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Volume L
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON. GEORGIA JANUARY 17, 1969
Number 8
UP, UP, AND AWAY...
Taking a cue from the flight of
ullo 8, homecoming activities at
rrcer University Jan. 17-18 will
built around the theme, "Up,
and Away".
The weekend will begin unoffi-
| dally Thursday, Jan. 16 with a
I isfketbull game between students
|m<i faculty in Porter Gymnasium
I gt 7 p.m. This will proceed the 8
Is'clock game between Mercer and
8orida Presbyterian College.
Homecoming will close (Saturday
Jdght with a basketball game in the
■ Macon Coliseum between
I Mercer and Georgia Tech. This
Scholarship Given
[To Alpha Delta
Alpha Delta chapter of Kappa
I Epsilon pharmaceutical fatemity
for women at Mercer University's
| Southern School of Pharmacy has
awarded the fraternity’s
| Chapter Scholarship Trophy.
The trophy is awarded annually
I to the chapter whose members have
I the highest grade average among
like 32 chapters in the United
|9tates.
Individual awards for the highest
Isverage will go to Mrs Eleanor
1 Deal Law of Clayton and Miss
|Msry Obi of Jacksonville.
Mrs Law graduated summa cunt
Ibude in June from the Southern
| School of Pharmacy While at
[Southern she was u part-time in-
ctor in pharmaceutical rhem-
liss Obi did her pre-pharmacy
Isrork at Mercer University and is
Is wnior in the pharmacy school
Ivhich she instructs part time in
| pha rmaev
Taking part in the student effort
I will be three pharmaceutical fra
iler m ties — Kappa Psi, Phi Delta
IChi and Kappa Epsilon —Rho Chi
lkonor society and student body
I Independents from the sophomore
mor and senior classes. A total
HO students will be working in
solicitation.
r. Vincent Lopes, chairman
faculty advisor of the student
ve. said, “This is our second
ar effort We went over our goal
year. The indication is that
will reach our goal of (100,000
idcnts are giving their maximum
|rooi>eration. We hope the alumni
nil do the same.”
jjBears Spotlighted!
On Page Six |
will be followed by a concert in
the Coliseum by ' The Rascals’’
who have been acclaimed as the
No. 3 vocal group in the world.
Their record, “People Got To Be
Free”, was voted the record of the
year by the recording industry.
Tipoff time for the game is 7:30
and the concert starts at 10 o'clock.
At half-time of the game “Toby"
and “Tot”, a boy and girl chosen
by the students as best represent
ing Mercer, will be crowned
Fraternities, sororities und other
organization on the campus will
decorate homecoming displays Fri
day and these will be judged at 10
am Saturday.
Other events of the weekend will
include a reception for Mercer
Alumni in Room B of the Colise
um preceding the Mercer-Georgia
Tech gume. This will start at 6:30
A dance for students will be held
in McKenna Armory Friday at 8
pm Music will be furnished by
"The Tropics".
New Rules Passed Bv
RWGA Committee
Will Affect Dress
RWGA. art in# upon the recom
mendations from the Rule** Com-
mittee, panned the following rule
changes, effective immediately:
1. Rewident women students
may leave the campus at any
time during the week in ac
cordance to their present |>ar
ental permission form and
the existing rules governing
week-end sign out.
2 Slacks or bermudas may he
worn anywhere on campus on
Wednesdays and Saturdays
This . includes the cafeteria
and the library
3. ('losing hours on Tuesday
night remain the same.
4 All women have a two o'clock
curfew for Friday night and
a one o'clock curfew Satur
day Homecoming Weekend
Lecturer Will Speak
In Free University
Mrs Robert Lee Moffett, inter
nationally known lecturer and
authority on comparative religion,
will Apeak in room 314 CSC. on
Monday, January 20, and Thurs
day, January 23, at 8:00 P.M un
der the aiupicm of the Free Uni
versity. Her topics will be Youth's
Place in the New World Order and
The Emerging World Order.
The Bears are spotlighted this weekend as Mercer meets Georgia Tech in the Homecoming fin-
aliea. The spirit of the student body can go a long way toward making Hoimsoming a success. For
a personal close-up of each player, see page 5.
Student Government Lacks Quorum
The regular meeting of the SGA
was impaired from carrying on its !
official business because of the
lack of a quorum. Although only
three members were officially ab
sent. a continuous trickle of 17
people wandered out of the nutt
ing, leaving the SGA jxmerless.
Monday night’s meeting had
more guests than any other mt*et- i
ing this year This indicates the
growing interest and participation
which is sorely needed to keep the
SGA stimulated. This is a goal I
that President Ed Bacon has been i
working for all year
The delegates that SGA sent to •
Si’SKA came home proud of the |
fact that we had taken the load in
the convention. Most of the schools
felt that Mercer was far alie; d o r
the average school in student in
volvement and were impressed by
our Student Advisory Committee.
Wonderful .Wednesday and the
fact that President Harris was so
willing to take time out to talk to
students. Mercer was s<> f;fr ahead
of most of them that we were al
most labeled radical Are you be
lieving that?
Because of the dist ussion * au^ed
by computerized registration by
both the faculty and students, a
committee was set up to establish
a computer evaluation Members
are Steve Carreker. chairman;
Carol Strange; Mary McGaughev ;
and Steve Richey.
Since many students cannot
•Judy either in the dorm or in the
library, a room will lx* o|>en from
I 5 to 12 in Knight Hall. The SGA
] is sponsoring this program and will
I monitor the s*udy area Smoking
and eating will not he permitted
I It started January 14
| A Committee on Perspective was
proposal and much discussion fol
lowed hut it could not be put to a
vote because so many members bad
left that there was no longer a
quorum.
The Constitution Committee will
he holding ojieii hearings from 2
to 5 on Tui*sdav the 24th and they
will also be cajling witnesses Stu
dents are urged to make them-
solves known.
Absent***: Curtis Echols. Dan
Thigpen. Susan Wiseman, Bruce
(iordv and David Bottoms.
Law Students Are Sworn In
Under New Georgia Program
Oftkan of the Q—m Beta Phi chapter organized at Mercer
Unlvanity ere, front L to r., Denny Barnhill of Warner Rob-
ho, treasurer; Gall Coleman of McRae, secretary; Julian Gor-
*y of Newnin, vice president; back row, Tony Brown of Wood-
kttry, preaidant.
Sixteen law students wi re sworn I
in today by Judge Hal Bell, Bibb,
Superior Court judge, to practice 1
law under a new Georgia law'.
Under the recently enacted stat
ute senior law students may prac- 1
tice law if the law school in which I
they are enrolled establishes a le •
gal aid program and provides fac
ulty su|M»rvision. Students may 1
practice law only for persons quail- I
fied as Indigents under the stan
dards of the Macon Legal Aid So
cietv and the law school program
In addition any court appearance i
or papers filed in court must be
under tb* direction of and accom
pnnied bv a member .of the Icv-al
bat
The new program at Mercer
Law School received the approval
of the Macon Bar Association at a
recent meeting of the Association
The program was initiated under
the guidance of Richard Nichola,
immediate past president. Macon
Ivegal Aid Society; Lawton Miller,
Jr. president, Macon Legal Aid j
Society; Rudolph Patterson, imnu*- i
diate past president. Macon Bar !
Association and James C Quarles, 1
Dean of the law school
The Macon Legal Aid Society I
has offices in the Grand Building!
and the new office hours are Mon- |
day Friday, 9 am • 0 pm Sat i
urday, 9 am 12 noon
Participants in the program for ]
this quarter are Qudliun Baldwin
Jr of Madison. Jeffrey Dunn of
Jacksonville, Stephen Barber of |
Birmingham, Liwn-me Collins of
Bvron, Roman Dziewietvski of At-'|
hlnta, CurtLs Farrar of Douglas. '
Dennis Guthrie of Charlotte, N C.
James Hilhurn of Dublin. Carl
Jones III of Decatur, Thomas Kev
of Roanoke. Va.. Paul Marks of j
latkeland. Fla.. Dixon Nash of At
lanta. Calvin Paynter Jr. of At j
lanta. Gus H Small. .Ir . of Ma
con. fieorge T Williams of Vidalia, j
and Miss Nancy Polatty of Green
ville, S C
Weekly Calendar
Friday, January 17: Dance, 8
P.M McKenna Armory.
The* Tropics
Saturday , January 18: Men-
vs. Georgia Tech 7:30 P.M .
Concert 10 P.M. The Ras
cals’Macon Coliseum
Monday-Friday, January 20-24:
('of f<*e House* Act. Brian
Carney. Room 333. Con
nell Student Center. Tvyo
Shows Nightly
Tuesday. January 21: Mercer
v*. Jacksonville Fine Arts
Seri e s. A Midsummer
Night's Dn ini, Willingham
Chapel; 8:30 P M
Wedtieiday, January 22: f)|>en
Forum. 6.30-8 .30 P V M.
Friday, January 24: Movie, The
Thin Man. 8 P M Student
Center
Saturday, January 25: Mercer
vs Carson Newman Fol
lowed by Dance Featuring
Tin* Golden Arcade.
Student* should check the
Bulletin Board in the lobby of
the Cohnell Student Center for
information concerning the
times and meeting |>lares of
Free CniverBitv classes