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——* ■ •: : v-; 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 . ^ ./■ 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 » C ■ - Editor-In-Chief Associate Editor New* Editor ........ Business Manager... Managing Editor cartoons .. „...,........— .. Nawa Staff..... /vaveraaina Editorial Staff Linda McNeal Tam Cauthom . . . Arab Haym Bob Laniar . Gary Johnaon - Roger ~ ‘ ... Bob J wrong), and before the SGA ev« appointed a food rqnmtttaa, Thai ggii iBs&niBMaftal is fittiim tbt food petition signed. They tat ri outside the cafeteria for