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Volume XLVIII
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACO^, GEORGIA, MARCH 31, 1967
Number 12
THE SWINGING MEDALLIONS
Greek Week Dance To
Feature Medallions
Tonight the I.F.C. is sponsoring a (lance featuring the “Swinging
Medallions” as the highlight of the Greek Week festivities. The dance
will lie held at the Shurlington Armory beginning at eight p.m. This
afternoon a series of relays and games were held in an attempt to pro
vide :■ chance for the students to get "right" for tonight's dance The
gsmes consisted of ten events performed twice.
I he first event was a chariot
e around the athletic field. After
completing a circle around the field
thi riders jum|>ed out. raced up to
the Administration Building and
hie k. They then tagged the next
participants, who Were log choppers
Alter the logs were chopped there
was a race to the tennis court
where the object became to hit ten
good serves and then to race
"piggy back" back to the spectator
irea.
from the spectator area the
Greeks raced to the Chapel and
back up to the married students’
dorms. At this |>oint there were
quite a few Greeks who appeared
ready to turn in their pins. From
here the contestants had to hit a
ping-pong hall hack to the main
area. They tagged the next con
testant who raced to the gym;
where there was a contest to sink
five free throws with a basketball.
From the gym the Greeks raced
hack to the athletic field where
they competed in a football kicking
contest. They then returned to the
main area where the next event
was a pie eating contest. After the
pie was consumed the relay was
refieated.
Everyone seemed to enjoy the
relays though some asked who con
ceived the idea of the distant runs.
There were some sore feet I’m sure.
Students Negotiate
On Library Hours
SIT-IN DEMONSTRATION PROMPTS
FORMATION OF AN HOC GROUP
Larry McConnell
An ad hoc Student Committee on Libraty Affairs was appointed Monday, March 27,
by Steve Moody, SGA president. This appointment was prompted by a sit-in demonstration
in the library' held by approximately 200 students Sunday, March 12, the day preceding final
examinations week, protesting the closing of the library.
Members of this committee are
Jacob Beil, David l-aney, Larry
McConnell, Steve Moody, and
Bobby Phillips
The sit in demonstration was a
|K>int of climax aroused by editor
ials in the Mercer Cluster and
previous discussions between library
officials and student leaders, speci
fically in the Waverlv C nference
and its reconvening last Fall
quarter The orderly demonstra
tion lasted for approximately 50
minutes, until the students were
assured of prompt, future discus
sion between library officials and
student representatives. The pro
test concerned the short hours of
the lihrary on Sundays and. more
s|iecifka!ly. the closing of the
library on the Saturday and Sun
day nights immediately preceding
the final examination period.
Since the demonstration, there
have been numerous such meetings
during which it was explained that
the decision to close the lihrary at
regular hours on weekends preced
ing Winter finals had been made by
the Lihrary Committee of the Uni
versitv Council, when it denied the
recommendation of the University
Librarian. Daniel Lamar Metts, Jr ,
HENDRICKS COMPROMISES
S. G. A.
Reports
by David Hudson
A regular meeting of the
I A was held Tuesday, March
< Old business consisted of
)]minting committees to in-
i.-t igate irregularities eon-
ii nine trophies given by the
: A for Homecoming activi-
ps. to work toward keeping
ic lunch room situation under
instant pressure for improve-
ent, and to research the
risibilities for obtaining a
ore-board for the baseball
?ld.
Plan* wen* continued for spon-
red the Mercer Folk Festival,
ird 29. in conjunction with Dr.
iffith. SGA will assist him and
"vide a professional group for
r program. On May 26. the SGA
II present the Tams (I’ve Been
irt) for a dance.
Ihe results of the Student
acher F’valuation will he given to
e faculty this week, and the
neral results will be published
xt week. These results will be
I it in the custody of the Honor
mncil to be used in future oom-
nsons.
• ’resident Moody has organized
Book Swap System for aiding
e students in the re-sale and pur
sue of text bookB. An explanation
this program is in this issue.
The quarterly meeting of the
everty Conference will be held
>ril 6. This is the continuation of
e Conference held each summer
d is composed of SGA and oer-
m faculty members.
Jacob Beil Is Selected
For Wilson Fellowship
MAUON, GA. — Jacob Beil, a Mercer University senior from
Columbus, Ga. has been awarded a graduate fellowship in history by
the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.
Another Mercer senior. Miss
Diana Denton of Warner Robins,
received' ait honorable mention.
Faculty members at 1,022 col
leges in the United States and
Canada nominated 13,596 students
as "giving promise of becoming
valuable members of the academic
profession," according to Sir Hugh
Taylor, president of the Woodrow
Wilson National Fellowship Foun
dation. who announced the win
ners.
Recipients of Woodrow Wilson
Fellowships will receive one aca
demic year of graduate education
with tuition and fees paid by the
Foundation, a living sti|>end of
$2,000, and allowances for ele-
JACOB BEIL
pendent children In addition the
Foundation will award a supple
mentary grant to the graduate
school where each Fellow chooses
to enroll—to he used for the most
part for fellowships to advance
graduate students.
The high quality of this year's
1259 students who were awarded
the Fellowships for 1967-68 was
underscored by the veteran chair
man of the Foundation's selection
committee for the Rocky Moun
tain region: "In ten years we have
never seen such a good hunch of
students. The cream, and it was
cream, exces-ded our quota . . . "
Mr. Beil, son of Mrs. Abraham
Beil and the late Mr Abraham
Beil of Columbus, Ga. is Chief
Justice of the Honor Council at
Mercer, a member of Blue Key
National Honor Fraternity, is
listed in Who's Who in American
colleges and Universities, and has
been a consistent dean's List stu
dent during his 4 years at Mercer.
Miss Denton, daughter of Mr.
Monroe A. Denton and the late
Mrs. Denton was editor of the
Mercer student paper The Cluster.
a consistent Doan's List student,
member of the Cardinal Key Honor
Society, corresponding secretary of
M/rcer Independent Coed Associa
tion, a member of Sigma Tau
Gamma honor society for freshmen
women, and is listed in Who's Who
in American Colleges and Univer
sities.
to open the library along Fall
quarter hours in the time immedi
ately preceding finals. In confer
ence, Mr. Metts stated that the
four Sunday nights Fall quarter
during which the library was open
probably represented its "heaviest
time of the whole year" in regard
to student usage.
A history of the lihrary hours
problem, problems of staffing the
lihrary on new hours, and financing
the proposed extention in lihrary
hours was discussed by the ad hoc
committee. Recommendations con
cerning hours were presented to
Mr Metts in hopes that he. the
faculty Library Committee, and
other determining administrators
would take them into consideration
in resolving the problem.
Following are the hours recom
mendations of the ad hoc com
mittee;
Regular Tim** of the Quarter
Mondays through
Thursdays:
F ridays:
Saturdays:
Sundays:
8 am.-It p.m.
8 a.m.- 5 p.m.
8 a.m.- 9 p.m.
2 p.m.-It) p.m.
. To go into effect beginning with
1 the third Friday preceding the final
' examination jierioel, the following
j hours were recommended:
i Mondays through
I Saturdays: 8 a.m.-ll p.m.
| Sundays: 2 a.m.-ll p.m.
During the regular time of the
j quarter, these hours, if approved
and implemented, would add a
j needed nine hours per week to the
' current schedule of 82 hours for
| a total of 91 hours per week. l)ur
j ing the three weeks preceding
finals, the increase' would be 17
I hours fora total of 99 library hours
j per week
' These recommendations are the
problem in general is presently
[ under consideration by* the Unh-e*-
l sity Librarian and other pertinent
University officials, and a decision
I should be forthcoming soon.
B00KSWAP PLANNED
BY STUDENT GOV'T.
by STEVE MOODY
Have you noticed the bulletin lioard in the Post .Office lately ’
No. not the one up town with all the pictures on it 1 mean the campus
Post Office with all the scribbles and notices of struggling Mercer
students trying to sell their text Isioks What'.’ Why don't flu- student-
sell their books to the Bookstore? Wi ll, I can sc,- that sou Iviven't bee n
around long. The Bookstore's of all college's and universities must
follow some particular pattern of buying use'ej hooks. Although there
are exceptions, the Mercer Bookstore usually buys hack l*.oks for
half price and sells them for seventy-five per ce'nt of the ir original e-pst
What? Why don't the students try to set up some sort '4 organized
bookswap? Didn't you know? IT IS ALREADY IN THE PROCESS
How would this help the stu
dent? It would clean up the me-ss
in the Post Office. It would .give
the student a certain place to go.
not only if he wante'd to see'll a hook,
hut if he wante'd to buy one also.
Another bemefit is that it would
save the studemt time and ex|)ense.
Expense! Hey, that’s money! How
would it save him money’’
Here is an example'. If Henry
(!odworth bought a book for $10.00
at the beginning of the quarter, he
could probably sell it at the Book
store for $5.00. Well, here comejs
Jane Repulski to the Bookstore to
buy a used l«sik It c'ost her $7 50
However, if Henry had put his
book in the new SG A booksvVap.
leaving his name, address, tele
phone number, etc., then Jane
could have simply looke'd in the
appropriate slot, found Henry’s
name and address, and bargained
for the book There will also 1h> a
place for the sugge'stexl price. If
this price had Ix’j'n $6.00, for ex
ample. then Henry would have
made $1.00 and Jane would have
saves! $1.50. Yes, I know $100
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