TRIPOD EDITORIAL

The Scholarship Drive

The scholarship fund irive, now in its second day, deserves thewholehearted support ot the entire community. There would beno greater tragedy than to allow the scholarship program to gothe way of the student "movement" in which it was conceivedtwo years ago.

In 1968 the scholarship "issue," as it was called, was the focalpoint of student activism on a campus which had few activestudents. The final success of these students in winning aninstitutional commitment to financial aid for minority andunderprivileged students was accompanied by an expansion oftheir movement for political power in the College. Thatmovement has long since waned; and, from the indications of thelast Senate election, it has come close to being repudiatedentirely.

The scholarship proposal, however, was more than the dream -or "issue," depending on one's point of view - of 200 studentswho staged a trustee lockup and 31-hour occupation of WilliamsMemorial. The proposal itself was endorsed by a majority of thestudent body on April 8, 1968 at an all-college meetingoccasioned, by the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King.

The issue was then, and should be now, the responsibility of awhite institution in a society torn by the violence of whiteracism.

The community's commitment of 1968 was admirable thoughminuscule. If the scholarship goal were met ten times over,Trinity would still be a white institution. But this is not reasonfor reneging on that commitment. If the national shift to theright, the Nixon administration's advocacy of "benign neglect"of legitimate minority demands, and the seeming demise ofstudent activism mean anything, they mean that this commitmentshould be increased.

The violence and destruction which brought the Collegecommunity together two years ago continues to grow at a rapidpace. The community must renew its commitment and beprepared to enlarge it in the face of national retrenchment.

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Applicants Need More Aid;Scholarship Drive 'Crucial'

The amount of financial aid that can be offered "the one hundred and some financially disadvantagedapplicants to the Class of '74 will depend in largemeasure on the success of the Senate ScholarshipDrive now in progress according to members of theadmissions staff.

The applicants from financially disadvantagedareas have increased by more than 50 and, accordingto Thomas B. McKune, associate director ofadmissions, a "considerable number of them aredefinitely qualified."

Within the next two weeks, the admissions staffwill take the names of those accepted to thefinancial aid office where it will be decided howmany of those qualified can be offered adequatefinancial assistance.

John S. Waggett, director of financial aid, said hisoffice is "counting on the Scholarship Drive to raise$15,000 this year." The College, he pointed out,"faces a rigorous year financially, and the extrafunds are crucial."

In the new budget announced by PresidentLockwood in February, scholarship funds will befrozen at their 1969 level for an indefinite period oftime.

In the face of the, College's decision to limitfinancial aid, the number of Black anddisadvantaged applicants continues to rise.

Last year the College's total financial aid todisadvantaged students was $67,000. This year thetotal, including bursary employment and loans, was

$138,000, an increase of $71,000.The i scholarship committee hopes to raise

$10,000 of the community's $15,000 commitmentin donations by Wednesday.

Last year, $8,000 was raised through donationsand the rest came out of the student activitiesbudget.

This year, $1,200 has already been raised at thePete Seeger concert. If the drive succeeds in raisingthe $10,000 in contributions, the scholarshipcommittee will still have to raise $3,800.

Robert D. Stiegerwalt '71, co-chairman of thedrive, says that not all of the remaining $3,800 willhave to come out of student activities. He hopes toraise some of that money through a used furnituresale in the fall. Furniture will be collected from thegraduating seniors this year and the scholarshipcommittee will try to sell it to entering freshmennext year.

Steigerwalt said that another benefit concertmight be held this spring or early next fall.

The scholarship drive was a result of the springsit-in of 1968. At that time, the Senate and theadministration reached agreement on matchingfunds totaling $30,000.

Also as a result of the sit-in, the College made thecommitment to the education of more poorminority students.

Checks to the scholarship drive should be sent toBox 790, and made out to The Trustees of TrinityCollege.

Grade Committee ProposalGives Student Three Options

A grading system that wouldallow students to choose betweenstandard letter grades, honors-pass-fall, and pass-fall will bereleased to the student body todayby the ad hoc committee on grading.

Faculty, who received the grad-ing recommendations on Thursday,have not' reacted positively to theproposed system, according toGeorge W. Doten, professor ofpsychology and chairman of thegrading committee.

The proposed grading system,according to the committee's re-port, attempts to balance the "ap-

parently contradictory" goals offaculty, who believe the instructorshould determine the gradingmethod most appropriate to eachcause, and of students, who believethe grading system in each courseshould be chosen to meet theirindividual needs.

Under the proposed system, eachfaculty member would determinethe method of grading he preferredfor his course and include it inthe course description. In courseswhere the standard letter gradesystem was chosen, the facultymember would be required to givehonors-pass-fail or pass-fall

Amherst Faculty BacksBlack Studies Program

A formal department of BlackStudies was created at AmherstCollege last week. The Amherstmove is the first decisive steptoward the establishment of a co-operative Black Studies programamong the five area colleges.

Smith, Mt. Holyoke, Hampshire,and the University of Massachu-setts still have to act on theproposals made by Black studentsfrom the five colleges after thetake-over of four buildings on theAmherst campus in February.

The proposals were submittedto the five colleges by the FiveCollege Black Studies Committee,composed of four students, onedean, and thirteen faculty mem-bers.

The Amherst faculty has done allit can formally by creating the de-partment on their campus. The

realization of the other recom-mendations depends on the re-sponse from the other colleges, es-pecially UMass, whose Duboisdepartment would be the center ofthe program.

Amherst did give its support tothe proposed Executive Committeeby agreeing to recognize and sup-port that body when it comes intoexistence. The faculty' also urgedthe college to appoint a facultymember, "with the advice and con-sent of the black community," toserve on an Interim ExecutiveCommittee until chairmen are ap-pointed for the departments.

The Executive Committee, whenformed would study the program'scourse offerings, off-campus pro-grams faculty appointments, andcultural offerings of the five col-leges.

grades to students who requestedthem, according to Doten.

Each student would be allowed totake as many courses pass-failor honors-pass-fail as he desiredsubject to the requirements of hismajor department.

The report urged departments to"allow students as much freedomas possible in choosing their majorand . non-major evaluative sys-tems."

Some faculty have become crit-ical of the College's new curricu-lum, now in its first year ofoperation, and may apply theircriticism to the proposed gradingsystem which is designed to accom-odate it, Doten said.

Another potential cause of fac-ulty reactions against the proposal,Doten said, may be a report to theWesleyan faculty earlier this se-mester which held that curricularinnovations at that institution hadresulted in deterioration of acad-demic standards.

The Wesleyan report, accordingto Doten, could be interpreted asindicating the need for a gradingsystem which corresponds to thecurriculum.

"One could argue that the Wes-leyan faculty has found it difficultto apply a standard unified systemto all types of courses and thatmany faculty thus gave nothing butA's and B's," Doten explained.

Theoretically is it possible thata student would take all of hisnon-major courses pass-fail underthe proposed system. Doten saidhe thought it was unlikely thatmany students would choose allpass-fall courses because only 12per cent of the student body voted

(Continued on page 7)

Environmental SculptureA balsa-wood raft cut up and treated in fiberglass is one of Terence D.LaNoue's contributions to the faculty art exhibit presently on show atAustin Arts Center.

(Markovitz Photo)

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Bo tig-Bangs(Markovltz Photo)

In the Portable Circus Review Thursday, Friday, and Sunday in the OldCave, Christian Horn and Lynn Derrick act out sketch satirizingWestern shoot-em-up.

r- Skimming

Beatles-Something Oldby George Evans

Times are getting hard for yourstruly, nothing of really outstandingquality has come out in quite awhile, and my budget leaves muchto be desired. But, be that as itmay, I offer the following as thebest of the heap this week.

Hey Jude, The Beatles, Apple.(This is not THE new album, thatshould have been our weeks ago,but rather Apple's answer to' BobbyVinton's Greatest Hits.' If younever got a copy of 'Rain', or 'LadyMadonna', you'll probably reallyappreciate the thought behind thisalbum. You probably won't dig theprice, however. (Rumoredat $6.98,list.) But then again, if you'd boughtall the singles contained herein,you would have spent just as much,if not more. In any case, in addi-tion to the title cut, the record

Portable Circus: AudienceAsked to 'Give and Respond'

Ferris LectureRonald F. Wippem, associate

dean, Amosl Truck School ofBusiness at Dartmouth College,will speak this evening at 7:45p.m. in Goodwin Theatre. Histopic will be "Finance andInvestment Analysis in GraduateManagement Education." , >

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also has '• Paperback Writer','Can't Buy Me Love', 'Revolution','The Ballad of John and YOKO'1(Hob Hah!) and a 1'ew others, allof which. AM radio played to death,but all of which bring back manynostalgic memories of our deardead days in good ol' Home TownHigh School. Don't fret, the NEWnew album should (right!) be outsoon, so save your pennies, forthat will be extraordinary, indeed.!Even If the other cuts are half.as good as 'Let. It Be', it couldbe THE album of the year. Thanksfor the memories, boys, and thegreat cover pix— B plus.

John B. Sebastian, John B.Sebastian, Reprise.

Although this batch of gassersis short (31 min. total), the con-tent is solid and consistent all theway through. For those of us whoremember the outstanding mentorand songwriter of the Lovin'Spoons, this is a very fulfilling set.No cut is bad, though some lackJohn's usual cleanness. The back-up musicians, including SteveStills, Graham Nash, David Crosby,Harvey Brooks, and Bruce Lang-horne, give fine support to Sebas-tian's vocals and the songs them-selves leave little to be desiredas far as depth and wit go. Johnhas long been a favorite of mine,and the wait lor this album has long(almost tvro; years) has been wellworth it. Best cuts include 'WhatShe Thinks About', 'She's a Lady','How Have You Been"?', and'Baby,Don't Ya Get Craay'. Good timemusic has returned to America.Dig it— A minus.

Free, Free, A&M,Not as heavy as their firsfeffort,

this English group's second stillpacks a lot of punch and Shows offthe creative talent within the bandnincely. 'Woman' is one of thebetter cuts, but all should be lis-tened to in the proper condition tobe fully appreciated. Pick up ontheir first album, 'Tons of Sobs',if you like consistent, heavy musicto dull your brain by. Leaves alittle to be desired —-B minus.

Don't forget Tuesdays at 1:00 to3:00 p.m., 89.3 on your FM dial,after all, it is the radio voice ofTrinity College. In the meantime,don't carry more than you can eatTa.

People sit on their asses a littletoo much.

.It's really easy to go to a movie,or a play at some community cen-ter, and to watch, and expect to beentertained by an "R" or maybe acut-up "X" movie, or a talky play."It lacked conviction," or simply,"It was OK," andafewgoodscrath-es, and you're back on the street.

But people in the audience arepart of the stage; they must giveand respond if the theather ex-perience is going to work.

The Portable Circus Review lastThursday, Friday and Sundayplaced such a demand on the audi-ence. Depending upon howmuchthedifferent audiences got with it, thesuccess of the performancesvaried.

The skits in the Old Cave wereboth original and trite.

The Prune Man, stopped an evilplot to install cosmic colon dog-gers in hurnans by stopping Consti-pation with Prunes; a hand-ringingjunior-high school girl shot downa 15-year-old "Mr. Cool" at adance; Rln Tin Tin couldn't findhis way back to the fort, leavingRusty stranded.

The cast was at their best whenthey were working with their ownskits and improvisations.

Director Chip Keyes, "71, andthe members of the review providedvery good acting. The size of theOld Cave Cafe placed the actorsvery close, and sometimes behind,the audience. Working so close, thecast can take it only so far beforethe audience has to jump in, andrespond.

At the close of part one, theentire cast wanders around the aud-ience looking for Herman, the losttrained flea. The eight o'clockaudiences on the three show dayssat back and let them look. Thelater audiences got involved andsearched.

When the flea was discovered,Chip asked the audience il the fleashould live or die. Thursday'slate audience yelled kill. Kill.

A Nazi general sang a sadistic"These Boots are Made for Walk-ing." A girl sang "Sc'dier Boy"while three soldiers bayonetted theair and then each other In time tothe music. A cop asked an arrestedhippie who he was. "SpiroAgnew?"

by Jason Lloydhe replied. The cop didn't buy it."John Kenneth Galbraith," the hip-pie said, The cop said OK and liauledhim away.

Bob Caputo, Tom McGrath, Mik-los Horvath, Dave Dangler, Chris-tian Horn, Beverly Nelson, LynneDerrick and Jane Gutman played avariety of roles very well. Caputoas a dying man, Chip as a monkey,Jane as a singer, Beverly as aeon-fused poet, Lynne as a 1900-dance"wall-flower," Dave as themarshall, Miklos as Black Bart,Tom reciting a Jan and Dean song

like Dylan Thomas, Jane as a sing-er and Christian doing almost any-tliinij with his face reached outcommandlngly to the audience.

The "college community" coulduse more informal theater—work-shops, reviews, skits, — whateverthey arts uallod. Unfortunately, thespring play will draw some peopleaway from the Portable Circus.

With the good acting, and an aliveaudience that inspires better act-ing, some long-awaited "happen-ings" may finally take place oncampus.

fh®David Dangler (left) and Thom McGrath (right) attempt to learn thelocation of the money from Bob Caputo who finally dies. Scene is partof the portable Circus Review.

Composer Returns Here;Absent for Eleven Years

by BairclOn Wednesday anil Thursday,

March 11 and 12, the distinguishedItalian composer, Uiccardo Mali-piero of Milan, was once again aguest of the College, returning afteran absence of eleven years.

Maestro Mallpiero came to do-liver a talk on "Dante and Music,"but his visit to Trinity involved

At Bushnell

Leontyne Price Solosby John Kemelhor

Hartford's operatic out-patientswere out in force at the BushnellAuditorium last Wednesday eveningwhen Leontyne Price was guest.soloist with the HartfordSymphony.Each of her six arias was receivedwith frenzied applause and bravas.

Miss Price is best known as aVerdi soprano — THE NEW YORK•TIMES has called her "the finestAida we have" — and half of herofferings were Verdi: "Tu che levanita" from DON CARLOS, "Addiodel Passato" from TRAVIATA, and"Pace, pace, mio Dio" from LAFORZA DEL DESTINO. The lastof these demonstrated her greatvocal range and formidable dra-matic expression even in a concertperformance.

Her other selections were takenfrom Mozart's MARRIAGE OFFIGARO, Puccini's seldom-heardLA RONDINE, and RichardStrauss's DIE EGYPTISCHE HEL-ENA. In the last of this group,Price's voice soared to a ringingD-flat above high C, The audiencerecalled Miss Price to the stagefour times, but she did not finishwith her customary encore, "Vtssid'arte" from Puccini's TOSCA.Apparently there is a rule againstencores at the Bushnell. And cer-tainly there would be little causefor encores from the HartfordSymphony.

Once again, under the baton of

Arthur Wlnograd, the HartfordSymphony kept the music at thelevel of entertainment, I am notqualified to judge the musician-ship of the orchestra members, butMr. Wlnograd clearly conductsmany works too quickly. For ex-ample, the principal orchestralwork of the evening, Igor Stravin-sky's Symphony in Three Move-ments, lasts some 24 minutes,according to a catalogue of thecomposer's compositions. Wlno-grad did it In 21 minutes, includ-ing a hefty pause after the firstmovement to allow late-comers totake their seats.

Aside from the tempo, the Sym-phony in Three Movements provedto be an exciting, intriguing piece.Written In 1945, the first movementheavily scored for piano and harp,the second conceived as a filmscore, the work shows Stravinsky'scontinuing vitality as an innovatorin modern music.

The concert opened with an in-nocuous performance of Felix Men-delssohn's overture; "The Heb-rides (Flngal's Cave)," After MissPrice's high-charged perform-ance, the orchestra concluded witha reading of the Daphnis et ChloeSuite No., 2 that was notable fornot getting beneath the glitteringsurface of Ravel's orchestrationand for a percussion instrumentdropped during a lull in the music

not only a dinner in his honor atTheta xi, but various conferenceswith students and faculty inter-ested in the two subjects of hislecture — melody and meaning inliterature and music.

After belntf introduced by Pro-fessor Michael H. Campo, Mali-piero said that "Dante believed inthe Holy Trinity, and In the Tri-partite Structure ABA, and so havemany, many musicians throughoutthe Ages." In the course of hisperceptive talk with illustrationsshowing how even Schoenfoern,Itert, ami Welwrn were relatedto that first tjreat master of theItalian language, Maestro Maliple-ro took his lead from Mallarme'sstatement that "iioetry and musicare identical," which thesis cer-tainly was subscribed to by Ma-cnaut as well as Dante. Even inhis own twelve tone compositionsMaestro Maliplero continues todemonstrate the relationships ofthe arts.

A concert pianist, a critic, anda musicologist as well as a com-poser, the current American visitof Riccardo Mallpiero (his fourthsince 1953) was climaxed on March10 by the world premiere of hisexciting new work for chamberorchestra, "Serenata per AliceTully," performed from manu-script by the Clarion Orchestraat Tully Hall in Lincoln Center,New York, under the brilliant di-rection of Newell Jenkins, Com-pleted last September, the Seren-ata is the most durable composi-tion I know from the 1060's, andit promises to last far into the70*s, judging generally from crit-ical comment; in fact Mr, Jen-kins has already programmed arepeat for next season.

Ralph NaderRalph Nader will speak on

' 'Environments! ' Hazards;Man-Made and Man-Remedied*' atthe University of HartfordWednesday, 8:30 pjn. in the

^ Physical Education Center.

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ThompsonTo. DanceThursday

Clive Thompson, one of Amer-ica's leading male dancers whois Artist-in-Hesidence at theCollege this year, will give ademonstration of the Martha Gra-ham dance technique in the GoodwinTheatre of the Austin Arts Centeron Thursday March 19, at 8 p.m.

Thompson, assisted by his wife,Elizabeth, also a professionaldancer, will perform a duet. Onthe program will be an "Untitled"ballet in progress by Thompsonfeaturing students Judy Dworin,John Simone, Clara LeeandBarrieCook, Jr.

Thompson, who is currently asoloist with the Martha GrahamCompany in New York and whohas received rave reviews for hisperformance, is Trinity's firstdance artist and has been conduct-ing classes in modern dance forthe first time at Trinity this aca-demic year.

The popularity of his classes wasimmediate with a beginner classalone totalling 35 students, 22 ofwhom are men. There are alsointermediate and advanced danceclasses.

Thompson has danced with theAlyin Alley American Dance The-atre, Talley Beatty Co., Yuriko andCo., and Pearl Lang Co. He hasappeared both on and off-Broad-way in such productions as "TheKing and 1," "Where's Charley,""Black Nativity," "Arfiran Carni-val," and "Plain and Fancy."

The public is invited to the dancerecital free of charge.

-•CELIULOSE:-

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Dance Rehearsal(Markovltz Photo)

Clive Thompson and class preparing for Thursday's dance recital at

Austin Arts Center.

Anderson's 'If...9 at Cinestudioby John Grze&kiewicz

In the 1950's, Lindsay Andersonestablished a widespread albeitminor reputation as a director ofdocumentary shorts and as a criticfor such British film magazines asSEQUENCE. In 1963, after 15 yearsof shorts, film criticism, andtele-vision (people forget that he di-rected five episodes of the ROBINHOOD series), Anderson made hisfirst feature length film, the im-portant but deeply flawed THISSPORTING LIFE, based on DavidStorey's novel. Five years and twomore shorts later, he made IF...,which is now being shown at theCinestudio. Like Anderson's pre-vious feature, IF... is a fascinatingand provocative work that doesn'tquite jell. This inadequacy resultsfrom Anderson's own ambivalencetoward his subject, the Englishpublic school, and a general in-decisiveness and stolidity thatmars most British films. Never-theless, Anderson's still consid-erable talents, combined with ourAmerican fascination with theclosed world of the public schoolWhich dates from TOM BROWN'SSCHOOLDAYS, make IF... an ex-uberant and entertaining film.

Jean Gabriel Albicocco was oneof the 170-odd young French film-makers to have suddenly eruptedin the first half of the last decade.THE GIRL WITH THE GOLDENEYES, which is being shown Sat-urday at 8, was Albicocco's firstfeature, released in 1961 when hewas barely twenty-five years old.Unlike such stalwarts as Chabrol,Godard, Truffaut, Rivette, Rohmer,et al., Albicocco's reputation didnot survive the ebbing of the NewWave and his later films have beenaccused of academicism. THEGIRL WITH THE GOLDEN EYES,however, remains a beautiful, fill-greed work which deserves at leasta footnote in the history of the"Nouvelie Vague" of GaullistFrance, Marie Laforet plays thetitle role and Paul Guers plays thephotographer and cultist who be-

comes fascinated with the myster-ious and lovely girl. FrancoiseDorleac, Catherine Deneuve's sis-ter who died a couple of years agoin a car accident, plays Kafia.

I must apologize for having con-fused last week the "Midnight Hor-xor" series' schedule. THE BEASTWITH FIVE FINGERS was sup-posed to be shown this Saturday atmidnight and not last week as Imistakenly asserted in mylast col-umn. As it turned out, it didn'tmatter anyway since DR. TER-ROR'S HOUSE OF HORRORS,which was the movie scheduledfor last Saturday, didn't arrivefrom the distributor in time anda Boris Karloff rarity was showninstead, much to everyone's de-light I'm sure I don't have to repeatmyself on THE BEAST WITH FIVEFINGERS since all my faithfulreaders will remember what Isaid about it.

The double feature Sunday eve-ning consists of two science-fictionfilms that demonstrate both thepotentialities and the too frequentfailures of that genre. IbMelchior's

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'Ahe Lincoln* in Aprilby John Noveilo

"Abe Lincoln was just a honkeybastard; . . . the number oneracist of American history . . .He was nothing but a white-loving,black-hating, goddamn bigot develwhite supremacist." These arelines from the new play, "TheTrial of A. Lincoln," by JamesDamico, premlering at the Hart-ford Stage Company on April 3.

The drama, in the form of atrial of Abraham Lincoln, takesplace within the police departmentof a large city on the eve of arace riot. Damico's work attemptsto demythologize Abraham Lin-coln as the Great Emancipator,"to reveal him for the man hewas," while the author explorescurrent racial conflicts betweenblacks and whites and betweenEstablishment Negroes and mili-tant blacks. In the contemporarysetting, Lincoln brings militantI.A.T. Best to court for slander-ing his character and jeopardizinghis "honor and prestige amonghis fellow men and posterity."

Damico, winner of the SamuelFrench Playwriting Award and theCharles Sergei Playwriting Awardof the University of Chicago, Isable to bring his work to Hartfordthanks to the Office of AdvancedDrama Research (OADR). TheOADR utilizes funds from theRockefeller Foundation to financepremiere productions In regionaltheaters outside of New York City.The Damico play Is the fifth pro-duction of the current season forthe Stage Company which continuesto feature one original dramaevery year.

Paul Weidner, the Stage Com-pany's Producing Director, hasstressed the Importance of aworthwhile script In producing aprofessional premiere. In Da-mico's play he sees a "well-written, relevant andexcitingpieceof theater." Technical consid-erations for the production havepresented a number of challenges

THE TIME TRAVELLERS takes asubject that has been used with

, great success by H. G. Wells andmany comic-strip masters anddrains it of all plausibility andimagination if not risibility, thoughretaining a curious sleazy appeal.On the other hand, Roger Gorman'sX- THE MAN WITH THE X-RAYEYES is a tightly constructed gemwith strangely Sophoclean under-tones.

X-THE MAN WITH THE X-RAYEYES is the story of a scientist,Dr. Xavier, who has hit upon aserum that enables him to achievethe ultimate in visual perception,i.e. he can see through walls,clothing, skin and the like, hencethe awkward title. Dr. Savler isplayed by Ray Milland, a most off-beat performance for him. DonRickles, of all people, plays Crane,the carnival owner. The cast alsoincludes Harold J. Stone, JohnHoyt,and Diana Van Der Vlis. Cormanwon an award at the 1963 Interna-tional Science Fiction Film Festi-val at Trieste for this film.

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for Mr. Weidner, The'cast con-sists of twelve jurors and elevenother speaking roles. More per-formers than Mr. Weidner hasever coordinated as a director.In addition, he has had to designa set that suggests a courtroom,and yet permits flexibility andmovement within the confines ofthe Company's limited stage area.

Rehearsals are under way rightnow, while Katharine Houghton con-tinues to entertain home-town aud-iences in the Stage Company's cur-rent production of Shaw's "Mis-alliance." Along with StageCompany regulars David Petersenand Ted Graeber, "The Trial ofA. Lincoln" will feature ThomasColey as Abraham Lincoln and MelWinkler as I.A.T. Best.

Conn OperaIn FinancialDifficulties

"Save the Opera" is the watch-word of the Connecticut OperaAssociation's campaign for$100,000, indicating the urgencyof the immediate needs for funds.

Money is needed to sign and ful-fill the contracts of the finestsingers as early as possible.

Directors of the ConnecticutOpera Association are conductinga canvass In the fund drive butthey hope many persons who loveopera and many business leaderswho value opera as a communitycultural asset will not wait to beasked but will mall contributionspromptly to help advance planning.

Contributions, tax deductible,would be sent to the ConnecticutOpera Association, 15 Lewis St.,Hartford.

Tickets for this season's finalopera, Gounod's "Faust," April 8at 8 p.m. in Bushnell Memorial,are available at the Bushnell boxoffice.

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inity iripobEDITORIAL SECTION

March 17,1970

Pointless CompromiseThe recommendation of the Committee on Grading that three

evaluative systems (letter, honors-pass-fail, pass-fail) be offered toaccommodate the varying needs represented within the College'scurriculum provides a solid and workable basis for reforming thepresent rigid system. The proposal itself, however, is seriously marredby what appears to be pointless political compromise in giving controlof a student's non-major work to his major department.

The committee saw its task as that of reconciling what it called "twoapparently contradictory goals:" the principle that the method ofgrading should be determined by the instructor to meet the needs of hiscourse, and the principle that the method should be determined by thestudent to meet his individual needs.

This problem, as the committee implicitly recognized in its specificrecommendations, is more apparent than real. While it is true that theinstructor can best determine how to evaluate the student's work in aparticular course, it cannot be argued that the instructor shoulddetermine which type of grade should appear on the individual'spermanent record. The student's permanent record has nothing to dowith the relative evaluative precision of the course's ongoing work. Thecommittee itself recognizes this in recommending that: "A student maytake as many A-F courses honors-pass-fail or pass-fail...as he desires,subject only to the requirements of his major department."

The committee thus, recognizes that the method of grading appliedto a student's record should be determined by the student himself andnot by the instructor. Where, however, does the committee find reasonto place the student's non-major work at the mercy of requirements setby his major department?

The insertion of this requirement is almost a total non sequiturin thecontext of the committee's own report on grading reform. It becomescomprehensible only when one takes into account that the committeehas conceived its role as a political one, balancing common sense andlogic against a hopefully imaginary hotbed of reaction in the faculty.

This committee has consistently demonstrated-a reluctance to discussthe issues before it openly. The paranoia that is seen in the finalproposal is not unlike that exhibited in the committee's decision todelay release of the grading poll results last semester on the groundsthat the student body would not "understand" them. Last week thecommittee chairman sent a student envoy to the TRIPOD office toexplain that the faculty had become dangerously conservative becauseof a report issued at Wesleyan and the open-vote on the Chuck Stone

-affair. The student begged the paper not to print anything about thefinal report in its Friday edition because the faculty might resentanyone else finding out about it too soon after they did. Since thestudent refused to give a copy of the report to the paper, his requestthat publication be delayed until today was honored.

Hopefully the absurdity of the Committee's fear will soon berecognized and the departmental requirements will not be retained forthe sake of irrational but political compromise.

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Fascists vs. Revolutionariesby Kevin Anderson

ON THIS DAY FOUR YEARSAGO REVOLUTIONARIES BLEWUP THE STATUE OF LORD NEL-SON IN DUBLIN, This column isintended as a weekly summary ofbattles between Amerlkan fascismand revolutionaries of the 1970's.The authorship will vary.

*On Friday Bobby Seale arrivedin Connecticut where the Stateintends to try him for murder aspart of the New Haven 14 case.He already faces four years inJail from Hoffman's contempt sen-tence in Chicago last Fall. TheState's evidence is flimsy, unlessyou count confessions wrung outin Gestapo fashion, but the trailwill surely be a railroad. "I pityfor New Haven" was all one broth-er from the North End would saywhen we rapped about what wouldhappen whentheyput Bobby on trial.

•Around 2 a.m. in New York theday before, revolutionary terror-ists blew up the offices of SoconyMobil, IBM and General Telephoneand Electronics. Workers in thebuildings were warned insufficienttime so that there were no in-juries. This was the last (?) ofover 100 bombings by revolution-aries in the past twelve months inNew York. This letter went to thepress.

. IBM, Mobile and GTE areenemies of all life. In 1969IBM made $250 million, Mo-bile .$150 million and GTE$140 million for U.S. "defense"contracts —profits made fromthe suffering and deaths of hu-man beings. All three profitnot only from death in Viet-nam but also from Amerikanimperialism in all of the Thirdworld. The profit from racistoppression of Black, Puerto-

Rican and other minority col-onies -outside Amerika, fromthe suffering and death of menin the Amerikan army, fromsexism, from the exploitationand degradation of employeesforced into lives of anti-humanwork, from the pollution anddestruction of our environ-ment.

To numb Amerika to the hor-rors they inflict on humanity,these corporations seek to en-slave us to a way of "life"which values conspicuousconsumption more than therelief of poverty, disease andstarvation, which values giantears as status symbols morethan the purity of our air (soMobile can make $$$ thru gassales).

This way of "life" sucks up60% of the world's resources~ for 16% of the planet's pop-ulation — and then wastes themin compulsive consumerismand planned obsolescence (soIBM can make $$$ off newmodel computers), distributesmillions of TV sets (Sylvanla'sincluded), all the better to putlies Into our heads andconvince us to by, buy, buy,and then offers only work help-Ing to produce the goods thatbring slow death at home orgenocide abroad (or in theUSA).

This way of "life" is a wayof death. To work for the in-dustries of death, is to murder.To know the torments Amerikainflicts on the Third World,but riot to sympathize and iden-tify, Is to deny our own human-ity. It is to deny our right tolove ~ and not to love Is todie. We refuse. In death*directed Amerika there is only

one way to a life of love andfreedom: to attack and destroythe forces of death and ex-ploitation and to build a Justsociety: revolution.

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Despite busts or four "bombers"last Fall, the same people whodid in Standard Oil, Chase Man-hattan and G.M, last Nov. seemto be still around.

*In Berkeley where the Viet-nam Committee helped start theanti-war movement, actions aroundthe war in Laos are planned forearly April.

*Sp5 Ralph A. Swain (U.S. ArmyHq. Command, Saigon) wrote aletter to GUARDIAN last week onthe Phoenix Project which is sup-posed to root out the Vletcong"Infrastructure." After outliningthe Gestapo tactics employed bySaigon's CIA-financed secret po-lice, he concluded that "the Phoe-nix Project is a crime against thepeople of South Vietnam, a dan-gerous stop-gap method of silen-cing all opposition to governmentpolicies, and a deterrent to self-determination of all people."

*Angelo Lewis from the Uni-versity of Hartford faces 5 to 10years because the New Haven copssay he threw one rock at the court-house where the New Haven 14are tried when people on the Greenfor a Conspiracy rally on Feb. 21went over to the courthouse tosee about some justice.

•Early this month Tim Learygot 10 years for smuggling grassfrom a court in Houston and nowfaces more jail when he comesto trial in California.

•Tonight Conspirator RennleDavis will speak at Conn. College.

- On Target

Coroner's ReportThe demise of the Senate must

surely rank as one of the mostprotracted death scenes in the his-tory of melodrama. That the finalcause of death was neglect ratherthan rhetorical suffocation was thefinal irony. During its all toolengthy period of existence it wasa living example of amateurism atits worst. Nowthat it hasbeenhope-fully locked away forever It willbe remembered for its very vividdemonstration that government ac-cording to rules is a very difficultbusiness indeed.

It is difficult to pinpoint oneparticular malady more highlymalignant in character than its fel-lows. The most obvious, however,was the personalities who domin-ated the Senate. It is they morethan anyone who fixed the Senate'simage. They perhaps best of allrepresent the body's decline. Inthree years, the Senate descendedfrom a respected structure to alaughing stock Inhabited by poli-tical aborigines, One received thevery strong Impression that the Se-nate had become nothing more thana vehicle In which various indivi-duals could ascent into an egotis-tical stratosphere. Time and againthe interests of the student body•were apparently Ignored. Manysenators seemed more concerned-with striking poses and creatingsilhouettes of their heroes, revol-utionary or otherwise. That theSenate was utilized for thisgrandiose indulgence in personalityis a very poor reflection not onlyon those Involved but on the entirequestion of one's image ofeminence. But even more distress-ing than this was the Senate's mani-fest hypocrisy. It seemed quitewilling to accuse the administra-tion of duplicity on any number ofoccasions, and many individual

senators piously strapped on thearmor of the white knight as theyrighteously denounced the machin-ations of various national govern-mental leaders, and other evil ele-ments In society. At the same time,however, a Senate observer wouldbe treated to a display of politicalinfighting and backstabbing thatwould have caused the most venalBoston wardheeler to blush. Thejockeying of tickets in the lastseveral elections is a case in point.Evidently, the good senatorslearned only too well the techniquesof the people they were so vehe-mently denouncing.

Perhaps the greatest blame forthis entire situation, however,rests not with the few in the Sen-ate but with the mass of studentswho refused to take enough interestin their own affairs to elect peopleof a more rational persuasion. Con-servatives at this school have with-drawn almost totally into a worldof their own. Their bitterness is di-rected as much at the Administra-tion as at various student organiza-tions. Theyblame the President andthe Dean for the almost totaldestruction of everything they foundattractive at Trinity. As they viewthe deterioration of life here theycan respond only with nasty com-ments at cocktail parties and vowsof non-support for the CollegeTo the extent that the Administra-tion has already alienated thosewho would be Its most generousalumni, it deserves what it getsor more to the point, what it willnot get in the years ahead. But thefact remains that conservativeshave done littletoplacetheir stampon the community as a whole andtherefore have contributed to thesituation they find so abhorrent

Liberals at the College, be theytrue, pseudo. or downright phony

by Alan Marchisottohave done perliaps the most dam-age to rationality. In various stagesoi self-righteousness they havepursued somewhat hazy socialgoals about which, judging from thelevel of the discussions which en-sued, they knew very little, andabout the effects of which theyapparently knew nothing. Too oftenrational discussion was displacedby stage managed Open Meetings(a marvelous misnomer), militantrhetoric, and innuendo. Many willpassionately denounce McCarthy-ism just as they are employing allof his disreputable tactics.Fascism on the left does not appearto me to be any more pleasantthan when it was on the right.This has been helped along by thetendency to deal in stereotypes,which must surely be the finalhaven of the simple mind. Finally,some of the more militant havemanaged to alienate potential don-ors to the College, whose moneywould very likely have been spenton programs which militants de-sired. Thus through an admirabledemonstration of stupidity, theyhave placed themselves Into a vi-cious cycle in which no one willwin. A demonstration Is probablya good thing for a lot of people,however. It obviates the need fordiscussion. It is much easier tosubmerge oneself into the mind ofthe mob which is inevitably reducedto the lowest common denominator.

The Senate wasn't so much acause of all this as it was a symp-tom of the ignorance, hypocrisy,and amateurism in the student body,which unfortunately prevailed overits idealism and rationality. Hope-fully, the Senate will not be reac-tivated in any form, student gov-ernment does not appear to befeasible unless the student bodyitself changes, a possibility whichdoes not aj>pea.r temblyimminent.

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FINAL REPORT OF THESTUDENT-FACULTY AD HOCCOMMITTEE ON GRADING

The Ad Hoc Committee on Grad-ing was created by the Facultyupon the recommendation of theCurriculum Revisions Committee.Its task was to investigate thepresent grading system and toconsider proposals for changes In

0 that system.The Committee has met in open

session weekly since April 9,1969.In addition to its own deliberations,It has listened to testimony fromstudents, faculty members, andadministrators at considerablelength. Further, It has collectedinformation from a wide range ofgraduate schools and has polled the

; Trinity College communityandtab-iulated the results on computer•sards (see Appendix to this report).^ D u r i n g these months of investi-

gation, it has become increasinglyclear that while our new curriculumstresses flexibility and individualchoice, the present grading systemremains both uniform and inflexi-ble. The question remained as towhat type of flexibility would meetthe needs of both students and thefaculty.

A great variety of attitudes aboutgrades was represented in everygroup questioned. Among graduateschools, a few insisted that gradeshad to be used in selecting theirstudents; another small group of

Hunger

The Connecticut Coalition onNational Priorities will sponsor a"Consultation on Hunger" at theUniversity of Hartford, Saturday,beginning at 9:30 p.m. Afterregistration workshops on worldhunger, hunger in the U.S.A.,ecology, and military spendingwill be held.

Luncheon speaker will be NickKotz, Pulitzer Prize author ofLET THEM EAT PROMISES:THE POLITICS OF HUNGER INAMERICA.

For further informationcontact Ivan Backer, specialassistant for community affairs.

universities familiar with our stu-dents stated that decisions could bemade without any course grades.Out of twenty-six graduate schoolsresponding, only one stated cate-gorically that it would requireletter grades for admission. Thecomments of the remaining grad-uate schools' were too diverse topermit easy generalization. Butthe committee believes that theseschools would be willing to accom-modate themselves to the modestchanges which the committee isrecommending.

In response to the committee'squestionnaire the undergraduatestudent body expressed a diverseset of opinions (see Appendix forexact figures). A plurality of thestudents (35%) tended to favor anhonors-pass-fail system of grad-ing. A majority Seemed to wantmore detailed faculty comments onpapers, examinations, and generalcourse work. The greatest studentresentment of the present gradingsystem seemed to stem from thelack of such written comments.

A plurality of the faculty mem-bers responding (49%) favored thethlrteen-point grading system,though some of those involved inindependent-study tutorials, opensemester projects, and freshmanseminars wanted to make greateruse of the pass-fail or honors-pass-fail systems.

With these considerations inmind, the committee worked todevise a system which would meetas fully as possible two apparentlycontradictory goals:

First, there is a general prin-ciple that the method of gradingis really a part of the coursedescription and therefore shouldbe determined by the instructor.That is, a freshman seminar mayinvolve work in the communitywhich could only be evaluated asacceptable or unacceptable. A sen-ior "core course,"' on the otherhand, might be viewed by the in-structor in much more preciseterms.

The second general principle isthat grades are valuable or per-nicious according to an individualstudent's needs and thereforeshould be given or not given athis request. Students heading forcertain highly competitive graduateschools may prefer a college re-cord with grades; and some stu-dents may well find the thirteen-point system a helpful factor inmotivation. A student whose col-lege experience is one of intel-lectual exploration and develop-ment as an end in itself, however,

might do far better in a moreflexible system,

The following specific proposalIs a grading system which recog-nizes both principles. The in-structor includes Ms preferredmethod of grading as part of thecourse description; but the stu-dent is allowed to make specialarrangements. The instructor hasgreater freedom to work with thegrading system he prefers, and atthe same time, the student whowants a precise college recordcan graduate with grades given inalmost every course. Those forwhom the college record is lessimportant can elect to take pass-fall courses, request that he takeregularly graded courses as pass-fail, and graduate with all buthis core courses ungraded.

There are three points whichthe committee would like to raise,even though they cannot be placeddirectly in the proposal to thefaculty itself. First, there is astrong feeling among students thatcomments made on papers and ex-aminiations are more valuable thanletter grades. There is resentmentamong those who have receivedletter grades with such comments.Second, in the proposed system,all faculty advisors will have toreview with their advisees the ad-vantages and disadvantages of un-graded college records. Each stu-dent will have to decide for himselfwhat kind of college record willmeet his needs. And, third, De-partments and honor societies likePhi Beta Kappa(l) will have to settheir own standards as to just howmany graded courses will be ne-cessary before a student can oejudged for a particular honor.

The committee firmly believesthat the following proposal wouldprovide better teaching by allowingfaculty members to define their owncourse offerings more fully. It isalso convinced that it would im-prove student attitudes towards thesubject matter of their courses byallowing them to select the gradingsystem closest to their individualneeds. Finally, the committee feelsthat such a system is a naturaland harmonious extension of thenew curriculum.

(1) In a recent report by thePhi Beta Kappa "Pass-Fail StudyCommittee," December 6, 1969,it was stated that "many chaptersplace far too much emphasis on thegrade point average in the selectionof members." For further detailssee this report on file at thePsychology office.

Specific Recommendations1. We recommend that there be three types of courses listed inthe Catalogue:

a) Graded courses in which five letters (A-F) with plus andminus gradations are given.

b) Honors-pass-fail courses (HPF) in which students are gradedwith one of these three designations.

c) Pass-fail courses (PF) in which only two alternatives aregiven.The instructor shall make this decision as a part of his course des-cription.

2. Whenever the size of a class permits, detailed written critiquesof each student's work should be submitted to him at the end ofthe term. The committee feels that this type of lengthy critiquemay well be the most important part of the evaluative procedure.

a) When a class consists of fifteen students, or fewer, thewriting of a detailed evaluation by the instructor is stronglyurged.

b) In classes of sixteen or more students, the instructor shouldattempt to fulfill the request of any student for a writtencritique.3. A student may take as many A-F courses honors-pass-fail orpass-fail, or as many HPF courses pass-fail, as he desires, subjectonly to the requirements of his major department. Departmentsare urged to allow students as much freedom as possible inchoosing their major and non-major evaluative systems.

4. To qualify for the degree, the student is not required to takeany courses on an A-F basis, except those required by his majordepartment. A student may petition a faculty member to give himindividually a letter grade in a course which is listed as HPF orPF, or honors-pass-fail in a PF course.

5. All decisions regarding the student's choice of subject andchoice of grading system must be completed no later than twoweeks after the first day of classes.

6. The Dean's list is to be dropped.

7. An undergraduate will be placed on an academic probation if,having been enrolled in five courses he has not, at the end of thatterm, passed four courses; or, if having been enrolled in fourcourses he has not, at the end of that term, passed three.

8. The procedure involving imcompletes shall be as follows: 'a) Incompletes shall be granted at the discretion of individual

instructors upon receiving a request from a student enrolled in) one of his courses.

b) A student who has obtained an incomplete shall have untilthe end of the following semester to complete his unfinishedwork.

c) A student's course card and transcript shall bear only theword "incomplete" until the Registrar is notified in writing bythe instructor granting the incomplete that the designation is tobe changed.

d) The Registrar shall not change an "incomplete" grade of anystudent to any other grade, even after the expiration of theone-semester limit, without first consulting with the instructorwho originally granted the incomplete.

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Faculty to VoteOn Urban Major

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McKee Says Young VotersWill Get 'New Political Pitch'

by Jan Gimar

The curriculum committee ap-proved a proposal for a major inUrban and Environmental Studiesto provide1 participants with anunderstanding of urban life and ofthe contemporary urban situation atits meeting Friday.

The proposal will be voted onby the faculty at its meeting thisafternoon.

The proposal, approved by theUrban and Environmental Studiescommittee at its March 8 meet-ing, has short-run objectives. Thecommittee will continue to workto expand the program.

The curriculum committee madeonly minor changes in the proposal,said C. Freeman Sleeper, asso-ciate dean for academic affairs,who has been coordinating themeetings of the Urban and En-vironmental Studies committee.The changes were that introductorycourse and Senior Seminar out-lined in the proposal must haveindicated names, and the namesof members of the Urban-Envir-onmental Studies committee mustbe included in the program outline.

The Urban and EnvironmentalStudies committee recommended atits March 5 meeting that the Col-lege, for a long-range plan, seekto establish an independent centerin cooperation with other institu-tions, usingteaching, research, andservice to educate and train thosewho will work to solve the prob-lems of urban living.

The long-range recommendationwas based on a proposal by IvanBacker, special assistant for com-munity affairs, for a ConnecticutValley Urban Life Center(COVULC).

The committee recommendedthat the College appoint an asso-ciate professor qualified to teach,advise, and consult in the fields ofurban, environmental, and Blackstudies. The committee called foran appropriation of $25,000 for hissalary and for the program inUrband and Environmental Studies.

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The U.S. Senate approved lower-ing the voting age in all electionsto 18 last week. This amendmentto the 1965 Voting Rights Act, whichis reputed to have given the voteto almost a million Southern Ne-groes, would extend the franchiseto another 10 or 11 million citizensbetween 18 and 21.

According to Clyde D. McKee,chairman of the government de-partment, the most serious ques-tion involved in such a move wouldconcern the constitutionality of set-ting a uniform voting age in asystem which has always reservedthis right to the individual states.

McKee would not make any pre-dictions as to the specific, detailedresults that might arise under sucha system. He indicated that thegreatest result would be the aware-ness of the new franchise by bothpoliticians and the new voters.

He said that the new voterswould definitely be a prime targetfor a "new political pitch" fromoffice seekers trying to win theyoung vote. McKee said he wasuncertain about the effect thatvoting rights would have on theyoung voters themselves. He spec-ulated that the awareness of tillsright might even bring new vigorto student protests and campusdisturbances.

The mood of American politics,he said, would not be solely de-termined by the new voters. Hesaid that the franchise 'would def-initely have a contributing effecton elections going more liberal orconservative, but that the issuesinvolved1 in the elections would bemore important. The mood of thenation as a whole as the causalfactor behind political trends, ac-cording to McKee, not theindividual groups in the electorate.

McKee said he was not worriedabout the competence 0118-year-old voters, having been "favor-ably impressed" by his studentsand his own teenage children. Hesaid most young people had pleased

him with their "sophistication andsound judgment."

He did indicate concern over theimpact of the franchise on the roleof young people in other aspectsof American life, especially on theeconomic front.

He raised the question of lower-ing the legal age for entering intocontracts and other agreementsalong with the voting age.

McKee said such an extensionof economic privileges would alsoput a burden on government In thearea of consumer protection. Hesaid that this effect of the movecould be placed on the governmentas an issue brought forth by vote-seeking politicians.

The amendment, passed G4-17in the Senate, now faces action inthe House of Representatives. Clyde McKee

Fiedler to be SpeakerAt English Symposium

What's so special aboutBeechwood Ageing?

We must be bragging too much aboutBeechwood Ageing.Because we're starting to get someflak about it. Like, "Beechwood,Beechwood . . . big deal." And "IfBeechwood Ageing is so hot,why don't you tell every-body what it is?"So we will.First, it isn't big woodencasks that we age Budweiserin.But it is a layer of thinwood strips from the beechtree (what else?) laid downin a dense lattice on thebottom of our glass-linedand stainless steel lageringtanks. This is where we

let Budweiser ferment a second! time.(Most brewers quit after one fermen-tation. We don't.)These beechwood strips offer extrasurface area for tiny yeast particles

to cling to, helping clarifythe beer. And since thesestrips are also porous, theyhelp absorb beer's natural"edge," giving Budweiserits finished taste. Or in otherwords, " a taste, a smooth-ness and a drinkability youwill find in no other beer atany price."Ah yes, drinkability. Thafswhat 's so special aboutBeechwood Ageing.But you know that.

Js the King of Beers.(But you know that.)

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nounced that Leslie A. Fiedler willbe the guest speaker at the seniorsymposium In May.

Paul Smith, associate professorand head of the symposium plan-ning committee, said that the notedauthor and critic had responded"enthusiastically" in accepting theoffer.

Smith also stated that the an-nouncement of Fiedler's accept-ance had been delayed until finan-cial arrangements could be madewith a donor. Smith said these ar-rangements have now been com-pleted, but that the donor asked thathis name not be released.

Smith also said Fiedler Indicatedhe is "very much interested in theproblem of exploring a new kind ofliterary criticism and teaching

ruccytechniques in literature classes,"It is expected that he will addresshimself to one of these topics, al-though a final decision Is yet to bereached.

The symposium as currentlyplanned will have preliminary dis-cussions on the speaker's topicon May 18, followed on the sameday by a lecture by Fiedler, whichwill be open to all members of thecollege community. The second dayof the symposium will be devotedto discussions of the implicationsof the lecture.

Fiedler Is considered one of tjjg.foremost American literary fig-ures on the modern scene.

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for a pass-fail grading system inWe committee's poll in November.

Doten said he thought the pro-posed system offered the "greatestflexibility for both student andfaculty."

The committee's proposal, Dotenrevealed, will be subject to furtherrevision before it Is presented tothe faculty for a formal vote laterthis semester. At the faculty meet-Ing this afternoon, Doten will sug-gest means of discussing the pro-posal with the faculty, perhaps at

departmental meetings, he dis-closed.

The grading committee, Dotensaid, will meet Thursday afternoon.with the Curriculum Revision Com-mittee which called for the reviewof the grading system when it issuedthe new curriculum in March 1969.

No plans have been made yet forgathering student opinion on theproposed system, Doten said.

The grading report also urged thefaculty to give lengthier writtencomments on course work and

papers, "The greatest student re-Jpsentment of the present gradingsystem seemed to stem from lackof such written comments/'the re-Port said.

Detailed written evaluation ofcourse work was "strongly urged"in classes of fifteen students or

0 less by the committee. In largerclasses, the Instructor should at-tempt to provide written critiqueswhen requested by the individualstudent, the report held.

In courses where the instructorhas chosen an honors-pass-fail orpass-fail system, students must

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The report also urged that theDean's List be dropped and thatstudents be given until the end ofthe next semester to complete in-complete grades.

The present policy of the regis-trar's office of changing incompletegrades to F's at the end of the fol-lowing semester should also bedropped, according to the com-mittee.

Variable StarsDorritt Hoffleit, director of the

Maria Mitchell Observatory onNantucket will give an illustratedpresentation on "Variable Stars,"4 p . m . today in McCookAuditorium.

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NationalEnvironmentalTeach-inOf April 22

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College GovernanceBabbidge Subject

by Lewis Mancini

Dr. Homer D, Babbidge, presi-dent of the University of Connecti-cut, speaking at the Phi Beta Kappaannual lecture on Thursday, March12, in the Austin Arts Center calledfor a nationwide reappraisal ofcollegiate governance on a collegelevel, including a redistribution ofpower, investing some in the stu-dent body but retaining the majorpart for a single administrativebody which would be free from thecontemporary conflict betweenvarious administrative bodies.

Limitations on the ability ofstudents to contribute to collegegovernment, he held, are a func-tion of their transient state, andlimited experience and skills inthe college community.

Babbidge cited apolitical system

as best suited to college govern-ance, in particular a 'parlia-mentary' or 'ministerial's systemin which the 'ministers' would bedismissed as soon as they ceased

• to be responsive to the governed.This would necessitate an inter-mediary body between the admin-istration and the governed.

Students must feel the admin-istration is responsive to themif they are to comply with it, hecontinued.

He cited Columbia University andthe University of Toronto as insti-tutions which, by means of consti-tutional conventions, have revisedtheir constitutions in such a waythat they are supportive of theaspirations of students, faculty, andadministration.

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Part Two: Admissions, Coaches and Players

The Dilemma of the Black Athlete at Trinityby Dtck Vane

Ed. note - This is the second installmentof Dick Vane's three-part series on theBlack athlete at Trinity.

In the past five years a radical changehas taken place in the admissions andathletic departments in regards to theBlack athlete. There is a new awareness,concern and need in these departmentsnow, and as a result, more and moreBlack students and athletes are being ad-mitted. But there is a long process involvedbefore the Black athlete's application isapproved. It is a process involving manypeople, standards and factors, any one ofwhich could make the difference betweenacceptance and rejection.

The process of getting a Black athleteinto Trinity is as long as the history of theBlack athlete here is short. The policy ofthe athletic department was explained byKarl Kurth, athletic director. "Our re-sponsibility here is to give those peoplewho want to play a chance to and to havea competitive program for the students,not the students for the program."

The man with whom the process usuallybegins is head football coach Don Miller,as the other sports don't recruit. "Ourfunction Is to build up a pool of what weconsider qualified student-athletes for theadmissions department and let them pickfrom that pool," said Miller. "I generallylearn of these boys by writing to the coachesof different high schools across the country,although occasionally we hear about a boyfrom the admissions department or from thealumni. We receive recommendations fromthese high school coaches, though at thattime we know nothing of the boy's race —he's just another prospect."

"Before we contact the boy admissionschecks with his counselor to see if he isqualified. If he's a good athlete but can'tdo the work, we don't want him. Then wecontact the boy and try to have an alumnustalk to him and scout him.

"After his season Is over we grade thecandidate's athletic ability according to thefilms we have of him and from what we'velearned from his coach. We forward ourratings to the admissions department sothat they can have a clearer picture ofwhat kind of athlete the boy is and howmuch he can help Trinity.

"It is not really a system of recruitingthat we have at Trinity. All we can do isinvite the candidate up here and exposehim to the campus and the students. Wecan't offer him anything but a chance toplay and learn."

At this point the decision Is up to the ad-

DON MILLER, head football coach: "Wecan bring the students up here... but in theend it is the students here who sell them onTrinity.

missions department and the boy. Says W.Howie Muir, director of admission, "Wehave a system which assesses human poten-tial. We do take into consideration the factthat if a boy played football, the time whichhe spent on the sport, if put into academics,could have meant a higher grade average.Also being a superior athlete can do muchmore for one's application when it comesdown to late March between two equallyqualified candidates. Under normal cir-cumstances the sensitivity would go towardsthe athlete."

But the above comments are just con-siderations for the athlete and as Muirexplained, there are additional factors whichmust be considered if the candidate is black."We must have equality of opportunity. Wecan't just lean towards those who can payor who have had great counseling. We havefound that the old standard, the collegeboards, are not an accurate appraisal of aBlack's potential. It is composed ofvocabulary to which they are not native,

"There are volumes of talent which havebeen left untapped. We cannot allow thefrustrations of these kids to turn to otherchannels. We must express our concern bydeed.'1

Now with mow girls and fewer boyscoming in, the stress on athletics willbecome greater. Comments Muir; "If weare going to play sports here we are goingto compete. What this will mean for theMure is that there will have to be ahigher percentage of athletes in the classes.This will be difficult,"

Recruiting Black athletes in the pastwas a problem for a variety of reasonsand still is to some extent. Robie Shults,varsity basketball and baseball coach ex-plained why: "We had trouble up until afew years ago getting Blacks in becauseadmissions didn't take into consideration thedisadvantages Blacks face and because theystuck'so rigidly to the college board scores.

"But another problem was the old Mathrequirement. Admissions, was reluctant toadmit anyone who didn't have the Mathbackground. The first break in this policycame when, in a special faculty meeting,the requirement was waved for OusmanSallah and any other ^special" students.

"Another problem," continued Shults," isthat in the public high schools good gradesaren't 'in.' A kid faces ostracization fromhis peers, if he does well academically.It would seem that if a Black kid is to dowell he can't go to a public high schoolbecause there the discipline problems arenot conducive to study."

A major problem in getting Black athleteshere is the alumni which Terry Herr, varsitytrack coach, calls "the weakest point of ourrecruiting program." The fact that thereareso few Black alumni and that the rest areso inactive shows why Trinity has beenunable to effectively expand its recruitingprogram; there just aren't the people andmoney to do it. Also, as Shults points out,"alumni object to the requirements foradmission being changed, and when a goodkid of theirs doesn't make it in they feelrejected and leave the program entirely."

But probably the biggest problem in get-ting Blacks here, and also the biggest prob-lem at the college, is money. "The moneyjust isn't there for the kind of program we'dlike to have," said Muir. Added Shults:"We don't have that much scholarship moneyavailable and admissions is reluctant to giveit to those kids who might not make it,regardless of how good an athlete they are.Wesleyan and Amherst can take chancesbecause they have the money,"

"We operate under the laws of supply anddemand," said Terry Herr. "Every collegein the country is after the qualified Blackstudent-athlete, much more than they are fora white person of the same caliber. Wejust don't have some of the things, notablymoney, to offer these kids that other schoolshave."

A prime example of this was cited byMuir, "While he was in high school CalvinHill was very interested in Trinity, in factone summer' he even worked here. But hefinally decided that he would have greateropportunities were he to go to Yale."Could you imagine Calvin Hill at Trinity?

There is one other factor which at leastone coach feels may be hurting Trinity'srecruitment of Black athletes. "The Blackshere aren't helping Trinity attract theBlack athlete," said Herr. "I brought upone Black athlete and while he was herehe met a number of Black students. One ofthose students said to him, 'You're a fool

W. HOWIE MUIR, director of admissions: "There are volumes of talent which have beenleft untapped. We cannot allow the frustrations of these kids to turn to other channels.We must express our concern by deed.

If you come here.' Tilings like that hurtour program iflore than anything else."

A number of coaches noted with alarmthat often after the Black athlete plays hereone year he doesn't come out the next,Chet McPhee, varsity lacrosse and freshmanfootball coach, gave one possible reasonfor this; "When the Black athlete comeshere in the fall of his freshman year heisn't sophisticated yet. Sometimes, afterhe's been here awhile, a Black athlete maydecide to channel his energies In otherdirections,"

The coaches don't believe that the rea-son Blacks don't come out their sophomoreyear is because of bad player-coach rela-tions. Chet McPhee expressed the generalfeelings of the coaches when he said, "Whenwe're out on the field I'm really color blind.All I look for is a player's ability and howhe reacts to me, the team, and the sport.If a player can do the job, he'll make theteam no matter what color he is."

The addition of a Black coach to the staffmight make a significant difference in theBlack athlete attrition rate. Karl Kurth spokeof the athletic department's attempts to geta Black coach: "President Lockwood hastold the entire college to make an effortto get Black candidates to the faculty andwe are committed to that. We have beenhaving problems getting candidates becausethere are so few available. An effort hasalready been made, though those to whomwe spoke showed no interest, We are stilllooking."

The coaches agree that the key to gettingmore Black athletes to come to Trinityrests in the Black students already here,"The best way for the athletic departmentto learn of good Black student-athletes isby the Blacks here coming to us and lettingus know about them," said Herr. "This willbe the key to our future recruitment; weneed the cooperation of the Trinity Blacks."

Said Don Milleri "We can bring the stu-dents up here and keep In touch with themall during the season and have alumni speakwith them, but in the end it is the students

• here who sell them on Trinity.Robie Shults agrees: "I feel that Trinity

is the ideal spot for a Black student; hehas an opportunity to meet other Blackswithout going a great distance, but in the

end what makes a Black athlete decide tocome here are the students that he talked towhen he visited the campus,"

From its slow beginnings it appears thatTrinity Is now committed to bringing moreBlack athletes on campus. The athletic andadmissions departments are working to- •gether to change the athletic situation of theBlack from one of isolation to one of equalcontribution. The key they feel lies in theBlack athletes here, though perhaps inreality It lies in themselves and the depthof their commitment.

a few years ago getting Blacks in mmumadm,sS)ons didn't take into comiderotfonthe disadvantages Blacks face. " %