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Honorary Degree

Herbie Hancock is a former Grinnell student
and, though still a young man, one of the most noted
Jazz musicians in the country. He has accepted an
invitation from CBS to come to Grinnell to help
commemorate Black Martyrs’ Day. '

At their last meeting before spring vacation,
the faculty overwhelmingly voted to give Hancock
an honorary doctorate. There were only two dissent—

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Mark smiem-n,,cindy Root,
Nnd- Mum-mu. Phil suich.
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Kellie Grlhlm, Kuhn/ll Helnzr.

ing votes. Dean Wall, in presenting the motion."

said that the proposal had been brought to him by
CBS. It remains only for the proposal to be present-
ed to the trustees. .

The faculty vote leads us to question the value
of the honorary degree given by Grinnell College.
We do not dispute Hancock’s considerable accom-
plishments and talents in the field of music, Han-
cock, however, is barely thirty years old. Further-
more, though he spent four years at Grinnell, he
never earned a degree. Tile honorary doctorate
should be a noble token of praise given to a man for
a lifetime of service and excellence in a particular
field. The apparent zeal with which the faculty voted
to give Hancock the degree indicates to us that they
were perhaps more interested in pandering to the
desires of a minority than maintaining the high
standards of the honorary degree.

In the past, the College has given honorary de-
grees to presidents, congressmen, and distinguished
scholars. Several years ago, we also awarded an
honorary degree to the last great black martyr, the
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. To give Hancock the
same honor as King is to either degrade the greater
man or exalt the lesser. Either alternative speaks
ill of the memory of King and the dignity of Grinnell

College.

Milovctn Djilos

We note with considerable interest the silence
on campus concerning the matter of Milovan Djilas’
cancelled visit. Djilas was unable to deliver the Ros-
enfield Lectures at Grinnell because the Yugoslav»
ian government, which has twice imprisoned Djilas,
has revoked his passport. This outrageous action has
as yet occasioned no official protests and no letters
to the 58:8.

The Committee on international Studies, the
sponsors oi the lectures, issued a bland statement in
which they said Djilas “is unable to come to this
country from Belgrade at this time.” The secretary
of the committee has stated that he was not officially
apprised of the reason for cancellation when the no-
tice was sent out. He said, however, that the com-
mittee had no plans to protest the actions of the
Yugoslavian government.

We deplore the repressive policies of the Yugo-
slavian government. And we cannot help but won-
der at the motives of those who condemn totalitar-
ianism on the right, while they rationalize or ignore
its existence on the left,

Editors’ Note: At the last moment we received a letter

from President Leggelt to the Yugoslavian embassy which
may be found in the Letters,

Sex Education Committee Plans Talk
By Gynecologist on Birth Control

Gynccnlogisl or. Evelyn s.
ocudcl lrnni Topeka. Kansas will
appear on campus April 7 and
ii uudcr the auspices of the Sex
nrlucnimn Committee Dr.
(lcndel. who is employed by the
Keillslis Siiilc Deparimeni of
llcallll. Division oi Maiernal and
(‘lillrl llozillh, will talk about

abortion and birth control in
Loose Lounge on Wednesday,
April 8 at 7:30 P M. Tuesday at
~l:Ull she will also lead a
discussion on women in the
medical prolcssioli in addiiidn
ill ilicsc aciivilics. Dr. Gclidel
iiill lic met-ling informally \vlth
sludclils al several cnifcc hours

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Dickey Featured Al
.Wriiers’ Conference

Featured speaker [or the any
liual Writers' Conference this
year will be Mr. James Dickey.
Mr Dickey will read from his
works at 8pm. Wednesday, April
8, in the Soulh Lounge. Results
of the Whitcomb Poetry and
Steiner Fiction contests will be
announced at this session,

James Dickey was born in
Atlanta, Georgia in 1923 and
received his BA. and MA.
degrees at Vanderbuilt
University. He was a night
fighter pilot in World War ii and
Korea and was a successful
advertising executive in New
York and Atlanta, He became a
lull time poet in 1961, and his
work has been published in every
major magazine in the country,
In 1966 he won the National Book
Award [or his fourth volume of
verse, lilickdallcer‘s Choice.
That same year he was appointed
poclry consultant to lhe Library
of Congress, Mr. Dickey has
laughl at Reed College, Rice
lnstilute, and the Universities of
Florida and Wisconsin, and has
lccliircd throughout the couniry.
lle presently lives in South
caiplina, where he is poet-ill-
residencc at lhe University, In
addition to six volumes of verse,
he has also published several of
critiCism, and his first novel,
iii-liic-rnnce. has just been
published

His Collected Poems 19574957,
in paperback, is available at llle
bookstore. An Informal reception
in South Lounge will follow his
reading. Any student wishing to
meet and talk with Mr. Dickey
about his own or Mr. Dickey’s
verse should see Mr. Moore in
Alilldz

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Grinllcll College has received
a $30,000 commitment to ils
Academic Improvemcnt
l‘ iiSlCi‘plan (AIM) from the
Standard Oil (Indiana) Foiin‘
dalion.

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President's Leﬂer

His Excellency

Boydan Canobanja
Embassy of the

Socialist Federal Republic
of Yugoslavia

2410 Calilornia Street, N.W.
Washington, D. C. 20008

Dear Mr. Ambassador:

For the Rosentield Lectureship
this year, Grihnell College in—
vited Milovan Djilas to address
lhe College and participate in
academic activities at Hus inr
siiiuiion. As you know, a few days
before the departure of Mr.
Djilas, his passport was ap-
propriated and he had to cancel
his trip to this Country. His
nation’s refusal to grant him
permission to travel abroad
deprived our students of a unique
opportunity to hear an important
contemporary author and
political philosopher and also

Smith, Coggs Are
Watson Fellows

Two members at Grinnell’s
197D graduating class have been
awarded $6,000 iellowship grams
by the Thomas J. Watson
Foundation,

The fellowships, which support
a year or independent post»
graduate study and travel
abroad, have been given to:

Gregory M. Coggs. a history
major from Milwaukee, Wis.

Benson r, Smiih, a history
major irom Moniclair, N, J.

Coggs, who plans a career in
law, will travel to Africa to study
value systems and law in
li'adilloilal AIrican cultures.

siniih will go to England and
Hungary to siiidy production of
film versions of academic
uritlllgs He plans a career in
educationalcinclliatogi'aphy.

’l‘llc Grilmcllians are among 55
Students irom 27 collcgcs and
universities cited as Watson
Fellini‘s for 7077]

cast a deprﬁsing light on a
nation long regarded as a iriend
of our country and a leader in
the area pi national autonomy.
We assure you that in no way
was Mr. Djilas being asked to
engage in any debate or
discourse that would have
depicted your nation adversely.
We were motivated in tendering
our invitation to him by his
personal knowledge of a section
of Europe and a period or history
that interests 3 great many
people here and abroad. Needless
to say, our invitation still stands
and we hope that sometime in
the future Mr. Djilas will be able
[0 travel to Iowa.
Respectfully yours,
Glenn Leggett

Professor Cilmour
Awarded Fulbright

C. Edwin Gilmour, associate
professor of political science at
Grillnell College, has been
awarded a Fulbright grant to
serve as a visiting lecturer at the
University of. Bombay, India,
irom July through December,
1970.

Dr. Gilmour will participate in
a United Statesilndia hinational
educational exchange program
and will assist in the development
of a doctoral program in
American government and
politics being initiated as part oi
the American Studies Project of
the Us Educational Foundation
in India.

He will also develop and teach
seminars in American govern-
ment, parties and politics in
America, and selected themes in
American poliiical lllought.

Applications are now being
i pied for ilic positions at
odiipr-iircliiei oi the 5&1; and
liiiiiiiuge Applications may also
be made inr“ llle position 6i
liiismcss manager oi the son,