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Volume XLIX MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GEORGIA, JANUARY 16, 1968
Number 9
Ferranti' and Teicher will perform in the Chapel tonight at 8:30.
Plucked Dulcimer Molts
By Diana Downer
Molting describes the process by
sha ll birds periodically lose their
old leathers and gain new uni's to
replace them. The PLUCKED
DULCIMER, the motif of the
campus literary magazine, is not
unlrke any other bird in this re
spect Robert Newell. Editor of the
mag.izine. reports that the publi
cation, like the imaginary bird it
is named for! i» currently in the
process fo molting some of the old
er feathers in its composition, and
'positing a new phimmage that
will change the body of the maga
line
To be specific, a new format has
been adopted by the publication.
In the pa9t, the Dulcimer seemed
to sin away from humor and diver
nty. but with experience, many
hair come to realiz.e that both of
this. are an important |>art of the
liter try and general campus scene
Cartoons, satire and essays will Is'
'mv noticeable in the next issue
— essays, features and revealing]
inter lews also will occupy amide J
•pace The NEW Dulcmier is do-
Mgn..( to ap|>eal to any and every
•hid tit in some way
David Sibley, copy editor of the
(aiming edition, explained the
view.[stint of the entire Plucked
Dul eiiner staff when he stated:
"Th. incorporation of lighter mi
lenui with serious works will not
<inh make the magazine more
teadnble, but, by introducing con
hast, will enhance its quality and
merit *’ Prose works, poetry, visual
*rt and photography will be main-
Uimd in a segregated folio, and
in alt cases, justice will be done by
•he artist.
Another variation from preceed-
■I?* < drtions will be the insertion' of
exchange material from other
Southeastern universities and col
*erw* These, hopefully, could con
tribute to the spirit of creativity,
•nd competition at Mercer, in ad
dition to keeping the student more
**®re of the work of his contem
poraries
A new expanded advertising pro
f'*® is expected to notably increase
hpaocial support, thus building the
foundation for a re-envigorated
Plucked Dulcimer.
Other Dulcimer workers due cre
dit (or their assistance are; Susan
Wiseman, secretary; Mary Jo A1
len, advertising manager; Roger
Poston, cartoonist, and David Mes-
eda. photographer
(’ontrilmttons' of student work
are, still being considered for pub
lication. and the opportunity to be
a part of the new Plucked Dulci
mer is open (o every student.
Shell Awards
Mercer $1,500
The Shell Companies Foundation
has awarded Mercer University a
grant of $1,500 under its Shell As
sists program
This is the eighth yeaf Mercer
has been recognized by a grant
from the foundation.
Dr Rufus C Harris, president of
Mercer, in accepting the grant,
called attention to the important
part such grants plav "in the Uni
versity's endeavor to provide gua
lity Christian education for today's
young people."
The donation provides three $500
grants One recognizes the national
challenge to' increase the general
support of higher education and is
to be used in a manner designated
by the president of the university.
Another provides for faculty deve
lopment in the Department of Che
mistry.
Walter M. Upchurch Jr., senior
vice president of the Shell Com
panies Foundation, said Shell As
sists gTants are intended to encour
age increased faculty participation
in scholarly professional activities
FIRST MERCER U. INVITATIONAL
LaGRANGE TAKES TOURNAMENT;
85-54 OVER BIRMINGHAM SN.
Calendar of Events
Tuesday, January 16—10:00 Con
vocation—Dr Samuel Hill,
Univ. of North Carolina
8:30—Concert
Thursday, January 18—10:00—
Chapel—Dr. Otto
8:00—Basketball — HOME —
Bears vs. Carson-Newman
Friday, January 19—10:00—Chapel
—Dr. Otto
Saturday, January 20—10:00 —Ri
fle Team vs. Auburn & So.
Miss, at Auburn
8:00—Basketball — HOME —
Bears vs. Oglethorpe
Monduy, January 22—10:00 Con
vocation—Ambassador John D.
Jernegan in Res. from Emory
3:00—Presentation Ceremony for
Cadet ROTC Bat. sponsor
nominees
TOP 6% HONORED;
94 ON DEAN’S LIST
Ninety-four students in Mercer
I University’s College of Liberal
Arts made the Dean's List for the
fall quarter
The numb« r represents six per
cent of the students following a
liberal arts curriculum, according
to Dr. Garland F. Taylor, dean.
To he named to the Dean's List
a student must have a B-plus or
hotter average in all courses taken
during the quarter. Of those meet
ing this requirement, 26 or slightly
more than one-fourth made all
A's.
Those names in the list (* de
notes all A's) include:
Vivian James Adams, Macon;
Carl A. Amend, Macon; ’Roger B.
Anderberg, Bndgeville, Pa.; ’Fran
ces Anderson, Lyons; Linda Kay
Askew, Columbus; Rosa Martiel
Babbitt, Augusta; 'Dorothy Ann
Barnett, Warner Robins; Judith
Lynne Belser, Jacksonville, Fla.;
William E. Black. Macon; Alan Lee
Bowen. Rome; Charles E. Bowen.
Dalton: Carolyn Jane Braun, Jack
sonville, Fla.; Npney M. Brunson,
Thomaston; Lou April Cable, Ma
con; Robert Michael Camp, Rome;
Alice 1-ee Canipc, Macon; ’Richard
R. Champion, Thomson'; Sherri D
Clark, Jacksonville. Fla.; Robert L.
Cont’d on Page 3
By John Kidd
The Mercer Bears fell prey to the
Hawks of Huntingdon College 94-
90 in the opening game of the first
Mercer Invitational. The Bears got
off to a slaw start and Huntingdon
the foul line. Huntingdon sunk 36
out of 45 foul shots, 14 of them in a
row at the-end of the game when
the Bears were threatening, and
really sunk'the chances'of pulling
built up a decisive advantage, Mer- j
cer leading only in the early min
utes 3-2, 5-4, and 8-6. Then the |
Hawks from Montgomery, Alabama !
built up a lead of 20-8 midway of the j
first half and then boosted it to 39-
20 in the last three minutes. The
hears cut the lead to 45-32 by half |
time, and after the half came oii'j
the court ready to play ball. A j
Bear team resembling last year's
opened up its fast break and, hit
ting their outside shots, outscoied
Huntingdon 58-49 in the second
half.
The trouble was that in their at
tempts to get the ball, the Bears
hud to press and play-close, thereby
amassing numerous fouls which
not only cost them the services of 1
Robert Belloir and Jim Graham. |
but also turned the Haw ks loose at j
off a really good comeback.
Individually the Bears were led
by Jud Roberts with 24, David Tay
lor and Bill Naylor with 12 each.
Taylor brought tile crowd to its
feet with four jumpers of 25 feet or
more in the last four minutes and
played an overall good game. The
Hawks, who improved their record
to 5-6, were led by Lloyd Julian
with 26 points. Chuck Nieman with
27, and Ricky My rick, who led all
scoters with 30, Mercer's lack of re
bounding and accuracy at the char
ity sTrlpe hurt us in the long run.
as did the lack of support The
cheerleaders, really lookisl lonely
out there by themselves. Let's show
Cont'd on Page 4
Education Costs
Rise 10 Times
SeaIptfl,... Scofek-To^r,...
II? Cathy Crrcn
The viist of education today in
proportion to' the general cost of
living is as much oUt of proportion
as it was 130 -cars ago. A student's
educational costs were about one
tenth of what it is today, hut the
cost of living was also proportion
atcly less than it is today The
figh cost of education was a
major factor in the problem of
drop outs which plagued, school of
ficiuls T30 years ago.
The financial problems of a stu
dent pursuing education in Oeor
gia in 183d are displayed through
the history of Mercer University in
a financial statement from the first
piysideht of Men or, Billingtofi M
Sanders, to Mrs Thomas Greene,
guardian of James ,G. Fanning, a
Sfudent at Mercer. Institute then
located at Penfield. north of Greens
boro in Oconee County. The state
Coat'd on Page 3