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MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GEORGIA, JANUARY 10, 1964
Number 11
Student Senate Approves
New Honor Council Rules
By Da via McAuley
The Student Senate in action Tueaday evening approved a series of changes in the procedural rules and
penalties of Honor tVninfil aa requested by the fhunrii , _
Cadet Alton Curtis (left) eaeorts Mbs Jean Harriaon. battali
sponsor, and Cadet Hoke Smith eaeorts Miaa Karen Kennedy of
trill e, Scabbard and Blade sponsor, during Hpoaaom Day oere-
held Monday in Porter Gymnasium. Mercer’s ROTC cadets will
tha battalion aponaor tonight from among the nine unit gponeon.
photo)
1 OTC Battalion Sponsor
Chosen Tonight At Ball
Nine of Mercer’e prettiest coeds, the new unit sponsors of the
TC, will vie tonight at the annual Military Ball for the title of
attalion sponsor.
The nine girls were selected at
Notice To Seniors,
Graduate Students
Graduate Aptitude Exaaaina-
tione will be given on Monday,
January 27, 1964 starting at
8:30 am. All graduate students
who are matriculating for the
M.Ed. degree are required to
take the Graduate Aptitude
Examination.
Departmental tests for sen
iors will be given on Monday,
January 27, 1964 from 1.30-5
p.m. All seniors who expect to
complete their studies in March
1964 are required to take these
tests.
Please register for these tests
at the Mercer University, Guid
ance Center in Penfield Hall by
Friday January 17, 1964.
i end of the fall quarter as unit
OMors for the reat of the academ-
; year. Tonight the cadets will de-
> by secrete ballot which of the
i will reign aa battalion spon-
The formal dance, held at the
Varner Robins Officer’s Club, will
lin tonight at 8 p.m. and last un-
12. Late permission has been
oted for both Mercer and Wes-
yan girls.
The sponsors are Mias Helen
ykes of Thomasville, sponsor of
' Co.; Miss Sandra Fitxsimmops
Dublin, sponaor of “B" Co.;
lias Sharon Kickliter of Tampa,
l, sponsor of “C” Co.; and Mias
■ry Middlebrooks of Tbomaston,
Dr of “D” Co.
Others are Mias Dorothy Wade
[ Canton, Band Co. sponsor; Miss
audia Stanfield of LaFayette.
freer Marauders sponsor; Miss
jrnn Wheeler of Vidalia, Pershing
lies o. sponsor; Mias Jean Har-
of Macon, battalion staff
onsor; and Miss Karen Kennedy
Thomasville, Scabbard and
de sponaor.
| On Monday of this week the
onsor* met formally for the first
with the individual units that
them last quarter.
| Following the presentation of
or cadets and their dates at the
this evening, the new pledges
Mercer’s company of the Scab
and Blade, national military
or fraternity will be announced.
| The pledgee will be formally
at the ball. Membership in
trd and Blade is baaed on
iic achievement and military
Hence. Only juniors and sen
> are eligible.
Oral Vaccine
Jan. 19
4ercer students will be given an
ortunity to take the Sabin oral
vaccine Sunday, January 19,
[Penfield H.ll
Charles T. Rumble, chair-
of the steering committee of
Polio Sundays, said the oral
must be taken to insure
aty even though a student
[ Previously had Salk shots.
nts under 21 must have
permission from their par-
, to take the vaccine.
1 dnem of the vaodna, one
of the three types of polio,
** hha. The January If
J* *°r Type 1, with Type HI
* 1 f°r March 1 and Type H
The new rules require that a pre
trial hearing be held to investigate
any reported violation of the honor
code. At least six members of the
Council must be present at the pre
trial bearing, and a majority vote
will be necessary to bring the case
to an actual trial.
A second major change elimi
nates the practice of imposing the
loss of honor points as a penalty.
Previously the Council could give
an F in the course and/or the loss
of honor points.
In addition, under the new rules,
the Honor council may not stipu
late that the citation of conviction
be removed from the student’s per
manent record upon his graduation.
Only two students voted nega
tively to the rule change. One of
the dissenting senate representa
tives, Lynn Pearson, said she voted
against the procedural changes
because she believed a student con
victed of only one offense during
their college career should not
necessarily have a notation of this
on their permanent record.
Carl Rollins, speaking as a rep
resentative of the Honor Council,
said that this third change was rec
ommended by the Registrar’s office
because of the difficulties it caused
in keeping the records. He explain
ed that a penalty such as loaa of
honor points or an F in the course,
if the citation is removed, is unex
plained and unaccounted for on the
permanent record. Thus such rec
ords must either be falsified
apparently erroneous.
About the changes as a whole,
Rollins said that the Council had
made a careful study of them and
felt that they were needed in order
to strengthen the Honor System
and Council. All changes are ef
fective January 13.
Several other changes were made
in the procedural rules.
1. A requirement that only the
records of cases of conviction be re
tained by the Council. In cases of
acquittal only a notation of acquit
tal will be kept
2. A requirement that Honor
Council members disqualify them
selves in any case in which they are
the accuser of the accused.
3. Trials must be held in the
quarter in which the violation oc
curs.
4. Second degree penalties are to
include suspension from school for
the quarter in which the violation
occurs with no credit given and
suspension for the following quar
ter. Or suspension for the quarter
in which the violation occurs with
no credit for work attempted may
be given.
5. Penalty for third degree con
victions may be simply an F in the
course or an F with the loss of
eligibility to hold SGA office, re
ceive scholarships, and to partici
pate in intercollegiate activities.
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Question Authority, Prof
Urges In Chapel Address
By John Weatherly
‘ Don’t be a sponge sitting on the ocean floor of the University,
quietly ingesting lectures, and obtaining only microacopic intellectual
nourishment,’’ urged Professor Marshall Daugherty this week at Tues
day convocation.
He was outlining his views con
cerning the student's role in main
taining academic freedom in a
University.
“The tasks you set fof yourself
are more important than any rou
tine class assignments, he said.
“The responsibility for obtaining a
real education is yours—not your
teachers’. They will respond to
your probing curiosity, but not to
your laziness, meekness and grade
seeking.”
Daugherty quoted from a State
ment of Principles on Academic
Freedom and Tenure by the Amer
ican Association of University Pro
fessors which stales in part that
while “the teacher is entitled to
freedom in the classroom in dis
cussing his subject... he should be
careful not to introduce into teach
ing controversial matter which has
no relation to his subject.
To this Daugherty said, “Help
your teachers to confine their lec
tures to the content of their
courses. You are the loser if you
encourage them to ramble into un
related subjects.”
» He stressed that students should
’’question everything—to accept
on authority, even the au
thority of teachers and chapel
To be open to all ihu,
no matter what they may be label
ed; but to examine them carefully
for hidden meanings and diator
tions."
The Art professor questioned
whether students are encouraged
to think through important lasi
for themselves, whether faculty
limit their classroom discussion to
the content of their courses or rath
er use their college connection as a
fulcrum for community action to
ward social revolution, and whether
college students are being given
both sides of important questions
in assembly programs and informal
lectures.
Daugherty spoke of his address
as “an example of academic free
dom in action at Mercer.”
He also spoke critically of the
reaction of the nation to the assas
sination of President Kennedy.
“The new national neurosis,” be
•aid, “might be called ‘hate killed
the President' The semantic cliches
have been shoveled high in a des
perate attempt by the Utopian left
to share their guilt feeling with the
right Indeed, to read their state
ments, one would almost believe
that the aasasin was a states-right
segregationist!
Daugherty spoke of the “irony”
of the presence in Macon of tbs
In a separate action at the re
quest of Colonel Pitta, Professor of
Military Science, the Student
Senate approved a change in the
Honor Council procedure which
will allow them to send to the PMS
a notice of conviction of any male
student enrolled in ROTC.
Lanier To Head Mercer
Chapter of Sigma Nu
Jim Lanier has been elected
commander of Eta Chapter of Sig
ma Nu Fraternity for the winter
and spring quarters.
Other new officers are: lieuten
ant commander. Sherrill Buice; re
corder, Jon Fraker; treasurer, Cur
tis Driver, chaplain Phil MuUlnax;
pledge marshall, Mike Steed; re
porter, Jerry Fillingim; social
chairman, Richard Hearn; rush
chairman, Jim Compton; athletic
director, Brady Creel; historian,
David Denman; scholarship chair
man, Tyron Elliot; sentinel end
suite manager, Lennar Oglesby and
chorister, Phil Mullinax.
Sub-freezing temperatures and now rain has delayed completion of
new sidewalks between the Connell Student Center and Roberta HalL
The walks are being constructed as approaches to a park to be built
between Porter Gymnasium and Shorter HalL (Staff Photo)
Completion of Library Delayed
Due To Revisions In Design
Changes in intenor design of Mercer’s Stetson Memorial Library
have pushed back the completion date several months, according to
university business manager William T. Haywood.
Mr. Haywood said that improve
ments in the original plans have
necessitated further architectural
work and are responsible for the
delay.
Originally the library was to be
finished by June of this year.
Officials are not yet able to
know exactly how late the comple
tion date will be, Haywood said.
The business manager added that
there is “no real pressure” involved
because the present library build
ing is adequate.
“If I had to decide on a date that
would allow for maximum delay, I
would say certainly by Christinas
of this year, but it may be earlier
than that It all depends on when
we get started.”
Preliminary construction has al
ready begun on Mercer's new wo
man’s dormitory, to be completed
by September of Him year. The
area sot for construction has been
cleared of buildings and grading
and foundation work lias started.
Another phase in Mercer’s
grounds improvement program has
been launched. Mr. Haywood an
nounced. A small park with a for
mal garden will be placed be
tween Porter Gymnasium and
Shorter Hall. The park will in
clude a fountain, benches, and a
small paved courtyard.
The park is being placed next to
the gymnasium to “dress up” the
approach to the new library, Hay
wood said. Cold and rainy weather
has delayed work on sidewalk ap
proaches to the perk.
The cost of the park and side
walk construction will be about
$6,000. Most of the work is being
done by Mercer crews. A Macon
landscape architect to dmignlng the
park.