GRINNELL COLLEGE SCARLET 8c BLACK THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER Vol. LXXVl Grinnell. Iowa. Friday. January 24. lm Lenox to Leave Grinnell Announce Last Semester Monday Iiudenh on their way i. rlgilhr for wound umnhr elum in not by count. that". . Guerilla Group Raises ' Registration Questions Iy LEE MAIIL Guen‘fle die-aver Qontlmlej to grow end it doesn't matter that they're not the San Francisco mime troop. whet does matter is that people, students, have formed the beginning: at a group, that talks and listens to each other in spite of tho luck of endemic credit, computer curds, Kumlsed instructions . .their massage remains general, their goals ltlll obscure, but it really doesn't mat» Z ter. They made us think, they made a joke out or registration, they made us realize that the only ones who should take registration seriously are the clerks, secretaries, and the computer. “it's nice to see everyone. Here have some mace. Get your brains here only 3100 dollars. All you have to do is plug it ln—go to school »- go to school go to At first sullen seniors full of a week's studying for comps, worried about their last oral, thinking about the world out side Grinnell, pale faces, girls that lound themselves crying tor no reason at all, Christ~ mas somehow isn't what it used to be, even the mystical magic of sounds and sights somehow suppressed by grad school applications, Peace Corps, Vista, army, and the alternatives seem to be- come minimized as time runs out. . . they don't even want to talk about it. And so they look sadly, it at all, at the painted clowns with hairy legs and when the grim reaper hands them a diploma its not really so tunny, not really so tunny at all. Four years at Grinnell, eight registrations, this is the last, and shades ot the tirst year standing out- side Darby, some staying all night, you don't ever forget And so it’s sounds go away, you're not funny, Grinnell isn't so bad because if it. were, I wouldn’t have stayed here so long. . .but the grim reaper’s plastic scowl doesn't flinch and staring at him, even at eight o'clock in the morning, is something you can't laugh off. The sen- ior-s didn’t laugh at all, The morning dragged on and guerilla theater got better as their voices warmed up, their bodies moved more naturally, and the monotonous voice of the brainseller drilled into faces which ANALYSIS begin to :mlle. You can't be mad at peopll who give you candy. even it there in a message involved. You nit the piece or candy Ind the montage slides down your dry throat musing bit: of deadened saliva hiding from the usual gluey breakfast. it's easier to be happy it you're a junior, there's still a year and 1 half let! Ind that's a long timer It's easier to go lltmg with the joke, the time in line goes lust, and the cold air is retreshing when its all over. The younger you are, the bigger the joke. Freshmen stand Outside in the Cold oblivious to everything that‘s hap- pening inside. They don’t have to Stand outside but they do anyway, its all part of Standing in line, and you just follow the guy in front of you and it's so easy when everything is so simple and yes Grinnell College is so Simple. Library start comes and goes, whis- pering about what is going on. but not wanting to act like they see anything out at the ordinary. But you know they’ll talk about it {or two more weeks to themselves and their iamilles and When at last everything has been said that can be. they’ll again sink into the rou- tlne of a warm library. We aren’t here to stand in llne, nor to sit in class and stare at the teacher, but to realize what is happening to us and to our lriends. The blurbing paragraphs in the catalogue which are anxiously read by high school seniors and somehow, even though no one will admit it, hoped and prayed tor by everyone here, remain words, just words, which have as little meaning as most oi the academic courses. its not relevance I'm talking about, though I think its important, but something even more general, some kind of education which allows you to make your own mistakes tree or grade punishment. which gets the protessor art the pedestal and the student out ot his Wooden chair. . .it's the whole idea or sharing what each person has learned. It's hard to identify Grinnell with the multiuniversity, Chicago, and Nixon but [here is really no difference at all, not at all r r . origins content identity are being veritied. From the Lenox Quartet to Students, Faculty and Admin- istration. We wish to announce that we have accepted an appoint— ment as Quartet in Residence at the State University of New York at Binghamton effective July, 1969. Since 1962 we have been Al‘tists-in—Residence at Grin- nell College, The relationship which We have had with the College has been very gratify- ing to us. The support and ap— preciation to the college com- munity has made our stay here I very meaningful one It is in this spirit of contentment and because of the quality‘ of Grin- nell College as a liberal arts in- stitution, that we regret leav- ing for this new nppointment. -We simply hope that the Ar- tists-in-Residence Program is No. I! an ideal which the College will continue. A major involvement at SUNY Binghamton will be a new graduate program in the performance of chamber music — the first program of its kind. We will train string quartets for careers in this profession. We feel that this type of pro« gram is vital to the develop ment of chamber music in this country. As in Grinnell we will also presnet concerts, lecture recitals. and private instruc- tion. Our experience at Grinnell has been deeply fulfilling. We will miss our friends Ind col- leagues very much. Paul Hersh Peter Marsh Donald McCall Delmar Petty: M leqlnraflon u. h.id all Monday morning in Hurling ommeni, not proved to be ih. highlight of on. week. New Cache For Old Boolts The student used book store has been in operation tor three years, working as a student service and making just about no prorits (375 it loo or so extra books last year). The store buys textbooks at 60% of cost and sells them at 70% of Cost Also, at the end oi the year it buys books from Seniors on a cash basis at 40% 0t cost. The hours oi the used book store, which is located in the basement of the Fine Arts building, are “sporadic", according to the manpower that can be obtained. The useil book store will continue in operation “as long as students are selling or buying books . . .or until the theatre department throws us out", One at the problems of the used book store is space and location. “Due to an expanding volume oi texts" more room is needed. Also, Tom Thomas, SGA president, would like to see the store expand into being more than simply a temporary thing, limited only to text- books. This would mean having the store open. “say, on Monday and Wed- nesday nights Irom seven to nine" year-round, sewing not just as a used book exchange but also as a place tor records, posters, paper, and new books to be bought and sold at lower prices than those found in the book store or on the open market, It would thus provide competition with the book store, leading to possible lowering ot prices time. it a more central and spacious loca- tion could be found. it more manpower could be obtained and it more capital would be made available, the used book store could “begin year-round opera- tion as a useful service to the student body".