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MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GEORGIA
November 9, 1962 Volume XLIH, No. 8
Larry Maioriello, Editor
Bob Hurt Yvonne Reeves
Managing Editor ' Business Manager
Executive Editor - John Weatherly
Associate Editor Davis McAuiey
Feature Editor Tim Gill
Sports Editor Jack Fincher
Copy Editor Jane Shaw
Contributing Editors: Hugh Lawson, Ronald Carr, Marty Layfield, Hanna
Saad, Mary Jane Cartr, Al Stphenson, Dick Shiver.
News Staff: Kaye Wells, Dana Poole, Kutie Koellner, Bob Carter, Judy
Kennerly, Mary Payne, Barbara Bradley, Charron Pitts, Edward Sim
mons, Betty Hancken, Carolyn Phillips, Elaine Hudson, Sandra Faulkner.
Business Staff: Genie Ashurst (Circulation Manager), Jean Smith, Ma-
falda Regina, Martha Durden. Tommie Harris, Donna Barrett, Jayne
Shields, Peggy O'Halloran, Betty Anne Lambert, Elizabeth Johnson.
Feature Staff: Linda Kelley, Frances Bozeman, Susie Gridley, Elaine
Kelly, Susan Battles, Deanna Shiver, Sandra Williams, Deann McCauley,
Peggy Jones, Elaine Kelly, Brinson Hood, Bobhy Douthit, Dick Hyer,
Joe Winiams, Anne Johnson, Jim Maxwell, Walter Pharr, Joyce Davis.
Sports Staff: Carolyn Arnold, Charles Grant, Jack 1-amb, Wayne Poore,
James Hicks, Bobby Johnson.
Dimensions in Teaching
It is not often ,a college student is reminded that his professor
teaches both in and out of the university classroom.
Usually the student thinks of learning as a passive transfer of
a teacher's knowledge of a course into his own memory. But there is
another teaching responsibility, a responsibility that requires both know
ledge anil a degree of courage.
Fourteen of Mercer's professors have reminded us of both of the re
sponsibilities of Reaching. These professors saw a faction of Southern
Baptists condemning a seminary professor who wrote a book that did
not agree with what they thought Baptist doctrine should be. The 14
Mercer faculty members distributed a statement affirming the prin
ciple of Biblical interpretation and study removed from a set of man
made restrictions.
The book's author has been dismissal from the seminary faculty,
and the Mercer professors have again voiced their distress.
As students, we should make careful note of the actions of the Mer
cer professors. They have fulfdled their obligations^as teachers and made
us aware of a situation that is of vital personal mqiortance to all stu
dents. Now it is our rcs(>onsibility to learn and judge their actions.—R.H.
Cooperate And Park
The parking problem at Mercer has been growing worse for several
years and this year because of either the record enrollment or the afflu
ence of Mercerians the ratio of cars to |iarking places has increased tre
mendously.
Our Student Government Association and the University Adminis
tration have implemented a plan that could help matters if all our mobile
Mercerians would only cooperate.
No one is required to drive a car to Merecr. No one is required to
park his car on campus. No one is required to register his car anil put
on a decal if he does not park on campus. But the SGA has asked all
students who park their cars on campus to register the car and obtain
a window decal for identification purposes.
This is not unduly restrictive. There are many parking places on
streets adjoining the 'campus. But if a student finds it inconvenient to
park off campus it does not seem to be asking too much to require him
to obtain a decal for on cam|>us |«irking. Then if those students who
have not registered \heir cars would no longer |>ark in the lots we think
parking would be simplified for all concerned.
The enforcement of the (larking rules listed in the student handbook
has been lax thus far in the quarter, because of a shortage of decals. But
we understand that now stricter enforcement has begun and (larking
tickets will be given to violators.
We do not enjoy seeing Mercer students harrassed with too many
rules anti regulations, but anyone who parks in the lota on campus must
realize the need for some regulation.
Perhaps if we all show our respect for the SGA by cooperating with
it and following these simplV* rules we now have, stricter action will not
be necessary.—LM
JOE DANIEL
The Elliott Controversy
, May praise and honor be heaped upon the
heads of our faculty members who firmly stated
their * 1 position on the dismissal of Dr. Ralph El
liott ’from Midwestern Baptist Theological Sem
inary.
Herein lies the failure of our Southern Bap
tist Seminaries in meeting the need for academic
‘•freedom” in the arena of theological specula
tion. Have Southern Baptists so arrived at the
complete “truth” about God and man that we
can no longer entertain diverse interpretations
of theological concepts? Are we who profess the
freedom of interpreting the Bible according to
our own iiersonaF relationship with God and our
fellow man to allow the administrative hierarchy
of the Southern Baptist Convention the selfish
privilege of telling us yvhat we are to believe? The
trend is pointing in that direction. If so, we had
best borrow the doctrine of “Papal Infallibility
from the Catholic Church, holding ourselves in
humble gratitude for neglecting such an obvious
"truth.”
As a protest against the action of the Board of
Trustees of Midwestern Seminary, may I submit
the following information:
A meeting of the Board of Trustees, after
examining Dr. Elliott's doctrinal beliefs, voted on
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December 28, 1961, its confidence in
consecrated Christian, a promising
loyal servant of Southern Baptists, and a dedi.
rated and warmly evangelistic preached of
Gospel.”
In January, 1962, the Sunday School Board at.
firmed the right of the Broad man Frees to pub.
lish books representing certain segments of
Southern Baptist beliefs. It also acclaimed that
The Message of Genesis was “representative of «
segment of Southern Baptist life and thought."
No official charge of heterftdoxy or heresy hat
be< n levied against Dr. Elliott.
Dr. Elliott offered not to republish his book if
the board would officially request him not to do
so. The board cowardly turned doom his proposal,
not wanting to accept the responsibility of banning
the book.
After Elliott's dismissal. President
Berquist of Midwestern Seminary
have constantly and steadfastly su
and his position ... I have believed in
and in the author, and still do."
In my judgment, unjust action of this naturr
against a devout and dedicated scholar and man
of God must not go unmentioned
V
AL STEPHENSON
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Neglected Opportunity
Despite the seemingly firm words of President
Kennerly and the impising show of U. S. strength
in establishing a naval blockade of offensive arms
to Cuba it apiieara that we have thrown away a
golden opportunity of reasserting ^>ur belief in
the principle of freedom for nations of the western _
hemisphere and indirectly for the world
To be sure, the action at first taken in the Cu-
I tan crisis justifiably bolstered the hopes of liber
ty-loving peoples everywhre. But assurances giv
en by the United States concerning future action
may well have seroiusly undermined or even pos
sibly destroyed any basis for continued future
hopes of this nature.
As a result of President Knnedy's action and
the support he received from the American public
and nations of the non-communist world, the stage
was set for a great leap forward in American
foreign |>olicy. As U. S. ships and planes went into
action forming a protective ring around Cuba,
Khrushchev and the communist leadership began
to hack off.
Khrushchev hesitated at first, then agreed to
remove the offensive weapons from Cuban soil.
With the Communists in retreat, the United States
could have pressed its advantage to exact impor
tant demands without conceding anything on its
part.
The Communists were revealed to the whole
world as deceivers and liars. The true nature and
extent of their evil designs against the Western
hemisphere were openly ami unmistakably re
vealed—too many people for the first time. Con
sequently, hemispheric opinion united against
their presence in Cuba.
Under these circumstances it seems likely that
the United States could have gained important
Soviet concessions—and these short of war. We
could have demanded for instance, that all Com
munist weapons in Cuba be turned over to the
U. S. This was not dons. We could have insisted
on the withdrawal of all Communist military per
sonnel including “technicians” from Cuba. This
was not done. We could have called for the de
struction of submarine bases as well as missil
sites now under construction. This too, was no
done.
None of those concessions which could prob
ajily have been achieved with a minimum of
tra effort were even asked for by President Ke
nedy.
Indeed, instead of gaining concessions, the U.
gave concessions In return for simply the prom
ised withdrawal of offensive weapons from Cuts
President Kennedy promised that the U. S. woul
neither invade Cuba nor seek to oust the Coi
mumsts from the island.
We have been promised the withdrawal of lane
based “offensive" missiles. But the need for tli
removal of sup|>oscdly '‘defensive" missiles
well as other wea|sins has not been firmly insi*
ed on or even greatly stressed by the U. S. Notk
ing has l*eon said about either the construction
submarine bases iCuba or the influx of Ra
sian subs, some callable of launching missiles
to the area Subs, it should be noted are an
eellcnl means of introducing espionage ag< it
into a hostile country, Above all we have m
shown any intention of removing the Communis
themselves from Cuba.
If the present attitude continues unchanga
the U. S. will, in effect be guaranteein the C
munists the continued use of Cuba as a base
subversion, espionage, sabotage and propagant
activities directed against the nations of
hemisphere. Such an acknowedgment would
a tremendous blow to the cause of Freedom. U:
fortunately, the Kennedy administration
to be orienting itself more and more in this dim
tion,
This, of course, is only an assumption—one pH
son's opinion bused on facts and vents as he se
them. It is moreover, an assumption of tragic f
ture consequences. Lot us hope, therefore, that
is a wrong assumption.
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DICK SHIVER
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The Long Sleep
Adam slowly opened his sleepy eyes. All his
surroundings were exactly as he remembered
them before he had drifted off into sleep, but for
some reason he was afraid. It seemed to him that
he had traveled a great distance and endured a
great hardship. Here he was, however, just as he
had last remembered before the sleep had come.
The light was already brightly shining. Outside
the room he could hear the familiar voice of his
mother softly singing to herself. On an impulse
Adam called out to her. Perhaps she could ex
plain why he felt^so strange. Automatically his
contenance brightened as his mother drifted in
to the room. "My son, what is wrong?” You look
frightened and worried."
“Mother,” he began, "the strangest thing just
happened to me,” “While I slept I thought that I
was in another world. A world filled with people
quite different from the people of our world. They
had a different dress, a different talk, and entire
ly different manners, but yet I was one of them.
Even while I was a part of this world I began to
change, f grew from an infant to a man and then
the strangest |»rt of all . . .”
“Yes, my son?” His mother’s eyes glowed, with
tender understanding.
“I dreamed that I ceased to exist. This is what
is so strange. Here, in our world, we never cease
to be. It was at the moment that I ceased my
existence that I awoke. Mother what is wrong
with me, why should I dream such a dream as
that?"
His mother carefully spread her angel wings
and sat on the edge of his doud. “My son, you
have had what we call here in heaven, a night
mare. Others have called that nightmare. Life.
Don’t worry, for each of us has had such a night
mare at one time or other in our existence, but
after that one there is no more. You simply had
a bad dream.” , '
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