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MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 27,1968
Number 15
Residential Primary
Sponsored by S.G.A.
ity j students are poten
cy Wright Davia
The politically conscious universit;
tially a very powerful political force in tkis country. Their in
telligence and energy could be critical, and in many places even
decisive, if they got down to the hard work of helping the best
candidates available. It all depends, however, on whether they
want to dream or work.”
These were the words of James
Renton of the New York Times as
be spoke about CHOICE 88, the
first national collegiate presidential
primary to be held on April 24 on
some 1000 college and university
campuses. Mercer University has
been selected to participate in the
national primary which is being
■ponsored by Time Magazine. The
primary which will involve five mil
lion college students is being spon-
tored locally by the Mercer Clus-
Meeting in Washington, D. C.,
from February 10-13, the program's
»tu<lent directors selected a slate of Dr. Easterline
fourteen candidates for the presi- O
dency. They are: Fred Halstead
(Socialist Labor), Mark Hatfield
(Rep.), Lyndon Johnson (Dem.),
Roliert F. Kennedy (Dem.), Mar
tin L. King (Ind.), John V. Lind
say (Rep.), Eugene J. McCarthy
(Dem.), Richard M. Nixon (Rep.),
Charles H. Percy (Rep.), Ronald
Reagan (Rep.), Nelson A
Rockefeller (Rep.), George W.
Romney (Rep.), Harold E. Stas-
san (Rep.), and George C. Wallace
(Amer. Ind.).
The students also decided that
thnn* referendum questions will be
tm luded on the ballot Two deal
with the country's current involve
ment in Viet Nam, and one with
the priorities of government spend
ing in confronting the “urban
crises".
The high point of the CHOICE
8 conference held in Washington
>as provided by President Joha
nn's decision to meet with the pro
ject's Board of Directors.
In an interview described by aides
i unusual, the President discussed
or nearly an hour and a half the
tudcnta' plan for the national pri-
to be held April 24.
Since student dissent over the
wt year has been directed pri
marily against White House poli
cies—leading most observers to be
lieve that the student vote will be
anti-administration—there was con
siderable surprise and curiosity
that the President would take such
extraordinary time with the leaders
of the collegiate primary.
Nonetheless, the President ex
pressed to the group his conviction
that this kind of vote was highly
significant, that when students ex
press their opinion intelligently,
people across the nation “stop,
look, listen, and evaluate.”
Announces Foreign
Film Festival
Dr. William Easterling, chair
man of the Dept, of Modern For
eign Languages, recently an
nounced the presentation of a For
eign Film Festival in the latter part
of April or the early part of May.
The purpose of the festival is two
fold: first, to introduce how the
people of the different countries
live; and second, to show the vari
ous photographic techniques used
by these countries.
International
Tennis Star
Visits Mercer
Macon was the host this weekend
for the First International Tennis
Tournament held at Wesleyan Col
lege. Representatives participating
in the tourney were from Spain,
England, Equador, France, Ger
many, and the United States
One of the tennis stars, Engl
Budeng from Germany, made a
special visit to Mercer last Thurs
day as the guest of James R. Har
vey, professor of Modern Foreign
Languages. Herr Harvey introduc
ed Budeng to his third and fourth
hour German classes.
Mr. Budeng is from Germany,
but resides in South France On the
Riviera. He has been living in
France for twelve yean* with his
parents who own the “Tennis Ho
tel” also on the Riviera.
Mr. Budeng, a proficient lin
guist, speaks fluent German. En
glish, French, and Spanish
Herr Harvey turned the class
over to Budeng and the students
were given the opportunity to
speak German with a native. The
students questioned Herr Budeng
inquiring as to his educational
background, hobbies, likes and dis
likes, and his world travels He has
visited the US. five-times previous
to this past week and Los Angeles
and New York were the two cities
on his itinerary of tennis matches.
Miss Mercer
Takes Shape
It’s that time of year again when
the Circle K Service Club at Mer
cer has the awesome job of select
ing the best example of woman
hood on campus and crowning her
Miss Mercer.
Chris Borders, Chairman of the
Miss Mercer Pageant for this year,
announced this week the deadlines
for entrance in the contest, to be
held in Willingham Chapel on Ap-
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ril 4, 1968. Closing date for each
fraternal or service organization to
submit their contestants is March
1, 1968. There is no limit on the
number of entrants each group can
sponsor.
The executive committee in
charge of this Circle K function
consists of its chairman Chris Bor
ders, last year’s chairman William
Wehunt, and the reigning Miss
Mercer, Mary Lucas.
The judging will be based pri
marily on school activities, persona
lity poise, and beauty.
A ten dollar entrance fee is re
quired for each contestant.
IBS American rou nanet, me nnun* new uw —'•
nde its first Iranirn«tl»in1il tout last sssinn, cornea to WUHnghaun
kspcl on the Manor University compos Friday evening, February
k 1988 at 8:80 o’clock. TMe dynamic new company, under the di
ction of Botch Mann, and under the production banner of stage and
»«en star Eva Gabor, will be presented locally by the university coo-
t series. -
Last lisina. the company was greeted enthusiastically from coast
roost daring its three month tear, which followed its sensational
■action at pscfanasneae at the Hollywood Bowl, at Disneyland,
at the new Lee Angelm Mari- Center. TW American Folk Ballot
been compered by critics with the onetewdlng Mk
In Saptenaber 1887, the rompswy played with such success at the
•atington Hartford Theatre In Loo Angelas, that the producer of
Ed SnBhmn Show shaad It for a TV appearance on October 2X
te It that aha rignad them for addl
just a law waahe age on the Ed
Norman Luboff Choir
To Appear March 2nd
The Norman Luboff Choir, one
of the worlds most famous touring
organizations and recording groups,
will be heard in Willingham Cha
pel Saturday evening March 2,
1968, at 8:30 P.M. as the sixth
program in the Mercer University
Dr. Pyun Authors
Again for Journal
A papier by Dr. C. S. Pyun, As
sistant Professor of Economics, has
been accepted by the Southern
Economics Journal for publication.
The paper is a study on the ap
plication of the game theory
to price
leadership in bi
lateral monopo
ly. It is tenta
tively scheduled
for publication
in the coming
October issue of
the Journal. In
this papier, Dr.
Pyun assesses Dr. Pyun
the statistical validity of the so
called prisoner’s dilemma game
model as applied to the maximum
profit strategy pursued by monopo-
lists.
The prisoners dilemma game
model is one that is used by the be
havioral scientist in explaining cer
tain special tvpies of human be
havior. Dr. Pyun related this mo
del to the bilateral monopxibsts who
try to maximize profits.
This is the second article of Dr.
Pyun’s that has been accepted for
publication this year. The first arti
cle accepted by the American Jour
nal of Economics and Sociology
deals with the monetary value of a
housewife for judicial decision.
Breazeal Sparks Appointed
to W.F.G. School of Law
President Rufus Carrollton Harris of Mercer University
announced the appointment of Willis Breazeal Sparks III to
the faculty of the Walter F. George School of Law
A great-great-grandson of
former president of Mercer, Sparks
has been associated for five years
with the Macon law firm of Jones,
Sparks, Benton A Cork.
Baxter Jones, senior member of
the firm said, “The university and
the law school are fortunate in ob
taining as bright and able a lawyer
as Mr. Sparks on their faculty”.
President Harris said Sparin’
background and experience “emi
nently equip him for the faculty at
Mercer University, and we are
pleased to announce his appoint
ment.”
Sparks will begin his duties at
Mercer in July.
A native at Macon, Sparks grad
uated with honors from Lanier
High School in 1962. He graduated
magna cum laode from the Univer
sity of Georga in 1866 and was con
ferred the Bachelor of Laws degree
by Mercer in 1962, Since that time
he has been associated with the Ma
con law firm.
Sparks is a member of Phi Beta
Kappa honor society and the Ma
con, Georgia and American Bar As
sociation. He holds membership in
the Kappa Alpha social fraternity,
is a member of the steering commit
tee of the Macon Council on World
Affairs and the education commit
tee of the Greater Macon Chamber
of Commerce.
Sparks’ great-great-grandfather,
Charles D. Mallary, was a member
of Mercer's first board of trustees,
and another great-great-grandfa
ther, John L Dngg, was president
of Mercer in 1864 when the college
was located at Penfield, Georgia.
Hie grandfather, the late A. O. Ba
con, was a gifted attorney, and
United States senator from Georgia
concert series. This group of 30
profesional virtuoso singers will be
directed by Mr. Luboff in person,
and be accompanied for part of the
program by various instruments.
Much of the program will be sung
a capeha.
The program will be a varied one,
and will include selections from the
folk song, popular, male chorus,
sacred and secular repertories, most
of it being specially arranged by
Mr. Luboff tor this choir.
A few tickets to the affair are
available at the Dempsey Comer in
Macon and at the College Store on
the university campus.
Students admitted free with IX)
cards.
Report on Canada
As a Draft Escape
The Newfoundland Committee to
Aid Anierican War Objectors is a
group of individuals concerned not
odly about America’s role in Viet
Nam, but more especially with her
impressment into military service
of persons opposed to the war.
Since the alternatives to such
forced service are clearly limited,
religious conscientious objection
(resulting frequently in behind the
lines service or imprisonment),
many Americans have chosen exile.
Canadu, both geographically and
culturally akin to the United States,
does not require military service of
its residents. Moreover, Canada
does not extradite aliens who seek
refuge here from compulsory mili
tary service. Consequently, this
country has attracted over fourteen
thousand young, conscientious
Americans in the past few years.
This committee is one of a num
ber of 'underground railroad ter
minals’ formed across Canada to
aid these refugees in the fields of
housing, employment, education
i)nd legal counsel. More informa
tion may be had by writing:
Newfoundland Committee to
Aid American War Objectors
Harvey Road, st Office, Box 4174
St. John’s, Newfoundland,
Canada
A Int of contact point* In Canada
Committee to Aid American Wo' Obiector*
Box 4231
Vancouver 9 British Colombia
(6C4) 738 4612
2 Edmonton Committor to Aid American War
Obiector*
Box 322, University of Alberta l'o»t Off.ee
Edmonton, Alberta
|403) 439-0445
3 Committee on War Imigront*
Station 8, Box 3234
Calgary. Alberta
1403) 243-5037
4 IXmc Bfewett
1200 Jublee Street
Regina, Saskatchewan
(306) 536-229’
5 Don Pend and
1 94 Oak Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(204) 475-BBS 1
6. S U P.A. Anti-Draft Program
658 Spodino Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
(416) 924-1867
7. Mr*. Goldie Joeephy
2141 Ruthfon Rood
Ottawa 3, Ontario
(613) 728-3942
8. Montreal Council to Aid American War Re-
P *a*?M 231. Wettmounf 6
Montreal. Quebec
9. New Brunswick Committee to Aid American
War Obfectoa
20 Philip* Avenue