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May 19, 1967
THE jMERCBR CLUSTER
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Spa Alpha Epsilon And Georgia W Are Close And Move Together
Throughout the 11 decades through which Sigma Alpha
Epsilon has journeyed the fraternity has initiated many fine
men, a great many of whom have gone on to become famous in
their fields. The most famous chapter as a whole was probably
the one which was located at the Georgia Military Institute.
It will always be remembered as the chapter whose qntire
membership left school to fight in the Confederate Army in
May, 1857. The Civil War took its toll of brothers but somehow
SAE survived the struggle and soon began a program of pro
digious expansion which in 1885 saw the fraternity establish
its first chapter north of the Mason-Dixon Line and not long
afterwards chapters extended from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Ocean. During all national emergencies SAE has provided
our country with brothers willing to meet the call of duty and
face all challenges with which they are confronted. In 1919
during World War I one brother was initiated in war-tom
France and an alumni chapter was started in a German prison
camp as likewise one was begun in a Japanese war camp during
the Second World War.
Some of the more prominent SAE leaden today include
Richard Russell, Bob Considine, George Gallup, Robert Young,
Dr. Milton Eisenhower, George A. Smothers, Leroy Collins,
Ivan Allen, Jr., and Lloyd Bridges. One of the most distin
guished brothers of the Georgia Psi Chapter, Thomas Watson,
was the vice-presidential candidate on the same ticket with
William Jennings Bryan in vbtf. Incidently they were defeated
by the Republican candidate William McKinley who was also
an SAE.
Nationally SAE is divided into provinces with its main
offices located at Evanston, Illinois. Tne fraternity is governed
by a Supreme Council which is elected every two years at the
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National Convention. Each summer two sessions of Leadership
School are held at the National Headquarters in the Levere
Memorial Temple. These sessions bring brothers together from
all the chapters across the country and help to promote the
fraternity spirit, ideals and principles on which Sigma Alpha
Epsilon was founded.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon is extremely proud of its national
heritage. The fraternity which was founded at the University
of Alabama on March 9,1856, was the first Greek-letter organ
ization to be established in the South. From the small band of
eight founders at Tuscaloosa, Alabama, SAE has grown tre
mendously and now is comprised of over 150 chapters with a
total membership of over 124,000 which makes it the largest
national fraternity in the country today. Like any great organ
ization, SAE has had its trials and tribulations but through
the unswaying perseverance of many courageous brothers our
fraternity has managed to survive and prosper.
The Georgia Psi Chapter at Mercer University also feels
a great sense of pride and dignity about its history. It was the
first fraternity established at the University and was the only
fraternity to successfully move from Fenfield to the present
location of the school. Founded at Mercer in 1870 by John
Pope Jones, Thomas F. Stubbs and William M. Jordan, Geor
gia Psi has initiated over 1000 Mercerians into its ranks since
its beginning. In 1939 construction was begun on the lodge
which was the first to be built on the campus and remained
the only fraternity lodge for many yean. Since this time, how
ever, the lodge has been rebuilt once after a fire in the mid-
1950’s destroying the original structure. This past year the
SAE lodge was redecorated and new furnishings were added.
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Musical Explosion
At Mercer U.
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UP WITH PEOPLE, featured in
the article “Sing Out America” in
this month's Reader’s Digest, was
launched at the Moral Re-Arma
ment Demonstration for Moderniz
ing America in August, 1966. On
its 13-nation tour it has been seen
by 2 million persons and on tele
vision by an estimated 200 million.
It has been sponsored by 161 U. 8.
Senators and Congressmen in
Washington, D. C.; received stand
ing ovations up to 41 minutes at the
Naval and Air Force Academies
and West Point; and has performed
on over 80 military bases. Sing-Out
has proliferated from one into three
full time traveling casts in the
U. S. with 160 persons in each, and
similar casts in Japan, Korea, Ger
many. East Africa, Australia, Can
ada, the Caribbean and South
America. Four members of the cast,
Misses Terry Reeves (18), of Phoe-
niz, Ariz., and Glenna Hobbes (20)
of San Diego; Alan Stormont (24)
of Sussex, England and Dennis
Chauez (20) of Albuquerque, N.
Mex., are currently visiting on cam
pus to arrange the Macon tour.
After UP WITH PEOPLE tour
ed Spain, Austria and Germany
last May, former Chancellor Lud
wig Erhard told the cast, "You
have not only strengthened the ties
between Germany and America, but
you have awakened the conscience
of the German people to the fact
that freedom isn't free.”
These young Americans are sac
rificing college scholarships, paying
jobs and have been emptying bank
accounts to participate in a new
national and universal service. Bud
Linthicum, student from Idaho
State University, speaking for the
thousands of Americans involved in
this new demonstration, says, “We
know that a change needs to take
place in the world and that it moat
start with a basic moral commit
ment in each of us. We aim to pro
duce a dynamic young America to
set the pace in fresh initiative and
leadership. We are out to create a
world that is free from the age-old
barriers ot race, class and nation.”
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REVOLUTION HITS 6A. SOUTHERN CAMPUS
From the "George-Anne", May 12, 1967:
Numerous changes are taking place at GSC. Dining ball
revolutions, women’s regulations, and organisational policies
are due to be changed.
It all began on Sat. May 6, with a “roll-throwing rebel
lion” in the cafeteria concerning poor food at the university.
(That sounds familiar.) On Sunday, May 7, the student!
threw food. This past week-end I talked to a GSC coed and she
called the revolution “great.” Thank-goodness for “Mercer
Maturity”!
GSC President Zach Henderson said that the school ii
willing to take action on the students’ complaints. He told o(
plans to check into the food situation and numerous other com
plaints that the students have. GSC may get “SOCIAL FRA
TERNITIES'’ (They now have “Service Fraternities”), new
and longer library hours, new women’s dress regulations, and
plans to discuss social policy, grading scales, and class cuts
From Mercer:
Rumor has it that Johnnie Dukes, Jr., will be back st
Mercer next Fall quarter. For those of you who do not know
Johnnie, he has alternated between UGA and Mercer for tlx
past 6 quarters, never at Mercer for more than 1 quarter at a
time. Johnnie said that he is going to try to put up with thi
Mercer administration for 2 quarters in a row. I think it if
the other way around. The administration is going to put up
with him for 2 quarters in a row.
From the Florida Alligator, May 9, 1967:
Fla. students are facing a possible tuition raise of $60 p«
quarter. This has been proposed by Fla. Gov. Claude Kirk.
However, UF students are rallying. The UF Student Govern
ment composed a form letter to be used by students to sand to
their representatives in the state legislature.
ALTIZER SAYS ABSTRACT GOD IS ‘EMPTY, OPPRES
SIVE AND ALIEN'
From the Georgia State College “SignaT’ — By Janet Wells,
Managing Editor
Emory University theologian Thomas J. J. Altixer told
Georgia State students Monday that U. S. involvement it
Vietnam illustrates a recognition of “the only God that can bs
known in the historical age of the death of Gcd.”
One of the leading proponents of the “God is Dead" th
ogy, Dr. Altixer spoke at State under the sponsorship of
Committee on Social lames. Hie appearance waa in connecti
with Vietnam Week, which concludes Saturday with pad
demonstrations in New York and San Francisco.
“Apparently the only thing that eanrtkmi our .
in Vietnam is that we are doing the work of God,” Dr.
•aid. He described tho abstract God which exists in what
calk the “age of the death of God” aa an
alien other” in the TTTTtdr at those who still believe in
“To the extant that wo consciously or unoooackNMF. n
nation anagine our role of airing the world from <
in fact embracing and giving ourselves to an alien,
and oppranrivo ony.”
. Dr. Altiaer said the strongest support for the
war ta coming from the Christian churches.
“Thom who can atgl anm the reality of God are the
who can pvi tnetr rapport to an alien, rapiwn?e uoa,
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