L.‘ ALAN R. JONES, professor of History and Amerimn Studies, contemplates the continuing faculty debate on requirements. Jones has submitted a proposal that would require all freshmen to complete afours credit tutorial program. A vote on hisamendment to the basic Clotfelter proposal is expected Monday. (Photo by John Pepper) Faculty Council Kills Interim l970,aproposal con- ceived by Eugene A. Herman of the mathematics department, met last week with flat rejec- tion. The program, which was to have taken place between semesters here atthe college, was to have involved avariety of communities and people , students, faculty, townspeo- ple, area alumni, andparents. The interim wouldhaveallow- ed for classes and formats that ordinarily cannot be taut ght during the regular school year. Some of the proposed seminars were similar to Fri ee University offerings and included organic farming, psychology of personality, ph- ilosophy of psychology, films and fllmmaking, automobile mechanics, computer progra- mming, the military~industrc ial establishment, black and white phomgraphy, and waste disposal problems of Grinnell industries. Why was such a proposalree jected by the Faculty Execu- tive Council and President Leggett? Their reasons were several and widespread. The contention was that opening the school for an estimated 270 people at this time would be too costly and that anearly opening prior to second sem- ester would involve problems in housing, food, social, and educational facilities. Also, their decision was partially based on the poor turnout at the drug conference and other recent symposiums. It was feared that student participa tion would be lacking. Inaddi- tion, the Faculty Executive 'Council feared that a failure JD’S RESTAURANT 922-1/2 Main Mom-Sat. 5 to lo p.m. Sunday-Noon to II) p.m. this year might hamper the chi ances of future interims wh- ich may be required for all students on a credit basis. Students who were involved with the interim proposal ob- jected to its rejection as she ortsighted. They pointed out that some money had already been obtained from the Senate THE SCARLET AND BLACK OCTOBER 23, 1970 Guroff Comment Draws laughs (Continued from page 1) humanities requirement. These can be only loosely termed "modifications" of the Clotfelter proposal, since' they implicitly reject (by ac cepting even onerequirement) the rationale which is the heart of Clorfelter' s Proposal III of the FacultySummerStu- dy Committee. Time allowed the faculty to squabble only about the two semester requirement. Andin keeping with the gelding ofthe Clotfelter proposal, discus sion centered not upon the suppositions involved in any specific requirements, but rather upon the merits of the humanities courses taught here. The debate centered upon assertions by Edward Moore and James Kissane (Human- ities Division) that the course supplied a common backgrr ound in ”Great Books" and provided a general level of competence in writing and ex- position. This latterassertion triggered the bulk of the sub- Interim~ and asserted that more could have been appropriated. They also felt that the proposal pre sented an opportunity to im- prove the college's relations with town, alumni andparents. The students, however, voiced the hope that some sort of ins terim program will be recon- sidered in the future. sequent debate. Gene Wubbles (chemistry) questioned whether ”writing skills" were generic, orwher ther, in fact, the appropriate skills varied from discipline to discipline, a different form of exposition appropriate to each different‘method. Greg Guroff remarked in a protracted exchange with Kis- sane that if Humanities did improve skills in writing, then most of his students . . must have been Virtual illiterates when they came here." (Gent eral laughter, scattered cries of "hear, hear". The question was also raised as to what proportion of stud* ents could be expected to take the course were it not re- quired. Moore estimated that about 60% of the students could be expected to do so. The debate was stopped only to allow a vote defeating the two semester requirement as tied to the reduced Clotfelter proposal. Debate then resumr ed on the one semester Hum- anities requirementuntilS:45, when the meeting broke up. Twenty»three sludentsatten- ded the meeting, including th’ ree each from SGA and the S&E. Beautification Plans Advance .As landscaper Tyler Is Hired L. Herbert Tyler of Daven- port has been named counsultt ant for campus landsmpe planning and design at Grin- nell College, President Glenn Leggett announced today. An alumnus of Grinnell in the Class of 1952, Tyler is Pre~ sident of the Kimberly Barn Floral, Garden and Landscape Center in Davenport. Notable examples of his work in land- scape design can be found tho roughout the Quad City area. In announcing the appoint- ment, President Leggett said: "The College is particularly fortunate in having aperson of Herbert Tyler's professional Castore Joins Psychology Staff On November 1, George F. Castore, a clinical psycholo- gist, will join the smff of the Grinnell office of the County Mental Health Center. He re- ceived a 8.5. degree from California State College in California, Pennsylvania, an M.S. and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Pennsylva» nia State University, Dr. Casi tore will be joining John Dan- iels, who also holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology. It is exceptional that the Grinnell office has attracted the ser- vices of two menwith Ph.D.'s, as many other centers in Iowa must operate with less quali‘» fied staff members. Castore has taught at Penn- sylvania State University, Colgate College in Hamilton, New York, and IdahoState Un» iversity in Pocattello, Idaho. He received clinical experien- ce at Smte Hospital South in For scltool or typewriter supplies GRINNEll ornct SUPPLY GRINNE LL, IOWA Across from the Post Office Blackfoot, Idaho and in 1965 was named Director of Psy- chology at Mt. Pleasant Meir nal Health InStitute at Mt. Pl- easant, Iowa, where he later directed an adolescent treat ment unit. In 1968 he directed a Title III in- service tea cher~ training project for Iowa Edus cational Area XV in which in~ structors with M.S. degreesin various behavioral fields were given instruction in psycho- logy. The author ofnumerousartir cles in professional journals, DR. DUANE L. TDWN OPTOMETRIST - PHONE 236-4002 Office Hours: 9 to 12, l to 5 Closed Thursday and Saturday afternoons CONTACT LENSES 719 5th Ave. Castore is a member of the American Psychology Asso ciation, the Iowa Psychology Association, and the National Council on Measurements in Education. “I THE FINEST \su MAID “‘54: r IN PASTRIES 818 FOURTH AVENUE WORLD CAMPUS AFLOAT IS A COLLEGE THAT DOES MORE THAN BROA DEN HORIZONS IT SAILS TO THEM AND BEYOND Learn about it from Bill Hoffman representing Chapman College, Orange, California ON CAMPUS Day & Date: Time: Locatlo : Monday, Oct. 26 10:00 to 3:00 The FORUM For details contact: Miss Hinds stature to assist us in main- taining and enhancing the bea‘ uty of the Grinnell campus." The President also noted that, in the past few years, the campus has lostmore than 125 large elm trees as a re- sult of Dutch elm disease. As funds become available for the replacement of these trees, professional planning will be important to integrate ncwpl- antings with the existing land‘ scaping of the campus. Another major employment of Tyler's talents and exper- ience will be in designing the landscaping of Grinnell's new physical education complex and playing fields which are nearing completion ofthe nor‘ th end of campus. Tyler established the Kimr beigly- Barn Floral, Garden and Landscape Center in1967. He began his career as a den signer with the Davenport ar- chitectural firm of Stewart, Robison and Laffan. sneclal GRINNELL filllllll SGI‘VIGEI Direct to DES MOINES $2.90 one way CHICAGO $12.25 one way 0 Ask about convenient return service. . Why lug luggage? Send it by Greyhound. . Buses leave from BATTEY’S TEXACO STATION _ For ticket and information, phone 236-5121 I