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PUbHahed Monthly by the Students of Middle Georgia College,
Cochran, Georgia 31014
A Urit of the University System of Georgia
Editor-in-Chief Warren McKinney
Assistant Editor Judy Ann Smith
Feature Editors Bobbie Ballew
Jill Self
Sports Editor Johnny Watts
Business Managers * * Boy Harris
Ronny Waldrip
Lay-out Editor Sam Magruder
Cartoonist Terry Brown
Staff Writers Bob Bennet
Nancy Smith
Beth Turner
Vicky Fowler
Faculty Advisors Bob Glazer
George Hinton
Students Shape Politics
By - Warren McKinney
Public opinion plays more
of a role today than at any
other time in the history of
the world and students can
help shape politics. In our
society criticism is essential
and healthy but it must be
soundly based. The recent
attack on President Nixon’s
policy on Viet Nam by student
radicals was unjustified.
Students have the right and
obligation to speak out on vital
issues, but the Viet Nam
Moratorium of October 15 was
out of place. We believe
President Nixon has not been
given sufficient time to prove
that his Viet Nam Policy will
work.
One of the first factors of
the Viet Nam protest was
President Nixon’s statement,
“under no circumstances will
I be affected whatever,” by the
protest for peace in Viet Nam.
He has been affected though
by this anti-war protest.
One example of this affect
of the moratorium has been
the firing of Lt General Le
wis B, Hershey, as head of
the Selective Service. Gen.
Hershey had become to the
American college student a
symbol of the evils of the
system and his critics have
accused him of using thedraft
to punish those who oppose the
war. In 1967 he sent the draft
boards a letter requesting
them to induct any young per
son who joined anti-war pro
tests.
Students contend that Pre
sident Nixon's Viet Nam po
licy, eventual withdrawal, is
no different from that of
former President Johnson's.
There is a key difference -
President Johnson did not see
the South Vietnamese troops
eventually taking over the
fighting. He was hoping for a
complete victory over North
Viet Nam.
We believe part of the war
protest iB President Nixon’s
fault. Although the President
is doing well to reach his
goals in Viet Nam, he has
failed to speak out loudly
enough on his policies. He
has let the war critics in
Congress maintain the offen
sive. These same critics have
exaggerated the issue for their
own gains.
President Nixon has with
drawn fifteen percent of the
troops from Viet Nam, has
radically cut off the draft calls
and has been seeking to re
form the draft He has offered
a series of peace proposals
to Hanoi. (President Johnson
never did this,)
We believe students should
protest, but they should pro
test the North Vietnamese take
over of the South Vietnamese
government. They should pro
test the Viet Cong’s slaughter
of innocent people. They
should also protest the denial
of freedom.
President Nixon and the
university officials cannot ex
pect peace on the college
campuses until the war is
over. Ending the war is the
most important (and probably
the toughest) task President
Nixon and the American peo
ple face today.
Council Meets
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government. The officers who
were elected by the student
body last year are Randy Fag-
ler, President; Ed Redmond,
Vice President; Sharon Davis,
Secretary; Bubba Laney,
Treasurer. This year, forty
three representatives were
elected to make decisions for
the 2200 students here at
the college.
There are many committees
constituting the council this
year. The committees are
designed to deal with one
special activity, to help the
student-faculty relations. The
members of these committees
are strictly volunteers, will
ing to give of their time to
co-ordinate school functions.
The chairmen are appointed
by Randy Fagler. They
preside over the meetings of
the committees and make most
of the decisions. The
committees and their chair
men for this year are as
follows: election committee-
Robert Yeager; traffic com-
mittee-Pat Ashley; home
coming parade committee-
Ray Villegas, Billy Lock
lear; student union com-
mittee-Gary Cunningham;
welcoming committee-Buzzy
Johnson; evaluation com-
mittee-Billy Ratliff, Cathy
Beckett, Dianne Smith; movie
committee-Steve Williams,
Judy Jett; float committee-
Andy Hodges; reporters-Walt
Pierce, Tommy Maples.
These are your committees
and committee chairmen for
this year. Support them.
There are a couple of
announcements the Student
Council would like to make
at this time.
The homecoming dance and
game are on the weekend of
November 21, 22. Friday
night we meet the Columbus
Rebels from Columbus Col
lege in a basketball game
which will be a true contest
of sportsmanship. The dance
will be Saturday night in the
gym and will be semi-
formaL For those of you
behind the times who haven’t
heard who will be featured
at the dance. NOW HEAR
THIS! PERCY SLEDGE AND
HIS BACK UP BAND THE
SLEDGEHAMMERS!!! The
price will be $2 per person.
BE THERE!
There is also a dance Fri
day night November 7, in the
gym featuring—get this—
THE SWINGING MEDAL
LIONS. The price is $1 per
person. Don’t miss it It’ll
be great!
TWO FLORESCENT OIL
PAINTINGS ON VELVET;
“The Devil and His Sins.”
and “Nude”.
Room 23 — Talmadgo,
M.G.C.
Hosts
Middle Georgia College was
host for the annual meeting of
the Georgia Association of
Junior Colleges on October
17-i8.
Since Dr. Alderman was the
out-going president, some 100
administrators and faculty
members from junior colleges
throughout the state met here.
Mayor Buddy NeSmith of
Cochran welcomed those first
attending the first general
session. Dr. Ernest Stockton,
president of Cumberland Col
lege, Lebanon, Tenn., was
speaker. The theme of the
meetings was “A Realistic
Reach for Excellence in Junior
College Teaching”. --Chap
lain Samuel A. Banks of the
University of Florida spoke
at the Association’s annual
banquet Friday evening.
In addition to representa
tives of junior colleges in
Georgia, the following guests
were to take part in the pro
grams; Dr. George L.
Simpson, Chancellor of the
University System of Ga.;SeI-
den Menefer, Director of the
program with developing In
stitutions, American Associa
tion of Junior Colleges,
Washington, D. C.; Dr. Lee
Henderson, Association State
Superintendent and director
of junior colleges, State of
Florida; and Dr. Ambrose
Garner, Assistant President
and Director of the North
Campus Miami Jr. College.
Officers elected for the
coming year are: President,
Dr. George Gambill, Presi
dent of Andrew College,
Cuthbert, Georgia; Vice
President, Dr. John Teel,
President of Brunswick Jr.
College; Secretary-Treas.,
Mr. J. B. Howington, Comp
troller of Gainesville Jr.
College.
"The Fly”
Letters To
p a«e Two
DORM COUNCIL
ELECTED
Officers and councilmenfor
the Men’s Residence Hall
Councils at Middle Georgia
College have been elected.
Each hall has its own coun
cil, elected by the men who Uv e
in each hall. The council
arranges social and other
events for the residents of
the hall and also serves as the
first level of the Men’s Ju
diciary Council, which
administers disciplinary
measures for men students.
Officers of Talmadge Hall
are: Larry H, Stowe of
Pendergrass, president; and
Robert I. Morris s, Jr. of
Bedminister, N. J., vice pre
sident. Councilmen are:
Larry Dean Royal of Millen,
Wallace C. Lamb of Abbe
ville, John Norman Bledsoe
of Bone vi lie, James D.
Thomas of Dublin, and Wil
liam W. Wilder of Macon,
Officers of New Men's
Dormitory are: Roy Wayne
Ward of Millen, president and
Art Townsend of BeII, Florida,
vice-president Councilman
are: Billy Locklear of Thom
son, Mikle Wilson of Jackson-
viUe, Florida, Joe Powell of
Oak Park, Paul Simonton of
Decatur, Mike Dawkins of Ma
con, Billy Kilgore of Macon,
and Larry Sullivan of Coving
ton.
Officers of Peacock Hall
are: Steve Stevens of Mar
ietta, president and Buddy
Mitchell of Stockbridge, vice-
president Councilmen are:
Jack Zduriencek of New
Castle, Penn., Sam Magruder
of Atlanta, Tim Meadows of
LaGrange, Richard Waldrop of
Lumber City, and LarrySmith
of Monticello.
Officers of Browning Hall
are: Walter L. Pierce o!
Morrow, president and Lanier
Buford of Jenkinsburg, vice-
president Councilmen are:
Henry O. Herring of Acworth,
Kenneth Dent of Macon, Tony
Jack Gay of Garfield, Stan
ton F. Lioyd of College Park,
and Grady A. Lovett of
Statesboro.
Officers of the house coun
cils of the three women’s
residence halls at Middle Ga.
College have been elected by
the students who live in each
hall,
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