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November #, 1967 • THE MERCER CLUSTER • 2
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In Answer To Mr. Goolsby
In answer to Charles Goolsby’s letter in the last Cluster
concerning the underdeveloped self-determination of Mercer’s
women we find it hard to reconcile Mr. Goolsby’s letter with
the facts. The facts are (hat at this moment the WSGA hand
book is undergoing massive alterations and should develop into
one of the most sweeping reevaluations of Mercer student
maturity since the obsolescence of the chastity belt.
If Mr. Goolsby would carefully read the Cluster informa
tion on the gradual changes as they come about week by week
then he will realize the magnitude of the task before the
WSGA and their leadership.
We only wish that the SGA would take as realistic a view
of the SGA Constitution as do the representatives of Mercer’s
women and begin a guillotine type rewriting upon that com
position that is, alas, much like a chastity belt in that it keeps
things fresh in SGA but when something like the much Dul
cimer elections come up no one remembers where the key is to
unlock all the secrets that are hidden behind its massive metal
ignorance.
Japanese Art;
Reviewed
By Diane Downer
What is straightforward, refined,
elegant, spirituid, musical, and
bright all at the same time? What
is of this world but not of our
world, beyond the realm of Wes
tern man's total understanding,
and yet sharply appealing and in
triguing? If you guessed Japanese
art, you're close—if you ventured
Japanese woodblock color prints,
you score 100 on your art apprecia
tion test.
Japanese art has been around for
a long, long time, and due to
the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. A1
bert J. Kirkpatrick, Japanese cul
ture came to Mac .n. The Kirk
Patricks are former Maconites and
are displaying a representative
cross-section of their woodblock
color prints in the Mercer Univer
sity Art Gallery (in the Connell
Student Center) from Sunday, Oc
tober 15 through Thursday, Octo
ber 19. The Macon show fo
cused on the idea of giving an his
torical survey of the art. and the
Kirkpatricks gave gallery talks
in order to thoroughly acquaint the 1
visitors with technique and mean
ing
The first gallery talk was
given on Opening Day at four
o’clock and was open for the gen
eral public. Three other lectures
were scheduled specifically for
interested Mercer students on
October Hi, during second, third
and sixth periods. One of the Kirk
patricks directed these lectures.
The display was a selection of 150
prints out of the 1500-print collec
tion. It has taken these art con
noisseurs 00 years and miles of
travel to gather their fantastic as
semblage- prints come from all
over the world, although idl are
Japanese in origin. The total ex
hibit ranges from Ukiyo-e prints of
the 18th and 19th centuries through
the Hanga prints of today. It in
cluded the highly renowned Shin-
sui 'Eight Views of Onu," the
llasui "Thirty-Six Scenes of
Travel," and one of the only two
existing complete Yoshida sets,
numbering 245 prints.
The Green What?
BY RON KING
The Religious Activities Building at Mercer
University known on campus as the "Green Shut
ter” coffee house has not realized its full poten
tial among the students. The original purpose of
the "Green Shutter" was to encourage exploration
as set forth by T. S. Eliot when he wrote, “. . . we
shall not cease from exploration and the end of
all our exploring will be to arrive where we started
and KNOW the place for the first time . . . .” The
"Green Shutter” was built to offer a place for ex
ploration and dialogue among students as well as
faculty and campus guests. Although Mercer join
ed a very popular movement among several sister
universities by opening the coffee house, the
"Green Shutter" has not enjoyed the popularity
or the enthusiasm most coffee houses on other
campuses have enjoyed.
One begins to question why Mercer’s coffee
house is so different from those found on other
campuses. The "Jabberwocky” coffee house of
Clemson College has practically the same purpose
as the "Green Shutter." That puropse is "to pro
vide a convenient and comfortable meeting place
to stimulate administration- faculty-student dia
logue and interaction.” The purpose is not the only
similar aspect of the two houses. The facilities of
each are somewhat parallel. Although the “Jabber
wockv" coffee house is located in a basement,
while the “Green Shutter" is an entire building,
the two establishments resemble each other in sev
end ways. The Clemson coffee house consists of
a “long, narrow brick basement divided into three
public rooms patterned after the 18th Century
coffee house." These three rooms are divided into
a study room, a game room, and a conversation
room. The Mercer building has a study room fur
nished in an early 19th Century decor; it also has
a game room which has a ping-pong table ns well
as other games. The other rooms in the building
consist of a chapel, television room, kitchen, and
the coffee house room. The coffee house room is
furnished with small tables, randies for light, and
a piano; the atmosphere is quiet and intri
guing, and very conducive to conversation. De
spite (he parallels of the two buildings, the Clem
son coffee house enjoys a tremendous popularity,
while the “Green Shutter" merely exists.
However, the "Green Shutter" certainly should
do more than exist. There is a definite need at
Mercer for communication between the adminis
tration, faculty, and students. The coffee house
was created with this in mind, for it is open to ad
ministration, faculty, and students of Mercer
Most of these people have not taken advantage
of this opportunity, for they have never visited
the "Green Shutter." The coffee house was to be
a plare that students at the university involved in
fraternities or sororities, religious groups, and
other organizations could meet on an equal basis,
and share ideas and view points. Faculty members
were invited to come to the coffee house to meet
students and carry on informal discussions. Many
of' the faculty members as well as the students at
Mercer must not realize that the University even
has a coffee house; for if they do, they are indif
ferent to the fact. Faculty and students ignore
this unique place where communication between
lieople could be very helpful.
However, the coffee house is visited by various
groups of students occasionally. Several of the
clubs on campus conduct their weekly meetings
at the house, and a few people come to the build
ing when a guest speaker to the campus conducts
a discussion period. The building has much more
to offer than just a place for meetings. The chapel
is always open so that “through art, literature,
quiet conversation, opportunities for aloneness
with God." one could possibly discover a new
meaning to their faith. The sitting room offers n
quiet place to study, and coffee is always available
to keep the student awake. The "Green Shutter”
room is a greet place for group discussions, a game
of chess, or piano playing. The building offers a
good place to hring a date, for a couple could cook
pizzas or popcorn, watch television, or play ping-
pong. The "Green Shutter" has a great potential,
but the students of Mercer are ignoring it.
/letter *Jo *Jke Cditoz
The Faculty Committee on Fel
lowships, Scholarships, and Grad
uate Study is happy to make this
announcement:
To the Danforth competition, to
which we are allowed three nomi
nees, the seniors are: Ann Jo Hen
dricks, David Hudson, and Richard
Van Buskirk.
We wish to thank all seniors who
presentisl themselves for interview;
we enjoyed it if you did not!
Of those students whose names
were suggested by the Faculty, the
following have been selectixl as
candidates for nomination to the
Woodrow Wilson competition:
Dorothy Bailey, l>ee Canijie,
Sandra Harrison, Ann Jo Hen
dricks, Clyde Hoover, Bonnie Law
rence, David Hudson, Peggy Mai
lott, James Moore, James Resseger,
and Richard Van Buskirk.
The Committee is grateful for
assistance from the rest of the
Faculty and urges that all seniors
be made aware of opportunities for
graduate study. The members of
the committee are always most
ready to provide assistance, infor
mation and advice to students
Professors Byron
Cox
Hennecy
Platt
Raymond, ('limn
Ware
Dear Mr. Cauthorn:
1 would like to commend Chark
L. Goolsby for his letter concemia
Mercer co-eds and the WSG/
which was printed in last week)
Cluster. However I think that h
failed to show one important iteu
of interest: What can be done ubo«
the present situation?
Herein I will try to show whatl
think is a logical solution to tin
problem of strict rules forced on ll*
co-eds, e g., rules concerning drew
smoking, late hours, language, etc
I don’t suggest that the co-eds h
allowed to have the same rules a
boys ns I think Mr. Goolsby in
plied in his letter. The reason for
this is that a woman's reputation *
much more at stake than a man.
reputation.
I think a more logical and ac.
ceptable approach is for the co-«k
to bring them home (from theii
parents) a list of rules that theii
parents think acceptable for the in.
dividual co-ed. Many of the co- ••d-l
have much more liberal behavior
norms at home than they do at
Mercer. Therefore, the co-eds could
pursue a pattern of behavior not
uncommon to their behavior at
home. This would provide for the
co-eds more of an atmosphere ol
being nt home, and for the school
a much happier group of girls.
Sincerely,
Roger L. Bell
Dear Mercer Student,
Because I seldom receive letters from you and because my
daily evaluation of your concern with world affairs is poor I am
drafting a small but pointed indictment.
You are like a large broken vase that the curator of the
Smithsonian Instituute is fond of pointing at and explaining
your history. A small amount of water can be poured into your
innards but comes seeping through your sides; you are pretty
with your fashions, you are intelligent with your GRE scores,
but you stink in your cracked and uniformed view of the quote
un quote outside world.
If I may be so bold as to propose that you attend Insight
programs or perhaps even experience a heart flutter when some
one switches the news to the cartoon show then I will be ful
filled in my expectations as Editor of your; yes, your not my
newspaper.
The Editor of the Cluster develops opinions of every facet
of Mercer University because that is his job and his headache.
Now do not get bored and think that another editor is becom
ing cynical or is bemoaning his job. No, I would never give you
the satisfaction to know that I disapprove of your apathy. I
loudly proclaim with joy that if you are not apathetic then you
are quietly bored with anything that is not social or smacking
of good ole Mercer attitudes.
So here I am and there you are. Think just one minute and
then you will have completed a much more complex mental
task than you have attempted since you took your first step
in the “muling and puking’’ stage.
We all can throw back notes to a professor on an exam but
our real education becomes apparent when we apply our con
cern to the “outside world”. Now go ahead and throw this
albatross away but it is not hung around my neck it is firmly
on your pink little shoulders and there it can stay with “the
thousands of other slimy things”.
Sincerely,
Tom Cauthorn
Ulie JHHerccr (Cluster
November 6, 1967
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Tom Cauthorn
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