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Volume XLIX
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MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GEORGIA, APRIL 23, 1968 Numbei
At Univ. of Ga.
Coeds and Administration
Clash on Equal Rights
ATHENS, GA. Coeds at the University of Georgia and
their supporters remain firm in face of a court order limiting
demonstrations on the campus here. A spokesman for the
group said, “We think the injunction demonstrated bad faith
on behalf of the administration, since we had just voluntarily
left the administration building.’’
Record Budget Approved;
Tuition, Room, Board Hiked
The Mercer University Board of Trustees approved
Thursdap a budget of $6.1 million for the 1968-69 school year.
In hit April report to the trus
tees, President Rufus Carrollton
Demonstrations began at the uni
versity on Wednesday, Apr. 10,
when more than 600 students
marched through the rain to the
administration building to present
t petition demanding equal rights
lor coeds. The petition was accept
ed on behalf of the administration
by Vice Pres, for Instruction,
George Parthemos, who made a
noncommital statement
About 6:30 P.M. the students
ipontaneously moved into the
building gand sat down to drama
tize their grievances with univer-
aty regulations. About 300 re
mained throughout the night. In
the morning a steering committee
released the following statement:
APATHY IS DEAD!!
WE ARE DEMANDING EQUAL
ITY FOR MEMBERS OF
THE UNIVERSITY COM MU N
1TY. WE ARE MAKNG BOTH
LONG RANGE DEMANDS AND
LONG RANGE DEMANDS
tND IMMEDIATE DEMANDS
WHICH WILL PROVE THAT
THE UNIVERSITY IS PLAN-
NING TO ACT IN GOOD
FAITH. FOR 2 YEARS THE
QUESTION OF STUDENT
RIGHTS HAS BEEN BEFORE
THE ADMINISTRATION. A
VARIETY OF INDIVIDUALS
AND ORGANIZATIONS HAVE
BEEN ATTEMPTING TO OB
TAIN JUSTICE AND FAIR
NESS WITHIN THE UNIVER
SITY. AT LAST IT LOOKS AS
IF UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS
NOW HAVE THE OPPORTU
NITY TO LISTEN AND ACT.
THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE
RISKED SO MUCH NEED/DE
SERVE YOUR SUPPORT. THEY
ARE STILL THERE. FIGHT
ING FOR YOUR RIGHTS. JOIN
THEM THIS MORNING.
After an unproductive audience
with University President Fred C.
Davison on Thursday morning, the
students stayed in the administra
tion building for the second night
Rules affecting women students
at the university are arbitrary and
discriminatory. All undergraduate
women must live in dormitories
until they are 21. They must be
in their rooms by 11:30 P.M. every
week night, and if a girl is more
than 10 minutes late, she is placed
on “restriction.” While on restric
tion, a girl cannot leave a dormi
tory except to attend class, to go
to the library, or to eat in a univer
sity dining hall. (She may not be
cow partied at her meals by men.)
The present drinking rules are in
consistent with Georgia state law.
A house mother, or university
Official, may enter and search a
woman’s room, without her per
mission. Disciplinary actions means
“trial” before the Women's Stu
dent Government Association, and
appeal is directed to the Board of
Regents. There are no correspond
ing rules for men.
Recently one coed Diana Wygal,
challenged the disciplinary system,
and won on the fourth appeal lev
el. She threatened to enter an ap
peal into federal court, charging
violation of 14th amendment rights.
Miss Wygal is active in the move
ment for coed equality. "The in
dignities which the rules impose
call for drastic action. We have
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Harris pointed out the need for
“more humanely educated men nad
women”. He said higher education
must assist students “in under
standing the relationship between
partial but valid truth and other
partial truth. This requires inno
vation in curriculum structure and
and interdisciplinary approaches to
learning.
SGA Discusses
Honor Council
The Student Government Asso
ciation held a meeting Tuesday,
April 9, 1968 with both incoming
and outgoing members present. The
newly elected officials will be ig-
naugurated April 22 a 10 A.M. in
the Chapel. Until then they will
meet with the 1967-68 officers to
observe those people in their re
spective capacities.
Dickie Childs, Chief Justice of
the Honor Council gave a report
concerning the past year’s activi
ties. During his report, he noted
that publicity outside the univer
sity, among other institutions was
large siting the noting of Mercer’s
Honor System as an area of ex-
celence by Southern Universities
Student Government Associations’
printing a resume of the System
in the past annual convention
schedule.
I He also noted that “Mercer
Speaks for Christ” and Georgia
State SGA Workshops had carried
a great deal of publicity for the
System. He criticised the virtual
inactivity of the Honor Committee
and expressed a desire for a full
envoivement of the committee next
year.
Other problems noted werer con
cerning dealing with violations of
the Honor Code during the sum
mer quarter, problems arising from
a lack of stress by faculty mem
bers especially in courses requiring
persistent attention to documen
tation of material. All of the prob
lems seemed to be challenges for
the Honor Council and Committee
for the coming term.
President Dave Hudson remind
ed the Association that INSIGHT
would be opened this quarter with
Eugene Patterson of THE ATLAN
TA CONSTITUTION April 23
in Convoaation.
Before adjourning, the SGA com
pleted counting the questions on
the ballots of the April 3rd elec
tions.
Many competing philosophies
seek to meet the basic need of stu
dents as they search, through com
mitment, for meaning for life.
“Colleges are where the action is
and have within their halls thou
sands of students for whose ulti-
mate loyalties these many philoso
phies are competing . . . We must
know the personal forces at work
in their lives during the concen
trated period of time when the past
is handed over to the present gen
eration to be examined, appropri
ated and changed.”
The job of Christian higher edu
cation. Dr. Harris said, “is to iden
tify the areas in which we have the
opportunity to relate Christian val
ues to contemporary human needs,
and to the obvioua tasks of higher
education.”
In his report on the budget for
next year. Dr. Harris said, to meet
Increased operating costs, student
tuition will be raised $150 for the
entering freshman class, $75 a year
for the first-year law class and $105
a year for the entering School of
Pharmacy class. The president not
ed that the total charge of $2,145
for incoming freshman is conserva
tive in comparison with other pri
vate colleges in the South.
Quoting Dr. Alan Pifer, presi
dent of the Carnegie Corporation
of New York, “that the nation’s
colleges and universities would be
unable to meet the demands for
higher education unless the federal
government accepted ‘the principal
part’ of the financial burden’’. Dr.
Harris submitted a list of some 43
U. S. Department of Education
programs in which Mercer might
participate.
Included in the list were summer
seminars, counseling and guidance
training .teacher exchange, student
loans, graduate fellowships and
educational research.
Faculty promotions approved by
the trustees were Dr. J. L. Cren
shaw to the rank of associate pro
fessor of Christianity, Marshall
Daugherty to professor of art. Dr.
Carlos T. Flick to professor of his
tory, Dr. Bernard G. Keller Jr. to
professor of pharmacy, Dr. Vincent
Lopez to associate professor of bio
logical sciences. Dr. May F. Mc
Millan to professor of English and
Dr Marguerite Woodruff to pro
fessor of sociology.
President Harris reported that
the trustees of the Walter F.
George Foundation had designated
$91,873 for the operations budget
of the Walter F. George School of
Law during the 1968-69 year. This
amount involves practically all of
the predictable income which the
foundation expects to receive from
its endowment of $1.5 million and
other invested funds during the
school year.
Dr .Harris announced that the
Honorable Potter Stewart, Associ
ate Justice of the Supreme Court,
would be the speaker at the annual
Law Day luncheon on May 10. The
morning program will consist of a
seminar on “The New Georgia
Criminal Code”.
Alumni Day will be held May 11
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Pee Wee Clark and three of his playmates watched as Clus
ter photographer and staff member walked through the Pro
posed Area for urban renewal that Mercer has brought to the
city's attention. The children reflected the surprise of their
resident parents: That someone should finally focus some at
tention on their neighborhood. For Story See Page 4.
National Student Primary Nears
Over two million students will
$ to the polls on April 24 to vote
hr their rsiwlidetee for President.
Choice 68, a national student pri
mary sponeored by TIME MAGA
ZINE, will have a very significant
•fleet on the 1968 Presidential
•faction in view of the feet that
If 1670 one half of the population
4 the United States will be under
he age of 25.
Choice 68 ie being sponsored on
he Mercer compos by the Sta-
fant Government Association and
fas linen Chdsr. Polls will be
•Pen from 10 AJL until 4 PM.
freifolllhu, April 34, Student!
L. $ '
must present I.D. cards to polling
officials in order to receive a bal
lot. All students enrolled for cre
dit at Mercer are eligible to vote,
iiy-hiding graduate, professional,
and part-time students.
Each student will be given a bal
lot which fa printed on an IBM
CARD, fisting a choice of thirteen
for President. Each vo
ter fa allowed to make three choices
for president, but only the first
choice will be need in determin
ing tiie winner. The other two
will be need for statistical
pqrposas only. Also iDebated on the
ballot will be three fames, two
pertaining to the U.S. Vietnam
policy, and the third pertaining
to the “urban” crisis.
The new importance fa that
Choice 68 will be the first primary
in which Robert Kennedy and Eu
gene McCarthy meet head on.
Many skeptics might say the stu
dent election will not be a test of
the two candidates strengths since
many of those voting will not be
eligible to vote in November. Such
comments overlook the fact that
much of the support both candi
dates have at this point fa from
coUegt students.
The Choice 66 election could
■nswsr soma questions about the
Republican race too. For the first
time Richard Nixon will face op
position from the right and the left.
On the one aide the Choice ballot
offers Ronald Reagan, on the oth
er there is Nelson Rockefeller,
John Lindsay and others.
The election could also answer
some questions about how many
young people are fed up with the
existing political parties for what
ever reason. "Drop-outs can choose
between such candidates as Fred
Halstead of the Socialist Workers
Party, and George C. Wallace of
the American Independence Par
ty. Sample ballot—Page 3.
Calendar of Events
Wednesday, April 24
2:30 p.m. — Bean baseball team
will meet Georgia Southern
College at Mercer Field.
Thursday, April 26
10:00 am — Chapel. Dr. F.
Robert Otto, dean of the chap
el, speaking.
12:30 p.m. — Administrative Ad
visory Committee meeting in
the President's Dining Room.
Thursday - Friday, April 26-26
8:16 p.m. — The Operas “The
Old Maid and The Thief’ by
Gian Carlo Menottfa and
“Down in the Valley" by Kurt
Weills will be featured at Will
ingham Chapel under the di
rection of Mr. John Van Cura.
Tickets at Collage Store awl
Dempsey Comer.
