”M IOWENSE 0“ Vol. LXXVIH GRINNELL COLLEGE l' NflOl EAY TON SCARLET & BLACK "The misuse or language is not only distasteful in itselt, it it even iniurious to the soul." _ rim Grinnell. Iowa, Friday, February 27, Moratorium Committee Plans March Anti-War Activities The Grinnell Moratorium Committee has announced that its March activities will center around the draft. The plans once again emphasize involvement with the Grinnell community. Friday evening, March 6, at 11 RM. in the Veterans Memorial Building, a panel discussion will be held concerning general in- formation about, the conse quences oi, and the pros and cons of the present Selective Service System. Ron Bremer of the Grinncll Herald-Register will moderate the panel, whose mem bers include Rev. Young of the Methodist Church and Skip MC— Mullen, Loose Hail RA. and GDIC counselor. In addition, a member of the Grinnell Draft Board has been invited to partic- ipate as a member. The public, including college students, is invited to attend, 'Also planned ior Friday is a second panel discussion con cerning the draft which will be held at the high school in the aitcrnoon. Final plans depend on approval of the high school principal, A “Draft Fair” will be held Saturday and Sunday, March 7 and 8, from noun to 4 P.M. at tile Veterans Memorial Building. Counselors from GDIC and local ministers will be on hand to counsel any young men of draft agc, including college students, who have questions about the draft in general, their status, and their alternatives to military service. Counseling will be on a personal, one-to-one basis The Draft Fair is intended as a means of disseminating information about one's obligations to, and rights under, the Selective Service System. For the past week and a half, a petition has been available in Faculty Meeting At last Monday’s faculty meeting Dean Wall reported the following statistics concerning Studentrteacher ratios at Grin- nell. In me years 1959-60 Grinnell had so faculty members and 1,002 students the first semester and 962 students the second semester; in the year 1965-66 there were 103 faculty members and 1,155 students the first semester and 1,101 students the second semester; for the year 1969770 the iigures were 132 faculty and 1,144 and 1,107 students. Dean Wall pointed out that the large increase in faculty as compared to the increase in students was unjustifiable ac- cording to Grinnell's present financial condition. Dcall Wall further reported MEETING— Continued on page 10 the lunch lines pertaining to refusal of induction into the ar- med servxces. The signer agrees that: “If ordered for induction, we the undersigned, will reiuse. We will not serve in the military as long as the war in Vietnam continues.” These petitions are being gathered as part of a nation-wide campaign and will be sent to the Joint Senate-House Committee on the Draft which will be considering the future of the Selective Service System. If anyone wants to help the Moratorium Committee in any way, contact Barry Zigas (ext. 256), who will provide him with any one ol the innumerable tasks that need to be performed. Professor Eric Kollman of Cornell College led off the Grimell Symposium on Weirnar Culture with a lecture on “Weimar Germany in His- last Tuesday evening. torical Perspective" W70 No. I: We 'mar Symposium Opens By Steve Grow On Tuesday evening Professor Eric Kollman began the Sym- posium on Weimar Culture with a lecture, “Weimar Germany in Historical Perspective.“ Professor Kollman, who is now teaching at Cornell College, grew up in Austria during the Weimar Republic. A Jew, he came to Iowa thirty years ago to escape from Hitler. Professor Kollman once thought that the Weimar Republic was born too late ill Germany’s history; now he thinks it was born too early. in 1947 Kollman prophesied that the new German Republic would have as little chance of survival as the Weimar Republic, because Professor Kollmzn spoke to a large crowd in conditions in Germany after the second World War were worse than after the first, and those conditions had handicapped the Weimar Republic from its beginning, Germany had not faced its defeat after World War I. Its people had not expected collapse of the army, and the Versailles Treaty was called an “ar- mistice" when it should have been called an “unconditional surrender." So the German pcople retained the illusion that they had not been defeated in battle. From the start the Republic was hated by those who thought the harsh terms of the Versailles Treaty unjust, which the South Lounge or the Forum, illuminating with a fresh point of View a facet of European history little known to most Americans. (Photo by Mark Sablernan) Working Class Conference Here in April Working Reform, or Revolution?" He will discuss the future role of the working class in America. Apr Problems and prospects for the American working class will be studied at Grinnell, April 10, 11, and 12, in a conference Sponsored by P.P.P.E. The ”Conference on the American Working Class” is being planned by a committee oi students headed by Andy boewi. Guest speakers will be on campus to meet with students and lead the conference’s five sessions. Author John McDermott from MIT. will lead a panel entitled, ”The New Working Class.” He will discuss an enlarged concept of the. working class and its problems. The second Session of the conference, “Organized Labor: Past Role and Present Crisis," will be headed by Leon Davis. Davis is president of the Drug and Hospital Workers’ Union. known for its Involvement in the recent hospital workers’ strike in Charleston, North Carolina, Dealing, with problems on working women, Yvonne Brath- waite will lead the third panel, “Sexual Divisions in the Working Class." She was the first black Woman elected to the California State Assembly, where she continues to represent a Los Angeles working class district. Cleveland Robinson, President of the National Council of Distributive Workers, connected with the Teamsters’ Union, will discuss racial splits in the working class in a panel entitled, “Racial Divisions in the Working Class." ill the final panel of the con lcrencc. Herbert Aptheker will lead a discussion of “The Class: Reaction, thecker is chairman of the department oi Afro-American studies at Bryn Mawr, Executive Director of the Central Com- mittee of the American Com- munist Party, He is recognized as the founder oi the iield or, Black Studies and respected as a scholar. Secondary resource people for the conference will be provided by the American Friends Service Committee. The Panels which will compose the conicrcnce will be made up of guests speakers, A.F.S C. representatives, students, and faculty members. included nearly everyone in Germany. The Republic itself was said (falsely) to have been responsible for the “stab in the back" at Versailles. The government never had control over the army. In fact, the army became an independent right wing force opposed to the democracy. Kollman Cited the failure to disband the army alter the war and to build a new democratic military force as a mistake. Germany was also confronted with a split in her working class. No one took it too seriously at the time, expecting that the split would heal, but it did not heal. The differences were too fun damental. There were as many political parties in Germany as there were points of view, and the coalition governments that were formed were inept and unstable, for the German politicians did not believe in compromise. During the whole ol the Weimar Republic no great leader got the power in Germany. Professor Kollman was quick to add that conditions in Weimar Germany were not unique, since other European countries had suffered great damage and manpower loss during the war. The great depression, which caused “nightmarish inflation" in Germany, also affected Britain and the United States, but the Weimar Republic was unable to meet the crisis. Kollman would not compare Germany of 1913 to Russia at 1917, but instead to France in 1370. There had been a military defeat, there was little one thusiasm for the Republic, there had been territorial losses, and there were many radical political groups. There were, however, some differences: The Franco- Prusslan War was a short one and had not done nearly so much damage. France had a revolutionary tradition, whereas Germany did not, The French Third Republic had had time to recover from the war; Germany was hit by the depression almost immediately. What is the place of the Weimar Republic in German history? Was it merely a prelude to Hitler” Kollman maintained that Hitler’s rise was not inevitable. There were many turning points during the Republic when the course of German history could have been changed: for example, a democratic army could have been formed. The Weimar Republic was a very creative period for Ger- many, as German scientists and artists made great contributions to [he world. Professor Kollman \VEIMAR— Continued on page 2