GRINNELL COLLEGE SCARLET & BLACK THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER Grinnell. Iowa, Friday, October i7, I‘lb‘i .Vol. LXXVli Five Grinnellitins Arrested at SDS Chicago Protests Five Grinnell students were arrested in Chicago last week figuring the Students tor at emocratic Society's National nation, a series of marches and controhtations with police invol. hing radical youths. Four of the students, whose bails ranged from $250 to $2,000, will return to Chicago oct. 24 to tace various charges, including possession of a con- cealed deadly weapon, disorder- y conduct, and resisting arrest. he fifth student, a minor, was not charged and was released into the custody of her parents. The five who were arrested were part of a idmember cun- tingent trom Grinnell who went to Chicago tor the protests. On Thursday, the morning following the militant Weather- ARRESTS— Cont. on pg. 3, col. 5 Homecoming Activities FRIDAY 3:30 pm. ~ Freshman Fooe bail: Grinnell vs. Knox. Ward Field. Post-Game Cot. tee Hour for Parents. Younker Lounge. 3:00 p.m. — College Theatre Production: Luigi Pirandel— lo's “er Characters in Search of an Author.“ ARI-i Auditorium. (Tickets must be obtained in advance at Registration Headquarters) 3:00 pm. — Concert: Grinneli College Choir and Orches- tra. Beethoven’s Fantasia for Piano, Orchestra and Choru Roberts Theatre. 8:00 p. . e Movre. South Lounge College Forum 10; 30 p. m iDocumentary- -A t Films South Lounge Col- lege Forum. SATURDAY 9:15 am _ Coftee Hour for Par nts and Resident Ad- visers. South Lounge, Col- lege Forum. 10:00 am. — Soccer: Grinnell vs. Cornell. 10:00 am. _ Studentrpianned student-faculty , administra» tron discussions on nation» at, international. and calms pus concerns. Residence Hall Lounges. 11:3071200 _ Buffet Lunch- eon. Quadrangle and Cowles Dining Rooms. 2:00 pm 7 Football: Grin» nell . Beloit. Ward Field. Post Game Refreshments, wrth entertainment by Grinneil's Taingel‘s and Scarleteers. College Forum. : pm 7 Cross Country: G nneil vs. Beloit. Ward Field. 5:15-6:15 _ Charcoal Steak Dinner. Quadrangle and Cowles Dining Rooms 8: 00 p. m. _ College Theatre Produc 'on: Luigi Pilandel— ios “Six Characters in Search of an Author." ARI-I Auditorium (Tickets must be obtained in advance at Registration Headquarters ) 8: 00 p. m. — Concert: Giinnell College Choir and Orches- tin, Beethoven s Fantasia for Piano, Orchestra and Chorus. Roberts Theatre 10:00 pm. — Homecoming Dance. The T.S.U. Torona- does. Darby Gymnasium. Hundreds Join in Juniors Eric Tanner and Leslie Horton were among the hundreds of Grinnellians who marched in a candlelight procession Wednes- day night as part or the nationwide Vietnam ual halt No. 0 Moratorium Here Moratorium. Classroom activity came to a virt- Wednesday as many and professors devoted their energies to dis oussions and anti-war work. students Students Vote to Abolish Queens Al Homecoming by a Staii Writer The thousand proper parents and nostalgic alumni who be gan Converging on campus last night tor the annual Homecom- ingrParent’s Weekend may be relieved to learn that unlike last year, Griiinell College will not have a male homecoming queen, H 0 W e V e r, the traditionalisLs among them might be somewhat disappointed when they discover that, in tact, Griirnell will have no homecoming queen at all this year. In a referendum held last night in dinner lines, students voted to abolish homecoming queens at Grilineil by a margin oi more than Z~ltirL Responding to the question “Do you want a homecoming queen?”, 312 stu- dents Voted no, 132 voted yes, and five abstained. Asked if the athletic depart ment will respect the memo. dum results, Prof. John A. Piitsch, Chairman of the Physi- cal Education Dept., replied. “0! course we will abide by it. “Our department doesn't want to jam a queen down the stu- dents' throats it they don’t want one,” Wilson said. He said that his department has “no special concern" about whether or not Grinneli has a queen, and he explained that in the past the department had agreed to sup- QUEEN— Cootinued on Page 9, Col. I 3/19, 5mm £201}. Large Crowds Hear Presentations 0n Student Decision-Making Role By Henry Scheii Hundreds of students iilled Roberts Theater Tuesday night as the Grinnell student senate and other interested students called for the creation Di 3 “student community" at Grin- neil In which students will play a substantial role in the col- iege's decisionmalting process. Speakers outlined issues of student Concern in five basic and wide-reaching a r e a s — counseling, student social serv- ices, social regulations, aca- demics, and administration. Committees were formed in each of these areas to discuss proposals and to elect or ap— point live people to write a basic student position paper in their area, to become part of a cohesive statement that will be brought to the senate after mid-sern break, discussed, amended, and then presented to the administration for action, Those involved hope that this statement will be hacked by a majority or the student body, and all students are being en- couraged by the senate to par- ticipate in the discussions and in the formulation oi the docu~ merit. Senator Bill Stranger started Tuesday‘s meeting with a brief history of the activities that lead to the mass meeting. A few weeks ago several inter< ested student government mem< hers and other students began to question the roll of the stu- dent at Griiiiiell College. They set up meetings to discuss this question and to determine the best way to bring this issue to the student body. At least one person on every SENATE—- Cont. on pg. 10, col. 1 Candlelight Walk Highlights Day of Vietnam Protests Over 700 students, faculty, and townspeople braved chilly iowri weather Wednesday night to participate in a candlelight procession that highlighted ii dayrlong Vietnam Moratorium protesting the War. Slated as a peace vigil. the march began at 7 pm in Main Lounge, on South Campus. Pro- ceeding through the loggia, then across campus to the North Campus loggia, the procession added candlebearers as it progressed, ending at Central Park downtown One or the many towns people to join the march was 5&3 SUPPLEMENT A special lepoge report on the second battle of Chicago by Associate Editor Tom Thomas is being distributhd as a supplement to this week's 5&3. the Rev. Newell E. Davis, min- ister of the United Church 0' Christ Congregational, who was to speak later in the evening during the rally at the park. Davis explained that he did not represent either all or his church or even most of the town, but spoke as air individuat and a religious leader. “We speak to Mr. president Nixon. and we say to him, President Nixon, in the name of God, STOPi ”it’s my contention that I love this country too muCh not to demonstrate against contirh ued‘ involvement in this im- moral wai‘ in Vietnam," Davis told those opposed to both the Moratorium and the candlelight procession. He said that tor the MORATORIUM— Cont. on pg. 2, col. 1 The siudent senate held I special open meeting In Roberta , Theatre Tuesday to discuss the students role in decisioihmllv _ in. Some 400 students attended. (Photo by Jolt Grimm)