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rith the intention of eventually returning
beta.
Besides the fact that musing books cost
uoney to replace — students eventually have
» pay for them out of fees — missing books
ie a continuing source of aggravation when
tu dents have to do outside research and
irm papers.
How many books are actually missing from
the library each quarter? The library com-
mittee reports that the figure has been run-
nini' between 25 and 30 books a quarter. No
complete inventory was ever taken until this
Dimner. The findings repealed that some
E 39 books could not be located. Some of
se vohirans have been missing up to five
“ ers.
The related problem arises of how to en
ure that enough copies of books are available
' term paper time? Have you ever been fort-
ste enough to have a research paper due
e next day, and you rush to the library to
that last minute research, and having
ocated the all important book find that the
■sential pages are neatly cut out? The ine
ligible have caused much mental anguish
the majority of Mercer students.
What has been done to alleviate this prob-
_m and what ought to be done? First, one
nil time staff member was added this sum-
oer who is responsible half time for supervis-
ig shelving, for doing shelving when neces-
*ry, and for supervising pick-up and reading
helves to see that books are in order. Second,
toe seasonal worker was employed to shelve
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Five Mercer co-eds were tapped for membership in the
Sardinia Key National Honor Society on Tuesday during
r ial ceremonies in Willingham Chapel. Those tapped were:
tiel Babbitt, junior from Atlanta; Linda Huddleston, senior
om Senoia; Judy McQuagge, senior from Vero Beach, Florida;
krbara Wehunt, senior from Sumter, S. C. and Nancy Wil
iams, junior from Atlanta. Miss Babbitt, Vice-president of
Kgma Tau Gamma scholastic honorary sorority, is program
teirman for the Student National Education Association and
member of the Mercer Choir.
Library Needs Help
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at times of heavy shelving at the end of each
quarter. Third, two inventories are to be
taken to determine what is disappearing.
Fourth, reserves which were especially crqpial
were closed.
Is it necessary for Mercer to employ check
ers at the doors? The library is open 87 hours
a week. At a dollar an hour it would cost
$87 a week or $4,350 a 50-week year. If the
checkers were paid the minimum $1.40 mini
mum wage it would cost Mercer $6,090 a
year. Such a system would severly limit the
number of books the library could purchase
on it’s $25,000 yearly budget
Some schools have used the system ot
caged stacks and magnetic sensing devices.
The books are enclosed in steel wire cages
with locked doors and the books are paged
from the closed stacks. The magnetic sensing
device operates on the principle that bits of
sensitized metal are secreted in the books. If
the books are not desensitized at a special
machine at the desk, an alarm, lock or signal
of some sort is activated. These type systems
would destroy the enjoyment and purpose of
the library. They should not be necessary at
Mercer.
Are the irresponsible to destroy the con
veniences of the library for the responsible
students? Is it necessary for a church-related
university to employ guards at the doors,
locked cages for its books, or electronic sens
ing devices? We should think Mercer stu
dents are much more responsible than this*
Cardinal Key Taps
She serve* on the Honor Coun-
il and ia a member of the Student
iovemroent Appropriations Com-
uttrv She is also a member of
lappa Delta Epsilon, the Christian
h^ice Fellowship. Baptist Stu-
■nt Union, and the Young Wo-
hh Auxiliary. She attended the
■stitute for Summer Studies and is
w president of Chi Omega soro-
Miss Huddleston serves as Hi*
Drisn for Sigma Tau Gamma and
i Vespers Chairman for BSU. She
also a member of SNEA, YWA.
ad Kappa Delta Epsilon. She is
■tod in Who’s Who among Stu
nt's in American Universities and
bBeges and is currently serving as
►chairman of the Independent
bunnl and as President of the
Isrrer Independent Co-ed Aaao-
Nfon
Miss McQuagge. Historian of
Ma Beta Beta Honor Society, is
lo a member of Sigma Tau Gam-
I as well as vice president of
lappa Delta Epsilon. She holds
bership in Phi Delta Literary
rty and in the Little Sisters of
erva. She is listed in Who's
among Students in American
diversities and Colleges, and
trves as president of Phi Mu so-
ty Miss Wehunt is president of
igna Tau Gamma and is also a
1st of Sigma Mu scholastic
mry. Kappa Delta Epsilon and
fAA She serves as Tournament
rman of WAA and has served
Hall Representative. Social
ksirman. Firs Marshall, First
president and a member of the
rifcial Committee for the Womens
nt Government Association,
is listed in Who's Who among
ddents in American Universities
M colleges and ia pledge trainer of
OCA
Uis* Williams is President-elect
* SNEA and the Program Chair-
■*> of YWA. She is a member of
• Mercer Choir and ia active in
's Student Government Ae-
Thfo Is The
Lost Cluster
Off 1967
aociation. She is pledge sweetheart
for the Mercer Independent Men’s
Association and is a member of
WAA. She is currently serving as
treasurer of Chi Omega sorority.
IFC Convention
How to make the most of the op
portunities faring fraternities on
the modem college campus today
was examined joinUy by educators,
political leaders, and prominent
buainessmeh at the 59th annual
meeting of the National Inter-
fraternity Conference held in New
York City from November 30
through December 2.
Mercer University sent three
delegates to the National Inter-
fraternity Conference. Those who
represented Mercer at the con
ference were Jerry Stone, advisor
to the Interfratemity Council,
Brince Manning, (KS) President of
the IFC, and Gary Brenner, (KA)
Vice-President of the IFC.
Art Department
Receives Grant
The Structofab Co., Inc., recent
ly presented the Art Department
with a $2000 material contribu
tion: <2000 worth of poiyurethene
foam, which is used both industrial
ly and in sculpting.
This relatively light styrofoamish
material lends itself particularly
well to creative carving. It boasts a
type of sandpaper texture that is
not affected chemically by the tak
ing on of paint or will not bum, but
can be finished nicely and is prac
tical
This substance was used on a
project undertaken in Macon not
too long ago—the sculpturing of a
20-foot whale to be hung from the
ceiling of the New York American
Museum of Natural History Seve
ral Mercer students helped in the
formation of the gigantic mammal.
The Art Department feel* that it
was vary lucky to be the recipients
ot such a useful contribution, and
ia atocauragart by the students' rs-
sponee to the polyurethme foam.
Educational Changes
In Britain; Topic
For Convocation
Miss Catherine Russell of the
Winifred Cullis Lecture — Fellow
ship will speak Friday December 8,
in Chapel on the “Educational
Changes in Britain".
Headmistress of the Central
Newcastle High School for Girls
since 1962, Miss Russell was born
in Yorkshire, educated at the Girl’s
High School in Salt bum and at
Liverpool University where she
gained an Honours Degree in
History and a Post-Graduate*
Teaching Diploma.
Miss Russell began her career on
the staff of the Lancaster Girl's
Grammar School. Then she spent
two years as an “assistante" at the
Lycee Fenelon in Paris and lived
with a French family. She returned
to Britain in 1953 to join the staff
of the Notting Hill & Ealing High
School for Girls, in London, where
she became Head of the French
Department and Deputy Headmis
tress, and remained for nine years,
before taking up her present |>ost of
Headmistress of the Central New
castle High School, in Northumber
land. Both Notting Hill & Ealing
and Newcastle are schools of the
Girl’s Public Day School Trust and
direct grant grammar schools.
The establishment of links be
tween her own students and young
people in other countries, by means
of exchange visits, has always been
one of Miss Russell's aims. She has
collaborated with such organiza
tions as the American Field Service
and Voluntary Service Overseas,
and for three years was Chairman
of the Tyneside Branch of ihe
Council for Education in World
Citizenship. She is keenly interest
ed in all aspects of British educa
tion and especially in the reapprai
sal of educational ideals and values
which is taking place at the present
time. Secretary and Treasurer of
the Northern Counties Branch of
the Association of Headmistress,
Miss Russell is also a Trustee of
the Royal Jubilee Educational
Charity for Girls in Newcastle, an
organization which encourages girls
from families with limited means
to continue their education to such
higher level as will enable them to
qualify for entrance into university
or to take some specialised training
for a career. She ia a member of the
British Federation of University
Women, the English-Speaking
Union and the Modem Language
Association.
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Final Examination Schedule
MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1967
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon All 2nd period classes
2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. All 3rd, 7th, and 8th
period classes
7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. All 9A period classes
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1967
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon All 1st period classes
2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. All 4th period classes
7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. All 9B period classes
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1967
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon All 5th period classes
2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. All 6th period classes
There must be no change of schedule without previous
arrangement with the Dean.
McCarthyism Of Our Time
By Reese Swint
The politician in the United
States today who takes a conserva
tive view toward foreign policy, is
regarded as an extermist. Except in
certain sections of the nation, such
as the Southeast and the far West,
the candidate with conservative
leanings will assuredly be labeled
a “war-monger”, a “reactionary",
or in some cases a “nut”. In many
cases he will be accused of having
connections with a radical organixa-
tion such as the John Birch Socie
ty or the Minutemen.
In the 1964 presidential cam
paign, Barry Goldwater ran on a
platform that included a conserva
tive foreign policy. The liberal
press wasted little time ih denounc
ing Senator Goldwater as “irrespon
sible" and as "trigger-happy". The
Democratic Party distributed a tele
vision commercial which featured
a small child in a peaceful setting
followed by the launching of a nu
clear missile. The implication of
this was that Barry Goldwater, if
elected, would initiate a nuclear
war. In effect, the Democratic
Party argued that a vote for Barry
Goldwater was a vote for a nuclear
catastrophe. Actually, the proposed
foreign policy of Senator Goldwater
was very similar to the policy em
ployed by President Eisenhower.
The years of Eisenhower's adminis
tration were years of relative peace,
not war. This did not save Gold-
water from being smeared a* a
“war-monger". The result of this
campaign of slander was an over
whelming Democratic victory. The
Democrats had played upon Ameri
ca's fear of a nuclear war to attain
victory.
These same tactics art* being used
by the liberals in the debate over
the Vietnam war. The liberals, or
Doves as they like to be called, in
sist that any opposition to Com
munist expansion will lead to war
with Red China.
In the McCarthy era of the
I960's, liberals were often suspect
ed of having ties with the Com
munists. Today, the situation is just
the opposite.
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