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Volume XLVI
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GEORGIA, MARCH 11, 1966
Number 18
Mercer ROTC cadet being inspected.
ROTC INSPECTION
SET FOR MARCH 28
Mercer ROTC cadets will be greeted on their return from
Spring break by the annual formal inspection of the Army
ROTC unit on Monday and Tuesday, March 28-29. The Federal
inspection will be conducted by members of the staff of Third
Army commander, General Truman.
For the past several weeks,
cadets have been undergoing in
spections and practicing review
parades with the special aim of
being prepared for the Federal
inspectors. The purpose of the
inspection is to evaluate the in
struction and administration of the
Army ROTC unit here.
While on the campus March 28,
the inspecting officers will confer
with Liberal Arts Dean Garland F.
Taylor and other university offi
cials in addition to inspecting the
buildings and grounds of Mercer’s
ROTC unit.
The inspectors will also observe
the rifle team and at the regular
battalion drill, inspect the cadets
and review the battalion.
On Tuesday, March, 29, the in
specting officers will observe a
demonstration by the Mercer Ma
rauders, counterguerilla unit and
meet with Mercer president Dr.
Ruf is C. Harris.
On both days of the Federal
inspection, the visiting officers will
Mercer Receives
G jiff Oil Grant
h'ercer University received to
day a $1,000 grant for unrestricted
use rom Gulf Oil Corporation.
1 »e check was presented to Dr.
Ruf is Carrollton Harris, president,
by tr. T. J. Nichols, district man
age of Gulf.
“ lercer is deeply appreciative
of t us grant,” Dr. Harris said. “It
is t rough such support that Mer-
oer is able to continue offering
lua ity Christian education to to
day i young people.”
1 ie grant received by Mercer
tin, eraity was one of 221 such
awi da, totaling $211,000 that Gulf
will distribute this year as unre-
•tn ted grants to as many univer-
■ti«* and colleges under its Aid
•o l ducation program.
In addition to unrestricted grants,
the other phases of Gulf’s oompre
ben uve Educational Assistance pro
Cram include capital grants; Gulf
Merit scholarships to children of
Moployees and annuitants; an
Ptovee gift-matching to colleges;
departmental assistance grants;
tnaluate fellowships; and grants
for special purposes such as re-
March and faculty support
Institutions eligible for unre
stricted grants are those which are
Privately operated and controlled,
which obtain a major portion
•f their financial support from non
fo* sources
sit in on military classes, observing
the instruction, and present the
Mercer unit’s administration with
critiques of the instruction, ad
ministration and performance.
Calendar of Events
Mar. 11:
10:00—Dr. Otto
7:00—“Charade’*, 314
Mar. 14:
Alembic Club
7:00—Methodist Fellowship
8:00—Forum: “Dear Abby”,
Abigail Van Buren
9:00—2nd period exams
2:00—4th period exams
Mar. 15:
9:00—3rd period exams
2:00—5th period exams
Mar. 16:
9:00—1st period exams
2:00—6th period exams
Mar. 17-22:
Spring Vacation
Mar. 23:
Registration
Mar. 24:
Classes begin
Mar. 26:
2:30—Ga. State vs. Mercer,
baseball
Mar. 27:
7:00—Newman Club Supper
Mar. 28:
ROTC Federal Inspection
10:00—Convocation: Elsa Hart
8:00—“Juvenile Delinquents”,
Forum, Chspel
Mar. 29:
10:00—Convocation: Elsa Hart
8:30—Antioch String Quartet
WATERS TO HEAD MERCER
SCHOLARSHIP FOND DRIVE
Students Attend
Business Conference
Students from Mercer University
are among those from 38 colleges
and universities throughout the
South participating in an Intercol
legiate Business Game and Con
ference at Emory University in
Atlanta March 10-12.
The local students are James
Baker, John Johnson, and Van
Massey. Their advisor is Victor
Heck.
Most game plays were made on
local campuses in February and
March, with final decisions to be
made at Emory during the con
ference.
Scheduled activities include semi
nars, panel discussions, job pros
pecting, talks by outstanding busi
nessmen and educators and recogni
tion of the game winners.
The conference is being held in
conjunction with the Sales and
Marketing Executives' Fourth An
nual Sale* Clinic. A joint dinner
at the Marriott Friday. March 11.
will feature nationally known
speakers. Dr. Thomas. A. Staudt
and the team of Dr. Herb True
and Fred Klemp.
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k Mercer University announced today a campaign to raise
$10#,000 for the Spright Dowell Memorial Student Aid Fund,
and the Reverend Mr. James W. Watters, pastor of the Mabel
White Baptist Church of Macon and Mercer trustee, has been
named chairman of the campaign.
Mr. Waters said Mercer alumni
id friends of the late Dr. Dowell,
Mercer president from 1928 to 1953
will be asked to contribute to the
scholarship fund. "It is in the in
terest of kids who want an oppor
tunity,” he said. “We are asking
for help in the memory and honor
of a man who gave something to
Mercer University.”
Mr. Waters, speaking today at
an organizational meeting of dis
trict campaign chairmen, said the
scholarship fund goal is $100,000
to be raised by May 14, Alumni
Day. with an ultimate goal of
*300,000.
“Dr. Dowell would want a living
memorial, something that will pay
off in investment in people,” he
added. “This will continue to live.'
Gene Dyar of Savannah, presi
dent of the Mercer University
Alumni Association, called the
scholarship aid fund campaign
very necessary project.”
Frank Jordan of Talbotton,
Mercer trustee, said, “I know what
Mercer alumni can do, and I am
sure they will support this scholar
ship aid fund. There is no finer
project than to help students and
contribute to this memorial for
Dr. Dowell, a person who did more
for Mercer University than any
other individual.”
Mr. Waters, a Mercer alumnus,
trustee, and prominent Baptist
minister, is active in many civic
endeavors and serves as chaplain
of the Georgia Peace Officers As
sociation and the Macon Fire and
Police Departments. He conducts a
daily radio program which is widely
hroadcast, and has served as i
member of the Radio and TV Com
mission of the Southern Baptist
Convention. Mercer University in
1963 honored him with the Alger
non Sydney Sullivan Award for
distinguished community service.
Cinema This Week
CHARADE is the film for this
week. Starring Audrey Hepburn
and Cary Grant, it involves stolen
gold, mysterious murders, and
Parisian nights. Audrey Hepbum
is aided by Cary Grant in her
flight from three murder-inclined
rogue* until *he receive* an enony-
mous phone call warning her about
Cary Grant.
This blend of romance, comedy,
and mystery is served with the
music of Henry Manciru. The film
starta at 7:30.
BLOOD DRIVE
IS LAUNCHED
Mercer’s blood drive for the servicemen stationed in Viet
nam has now been officially christened. The drive is based on
an awareness of the necessity of constructive, concerted action
rather than mere intellectual reaction.
As a college community Mercer
University is accorded respect and
privilege in proportion to her
internal effectiveness, that is, the
fulfillment of her responsibilities
toward students and faculty. But
she also must recognize her ex
ternal influence and respond to the
obligations it entails.
One obligation is participation in
events outside the curricular boun
daries. Any institution of higher
education adopting an isolationist
attitude adopts for itself eventual
fossilization. To avoid this isola-
lationism, a college must con
sciously and purposefully involve
itself in non-academic issues.
The war in Vietnam has been at
ment. Instigated by concerned col
legians, the drive is fully backed
by the University's administration.
And its success is dependent upon
response from students, faculty,
and administrative personnel.
Every pint donated goes to mili
tary personnel stationed in Viet
nam. Due to a contract with the
Department of Defense, the Red
Cross is obligated to process and
ship overseas all blood collected on
this drive. At present, blood is
reduced to fractions before ship
ment.
All donors must sign a pledge
card before they may donate when
the bloodmobile arrives in May.
Those people under 21 must also
issue for some time. Most col- have parental permission before
legians have remained relatively | they i an he accepted. Both pledge
unscathed by its intensity, due to
the factors of distance and a
quickly-crumbling military defer
ment. But the war is slowly crawl
ing over all the American mental
fortifications to present itself as a
very imminent posibility—even to
the “intellectually elite.”
Selfishly, Mercerians could sacri
fice a pint here in order to avoid
shedding a gallon on the battlefield.
Unselfishly, Mercerians can mortal
ly wound the demon of indifference
inhabiting so many Americans and
too many collegians.
Whether one agrees or disagrees
with American policy, with the re
sulting political manipulations, or
with the side effects invariably
incurred, he must recognize that
the war is on—for good or ill—and
that it cannot be ignored.
Mercer’s blood drive is a non
political demonstration of involve-
cards and permission slips are
available from Agnes Jones desk
in the Student Center. The dead
line for the return of both forms
is March 30. Prompt action is ex
tremely important. All people who
are able to return the forms before
that date are urged to do so. The
cards and slips will then be re
turned to the Red Cross for pro
cessing before the bloodmobile
visit.
In May a bloodmobile from
Atlanta will visit the Mercer cam
pus. Red Cross personnel and local
Continued on page 3 . . .
La Rose Powell, Mercer battalion
sponsor, observes Sponsor's Day
parade.
ROTC OBSERVES
SPONSORSDAY
Mercer’s Army ROTC battalion
held its annual Sponsor's Day pa
rade last Monday. The parade hon
ored the girls named company
sponsors and the ROTC battalion
sponsor, Miss I-a Rose Powell.
The battalion formed on the
drill field and was inspected (in
preparation for the upcoming Fed
eral Inspection) by the cadre offi
cers while the ROTC hand played
several marches.
After the battalion marched on
line, the sponsors and ROTC of-
ficers trooped the line and, after
returning to the reviewing stand,
saw the hattalion parade before
them.
In addition to Battailon Sponsor
LaRose Powell, the company spon
sors were Ann Stanford for Head
quarters Company, Sandy Carrol
for A Company, Susan Wiseman
for B Company, and Kimberly Kie-
burtz for C Company .
Harris Leaves
or Overseas
Dr' Rufus Carrollton Harris, will
go to Japan this month to repre
sent the U. S. Advisory Commission
on International Education and
Cultural Affairs, an agency of the
U. S. State Department, at a con
ference of American information,
education, and cultural affairs
agencies of the Far East in Tokyo,
March 7-12.
“The conference will, among
many matters, study the role of
international education and cultu
ral affairs in American foreign
policy,” Dr. Harris said.
Several phases of international
education will be dealt with during
the session, including international
education exchange programs, fol
low-up programs on returning
students, the role of universities in
mutual understanding, and the
development of bilateral faculty
and resources to higher education.
Dr. Harris, accompanied by Mrs.
Harris, will also represent the U. S.
Commission on a visit to the East-
West Institute, an establishment of
the State Department at the Uni
versity of Hawaii, Honolulu, March
17-19.
Dr. Harris was appointed last
year by President Johnson to the
U. S. Advisory Commission on
International Education and Cultu
ral Affairs.
PEACE CORPS TEST
Peace Corp Placement tests will
be given this Saturday, March 12,
at 9:00 A.M. Testing will be con
ducted in Room 206 of the new
Poat Office building. Anyone in
terested in taking the test can see
Dr. A. M. Bond in Room 101 of
the Economics Building.
