JEREMY MONTAGU, Heath Vis ingProfessor ofMusichere this semester, has returned to England after completing a busy schedule of classes, lectures and performances. He introduced the music and instruments of the Middle Ages and Renaissance to Grinnellians during his stay here. (Photo by Marty Sachs) line scarlet anal black VOL. LXXIX Faculty Ends PE Requirement By 51-32 Vote NO. 7 By John Pepper and Tim Purges Monday’s vote to abolish the Physical Education require- ment for graduation demon- strated to the satisfaction of most that the woodworkaround here is at least as full ofAbo- litionists as of the vicious re- actionaries which the heritary wisdom of campus politics imputes. The vote reversed the faculty vote of two weeks previous to maintain the requirement in a lessened form. That meeting was poorly attended, in part because many liberal faculty members hadassumedthatthe requirement wouldbeabolishr ed as a matter of course and logic persuant to the Jones- Clotfelter academic reforms. Hence, they didn‘t bother to show up, and the requirement was retained by a 36-31 vote. Two weeks of intensive lobbyr ing followed, with the result that a few votes changed and about twenty abolitionists we- re moved toattend, pushing the abolution motion to a 51-32 victory. It was necessary for the rec consideration of the vote that one person who had originally voted with the majority pro pose anewvote. Charles Clear ver got up and spoke in this role, saying that he had chi anged his mind in the matter. He said that his original vote had been a reaction against what he termed“Puritanism" which cultivates mind at the expense of body. He said that his mind had been changed because he felt all good things need not be legislated with the threat of witholding the B.A. A brief debate followed, with sporadic muttering-s of ”quesr tion" from the perifery of the DECEMBER 11, I970 auditorium. Debate recapitur lated previous discussion, with Phillip Kint-ner saying that the retention of this single requirement would make a mockery of the work the fac- ulty had done on academicre- form. Coach Pfitsch said that the PE Department did not want sympathy votes, and that the issue must be decided on its merits alone. But he also added that it implied “unfairr ness", in sports at least, to lose and then demand another game “just to see if you can’t win this time." Nonetheless, the vete was taken (by secret ballots, no less) and the proposal to abo- lish was carried by theafore- mentioned margin. Henceforth, no student will be denied a diploma due to his non— completion of the Phys sicalrEducation requirement, seniors included. TWO hours of credit will be, given to those who complete the syllabus of the reformed requirement passed at the previous meet- ing. Perhaps the most significant segment of the meeting was President Leggett‘s address to the faculty, which will pro- bably have wide rcpercusr sions. Liberalization, he said, is noc about to be an acrossr the-board phenomenon. The administration must attempt to control the flow of students from previously‘ required ar eas into others. This will be done by the advising system and by close control of class sizes. This means, among other things, that students must expect to find more and earlier closing-out of class sections. Given the priority system of putting seniors and majors in GRINNE LL, IOWA 501 12 to courses before lower class- men, etc., we can probably expect increased freshman dissatisfaction, unless more and better freshman courses are designed. Leggett did not mention this problem: and it probably will be the respon- sibility of the Freshman Year Committee, which is now be- ing formed. As the semester's debate draws to a emse, the problems ofamdemicreform, far from being settled, have really scarcely begun. loewi Coerces SGA 'I'oWithhold Funds To Victims In Pakistan by Don Dagenuis On Thursday, Dec. 3. the Sen- ate once again gathered togen ther for one of those dinner meetings to discuss the pres- sing issues of the day over those delicious SAGA culinary delights. The only major ac- tion was to designate the pro- ceeds from tonight's SAGA fast to the Martin Luther King Scholarship Fund. The Senate had earlier dccir ded, in Andy Loewi’sabsence, to give the proceeds to the Pakistan Relief Fund. Under pressure from Loewi, how— ever, they changed their minds. The incident brought to question the ability of the Senate to make intelligent de- cisions in the absence of Mr. Loewi, or, perhaps, whether Mr. Loewi feels the Senate can make rational decisions in his absence. Most SGA activity since that time has been behind the sce- nes: the selection of subcomr mittees for the Student Servi- ces committee (it's always good to increase the bureaus cracy whenever possible), and selection of student members for the Freshman Year com‘ mittee, which will determine the nature of the Freshman Tutorial program. The Housing Committee has been about the onlyactivearm of the bureaucracy lately. Ch- airman Ric MacDowell re» ports that the committee has been discussing the possibil- ities of (I) having the room draw before House President elections, then havingthe pre- sidents elected by individual dorms; (2) making Dibble and Smith annexes into blocks of rooms which could be drawn by groups of students; (3) 31. lowing juniors to live off- campus, and (4) expanding the number ofco-ed dorms, inclu- ding dorms cored by rooms rather than by floors. The re sults of the recently distribur ted questionnaire are now be- ing tabulated by MacDowell at night, into the weehours ofthe morning. He hopes to complete the job before Christmas br' eak. Little action has been taken by the committee in the way of official recommendar tions. Such activity will pro- bably wait until next semes- ter. Other than that, SGA, like everyone else these days, is worrying about suchminiscule matters as last-minute papers and final examinations. It seems that even political 3C, tivists are realizing that the most important priority is the small matter of making your grades. GeorgeHarrison Surpasses Paul And John In Music, Philosophy by Ron Medvin ”It is not just that George has surpassed all the individual disks issued to date by Paul, John and Ringl. Both music— ally and philosophically, he has produced one of the out- side rock albums in years." (Time, Nov. 30) This is quite a statement, but what is more amazing is that is true] Geo- rge Harrison‘s new triple 31, burn is fantastic. It is as if George sat silently within the Beatles only waiting to pro- duce this album. He has sur- prised many people, for no one expected that George had so much talent. The name of the album is "All Things Must Pass", and it contains ls new Harrison "1C” Will Rise Again by J.C. Labowitz (The events that follow, are true, and only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.) I was sitting in my room last Friday, meditating as to the situation in the world today. when I decided to go'on over to the post office and pick up my copy of the Scarlet and Black. On the way down from North Campus, Iwent past an elm tree that was burning but seemingly was not being con- sumed. I thought that this was somewhat strange, but I hur- ried on to the p.o. When I get there, I found thatall the mail- boxes except mine were smeared with what appeared to be lamb’s blood. I again found this strange. I then ope ened my mailbox and found a piece of divinity fudge and a copy of the S and B. Thepaper seemed to be glowing like a coal from great heat, yet I was able to hold onto it with- out being burned. As I headed up the stairs, Inoticeda re- ceipt that had fallen on the floor, a receipt that was for thirty pieces of silver paid to someone named “Enoch Sno- key". After reading the paper, I realized that I was, in a sit nation that required a little help from my friends. 501 called together 12 of my f-r’ iends for dinner that night, and we talked about what was happening to me.Theyadvised me to “hang loose". The next morning I discov- ered that my mother had arr rived unexpectedly during the night. I also had a headache that was like a weight bearing down on my head. Igota phone call from a few of the ROTC cadets, who insisted that I come over and play cards or shoot dice or something. As I was preparing to leave, I noticed that the sky was get- ting very dark, and stormy, so I took along an umbrella. Before I left, I wrote this column so I wouldn't forget about it and have to have one of my friends write it for me. I did want to add one more thing - I am looking forward to next semester when I hope to rise again to new journal- istic heights. songs, one song written by Dylan, from his ”New Morn- ing" album, and one song whole lyrics are Dylan‘s and whose music is Harrison's. And then there is a two side jam session with some “see- end-rate" musicians such as Ginger Baker, Eric Clapton, Dave Mason, Billy Preston, Bobby Keys, Klaus Voormann and morelll The jams are gr- eat. One side is a rousing 1950's pure rockrandrrollso~ und. The other side is a more "modern" sound with Harri- son, Clapton, and Masonplayr ing some great guitar solos. Harrison’s guitar work on this entire album is excellent. ”I’d Have You Anytime" is a (Continued to page 3) Presented with the rumr ors of faculty dismissals that have been circulating about campus recently, Deans Waldo Walker and Joseph Wall had an identi- cal reaction: ”no com- ment.” Dean Wall explained that the staffingsituationis still very much unclear, even though faculty members with multiryear contracts or more than two year's service must be/ given a year's notice before they can be dismissed and those with singleryear contracts and two years at the college must be netified byDecem» her 1, since those who have only been here one year need only be netified by March 1. Dean Walker pointed out that five faculty members are here this year on one- year terminating contracts which expire automatically at the end of the year. Dean Wall emphasized thatmany of this year's dismissals will come solely due to fin- ancial reasons. Thcy ex pected final decisions tobe reached by the beginning of second semester.