GRINNELL COLLEGE RLET & BLAC THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER Slat. LXXVII a Grinnell, Iowa, Friday, October lo. 196‘? Prof. Don Jones, Choral Director, Dies in Grinnell ' Don Jones, professor of music and director of choral music ! Grinnell, died at home lasil rlday (Oct, 3) followmg an ill- ess of several months. He was ‘7 years old. A worship service in memory of Professor Jones was held last Monday afternoon in Herrick Chapel. Participating in the rvice were the Rev, Newell f, Davis, minister of the United hurch of Christ Congregation- 1, College Chaplain Dennis w. ‘ aas, and Professor Alan Jones [(Hlstory.) Music was provided by tho Grinnell College choir, Professor Jones' burial was in Hazelwood Cemetery. Pall- bearers were Associate Profes- lor Louis G. Zirkle (Art), Asst. roiessor Robert E. lngham Theater), Professor Wayne B. enny (Physics), Professor uther E. Erickson Chemistry). Professor Beryl , Clotfelter (Physics), and Al- bert c. Elsenman. . Professor Jones joined the Brlnnell music faculty in 1956. he director of choral music. he conducted the Grinnell College hair, the Grlnnell Choral ociety, and other vocal groups associated with the college. He also served as chairman of the music department and director or the college’s concert series. Professor Jones gained notor- lety in the Midwest by serving JONES— Cont. on Pg. 9, Col. 1 Trustees Ask More on Concern about the financial problems lacing the college has led the Board of Trustees to request that the faculty con- sidet possible ways of alleviat< ing the problem, the sap learned this week. in a Sept. 26 statement to the faculty written for the trustees by President Glenn Leggett. they ask the faculty to “give consideration” to the following possible solutions: rincreasing the faculty >stu- dent ratio by a reduction in faculty numbers. —lncreasing enrollment with- out increasing the number of faculty. —lncreasing the proportion Biscussions and Rallies Planned For Vietnam Moratorium Wednesday Next Wednesday, October 15, has been set as the date for the national Vietnam Moratop ium, a day to be devoted to teach-ins, railys, vigils, door-to- door campaigns in the com munity, and the planning of campus based action for peace. Although classes have not been officially cancelled, plans for Grinnell’s own Moratorium are nearly completed, Beginning at 7:30 am, col- lege students plan to leaflet the town with information concern- ing the war. From 9 to to am, various faculty members will be holding discussion groups in classrooms on topics relevant to Vietnam, These dis« cussions will be open to the stu- dent body. Scheduled for 10 a.m., is an all—campus “teach in" to be held in Robert! Theater. Speakers will include the following faculty members: instructors Alan G. Nasser (philosophy). Stephen M. John- son (political science), Henry F. Klein (an), and Trio-in-Res< idence member, David W. Abel. An open mike will be available, and students will be encouraged to air their views. After lunch, a second discus< sion hour is planned; teachers and classrooms will be ans nouneed next week. Then from 1 pm. until dinner. open discus- sion groups will be held in the lounges of Cowles, Younkers, Main, and Loose Halls. Both topics to be discussed and group leaders Will be announced next week. At 7:30 pm, there will be a town~coliege rally in the park behind the Veterans’ Memorial Center. Speaking will be the Rev. Nowell Davis of the United Church of Christ. Again, an open mike will be available, Also scheduled is a torchlight march through Grinnell to be followed by an ailenight vigil in Herrick Chapel. The Vietnam Moratorium MORATORIUM— Cont. on Pg. 1, Col. 4 Student senator Bill memos (background) ad- dressed some 250 students at a rally in front or the Forum last Friday, Hil topic was the our PAGE 1. dent‘s role in college decision-making (Photo- graph by non Steiniwm) — so: STORY 0N of funds which students now pay toward their own education at Grinnell from the present two~thirtis to something higher. —increasing the proportion of students who need littlerur no financial aid from the col- lege and thus decrease the amount of general college funds that now has to be placed in the financial aid: budget. vStudying thoroughly the student and administrative service budgets to eliminate any expenditures which al- though desirable, are not es- sential. The trustees have asked the faculty to make “a careful and objective study" of the five suggestions and “their implica- tions for one another. “Questions of pedagogy, of admissions, of our obligations names to minority students. of physl- cal space, of student and fac- ulty welfare and morale gen- erally are clearly involved in the study," Leggett's state- ment said. The trustees asked ior faculty recommendations on the matter before the Board’s June, 1970, meeting, and the faculty’s Executive Council has already begun study of “procedures and op- tions," according to the state- ment. Leggett's statement says that the tmstees are “concerned, not alarmed” about the finan- cial problem, which the trus< tees attribute to rising costs in all areas or the college, an» xlety about pending tax re— ! o r m s affecting foundations and charitable gifts, a depress- ed market, and. general infla- tionary trends. Complete Text of President’s Letter on Financial Problem To: The Faculty Fromi Glenn Leggett At their meeting last week in Des Moines the Executive Com- mittee of the Trustees asked the deans and me to make the follow- ing kind of statement to the faculty: The Trustees are proud of the academic reputation of Grinnell and know that the scholarly promises and accomplishments of its students are a direct reflection of the competence and energy of a superior ieculty. The Trustees are committed to maintaining such a faculty and they realize that such a commitment involves a steady improvement of faculty salaries, of research funds and facilities, of Sabbatical leave arrangements, and other “fringe" benefits. The Trustees are aware that the general physical and emotional environment in which faculty work and live is crucial to recruiting and keeping a productiva faculty. At the same time, the Trustees wish the faculty to be especial- ly cognizant that the immediate future poses the same great financial problems for Grinnell as it does for all institutions of higher education. Costs in salaries and Wages, in financial aids ior students, in construction and remodeling, in Stu- dent aud administrative services are rising much more rapidly than revenues. A depressed market, anxiety about the outcome of proposed tax legislation affecting foundations and charitable gilts, and yet the continuing general inflationary trend all con- tribute and will probably continue to contribute to the increasing difference between projected income and projected expenditures. The Trustees are concerned, not alarmed. The endowment portfolio or the college has been steadily increasing in value over the past few years, and it IS quite probable, assuming the same rate of growth, that at some time in the future earnings riot-n en- dowment will play a greater share than they do now in helping to bring projected income and expenditures closer together. At this moment, however, and in the near future, earnings from en- dowment do not provide sufficient funds to ease substantially the amount of gifts required each year to balance the operating bud— get. The giti requirements each year. accordingly, have steadily increased; and, though the college has been more successiul than almost any of its competitors in securing gifts, the gap between required and realized gift income is increasing too iast. Accordingly, the Trustees wish to request the faculty to give careful consideration to the following possible ways of alleviating the financial problem: (1) Increasing the faculty-student ratio by a reduction in tacuity numbers. (2) increasing enrollment without increasing the num- ber of faculty. (3) Increasing the proportion of fund! which student- FINANCIAL TEXT— _ (Continued on Pop I. Col. 0