of "The Dutchman” by Leroi Jones. At 9:30, the movie “Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde” will be shown in ARI-i. Saturday night also offers many activities. in Roberts at 8:00, Paul Hersh will play “The Guldenberg Variations" by Bach and two sonatos by Beethoven. The movie “Backfire” Will be shown in ARH at 3:30. At 9:30 a Christmas party will be housed by the Forum, which will be decorated for the sea- son. From 9:30 to 12:30, there will be dancing in the North Lounge, The band will be the “Ides of March." The College EVENTS— (Continued Page 6, Col. 1) Hovemnn Report Propels Course Revision in Dep’is. The report of the Special Fa- culty Committee on Educational Policy and Curriculum, the Haveman Report, submitted to the faculty and President last year, has proven to be one of the most iatvi‘eaching reviews of academic liie at Grinnell in recent years. Since the report was made, several new cour s have been added to the curricu- lum. and all departments have felt its iniluences. Some propo< sais have already been imple- mented, others are being planned. The general reeling is that curricular afiairs are pre- sently in a slate of (ion. In the Science division, a modification of the science re- quirement went into eiiect this tall. Under the new plan, stu- dents are required to take eight or ten hours of science before graduation. Science I is a 4 hour life science course taught by the Biology department. Science n. taught by a combined phy- sics and chemistry statt, is ott- ered in two lorms. This year, it is a a credit course, being oil- ercd both semesters. Next year a 4 Credit version will be oli- erad. Science I and il may be taken in either Order. To supplement this program. the Physics department is p1an< ning a course to iollow Science ii. and the Biology department CURRICULUM—- (Continued Page 2, Col. 1) Town Police Siore Many Stolen Bikes Many bicycles stolen from the. Grinnell campus are found deserted in the near vicinity. The Grinnell Police Department is holding many unclaimed bicycles believed to be owned by college Siih dents, Chief of Police Bill Peters urges all students whose bicycles are missing to visit the collection at the police station at 609 Fourth Avenue. Midwest Faculty Meeting Planned For December ll An informal discussion among concerned ia c ulty members from Grinnell, C08. and Cor- nell will take place at Grinnell, December ii. The general topic for this discussion is the range of problems which affects in- stmctors at small liberal arts collegcs. Some problems that may be discussed are student unrest, student pressures, cur- riculum reform, and social re- sponsi lity. Mr. betts, along with a fac- ulty member from Cornell, has organized this gathering. Belts said that in addition to the problems affecting the Colleges, “there is a concern about the academic development of Such colleges and the role they might play in an academic world verging on change, if not revo- lution." “We protessors hops to in- iorm one another on these prob- lems and gain some insight into them. Of course, nothing may come out of it, but hopeiully this discussion might lead to CONFERENCE— (Cont‘d. on Page 7, Col. 2) . No. l ll Division Meeting Poorly Attended; Disinieresi Noied A meeting was called Mon- day for all Humanities division protessors and junior and sen- ior majors in the division, The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the proposal by the Executive Council regarding student participation on Edu- cational Policy Committees in the three divisions. There were similar meetings in the other divisions. About thirty students and three prolessors attended the meeting. According to Dr, Shel- don P. Zitner, chain'nan of the division, those who came were mainly those who agreed with the ideas set forth in the proposal, and they were those who were interested in work- ing on the Educational Policy Committee. The discussion. therefore, centered around the finer points of the proposal, such as the number oi students on the taculty committee and the role of those students, Dr. Zitner felt that the most significant aspect oi the meet- ing was the lack of interest. Ho pointed out that if the same number of students attended. the meetings held in the other divisions, the total number or juniors and seniors interested in the educational policies gov- erning their academic interests would not be more than 100, The proposal being discussed concerned the suggestion that students either participate on the faculty policy committees or that they serve on separate stu- dent Commiitees. It also in‘ cludes suggestions tor function: to be served by student coma HUMANITIES— (Conilnued Page 6, Col. 1) The Grinnell House, Home of College Presidents (Continued flom last week) By STEPHEN GROW Designed by the Boston Archi— tects Erainerd and Leeds, the President's Home was patterned after the home oi the President ol Harvard University, it con- tains 18 rooms and 51/2 baths on three floors and a base- ment. It includes such luxuries as a central vacuum cleaning system and a dumbwaiter. It contains such architectural oddities as wooden gutters, sand-moulded brick, and spe- cial rooi tile, differing from the tile used on the roofs of the men’s dormitories — Smith through Dibble — which were constructed in the same year, The house still has the original gutters and root tile, though the tile on the dormitory roofs has since been replaced. It also has the original bricks; so do the dormitories, Because Presi- dent Main was so (all, 6'4”, two oversized bathtubs were in cluded, Very little was written about the house during the adminis- tration of President Main, but there are some interesting facts related to the house. Mr. L. V. Phelps, retired former Treas- urer of the College, was head of the construction crew which built the Grinnell House. Presi- dent Main hired him in the same year that the house was completed, and he Worked tor the College until almost 19' Dr. John Parish, a local physi- cian, worked for President Main when he was a student at Grinnell in 1925, He chauf- feurcd Mrs. Main around town in a Hudson automobile, helped vacuum the house, and cleaned the numerous oriental rugs which the Mains had collected. At the time, it was one of the most prized jobs on campus. More information is available about the life in Grinncll House during the administration of President John S. Noilen. Mrs. Nollen still lives in Grinnell. She particularly remembers entertaining guests while living in the President's House. “Al- though tha stnictui-e was pat. terned after the Harvard Uni< versity President's home, i thought it was nicer,” said Mrs. Nollen. “it had a certain charm." That was fortunate baa cause every guest lecturer, speaker, or college administra< tor was housed and entertained in the President’s home. Often the Noilens would entertain GRINNELL HOUSE—- (Coot‘d. on Page 3, Col. 4):