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January 13, 1967
MERCER CLUSTER
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*jke Social Set
CHI OMEGA
The new Chi Omega officers were
announced at tile annual banquet
at Baconsfield. They are:
Pres.—Sara Smith; V. P.—Judy
Howell; Sec.—Kay Eubank; Treas.
—Lynn Oglesby; Personnel—Bar-
Judy Chappell, Personnel—Bar
bara Elliott; Chapter Correspon
dent—Ann Pearson; Rush Chair
man—Ann Traylor.
The Chi Omegas held their mid
night Christmus party in the suite
on December third. The ATO’s and
Chi Omegas gave a party Wednes
day afternoon for the orphans
Santa was also present in the form
of Dean Trimble.
Chi O has four new Cardinal Key
members: Judy Howell, Martha
Harvey, Jen Windham, and Sara
Smith.
Betsy Brannon is lavuliered and
Ruby Ann Eberhart is pinned, both
to Phi Delts at Auburn.
PHI MU
Phi Mu spirits were high as the
Christmas season approached with
parties and wedding bells.
The sisters, pledges, and promis-
sees exchanged toys at their annual
Christmas party and sent them
to local hospitals and orphanages.
Phi Delta Theta and Phi Mu en
tertained orphans with Santa,
presents, and the Phi Mu wash
board band at the Phi Delt lodge.
Lynn Kite is engaged to John
Breedlove and will be married
January 14. Nan Ga.rett and Billy
Carswell (Phi Delt) were mar
ried December 20. Rita Waldrop
and Ed Crossett. also a Phi Delt,
are pinned.
Phi Mu wishes to congratulate
Debbie Dick, the new SAE Sweet
heart. The Phi Delts serenaded
their Sweetheart, Rita Waldrop,
and promisee sweetheart. Carol
Bruce, both Phi Mus, at the Phi
Delt pep rally.
Susan Strange was elected cap
tain of the B squad cheerleaders.
Jackie Knox was recently elected
Fire Marshall of WSGA. Jackie is
also secretary of the Honor Coun
cil.
ALPHA DELTA PI
ADPi is very proud of Beth Dan
iel, Connie Gatewood, and Diana
Hepner for being initiated into
KDE, honorary education sorority.
Claudia Young was elected ATO
Homecoming Queen at the KA-
17 Lawyers On
Dean's List
Seventeen students in the Walter
F. George School of I .aw have been
named to the Doan's List for their
scholastic attainment during the
fall quarter. Dean James C.
Quarles announced.
Students attaining the Dean's
List of Distinguished Students
must have a grade average of 78
or higher for the quarter. Dean
Quarles said this group comprises
the upper eight per <-ent in scholar
ship in the law school.
Students on the list include: Wil
liam E. Cetti. Alliert H. Dallas,
William Thomas Exum. Frank D.
Farrar, Jr., James B. Gilbert. Jr.,
Hardy Gregory. Jr. David D.
Kleekley, Charles B. Pekor, Jr.,
James Edward Peugh, Wallace W.
Pkiwden, Jr., James Howard Pope,
Denver Lee Ramsey, Jr.. Thomas
J. Ratdiffe, Jr., Thomas C. San
ders, E. W. Wall hausen. George
Thomas Williams, and Joel C. Wil
liams, Jr.
Dean Quarles also announced
that William E. Cetti was recipient
of the George B. Connell Memorial
Award as the student who earned
the highest scholastic average in all
courses taken during the fall
quarter.
ATO homecoming game, and Meg
GoKee, Para High, and Madeline
Iseman were on the KA Homecom
ing Court.
ADPi enjoyed a wonderful
Christmas party. There was a defi
nite spirit of Christmas in the air
and everyone will remember it for
a long time. The Pi's helped Kap-
I«i Sigs with a Christmas party for
the orphans. This always helps to
make Christmas more meaningful
The Kappa Sigs dominate the
romance news this week. Jan
Avery is pinned to Jim Resseger
and Claudia Stansell is lavaliered
to Mike Crook.
The newly elected officers for
the coming year are:
Pres.—Janice Gazaway, V. P. —
Suzanne Thornton, Second V. P.—
Judy Smith, Recording Sec. —
Diana Hepner, Corresponding Sec
—Maggie Moran and Treas. —
Cindv Clayton.
In sports, ADPi lias cluimed
third place in tennis and second
place in volleyball.
MICA
The Mica's had their annual
Christmas party in the suite. The
Mica's Christmas project for this
year was delivering gifts to the
Detention Home and spending the
afternoon entertaining.
Diana Denton was recently tap
ped into Cardinal Key. Vice Pres
ident of the WSGA for the coming
year will be Barbara Wehunt, and
Linda Smith will serve as Secre
tary.
Newly elected Mica officers are:
Pres.—Linda Huddleton; V. P.—
Linda Smith; Sec.—Vivian Humph
rey; Treas.—Joy Ingrum; Rush
Chairman—Claudette Wells; Mi-
cette Trainer—Barbara Wehunt;
Sports Chairman—Jeanne Mur
phy; Chaplain—Renee Wilcox:
Corresponding Sec.—Mila LeSala;
Alumni Chairman—Barbara Beau
champ, and Reporter — Sheryl
Jones.
The T.O.M. club regrets to lose
their charter member Joy (Face)
Ingram.
Wanted: Date with R T., B. B
ALPHA GAMMA DELTA
Kuthie Wilheit was tapped for
Cardinal Key. Sandra Bumam
will serve the WSGA as treas
urer for the coming year, anr^
Carol Anne Wright will serve as
social chairman Rutliie is also the
new treasurer of the Panhellenic
Council. Judy Abrams is Alpha
Gam's delegate to Panhellenic.
Alpha Gam sisters and promis
ees had a Christmas spend-the-
night party in the suite Skits
singing, and refreshments and the
exchanging of gifts was the order
of the evening.
"The Joy of Words
Remember the "good old days",
when there were naught but Greeks
at this henighted campi? But then
came the Independents, and worst
of all, they were soon putting the
Greeks to shame in many areas.
But admittedly, their organization
was a good idea, for there are
naturally many who for desperate
reasons either can t or won't go the
day of Fraternity Row, and this
gave them all the joys and privi
leges of Mercer's exciting social life
at a price the student can afford
to |>ay
But another innovation has come
to the scene of late: an intramurals
sports team of unaffiliate women:
the UA or “United Amazons’’. But
I guess it is a harbinger of things to
come. In the future, we can look
forward to witnessing the rise, not
only of the Independents, but the
More Independents, Most Inde
pendents, Unaffiliates, Disassoci
ates, Completely Uninvolved, and
perhaps even the Rejects and
Friendly Arabs.
And such is life here at Tattnall
Tech.
Cluster Editor
(Continued from page 1)
feel that I am more than just
vaguely aware of "the bird’s”
myriad of problems. Since first
starting with “The Cluster” I have
been a reporter, proofreader, copy
editor, advertising manager, pres
ently business manager and a jack
of just about all other trades as
sociated with journalism.
As most of your have probably
noticed, “The Cluster" needs help,
When I say help. 1 mean YOUR
help. A campus newspaper reflects
all aspects of a university’s life and
at present ours does not do the job
for which it is intended. When a
newspaper does not fulfill this vital
purpose, it dies and with its demise
a part of the university dies also.
Basically, my main goal as editor
would be to make “The Cluster”
the student newspaper that it
should be. The present staff is
good, but small. I hope that they
would all remain with me on the
paper because this would form an
experienced nucleus from which to
build. As far as content, I would
like to have more campus news and
broaden the scope of the paper to
include national and international
items of interest and more especial
ly news from other universities.
Mercer is an excellent school
with fine students, faculty and ad
ministration. I know, one of our
favorite pastimes is “cutting” the
place and this includes “The
Cluster" (Believe me, we have not
been deaf to the criticism.), but it
is about time we stopped the
criticism and tearing down and
started a building program. The
old "bird" is battered and broken,
but with your help we may, like
the proverbial Phoenix, rise from
the ashes and soar to new heights.
BOBBY
PHILLIPS
The purpose of this paragraph is
two fold. First it is to make known
my candidacy for editor of the
Cluster; second, in so doing to
reveal, at least in part, my writing
ability. The first would be easily
accomplished by a short sentence
such as "I am running for editor
of the paper, please vote for me if
you see fit.” HoWever, since it is
traditional that a person running
for an office or iiosition must at
tempt to con the voters, or be con
sidered less than interested in win
ning, I must do likewise.
I am a junior, from Savannah,
Georgia, and ho|>e to attend Law
School here next year. Up until
this moment I have not become too
involved in Mercer's extra-curri
cular activities beyond attending
basketball games. I have no
promises to make other than that
I would like to be editor and would
do nothing less than my best to
give you a good paper. However. I
will not pretend to take full credit
for the paper’s success or failure if
elected, but rather will attempt to
build a better staff and hope to
get better results.
That’s all I have to say regarding
my candidacy in particular; but as
long as I have the floor, more or
less, and since this could quite
conceivably be my only opportunity
to express myself in print, f would
like to do so. In my opinion Mercer
is a first rate school (liberal arts)
and should have a first-rate paper
I don’t see why it can't. Regardless
of who is elected editor, if the
school body supports him or her,
the paper should improve. But the
burden will also lie on the editor
to get out and learn what the star
dents want.
vrcy(S "wxieh juuSB-M-
Back To School Again
Reprinted from the Cluster, Feb. 22, 1957
(Reprinted from the Cluster, Jan. 10,1966)
Ignomy and woeful gloom was mine. After searching three da
in that cavernous edifice in the midst of our quaint campi I was
cessful in locating the post office only to find in my shiny new b
two threateing letters from the Let's Keep Our Rooms Tidy Comal
tee and a tart note from Dean Featherfelt Shaftwell urging me
come to his office immediately ... if not sooner.
Sallying forth at great speed I rushed up to the Dean’s office.
While waiting in the outer office I noticed a small child coma
screaming from Dean Shaft’s office with a lighted cigarette in
his ear. The Dean was in a bad mood.
The Dean, a Marlboro man, was casually lighting another cheirx
On his hand was a clever tattoo of a shaft extending from the
end of a north bound student
“You know why you’re here Clutchmyer! ! !” he screamed,
beating me about the head and shoulders with a section of rubber
“If it's about not going to chapel last quarter ... I can explai]
I whimpered, hopping around the room. "Clutchmyer,” he shouts
"for the sixth straight quarter you've made an F in ceramics, Buddha
103, Spelling 12 and a D in ROTC. What do you have to say for yo«
self? ? ?’’
“Sir,” I confessed, "I'm afraid I spent too much time on ROTC
“See here,” he shrieked as the telephone interrupted him,
“What do you mean Prof. GoodfeUow isn’t going to change text
books this quarter! ! What’s he trying to do, get the annual dedi
cation?”
I knew why the Dean was angry. Prof. Goodfellow, known si
loved by all M. U. students, had often taught a course three consecuti
quarters without changing books. The administration would have fii
him long ago except for the fact that he teaches free. Goodfe
independently wealthy, amassed a small fortune selling Grit Ne
papers in the afternoons.
“Well we’ll have to overlook it this quarter,” shouted
Dean into the phone, “but it’s a shame all of the faculty
follow Prof. Mooeegums . . . Yes, yes, have you heard what be i
last quarter . . . required his class to buy new $20 text books
changed in the middle of the quarter! ! ! !” The Dean hovrlad witl
delight and pride as be picked names from a hat of the
he would flunk out of school for the coming quarter.
The Dean hung up and turned to me. “Clutchmyer these ter
grades could have gotten you kicked out of school . . . It’s lucky |
you that you promised to teach here after you graduate. I'm le
you off this time but if you ever foul up again . . . Pow, right in I
keister! !”
“Oh thanks be unto you kind sir may all your children
human beings,” I said making a low courtesy and licking his hsuriV^
gratefully. IJ
Sinking out of the building I ran into my friend Maynard Gruii^|
Maynard stayed in school this quarter by the hair of his chinney
chin. He was almost expelled during the holidays after he gave iH|
of his professors a gift certificate to Hart’s Mortuary for Christmas
“Well Amigo,” he smiled, "everything cool with usted?”
“Si," I replied, in fluent Spanish.
“Was Santy good to you over the holidays?” he asked usinf
favorite back-to-school cliche’.
“Well,” I admitted, “I did receive some choice gifts. My At
Yuma gave me a new pencil box and I also received a pair of rail
skin gloves with dandruff! Not to mention my new tennis shot
“Aren’t they cool?" 1 asked (using a college colloquialism for sib
or stylish).
“Yeah," Maynard agreed, about as cool as Arthur Murray ■
Georgia Baptist Convention." With that bit of praise, Maynard tor
in the dark night, brought his binoculars from inside his toga i
walked towards M E P.
I could say more but I don’t
think it's necessary. I would like
to thank Dean Glenn and the Stu
dent Publications Committee for
approving my candidacy and would
like to say in conclusion that I
am running for editor of the paper,
please vote for me if you see fit.
SUE
WALKER
In announcing my candidacy for
editor of the Cluster. I have full
realisation of the responsibility in
volved. I am in hopes that the next
editor—whoever that may be—will
be able to help make the Cluster
into a well-oriented informative
paper for the student body.
I began working with both the
Cluster and the Plucked Dulcimer
during Spring quarter of my fresh
man year. Since then, I have served
as associate editor and features
editor of the Cluster, and aa an
associate editor of the Cauldron.
There is nothing definite that I
can promise .if I were to be eli
I can only once again express
desire to see the Cluster put
feet and ready to run. This
come only with cooperation
rapport between the staff, the
dent body, and the administri
The primary concern of an
should be to allow complete
press ion of thought to every
dividual on campus. I shall
come that concern.
(PILLS • > - from page 5)
inal. When dealing with the
phetamines, for once it is bettn
neither give nor receive.
Also, when you take either
amphetamine or a caffeine t
you are not increasing your nM
tal facilities. You only think J
Dt Harry Williams of Errs
Department of Pharmacology
I’m scared of the pills; I won’t
them. Coffee, and the others I
built-in safeguards which leave
much better off.”
Dr. Adams of the Emory
firmsry adds. “Thera is no mri
substitute for knowledge
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the night before a test Don’t
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