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\ Ulie ffisxttx Cluster 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 / “As « 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 wmmmmmmmm 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. I mm vn DICK SHIVER KHHMi 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.” , ' mid-terms