L Vol. XXI - No. 13 Grove College, Grove City, Pa. Friday, February, 23, 1962 Destini Dancers Here Tonite Jean Leon Destine and his Bob Loch Calls Special Meeting Haitian Dance Group will ap. pear tonight in Crawford Audi- torium at 8:15 P.M. This spe- On Wednesday. February 21, a meeting of the student body of Grove City College was held in Crawford Auditorium. The cial assembly is the fifth of this purpose of this meeting was to enable the executive officers year's presentations. Grove City of Student Council to report their achievements during the past College students will be admit- semester and their hopes for the present one. Bob Loch first ted upon presentation of their addressed the assembled and chided them for their apathy to- identification cards, and are ward their student governing body; "It seems to me that each urged to be seated not later year the students vote for their choices for the various campus than 8:00 P.M. offices in May and after the vote is cast, the students forget the people they elected. The council and class officers are By Meredith St. Clair given a great deal of incentive to work for a goal when the When Jean Leon Destine is greater part of the student body doesn't care what happens. seen on a stage in a perform- If you want a Council to work ance, he appears as a hand- for you, you are going to have to take an interest in its activi- Pi Kappa Delta Holds some, extremely athletic danc- er. leaping in frenzy to the ties and support its actions. Without the support of the stu- Speech Week Contests rhythm of drums as though he were possessed by a Voodoo dent body, the Council is a god. Actually, he is a soft farce and will continue to be February 26. 27, and 28. Pi spoken, modest and highly cul- until the day that you as stu- Kappa Delta, in co-operation tured young man; his family dents realize that the Council with the Department of Speech, was of the educated class, al- is your voice to the faculty, ad- is sponsoring a series of activi- though of modest means. He ministration and the Board of ties in oratory. extemporaneous began his education in his na- Trustees. speaking, debate, oral interpre- tive St. Marc at a very proper Then, and only then. will your tation, and dramatic presenta- Catholic Brothers School. Later voice be heard effectively." tion. All events will take place his family took him to Port-au- in the Little Theatre except for Prince where he was enrolled Roger Taylor, chairman of the extemporaneous speaking in the Lycee Petion. But al- next year's jazz concert, then contest which will take place in ready he was hypnotized; the explained the general policy fol- the Rare Book Room of the li- drums of his country were a lowed in past concerts and re- brary. part of his pulse; it was inevi- ported a profit of $101.91 re- Any student in Grove City table that one day he would ceived from the Duke Ellington College is eligible to participate dance. Concert last semester. Council in extemporaneous speaking, hopes to build a jazz fund to In the capital city, Destine oratory, debate. oral interpreta- ensure future concerts by spon- met Mrs. Lina Mathon Blanch- tion, and drama. Fifty dollars soring four college movies. et, a pioneer enthusiast for These are to be held in Craw- in prizes will be awarded for Haitian folkways. This talented the best orations. In addition, ford Auditorium on March 24, and energetic woman organized plaques will be given for ex- April 25, May 12, and May 29, temporaneous speaking, oral in- Members of the Haitian Dance Troupe performing part of one of the first Haitian folklore and there is to be a $.25 admis- their repertoire. troupes, and she chose the teen- sion fee. With success, the terpretation, and drama. age boy as one of the dancers. Council could net $1,000 from Rules For Oratory Contest this project to be applied to the 1. The oration must be original Quad's Name Changed GCC Featured On TV This initial show was a smash success. and for Destine, and amount needed to sign a con- and not previously used in KDKA T.V. is starting a new his future. the die was cast. tract; one-half of the total cost any other contest. Quad, Grove City College's of the orchestra is needed be- only literary magazine has television series entitled "K.D. But, in the theatre. first suc- 2. The subject matter is un- changed its name to Perspec- Goes to College This series cesses rarely came that quick- fore a contract may be signed. limited. The oration must, concerns two students, both jun- ly, and Destine was faced with however, contain material of tives. The magazine has been A report on the failure of the an intellectual, stimulating. revised, revamped. and redone iors in high school, who wish the problem of earning a living. juke box in Alumni Hall lounge with a new outlook on the field to attend college. They are Since he had studied the opera- persuasive, or challenging tion of the linotype, he took his was given by Ron Fetherlin, so- character. of literature. taken on a tour of 14 colleges cial vice-president of Student Perspectives will contain po- in the western Pennsylvania first job in the composing room 3. The oration should not ex- area. At the colleges, they are of the Haitian newspaper, Le Council. It was reported that, at present, the music company ceed 1,800 words and should etry, satire, non-fiction, a d given a tour of the campus, and Nouvelliste. At the same time, not contain more than 180 several short stories. All the which owns the box has taken meet with various students, he was studying at L'Ecole a $420 loss and has put it on a words of quoted material. writing is done by Grove City members of the administration, d'Ethnologie in Port-au-Prince, one month extended probation. 4. The oration must be type- College students. and faculty, and in general, see where he completed the Student council negotiated with written. double-spaced, on one Meredith St. Clair is the the college in action. courses. As a result, he was of- fered a two year Rockefeller the college and the music com- side of 81/2x11' white paper, editor of this year's magazine. The purpose of this series is with a left-hand margin of 1 1/2 pany for two years before get- Mike is assisted by Harry to encourage high school jun- Foundation fellowship for study inches (approximately) and a ting permission to use the juke Tomlinson, fiction and non-fic- iors to apply to colleges during of journalism and the typo- right-hand margin of at least box on a 60-40 profit ratio. So tion: Robert Kuncio, art work: the second semester of their graphic arts. After a short one inch. It must include a far, the company has made $87 Carolyn Grundy, head proof junior year. course in English at Harvard title page with the following and the council has made $60. reader. Dr. Bockes is the ad- Last Saturday, February 17, University, he reported to New information: The plea was made to either visor of Perspectives. G.C.C. was the college which York City for his first assign- (Continued on Page 8) Mike said that this year's was visited. ment. studying linotype main- (Continued on Page 4) magazine "promises to be one Paul Lucci, a junior from tenance. Even though he made Pittsburgh, and Mr. Simmons, top marks, his main interest of the best of recent years. The staff hopes to have Per the director of the series, tour- was still the dance. spectives out within a week. ed the Grove City campus with On completion of his journal- The cost of the magazine is Bob Loch and Barb McEvoy as ism training, Destine, as a part defrayed by the Student Activi- guides. of the scholarship assignment, ties Fee. They started out in the office returned home to teach the pro- of John Moser, Director of Ad- fession to other Haitian boys missions. From there they pre- and also to dance. By now, Des- "Think Pink" is the theme ceeded to the ROTC Building tine the artist was beginning to downhill where Paul observed be accepted, the former polite for the sophomore class dance to be held Saturday, an advanced ROTC class. They clapping was changing to thun- February 24, from 9 to 12 got back uphill in time to see derous bravos. P.M. With Chuck Hornstein the 11:00 classes being dismiss- In spite of his modest per- and his band providing the ed, and then went to the Ge- formances in the States, he was music, the sophomores and dunk for lunch. Film was being spotted as an exciting new thea- taken throughout the entire ter personality. By cable came their dates will have plenty visit. After lunch, general shots an invitation to appear as a twists. Dave Roncone is of the campus were taken. Then chairman for the dance, with guest artist in a new Broadway they watched one of the rehears. Ginna Taylor co-chairman. production, Bal Negre, by Kath. als for the play "Cyrano de erine Dunham. Shortly thereaft. Other committees include: Bergerac." Paul then met with er, Destine starred in a Mexi- decorations, Carol Ayer and Dr. Sweezy for an hour of can-made short film called George Pearson: and public- "sound on film. This was the Bambu. By this time Destine Bob Loch, president of Student Council, addressing the stu. ity, Rick Kent. dent body. only part of the film taken in felt the time had come to form (Continued on Page 8) (Continued on Page a