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Volume XLVIII
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GEORGIA, APRIL 7, 1967
Number 13
Hudson And Wunsley Quulify As
Cundidutes for X £ A President
Moore, Cauthorn, Gower Seek Cluster Editor
4-Point
System
I'lie office of Registrar an-
r miticeS that after this quarter,
lercer will go on a four-point
jading system. Having been
view for the last two years,
question was decided at
March meeting of the
faculty.
There are two haste reasons for
liange. First, the new system
hotter academic standards by
milking a numerical distinction be-
. n D and F grades. Second, the
u ni will bring Mercer into line
ith about ninety |x*r cent of the
Urges and universities in the
uted States. Of the forty-six un
graduate schools in Georgia.
I> three. Sjiellman, Truett-Mc-
nnell. and Mercer, are presently
i three-point system.
Also to go into effect after June,
si.- Military Science ahd physi-
education grades will not lie
mod for ahy pur|x>se. according
( ulumhus Posey. Registrar
(INBAR OPENS
EXHIBITION
MACON. Ga — An exhibition
( .recent paintings by Philip
linhar was opened in the Art Gal
if Mercer University Sunday,
tpni 2. The exhibit will continue
gh April 21. accorrling to
Marshall Daugherty, chairman of
the rt department.
Mr Kinbar is originally from
Mai on. in of Mr and Mrs. Milton
inhar, who now live at Clark Air
fnri'i Base in the Philippines He
ed his bachelor's degree in
egmnal geopraphy at the Univer
ity nf Georgia, and then went to
lyrai use University, where he
lUgnt geography under an assist-
Subsequently he joined
(rt -students' Association of Syra-
1 ’niveraitv where he exhibited,
vilb them in the fall of 1963
Liier he studied for a year at
Mer.i r University with Marshall
lam lierty and Anthony Stansfeld.
I " is here that he bagan ex|x>ri
nehiing with different uses and
yp<-' of the new ixilymer acrylic
Hell:! All paintings in the show
w* in |>olymer acrylic with excep-
ion of the painting entitled
Km ,-ous." which is the only oil
•aiming exhibited. A cc<,r< ling
he artist, it was at Mercer Univer-
itv tHat the roots of the present
tyle iif painting began to develop.
Th< iiaintings are built up from
*nmphou8 shapes and forms of
Milled color which begins to take
orm when the painting is viewed
® a complete entity. All light is
°l"r Color is supreme. Sometime
olor says what I want to stl.V."
"decent trends in the paintings
*ve used color as form in painting
there the. shapes formed by the
olors are the actual subject matter
- this is the case in "Ryder's Sky
X." where color has been used to
lefine and create a space in which
in H-shaped structure has been
Maced.
President Dave Hudson. David
VVansley •
Vice-President: Roger Anderborg,
Jim VVikxI
Secretary Janie Baker
Treasurer Carol Ann Wright,
Su/anne Thornton. Gwen Getzen
Senior Class President: Rixldy
Clark. Mark Eppinger. Bobby
Phillips
Vice-President: Bill. Wehunt.
Tom Smis
Secretary l.ynn Goyen, Sandy
Bucnhani
Treasurer Sara Smith
Junior Class President: Gary
Brenner. Jud Roberts
Vice President Doug t'lepper,
Ed Harrison. John Winkle.
Boh Porter
Secretary. Sandra Rid). Janie
Ball. Bunny Flake
Treasurer Stephanie Edgar.
Claudia Young
Sophomore ('less President: Rob
ert Belloir. Huev Murphy
Vice-President Margie Mea-
doyvs. Elliott Barniw. Larry
Sheppard, Charlie Witzleben,
Ray Sullivan. Mike Camp
Secretary: Tish Eubank. Ginny
Scherer. John Gifftfrd
Treasurer: Karen Rivers. David
Taylor, Sarah Hackney, Lea-
tha Edgeman
Freshman Advisor: Ed Bacon,
Scott McCall
Cluster Editor: Harry Moore, Tom
Cauthorn, Steve Gower
Cauldron Editor: Leonard Bone,
Tina O'Brien
Appropriations' Nancy Smith,
George Phillips, Bill Ingram.
Judy Force, Kay Askew,
Claudette Wells, Sue Walker,
Maggie Moran, Becky Buntin,
Mark Steinbeck, Martiel Bab-
miett, Jo Brown
Town Representative- Marty Lev
eret, Bud Maddox, Dawn
Low ranee
Dorm Representative: Men: Rob-
by Kelly, Rick Davison. Dickey
Childs
Women: Dori Ripley, Connie
Heidt
Dr. Rufus C. Harris
Harris Speaks
To Rotarians
VALDOSTA, GA
campuigns seems to lx
- The wav our approaching national ixilitical
levcloping in partisanship'causes them to hold
little promise of resolving effectively our serious national issues. Dr.
Rufus Carrollton Harris. Mercer University President, told the Val
dosta Rotary Club. He said that. '‘Our economic and social issues
are becoming-so staggering in their bewilderment that they need an
unusual season of rational instead of emotional and partisan answers,
which the |x>lituians seem determined to prevent "
Speaking ill sup|x>rt of American J he said, ‘ and we must fight it and
involvement in Viet Nmn. he told I win with our resourc es or pay for
the Valdostans that. The fact is it in bbxxl. death and disorder '’
that wiselv or Unwisely we are in
Viet Nani, and we cannot repudiate
our national leadership of the past
fifteen years which took us there.
With American Ixiys under (ire. we
have but one course, which is to
supixirt them and discontinue the
national dissension which may
undermine their security, and ours
tixi. To escalate the. war of not to
do so is scarcely a division for
ixilitical referendum."
Speaking of religious as well as
political leadership and .slpCation
in the contemixirary South, he said
.'. our society has suffered by its
unwillingness to consider Christian
it.v relevant to the public social
problems of twotitio'h century life
Now we are beginning to see the
connection between economics and
mortality."
He stated that there is a power
ful new and im|xirtant source of
help to Southern education tiy the
use of federal assistance He added
that, "Moreover, the proposal by
the federal government to wage war
on jxiverty is the most sensible,
necessary and timely project pro
posed by government in this part
of the twentieth century There is
no way for us to escape thi8 war,"
9 Mercer
Co-eds Are
Finalists
—Diana Dubree
In the preliminaries of the “Miss
Macon'-' Contest, held April 1, nine
Mercer c<x*ds were chosen to par-
ti< ipate in the "Miss Macon" finals.
They are as follows:
Mary Jo Allen—ADPi. sopho
non'. Atlanta. Ga.; Joanna Brown
—Alpha Gam. junior. Orlando,
Kla.; Barbara Elliot—Chi O, sopho
more, Ashurn, Ga.; Gwyn Getzen—
Phi. Mu, juniof, Paducah, Ky.; Kim
Kieburtz—Chi O. sophomore. Ft.
Campbess. Ky ; Joan Kyllonen—
Chi O, freshman. Ft. Isroderdale.
Fla ; Mary April MeCready—AD
Pi, freshman, Bostwick, Ga.; Ann
Stanford—AD Pi. sophomore, Win
ter Park, Fla.; Frances Williams—
Alpha Gam. sophomore. Jackson
ville. Fla.
FACULTY EVALUATION
RESULTS RELEASED
During Winter Quarter, a student Faculty Evaluation was conducted
by Margaret King and Claudette Wells of the Social Research class
along with the supixirt of the Student Government. Students were
given the o|x>rtunity by way of a questionnaire to evaluate general
questions concerning the professors and curriculum and to evaluate their
most and least liked professors and three other professors.
Letters «ill be sent to each faculty member giving him a summation
of the results of the evaluation of him. These letters are confidental
an«l a copy iif them will be kept in the Honor Council files for future
reference for 'those who will be conducting a similar study in a be-
havio.rial science course. This re|xirt will only be accessible to a student
or students designated by S.G A. to conduct further research.
The interest in this study was tremendous as was shown in the
fact that at lunch the last of six hundred copies was given out. It is
ho|x?d that other students will be interested enough to conduct a similar
studvin the future on the administration and library.
Results from the general questions page found in the farulty evaluation:
1 Do you feel that most of the professors on this campus are in
terested in the students as individuals? yes. 149; somewhat. 154;
no. t>8.
2. Have you visited in the homes of professors? yes, 162; no, 191.
(In the letter that is sent to’each faculty member, he will be
told if his home is one of the homes most visited.)
T—Generally are professor* available to you far counseling, and a
personal working relationship outside the classnxim in connection
with class work? ves. 297; no. 49. Who is (he ipost helpful and
least helpful? (This question will lx> answered in the individual
letter to the faculty member.) •
4 In classes have you found it to bo generally true that discussion of
political and religious controversies have boon allowed by the
teacher? yes,, 275; no, 70. Only in ixilitical screrices courses 12:
Only in Christianity courses 12.
5 Do you plan to attend the homecoming fectivities? (study con
ducted before Homecoming) yes. .101: no, 61; probably.,' 25
How many faculty members do you expect t i see at th - ballgame^
many, -87: few’. 268; none. 3,»
6. Approximately how many faculty members do you feel attend
cha|H*l at least once a week because they have an interest in the
program? 30 20 (10) approx 5 0
Do you think they should be n*quired to attend? yes, 152, no, 207
Such comments as these were given:
"They have too much else to do.’
"If students have to go. Faculty should, also"
“They should want to go."
7. If you had a person or |X‘rsons talk to you about Mercer before
you made your choice to come here, do you feel Mercer has met
your expectations? ves, 148. somewhat. 111; no, 91
8. As the school curriculum stands now most courses which you take
for the first two years are required. Do you feel this is to your
advantage and effective — 198 — or a hendrance and useless — 94
— or undecidede — 55?
9. Six quarters of Physical Education arc required. Have- the ones
you have taken improved vour physical condition — 111 — practical
skills — r 44 — both — 62 — neither — 138.
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