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Volume
XLIX
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GEORGIA', FEBRUARY 20,1968
Number 14
State News
Amendment for Providing
unds to Private Colleges
Proposed to Georgia Leg.
By Tom Cauthora
The Senate’s University System Committee of the Georgia
General Assembly approved a proposed constitutional amend-
nent to the Georgia Constitution that will allow the State
Board of Regents to make grants to private colleges.
Meeting on Thursday, February ‘
the committee’s approval put the
proposed amendment on the floor
if the Senate for action later in this
current session.
According to Sen. Battle Hall of
Rome, “The private institutions are
Inding it difficult to keep up” be-
Ceuse of the vast amounts of state
Inandal assistance being funneled
b the University System schools.
Sen. Lamar Plunkett of Bowdon,
mother sponsor of the proposed
■nendmeat along with Sen. Hall,
laid the state will actually be get
ting more education for lees money
I the amendment passes. The pro
posed amendment would allow the
te of Georgia to make financial
nts to students wanting to at-
private colleges and univetei-
Sen. Plunkett further stated that
the coats of the private schools
going up it will make their
ndance prohibitive for sane stu-
its. He said that the net result
the rising tuitions will be to
d the lower tuition University
tern schools.
Photo Club News
Jay Meabahee, president of the
fercer Photo Qub, today announ-
that final decision on the loca-
i of the club’s darkroom and
lab was made last week, and
several meetings with the
i officials it was agreed to use
Green Shutter for the dub’a
ties and the photo lab.
SGA NEWS
Despite the absence of fifty per.
cent of the SGA, the seventeen
members present reviewed a revised
constitution proposed by the Con
stitution Committee Tuesday. Feb
ruary 12. Tom Cauthorn, chairman
of the constitution committee
(other members: Msrtiel Babbitt,
David Hudson, George Leake, and
Ed Bacon) read the entire consti
tution, pausing frequently for cor
rectiona or to a newer questions.
The Constitution, shortened some
what, was the main item of busi
ness of the meeting, lasting from
9:30 until 11 p.m.
Debate between members of the
SGA resulted on the question of
whether to include the PLUCKED
DULCIMER in the Constitution or
have it an an amendment, which
will be voted upon separately from
the adoption of the proposed Con
stitution.
Because of the abiguity of the
present Constitution concerning
who is governing body and of which
body, the SGA or the Senate, a quo
rum should be considered, no satis
factory vote was taken, leaving the
entire matter to be voted upon
again at the neit SGA meeting.
There were nine members ex
cused of illness or mid-term exams.
Those unexcused absence* were
Janie Jones, Roger Anderburg, and
Marty Leverett
A New Prospective ’68
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The
by Gary L.
change in management of
cafeteria services has in turn
uced a drastic change for the
in food service offered. The
nt body oo a whole has shown
rable attitudes and reactions
rd die changes that have been
Hie variety of food has in-
A food committee also has
established as a line of corn-
cation between students and
ria «dld*h A suggestion box
been sat out for the students to
ter complaints and helpful ad-
Among some of the new ser-
offemd have been (1) the cen
tal breakfast, (2) the ice dis
ry system, (8) milk has bean
at every meal and, (4) a
ended renovation of the
ria hall atmosphere,
of the lacks noted in the
t system is that there is no
of communication from the
ria maugamsat back to the
t body and the ondentand-
»ud cooperation between stu-
i and cafeteria officials is poor,
lacking has been the student
> in dm cafeteria- Mr. Krakow,
of the cafeteria, has as-
the daaiiw to see mors sta-
i ia same of superintends!* po-
i of dm cafeteria and to
organisation of student help
i whole.
ms of the minor
of the cafetex
of
One
Calendar of Events
Tonight, February 30
8:00—Basketball. Beers vs. Tam
pa. HOME
Wednesday. February XI
Trust Co. of Georgia Interview*
Conn. Mutual Life Insurance Inter
views.
7:30—Campus Sing, Chapel
Thursday, February 22
10:00—Chapel, Dr. Otto
Friday, February 23
10:00—Chapel, Dr. Otto
7:30—Movie, "Lust for Life,” 314
CSC
8:00—Basketball .Bears vs Jack-
sonville, HOME.
8:80—Concert Series, American
Folk Ballet
Alpha Phi Omen will spon
sor a Heart Fund Drive for the
entire week bginnlng Wednes
day, February 21, in the Snack
Bar. Awards will be presented
to the social organization that
contributes the moat money.
Tuesday, February 27
17m Cluster
Wonderful Wednesday**
A Circulating Letter:
February 12, 1968
Mercer University
Macon, Georgia
Dear Sirs:
This letter is being sent to you by a group of interested
students to recommend the idea of “Wonderful Wednesdays”
and to encourage your promotion of this program to be a part
of our campus schedule.
The subject of “Wonderful Wednesdays” came up three
weeks ago in our group in a casual way: at the end of last
J uarter, among the topics we had suggested and voted on to
iscuss was “Mercer: Where?” The program committee choee
to approach it from an educational standpoint “Wonderful
Wednesdays” generated much enthusiasm and response as a
part of this discussion, and a committee was assigned to fur
ther investigate it as a possibility for our compua. From our
group, Martiel Babbitt, David Hudson, and Dean Trimble
visited Emory to see the program actually working. After care
ful consideration, the committee and the discussion group de
cided to give the idea of this program at Mercer our support
and to recommend that it be given a trial period on this cam
pus.
The following aspects should be considered as to the bene
fits of “Wonderful Wednesdays” — whereas only ten minutes
a week in a class would be lost, a whole day of uninterrupted
time would be gained; the change of a fifty minute a day per
class schedule to a sixty minute a day per class schedule would
cause class lectures to be re-evaluated and tightened, making
for better lectures; no fraternity, sorority, or committee meet
ing for. either faculty or students would be scheduled on Wed
nesday ‘— all participation on Wednesday would be entirely
voluntary; cultural events such as concerts could be scheduled
on Tuesday nights to enable more to attend; Wednesday would
be an excellent time for voluntary field trips such as landscape
painting by art students, or for instance, the trip taken to At
lanta by Mrs. Wilder’s class; it would be hoped that some fa
culty members might make themselves available to students on
Wednesday mornings, yielding better student-faculty relations
and perhaps enabling mutual work toward education not to be
gained in a classroom; Wednesday could be used by the faculty
as a day to do research; “Wonderful Wednesdays” would re
lieve academic strain, whereas all would not be as highly moti
vated as to employ the day to the most educational profit, those
who would, would benefit, and the others certainly wouldn’t
lose anything by it — in fact, they might benefit by catching
up on their rest and making friends, which would produce a
better condition of the student body; finally, adoption of this
program would underline Mercer’s image as a progressive uni
versity.
We trust that you will seriously consider our
tions concerning “Wonderful Wednesdays”, and will be watch
ing with interest to see the results of your deliberations.
Respectfully,
Kay Johnson
AD HOC COMMITTEE
For Thursday Discussion
Group
Copy:
Dean Taylor
Dean Trimble
Dr. Nordenhaug, Chrm. Guidance Committee
Dr. Ebey, Chrm. Curriculum Committee
Dr. Harris
Mercer Cluster
Pass-Fail at Mercer?
The mind is fickle, boisterous,
strong, and obstinate; and to re
strain it is as difficult as to re
strain the wind. But suppose an in
dividual needs a C-f or a B+ aver
age and is majoring in medicine,
law, or English. The med student
desires to expand his understanding
of philosophy, the law student
would like a basic grounding in
physics, and the English student is
curious about biology But all shy
away from these fields because of
the threat to their grade average.
It seems that a low grade is immi-
by Cynthia Beasley
nent for students branching into a
foreign field lacking previous pre
paration. All that’s needed to re
strain the mind is our grading sys
tem.
To encourage students to elect
courses for their own benefit, a new
grading system has been discovered
that will let the student either fail
or pass. It ia often referred to as
the proposed fail-pass grading sys
tem. 8chools that have given their
consent to this Isgswmt urn
ly limit the number of hours that
can be token under this system and
limit option to Juniors and Senion
and according to grades. This usua
type education program allows stu
dents to expand and to broadei
without fear
Mercer has decided that this wfl
not be instituted and no altornati
approach has been brought to light
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daring in upperclassman whs
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