filthy, September I9. ”59 SCARLET AND BLACK EDITORIAL Faculty Proposal “twist The {aculty is presently considering n recommendation by its Organization Committee that would allow ten ”representative" students to vote at faculty meetings, which are presently closed to students. Implementation of the Committee’s plan would be un- WiSe tor the faculty and inimical to the student position Allowing ten students to vote would be no more than a gesture ot_tokenism that would subvert the Students’ role in College de~ cision-making. Ten student votes, even ii cast together, would rarely decide an issue beiore the faculty Establishing a student voting privilege would endanger the concept oi a “iaculty decision." The College’s “wider constituen- Cy” could easily disregard faculty opinion as being too heavily shaped by the student voters. Aside irom the obvious diificulty oi iinding ten tnily repre sentative students, permitting Selected students to Vote Wollld possibly discourage iaculty members from seeking the opinions of other students. , The proposal seems to assume a mythical “harmony of in- terests and direction,” a notion that was popular in college gov- ernance several years ago. In reality, the interests oi students, faculty, and administrators are divergent at several points. A student point of view could be more clearly and equitably articu- lated if it were tormulated as such and then presented to the ap- propriate hody, rather than falling to the province of ten small voices. The compromise or the student position inherent in the present proposal is readily apparent. Appeasement is not the issue; par- ticipation is not synonymous with power. Student dissidence could too easily be dismissed with the argument, “You had a vote." it must be realized that a token voting privilege for stue dents would actually be antithetical to positive political Conse« quence. There are other options that the faculty must Consider. A tar more satisiactory proposal would be as follows: 1.) All students should have the right to attend faculty meet- lngs. 2.) The student senate should have the permanent privilege to speak and to present motions at facility meetings, but not to vote. 3.) Other students should he allowed to speak and present motions at the discretion of the faculty’s preSIding officerl There may be a time when many college decisions can be made under the tenets oi participatory democracy with students, faculty and administrators working together. That time will not come until all parties can be truly and equitably represented. Until that time, permitting a iew students to vote at faculty meet- ings is of no help. The faculty should defeat the Betts' committee recommendation and take immediate steps to open faculty meet- ings to all students and to grant them limited speaking privileges. Former Griiiiiell Prof Charges Discrimination of Local Hotel By Henry Schett Last summer a Farmer pro- lessor at Grinnell alleged that he was discriminated against at a local hotel. On Tuesday, August 12, Mr. John \Villis, a former instructor in Anthropol- ogy at the college, filed a com- plaint with Mrs. C. Edwin G mour of the Iowa State Ada visory Committee to the us. Commission on Civil Rights. in the complaint he alleged that Mrs. Ann l-loyer, Manager of the Park Hotel. Elfi Broad St. refused to rent him a room on the previous night because of his race. Willis is black. According to Willis' com- plaint. Mrs. Hoyer had accepted a telephone reservation, but had no room available when he arrived at the hotel. Willis said that he was told the room had already been “rented". His complaint stated in part: ”I iind it hard to believe that this room could be rented within the period that had elapsed be. tween the time I called and when I appeared. r d It is my opinion that the manager or lady I dealt With was re- tusing me rental of the hotel room because of race" Willis was in Grinnell that Monday to pack up the last or his belongings before leaving ior Kalamazoo, M i c h i g a n. where he has accepted an as sistant prolessorship in anthro— pology at Western Michigan University. l-le was visiting two friends, Mr, and Mrs. Tom Mat< tailscli of Grinnell. Willis had planned to leave Grinnell that eveningpbut when it became apparent that he had more to do than he had anticipated, he decided to spend the night in town He called the Park Hotel at approximately 10:50 p.m. and made a reservation, saying he would arrive in 15 minutes. He was late, arriving at the Hotel at 11:30. Mrs. Hoyer said later, “He called me and asked for a room and he said he would be here in fifteen minutes. But it was a lot longer than that, sn l rented the room before he came." Mrs. Hoyer denied that she was discriminatory “I have rented to colored people in the past and surely will in the tu— ture ii there are rooms avail< able," she was quoted in the Grinnell Herald-Register. Within a Iew days the Iowa WILLIS— (Conlinued an Page 7, Col. I) Fig. Fivl —__._.._._____—__.__ A STICKOR , PIECEOF AND THEY EY Max“theFIyingGrandpa” Conrad Visits Grinnell By MOLLY MCGUIRE Still flying high at a craity 67, veteran pilot Max Conrad touched down briefly in Grinnell last Monday to tell the story of his attempt last winter to circle the globe using a new route—ilying over the North and South polesr Conrad, better known as "the Flying Grandfather," holds sev- eral light-craft aviation records, and he has saloed across the Atlantic Ocean more than 140 times Ever since he learned to fly after leaving college, Conrad has made his living through his love of flying. For several years be operated a ierry service that delivered planes manufactured in the us. to Europe, and lie thus accumulated many of the The Scarlet & Black Student Newspaper oi Grinnell. Collegei Grinnell, lows An indwendznt 39‘5“ We newspaper p u n. . Ilshed weeklyt ex- cap! during holi- Euays and mm or San solenoids,C by n rnnc om. Wlowmsi mine: on Student Publications. Suhscilptlon rate Sow per school year. Michael J. Brandon Tom Thomas Lynn Adlm! r, Dluna sulurl, siie slegel Chlel Photographer non Steinhoi-ii Sports Educr , ,. Steve Wells neporiers . Molly McGuire, .lolin coroner. Henry sonett, litn Gutlema, Mink Grleser, Peter Keepnrws. nlll Thomas. Kay Carlson. Ron sliniord, Allan Cohen . .velf cwllliain, olive shy-tor slim Andrew. barb E. Devcnlx. Leon nusinesi Mnniise Layout Editors Photomphen Production transatlantic flights on his re- Cord, Conrad made his first record- breaking flight in 1959 when he flew non-stop from Casablanca to Los Angeles, a 7,683mile trip that kept him high (in the air) ior so hours, as minutes. That night broke all previous distance records tor light planes. Looking young despite his white crew cut and tanned weather-beaten skin, the tall, transplanted - Mlnnesotan spoke to some 100 persons at the Vet- erans Memorial Center Monday during a program sponsored by the Grinnell Airport Promotion Committee. Conrad began his talk describ— ing the planning that led to his iirst attempt at the polar ilight. Although the trip was unsuccess— tul, (he only made it half way« from St. Louis to the North Pole to Africa to the South Pole, where he ran into engine trou— ble), the slides he took while aloft provided exciting illustra- tions for his traveloguelike nar- ration about the completed leg of his journey. His casual delivery held the attention of the audi» ence for more than two hours as he told about his adventures. surprises, and memories of the polar flight. Undaunted by failure, Conrad has committed himself to try- ing the polar ilight again. He is determined to be the ilrst man to pilot a light cratt around the world, over the poles. “After all," he explained, ‘‘who could I live with if I couldn’t live with myself? That would be the Case if I didn’t give it another chance." This time, the Flying Grand- father is going to take oil from his Winona, Minn, birthplace on November 30, in a “reverse di- rection," heading south first, rather than north like he did last time. Although he has spent much of his lite soaring around the World, Conrad somehow found the time to help raise [en Chile dren. He acquired his nickname twelve years ago when his first grandchild was born. Before he was dubbed “the Flying Grandfather.” Conrad was known to many as “the Fly- ing Songwriter,” because he habitually composed songs dur- ing his long, lonely hours aloit. Several years ago he produced an album featuring some of his many songs to help finance his [light around the world attempt. (This time, he plans to sell 12 thousand postcards, which he will mail to die purchasers when he teaches the South Pole.) Recognizing that he isn't the only flying grandiather around (Federal Aviation Agency sta- tistics list some 150 thousand in the us.) Conrad is now ionning an exclusive club called “Flying Crandiathers Unlimited,” whose home base will be at Max Con- rad Field in Winona, Conrad says he has already received numerous checks paying for $100 charter memberships, despite- the iact that the club isn't even organized yet. Before ilying out of Grinnell, Max Conrad explained that the “adventure and personal chal— lenge" his kind at ilying otters is preferable to the “comic“;- able, protitable, but boring" life or a commercial airline pilot. ”Besides,” the Flying Grand- father pointcd out, “commercval pilots are done flying at age 60."