Friday, April l0, l970 SCARLET AND BLACK Page Three The History of Henry Wilhelm and Krystyna Neuman at Grinnell College By MARK SABLEMAN Pan Two If Henry Wilhelm were any other former Grinnell student, he would have left Grinnell after the yearbook problem was finally settled. The whole controversy about the 1966 yearbook would have been gradually erased from the minds of the people at Grins nell, and no one would really remember Henry Wilhelm for very long. But Henry Wilhelm was not just any other former student. His father, who had been a Political Science pro- lessor here more than fifteen years ago, still owned a house in Grinnell, and Henry had moved into 1408 East Street in the summer of 1966. Furthermore, he had no der sire to leave Grinnell: Krystyna Neuman and most of me rest of his friends were here, and he knew this community as well as any other. He was born in Grinnell, and spent his early childhood here during the days his father was on the fac- ulty. He attended kindergarten and first grade at Cooper School, across from Quad. (He remembers it as ”repressive," but recalls no controversy over freedom of expression, the is- ‘sue that has plagued him so much recently. Thus, when Henry Wilhelm and Krystyna Neuman picketed the 1967 commencement in pro- test of the "censorship" of Wilhelm’s yearbook, two of the men who were there and saw them — Glenn Leggett, Presi— dent of the College; and Bill Peters, Grinnell Chief of P0» lice — knew that it was not the last they would see of Henry Wilhelm and Krystyna Neu- man. Those men — and, more importantly, the institutions or groups they represented: Grina nell College and the town of Grinnell — would have to con- tend with Henry Wilhelm and Krystyna Neuman even after they were no longer students at Grinnell College. Perhaps the one most con- troversial issue that has come up repeatedly since the year book is the publication of the underground newspaper Ptero- dactyl, and the involvement of Henry Wilhelm, Krystyna Neu» man, and others at the East Street Gallery with it, Ptero- dactyl was begun in the fall term of 1967 by a group of col- ’ lege students, and during most of 1968 it was edited by Rich- ard Schneirov, then a Grinnell This May (tome As A Shook To You — REGAL - RIDE LOAD LEVELERS AND SHOCKS “BO" BATTEY TEXACO 6th 8: West 236-7205 Henry and. Krys, featured in this week’s second installment, smile for student photographer Mark Sablemarl's Pentax. student. Wilhelm did work on' one of the issues in late 1968, while Schneirov was studying for finals, but outside of that he was not involved with New until 1969, after Schneir- ov was no longer at Grinnell. During 1969 four issues of Pterodzctyl were published, and Henry Wilhelm and Krys- tyna Neuman, as well as oth- ers who lived at East Street, including Larry Frank and Kit Lederer, worked on them. In each of these issues, Wilhelm's philosophy of allowing anyone to publish anything that he wanted was followed. Under this system, one staff member could have something printed in the paper even if the other staff members disagreed with it. Only this, Wilhelm felt. could be true freedom of ex pression, In fact, he said, many of the things which did appear in Pterodactyl under this free- dom of expression" rule were things that he personally did disagree with. Such a newspaper with “com- plete freedom of expression" may have been the ideal for Wilhelm; others did not see it that way. Iowa Attorney Gen- eral Richard Turner, who had been bothered by what he con- sidered obscene content in earlier Pteros, arranged to have the March 13, 1969 issue seized when Wilhelm and Larry Frank took the proof pages to the printer at Wilton Junction, Iowa. Immediately after the seizure, which they thought was illegal, Wilhelm and Frank filed suit against Turner in U.S district court in Des Moines. They asked for return of their pictures and copy and $1,000 compensatory and 310.000 punative damages. The judge allowed their first motion, for return of the paper, but disallowed the damages on the grounds that Turner had judicial immunity. The second half of the decision is current- ly on appeal to the federal cirs cuit court of appeals in St. Louis, and it is being handled by the lowa Civil Liberties Union, Wilhelm, who Considers the nature of an underground news- paper to be "to create and re inforce a new culture," con tinued working on Ptero for WILHELM— Continued on page 6 WORLD CAMPUS AFLOAT IS A COLLEGE THAT DOES MORE THAN BROADEN HORIZONS lT SAILS TO THEM AND BEYQND Lean: about it tram Mr, rill Hoffman represenrliig Chapman College. Orange, cisllioniio on campus Dory and Date: Wednesday. April is Tlllle Luella 0 to 3:30 Forum Grill For details contact: Deon Law 938 Main 3 LEVELS or snors Ladies’ and Children’s Wear Home Furnishings.— Gift Ware Stein Responds To Criticism 0f Forum Toke—Over Group Anti-Editorial By JON STEIN There are a number 0| misunderstandings lliat arose out of last weekend's "takeover" ol the Forum, in the first place. the my term “lakcover.” which we ' used in our statement. was a poor word cholcc, What we did was use lllc building. in a positive ctlso: when we were through with the dance and the movie, we left, it is that type of use. on a regular basis. that we are working ior The term "lakcovcr" also implies that the l)UlldIng is not Ours: however, though the college owns it, siudcnls help support it {man- cially and are me principle users. Therefore we are asking lor the right to control Forum policy. There is nothing radical ilt merely using the building, constructively, as we did An0|llcr objection that has been raised Concerns our tactics, To those who feel that our action was rash, or precluded rational discussion, let us make this point: we met for over a month, trying all the channels. and we were not listened to, ihus forcing us to slay past the closing hour to demonstrate how the building could he used to attract attention to our cause. It is a Sad com- mentary on administrative response when one must break a rule before one is listened to. We would also like to admit that we were stretching the facts when we siated that Dean Kimbo “reversed administration Obviously, the policy Dean Kimbo merely waived it for a short period of lime. in closing we would like to have it understood llitll iii no iiiiy did lhc studciil l’Ol’um committee iiiitintt- the plans to stay alter the closing hour. 'rhcrc is con- Sldernble sludenl interest in [his li’lallfi‘l'l and when we were told that students would stay later, regardless of “hat our position iins. we dccnicd to all lcasl orgnnize it llilO it constructive dolllotlslralioll of what a student run Forum could be likc. \\'c judged il a success not because Dean Kimbo left us in charge, but because the students enjoyed the late mgllt movie and dance. and bcliavcd responsibly. Concerning liability, the Forum is obviously different than the library, which goes unats icndcd by adults at some times, however, we do tool that a student who is over 21 can be considered responsible enough to help prevent situations that might result in a lawsuit } Lemelle Continued from page 1 asks black artists to find their lllspll‘aiion and appraisal chiefly Hmong lellow blacks ra|her than among white critics. 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