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Volume XLIX
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GEORGIA MARCH 19, 1968
Number 16
Record Number Qualify
Bacon, Winkle
Win by Default
Pageant t
and Chris
the rules and regulations for the Miss Mercer
t to be held April 4th are Roger Dunaway, Mary Lucas,
Borders. ~
Maddox Proclaims Week
for Circle K in Georgia
Governor Lester Maddox pro
claimed the week of March 3-9,
1968, as Circle K Week in Georgia.
I The proclamation was made in hon-
| or of the members of Circle K In
ternational, a college men's service
I organisation sponsored by Kiwanis
International, which does service
work on college campuses and in
1 college communities undertaking
such activities as aid to institution
alized persons, tutoring programs.
| blood drives, etc.
Circle K International waa found
ed at Carthage College in Carthage,
Illinois, as a Kiwanis Club project.
1 In 1966 the Board of Trustees of
Kiwanis Intrenational began spon-
I torship of the organization and it
toon became international in its
•cope. Since then, the roster of
chibs has grown to number 800
I dubs with mom than 15,000 mem
I ben on college ram puses in the
1 United States and Canada. Geor
gia has 29 clubs with over 660 mem
| bers.
The Circle K Chib at Mercer is
I comprised of 31 members. It’s pro-
Ijects for the school year include
I such activities as: Homecoming
[Bonfire, Ushers at Mercer Chapel
I functions, and the latest escapade,
| the Mias Mercer Pageant The offi
[cere of Circle K are: Roger Duna
[wav. President; Bill Wehunt, V.
[President; Chris Borders, Treasur
in' and Secretary, Rick Davison.
ILt Col Robert M. Brambila, Jr.,
[PMS at Mercer ROTC, is the fac
ility advisor.
The Governor's proclamation
cites the members of Circle K as
“members of an international or
ganization dedicated to serve with
purpose their God, their country,
their state, and their fellowman,
seeking to give primacy to the hu
man and spiritual rather than to the
material values of life. They pro
mote the adoption of higher social,
business, professional, and educa
tion standards and a more concern
ed and serviceable citizenship
Through their service they have
helped to build better communities
where righteousness, justice, pa
triotism, and good will are more
than just words—where they be
come goals for living."
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Pick Up
Your
Dulcimer
Some one hundred undergrad
uates in the Liberal Arts College
registered on March 8 for the up 1
coming General Jjlection on April
3rd. This was the highest known
number of candidates vying for the
29 offices of the Student Govern
ment Association, class offices, and
student publications.
The largest number of candi
date* for one single office is for the
Student-Faculty Board of Appro
priations. Twenty-one signed up for
the five seats. No run-off in this
category, top five will be declared
the winners.
The top office. President of SGA,
went by default to present Fresh
man Advisor Ed Bacon from Jesup
Georgia. Ed is a junior and a mem
ber of Kappa Alpha Order.
President of the Senior Class al
so went unopposed to John Winkle
John is a junior from Rome and
President of Alpha Tau Omega
Two other candidates who regis
tered were also relieved of the pres
sures of campaigns Both editors
of the Plucked Dulcimer and the
Cauldron had no opposition. David
F. Sibley was elected as editor-in-
chief of the Dulcimer, which will
be distributed on campus tomor
row, and Susan Wiseman elected to
the post of editor of the Cauldron.
Susan will V»ke office immediately
while David will not officially
command until Fall Quarter of next
year,
Honor Council
Convicts 11-1
The Honor Council of Mercer
University would like to report that
the following cases have' been
brought before the Honor Council
since September, 1967, and have
been dealt with in the following
manner
Name Five New Members
For Next Year’s Faculty
Dr. Rufus Carrollton Harris, president of Mercer Univer
sity, announced Tuesday the appointment of five members of
the faculty for the school year beginning September 1.
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Stege, both
candidates for the Doctor of Phi
losophy Degree from the University
of New Mexico, have been named
assistant professors of English.
Stege, a native of Perham, Min
nesota, graduated ctun laude from
Harvard University in 1969 with a
Bachelor of Arts degree in English
literature. The University of New
Mexico conferred on him the Mas
ter of Arts in English literature in
1964. He will --omplete his doctoral
requirements at the university this
year
A veteran of the U. S. Air Force
from which he was discharged in
1964 with the rank of first lieuten
ant, Stege has taught freshman
composition and an introduction to
literature at the University of New
Mexico. He has made frequent
visits to Mexico and Canada. His
research interest are in the areas of
the Renaissance and the 17th Cen
tury.
Mrs. Stege is a native of Lub
bock, Texas. She earned the Bach
elor of Arts in English literature
from the University of New Mexico
in 1964. She will complete her doc
toral requirements this year. Mrs.
Stege has taught freshman compo
sition and an introduction to litera
ture at New Mexico.
Glen W. Clark, retired Air Force
colonel, has been appointed asso
riate professor of law in the Walter
F. George School of Law. He bolds
the Bachelor of Arts in business
administration and law from the
University of Montana, the Bache
lor of Law from the Montana Law
School (ranked second in his class)
the Master of Arts in political
science from the University of
Colorado and the Master of Law
Case
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No.
Verdict
Penalty
97
Guilty
F
103
Guilty
F
98
Guilty
F
104
Guilty
F
99
Guilty
F-suspended
105
Guilty
F-suspended
100
Guilty
F
106
Guilty
F-suspended
101
Not Guilty
107
Guilty
F-suspended
102
Guilty
F-suspended
108
Guilty
F-suspended
SGA Lists
Election Rules
Elections were the main concern
of the SGA at the February 27th
meeting. President Dave Hudson
assigned officers to present the re
sponsibilities and requirements of
their particular offees for the Mon
day and Tuesday convocations pre
sented by the SGA.
Regulations were also drawn up
for the positioning of election ma
terials throughout the campaign.
They are as follows:
1. There will be no posters placed
on painted surfaces, only on un
painted brick walls.
2. There will be no posters on
any doors or windows in the up
stairs areas (second and third
floors) of the Student Center.
3. There will be no posters al
lowed in the dining room; however,
cards may be placed on the tables.
4. All campaign posters and ma
terials will be confined to the cam
pus proper.
5. Nails in trees or any campus
property are strictly forbidden.
6. No banners or posters may be
placed on electrical wires.
7. No campaign literature will be
allowed on or in the Willingham
chapel building.
8. Posters or any kind of mate
rials taped or stuck to floors, side
walks or stairs are forbidden.
9. No candidate will be allowed
more than two posters in the Post
Office-Book Store Area.
10. Posters will be allowed from
the March 25-April 3.
11. All candidates will be respon
sible for the removal of his litera
ture by the morning after the elec
tion, except for run-off candidates,
to whom this regulation applies the
morning after the run-off.
Mercer Choir Completes Annual Spring Tour
Mercer University’s choir made
its annual spring tour March 14-2Q
Directed by Jack Jones, the 36-
voice choir gave concerts in nine
high schools and churches in
Georgia and Florida.
High schools where concerts were
given include Tift County High
School on the 14th and Wolfson
High School, Jacksonville, on the
15 th.
Churches that were visited in
clude the First Baptist Church of
Lakeland. Florida, (14th); Wood
stock Park Baptist Church, Jack
sonville, (15th); First Baptist
Church of Daytona Beach (16th);
First Baptist Church of Daytona
Beach (17th); Powers Drive Bap
tist Church of Orlando (17th);
Parkland Baptist Church of Or
lando (18th) and Baymhore Baptist
Church of Tampa (19th).
The choir’s repertoire 16 sacred
and secular songs. Soloists featured
with the choir are Faith Martin of
Tampa, Cathy Strock of Holly Hill,
Florida. Ed Davidson of Thomas
ton and Helen Gilbert of Macon.
