Grinnell College - Cyclone Yearbook (Grinnell, IA)

Text from Pages 1 - 274 of the 1966 volume:

Grinnell College-1966 photographed by H enry Wilhelm and John Phillips Editing and Design by Henry Wilhelm Text by Henry Wilhelm and J ohn Wolf Grinnell College Grinnell, Iowa 1986 Entire Contents Copyright 0D 1966 and 1986 by Henry Wilhelm. John Phillips. and John Wolf All Rights Reserved Additional copies 0fthis book may be ordered from: Grinnell College Bookstore Grinnell College PO. Box 805 Grinnc11.10wa 50112-0810 Telephone: 515-236-2545 Printer: BlaCk-on-gray duotoncs Hascr-scanned. ZOO-line screem and printing by Pcpco Litho. Inc. Cedar Rapids, Iowa Text paper: Warren Lustro Gloss. 1001b. S. D. Warren Company, A Division of Scott Paper Company Boston. Massachusetts A stable. 10ng-1asting. coated book paper. pH97.8: buffered with a minimum of 29c calcium carbonate Endleaves: Archivart Standard Endlcaf Paper Process Materials Corporation Rutherford. New Jersey pr 8.0; buffered with a minimum of 30er calcium carbonate Binding: Acid-pHrcc Binders Board The Davey Company Jersey City. New Jersey pHAa7.5;a1kalinc buffered Covering: Arrestox C. an ucrylic-imprcgnated. pyroxylin-frce cotton binding fabric Joanna Western Mills Company Kingsport. Tennessee Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wilhelm. Henry Gilmer. 1943- Grinnell College. 1966. 1. Grinnell College 5 Students 9 Pictorial works. 1. Phillips. John. 1945- 11. Title. LD2055.G54W55 1986 3787771596 85-17196 Book Manufactured in U.S.A. I ntroduction - Here at last, after a twenty-year delay, is the Grinnell College Yearbook of 1966. But the reader is hereby forewarned. This is not the college yearbook that you may have been expecting for the past two decades. College annuals traditionally follow a set pattern - smiling portraits ofdeterminedly extroversive admin- istrators to serve as the frontispiece, sentimental and prettified shots of the campus which are largely unrecognizable to the inhabitants of that campus, unsmiling portraits of determinedly introversive faculty neatly compartmentalized into disciplines, and column after column of unusually still life pictures of graduating seniors surrounded by margins wide enough to accommodate the inscription of such immortal sentiments as iiGood luck, Chuck, Good-bye. Betsy, I love ya,., and uThink of me whenever you chug-aalug a brewn a totally predictable bits of Americana which end up gathering dust on attic shelves along with commemorative Worldls Fair plates and bronzed baby shoes. This is not that kind of book. Nor is it. as some may have hoped during these long years of waiting, the sensational exposure ofthe underside ofcollege life that the brouhaha over the college's refusal to publish the book in 1967 seemed to have promised. There is little here to appeal to prurient interests, no nudity tnot even the carefully staged and draped shower scenes which are obligatory for most college annualsi, very little sophomoric crudity that passes as college wit, n0 shots of torrid embraces on sorority steps or in dormitory doorways which are used to enliven some college yearbooks. It is not that kind of book, either. It is simply what the title states: Grinnell College - 1966. a single short year in the life of a small institution in the Midwest. But as the contents graphically demonstrate, it is a remarkable record of what we can now see in retrospect was a remarkable year. The photographs by Henry Wilhelm, John Phillips, and Bob Hodieme are of a quality which alone would give distinction to this book and make it truly outstanding among college annuals. In Wilhelmls design and editing of the book. there are carefully and aesthetically planned pictures juxtaposed with unplanned and spontaneous candid shots to provide the vitality of variety so often lacking in such publications. There is also a variety of moods expressed in these photographs - the warmth of com- panionship that a young couple experiences while standing barefoot in a recently plowed farm f ield outside of town, starkly contrasted with the cold loneliness of death as it exits on a stretcher at night from an old menis nursing home adjacent to the campus. The poignancy of these captured moments penetrates deeply and leaves a permanent scar of remembrance. Many of the pictures need and have no captions. What text there is generally avoids the purple passages so precious to most college editors. The prose by Wilhelm and John Wolf is lean and tough. At times, it has the detached objectivity of an anthropologist commenting upon the curious rituals of an alien people. liFreshman initiation at Grinnell is a hanger-on of some of the primitive traditions and idiocies of college life. It takes various forms, some of which are psychologically rather brutal to the new studentfi Or consider the abrupt summary con- clusion t0 the section on the Homecoming football game. It calls that annual ritual a peculiar combination of hysteria and violence. ii If the captions are terse, they are not devoid of occasional flashes of humor and the more frequent acerbic bite of editorial comment. For example, the caption for pictures of a water fight between two of the menis halls reads simply, This is hall spirit at its finest hour? And for the caption under the picture of the crowning of the Homecoming queen, the notation: Jerry Goddard, student government president; Mary G. J ones. alumni secretary; and Glenn Leggett, the new college president, all made short, iiTelevant speeches befitting the occasion. i Even more than the quality ofthe pictures and the pithiness of their captions, however, it is the overall concept and structure of this book which distinguish it from college annuals of that time. Grinnell College - 1966 makes no attempt to achieve that all- inclusive personnel coverage which most yearbooks seek. Not every college administrator and faculty member is given picto- rial recognition and a captioned title. Even more surprising was the decision not to portray every senior tnot to mention every junior or underclass student at the collegey - a failure which most college editors would consider inexcusable if only for reason of violating a sacred marketing principle for yearbooks. But ifthis book is highly selective in personnel coverage, it is far more inclusive than most of its genre in its institutional coverage. It does what I have not seen any other college annual do. It places the college in the larger context of the small Midwestern town and the rural environment within which the college exists. Most college publications, be they admissions brochures, catalogs, or yearbooks, encapsulate and isolate the institution from its immediate surroundings. The college or university becomes truly an ivory tower or at best an enclave Hoating rootless in its own ethereal space. This book is concerned with the larger community in which the students. faculty, and staff must perforce live. Indeed, I find that some of the most compellingly interesting photographs are those of the town and country, rather than those of the campus: a country Grange hall framed by American elm trees tyes, there were still elm trees in Grinnell in 1966; downtown Grinnell on a rainy night portrayed by photography that equals that of Peter Bogdanovichis The Last Picture Show in its stark, lonely realism; the straight, surgical scars of Interstate 80 cutting across the rounded belly of the Iowa countryside; a motelis YES To protest the banning of Grinnell College- 1966 by President Glenn Leggett, the book's photographers, Henry Wilhelm and John Phillips, and the editor of the college newspaper, Krystyna Neumun, picketed the college commencement exercises May 26, 1967. The entire editorial staff of the college newspaper resigned in protest of the college's handling of the yearbook situation, and the newspaper ceased publication. IsEm- a -- A WAYS mm 355W? - sign blinking its bleak welcome of vacancy to young lust and old weariness; a farmer counting out his coins for a six-pack at a supermarket check-out counter. Here is the land. and here are the people. Having placed the college firmly within its proper setting. the book turns to the major task at hand - the portrayal ofone year at Grinnell College by means of what can only be called a series of photographic essays. The story begins with the arrival of a small young woman with a very large suitcase at the graceful. old, Queen Anne style railroad depot, now, unfortunately. a disgraceful, old, disintegrating ruin abandoned by the defunct Rock Island line. Yes, there were still passenger trains as well as elm trees in Grinnell in 1966. In fact, the railroad was a conspicuous part of the campus landscape and life in I966. The story line carries us briskly through the opening days of the college - freshman orientation Classes, registration. flu shots. frantic book buying in the then quite inadequate bookstore. outdoor classes in the bright sunshine of Indian summer. It is when the general movement forward through the calendar year stops for an in-depth look at the particular that the book fully realizes its potential as an artistic recorder of collegiate life. Most of these pictorial vignettes are crisply efficient in their depictions of particular facets of college life. They presentjust enough to convey the message desired without belaboring the obvious. Surely the finest ot'these photographic essays is that of the speech therapy session conducted by Marilyn Drake for a severely handicapped little girl. There can be no more effective a presentation by means of a camera of a meaningful relationship than this. The final shot of Marilyn watching the child on crutches. guided by her mothers hand, hobbling down the barren corridor of Alumni Recitation Hall a so like the many hospital corridors down which the child must have trudged a has the emotional impact ofa Renaissance pieta painting. Curiously enough, we see no faces in this photograph - only the backs ofthe three persons involved a and we realize with a shock how wonderfully communicative the human back can be. We need no facial expressions to convey the mixed message of sorrow. resignation, and bravery that is painfully present in that scene. I might quarrel here with some 0fthe editorsa priorities. The section on the annual Homecoming game. for example, is by far the longest in the book, covering twenty-one pages, nearly one- tenth 0fthe entire book. This particular event was not then, nor was it ever. significant enough in the ongoing life of the college to warrant s0 extended a treatment. But such lapses in editorial judgment are rare. The quality of the photography in this book would alone justify publication twenty years late, but in addition to satisfying the desire of the Classes of 1966 and 1967 to have at long last their own yearbook. is there any other reason to bring out a 1966 annual in 1986? lthink there is. For the social historian this is an invaluable piece of primary source material. History is, of course, a record of movement through time and the interpreta- tion of that record. Whether that movement is cyclical or linear in pattern will always be a matter of dispute among historians. but for those living in any particular period, history generally appears to be the passage oftime along a continuum. Historical periodization can only be done in retrospect. People awakening on New Yearis morning in the year 1500 did not exclaim, ltAha. we are no longer a medieval people. we are now modernlil The year 1500 seemed very much like the year 1499 to those who were living those years. But there is the occasional dramatic break in the history of any group, be it an institution, a community, a nation, or a people, when we can perceive a sudden change in the flow of history. The moment before is quite different from that which comes after. And it is important to the historian to look at that moment before, when the stream is apparently still running quietly even though, if one listens carefully. one can hear the roar of the rapids that lie just ahead. The year 1966 was just such a year for the history of American higher education in general and for Grinnell College in particular. This surely was the last year at Grinnell in which this collection ofpictures could have been taken as being representative of the college. There is, of course, the obvious matter of student dress and appearance which in these pictures now seem far more dated in style than the automobiles that were then parked on the streets of the town. The young women are wearing dresses. skirts. and dress shoes; the young men, some of them actually dressed in suit coats and neckties, are beardless and with haircuts that would pass a military muster. It was the last year in which parietal rules were still believed in, not only by the administra- tors of those rules, but by a majority of the students a the last time one could take a picture of such an official notice as the one posted on the bulletin board outside a womenls dormitory: llThere will be a Bed Check after any Spring tdisturbances, even in the event that House Presidents are lremovedl from campus!w It must have been the last year that a Grinnell College president could with equanimity state publicly that llstudent government exists because it provides an arena of training and a way of communication between faculty and students, not because of any genuine political necessityW It would be the last time for many years that a student editor would be able to declare in self- righteous indignation that Grinnell was unusual for colleges of its stature in its lack of active interest in the Vietnam war situation. A faculty-student group on Vietnam that was formed in November dissolved after only a few weeks. ll Although the stream of history was beginning to flow faster in this year, it did not move with the rapidity that the editors of the yearbook would have liked. We are repeatedly informed both implicitly by the kind of material selected for inclusion and explicitly by the editorial comment that tlthe development of an individual social consciousness was not viewed as a very serious matter by a faculty and administration who generally had little social consciousness of their own? Here we have the hyper- bolic accusations of self-appointed coxswains damning the crew for not pulling with the proper vigor to get on down the stream. But neither the exhortation of the editors for greater speed nor the reluctance of the faculty and administration to push harder in the race for change was to have any great effect on the movement and direction the college was to take in the next few years. The current was accelerating and, willy-nilly, the college was being carried along with it. With the advantage of hind- sight we can discover in these pages a great many indications of the rapids that lay ahead: for example, the amount of space that is devoted to a few students openly defying college social regulations tincluding the section on a tlpot panyii at Grinnell, which was the initial cause of the controversy over the printing of the bookl; the emphasis that is given to such extracurricular activities as the choir, the orchestra, intramural athletics, theatrical productions, and informal jazz and rock sessions in the student union, with the implication that the students learn as much, if not more, by creative participatory performance as by formal instruction; and the stress that is laid upon the need for meaningful student involvement in the governance of the college. These are important precursory pages to provide an understanding of the abrupt internal collegiate changes which were to come. We also find here evidence of the forceful intrusion of the outside world into what had previously been the smug, compla- cent tranquillity of most American campuses, an intrusion which would dramatically affect college life within the next three years: a picture of male students lining up to take the draft deferment test, with the wry student comment, ttYou know what happens if you screw this oneil; the picketing of a CIA recruiter on campus; the posters denouncing the war which in 1966 were beginning to appear here as suddenly and as ominously as the itMene, menell handwriting on the wall at Belshazzaris feast. We were in that year of 1966 becoming a divided country, and, whether by design or by intuition, the creators of this yearbook, like latter-day Daniels, introduce this theme of internal division on the very first page of the book. The title page shows us a photograph of two professors who have just concluded a public dialogue on existentialism and God. Around each professor there is a cluster of students, and each group has turned its back on the other. Here are the two poles in American society, one representing Aristotelian authority, soci- etal order, and the heretofore accepted eternal verities; the other representing Socratic questioning, individual licence to be onels self, and experiential relativism. That single photograph sets the tone for the entire book. And the story of Grinnell C allege - I966 appropriately concludes with a shot of a wonderful bit of graffiti scrawled on the wall by the public telephone in the student union which contains the quotation: Existentialism is absurd. Life And below it another quotation: Life is absurd. Sartre There we have a fitting epitaph forthe book, the college. and the nation in the year 1966. :ktlwk It is not my intention in writing the introduction to this book to go into the details of the controversy between the college administration and the student editors that resulted in the yearbookis not being published under the colleges imprint at the scheduled time. As one of the principals in this case who, along with Professor Charles Cleaver, attempted to negotiate a settlement between Editor Henry Wilhelm and then President Glenn Leggett which would result in the books publication. I sincerely regretted at the time a and still do - that Grinnell College - 1966 did not appear in the spring of 1967. But in reviewing the manuscript in preparation forthe writing of this introduction, I have also come to the conclusion that its publication at this late date makes it a more meaningful volume to its audience today than it could possibly have been had it appeared as scheduled. Two decades later. with the historical perspective we now have, we can see in it a greater significance than we could have possibly appreciated in 1967 - perhaps even a greater significance than the editors themselves realized at the time. In any event, we are indebted to President George Drake, to Tom Lannom of the Class of 1966 who encouraged its resurrec- tion, to the members of the Classes of 1966 and 1967. and to Henry Wilhelm, John Phillips, and John Wolf, who hold the copyright on this manuscript, for making this remarkable institutional record available to the larger audience which it deserves. Joseph F. Wall Professor of History Grinnell College January 1986 Publication of this book in 1986 finally rectifies the misguided decision made many years ago by Grinnell College when it refused to print the 1966 yearbook. It is also a belated recognition by the college of the crucial importance to our society-and to education-of the First Amend- ment to the US. Constitution, which guarantees a free press and freedom of speech. I am grateful to Grinnell College President George Drake for agreeing, on behalf of the college, to publish the book. Also appreciated is the support of college alumni Michael Horwalt, Marilyn Drake Jackson, Tom Lannom, Carol McConochie, Georgia Mickey, Karen Adkinson Reixach, and Professor Joseph Wall, all of whom encouraged the college to finally publish Grinnell College - I966. Proceeds from the sale of this printing of 2,000 copies will be contributed to the Martin Luther King Scholarship Fund at Grinnell College. What follows is the original text of Grinnell C allege - 1966. The original layout has been followed exactly, and every photograph is included. The illustrations have been reproduced from the original prints which were made in 1966 and which have spent the last twenty years in a safe deposit box in a Grinnell bank. The text and picture captions were typeset in 1968; the type galleys were retained in hopes of someday publishing the book and have been used here without change. Henry Wilhelm Grinnell, Iowa March 1986 . . . cu distinct community in which to learn, live, work, and play. Grinnell C011ege-1966 photographed by H enry Wilhelm and John Phillips F oreword - llLawrence envisaged the poets' secret as a technical mastery of words rather than as C: particular mode of living and thinking. I had not yet learned enough to be able to dispute this, and when I did begin to learn, some years later, found Lawrence difficult to convince. - Robert Graves This book is an experiment in how a college yearbook might be made more worthwhile. And making the many thousands of photographs for the book and doing all the other work associated with its completion comprised an experiment in what a meaningful college life might be for John Phillips and me. We learned much about photography and much about people while working on this proiect. We were successful, we think; our long-term education benefited c1 great deal. But in the eyes of the college we failed - by the time the manuscript was completed we had both been dismissed by Dean James Stouss and the Committee on Academic Standing. People like you will be better off at some other type of school, they said. And will Grinnell be better off too? We doubt it, and we do care. But, we con shrug it off and laugh - we did get to make our very own picture book. And we do want to thank John Wolf and Susan Barquist for the help and encouragement they gave us throughout our project. x- Henry Wilhelm Editing and Design by Henry Wilhelm Text by Henry Wilhelm and John Wolf Students question professors John Crossett and Howard Burkle after their debate on existentialism and god. The opportunities for personal contact with professors both in and out of class and the possibility of making a genuine community are probably the only iustifications for the continued existence of a small liberal arts college t Ptd- mel Burnt like Grinnell. diaioqll: with Prof. Iohn Crone Prologue- Consult the proper polls of academic prominence and you find Grinnell College among the nation's top ten or twenty small co-educational liberal arts schools. Talk about Grinnell with your neighbor in Cleveland and you're likely to hear, Oh, that's the school in Ithaca, isn't it? Somehow, Grinnell doesn't register with most people as a Brain School. Still, Grinnell has a con- siderable academic reputation with Higher Educators. The conclusion must be that Grinnell is academic- ally able, but is neither pedantic nor desirous of a Harvard reputation. Professors at Grinnell teach without fear of perishing, while Grinnell students who maintain a respectable grade point average can expect to get into the Big Name graduate schools along with Harvard grads. Helping to produce this capable, if largely un- recognized, academic community is everything from the school's isolation to its cosmopolitan student body, from a favorable 1:12 faculty-student ratio to an equally favorable $16.6 million endowment. Despite occasional debates about matters such as the school's educational philosophy, Grinnell usually gets its academic iob done. Nearly two-thirds of her recent graduates have continued their educations. The academic atmosphere at Grinnell continued to evolve, albeit unspectacularly, in the year 1965- 66. A minor umutation of possible future signifi- cance gained a foothold early in the second semes- ter when approval was given to a limited credit-fail grading system. The Grinnell speciolty- a book-oriented educa- tion - was fortunately not the limit of concern for everyone in the college community. To supplement their academic endeavors, a significant minority of Grinnell students went about obtaining some knowledge of the practical. This real world aspect of the liberal arts concept extended beyond Dr. Burkle and Art Arnold the college's small campus and reached the town of Grinnell with programs to help the town's under- privileged children, spread to Iowa's capital with the Des Moines poverty proiect, and even got as far as Washington, DC, with a Grinnell contingent for the November peace march protesting the Viet- nam war. On campus, concern with practical matters showed up in the Vietnam teach-ins, the notorious picketing of a CIA recruiter, and a successful stu- dent battle with the administration to prevent a new parking lot from destroying the natural grandeur between the library and the women's dorms. Strangely, the concerned students did not be- come involved with the perennial issue of college social regulations. Due largely to a student govern- ment leadership dedicated to a year of status quo, social rules created little furor. Or perhaps there was no need to change rules that could be so easily ignored. Culture - Grinnell style - had a good year, with play after play, art exhibit after art exhibit, rock and roll dance after rock and roll dance. The only cultural failures were the varsity teams, which sported a mediocre year. Concentrated culture-including concerts, sym- posia, a formal dance, and a photography exhibit - cluttered the inaugural weekend in April as Glenn Leggett got a formal okay to continue his haIf-year reign as Grinnell's eighth president. The academic year of 1965-66 was, in most respects, iust another academic year at Grinnell College. There was little academic innovation and little concern for the outside world. The develop- ment of an individual social consciousness was not viewed as a very serious matter by a faculty and administration who generally had little social con- sciousness of their own. Eleanore Spiegel Dr. Howard Burkle, philosophy and religion Grinnell College is isolated by many square miles of highly productive farmland. The countryside isn't all flat and monotonous - there are gentle hills, even occasional stands of trees along small but persisfent streams. Even the farm buildings and corn fields have an unreal, appealing qualify. Venture along the railroad tracks and farm roads into the isolation surrounding Grinnell and you can appreciate Iowa's peculiar grandeur. Grinnell is surrounded by feed grain and cattle farms. Grinnell is 3 miles north of Interstate 80, shown here crossing rolling farmlands 10 miles west of town. A Grange hall near Grinnell Fields are only a short walk from the college. Grinnell is on the main line of the Rock Island Railroad. Buildings on the old main street of town -v- t ml ALA a -, . X ? Downtown Grinnell There used to be two theaters in town, but now the Strand is the only one left. Every now and then it even has a good movie. And next to the Strand is Wayne's Steak House, otherwise known as the uRex. It's almost an institution for some students. It's about the only place in town to drink, but you have to be careful if you use a fake ID. - the town police have raided it pretty often. 12 The north side of town, where the college is located and all the professors live, has rows of nice white houses and more than enough churches for everyone. There are lots of old people living in Grinnell, many of fhem in rest homes. Every now and then one will die and you can see him being carried away. There are also quite a few farmers around, especially on Friday nights, when they all come to town. You used to have to go 20 miles to Newton to buy hard liquor, but now Grinnell has its own state liquor store. The town has many small parks. If you don't want to risk gef- ting caught sleeping wifh a girl in the dorm you can borrow a car and 90 To one of the motels around town. They usually don't ask if you're married and even if they do you can always lie about it. gran, rrang-v-r 1 , The Grinnell College. campus, lodking 'roWard Burljng Library . a ..,-., 33.... Many new Grinnell students have their first real contact with other Grinnell people during summertime uGrinnell picnics such as this one in Washing- ton, D.C. Senior Karen Adkinson is talking to freshman Ethelwyn Hart and her family. Freshman students are ori- ented during New Student Days before members of the other classes return to campus. 16 Freshmen from North Younker hall, led by senior Kunio Waki, escort a women's hall to lunch as part of New Student Days activities. 17 E Three Grinnell women argue about how to get their luggage from the railroad station to the col- lege. Sophomore Michele Anderson moves into loose hall with the help of her family. 20 A man from Gates hall with his brand new, never washed sweatshirt receives advice from his mother before she leaves him all alone. Initiation, so the proponents say, is supposed to ease the fresh- man into hell life. Socialize him, they say. It takes various forms, some of which are psychologically rather brutal to the new student. Freshman initiation at Grinnell is a hanger-on of some of the primitive traditions and idiocies of college life. Joy Williams quiets the men of East Norris hall during the prepping of Hilary Fried Ueftt. The prep is supposed to answer such questions as uhow many men's halls are there? Answer: Only one . . . East Norris . . .yea . . .yea! 21 22 Dr. Harold Fletcher, political science At the beginning of each year there is the mad rush to register for courses, to pay fees, and for some to try to get out of taking physical education for another year. : 1 l REGISTRAR x Ix VI. '1. Jean Vandervoorf Dr. Alan Jones of the history de- partment folks with Linda Seckelson. Smiling nurses stick you with flu shots after registration. Virginia Braun e r O f s k 0 0 ID 6 .n T 25 The founders of the college had the idea that a railroad should go through the campus, so sev- eral times each day trains of the Chicago 8t Northwestern Railroad lfondly known as the M 8t 5t. Ll come lugging through the middle of campus. Classes often stop until the noise dies down. The trains provide an interesting interlude to an otherwise gen- erally staid campus. You can watch all the new Caterpillar tractors go by and you can read where all the dif- ferent cars come from. The real world! Mary Malcolm and Lee Mari! 27 A walk to the goIf course Herrick Chapel 29 The southern edge of campus in early morning ' ' Hgyw . .-,. , leu . vrli r ,.- ff . Central campus is a main pathway between many of Grinnell's buildings. But its tree-shoded greenness is so inviting on pleasant, sunny days that the heavy traffic is ignored by serious students and not-so-serious couples relaxing from the many pressures of school. M'J Late afternoon in front of Roberts Theatre impromptu offemoon folk concert takes place in front of the union. Fothman J. Hand and Jock Thomas Dr. Alan Jones, history, and class 36 ...- f. Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm Nelson, English Class in poetry of the English Renaissance ,9; :n - Denis de Cofeau, music, talks with students. Richa rd Meyer teaches a class in theatre design and production. Dr. Ronald Kurtz, anthropology, takes a bicycle ride with his family. 39 A class in international organiza- tions meets with Dr. James Magee. 40 Small classes and informal sem- inars are among the advan- tages of the small college. 41 Libby Borders Mrs. Jane Roberts 42 Dr. William Roecker and an upper level German class Greg Mace Mrs. Sara Dreyfuss 44 Mr. and Mrs. Louis Zirkle, art, and son Dr. Charles Cleaver, English, and John Phillips The ethics and morality discussion group meets in the home of Dr. George Eastman, education. 45 46 Ron Wood in a calculus class fought by Dr. George Apostle 47 Marilyn Drake, as part of her training in speech therapy, spent time each week working with this little girl suffering from a serious speech defect. 49 50 x x x, Progress was very slow; the pronunciatio of each letter had to be carefully taught Sometimes they held conversations on to phones. Many times the little girl would break down and cry. Then Marilyn would have to coax her to keep her going. 52 This was the little girl's last visit to see Marilyn. She reached up for Marilyn and hugged her and cried. Then she left with her mother. Then there was the North Campus Piano Reduction competition between two men's halls, Rawson and Gates. The idea was to see which hall could demol- ish a piano quicker. A piano was judged sufficiently reduced wwreckedw when every piece of if could pass through an official iudging square. One of the pianos, it was said, was donated to the men by a fownswoman who thought it would be used in their recreation room for group singing. official iudging squa re The 7 5 MXTRMTIMI In CHESS Rsmrm of M M- R: van Ned Shedor QIS'TJMLHC UP Blangciifa 331210 :- Segmondtr gu urm'grsul:gdltml mg 060 mum accggdungl 3 gm no? hams gait ! So ,: 0 Lgaxmem gksgln ??gm . c 5 ' 5- .. w o W ' bafuggqxthk Pas ' n Swy' SUBLECE WW Tumor :WTTE Vse In 1966 much was said about the inadequa- cies of life in the men's dorms - the North Campus Problem it was called. Few people had anything very good to say about the style of life on North Campus, with its general lack of seriousness, aca- demic or otherwise. But apparently not enough people had enough bad to say about it because nothing was done to change the situation. Among the ideas suggested for improving conditions was moving some of the girls to North Campus, and some of the boys to South Campus. That way, it was thought, the presence of the girls would tend to civi- lize the boys. But change is slow at Grinnell College. Q. College president Glenn Leggett speaks to the members of Clark hall about the uNorth Campus Problem. Two men from North Younker hall reward the Herrick Chapel sign announcing the Phi Beta Kappa lecture so that it reads a string of Obscenities. The men's halls on North Campus 61 Members of South Younker hull listen to a speech by presidential candidate Roger May. The issues in hall elections are only symp- toms of the deeper problem of residence hall life on a campus where rules of social conduct are dictated by the college administration. The main issue of the South Younker hall election was: To what degree would the var- ious candidates ignore the college rules? Of the two principal candidates, Roger May said he would try to keep illegal visitations of women discreet - but if he actually knew of a violation he would report it. May did not believe in the validity of the social rules, but he expressed fear that if things weren't kept quieter than they had been during the past year, the dean would crack down. Ric MacDowell claimed that he would have to actually see a violation before reporting it. He said he would never enter a student's room, even if he heard a girl inside. Richard Heilbron announces his withdrawal from the elec- tion with a bitter speech denouncing the style of life in South Younker. 62 Ric MacDowelI is questioned on his policies in a back-of-the-room conference. The winner was Roger May, with strong support among the hall spirited freshmen. The ballots are cast. The few men who were permitted to have off-campus apartments, such as the one pictured here, usually managed to live unrestricted lives. Illegal overnight visitations by women to the men's dorms and occasionally by men to the women's dorms were increasingly common occurrences in 1966. 65 A Grinnell coed legally visits her boyfriend in Cowles hall. Sanctioned open dorms were permitted once a week on Sunday afternoon from 2 to 5. Two students relax at on off-cam us par . 66 p N , D. . ...Ukl;?lrtl um;.urufl V. EASE... ,i.: . . . 4:... . n , , :..2 . nu project hold an informal meeting off Y o. r e v o P S e .m o M s e D e In t f o s r e b m e M C... Elwynnkvawtdlulwbviu .ni viniu...nvimman.nm.9 .y..u.u.l,4htLi.E ..I 35?: mag; ,W , in: .V A beer party at Rock Creek Lake, about six miles from Grinnell The 1966 estimate on military manpower needs in Vietnam was 450,000 men. Even with that many soldiers, the war could lost another five years or more, according to the defense department. The war effort grew during the 1965-66 school year until it became a maior worry of most college men. By the end of the year most Grinnell men had taken the draft-deferment test, and the college was sending class-stunding information to draft boards. 6 In May the college newspaper reported that 73 per cent of the men in the class of 1966 planned to go to graduate school, a drop of 7 per cent from the previous year. More men in 1966 apparently decided to finish their military obligations while they still had a choice about the kind of service they would perform and before they married and started out on careers. So the graduates in 1966 were the most recent Grinnell class to see that the grand humanitarian ideas of their liberal arts tradition apply only when circum- stances are convenient. Students line up to take the druft-deferment test. Most thought the test was pretty easy, but there were many comments like you know what happens if you screw this one. In 1965-66, Grinnell was unusual for colleges of its stature in its lack of active interest in the Vietnam war situation. A faculty-studenf study group on Vietnam that was formed in November dissolved offer only a few weeks. 71 74 Water fights usually begin when the men of one hall start screaming insults at another hall, like nLcmgan eats shit! The commotion can be heard bIocks away. This is hall spirit at its finest hour. Challenges to fight are never refused, and after it's all over the boys return to their respective halls and recount their exploits. Mapping up after the fight Queens and their men watch the Animal Cracker Bowl, 0 football game between North Younker and South Younker halls. This game is one of many annual traditions in the intramural sports program. 75 Some of the games are so important that women's halls send cheerleaders. Almost every game in the intramural football schedule is billed as a traditional rivalry. Here, in the 1965 continua- tion of a Iong-sfanding competition, Dibble hall frounces East Norris hall, 6-0. The majority of Grinnell men participate in intramurols, and a number of sports including softball, basketball, volleyball and touch football are offered in the program. lnframurals are supposed to be playing just for fun, but every now and then tempers flare and the men fight instead. 78 The Homecoming football game is much like an intramural game, except on a much grander scale. People pay to see this spectacle, the queens ore voted for instead of ap- pointed, and parents, alumni, towns- people and college administrators come to watch and scream. Quarterback Barry Anderson and Coach Edd Bowers 80 Practices and other preparations be- come ever more intense in the days preceding the big game. Decorating for the formal Homecom- ing dance : ' Every men's hall, with help from the women, builds a giant paper float with some sort of symbolic meaning related to the game. The activity goes on all night before the day of the game. day Homecoming 82 84 The morning before the game the team sow mov- ies of previous games and had a uchalk talk with the coaches. They were to play Mon- mouth College. Co-captain John Shierholz eats the special training meal with his pa rents. John rests with his head on his arms before being taped up in preparation for the game. Cynthia Hillier, John's girlfriend and candidate for Homecoming queen John, No. 45, carries the ball moments before being tackled by Monmoulh No. 84. The game was a series of ups and downs for Grinnell, which held a 7 to 6 halftime lead but fell behind in the third quarter. 92 Af halftime Laurie Houdek was crowned Homecoming queen. Jerry Goddard, student government president; Mary G. Jones, alumni secretary; and Glenn Leggetf, the new college president, all made short, irrelevant speeches befitting the occasion. A cross-country meet be- tween Grinnell and Mon- mouth also took place to keep the crowd from be- coming bored. Grinnell won the meet. H HNWWWJLdvqginia... r5 e0 k cw .mm 0 Mm t e In it IK mm Bm getting a halftime lecture from Coach peculiar The Homecoming football game is a combination of hysteria and violence. 96 After reaching a 13-13 score in the second half, Grinnell fell behind i9u 13. But the team tied Monmouth again, and an extra point by Paul Thurston put Grinnell ahead to stay. The final score was 26-19. The football alumni were happy, the parents were proud of their football sons, and the team could celebrate with their girls at the dance that night. Coach Edd Bowers John Shierholz with his brother-in-law and nephews in the locker room after the game Informal music in the student union 103 A : $5... gwww 543: g... v nis de Coteau Janet Holton Rehearsal audience in Roberts Theatre 108 1h k- Linda Seckelson with guest pianist Istvan Nodes Nadas and de Coteau offer a concerf presented during the inauguration of President Glenn leggeff 109 linda Seckelson, a iunior music maior, gives a flute lesson to Professor Roger Hanson's daughter, Kathy. 110 Paul Hersh of the Lenox Quartet, Grinnell's musicians in residence, with his son David Nehrkorn plays a duet with a tutor. , 1'1'77'379? , ,5:- 111 Don Jones The college choir David Sutherland with a class .fr Senior Marty Yaseen sings with Can- nonball Adderly and his iazz band, The curriculum of the music depart- ment includes almost nothing of iazz, folk or rock; so students interested in these areas are left to their own re- sources. However, some good modern music does come to Grinnell as part of the socigl program, and some students compose and play on their own. ;$ . h . Rick Clausen and Mike Bosley talk with folk singer Carolyn Hester backstage after her concert. ,umnmsh .3 ENE u Tanagers, a girls' singing group, and Scarleteers, the men's counterpart, sing dur- ing a Christmas dinner for the town's underprivileged children. Members of the Scarleteers work on new arrangements for a concert. Debby Nelson and Jock Thomas give a performance during the student folk concert. o. ' ,A Backstage Ann Kirschner In recent years the student folk concert has been a very popu- lar event, with many of the participants singing their own compositions. But interesf in folk music is de- dining with the increasing stu- dent involvement in rock and foIk-rock styles. David Lightbou rne The Betty Carter iazz concert in the student union 123 Like parts of its educational philoso- phy, the college's social regulations are somewhat divorced from the real world and the reality of the student culture. At the Betty Carter concert 0 bar was provided which served fake al- coholic drinks. So, many students retreat into the private worlds of their own rooms and the town's bars. A small but increasing inority of Grinnell students, such as the individual pictured at the right, has been using marijuana. Although most users bring marijuana from home, it can olsolbe obtained fairly easily on campus. A pot party at Grinnell In the spring of 1966, Grinnell College issued a statement to students and parents about Hstudent use of drugs. The statement said the college encourages its students to refrain from unprescribed or illegal use of any narcotic, stimulant, or hallucinogen, and to avoid contributing to any n illusion of drama, excitement, andyor myth about drugs . . . It went on to say the college nintends to regard any student found to be contributing to the problems by using drugs illegally or by contributing to others' use of drugs as having engaged in unacceptable conduct and subject to dismissal . . . But the college's statement didn't say what many students thought - that marijuana is fun, cheap, is less harmful than alcohol, and doesn't produce hangovers. Many users at Grinnell see little iustification in the mariiuana laws or in the college's position regarding those who use it. Dick Bailly and his hand, all Grinnell students, play in the student union. Debby Abbott Sue Moesfue Kathy Kelly ! Rock and roll dances are one of the most popular forms of recreation and physical release at Grinnell. The music is so loud you don't care about anything, and many people are drunk anyway. On the union steps 134 A dark room full of iuke box music can be so depressing that anything else seems good. You just wait until somebody you know comes in to sit and talk with you between songs. Bridge playing in the union, in the dorms, or anywhere else is a favorite occupation of many students. The student union, otherwise known as the Forum, is a popular place to go between classes, after an evening in the library, or iust to talk and drink coffee. No beer is allowed, though. Translucent curtains are on the study room windows; lights must be kepf on, and middle-uged ladies patrol the lounges to stop any overt necking. There is little privacy of Grinnell. Uncensored ovanf-gorde films are shown weekly in the union. A winter afternoon 139 , . . VMLM? 4$UFH.. BI! Robert Hunenberg and Michele Anderson 140 ..,.w,.: . f .i. v The science building and the women's gym Penny Bevis skating on Barber Plaza Carol Slocum 141 Winter scenes 143 144 Christmas vacation is only a short interlude in the college year. Most students are glad to get away and then equally glad to return. HIT .I. ,. .m m. .: .ljll CII. The Grinnell Railway Express Agency 145 Main Street Central Park Steve Woolperf, Betty Stanek, Judy Roberts and Becky Hill return from Christmas vacation. The loggio of the women's dorms A Sunday afternoon bridge game in Read Hall - Deb Burnsfine, Cherie Joiner, Kaye Siemers, Chris Peterson and Ruth Kohler. Julie Johnson visits Charlyn Buss in her Main hall room. 152 A -. -7 . .-t.V-N..ir - u- v , t t The women of Hoines hall purchased a paiama party with the Scarleteers for $40 at an auction earlier in the year. So, on the appointed night special arrangements were made to allow the men entrance into the hall after nor- mal closing hours. Scarleteer Dick Lovell kisses his girl- friend Robin Kroc after the concert. 154 An informal gathering with several professors in Conference House, one of the women's dorms Life among the college's women is gen- erally on a much more serious and meaning- ful plane than life among the boys on North Campus. Women's house meetings are conducted in a more purposeful manner than the boys' and are far better attended. The maiority of students engaged in poverty programs, tutoring, Vietnam protest and other social concerns at Grinnell are women. The college, however, places countless un- wanted restrictions on the women white leaving the boys to act pretty much as they please. Read hall president Sue Nelson at room drawings In recent years more and more of the women house presidents have refrained from enforc- ing some of the college's social restrictions. Some not only ignored many of the rules themselves but also helped other violators avoid detection. South Campus room drawings House meeting in Mears hall The South Campus dining room Student help is hired by the college - starring as low as $.75 per hour. l B29; Dinner line Main lounge offer dinner 157 In the sfudenf union Ld 4h 4cm: urn: 5 unzs. s Q l w mu m: nu 3mm , fcoPHLATiOM WEAT II WHATS ALL T8 511.107 Women's Weekend r BudWelser In the women's dorms 159 in lounge M0 160 Linda Landau 161 Pinning ceremony 162 An engagement ring 164 In 1966 the college em- ployed eight Hhouse- mothers to watch over the women. There were no profes- sional counselors as such at Grinnell. A meeting with candidates for president of the women students 166 Miss Jean King and Miss Joyce Buck with a women's physical education class 167 Along the Chicago 8 Northwestern tracks 168 game A relaxed afternoon of nflying saucer on South Burling Libra ry 170 The south study area Tom Pugh ? WH'S! yum 172 Ma rion Mayes - check-ouf desk On any normal weekday night the library is the most crowded place on campus. 175 John Wolf 176 Art Arnold and Caroline Scheaffer Buang Library Jane BeHs 178 Central campus Alumni Recitation Hall 180 Dr. Robert Voertmun and his history of economics class Mary Fafhman and Jock Thomas 184 Dr. Seymour Katz with 0 studies in American 1966 was the last year at Grinnell for Pro- fessor Katz-he left to teach at the Uni- versity of Massachusetts. Kotz said he wanted to be closer to the Eastern research libraries for work on a book about Nathaniel Hawthorne. But he also had some comments about Grin- nell students: nl think the students are very agreeable, capable, and interested, and they perform welI-when you ask them. But, said Katz, I see very little self-mofiva- fion and reaching out. Occasionally students hcufch fire,' but never a whole class. . g nyuxmwnz'm'umww 3.516 g: 1 Dr. Givens Thornton, psychology, and family 186 Dr. Joseph Wall, history Edward Wright, associate chaplain Dr. Henry-York Steiner, English Dr. Robert McMillan, cmL Dr. Roger Hanson, physics 187 Dr. William Nevill, chemistry, and Mrs. Don Hamilton . George Robertson with a biology rv i ' 41- l -. E21; .. J Howie Schein Dr. LaVerne Durkee, biology ysm $137 r V 1' I I . ' . r. Beryl Clotfelter, PhYSiCS Bill Ellenson with Sylvia Johnson Dr. Luther Erickson, chemistry 189 Although they caught and measured hun- dreds of small mammals last winter, mem- bers of the animal ecology class could hardly be called npeople dedicated to the wanton slaughter of small animals in the Grinnell area, as they were whimsically described in a letter to the college news- paper. Professor Kenneth Christiansen's ecology students ran trap lines in below-zero weather and survived the mucky sopropel of Arbor Lake to gather data for several stud- ies on animals and their environments. But on a pleasant May weekend, the biology department trucks hauled the sixteen class members to northwestern Iowa, where they finished out the year watching yellow-heoded blackbirds. 190 w: 7?: Dr. Kenneth Christiansen and his animal ecology students lift a net full of fish and sapropel out of Arbor Lake. Bird watching during a spring field trip A group of student ecologists heads back in the rain offer an affernoon of netting fish. 191 :g wc-v-gvmn M-wnx. v aw ,Y Dr. Joseph Wall, Dan Bucks and Steve Warsh discuss Southern Politics Today. Christopher Lasch, professor at the University of Iowa, speaks on The New Radicalism. House Maiorify Leader Carl Alberf Discussions of informal gatherings of interested students and faculty are a unique educati'onal opportuniiy at small colleges like Grinnell. Every year a large number of such coffee hours are held on a wide variety of topics. 193 g nvmr u.-. Mefalry class - Mr. Louis Zirkle Rick Tillotson Tarra Hookham 1 Susan Foster 95 Ca roline Scheaffer Betty Stanek Barbara Siebenschuh Tarra Hookham 196 Miss Edith Sfernfeld gives a critique of her water- color class's work. The art department offers unique opportun- ities for art maiors to teach workshops for other students. Susan Foster hangs her Diana Rondeuu show in the student union. Toward the end of each year the art stu- dents hold an car? sale. Student curt collec- tors, townspeople, faculty wives and college administrators all show up at this cultural event On the weekend of President Glenn Leggett's inauguration Henry Wilhelm hung c1 controversial photography ex- hibit in the student union. The show contained a number of nude photographs - the first time that Grin- nell student models had been shown in the nude in either photographs or paintings. The art department at Grinnell does not work with nudes. Dean S. Eugene Thompson, Dean Richard Winters, and President Leg- gett, in succession, asked Wilhelm to remove the photographs. He refused. When the administration finally al- lowed the display to remain, Wilhelm called off a planned picketing of the inauguration. Henry Wilhelm 199 Ned Donohoe in rehearsal with Antigone Hovcmessian and Libby Pannwitf Terry McCoy and Becky Hill hard Meyer going er lines for The Knock Susan Barquist talks with Susan Monto and her parents. The Montos flew to Grinnell from New Jersey to see their daughter play the lead port in Antigone. Dr. Ned Donahoe, director of theatre Curtain call for Antigone The Knock cost party at the home of director Richard Meyer The drama department, like most other groups engaged in the creative arts, has a sense of community, en- thusiasm and purpose, combined with learning, that is in many ways on educational ideal. 204 Mrs. William Roecker, supervisor of the college folk dance program In addition to their obvious social value, serious extra-curricular activities provide a very meaningful port in the education of many students. These activities may even consume more time than class work for some students, especially if their main in- terests fall outside the relatively limited course offerings of a small college such as Grinnell. Students interested in creative writ- ing, for example, must work almost entirely on their own, as there is virtually no aca- demic credit offered for such activity. Many students have no concrete plans about what to do with their lives after they gradUn ate from Grinnell. Active participation in student government, publications, tutoring, drama, music and art helps clarify interests and talents for these students. And because there is no course credit given for extra-curriculur activities at Grinnell, they provide a training ground for self- motivation. Eva Ga rdebring The annual folk dance concert A meeting of the student senate Surely student government exists because it provides an arena of training and CI way of communication be- tween faculty and students, not because of any genuine political necessity, President Glenn Leggett told visiting parents in the fall of 1965. Perhaps the 1966 student government, under President Jerry Goddard, who was elected without opposition, believed in the limitations President Leggett spoke of; at any rate the level of student activity and involvement reached a very low point prior to the election of a new president in the spring. Apparently as a reaction to the inaction of the incum- bent administration, cull four candidates for the presi- dency saw a need for more student involvement- and the wave of student action appeared headed toward a new crest. Does c: new peak of student activity hint at some gen- uine political necessity that President Leggett hasn't seen yet in student government? It does show that stu- dents can be a temporary political force and might even provide an important mechanism needed for the evolu- tion of the college community. Jerry Godda rd Steve Shender with his campaign manager Dan Bucks, candidate for student government president, makes a campaign speech. Bucks later dropped out of the race due to a death in his family. Candidate Steve Shender does some informal campaign- ing in the student union. Shender's views proved too liberal for Grinnell - he lost out in the student govern- ment convention. 207 208 A student government convention, patterned after the national political conventions, is held to eliminate all but two of the condi- dates. One of these two is then elected president by popular vote. The 1966 convention was more of a social happening than a political event. Costumes, favorite son iag candidates and comical nominating speeches were the order of the day. L. . ,8 m1. .. L L Steve Johnson, who served as Steve Shender's campaign man- ager, after he heard the vote count that eliminated Shender The Read hall delegation Some of the nominating speeches ridiculed unpopular members of the college adminis- tration. The Read hall delegation come dressed as HSeamen of the 8.5. Slow-Com party and made several carefully worded, satirical speeches in direct reference to the dean of women, Miss Jean Slocum. Activities such as this consumed much of the time at the convention and limited the amount of serious discussion that took place. Cowles hall 209 George Wittgrcf, the losing candidate, examines the final voting figures. Steve Kent was elected president by an unusually large 70 per cent maiority. Kent had been active in student government dur- ing his previous three years at Grinnell and was very influential in the college's adoption of the credit-foil system which permits stu- dents to take some courses without receiving a letter grade. Kent commented shortly after his victory that uthe time is ripe for change. But stu- dent-initiated change is almost an impossi- bility at Grinnell where the administration holds complete control over student social regulations and the faculty holds considera- ble control in curriculum matters. Student government at Grinnell has always been in a very difficult position; it can either represent student interests and there- fore often oppose the administration, or it can do as Jerry Goddard did in 1965-66 - nothing. Steve Kent after being notified of his victory 210 Janet Francis accuses Bruce Hamilton of a drink- ing violation during a student court session. Court prosecutors Bob Foote and Paul Thurston confer during the trial of Bruce Hamilton, Ellen Melford and Bill Barnes, all accused of drinking violations. The policy at Grinnell College is to im- pose as few rules as possible. Our students are considered to be responsible adults and are treated in that manner. However, Grin- nell College is a community. As in any com- munity certain rules are necessary for the welfare and protection of the individuals of whom it is composed. fThe Student Handbookj Students themselves are expected to appre- hend and try violators of the college's rules. Students, however, have not had a part in making most of the rules under which they must live. Thus, the student courts have caused some very bitter feelings and hy- pocrisy when students prosecute others for crimes that most students do not think of as wrong. This is especially true of sexual violations. The gathering in the student union where the drinking violation occurred w the bottle is hidden, but the paper cups in the ashtray are the ones used by the group. Ellen Melford talks to a friend after the trial. A Corpsman goes to pick up his date for cm official AFROTC dinner-donce. HThe Air Force Reserve Officers' Train- ing Corps Program tAFROTCt is 0 vol- untary program. The objective of this program is to provide education that will develop skills and attitudes vital to the Air Force officer, and to qualify for commission those college men who desire to serve in the United States Air Force. Uhe Grinnell College Catalogj The AFROTC program offers consider- able financial aid to its members, but only a relatively small number of GrinneIl students participate. While most aspects of AFROTC train- ing are opposed to the academic ideal of freedom of thought, the presence of the program on campus does pro- vide an interesting, and often diver- gent, viewpoint about world affairs. Members of the Corps uborrowed some sound equipment for the dance from Dick Boilly's band without informing anyone about it. Members of the band, which had an engagement that night, had to recover the lost equipment themselves. Some Corpsmen did not have dates for the dance, but attend- ance was ufhoughf desirable - so the boys sat in a corner by themselves. 216 Compared to many colleges in the eastern and western parts of the country, Grinnell saw very little Vietnam protest activity in 1965-66. However, a small group of students, includ- ing several sfuff members of the college newspaper, attended the November peace march in Washington, DC. Most Grinnell students and faculty do not fake part in any activist concerns. n 51$ W wa 0 d0 af' Um GP K Rs. own W cm Enviabf e, CchmMe NNhere TECH; i 0sz athWG K5 n0 DEMOCR F: Na '8 Grinnell did make national headlines once during the year when members of Students for a Democratic Society NSDSN pickefed a visiting recruiter from the Central Intelligence Agency. A student usit-in successfully dissuaded the college administration from constructing a parking lot on the lawn in front of the women's dorms. 217 218 The Des Moines Project was established to aid and support financially an SDS worker in a poverty area of Des Moines. The Proiect sent students to Des Moines several times a week to work in the area and ran various money-roising proiects at the college. The Project had its ups and downs during the year, and, after running several suc- cessful urent strikes, it folded and the SDS worker returned to New York. The majority of the Grinnell student body did not support the projectelorgely because of personal distrust of the beatniks in- volved in the effort. SDS worker Billy King talks with 0 Des Moines resi- dent about a rent strike. Judy Roberts plays with underprivileged Grinnell town children. Judy and some other students spent several hours each week working with children at uUncle Sam's Club, a student-town supported organization. Carol McConechie supervises an art class for town children. This was part of a student-run tutoring project for the town. 219 John Wolf, an editor of the college newspaper, the Scarlet and Black, once observed: uVery few organizations at Grinnell have to produce as much and as often as the publications. This year I think we did more than produce on-schedule, token efforts; we added a great degree of consistent quality to both the yearbook and the newspaper. In seeking this quality, the combined staffs of the 1965- 66 publications used over $10,000 worth of personal camera equipment to take around 25,000 photographs, of which only about two per cent ever appeared in print. Photography was the unifier that sparked both the Hconn sistent quality and such special staff efforts as the newspaper issue on poverty in Des Moines, Chicago and Grinnell and the coverage of the Washington peace march, as well as this yearbook. Occasional controversy-Iike printing a student sex survey or obtaining worId-wide coverage for CIA pickets -was another hallmark of a staff which wasn't always popular iand which didn't always attend classest but which, to paraphrase the late photographer Edward Weston, knew damn well where it was going without being told. John Wolf, first semester editor, holds a staff meeting. Bob Hodierne, second semester editor, interviews in a west side Chicago ghetto for o phofo-feafure on poverty for the Scarlef and Black. 221 GRINNELL COLLEGE 7Tin097! rh1qu0 My sensn n' hun-nr and mv avvnrnriatinn nf sar- is as nnnd as anvlmdv'eu T saw nothinn funny arm : the Grinnv'l! Nnr-Y'na referem-rv tn nsan Slocum- ?! wasn't winv, clover. nr snnhierawd. n was just p1a1'n ctnel--hhhe xhnvmhtlns: deed n! a Smart alvck hnv. I hope vnur adnlawcant rnnscience troub! o: ynu, and that vnu mav nanYunl1V wrnw un to ho a man wixh a decent xevunrt for thn sensibilitim In reference to cm 58.3 article A staff party in John Wolf's apartment 4 Editors of the college paper sometimes find it difficult to maintain good grades in course work because they put in at least a 40-hour week running the paper. Wolf and Suzy Will Bob leaves his Grinnell room for perhaps the last time. Debby Abbott Becoming tired of his life of Grinnell, Bob Hodierne decided to quit college and become a war correspondent in Vietnam. On the final day of classes he left for Saigon. Unable to get a iob in Vietnam before he left the U.S., he planned to look for work after his arrival. Two weeks later he arrived in Vietnam by way of Hong Kong. 223 224 Henry Wilhelm photographs for the yearbook. Henry and his dog Sally By the end of the year - the photography for this book completed - John Phillips had flunked out of Grinnell, and Henry Wilhelm was permitted to stay one more semester on Hacademic probation. The college would not give aca- demic credit for publications work. John Phillips and Susan Kaeser '1 ; ! xx xtxx xxx x x -w Wm ch... 3 Henry Wilhelm and Krystyna Neumcm 228 Miss Jean M. Slocum, dean of women I remember the time Slocum fried to pump me for information about what some girl did -I wouldn't tell her though. -' Buildings and Grounds employee Ken Hicks and Carli Dugan 232 ML Ellen Melford and Susan Fogg pack their belongings after being suspended from Grinnell for being out of the dorms after hours. The structured residential nature of Grinnell is one of its greatest assets as well as its greatest problem. The college often resorts to suspension and expulsion of those students who chose not to live by the administration- approved social standards. The morals issue ishthe greatest cause of dissension be- tween students and the college. Most students believe each individual has the right to conduct his private life as he chooses; the college, for many stated and unstafed reasons, feels it must prevent student sex. Failing to face up to the generational difference of opinion about the question of morals has been one of the college's most serious shortcomings in recent yea rs. Ellen talks to Dean Richard Winters on the day she left. .53. . , . Azuhggg 234 The Committee on Student Affairs meets to suspend two women and dismiss three men. I don't believe in the tln Loco Parentis' concept. The time is gone when the administration of a college can regulate student morality; besides I look too young to be anyone's father. ePresident Glenn Leggett, 1965 The college, however, continued to suspend and expel students throughout 1965-66. Most of the cases concerning violations subiect to suspen- sion were handled by the Faculty Committee on Student Affairs, composed of Dr. Kenyon Knopf, economics,- Dr. James Kissane, English; Dr. John Burma, sociology; Dean Jean Slocum; Deon Richard Winters; and Dean 8. Eugene Thompson. Dean Slocum at a dinner to honor her for her t tservice to Grinnell - 1966 was Miss Slocum's last year at Grinnell College. A couple illegally leaves the col- lege to spend a night together. 236 President Glenn Leggett gives his inauguration speech. Glenn Leggett, Grinnell's eighth and newest president, had his big day April 17. Hundreds of guests were on hand for the inauguration, but stu- dents apparently didn't attach much significance to an event which simply gave formal acceptance to the man who had already assumed the presidency. Those who attended the numerous activities surrounding the inauguration saw a good show, which included an expensive 400-foot canopy that ultimately had only to protect the proces- sion from a light sprinkle. Events of the inaugural weekend which did draw student interest were the symposium on uLiterature and the Academy, the inaugural ball, and concerts by the college orchestra and the Lenox Qua rtet. But the actual inauguration was geared to the outside observers - the 375 members of the academic procession, the friends of the Leggetts, Grinnell alumni, the reporters and photographers, and, of course, potential money givers. Students Carli Dugcm and Ken Hicks present Mr. and Mrs. Leggeft with corsages for the inaugural dinner. The Leggen family The annual Spring Riot Bonnie Tinker and Dan Burns x r h95? n: pf '3 , - . QTVUFR? 240 uSpring Riot at Grinnell isn't really a riot at all. It is a planned event, run by the student nsocial events committee. A rock and roll dance with the London Fog and a movie were featured the night of the riot. As is the college custom, all rules, except restrictions on malicious destruction of prop- erty, are waived until 2 o.m., when the girls are supposed to stagger back to their dorms and sleep it off. P In .T U 0 ma 5 G n w 0 n IK r e an e :0 lo In r. e k n U 0 VI In If U 0 s f O .T n e m e S 0 ID 8 In T , a. ' V , L, W m w-caihvxg KJ I , ' -. . m m mum; a1 . M M '1': w 0.9. 513x irsf. -gy ' :w-w 13w mi N IMNT Springtime hGYride 245 Tom Morrow Susan Barquisf Dick Chody A n Kirschner Susan Goldberg Dick Trumbull Brenda Thomas Barbara Shively Georgia Mickey Mrs. Jane Roberts Jeff Kohlman Libby Pannwiff David Lightbourne Le Anne Hoepner takes her senior comprehensive exam in biology. Seniors aren't eased out of Grinnell- they have to struggle through a busy final semester. Included among pre-graduafion projects are the comprehensive exam in the student's major field, and, for a vast number of tardy seniors, completion of the ill- conceived physical fitness requirement. Richard Young, men's physical education, administers the physical fitness test. With the new student union and the science building addi- tion completed, central campus was finally in showable shape; so the seniors had the traditional going-oway extravaganza there on May 27. There was plenty of room for spectators, and all mothers and fathers got good looks of sons and daughters 90in receiving $12,000 diplomas from a compulsively winking President Leggetf. Pleasant weather helped most people in the large gather- ing bear the usual boredom of the commencement speaker and the parade of 220 Bachelors of Art. Then the ceremony was over, phofos were taken, caps and gowns returned, some goodebyes were said, and the class of 1966 scattered. Graduation m 'i5 3 ;3' 6' : . v TWeEmd On the wall next to a tele- phone in the student union 251 Photographic Credits - Henry Wilhelm- Page 1; 2; 31; 5C,1; 6; 71,b; 9; 101,13; 111,13; 121,c,b; 13c,13; 14-15; 161; 17; 18; 191,13; 20; 211,10; 221,13; 231,c,- 26; 271,13; 29; 30-31; 33; 3513; 361,13; 371,b; 38; 391,13; 421,b1,13r; 431,131,13r; 44; 451,15; 48; 49; 50; 511,13; 521,b; 53; 54-55; 561,13; 571,13; 58; 5913; 60; 621,13; 631,c,13; 64; 65; 67; 68; 711,13; 74b; 781; 79; 801,131; 811; 831,13; 851,c; 86-87; 881; 901; 91hr; 92; 931,c,b; 96b1,br; 971l,1lc,1rc,1r,bl,br; 981,13; 991,13; 100; 101; 102; 104-105; 106; 107bl,bc,br; 10811,b; 1091r,l,13; 1101,b; 1111,b; 112; 117b; 118; 1191; 1201; 1211,13; 122; 1231,bl,br; 1241,13; 1251,13; 126; 127; 128; 13513; 136; 1371,b; 1381; 139; 1401,b1,br; 1411,bl,br; 142; 143; 1441,b; 145; 146; 1471,13; 148; 149; 1501,b1,br; 151; 1521,13; 153; 1541,13; 1551,c,b; 1561,131,br; 1571,13; 158bl,bc; 15911,br; 160; 163; 1661r,11,b; 1671,13; 1681:; 169b; 171; 1721,b1,bc,br; 1731,b1,br; 174; 17511,bl,br; 1761I,13; 177; 178; 179; 1801,b; 131; 1821,b; 1841,13; 185; 1861,b; 18711,1r,bl; 1881,b1, bc,br; 1891,bl,br; 192; 1931,131; 194; 1951,b1,13r; 1961,b1,13c,br; 1971,bl,br; 198:,b1,bc,br; 200; 201b1,br; 20211,1r,b; 2031r,b; 2041,b; 2051,13; 2061,13; 2071,131; 20811; 20911,1r,b; 2101,13; 211; 2121,b; 21313; 21413; 2151,13; 2161; 217bl,br; 21813; 2191,13; 2201,13; 2221r,11,br,bl; 2231r,br,bl; 224bl; 225; 2261c1,cl,cc,cr,bc,br; 2271,cl, cc,cr,b1,br; 2281; 229; 230; 2321,b; 233; 23413; 235; 2361,13; 2371,b; 2381,r-239; 2401; 241bl,br; 2421I,1C,b; 24311,1r,b; 2241,13; 2451; 2461I,cr,bl,bc,br; 2471c,1r,c1,cr,bcl,bcr,br; 2481,13; 249b; 250 Pho1ogrophs by Henry Wilhelm CopyrithQ 1966 by Henry Wilhelm John Phillips- Poge 313; 4; 5b; 8; 131; 1613; 2313; 241,b,c; 25; 28; 321,b; 341,13; 351; 40; 411,c,b; 591; 61; 66; 69; 70; 72473; 741; 75; 761,c,13; 771,c,13; 78b; 3013f; 81b1,13r; 841,b; 85b; 88r-89; 90b; 911; 941,13; 95; 961; 103; 1071; 1081r; 1131,13; 114-115; 116; 117; 1191:; 12013; 1291, 131,bc,13r; 130-1311; 130131,bc,br; 1311,b1,br; 132; 1331,13; 1341,13; 1351; 13813; 1581,13r; 1591r,bl; 1611,r; 164; 1651,13; 1691; 170; 1751r; 1831,bl,blc,brc,br; 1871c,13r; 1901; 193br; 1981; 207br; 2131; 2141; 21613; 2181; 2191,13; 224br; 226b1; 228b1,br; 2411; 2421f; 2431:; 24513; 2461r,cc; 2471l,bl; 2491 Pho1ogrophs by John Phillips Copyrigh1 1Q 1966 byJohn Phillips Bob Hodierne - 82; 91hr; 1681; 1761r; 1991,13; 20813; 2171; 2231r; 2241; 2261r; 231 L11th Mor1on - 461,b; 471,13; 162; 2261cr John W011- 190b; 191; 2081r; 24013 Jim S1urgis- 2011; 20311; 2341 S1eve Rome ln1roduc1ion: 21,b Susan Kaeser- 256 Cameras: Nikon Pho1omic T's, Nikon F's, Pho1omic A, Nikonos w735mm 12.5, Asahi Pen1cx H3v's, Nikon e1ec1ric mo1or drives Lenses: Nikkor 28mm 13.5, 35mm 12.8, 50mm 11.4, 105mm 12.5, 135mm 13.5, 85mm-250mm 14.0 Zoom; Tokumor 35mm 135, 55mm 11.8, 200mm 13.5, 300mm 14.0; lsco 135mm 12.8 Pho1ogrophic Films and Paper: Kodak Tri-X Pan developed in Acufine 0151.400 and El. 800 was used for mos1 011he pho1ographs in 1his book; Kodak Recording Film 2475 developed in Acufine 01 El. 4000 was utilized in cerrcin ins1onces when ligh1levels were 100 low for successful pho1ogrophy wi1h Tr-X Pan film. Prinls were made on sing1e-weigh1 8x10-inch Kodak Polycon1rost F Paperdeveloped in Dek1ol. Kodak lndicolorS1op Ba1h,Rapid Fixer wi1h Hordener, Hypo Clearing Agen1, and 0 1horough wash were used in processing bo1h films and prin1s. Following washing,1ilms were rinsed in Kodak Pho1o-Flo and hung1o dry a1room1emperu1ure.Prin1s were 1reo1ed wi1h Pckosol glossing solulion and dried wilh a glossy ferro- 1yped surface on u heo1ed drum dryer. Bob Hodierne Henry Wilhelm