Page 2 WSW'E'WABEA‘QW ,7 Position Papers Express Range Of Opinions (Continued from page 1) to a ”free enterprise educa- tional system." He appears to see such a freesenterprise, "enterpreneurial" systemas a natural development in the absence ofa core curriculum. What he proposes in theplace ofa strict core curriculum,is a modified form of divisional requirement. All of the posi- tion papers noted above favor a divisional requirement of one sort or another, thoughall but Erickson’s put in a word for one or anather sort of re ’quired freshman humanities course. Kurz’s paper emphasizes the values and costs of freedom and innovation. The education- al value of student freedom of choice is largely that once students are allowed to vete with their feet, courses are obliged to be innovative and attractive if they are to be attended. At its extreme this innovativeness becomes fadd ishness, and the concept ofa liberal education (and with it, unfashionable courses and de- partments) is lost in the shufe fie. Therefore, the paper ad- vocates freedom “within the illusion of restraints”. What this comes to is a prescripe tive divisional‘ requirement totalling 40 hours. Except for a 4 hour Humanities course, there are no specific course requirements. Mr. Cleaver’s paper allows itself to be a “reserved en- dorsement" of Kurz’s posir tion. He does so, but adds to this pleas for general educa- tion (“versatility of skills”), asking: "Is anybody who knows less than everything freel”. He nOtes, and quite rightly, that the no-requirements pro- posal requires improved ads vising, and that the case for that proposal rest "heavily" on the assumption the adViS* ing system is presently in- adequate. He then pleads that "For those of usesmost of us '— who have watched the . margins ofour lines getscribe bled full ofmiscellaneous colr lege chores by the end of two or three years here, SXhOrEa’ tions cause alternate laughter and tears.” But the question of advising remains central to the whole argument. In Mr. Clotfelter's original proposal, a distinct- ion is made between fresh- manesophomore and major advising. It is with the former that he finds most fault, pri— marily because "the elaborr ate system of requirements seems to both the advisor and the advisee to relieve them of the necessity of talking about anything important". He then proposes, 1) more and better curricular information to be given to the student before he arrives as a freshman: 2) longer new student days, more conducive to the formation of a sound advisorradvisee re- lationship, and 3) freedom, for the student to changeadvisors so as to insure a close rap- port between student and ad» visor. The question is, which best serves the student; an impro- ved freshman requires currir culum which will introduce the student to many different "ways men have devised to order the confusion around them", or a close, near‘tut orial freshman advising sys- tem, which would bring the questions of generaleduaition to the student, even before the start of his first semester? Nearly all of the position-pa- pers advocate the continuance of the humanities require- ment, with some improvement of freshman advising. Well, back to business. As we go to press, the Clots felter Proposal appears dead to all intents and purposes. Its 4542 defeat was not pubs lioally challenged, although there appear from the running head count based on previous ballots of that meeting, to have been more votes than there were faculty members present to vote. ‘ The faculty will begin this Monday to consider the pros, posal submitted byMiss Noble for a distribution require- ment, but without considering Vrnnitur, Broonor Explain Committees , (Continued from page 1) deans, two facul members and five students. Greg Vranicar, Student Co ordinator, introduced the Committee on Student Ser» vices, which will deal with the dorms, the food we eat, the health service, student placement, and general mm- pus programs. The member ship would include the Dean of Students, the Business Mae nager, a faculty member and four students. ' Mary Brooner, A.W.S. pre- sident, praised the makeup of the Committee on Counseling for being flexible and ”not conducive to confrontation p0, litics”. The main duty of the committee would be to re view and evaluate the existing counseling program, as well » as make changes. Brooner' noted that the students do not hold any thing close to equal represennation on the commits tee and also expressed doubts about how the committee would receive information or come plaints from the students. The meeting ended in a pre~ dictable fashion: students locked in the old ”elitism or apathy?" debate. A few spoke out against the fact that the senate appoints or is included inall the committees; however Loewi scoffed at the criticism and complained that any other system for selecting student representatives would be too "time comsuming”. Perhaps the best summary of the inherent spirit of the re port came from the audience when someone observed that "this doesn’t appear to be much ofa studentpowermove» ment; it seems more like a student government power movement". True, true, but the question ofthe week seems to be whether or not our student leaders realize, or even care. So much for apathy. its Physical Education provir sions. Another proposaljoint» 1y sponsored by Mr. Jones and Barry Zigas was distri— buted to the faculty at the cone 'clusion of the Oct. lZmeeting. Mr. Jones' proposal could be thought of as a sort of imag- inative compromise between the positions of maintaining Humanities and supplanting it with improved freshman adr vising. His motion would be: “Each student is required to complete the Freshman Tut- orial Program." This would be described as a "credit- fail, non-classroom learning experience to be completed in the first semester of the fr— eshman year". The tutor would act as the freshman's advisor, and would work closely with the student in his preparation ofa series of 85’ says and acquisition of inder pendent study and writing sk- ills. This program, and its rat- ionale, should cometo discus sion next Monday in A.R.H. Auditorium between 4 and 6 p.m. The faculty-senate mos ves perforse slowly, but it remains the best show in town. All students are encouraged to attend. GRINNELL, IA. , Joseph Frazier Wall, Parker Profes- sor of History and Dean of Grinnell College, is the auth- or of a major new biography of Andrew Carnegie published today (Oct. 5) by Oxford Un— iversity Press. A prespublication review of the book in "Publishers’Wee- kly" acclaims it as "a maS* terly study of the great em- pire-builder, and philanthropr ist, and an engrossing chron- icle of the rise of Big Busie ness in the U.S.” A product of 12 years of in- tensive research and writing, the book is called by review er Matthew Josephson as "without question one of the ablest works ofAmerican bio- graphyfl‘ COMPLETE LIFE The 1150*page volume is the first modern and complete life of the industrial giant to appear in more man 40years. It is the only work to make use of the private correspon- dence of Carnegie and. his wife, Louise, and of his early business files and letter books now in the possession of the U.S. Steel Corporation and never before accessible to scholars. Seeks To Establish Town-Gown Ties (Continued from page i) was successful. One particir pant in that meeting, student Senator Barry Zigas, also th~ ought it was helpful, but he emphasized that mass meets ings like that should not be relied on as a continual thing. The Human Rights Commis sion Subcommittee is now 100- ' king for other ways to bring town and college together to create, in Deminoff's words, "a real sense ofcommunity." At their next meetingthe com- mittee will mectwithfour cola lege students, and the com- mittee is working with other groups to find other activities for bringing about this sense of community. As well as the two town c0m* mittees and the Community Day group, a student senate committee on Alumni rela- tions has been expanded this year to cover town andalumni relations. The committee, headed by Barry Zigas, has been cooperating with the other projects while planning some new ways whereby it can esmblish the “continual com~ munication" between townand college that Zigas b‘elieves is necessary. ”Too often in the past," he said "we have only made efforts to communicate in crisis situations, and con- sequently people haven’t lise tened." One of the innovations that the Senate committee is work- ing on is the establishment of a college speakers bureau 115* ting faculty and students with expertise in certain fields who would be willing to talkto town organizations. Also, the com- mittee is interested in having radio shows on KGRN, the Grinnell commercial station, writing a column in the Grins nell Herald Register, and dis tributing the Herald Register on campus. Grinnell Freshman Wins Sloan Award Kenneth D. Wallace, 3 Grin» nell College freshman from Gary, Ind., has been selected as an Alfred P. Sloan National Scholar for 1970-71, one of 146 Sloan Scholars enrolled as freshmen this year at 45 colleges and universities. Students are selected Sloan Scholarships by the pars ticipating colleges anduniver- sities on thebasis ofacademic excellence, personal integrie ty, and demonstratedpotential for leadership. Randy. L. Price, Douglas 5. Russell, Robin J. Omahana and Steven D. Adams are all previous recipients of Sloan Scholarships currently enrolr led here. 815-1/2 4th Ave. Across From Bakery chandlebdumts for ' torn- BER '16. 13%, Dean Publishes Book ~ Research on the book was his: wrriEd on by Dean We 11 both [5” in the United States and ab road. The exhaustive study ‘ included readings in 244 vol- umes of Carnegie’s corrcsr pondence stored in the Lib rary of Congress. At various times during the past 12 years Dean Wall has ( conducted research on Car negie's life in Dunfcrm e, Scotland, the industrialist‘s birthplace, and in Edinburgh; at the U.S. Steel Corporation in Pittsburgh; at financial ins ' stitutions in New York and . ' New Jersey; in Washington, ‘ D.C.; and in LenoX, Massa‘ chusetts, Carnegie‘s summer home where he died in 1919. COMPREHENSIVE STUDY Using original sources and ‘ with direct access to other materials bearing on Carrier gie's life, Dean Wall givesa _ comprehensive picture of the millionaire , philanthropist’s rise in business, his impact on industrial America during . the period of great expansion after the Civil War, his bit‘ ter involvement in the Home stead steel strike of 1892, his disillusioning quest for , peace before World War 1, and other facets of a power- ful but very human figure. Carnegie’s ventures in 011, iron and steel, railroads, and _‘ finance are intensively ana‘r ' yzed, as are his business and personal relationships with such fgures as Henry Clay Frick, J. P. Morgan, George V“ Pullman, Mark Twain, Malt‘ ‘ hew Arnold, W‘lliam Glad~ stone, Booker T. Washington, and Presidents Lincoln, Mc- Kinley, and Wilson. Excerpts from Dean Wall‘s book have appeared in ”Ame erican Heritage" for June, . 1970. and parts of the book are also included in the fall . issue of "Horizon" magazine . and in the October issue of " ”American Heritage." On Sept. 25 Dean Wall was featured at a book-andeauthor luncheon in Dallas, Tex., with novelists Robert Penn Warren and Jessamyn West. TEACHER - AUTHOR Dean Wall, whohas been Par- ker Professor of History at Grinnell College since 1961, received his B.A. degree from GrinnEll, the M.A. from Har- vard, and his Ph.D. from Cole umbia University. 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