895 El“ HUMAN/$1 > l84b E ‘2; ’l/M fOWENSE 0“ Val. LXXViIl Stein Heads, Forum Coup As probably everyone knoivs by now, The Forum was taken over by students last Saturday. Ap- proximately 100 students, plus a few RA’s and Mr, Crossett, who was playing bridge, remained alter the 1:3u AM. closing time and listened to independence 398 or watched the movie in the coflee-house, When many did not leave at 1-30, Assistant Dean, Dennis Donham was called, He tlleli called Dean Kimbo, who arrived at the Forum at ap proximately 2:00 A M. He agreed to leave Jon Stein in charge until the students leit, many oi whom remained until 3:30 to help clean up. The takeover is said to have been the spontaneous reaction of students’ objecting to the early closing time. They ieel that students shollld be allowed to take responsibility for their actions and for the building without adult supervision. The administration claims that this would leave the college open to liability suits. Stein and other members of the Student Forum Committee have been meeting all week with members of the administration in order to have their proposals considered These include opening the building at to A M Sundays, closing it at midnight Sunday, 1 A M Monday thru Thursday, and 2 AM. Friday and Saturday with student supei» Vision during the extended hours, If decisions on these matters have not been reached by tomorrow, a mass sleeprln with breakfast served in the coffee- house is being considered. GRINNELI. COLLEGE l' N00! ZAY TON SCARLET & BLACK "The misuse oi language is not only distasteiul in melt, ii is even iniurious to the soul." Grinneii, W 'l'cn stilt seats are now being contested by iittecn candidatcs in antitipation oi the election to beheld Monday, April 11!, in Quad ali(l_ Cou'les lunch lines A meeting to discuss issues with the candidates will be held at 7'30 p.ni , Sunday in the South Lounge oi the Forum, Candidates include: Richard Pope, John Onstad, Eric Jahn, Mike Breed, Golda Dwass, Barry Zigas, Bill Kilpatrick, Mike Lysman, lda Gudema, Mark Allen, Laurie Levatin, Alan Cohen, Kit Gage, Terry Clifford and SIBVCSlHim. Gynecologist Dr, Evalyn S. Gendel of Topeka, Kansas and Assistant Director oi the Division of Maternal and Child Health of the Kansas State Department oi nealth appeared on campus April 7 anti 8 under the auspices of the Sex Education Committee. he. too leading two discussions concerning the proiessional woman. abortion, and birth control. site met with members til the SEX Education Committee and tht; Health Center Committee and spoke inloi-inally with other groups of students. At the discussion in Loose Lounge Tuesday evening, Dr Gentlcl proved to be an ills torcsting and intormative speaker, She spoke speciiically and frankly about various birth control devices and the changing ahorlinn laws In addition to her position ivith the Kansas State Department oi Health, Dr. Gendel has been a leader in the development oi sex education programs and iamily planning clinics New Members Announced In Fete For Phi Beta Kappa In Herrick The names of 20 senior men and women newly elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa, national honorary scholastic society, at Grinnell College were announced Thursday, April 2 at a special Phi Beta Kappa chapel program, The new elections bring to 25 the number chosen from this year’s graduating class, which totals about 225. Five were elcctedlastiall. Speaker tor the chapel was Mrs. Carol Miller Parssinen, instructor in English, on "Liberating.” Presenting the membership certificates to the newly elected members was the chapter's president, John R. Kleinschmidt Thenewmembers: Jonathan G Andelson. thropology. Miss Linda L. Arrct. English Miss Elinor D Dennis.American studies Daniel E. Frohardt, mathematics and physics Lloyd 1’. Gerson, philosophy tiliss Mary A, Govicr, chemistry ans Howard 0. Hagen, political science Miss Deborah S Huntsingcr, Aincriczlnstudies J. Douglass Klein, mathematics Miss Kathleen A Lester, English Miss Cynthia c. Maier, sociology Miss Margaret L. Morrison, Spanish Bruce A. Nissen, psychology and philosophy Miss Miriam B, Smith, Spanish Mrs Becky Hiatt Spencer, mathematics Miss Barbara J. American studies Miss Michele K, Sweeney, biology Douglas M, Tolleiscn, chemistry Alan w Wallcrstcdt, philosophy nevcrly L Youtz, political science Elected last {all were: Thomas It, Ccch, chemistry Miss Deborah A. Eppstein, biology Miss Carol L chemistry Miss Phyllis J. Murray, political scicntc itogcrc Swartz, history Steinson, Marlinsoni iowa, Friday, April to. Report on 3&6 Al the last meeting or the faculty, President chgett ms iormed the faculty or the progress of the negotiations with iheTcamstersUnion.reprcsenting the 8&6 workers. A brief history or these negotiations up to the present appears in this issue. The faculty approved a proposal or the Science Division concerning their divisional EPC, a proposal similar to one passed in the Social Science Divismn According to the proposal, when a departmental EPC votes in favor of a curricular proposal, the proposal will be taken as having dwisional approval unless three members oi the division call a incciiiig within one week to discuss the matter. The remainder of the meeting nas concerned largely with requests iroin the iaculty ior clariliczttions of the curricular proposal for student participation in the governance oi the college. lemelle Address On Black Africa iiy liciiliy McKnight Parallels were drawn between Europe’s Airican colonial policies and white attitudes towards tllc blacks at America iii an address delivered here by Professor Tildeli Lemelle oI the University or Denver. A political scientist and authority in West Airican politics, Protessor Lemelle spent Tuesday on campus, his visit culminating with the lecture “The Futility of Assimilation Polictcs in Racially Fragmented Societies " Professor Lemelle outlined the iaiiiihar late iiiiietccnth century conccpt oi “the white iniin's burden,” which he feels made assimilation policies into at- tempts at converting blacks to “white men with dark skins,” This kind of assimilation was designed to keep a subordinate racial group “in its place with a minimum of violence," making it believe it could be accepted by embracing white culture. whitcs, however, never really intended to allow blacks normal roles in society. When blacks realized this, their conditioning In the belief that God had created all inch equal led them to “assert their negritude" in protest, Thus, Nationalist movements iil Africa and the current Black Power ideology here both arose in rcaction to prevailing assimilation policies Professor Lcmelle sees i\liicr on Black Power's chief cha ctcristic as its development . til "racial sellrrespcct.” Black l’onci' “ilsks the black bourgeois In come home" and take some responsibility in its people. it LEMELLE# Continued on page 3 |970 — Plato No. to ’Slave Menialiiy,’ Materialism Union to Faculty ' Black Moriyrs’ Day Themes The Concerned Black Stu- dents of Grinnell College ob- served the second anniversary oi Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's assassination by sponsor- ing the second annual Black Martyr's Weekend, April 3-5. The weekend featured a fast, films, many black cultural events. an informal discussion, and two major addresses by visiting black speakers. The informal discussion Sat- urday morning between admin- istrators, fat 2 u lty members. Timetable For B (S G Union Grinnell College and the Teamsters Union, representing B&G workers, are presently engaged in contract negotia- tions. Donald Lambie, Treasv tirer of the College, reports that contract talks have been going smoothly up until this week What follows is a history or the negotiations from the time the 5&3 printed the story of the formation of the B&G union. l,—l-23-70~S&B articles cone ceming union formation 2.——273-70—First labor negotiae tiun session S—Z-BJO—Supplemental demand 4 -l7-7D~Secoi1d labor nego- tiation session 5.A2-17e70vPreliminary C 0 he tract Proposal by College, dated February 17 6.73-4770—T‘hird labor tiation session 7.—34-70—Preliminary C o n- iract Proposal by College, dated March 4 B.—3-7-70—Announcem e n t of employees labor meeting 9.—3—9-70—Campus conference with J. L Rogers 10.‘3723A7o—Freliminary C n he tract Draft, dated March 23 UNION— Continucd on page 7 labor negor Lenox Returns In Year of Ludwig The Lenox Quartet, which was in residence at Grinnell College from 1962 to 1959, returns here Saturday to prescuta concert. The group will periorm works by Mozart, Beethoven, and Paul limit at the Grinllell music izlctlll) at an x p M concert in ltnlicr Theater. Admi on will be by advance icscrvation only and tickcts are non being distributed at two sites ,. at the Fine Arts Center otticc Itli' the public and at the main desk iii the College Forum tor holders oieollege activity cards The program: Quartet in B-F‘lai Major, K Shilfihlozt’ll'l. (Zulll' tct in estiai-p Minor, Opus Iil "l’itclhmlen Liliui'l ill ”Paul Zmln members of CBS. and a hand- ful of white students began with recordings of two of King’s most famous speeches and poetry readings by Irma McClaurin. Professor E d win Gilmour, Tom Thomas, Presi- tlent Glenn Leggett, Professor Donald Macalady, and David Lewis all presented their reac- tions to the position of the black movement today. This was followed by a free-wheel— ing discussion which ended at noon. Saturday afternoon’s college convocation began with open- ing remarks by Meryl Penson and a short speech on “This is America” by Laurence Wright. A recording oi Dick Gregory's views of college education and a film excerpt of King's visit to Grinnell preceded the main speaker. Mr. V. Lonnie Peek, th, div rector of black studies at Wayne State Community Col- lege, spoke on "The Role oi Black Studelits in a White In- stitution.” l-le asserted that the purpose of education is politi- cal 7 “to prepare people for sluts in society, Schools will try to suppress dissideiice; how ever, blacks must present clee mauds t0 the administration." “Black culture is only a springboard to political action,” he declared. ”Black students should have programs based on political power to gain econom- ic power, Black studies says ‘black is the ioundation.’ What people should realize is that 93% oi the black programs will help the community as a whole." Peek also talked about the black problem in all of Amer ica. He stated that a “slave mentality” persists in Amer- ica. Whites can justify discrim- ination against blacks by calls ‘ng them “shii'tless” and CBS— Coniinued on page a ColloquiumFiIIn Manaii Speaks ltichzlrd Manatl, prolessor of ctltlctitinlial administration at 'lon‘a State University, will speak at a colloquium in education sthcdulcd Saturday iApril 11) at tho College. Dr Maiiatt will discuss “in novatinns in Teaching: Small and large Group Techniques" at 1:30 pin. in A.lt.ii. auditorium. A uncstinn-anda wer session will lulluw the lecture. The cnllnqtlitlin, which is being ciiwiioiistu-otl by the Colleges noparinicnt oi Education anrl the (il'illiit‘lercu‘hcrg Colnmlliill) School District. \i‘lll also includc the showing oi u docunieiitai iiliii, "High School." at lO‘IKil n in, iii A lt.ll. Tho him and Dr, Manntt's nikli-t-ss are open to tile public.