GRINNELL COLLEGE l'NflOl EAYTON MESCARLET & BLACK ‘3)“, [OWENSE 6‘5 Vol. LXXVIll "The mtsusc oi impinge is not only distntetoi in nieit, it i. even iniurious is the soul." _ Pluto Grinnell. Facull'y Poll on S’ruden'l' Representatives oi the Scarlet and Black have conducted an opinion poll among the faculty of the college to ascertain the reaction to the proposal oi the Committee on Curriculum and Academic Affairs, the text or which appeared in the last issue of the newspaper. These opinions are presented here without comment for the information of the Griiinell College community: Gerald V. Lalonde, Classical Languages: “Basically it will be a debate of who is going to run the school, 1,] for one, still Credit nie‘phlioso’phy underlying the constitution of this College, and any number of other institutions, in delegating power on the basis of certain credentials and ex pcrience, Consequently I am opposed to any measure which will weaken or alter the present status oi the iaculty in the legislative process of the College. One of the responsibilities of the faculty in legislating curricular and academic affairs is to provide the most eiiicient possible channels for student opinion and to give this opinion very serious consideration. ironically, the referendum beiore the faculty proposes to achieve this rapport by abrogating the very legislative power on which this responsibility is promised. But the proposal as i see it, with the mutual veto power of students and iaculty, and the possibility ot a breach in the cooperative relationship oi the faculty and the President, is potentially less efficient and more disruptive than the present state of affairs, Fortunately, these are not the only alternatives, The proposal in question has a number of commendable points which could be maintained satisiactorily by the amendments to be proposed by Mr. Goldberg i trust that this will be theoutcome.” Robert Grey. Political Science: lam in essential agreement with the proposal of the Betts come mittee My support emerges irom the proposition that academic decisions should reflect both the interests of the educated and whatever special competence exists in the come niunity as to what these interests are and how they may best he realized Although there are ditficulties in drawing boun- daries between areas in which various groups have competence and areas in which they do not, and comparable difficulties in ascertaining who has most competence in an area, I find the Bctts committee’s distinctions between departmental and allr college curricular matters the most satisfactory, albeit vague, boundary line, Faculty members have received substantial training, done substantial thinking, and conducted research in their disciplines. This background gives them a com- peteiice in departmental matters which should be reflected in decisions at that level. They have no comparable background, and thus no special competence, on all campus curricular matters. Since our monopoly oi decision- making at this level is unjustified by special competence, and I know of no other compelling justification, I support student participation in these decisions. FACULTY POLL— Continuetl on page 5 lower. Friday, April 3, I970 No. 9 Grinnell To Hold Working Class Conference Plan +0 Vo’re on Curricular Students Organize Two Day Lecture Program Thc American working class, and its potential as an instrument of social change, will be examined at a Conference scheduled for Friday, Saturday. and Sunday, April 1042, at Grinncll College. The student-initiated and planned Conference will fcature presentations by five spokesmen representing the academic world, the labor movement. and government, Thcyare: — Herbert Aptheker, director of thc American Institute for Marxist Studies alid Visiting Professor oi History at Bryn MawrColIege. 7 Yvonne Brathwaite, a liiember of the California State Legislature 7 Leon Davis, 'national president of the Hospital and Nursing Home Elnployees‘ Union. 7John MCDermott, a member oi the iaculty at the Cambridge Institute, Massachusetts In» stituteoiTechnology. 7 Cleveland Robinson, president oi the Negro American Labor Council and of the National Council of the Distributive Workers of America, The following is the schedule of cvents for the conference: FRIDAY 4:30 PM, 7 Address, “The Changing Definition of the Pi‘oletal'iat: Is There a New Herbert Aptheker Working Class'Z,” John Dex-molt, Herrick Chapel. 8 PM, 7 Address, “Organized Lahor- Past Role and Present Crises,” Leon Davis, Herrick Chapel, Mc» SATURDAY 4.00 P.M. _ Address, “Sexual Divisions in the Working Class,” Yvoiiiic Brathwaite, Herrick Chapel. 8 PM, a Address, “Radical Divisions in the Working Class,” Cleveland Robinson, Herrick Chapel SUNDAY 7 Address, “The American Working Class: Reaction, Reform, or Rcvolullon,?” Herbert Aptiieker, Roberts Theater, Question-and answer periods, which will include panels of 8.30 PM College Honors Black Marlyrs' Day With Convocation, Concerts, Drama, An allcoliege convocation and concerts by two prominent black artists 7 baritone Arthur Thompson and pianist Herbie Hancock 7 are among the ieatured events scheduled during Griniiell College's Black Mars tyrs' Weekend, Friday through Sunday (April 3-5), The weekend program, which has been planned by the campus Concerned Black Students, also includes the presentation of other black art aiid cultural forms. an open house at the Black Cultural Center, and a church service, All events are open to the public. Black Martyrs‘ Weekend, which was first observed at Grinnell Environmen’ral Teach-in' Feal'ures Ecological Talks. Panels. Films April 22-23 Environment and en- vironmental problems will be the topics of the “Environmental Teachrin at Grinnell" planned for April 22 and 23. A program of presentations, panels, and films will deal With the entire subject of the environment. Ecology and pollution will be discussed as Well as political and economic ideas concerning the environment. Plans for the teach-in also in- clude a marcrobiotic dinner to be served on campus. Dr. Kenneth Christiansen. professor of biology at Grinnell, will give the keynote address Wednesday aiternoon, Several films will follow, including ”Who University of Iowa. Killed Lake Erle?,” an N,E.T. documentary, and Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring.” Wednesday evening a panel oi scientists _will discuss the question “Is there an optimum level of pollution?" The principle speaker for the panel will be John Gakstatter, a limnologist from the Iowa state hygienic laboratories. who will discuss water pollution, Thermal and radiation pollution are the con- cerns to be discussed by Dr. Laurent Hodges irom the department oi physics at the Dr. Karl DeLong oi the Grinnell biology department will speak on terrestrial pollution. Thursday arternoon, John Larsen, a Griiinell graduate now at Berkeley, will give a presenr talion entitled ”Personal Aspects of Ecology.” He will discuss the concerns of the individual in cluding the problems oi the disposal of wastes and the recycling of resources. Thursday evening there will be a panel on “Political and Economic Aspects of Environmental Problems." A member of the Department of the Interior Will represent the governmental viewpoint, and Steve Weissman, a contributing ECOLOGY— Cuntinued on page 7 Art Open Black Cultural House Grinnell in 1969, is scheduled to coincide with the anniversary or the death of Nobel Peace Laureate Dr. Martin Lutlicr King, Jr The Black Martyrs' con- vocation is set for 11 ArM. Saturday in Herrick Chapel and will feature an address by v. Lonnie Peck .lr., director oi black studies at Wayne County Community College in Detroit, Mich, Peck. who earned a BS. and MS degrees irom Wayne State University in Detroit, is par- ticularly concerned with making higiier education more responr sive to the aspirations and con toms of black students. He was founder and first president of the Association of Black Students at Wayne State and While there also founded the W E I3. DuBois Institute of Black Studies, the first such program supported by community iunds. Also slated at the Saturday event is a showing oi him we cerpts of Dr. King taken in Oc- tobcr, 1967, during Grinnell's convocation on “The Liberal Arts College in a World of Change." Dr King received an honorary Yvonne Braithwaite reference personnel reacting to [lie addresses, will conclude all five conference sessions. The formal session will be supplemented ivith structured and informal discussions in the classroom, at meals, during Coffcc breaks. and in residence halls. Campus organizations spon- soring the conference are the Student Government Association, Concerned Black StudentS, Association of Whites for the Advancement of Racial Equality. Young Republicans, Young Democrats. Grinnell Student Movement, and the Program in Practical Political Education The American Friends Service Committee, Midwest Region, is Crirsponsm’ing the event. dcgrecthatweekend. CBS members participating in the Saturday program include Miss Merryll Penson, a senior ii-oin Tuskegee institute, Ala.; Frank Thomas, a junior irom Chicago, Ill.; and Lawrence Wright, a sophomore irom Gary, Iiid. Contributions to the college's Martin Luther King Jr, Scholarship Fund Will be welcomed at the convocation. The fund, which was initiated by the CBS, provides financial aid in needy black students. Thompson will appear in recital at 8 PM. Friday in Herrick Chapel and Hancock, a MARTYRS— Continued on page 3