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MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON. GEORGIA, JANUARY 13, 1966
Number 11
Draft Situation Outlined
For College Students
Recent changes in selective service regulations are pertinent to universities and their
students. Students’ draft status and the university’s obligations were explained in an article hv
Mrs. Betty Vetter, executive Secretary of the Scientific Manpower Commission y
Rmrend Algirdas Ju
Dr. Christopher
TWO JOIN FACULTY
Reverend Algirdas Jurenas,
native Lithuanian, has joined the
Mercer faculty as a visiting in
itructor in Christianity for the
Winter and Spring quarters. He
comes here from the University of
Chicago and Harvard, where he
was completing his Th.D. disserts
Uon under Professor Richard
Niebuhr.
Reverend Jurenaa has served as
pastor of the Baptist Church in
China, Maine and has been the
appointee of the British and Fore
ign Bible Society, London, since
1949 to translate the Bible into
hia native language. This work has
been completed and published and
he is now teaching, while finishing
hia dissertation.
Prior to his coming to the United
State* in 1949, Rev. Jurenas stud
ied at three European universities,
including the famous university at
Tubingen, Germany, where he
worked under Helmut Thielicke.
Since he is scheduled to be at
Mercer for only two quarters, his
wife and three children will stay in
Mercer Receives
Rockefeller Grant
Mercer University has received
t Rockefeller Foundation grant of
160.000 to supplement iU financial
nd program for student* from
economically and culturally dis
advantaged families.
Dr Rufus C. Harris, announced
receipt of the grant and said the
fund* will be used to aid at least
thirty needy student* over the
next five years.
The scholarship program will
provide financial support for stu
dents of high academic ability who
curne from disadvantaged homes
and are unable to afford college.
Dr Harris said that fifteen four-
year scholarships, each worth
(2,000, will be awarded for the
1966-67 academic year, and fifteen
■tore will be granted the following
year.
"Mercer University is honored
k) be one of two Southern univer
ses chosen by the Foundation to
'♦ceiVe funds to supplement our
Program of financial aid to needy
*tudenta in Georgia," Dr. Harris
Hid.
He added that the college will
**Pplement the scholarships with
* 04n * and work-study opportunities
wh «re needed so that deserving
•hsients may obtain an education.
r
L«tt«r to tho Corolora
p l«ase accept this as a per
•onal note to each of you who
*>>f the beautiful Christmas
carols in front of the faculty
apartments. It was moat appro
oated.
A University Staff Member
Maine. He will lecture to regular
classes first and fourth periods and
will be available on a limited basis
for speaking engagements to stu
dent groups and churches.
Dr. Christopher is nearing the
completion of her Ph.D. from Yale,
and she will be teaching a course
in 17th century literature at Mer
cer spring quarter. A graduate of
Agues Scott College in Atlanta
Dr. Christopher studied at the
University of South Hampton. Eng
land for one year, and attended
Yale graduate school on a Dan
forth Scholarship. A native of Grif
fin, Georgia, she taught at Mercer
from 1969 to 1962. This will be the
first time a course in 17th century
literature has been taught at Mer
cer in 10 years.
AAUP TO MEET
AT MERCER
President George Wheeler an
nounced that the Georgia Con
ference of the American Associa
tion of University Professors will
meet at Mercer on January 16,
1966. The morning session begins
at 10:00, followed by lunch at
12:30, and the afternoon session
which lasts ulltil 3:90.
The conference will be con
sidering reports from local chap
ters, a follow-up report on the
loyalty oath suit, review and dis
cussion of the statute* of the public
and private schools in the state,
with special emphasis on academic
freedom and tenure; a discussion of
the national self-study report; the
elections of new officers and a con
sideration of the following amend
ments to the conference constitu
tion: the division of the office of
Secretary-Treasurer, and the en
largement of the number of ap
pointed members of the Executive
Committee to three. The nomina
tions will be sent to Professor Vin
cent Watson, Georgia State College,
who is chairman of the Nominating
Committee.
Just recently, the combined ef
forts of tlj* AAUP and ACLU in
setiorx against the State Board of
gents regarding the Security
Questionnaire and the Loyalty
Oath led to decision in favor of
the plaintiffs. This is just one of
the many projects of this associa
tion.
An annual meeting of the AAUP
will be held in Atlanta at the
Dinkier Plata Hotel, April 29-30,
1966
Professors at Mercer belonging
to the local chapter of the AAUP
are Miss Judy Behrens, Dr. A. M.
Bond. Mr. Powell D. Bush, Jr., Mr.
James L Cox, Dr. J. L. Crenshaw,
Dr. W. B. Glover, Dr. Spencer
King, Mr. T. D. Nordenhaug. Dr.
B. K Pak, Mr. Chong Soo Pyun,
Dr. Henry Wamock, and Dr. Al
fred Youasan.
Enumerating the responsibilities
of the educational institutions,
Mrs. Vetter emphasised that each
school must "make sure that every
student files a current status re
port and address notice with his
local draft board” upon registra
tion, that the university must verify
student status, report withdrawal,
and inform students of sources of
information within the university
concerning the selective service.
The 1-S classification may be
granted only once and is given only
to fulltime students in good stand
ing until the current term of uni
versity work is fulfilled. If a stu
dent is classified 1-A and desires
immediately to appeal, he should
send a transcript of his credits and
grade* and letters from individual
professors to his draft board. There
is a 10-day limitation for rppeal.
starting on the date of the i riginal
mailing of the notice; late receipt
of the notice may result in forfei
ture of appeal.
The selective service system de
fines the status of students as fol
lows: .
“Beginning with the term Jan
uary 1, 1966, it will be the policy of
this headquarters to consider i
registrant for Class 2-S in a recog
nixed college or university under
the following circumstances:
(1) Under graduate Day School
Students
Students attending day school at
least 16 quarter hours or 16 seme*
ter hours and making satisfactory
Deans List Named
Ninety-two Mercer students
made the Dean’s list for Fall
Quarter, 1965. In order to achieve
this standing, a student must have
a ratio of honor points of 2.58 or
higher in a regular program of 15
or more hours of work. This would
be an average of B-plus or better.
Dean Taylor included the follow
ing students on the Dean’s list:
Shirley Adams, Fayetteville; Roger
Anderberg, Bridgeville, Pa.: Paula
Arnold, Macon; Susan Asdeil, Mc
Intyre; Rosa M. Babbitt, Augusta;
Keith W. Barnett, Warner Robins;
Jacob Beil, Columbus; Fred Black,
Dawson; Grant W. Black, Stuart,
Fla.; William E. Black, Macon;
James T. Bowles, Augusta; Elisa
beth Burrell, Bainbridge; Faye
Bush. Zebulon; Jo Callaway, Cov
ington.
Guyton M. Carr, Jr., Macon;
(Continued on page 4)
Calendar of Events
JAN. 13:
6:30—Gild* K
7:00—SNEA, 314.
7 30—Prs-Lsw Chib, Moat
Court Room
JAN. 14:
Chaps!—Dr. J. L. Crenshaw
7:30—‘The UttleoC Warrior”.
314 SC
JAN. 17:
Convocation—SG A
6:00—Kappa Delta Epsilon
Bata Beta Bata
JAN. IS:
Convocation BOA
JAN. 19:
3:10 ■ Chase Lmeows, CSC
JAN. 90:
Chapel Dr. Otto
progress To be considered full
time and making satisfactory pro
gress. a registrant must take a
minimum of 45 quarter hours or
30 semester hours during the stu
dent's academic year. In most cases
this will enable him to complete his
course of study in four years.
(2) Night School Students
Students must take at least 10
HNE ARTS TO GET
HARDEMAN LIBRARY
The Art, Speech, and Drama
Departments will be moving into
the old library when the renova
tion is completed some time this
summer. Work began on the build
ing during the last week of Decem
ber.
The Art Department will have
first and second floor exhibition
halls, work rooms for day, wood,
and stone, studios for teaching, a
Seminar Room, a Painting Room,
an Audio-Visual Art Lecturing
classroom, a Visual Aid Library,
and faculty offices.
A Speech Lab similar to the
language labs, speech classrooms,
drama workshops, costume storage,
a cutting, sewing, and makeup
room, and faculty offices are plan
ned for the Speech and Drama
Department. An arts auditorium
with a capacity of 150-200 people,
equipped with a modem stage is
also proposed.
The walk from the west entrance
of the chapel to Adams Street will
be widened for parking facilities
for vans carrying costumes and
buses bringing orchestras and
bands.
quarter hours or 9 semester hours
and must attend school all four
quarters or three semesters to be
considered for deferment.
(3) Graduate Students
Graduate students will be con
sidered for deferment on the basis
of their graduate study as to
whether in the opinion of the local
board it is necessary to the nation
al health, safety or interest
(4) General
There has been no change in the
procedure for submission of SSS
Form 109, 103, or forms in lieu
thereof. It is very important that
the forma be submitted on regis
trants . . .
When a student—
(1) Graduates
(2) Is no longer enrolled
(3j Changes from Full-Time to
Part-Time.
On part-time students the form
should show the number of hours
the student is taking.
(4) Changes from part-time to
full-time.
No SSS rorms 109 or forms in
lieu thereof should be submitted on
registrants that do not meet the
requirements as outlined above for
day or night students.
The Selective Service System
has the responsibility for main
taining a descriptive inventory of
the nation’s manpower resources.
To correctly report, the local
boards must know the immediate
availability status of each regia
trant This reporting procedure
should impress students of liable
age of the importance of maintain
ing necessary progress in order to
qualify for student deferment
1/V.S.G.A. Officers Elected
The new officers for the Women’s Student Government
Association have been named. The nominating committee met
on Nov. 17, 1965. The new officers are: Martha Harvey,
president; Peggy Geren, first vice-president; Mary Teel, second
vice-president; Barbara Wehunt, fire marshall; Lynn High-
smith and Jackie Knox, social chairmen.
W.S.G.A. is an organisation
which serves as the governing body
for the women's dormitories. The
officers are elected each fall by the
dormitory residents It provids* an
importunity for every girl to par
ticipete in making and enforcing
the rule* governing the women
students on campus.
Martha Harvey is a junior and is
the chapter correspondent for Chi
Omega. She has also held the of
fice* of Secretary-treasurer and
vice president of WAA, and been a
member of YWA and the French
Club Peggy Geren is a junior and
belongs to Alpha Gamma Delta
sorority. She has been a songlead-
er, a candidate for treasurer in her
junior year, and a member of
YWA.
Mary Teel is a junior and be
longs to Alpha Delta Pl She «a a
"model pledge”, and is a cheer
leader, a member of SNEA, YWA,
the French club. WAA. and ia on
the Dean's list Diana Rebel is a
sophomore and a member of Alpha
Gamma Delta. She has held the
office of treasurer in that sorority,
and is now a member of YWA and
the Mercer Player*.
Pam Smith ia a sophomore and
a member of Alpha Delta Pi, in
which she has held the office of
historian. She has been a dormitory
representative to W.S.G.A and is
on the Dean's List She has also
been a member of SNEA. YWA.
the Ciceronian Society, and vice
president of the French Club. Bar
bars Wehunt, a sophomore, is *
member of Sigma Tau Gamma, re
ceived the All-Star Award, and is
on the Deans List. She has also
been a member of YWA. MICA,
and WAA.
Lynn Highamith ia a junior
a member of Phi Mu sorority, and
is also a member of the Ciceronian
Society. Jackie Knox ia also a
member of Phi Mu She ia a soph
omore, and received the Mother
Montague Award, ia a member of
Sigma Tau Gamma, BSU, and the
Honor Council.
The new officer* began their du
ties the last week of Fall Quarter,
1966. They met on Thursday, Jan
uary 6, 1966, to discuss with the
former officers the duties of each
office, and to discuss suggestion of
both former and new officers for
improvements in the coming year.
Martha Harvey stated that the
recreation room in Porter Hall fa
to be redecorated.