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MERCER CLUSTER
DEC. «, IMS
‘Moving Out Of The
May Lead To Liberalized
Dorm;’
Regulations
Our friend at MEP
tells us that the women
over there in sororities
are afraid the university
is trying to destroytheir
organizations. This is
very interesting in view
of the fact that the uni
versity wants them to
build a common pan-
Hellenic house. This com
mon-house would be a-
part from the regular
dormitory space and
would be a refuge for
tired coeds from the
stresses of close quarters
in the dorm.
The very idea that the
university should be
thinking about allowing
the greek coed to move
out of the parental con
trol of the dorm is unpal-
latable to many. But this
indigestion over the un
iversity’s suggestion
seems silly. It won’t des
troy the sorority system
but should make it
stronger.
If a greek coed wants
to live with a “sister” or
wants to live on a floor
predominantly filled with
“sisters” then this will
still be possible. The fra
ternities have not main
tained suites in the dorm
for some time now but
the various groups still
find ways of living on the
same floors together and
rooming together. The
only difference is that the
formal organizations of
the coed dorm sorority
suites will be eliminated.
The university will fin
ally be out of Hie soror
ity business and into the
business of providing liv
ing quarters for students.
Those students that feel
there is discrimination in
the coed dorms are cor
rect. The discrimination
is in the fact that the so
rorities by paying the
university a rent can set
aside a certain floor and
maintain a suite on that
floor.
With a common house
the sororities would have
individual floors and ac
tually much more room
for recreation and meet
ings. With the common-
house the dorms would
have space and university
provided facilities for re
laxation and recreation.
The end result would be
the strengthening of the
sorority system and a
sign of good-will to the
university.
This sign of good will
would be a tremendous
bargaining lever for the
women to use in obtain-
i n g vastly liberalized
rules under the new code
of conduct that the Stu
dent Government Asso
ciation will probably be
gin drafting in earnest
this winter and that
should be ready for use
next fall.
With liberalized hours
and the elimination of the
sign-in—sign-out proced
ures the greek coeds
could enjoy the common-
house for study and rec
reation at any time of the
day or night
The idea of being
walled in is anathema to
the male student and
should be anathema to
the coed. So why should
the Greek coed insist that
her sorority activity and
sorority life be walled in
also. Consider the ad
vantages of freedom of
movement and the ability
to study late in an area
not infested with the ant
like dorm life of MEP.
The merits of a com
mon-house far outweigh
the advantages of suite
life especially when
viewed in the context
of liberalized regulations
and the implicit notion of
organizational responsi
bility that is part and
parcel of the notion of
"moving out of the
dorm.”
Plymales Leave Rich Heritage In Death
Mrs. Helen Bruner Ply-
male and Dr. Riley B.
Plymale, both former
members of Mercer’s fac
ulty died during the
month of November here
in Macon.
Mrs. Plymale, who died
November 7th in her
home, was a native of
Baltimore, Md., and had
lived here since 1943. She
was an associate profes
sor of English at Mercer
from 1943 until retire
ment in 1966.
She taught history
from 1918 to 1923 at Lo
cust Grove Institute and
was teacher of English
and dean of women at
Tift College from 1923 to
1927. She was the author
of “Historical Sketch of
Mercer University” which
was published in the
Southern Association
Quarterly in November of
1946.
in 1915, where he served
as headmaster, comman
dant, treasurer and teach
er until he came to Mer
cer in 1925.
He transferred to Tift
College as dean in 1928
and resigned this post in
1942 to return to Mercer,
where he taught until his
retirement
Mrs. Plymale received
her A.B. degree in Eng
lish in 1918 from Bessie
Tift College in Forsyth
and the M.A. degree in
English from Columbia
University in 1929. She
also attended Chicago
University.
Her husband. Dr. Riley
Plymale, who died on No
vember 26th, ended a 53
year teaching career when
he retired as a professor
of mathematics at Mer
cer in 1966.
He began teaching at
Cyrene Institute in 1913,
served a year in the U. S.
Army in 1914 and moved
to Locust Grove Institute
The Plymales dedicat
ed their lives to serving
the education of Georgia
youth and it is for this
complex, and at the same
time, simple devotion
that they anil be remem
bered by those whose
lives they touched. Their
joint careers spanned
more than a century of
teaching as they lived and
taught at first separately
and then together.
Final Exam. Schedule
Wednesday, Dec. 11, 1968
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
All 3rd period cl—M
2:00 pm. to 5:00 pm.
All 5th. 7th & 8th per
7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p-m.
All 9A period riaoess
Thursday, Dec. 12, 1968
9:00 ajn. to 12:00 noon
All 1st period damas
2.-00 p m. to 5:00 pin.
All 2nd period
7:00 p.m. to 0:50 p.m.
All 9B period
Friday, Dec. IS, 1988
9:00 ajn. to 12:00 none
All 4th period pUs—
2:00 pa. to 5:00 pa.
All 0th period i
By Tom Cauthom
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Amortization-Poor Food
Quito recently I ate at
the Wesleyan College din
ing hall, rad much to my
surprise the food was not
merely good but was ex
cellent
the dullest observer that
the university is provid-
rtizatkm
ing for the amort
After finishing the
meal I remembered that
two years ago them was
talk here of getting a na
tional food service to run
the Mercer Cafeteria.
That idea was buried un
der tons of statistics from
the administration; a few
carpets were put down
ana Mr. Krakow was
hired as the director of
food service. He has vast
ly improved the fare in
the MU cafeteria but the
student still expects more
for his dollars.
of this equipmset in its
statement on them faefli-
ties but that a comrora-
surate amount of money
to correspond to this do
duction is not kept in the
enterprise budget to re
place the equipment
It seems that the amt-
iliary enterprises of the
university ire Doing dim
white for some
ton of the university. If
this is the case, it is not
a very healthy fiscal pol
icy to maintain.
The business office re
cently stated that the
money is sufficient and
the food purchased in the
cafeteria is of a high
enough quality but that
the equipment is of poor
quality and the university
does not have the avail
able funds to replace the
'worn stoves, etc. This ad
mission by the university
does not stack up very
well against what the
business experts of the
university told the 1968
Waveriy Conference of
student leaders. At that
time it was understood
that the auxiliary enter
prises (Cafeteria, Co-op,
Bookstore, Post Office)
have in their budgets an
allowance for the deple
tion of equipment ana its
replacement The univer
sity deducts for this de
pletion in the income
from these enterprises
but now says that the
funds are not available.
If the equipment can
not be maintained than
it would seem that some
food service like SLA
TER, which is at Wesle
yan, would be the answer.
They would pay for the
use of the ldteoana and
the university would then
be forced through con-
tractural procedures to
maintain the equipment
and replace It when need
ed. The meal ticket would
cost about |18 non per
quarter but then it would
be worth more.
It would seem even to
That meal which I so
enjoyed was a fare of
cormsh hens, green beans
almondine. saffron rice,
mils, salad and a dessert
of nut tort pie made in
their own kitchens. It did
not taste like it bed been
made for 700 people but
rather had that home
made flavor that comm
when things are home
cooked. The Mercer Caf
eteria, even at its most
sumptuous momenta, has
never come up with what
is the normal fare of the
SLATER people at Wes
leyan.
Letter To The Editor
Dear Editor:
This letter pertains to the valid
ity of an unsigned article in the
November 22 Charier entitled
"SGA Stimulates Student Involve
ment; Food Services Quality In
vestigated; Board to Oversee Aux
iliary.” The article should have
been titled “Student Involvement
stimulates SGA.” Action on both
the food and library issues was
started and has been pushed for
ward by students, not the SGA.
Credit is not being placed where it
should.
It is stated that Vaa Hale and
Wallace and “con-
prsssnUd griev
ances against the cafeteria. I would
like to inform you that Mr. Hale
did ume SGA concern but has
dam little beyond that The ma
jority of the work far better ssrvtoe
and food km boon dona by torn
people. Dam Doughty, Thn Papa,
Gary Smithy, (whose mama Jmt
to have hem spelled
titione. These four people spool
much valuable time maattog with
Mr. Krakow and Mr. Haywood
calling wholesale homos gettu
food prices, aad impacting tbs caf
eteria and kitchen.
At thnee they tome had to tak
some students out of throwing fori
in the cafeteria. They should she
be thanked for Mr. Kmkawli brO-
tiant idea of a soup ami eaadwich
line. These peeple toms bean work
ing for the good of Um stud
body, not for thsaotatom, i
should receive the audit rimy <fe
SLhe (iRerccr Cluster
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wrong), and before the SGA ev«
appointed a food rqnmtttaa, Thai
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food petition signed. They tat ri
outside the cafeteria for