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THE MERCER CLUSTER
April 7, 1966
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Sandy Harrison
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Rich VanBuskirk
MEMBER
BUSINESS MANAGER
Lee O’Brien
EXECUTIVE EDITORS:
Diana Denton
Bill Dayton
SPORTS EDITOR:
Tom Lang
SOCIAL EDITOR:
I>a\id Wansley
ADVERTISING:
Nancy Barrett
Sherri Clark
CIRCULATION MANAGER:
Bonnie Lawrence
YOUR V
PHOTOGRAPHER:
Tommy McGehee
STAFF: Billie Uselton, Reace Stanford, Mila I.asala, Clyde Hoover,
Hope Slaton, Barbara Gantt, Kathy Kennedy, Heather Dailey.
ELECTIONS WILL BE
HELD APRIL 19.
DON’T IGNORE THEM!
SCIENTIFIC JOB HUNTING HELPS
Dear Students:
After a recent article in the Cluster on the subject
of job hunting, your editor and I agreed that some
of you might appreciate more information on the
same topic. Since I spent my first year after grad
uating from MU on the interviewer side of the per
sonnel desk, we thought jrerhaps you could profit
by some of my experiences.
One of the most valuable aids in job hunting is a
well planned and well executed resume. Georgia
irrelevent, can lx- listed in a general manner.
This section will of course be omitted by those who
have absolutely no experience. However, most of
you will be able to think of some activity in your
past which wdl qualify. Volunteer work, part time
student employment, a pu|>er route, Sunday School
teaching—all of these may be included. The impor
tant thing is to assure your prospective employer
that you have a willingness to accept responsibility
and some concept of the meaning of the word ''work”.
Tech considers it so important that they provide In addition to this basic information, you may
printing service and standard format for their grad
uates. A good resume will serve the following pur
poses: it provides a good introduction to your pros
pective employer; focuses your own thoughts about
your qualifications; saves your completing a dozen
lengthy applications for employers who can't use
you; and impresses the heck out of interviewers.
The most important requirements of a good resume
are that it be concise and well organized. One or
two pages in outline form are best—no one will ever
read a five page essay, except perhaps your mother.
The reader should be able to get some definite idea of
your basic qualifications by scanning the first |>age
while exchanging pleasantries with you about the
weather. The flexible format suggested here will al
low you to emphasize your strong points subtlely,
within the framework of objective fact.
Most resumes begin with a heading, giving name
and present and permanent addresses followed by
personal data such as age, height, weight, and mari
tal status. Other essential divisions are "Educa
tion" and “Experience".
Under the "Education" section, you should give
the title of your degree, name of the institution, date
received, and major and minor programs, (eg.: AB,
Mercer University, June 1966. Major—English!
Minor—History). You may also include your aca
demic average if B or better—and any academic
awards or honors you may have received. Informa
tion about your high school and other colleges at
tended is optional.
The "Experience" division is usually a reverse
chronology of your employment history. If you have
worked at one or more jobs which are relevant in
kind or responsibility to the type of position you are
seeking, give details such as dates of employment,
name of employer, position title, salary, and spe
cific duties. Jobs which you consider unimportant or
round out your resume by mentioning your extra
curricular activities, |>articipation in community af
fairs, hobbies and other interests. Be selective, how
ever, and avoid obvious irrelevencies and exaggera
tions ("I like to drive sports cars and build nuclear
reactors’).
Another optional addition is a listing of any skills
or special knowledge which you might have such as
ability to type or proficiency in a foreign language.
WARNING: females who are not interested in a sec
retarial position should avoid admitting to a typing
speed‘in excess of 25 words per minute.
Finally, give the names and addresses of three
to five persons who have agreed to serve as your
references. Professors and previous employers are
best. Businessmen and other "solid citizens" who
know you and could provide helpful information
about your qualifications and character may also be
used. Friends of your own age and similar circum
stances and close relatives of course will not do.
Instead of listing references—especially if your re
sume is growing lengthy—you may end with a
statement such as “references and transcripts will
be furnished upon request.”
Once you have decider! on the final form, you will
want to obtain at least ten and possibly as many as
100 copies of your completed resume. For this pur
pose. study the facilities for duplication available on
campus. Them is a Xerox in the Registrar's office
and mimeograph ami multilith machines in the (Al
lege Store. Each had advantages and disadvantages.
For example, if you use Xerox, you will pay more,
but will get a more polished result. You can even
include a snapshot of yourself, unless of course you
are a serious contender for the UMOC title.
I hope these suggestions will prove helpful. Happy
job hunting.
DERYL THAMES
Eliminate "Cut-Shafting
n
The attendance system at Mercer University is, as viewed by stu
dents, a confused and fearful mess.
Students ramp to college to develop self-discipline, and contrary to
the dubious thoughts of adults (including professors), we the students
do bhtain this personal quality through our own values. Here at Mer
cer, the attendance system is based highly on a student-faculty rela
tionship, unlike other institutions which base theirs on an administra
tive-disciplinary system. Mercer does have a cut limit, and an auto
matic *F' is given after a certain number of class cuts.
The problem faced by Mercerian students is not one of disciplinary
nature but rather one of academic nature. There are classes which
stimulate attendance, and a cut would result in loss of important data,
but in such an institution as Mercer, there are also classes that offer
little subject matter, and hence are deemed unnecessary by the student.
Professors often hold class cuts as a sacrilege:
"To cut my class is a sin!" This attitude is held by more than one
professor on campus, and the fear of either a bad grade or the draft,
rather than enlightenment is often the motivation for attendance.
A student, after attending class for a number of times, generally
has enough experience to form a value judgment on the value of at
tendance of that class. If he feels that he can do as well by not attend
ing regularly and keeping up with assignments, he should be permitted
to do so. The value of attendance is left up to the professor and what
that said person adds to the course in the lecture or discussion. And the
way to lead students to readily accepting class attendance is not
achieved by doling out “F’s" or cutting the letter grade but rather it
is done by making the class worth coming to.
Professors should drop the concept that a cut is a personal offense
and stop to analyze their methods, or presentation, if need be. Students
should be encouraged by the quality and rewards of class attendance,
rather than the fear of: “I must go, or the prof will flag me.” The
quality standards of classroom procedure should be worth while—after
all there is the monetary element involved (tuition)—and this quality
is upheld only by a professor who cares about it.
HALLELUJAH!
Just a little note in appreciation
for the air conditioning being in
stalled in the Humanities Building.
The
Larger
View
INTERNATIONAL:
SOUTH VIETNAM—Over the last ten days anti-government d>>|^
onstrations in this country have become increasingly violent and 1
come to contain an increasing anti-American element On Mar. 29,
Buddhist led opposition to the Ky government was joined by the power
ful Roman Catholic minority who asked Ky to step down in a quick,
orderly manner in favor of a democratic government. Ky reiterated ha
earlier statement that elections for a democratic government w< iifc
come soon, but apparently the people didn’t believe him. By April
chaos ruled, as the opposition gained control of the city of Da Nm
near the large U. S. base, and several other major cities in the northers
(Hirtion of South Vietnam.
PARIS, Mar. 28—The French government informed the U. S. t
France will withdraw all French forces in West Germany and all French
forces in the NATO armed forces command by July of this year. Tlu
French also said that they hoped that all NATO and U. S. forces wil hr
withdrawn from French soil within the next year. It is expected
the French shall he somewhat flexible with their announced sche<!ul(
if the other NATO members so wish, but not much.
QUITO, Ecuador, Mar. 29—The high command of the armed fo e
deposed the ruling military junta and asked the leading political pa iti
to choose an interim to govern Ecuador until elections can be held ]
response, the political parties named Clemente Yerovi Indabun, a
wealthy businessman, as provisional president. The coup d’etat followed
two days of rioting in Ecuador’s major cities. The rioting was brought
on when police invaded the Central University in Quito, killing one -ta
dent and arresting and beating hundreds of others.
WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar. 29—Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
of India expressed sympathy with the position and problems of the
U. S. in the war in Vietnam at a news conference here. She said that
while her country was pressing for negotiations in that area, India
did not want any settlement that would favor Chinese Communist ex
pansion in Southeast Asia. Mrs. Gandhi also said that during her tulki
with President Johnson, she had been assured by him that Ameria
would try to help relieve the famine in India and would assist Indis'i
economic development, n
MOSCOW, Mar. 29—In his opening speech before the Twenty
third Soviet Communist Party Congress here, Leonid L- Brezhnev, Pint
Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, declared that the Soviet
Union stood ready to improve relations with the United States, but
only after the U. S. government "ends its policy of aggression" in Viet
nam. On the whole, the opening speech was moderate in tone and left
the way open for moves toward peace and conciliation, though then
were also some mildly barbed criticisms of the Chinese Communists.
1.DNDON, April 1—Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s Labor Party
was handed a sweeping victory in the national elections in Britain. IT*
Labor Party won well oi^er the 51% of the seats in the House of Parlia
ment needed to keep the Laborites in power. The results of the electios
were seen as a vindication of Wilson's pro-U. S. policies in intet-nationsl
politics, and his moves toward stabilization of the British economy at
home.
NATIONAL:
NEW YORK CITY, Mar. 26—Between 16 and 20 thousand people
marcher! here in one of the largest antiwar demonstrations in this cous-
try to date.
CLEVELAND, Mar. 31—The Brotherhood of Railroad Locomotiw
Firemen and Enginemen struck eight major railroads in this country,
crippling rail transportation. The strike comes apparently as a delays!
result of the federal arbitration board's decision that the railroads shoul!
he allowed to phase out firemen on locomotives. The strike continue!
as of April 3 despite a federal court injunction and a plea by Secretaty
of Labor Willard Wirtz to call off the strike.
STATE:
CORDELE, Ga., April 1—Negro demonstrators pulled down
U. S. and Georgia flags from a courthouse pole and ripped them in 'Mu
test of school discrimination here. The action was called disgustin' by
Governor Sanders. Police have arrested those who were involved as!
they will he charged under both state and federal laws against tkr
desecration of the respective flags.
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
*AU ®6HT? MO IfFT Vf MBS* AMMM& * IK* SflKtMEN TAM**
PEACE CORPS TEST
A Peace Corps Placement
will he given on April 9 in the
Post Office Building, 460 Co Iff
St. The test will be given in R na
206 at 9:00 A M.
Any Citizen of the United S at»
who is 18 or over and has im d*
pendents under 18 is eligible. --1st
tied couples are welcomed if
of them can serve in the Corps 8*
Dr. A. M. Bond for further i.dw
matron in Room 101, Econo nic
Building.
Cinema Dms Week
The film this week is
VANISHING PRAIRIE."
Walt Disney production tells tb
story of the great American pis
and its vanishing wildlife. A vafk
ty of animals such as the ante lop
prairie dog, cougar, buffalo,
bighorn sheep are pictured in tW
natural surroundings. The
will be shown Friday at 7:80 pM
in Room 314 CSC.
Tit