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Number 6
Volume XLV MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON. GEORGIA, OCTOBER 30, 1964
Lamar Lecturer Discusses
Three Southern Crusades
by Bill Dayton
The eighth Lamar Lecture Series, which Dr. Thomas
]lark delivered here this week, centered around the idea of
lie emerging South in the four lectures which he grouped to
other under the title “Three Southern Crusades and Their
triplications to the Modern South.”
ANNUAL DIXIE DEBATES
HELD HERE THIS WEEK
“RESOLVED: that the Federal Government should
establish a national program of public work for the unem
ployed” will be a much debated topic this weekend, as Mercer
welcomes students from twenty-eight colleges who come to
participate in the Fourteenth Annual Dixie Debate Tourna
ment.
In his first address, given dur-
ng convocation on Tuesday, Clark
old his audience that “there never
ran such a thing as the New South,
t was but a continuation of the Old
Jouth.” The South today, he said,
ihould not continue fighting the
;ivil War and looking to a gilded
last.” It is not historical to dream
f an age of moonlight and roses,
t never existed, it has not prob-
,bility of existing in the future.”
The visiting scholar from the'
Jniversity of Kentucky stated that
n no period in the South’s history
as there been more change than
t the present time. Clark went on
o cite the image of a Negro boy
riving a cotton picker, doing work
rhich formerly employed hundreds,
s a symbol of change in the South
oday.
"The agrarian South,” Clark
aid, "is a thing of the past. The
amity farm, as far as the South
i concerned, has now become a
king of the past.”
The Lamar lecturer told the as-
emkled students that “You can't
ive walking backwards in the
weiitieth century.” “You are going
d live in an urban South,” he said,
Why not make plans?”
That night, Clark lectured on
The Crusade for Universal Edu-
ition,” saying that the beginnings
f the Public School system in the
outh were interrupted by the Civil
far, and took on an entirely new
imension during Reconstruction;
ictors which were in many ways
(sponsible for the lateness with
hich education as a universal
ecessity came to be recognized in
le South.
The Southern states, bound to-
ether, he said, by a rural bond
»d by mutual defeat, did not rec-
fnize the necessity of preparing
students for life in an urbanized
South. Education, he declared, is
the means for advancing the mod-
INSIDE THIS WEEK
Page 2: Editorials and columns.
Page 3: Social, Art, and Military
news.
Page 4: Politics.
Page 5: More of same.
Page 6: Sportscope and Harris'
Address.
Page 7: Humor, Satire and Non
sense.
Page 8: Fellowships and contin
uation.
Schools that are to be represent
ed include the University of Ala
bama, Alabama College, Armstrong
College, Auburn University, Berry,
Birmingham Southern, Clemson,
Cumberland, Florida State Univer
sity, University of Florida, Univer
sity of Georgia, Georgia Tech, Uni
versity of Kentucky, Mercer, St.
•Johns River Junior College, Spring
Hill, Stetson, University of Ten
nessee, Vanderbilt, West Georgia,
Memphis State, Emory, Agnes
Scott, Miami Dade, University of
the South, East Tennessee State
University, University of North
Carolina, and Carson-Newman.
Awards will be given in both the
varsity and the novice division for
the best schobl, the best affirma
tive team, and the best negative
team. Also, there will be ten super
ior and ten excellent speakers. Cer
tificates given in both divisions.
Though Mercer may participate in
this tournament, its team does not
qualify for any of the awards.
These Mercer students will partici
pate: Karen Kennedy, Betty Jo
Freeman, Freddie Black, Bill Cetti,
Gary Sikes, Careen Hurt, Tom
Jones, Kay Mody, Carol Rhoden-
hiser, Lynn Smith, Mary Sue
Thomiison, Terry Griffin, and Emi
ly Wartman.
However, many more Mercerians
will be taking part in Dixie De
bates. Various members of the
faculty will serve as judges. The
social organizations will be in
charge of furnishing the time keep
ers under the direction of Richard
Hearn. Misb Lucille Pollard is the
coordinator of the tournament.
The weekend of competition will
be climaxed on Saturday at noon
by a banquet at the Davis House
Cafeteria on Riverside Drive. Win
ners will be announced at this
banquet and the awards will be
presented.
(See Debate Schedule—Page 3)
Cluster Column
To Be Reprinted
Jacob Beil’s column, “Su|>er
Barry” in the Oct. 16, 1964 edition
of the Cluster will be quoted and
reprinted in the Adel News of Adel,
Georgia.
Mr. Beil's article came to the
attention of the Adel News editor.
Rev. G. C. Patten, when his daugh
ter Reba brought home an issue of
the paper.
Rev. Patton said that the article
was a cleverly written satire which
gives a new approach to the usual
political campaign editorials. He
complimented the Cluster and Mr.
Beil by saying that the paper was
fortunate indeed to have a column
ist of Mr. Beil’s calibre on its staff.
Parthemos And Can
Named To Speak Here
The Convocation speaker Mon
day and Tuesday will be Dr. George
Parthemos, Vice President of the
University of Georgia. Dr. Parthe-
mos, former chairman of the De
partment of Political Science, will
speak on “Problems on Presiden
tial Succession.”
Chapel speaker for next week
will be Dr. Warren Carr, pastor of
the Wake Forest College Baptist
Church of Winston-Salem, N. C.
He will lead the Chapel services on
Thursday and Friday at 10 a.m.
Dr. Carr is a native of Lexington,
Ky., and received his A.B. from
Transylvania College, Lexington,
Ky., and Th.M. from Southern
Seminary. He has held pastorates
in Virginia, West Va., and North
Carolina, been active in denomina
tional service, and is well known
as a speaker on college and univer
sity campuses.
GBC To Meet
Nov. 9th-11th
The 143rd session of the Georgia
Baptist Convention will bo held in
the First Baptist Church of At
lanta Nov. 9-11. The history of the
Georgia Baptists will be presented
in a pageant at 8:45 p.m. Monday,
Nov. 9. The pageant, “ For Our
Lord,” was written and is under the
direction of Dr. Helen Thornton,
head of Mercer’s Speech and Dra
ma Department.
The Ministers’ Chapter of Mer
cer Alumni will hold its annual
meeting at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Nov. 10, in the Empire Room of the
Biltmore Hotel. The speaker will
be Dr. Howard P. Giddens, pastor
of the First Baptist Church of Ath
ena.
NOTICE
This is to remind Freshmen
and other Mercer Students that
they are entitled to only one
serving at each meal in the
Mercer cafeteria.
Dr. Thomas Clark lecturing in Willingham Chapel, (photo by Broadnax)
em South.
On Wednesday, an informal
morning coffee hour was held for
Dr. Clark and members of the Mer
cer faculty.
In the afternoon, Clark spoke on
“The Crusade for Agrarian
Change,” describing various move
ments for agrarian reform in the
South and discussing the question
of agrarian change as it presents
itself to the South today.
On Wednesday evening, Clark
delivered the last of this year’s La
mar Lectures. Speaking on “The
Crusade for Conservation of South
ern Resources and its Implica
tions,” he stated that the most pre
cious things in the South are its
resources, and remarked upon the
great wastes of resources, both in
the past and at the present time.
Clark spoke on the great erosion
and other problems caused by the
overworking of the soil by South
ern farmers and remarked that
“many Southerners believed that
the solution to their economic di
lemma was to exploit the resources
of the land as quickly as possible."
Dr. Clark pointed out the pres
ence of extensive strip mining in
certain frequently flooded areas. He
called strip mining “Man's unfor
givable sin to the land,” and after
citing several specific cases, said
"this is not 1900, but now.”
(Continued on page 5)
Iszak Speaks On Dangers
Communism Holds For U.S.
Democrats
Republicans
—
Total Votes j
Faculty
77%
23%
43
Law Students
36
61
104
Freshmen
43
57
400
Sophomores
37
63
129 i
Juniors
36
64
123 (,
Seniors
51
49
86 (
43%
57%
885 o
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Frank Iszak,
By ELLEN JANES
Hungarian refugee and
anti-Communist
SOP WINS STRAW VOTE
OPINIONS AND PAST
by Daniel Sheffield
Mercer went Republican in the traditional straw ballot
Iken this week. Sen. Barry Gold water was favored by 67%
the voting students and faculty members.
seniors.” A senior commented, “It
makes me feel better to see that
the other classes went for Gold-
water. It’s just the faculty that's
so wild."
“The older you get the wiser—
look at the senior and faculty
vote,” said a ministerial student.
Sam Oni remarked, “This shows
that the seniors and faculty are
more constructive. I was surprised
at the outcome.” A law student
commented, “The undergraduate*
have more sense than I gave them
credit for Wish the faculty did.”
Dr. Willis Glover said, “The
faculty vote indicates that we need
to do some more purging.” Mr,
Marshall Daughtery, one of the few
faculty Republicans, remarked, “I
felt like a voice crying in the wild-
(Continued on poge 8)
More than half of Mercer’s stu-
it body participated in the straw
Hot. Within the past several
*eks there has been strong debate
id campaigning on the campus in
ivor of each candidate. The straw
lot was the climatic result.
The faculty opposed the student
Kdy by a 77% vote for President
•Won. A survey of campus opin
showed great controversy
»ong students but little among
* faculty.
Dr. Henry Wamock said. “I see
reason that this (straw ballot)
indicative to the national trend.”
•ring some doubt, a student com-
•nted, “I have a dollar saying
torgi* goes Democratic. Now I
*’t know.”
Dr. Roy Carroll remarked, “I’m
kd to see we reached 61% of the
Iszak, who spoke in chapel on
londay, studied chemical engin
Bring at the University of Hun-
In reference to the recent visit
even more difficult. He
stated that he did not intend to
defend Senator Goldwater because
he needed no defense. He advised
that one read what Goldwater has
said, think it over, and try to un
derstand him.
He told of the hi-jack in July,
1956, of a Russian commercial air
plane which Iszak, his wife, and
five others forced down. The plane
landed in West Germany where
the group sought political asylum.
From his own personal experi
ence, Iszak described the terror
that existed in the lives of thou
sands of Hungarians as they watch
ed the Communists overtaking
their land. He told of the fear
that existed in the villages as the
people saw their friends and rela
tives being taken captive. “The
Communists were trying to show
the people they meant business,”
he said.
To save America from Com
munism, he advocated that “radi
cal change” must occur very soon.
The spokesman warned that
whether we like it or not. Commu
nists plan to have control within
the next decade.
c. “I am fighting for the under-
an the winning team,” he said.
In rebuttal of Freeman’s speech,
Iszak quoted Lyndon Johnson to
show his inconsistencies on major
issues during elections. He listed
three things wrong in our preeefat
administration: dishonesty, social
istic tendency, and "suicidal for-
1
Republican speaker, Frank Iazak
eign policy.” Referring to the Dem
ocratic Party as a socialist party,
he added, “The trouble is with
the master himself.”
Iszak gave examples of how the
Facist movement gained a foothold
through a program of moderate so
cialism, especially by the support
of big business.
Commenting on foreign policy,
he said that we must not put down
our arms in the hope that the Rus
sians will put down theirs. He
stated that our lives were of little
good to us if we were living tuxier
Communist domination.
Appealing to youth .he said, “It
(Continued on page 5)