Newspaper Page Text
2
MERCER CLUSTER
fZJUtoAiaU.
Success Of The Free University
Depends On Student Participation
Tams Viewed Huge Success
The students And facul
ty at Mercer are presently
'caught up in the wetv of
a great , opportunity. The
free’University. which un
rein Iv meets on Wonder
ful Wednesday, 'represents
piogi ess . . . progress of a
tarigihle nature.
Foi the first time on
this campus, students have
the < haute'to meet and'
(list uss at length such
things as /.cn eastern tnysti-
t ism and Karl Marx ■ . . •
things, that liave Ivereto-
foie either lieen ignored
coinplefely- in the regular
i in t it 1111iiir or have uierelv
Itiinied • party of several
courses.
The sulijetis, of course
a it not (imfined to those
whith have been posted.
Anyone who desires to dis
cuss a subject is strongly
encouraged to post, a note
on the bulletin board in
the lobby of the Connell
Student Center to that
(llect. All that any . free
university class initially
needs is interested mem
bers. Moreover, while the
classes have some cacry-
. over, they are structured
so that anyone may come
in at any time and gain
from the experience.
Not only is this a chance
for “ill depth” study, it is,
in the words of Mercer stu
dent Ray Woods, ’ “a
chance for the students and
professors' to work togeth
er.” It is a step in the
direction of truer commun
ication between the stu
dents and the faiultv. At
last we are ex|ieriencing
the partial extirpation of
the myth that puts the
professor on a |>edestal and
isolates him from the stu
dents. For in the Free Uni
versity; jieople, both stu
dents and teachers work
together to learn because
they want to.
However, the success of
the free university depends
not on the faculty mem-
lier.s involved, but on the
students. The groups will
last only as Ion gas there
is interest. The first week's
turnout was good but it
is expected to drop off, as
many were just, sitting in.
Mercer is “uptight for
change” but we are lieing
watched..What aVe we. the
students, goinp; to do about
it?
% The dance at Shurlington arm
ory last Friday night was probab
ly the beet dance so far this year.
The performance by the TAMS
has not been equaled by any
means. I do not claim to be an
expert on this type of music, but
even I could tell that this group
had something that the others
lacked — professionalism. They
were real showmen.
The' dance was started by the
back-up band, this group of eight
or nine musicians provided soul
music for about a hour. The music
really had a beat, although many
more people were listening than
dancing.
After a pause, they were back
with another performer, whose
name I must admit has slipped my
mind. Someone near me said that
he was getting “gross” and im
mediately I heard an uproar of
laughter from the audience, so I
&A PASSES FEDERAL AID RESOLUTION
The third meeting of the Student
Government Association convened
Monday night in the Trustee’s
Dining Room. President Ed Bacon
called the meeting to order.
Hugh Dukes led the meeting off
with a discussion of the student
discount service. Both Wesleyan
and.Tift are now in the process of
taking polls of what businesses are
patronized by their students so they
can join us in this movement.
Freshman advisor, Steve Richey,
reported on the formation of the
Orientation Evaluation Committee
and the following freshmen were
appointed: Gary Horowitz, Jack
Pritchard, Harry Conroy, Bruce
Gordy, Richard Hcider, Sallie Car
ter. Jeanette Piligan, Sara Harrison,
Liliyan Germaine, Sally Fulcher,
Patti Ann Richey, and Chuck
Brewer.
President Ed Bacon reported that
quick action was taken by those
officials of the, University after
last weeks student, wage resolu
tion arid expressed his thanks.
It was announced that Wednes
day night, January 22 at 6:30,
Steve Abbott, President of SGA at
Emory University will be at Mer-
ctr to speak in an "Open Forum”,
a d.scussion on student government..
Martiel Babbit reported that the
Appropriations Committee met
with tht Faculty last Thursday
aind agreed lo keep the budget the
same because of no increase in stu
dent fees. Martiel also presented
tenetive . proposal of raising the
activities fee five dollars per quar
ter. The S.G.A. gave full support to
this proposal. A school wide re
ferendum will be held, February 6.
The S G.A. also supported a pro
posal made by Mary Jo Alien,
chairman of the Food Service Com
mittee, which stated that The Food
Service Committee will begin
checking the validation sheets pn
January 29, 1969. “It we find a
person who has intentionally given
the. wrong number or name, we
will report this to the office of
Student Personnel and the student.
will be fined $5.00. We will allow
each student to forget his ID ten
times per quarter. After the ninth
time the student will receive a
notice. Each quarter the student
uses the privilege more than ten
times he. will be fined $1.00
through the Office of Student
Personnel. —t- 1 —=— —.—
Bob Collins presented to the SGA
a petition on Federal Aid which
was approved and reads as follows:
WHERE, we the undersigned affirm
that die Trustees of Mercer
University should and do have
final authority in the control and
direction of the policies of Mer-
__ ccr University; and,.
WHEREAS, we fee) that additional
financial resources must become
available to Mercer University
at the lowest possible interest
rate's for its continued livelihood
and progress; and,
WHEREAS, we feel that this end
could be achieved by the secur
ing of federal loans to Mcrter
University; and,
WHEREAS, we feel that the secur-
. mg'of such loans does not con
stitute a violation of the principle
of separation of church aind state.
WE, the undersigned do petition
the Trustees of Mercer Univer
sity to take the necessary- steps
in securing available financial
aid- from the federal government
Mercer's Dr. King
Well-known Writer
Br P*WT Sullivan
Dr. Spencer B. King, head c<
Mercer’s bistory department, is,
in addition to being a professor, m
well-known writer. Dr. King has
to his credit twenty-four essays
and articles published In literary,
educational, religious, and popular
magazines, thirty-two book reviews
published in historical Journals,
several'books and numerous edited
documents which have appeared in
historical Journals.
He has also served as Georgia
editor of the two-volume Encyclo
pedia of Southern Baptists having
as, lus responsibility finding and
supervising writers and organizing
the material gathered. He also is
the contributor of three articles
about three Georgia cities to En'
cyclopedia Britannic a.
One of the most outstanding of
Dr. King's writings was the “Geor
gia’’ article in Collier's Encyclope
dia in 1962. In recent months he
has completed revision and ex
planation of this article which will
appear in the 1969 edition at Col-
Use's. He is also responsible for the
“Georgia” article published In the
1969 edition of the Merit ttudanta
guess that he was right
Finally, the TAMS themselves
appeared, clad In Pink Suita, and
Jiving to the music of the band.
I was all ready to enjoy the per
formance, but the fraternities had
other plant. The TAMS and the
rest of the audience had to wait
until they so graciously decided to
let the concert proceed. (This was
not until each bed yelled two or
three time*.) Don’t get this wrong,
some of the frats kept clamming
up. After the cheers, the TAMS
sang such hits as “Be young, be
foolish, etc.”
After the second half o4 the
show was over, I went in to see
the performers. They had re
placed the pink suits with white
selves. All the TAMS are from
Atlanta, Ga. They were very hos
pitable, and they said they LOVED
Mercer students. Doesn’t every
body?
in an attempt to alleviate the
financial difficulties of our
University.
A committee was assigned to In
vestigate problems with the infir
mary. Members are Melissa Mc
Leod, Chairman; Danny Brogdon,
Steve Carrekcr and Gary Johnson.
The first act of business was the
acceptance of a resolution on the
confidential status of student re
cords.
WHEREAS, it has been brought
before tf# attention of the Stu
dent Government Association
that tiie confidential status of the
personal files of a student of the
Liberal Arts College of Mercer
University have been violated,
and,
WHEREAS,' there is no formal
statement in the Mercer Univer
sity Bulletin, College of Liberal
. Arts 1968-1969 concerning cither
. who has the authority to ex
amine the students’ private files
or what actions are taken when
this confidential status is violated
by a member of the Mercer Uni
versity Community; and,
WHEREAS, we realize in order to
obtain an atmosphere where the
.faculty, administration, and stu
dents work in a joint effort for
the further development , of Mer
cer University, it Is of the utmost
importance that a mutual sense
of trust and respect prevail;
THEREFORE, ‘ we the Student
Government Association, call
. . upon the administration to en
courage the growth of trust and
respect through consideration of
. University policy on the private
files of students.
Encyclopedia, designed by Collier's
especially for students.
Dr. King by no means sees an.
end to his writing. He has several
works completed and rfcady for
publication now and has plans for
writing more. However, he says
that his purpose in writing and
editing historical works is to help
him be a better teacher and he
enjoys doing this very much.
In recognition of Dr. King's out
standing literary and historical ac
complishments, he has been listed
in Whoa Who la America. Whoa
Who Jbs American Education. Di
rectory of American Scholar! and
Contemporary Authors and will be
. Miss Dori Ripley. Lynne Kick-
lighter. Karen Rivers. Joan Kyl-
lonen. Julie Hulsey. Carol
Strange. Mery McGaughey. end
Chris Nordil prepare lo troop the
line et ROTC Sponsor'! Day
Parade.
included in the sixth edition of the
Dictionary of International Biogra
phy to be published in 1969. In
1962, he received . the United
Daughters of the Confederacy
“Certificate of Merit” for “his con
tribution to Southern literature.’*
He was declared first runner-up
in competition for “Georgia Author
of the Year In Non-fiction” by the
Dixie Council of Authors and Jour-’
ruhliita in lfMTZ.
ROTC SPONSOR’S
\DAY-PARADE
The ROTC Cadet Battalion part
icipated in Sponsor’s Day Parade
Monday, February 24, 1969 at Mer
cer University. The purpose of the
parade wps to honor the recently
named battalion sponsor and her
staff. Lt. Col Robert M. Brambila,
-Jr. presented Miss Dori Ripley with
orders naming her to the position
of battalion sponsor for 1969. Miss
Ripley also assumes the rank of
Honorary Cadet Lt. Col. with the
position. Her staff consists of Miss
•Joan Kyllonen a junior from Ft.
Lauderdale. Fla. and Miss Karen
Rivers a junior from Jacksonville.
-Both .staff sponsors assume' the
rank of Honorary Cadet Major.
Miss Ripley a Junior’ from Ft.
Pierce, Fla. will be in command of
the corps ot sponsors which Is
composed of the two staff spon
sors and 1 sponsor from each of
the cadet companies. Those spon
sors are Miss Lynn' Kicklighter,
Hdqtrs. Company; Miss Julie Hul
sey, A Company; Miss Chirs Nor-
dell, B Company; Miss Mary Mc
Gaughey, C Company; and Miss
Carol Strange, D Company. All of
the sponsors were elected by the
cadets in the Cadet Battalion.
After receiving their Orders, the
sponsors trooped the lines in con
vertible vehicles, and then stood at
the rderiving stand with Lt. CoL
Brambila, who is professor of
Military Science of the Mercer
ROTC program, while the battalion
passed in review. " -
Throughout the year, the spon
sor* will perform service projects
for the Cadet Battalion and the
University.
SEE YOU M SEPTEMBER