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September 30, 1867 • THE MERCER CLUSTER • 5
Cluster Girl
This Week’s CLUSTER Girl is Julie Hulsey from Padu-
h, Kentucky. Julie is a freshman and a new promisee of Phi
Mu. Each week the CLUSTER staff will try to find a refresh
ing face to adorn the pages of Mercer’s weekly newspaper.
nterstate-75 Moves
ilowly Through Macon
I’-
By Milton Moore
To thousands of college students
nlrrstat. 75 or 1-76 is known as
road to freedom, a road to the
) and fun of Florida, but to even
re thousands of Georgians it is
onvenient topic for criticism. We
i criticize the slow development
f the road and the various State
id Federal agencies responsible,
it how many Georgians realize
at the interstate road projects are
tinning fairly close to schedule.
I 75 is a part of an interstate
ughway system that was originally
tended for military traffic In
be early 1950's the interstate high
ly system was planned so that a
rge volume of troops and muni-
lons could he rapidly moved from
r e |wrt of the country to another
the need ever arose to do so. The
riginal completion date for the en-
interatate highway system was
970. but that date has now been
Kned to 1972.
A general feeling that the inter-
it* system will be obsolete before
i- completed prevails among the
burners of the highway system;
hvrefore, new interstate construe-
ion is being planned, but the Act
f t '< ingress which created the inter
nal.- system calls for the comple-
ion of the original plans before a
v interstate system is started.
I here are several reasons that
be 1-75 link up between Macon
nd Atlanta have not yet been com-
tlehd. Among these reasons the
ham ones are:
(1) In the Macon area a priority
tan l>een given to 1-476 because of
be tedious demolition work. The
*®s* town leg of this demolition it
complete to Dempsey Avenue.
Contracts will be let soon from
Hightower Road to Pio Nono Ave-
leaving only a narrow strip
hm Hightower Road to Dempsey
Avenue to be completed.
(2) Federal funds for !-7S project
>v e been alow in arriving. The
federal Government puts up 90%
the interstate funds to Georgia’s
10%. Therefore the interstate proj
ects must wait for the arrival of
necessary funds.
(3) The U. S. Bureau of Public
Roads has recently announced that
it will no longer participate in the
purchase of interstate righta-of-way
when the cost is "substantially in
excess” of appraised market value.
(4) The problem of relocating
people who are forced from their
homes by the interstate system is
al9<> hampering progress
(5) TJie increase in road build
ing throughout the country has
caused a shortage of contractors
and road builders to work on these
projects, and the Federal Govern
ment will not release funds unless
more than one company bids on the
work.
(6) There is currently a shortage
of engineers in the department of
road design, right of way, and
bridge design.
(7) Another reason, a minor one,
that has prevented the completion
of 1-75 from Macon to Atlanta is
the emphasis placed on the Atlanta
perimeter. Funds for the interstate
system were temporary Channeled
into Atlanta to complete interstate
connections which were urgently
needed for the benefit of many peo
ple This priority probably did not
cost the 1-75 project more than
three months in final construction
time.
In view of these reasons it is little
wonder that the 1-75 completion
date is only two years behind sche
dule, but in view of the present
progress some engineers believe that
the 1-75 project will be completed
sooner than 1972.
Mr. Jack Causey, of the Macon
Chamber of Commerce, feels that
Macon has been extremely fortu
nate to have not only 1-76. but
1-475 and 1-16 also. Theae roads
will prove to be a valuable asset
to the industry and economy of
Macon.
GEORGE LAW SCHOOL
OPENS WITH 205
Student leaders of Mercer Uni
versity’s Walter F. George School
of Law spoke to the 1967-68 fresh
man law clasa at the opening of the
fall term.
Orientation waa held Monday
(18th) and the first classes were
held Tuesday. This year’s enroll
ment in the law school is 206. the
same as last year's.
William Cetti, editor-in-chief of
the Law Review, spoke at orienta
tion. Jerry Sanders, chief justice
of the Court of Honor and Correc
tions, explained that the purpose
of the court was to hear cases in
volving violations of honor and to
interpret the constitutions of the
Student Bar Association
David Sims, president of the Stu
dent Bar Association, explained the
essential function of the association
was to bridge the gap between legal
theory and practice.
Terrell Griffin explained how the
Moot Court team holds debates on
a legal topic during the year.
The Student Bar Association of
ficers include Sims who is from
Gray, Georgia; Winbum Stewart of
Macon, Georgia, vice president;
James Sayer of Atlanta. Georgia,
secretary; William McAbee of At
lanta. Georgia, treasurer; Lee Ram
pey of Elberton, Georgia, solicitor
and Roman Dziewienski of Atlanta.
Georgia, sergeant at arms.
The Executive Committee of the
association is made up of Tom Rat
cliff of Tifton. Georgia, chairman
James Butterworth of Gainesville
Georgia. Daniel Robinson of Mel
ville. Long Island, New York, War
ren Plowder of Bainbridge, Geor
gia and William Perry of Nashville.
Georgia.
Members of the Court of Honor
and Corrections are Jerry Sanders
of Pensacola, Florida, chief justice;
T. C. Sanders of Dallas, Georgia,
Bill Exum of Lakeland, Georgia,
Curtis Farrar of Douglas. Georgia
Death Takes Dr. Stewart
The Mercer community felt
a great loss at the death on June
third of Dr. Nancy Stewart, pro
fessor of French. Dr. Stewart had
taught at Mercer and Wesleyan
from 1935 until her final illness
in the winter quarter of 1967.
Dr. Stewart graduated from
Wesleyan College in 1929. She re
ceived her Master degree from
Emory University in 1931 and her
doctorate from the University of Paris in 1935. She
taught at Mercer from 1935 through 1946 when she
joined the Wesleyan faculty. She returned to Mer
cer in 1956.
An able and active supporter of the arts, Dr.
Stewart had been a member of the Macon Writers
Club, the Macon Symphony Orchestra and the Ma
con Art Association, as well as several educational
associations.
She was a member of St. Francis Episcopal
Church and is buried at Riverside Cemetery.
Her students of the last thirty years will re
member her as an unusually intelligent and gra
cious lady who taught European languages and lite
rature with a rare devotion, relish, insight and abi
lity. Those who knew her, studied under her and
live in the Macon area which she long served are
diminished at her passing.
and I jury C-oDins of Bvron, Geor-
gia, associate justices.
Note Of Thanks
Mercer Employee, Sammy
Patrick, expresses his and
his family’s thanks to all of
those who helped him during
this past trying week
Semantha, the six week old
daughter of Mr. Patrick and
his wife, died last week of
birth complications She was
buried Wednesday, Septem
ber 27 in the afternoon.
Federal Aid Helps 800
Colleges And Universities
More than 800 colleges and universities in the United
States — about one-third of the total — received Federal aid
to build or remodel classrooms, laboratories, and libraries dur
ing the year that ended last June 30.
Grants and loans totaling about '
$710.7 million were made to 877
colleges, universities, and branch
campuses under the Higher Educa
tion Facilities Act of 1963. The
Higher Education Facilities Act of
1963 was the first in the series of
landmark educational measures en
acted during the 1960’b.
This Federal aid, administered
by the U. S Office of Education,
helped to generate nearly $2 billion
in college construction needed to
meet student enrollments which are
at an all-time high.
In addition, almost $4 million
was provided for operation of state
commissions responsible for setting
priorities, under Title I of the Act,
for Federal grants to undergraduate
schools.
During fiscal year 1967:
—Grants of $460.7 million went
to 819 undergraduate institutions
under Title I. Of the money allotted
to each State, 22 percent must be
used for public community colleges
and public technical institutes.
—Under Title II—grants to esta-
bliah or improve graduate schools
and centers—67 universities re
ceived $60 million.
—Title III—-loans to colleges and
universities—provided $200 million
to 183 institutions.
Some institutions received grants
for both graduate and undergradu
ate construction and, in some cases,
loans as well. The total Federal
contribution in giants and loans
may not exceed 75 percent of total
construction costs
Letters To Editor
The Constitution of the Student
Government Association requires
that all agencies drawing funds
from the Student Faculty Board of
Appropriations file with the Mercer
Cluster a quarterly report of their
finances The following is a report
from the Film Series (1967-68):
Appropriation, $1,000.00**: 20
Films. $702.50*. $297.50** : Postage,
insurance, handling charges, (ap
prox), $50.00*. $247.50* *
" J
Cluster Corrected
In a recent cartoon in one of the
major southern university news
papers two German Communist
soldiers are ,hown against the
Berlin wall reading a newspaper
whose headline reads of the United
States’ intention to wall off North
Viet Nam. The caption read, “I
guess good walls make good
neighbors."
This cartoon is humorous for the
obvious reason which is the com-
parision it makes. But more im
portant is the far reaching analogy
it carries
Many times in looking over the
Mercer campus things are seen and
heard that would make good news.
Unfortunately this news is seldom
written because of the inabillity of
the (wiper to get the facts.
Past editors of the Cluster have
gone ahead and written these
stones without the facts and have
thus brought deserved criticism
upon their paper. It is not the
intention of the present editor to
do this and so now we return to
the analogy of the cartoon
Simply stated: We at Mercer
have criticized the Georgia Baptist
Convention for stopping federal
loans from coming to Mercer and
then when the time may be ripe
again for a try we are informer!
from administrative sources that
the University will not bring the
Matter before the convention again.
Thus like the United States we
have complained about one wall
but when it has become expedient
we have decided to elusively build
our own wall for convenience sake
Wilson, Danforth And
Fulbright Fellowships Open
Mercer University has announced that applications are
now being taken for the Danforth, Fulbright, and Woodrow
Wilson Fellowships, annual awards given to outstanding seniors
for graduate study. Seniors are encouraged to apply for these
and other grants before it is too late.
Mercer University is entitled to
nominate three candidates for Dan
forth Fellowships in the fall com
petition. These fellowships are open
to both men and women. The Com
mittee on Graduate Study will in
terview candidates on Thursday.
October 5 from 3:00 P M., in Room
202, Knight Hall
Forms for Fulbright applications
for study abroad are available in
202. Knight Hall. Since the dead
line for the national office is No
vember 1. complete applications
should be returned to Dr. Raymond
by October 20.
The Woodrow Wilson Founda
tion has announced a change in its
policy; it announces an "Identifies
tion" program of 1000 DESIG
NATES. including 150 fellowships,
for the coming year. The names of
the designates are to be sent to the
leading graduate schools to help in
identifying potential recipients of
worthwhile fellowships, such as
NDEA. etc. The graduate schools
consulted are (enthusiastic about
the program. Members of the facul
ty suggest applicants, who will he
advised by the Committee On
Graduate Study when to appear
for interview