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1 %\\t Volume XLIX iUercer Cluster 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 (Continued on Page 7) 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 (Continued on Page 3) 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.