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* Mtrttr Cluster Volume XLIX MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GEORGIA, JANUARY 28, 1968 Number 10 .0, -r v i ♦ dp* +r 4* ** a % i 4.* *r. ' f y w 1' ,' & % aV J * ^ m JL 'J ** * * SB & It* - « * 9 * 8> .** Traditional and contemporary choral music will be included in the program to be sung by the touring Upsala College Choir in a concert at Willingham Chapel on Thursday, January 25, •t 10 o’clock. Under its new conductor, Richard Toensing, the 40-voice mixed choir will sing a program including selections by Buxtehude, Billings, Schutz, Callus, and Gibbons. A special feature of the program will be a group of works from the Baroque Period, sung by a small ensemble from within the choir, with cello, flute, and keyboard accompaniment Another program highlight will be a motet, The Transfiguration, by Sven-Erik Back. A contemporary Swedish composer, Back was commissioned to write the work by the Upsala Choir in 1966. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, Toensing is a graduate of St. Olaf College in his home state of Minnesota, and received a master’s degree in music from the University of Michigan, where he was assistant director of the chamber choir. Toensing is also a composer. He has received several awards for composition, including the American Choral Directors Association Award, the Broadcast Music Inc. Award, and the Beames Prize in Composition from Columbia U nivereity. ISS Program SeekApplicants By Gary L. Johnson M freer, along with hundred* of the nation'* college* and univer- ntjes, haa been selected to nomi- Mtc participant* to attend the third annual session of the Intensive Summer Studies Program (ISSP). Mercer is the only institution in the state of Georgia participating. The 1S9P is conducted at Harvard, Columbia, and Yale Universities during the summer for eight weeks. This program, established in 1966, has as its purpose to discover and namine student# with promising capshilities of completing advanced degrif programs, to promote the students’ interests in applying to graduate schools, and to endorse them for admission to appropriate graduate committees. Students un der the program are given the op portunity to perform as in actual graduate school, whereby they can MtesH their own scholarly abilities. The students are judged by the Hsnard, Columbia, and Yale facul members on the basis of their Mninar, informal meeting and das- m performances. TV present program offers post tophomore, post-junior, and this year the post-senior tutorials. The post sophomore courses include So cud Science — Community Power 8tnu ture and Contemporary Civi lization and the post junior courses consist of English, History, Socio logy Political Science, Psychology, end Philosophy, Dr Doris Raymond is presently •ceking applicants for the 1968 cummer program. Each applicant • interviewed by Dean Garland F. Tcylor, who will make the final de- cuion in making the final decision, H* following factors are consider ed (1) academic performance, (2) •nrealized potentials, (3) emotion- d ctability, (4) sense of industry *nd responsibility, and (6) motiva tion for academic excellence. Ls*t year Sandy Harrison, Mar- Babbit, and Bob Collin* wars •dected from Mercer to parti ci pats **«rtiel and Bob have been asked t° reapply this year by the director* * the ISSP Sandy Harrison is a senior and plans to graduate this June, therefore making her ineligi ble to reapply. Other Mercer stu dents who have attended the pro gram include Diana Denton, Jacob Beil, and Ann Jo Hendricks. In a recent interview with Bob Collins, he characterized the pro gram as a unique experience with a diversity of thoughts in a new climate and a change of order. He pointed out that the most interest ing topics of his particular tutorial group were of the subject matter civil nghts and Viet Nam. Bob, a psychology major, plans to attend a similar post graduate program at Florida State University this sum mer. Calendar of Events Wednesday, January 24 8:00-Basketball, Bears vs. Georgia Southern, HOME Thursday, January 25 10:00-Chapel. Upsala College Choir on tour Friday, January 26 10:00-Chapel, Rev. Mr. William L. Self, pastor of Wieuca Road Baptist Church will speak 7 .10-Movie, '‘Guns of the Nava- rone,” Room 314 CSC 8:00-Baaketball, Bears vs. Florida Presbyterian, Away Saturday, January 27 Basketball, Bear* vs. Tampa University, Away MOORE WINS ESSAY CONTEST Sidney L. Moore, Jr., of Monte zuma is the Mercer University win ner of an easay contest on the legal service program of the Office of Economic Opportunity. Moore, a senior in the Walter F. George School of Law, was awarded $50 for his essay on "The OEO Legal Service Program — Oppor tunity Or Menace To the Profes sion”. The State Bar Association of Georgia selected the eeeay title with the award furnished by the C2iicago Title Insurance Company through its Georgia agency. Title Company of Georgia. Wehunt Receives $12,000 Award William D Wehunt, Mercer Uni versity senior, is one of five South ern students awarded a Justin Pot ter Merit Scholarship to the Van derbilt University Medical School. The amount of the scholarship is $3,000 a year for four years. It is awarded on the basis of grades, Medical College Admisaion Test, and personal interview. Winners of the scholarship were chosen from a list of 13 finalists re presenting ten colleges and univer sities in the nation. Wehunt, a resident of Sumter, South Carolina, is an A student at Mercer. He is vice-president of the senior class, president of Scabbard and Blade military fraternity and is listed in Who's Who In American Colleges and Universities. Other campus offices he holds in clude vice-president of Circle K, vice-president of Sigma Mu scho lastic fraternity, secretary of Blue Key leadership society and secre tary of Phi Eta Sigma scholastic fraternity. He holds the rank of captain in the Mercer ROTC unit Diplomat in Chapel Speaking at chapel today was Mr. John D. Jernegan, Ambassador to Algeria 1966-1967 and now serv ing as Diplomat-in-Residence at Emory University. The purpose of liis moving to Emory is to give ca reer diplomats the opportunity to discuss the world problems and for eign affairs with citizens at home in order to understand the differ ent attitudes of the people he comes in contact with. Mr. Jernegan ia a native of Los Angeles, California and attended Stanford University where he re ceived his M.A. and B.A. in politi cal science. He was appointed to the Foreign Service and assigned to the Embassy at Mexico City in December, 1936. He served in many assistant positions before being ap pointed Ambassador to Algeria. He is also probably the only American diplomat who has been forced to leave two posts abroad, in Iraq end Algeria because of breaks in diplo matic relation* Student Government To Sponsor Primary For U. S. President by Wright Davis Mercer students, regardless of age, will have the oppor tunity to vote for President in 1968 in a collegiate presidential primary sponsored by TIME MAGAZINE. The primary officially named CHOICE 68 will give millions of students on some 2,500 college campuses the opportunity to show their preferences. lot will be structured to allow “the The voting, sponsored locally by the Mercer SGA, will be held si multaneously on campuses across the country on April 24, 1968, and the results of the primary will be independently tabulated and made available to all media, interested organizations and individuals. Ballots will be provided by the project's executive committee and distributed to participating cam puses. Project leaders say the bal- SGA News The first business meeting of the Student Government Association was primarily concerned with Homecoming 1968. Plans were fin alized concerning the election of dorm representative and Secretary of the Freshman Class. Gary Brenner, President of the Junior Class presented a tentative schedule for the weekends activities. The activities are as follows: February 2 — Registration of Toby and Tot candidate* and Homecoming displays between 2 PM and 4 PM. The fees are $6. and $10. respectively. February 7—Election of Toby and Tot February 8 — Student-Faculty Basketball game. February 9—Homecoming con cert. (The performing artist will be announced on the return of con tracts. The delay is a result of the death of Otis Redding who had been contracted for the event.) February 10—10 a.m. Judging of displays. Afternoon jam session — pep rally. 8 p.m. Homecoming game Bears vs. Stetson. At half-time Toby and Tot and the display win ners will be announced. After game dance—Performers name will be released soon. February 11—11 ajn. Chape] Worship Service. Brenner also announced Junior Class Officers who are heading homecoming committees. They are John Winkle—Faculty-Student Ball game; Stephanie Edgar, displays and Jayne Ball—program. Qualifications for the election of dorm representatives and Secretary of the freshman class were set for Thursday, January 18. The election will be held Tuesday, January 23. Dave Hudson, Roger Anderberg, Dickie Childs, Charles Witzleben, Scott Mac lay, and Ed Bacon, were announced to accompany Mr. Jer ry Stone to Savannah for a Student Government Swap - Shop state Workshop January 13 and 14. Hudson read a letter from Dr. Rufus Harris, President of the Uni versity, noting the appointment of Miss Sandra Sullivan and Mr. Jer ry Stone to the committee on se lecting students to appear in the List of Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities. Students appointed to the same committee in a non-voting capacity are Steve Moody, past president of SGA and David Hudson, Present president of Mercer’s Student governing body. The next meeting of the SGA will be January 23 at 9:30 pm in room 336 of the Student Center. fullest and widest possible expres sion of opinion.” The student voter will indicate his age and political party affilia tion or preference. The presiden tial candidates will be grouped by party, but students will be allowed to cross party lines. All persons se riously mentioned as presidential candidates will be included on the ballot Voters wil lindicate three choices for president, but the first choice will be the only one used in the ac tual primary tabulation. The second and third choices will be used for statistical analysis. In addition to indicating their choice of presiden tial candidates, students wil] have a chance to vote on three issues of national concern, each with four to six possible responses. The selec tion of these issues will also be made by the Board of Directors. Initial response by student lead ers lias been highly favorable. Ac cording to Robert G. Harris, Exec utive Director of CHOICE 68, for merly student body president of Michigan State University, ''college men and women see the Primary as a meaningful political activity and a monumental opportunity to make themselves heard in an effec tive way. ' Value of Housewife; A Study by Dr. Pyun Dr. Pyun, assistant professor of economics, tried in a recent article, “The Monetary Vahie of a House wife: An Economic Analysis for Judicial Decisions,” to analyze the true worth of a deceased house wife. Many times Dr. Pyun has appeared in courts where cases of suit are being held and has discussed the monetary worth of a deceased Dr. Pyun housewife. Dr. Pyun obtains estimates of the deceased housewife's earning ability by the use of statistics. This is an estimate of the replacement cost of a deceased housewife on the basis of her "prospective earn ing capacity." Dr. Pyun, through the use of geometry, discovers the housewife's contribution to the family as a whole. Overall, he found that the housewife’s contributions are larger than her earning capac ity. Dr. Pyun criticizes the standard procedure in estimating the re (>la cement cost of a deceased house wife which divided house chores in to occupations such as cook and governess and then computed the replacement cost of a deceased wife according to the wage afforded to the occupations. This Dr. Pyun says, erases the individuality of the housewife and takes for granted that all housewives are alike in their performance of household du ties and affairs.