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ACTING EDITOR
Tom C’authorn
« MEMBER
BUSINESS MANAGER
Bob Lanier
Waverly Conference 1968
Up From Waverly....
An Editorial Consideration
Thi' Mercer Cluster is published weekly, on Wednes
day, by the students of the Liberal Arts College of Mercer
University. ’I he newspaper is distributed to each student
as.a part of the Student Activities fee.
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New Editor Appointed
JAMES EDWIN BACpN JR t
Capitol Hill Lodpe Apt.312
201 Eassachusettes Ave. NE
Washington, D.C. 20002
Hr. Tom Can thorn
.THE KERCER CLUSTER
Hercer Cnlverslty
Hacon, Georgia }1207
Dear Kr. Cauthorni
This letter Is to advise you of your appointment
as Editor of I:!!! KEHCER CLUSTER In the absence
of Hr. Faul Kirk, present editor. This appoint
ment will he valid until whichever of the follow
ing events occurs firsti Hr. Kirk's reenrolling
as a student lr. Eercer University or the Student
Government Association's holding an election to
determine who will complete the 1968-69 term of
the vacated office.
A copy of this letter will be sent to Dean Joseph
Hendricks as a document of notification to the
University of this appointment.
Rest wishes to you In the coming school year.
Sincerely,
A e-r?
v.'. utuuu tTKUi,^t■
cci Sean Joseph Hendricks
3. Edwin Bacon, Jr.
President
Student Government Association
The Waverly answer wan simple
and complex at once. Tile dialogue
there led to the alloption of 22
resolution then led to some im
mediate solutions and some pos-i
hie fulure solutions. Rut tliC ma
jority of the resolutions pro so
general in their nature that they
cannot jxissihly convey the passion
and conviction from which they
arose.
The function of any newspaper
is to re|Hirt the news and with this
in mind we have obtained inform0.
tion concerning several.universities
und colleges that have already
taken action on one or more of the
ideas expressed in the Waverly
Resolutions. When a resolution has
already Iwsui acted upon by another
college or university the school's
name follows in parenthesis.
The greatest achievement at Wa
verly was not the intense diseus-
Sever.d months ago large groups
of students, partieularly in the
StlA. got very upset over some of
the inadequacies in the academic
community nt Mercer. Then, as is
the normal course of events at
Mercer the hulk of those upset
students forg t their problems and
settled down to the real business of-
taking finals in the Spring anil Un
even more consuming process of
traveling home.
It was at this time that this
newspaper thought that the interest
would hide away us had many
other Spring Quarter fanfacies
Rut, some days later in June the
student leaders arid some interest
ed studepts met with the so-called
inonolythic administration and be
gan to thrash nt the central prob
lems confronting Mercer and its
student faculty-administrative com-
munity. The results were a list of
optimistic resolutions and several
days of severe pounding on classic
administrative resistance
First it sifirn of interest to note
that most of the specific statements
from Waverly have slipptsl our
minds tfOt the Impact is there.
Many capable people here at Mer
cer realize' that there are mute
problems with the community con
sciousness of the Mercerian, that
tjiere is an amazing lack of con
structive guidance to the develop
nient of this community and its
consciousness,.and that the Mercer
student's mind has l-een constantly
clouded by peripheral considera
tions such as better women's hours
and has been unable to focus on
the larger problem of just exactly
what is the Mercer community sup
posed to he, what is the individual
student's place in it, what should
he demand from his faculty anil let the SC,A forget that it must, if
what should he demand in the way j necessary, force solutions to Mcr-
of services from his University? I cer's problems
Waverly Resolutions
Schools Follow
In Parenthesis
1 RESOLVED that a study I
made of the feasibility and acade
mie effistiviTiess of inauguratin
large loefure sessions in lower ill
vision nsiuired courses. (I'niversit
of .Texas & Whitworth College).
2. RESOLVED that a study h
made of the possibility of lowerin
the grade nsiuirements for parti
filiation in satisfarfory-unsatisfai
torv courses hy the beginning c
winter quarter (Rowdoin College!
R. RESOLVED that the StudcT
Government Association bo nutK
rized * to establish two consultin'
memlHTs with tlie curriculum coir
mittee of the Liberal Arts F.icult
4. RFSOLVFD that a study
made of the structure of the ma
and minor programs'of the colli*
(Fontbonne t’oRogo)
ft. RFSOLVFD that a study
mnde of the flexibility of lower
sion in committees or the list of, 'i-sion rc<]uirements (Kenyon (7 f
resolutions it was, rather, the im
pression of seriousness that those
|n attendance made upon the facul
ty and administration and the high
degree of preparation and grasp of
facts exhibited in reports like Cal
Gough's report on faculty amt cur
riculum.
The Mercer studyiit is no longer i
going to tolerate half answers and )
poor solutions to MereyrV* prob- i
lems. In* has come home* to stay
lege) .
f>. RFSOLVFD that urgent a
immedi ate priority in the* alio* t
tion of the lhiiversitv’s resound
lx* given to farultv compcns itic y
and he iisi»d to meet the < urn 'I
emergency in* facnltv tccniitmc 4
and retention (Indiana- Univtf
sitv K George* Washington -Fni*’.
7. RKSOl.VFl) that a faculu
administration study h<» made |
the* e ntire fae ulfy-recTuitrm rd ■%
anil t.. constantly remain aware of Motion program (Indiana Unix.
the* prohlenft confronting Ins uni
varsity.
We* urge the* SGA to act on eac h
of tlie*se* resolutions hut not to for
get in its eommitteo involvement
that its base* of power and moral
right is in the* student body. We
urge the* Men e r stude nt not t«*
UixL.
H. RFSOLVFD that the* Stud' %.
Gove*rnnu nt Association appoint t
committee* of Wavcrlv participant •
to study the* implementation of |
faculty-course* evaluation.
IF RFSOLVFD that atfendai *
pe*r se not In* a basic considerate*,
in tlie'* determining of final grad.4
( Ken von College ) .
College Tuition To Rise
30 Per Cent In Ten Years
10.
RF.SOLVJ
'.D that we expr
our v
oncorn ovo
r the present pi
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in
•s ;
ind prartio
■s regarding f.u
tv
promotion, 1
enure, and reti
1
mi
nt
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11
RE.SOL VI
'.D that the Wax
Iv
(\
onfcrcncc f
axors and recr
mi
■ml
s sharp inti
■nsification of fi
|
ra
i^ing. ;inr! procurement sjhm it
The cost of attending a private
four year college 10 years from fo
(lav probably will he about 30 per
j cent higher that it is now, accord
I ing to the tl. S. Office of Education
j At public institutions, the increase
| over the next decade is expected
I to he nlxiut 20 |>ercent
Mr
slu
"In the public institutions.'
(iilfonl added, "income'for
rational and general purjioses j.
obtained predominantly from fund'-
appropriated hy State. Federal,
and local governments. This sub
sidizing of |Nihlie higher edueation
These projections are hased on] through taxation has the effect of
tho assumption that institutions | stabilizing direct charges to stu
of higher education will find it ,lo nU at these institutions. Hence
necessary to adjust their charges | the * l>s t-"< <>f attending public col
at approximately the same rate as | h'gcs and universities are expected
during the past ten years.
Tuition and fees — major far
tors in the cost climb — are likely
to be 43 percent higher by 1976 77
nt four-year colleges and 32 percent
higher at public institutions, the
Office said .
"Students will pay more to at
tend college over the next ten
years as a result of the ever in
creasing costa of salaries, facilities,
equipment, and all the other items
that make up the cost of higher
education," said Dorothy M- Gil
ford, Assistant II. S. Commissioner
for Educatirinal Statistics.
She explained that tuition and
fees at private colleges are expect
ed to rise faster than at |Hiblic in-
stitutions because these charges are
the primary source of funds at
these institutions, accounting for
more than 37 percent of the income
for education and general purposes.
tl. increase at a lower rate during
the next 10 years than the ehurges
in private institutions."
Projections of basic student
charges prcpmsl hy the Office o|
Education show that tuition arid
fees at four year private college-
will rise to $1,826 in 1076 77, up
from $1,273 in 1966 67' During tin
same period, total charges — tin
tion, fees, room and hoanl — will
go from $2,164 to $2,828.
At public four year colleges, tui
tion and fees will reach $394 by
1976 77, compared with , $299 last
year, while total charges will in
crease from $1,071 to $1,285.
All figures are in 1966 67 prices
and apiicar in Projections of Edu
cational Statistics to 1976-77 (OE
10030 67). a imbrication of the Na
tional Center f or Educational
Statistics. U. S Office- of Educa
tion
T"
tiIIv fur .u.ulcmic fim4+c—
j \". RFSOLVFD th.it in \’ I*
t»f tin* approaching ex|>oriroon:Ji
adoption of Wonderful Wcdnosd r
a committee he formixl to stu ‘.|
w.ns and means of implement |
Wonilcrful Wednesday.
Id. RESOLVED that the Wax.*
K Confi ronee approves of the l'i
Sit iHT scries concept and t |
here lie -an intense effort tow #
tlic general development of. ilij^
area I',
14. RESOLVED that a sti f
tic made of w.Yvs and means of
proving the learning atmosphi
mi the domiitorios (Weslevan l
versify -- Connecticut!.
15 RESOLVED that a Uni
sitv Calendar of all extra-cm
u tivities he establish'd.
16. RESOLVED that the S
dent Government Association 1
tablish a cpriimittce to study I
development of the Mrrn r C n
munitv (Stanford University).
17 RESOLVED that a stud\
made of the athletic intram i
prognim.
18 RESOLVED that the ('<
ference favors steps fo include
dent representation on nppropnl
•ommittees of the faculty and |
the University Council.’
10 RESOLVED that the Ci
ference Is- reconvened at the
cretinn of the Chairman during I
academic year and again in
early summer of 1969.
20 RESOLVED that a studv
made by tlic Student fliivemiig
Associatioir of the possibilities
more flexibility of the com puls
meal ticket.