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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 mmmtmmto&stot 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 This will sanceiage oo»ih» am daring in upperclassman whs fj .1 m Awe 8wm f n v , CK1€ TO UJ IOT uTCBafr < the risk «f their grads Gambling future speedisation for prssint education Is tea sariaws a threat to soe