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Volume 11
MERCER UNIVERSI TV, MACON, GEORGIA. SEPTEMBER 21, 1969
froth Program Revamped
Reforms Mark
136th Year
Mercer University .will begin classes for its 136th year of opera
tion Monday, Sept. 29. , ' , • '■
Enrollment will be slightly ahead of last year as a result of. small
increases in Walter K. George School of Law and the College of
Liberal Arts. Enrollment at the School of Pharmac y in Atlanta will
be about the same Mercer has limited’its enrollment to under
2.000 students annually.
• Registrar ■ Colunjbus W.
Posey said the enrollment for
the year is expected to be 220
students in the School "of Law,
210 in the,.School of Pharmacy
one guest lecturer a week will
speak' to the group The fresh
men' will be required to do
some writing on the theme.
While one half of the fresh
1500 in the College^/f man class is engaged in this
'total
This promises Id be .1 great year >
. , s to the five hundred freshmen, we welcome to the Great. Experience. - “We challenge you to
obtain an education at Mercer, to give of yourself to the academic community in as many ways and as
fully as you can so that you may receive something of the neb academic heritage which Mercer has to
offer." i
- Tom Cauthom
University Joins
Moratorium Call
Liberal Arts. Last year' 1
enrollment was 1918.
During Orientation Wei.l .
which begins Sunday. Sep' 21.
the fresh man -class of 450 will
participate in a variety of acti
vities yvhich will lielp make
easier-the transition from high
school l)r Kufus C. Harris,
president, and Dr. Garland p.
Taylor, dean of the College of
Liberal Arts, will speak to
parents at an assembly (hat
Sunday at 2 p m.
Events scheduled during the
week include campus tours, a
seminar on the effects qf drugs,
group discussions of Thorcau's
"Walden", soul sing and talent
show , hay ride and outing, pre
.sentations of academic issues
and an introduction to campus
work and living The week will
end Sunday evening. Sept 2X,
with fraternities and sororities
holding open house.
'A new approach lo fresh'
man English will be introduced
by the Department of English,
of which Dr Benjamin W
Griffith is chairmai!. instead of
attending class in the conven
tional manner, one half of the
freshman class will be divided
into groups of 20. The study 1
for a quarter will be arranged
around themes Two of the
themes will -be
Age" with Mark Twain's
“Huckleberry Finn" as the
source book, and "Journey
Home" with Homer's
"Odyssey" as the source book
Students will complete various
readings around the theme, and
rtew approach, the other half
will attend classes in the con
ventional manner. Comparative
results of the two approaches
to learning w ill be evaluated at
the end of the year
Other prog.ains underway
at the university for the year
will be the continuation of a
comprehensive self study by
tn>' faculty, and recommenda
lie ins formulated by a Iresh
man Task Force which has the
responsibility of evaluating the
U..al effectiveness of the fresh
nca i year at Mercer, both in
class and out
Courses offerings for the
year total .'11 1 courses covering,
almost all phases of a liberal
art* education ^
President Rufus C. Harris
has made 12 new appointments
to the faculty for (lie new year
They arc Dr. John W: Uessmah
Jr assistant professor of
mathematics, T Scon Avars
Jr. instructor in economics
Michael E Cass mstruc tor in
English. William It Davis Jr
assistant professor of Spanish
Also Harvey H Brimmer III
.assistant professor of philoso
phv, l.airv H. Pearce mstruc sir
Dr. Harris
Deaf Freshman
T his is a note of cheer We
try to imagine what you are.
what you think, how you feel
and how. you will meet the
■opportunities of your day
It seems true that if there is
adequate reason for your en
roHmehl at Mercer, there is.
adequate reason for you to ob
serve* the best aspects of stu
dent, academic and extra-cur
ricular life and endeavor which
abound here Everyone wants
your education to bring to full
blossom thal which you love
most and do best.
The chief matter in your life
right n >w . is to find hefe the
appropriate niche for yourself,
to Work into it and even to en
large it. There is .always plenty
•of advice! Mine is that those
who find the true shape of
ihf ir new choices or better pur
poses should be aw arc that il
wifi not hurt them if they have-
been bent somewhat hv the
wind and burned a bit In- the
sun • Challenges nearly always
strengthen Besides t,he\ help
to withstand tin* sinri-hnii.*. rvc
of Mr Status Guo ■ a riiff ft
foreman*.
Your- very -trulv.
Rufus Carrollt. :i Harm
in history. Mrs, JenniferHarper-
instructor in biology. Dr
Terence (>. Todd associate pro
Lane instructor in English. Col
Joseph H. Jones chairman - uf
the Department of Military Set
'ence, 'Timothy M. Ireland lii
struclor in Frenc h and Chari. >.
A- McKinley assistant professor
of German.
FU Courses
Scheduled
On fall quarter - .first Hi
derf'il Wednesday 'the l,
University begins rp o
,\car at Meis-sj:—This • fiji
bntjnrrd schecli.'.' u pr.’ur
inti'.lic c lual
Ending the war in Vietnam have not lieen changed We
is the most important task fac- follow the same military advice
ing the American nation. Over ythit'b has created a- futile and
the last few years, millions ofdfcldody conflict w hile we cling
Americans have campaigned, to the same policies w hich have
protested, and demonstrated c aused the Paris negotiations to
against the war. Few now de falter. The .token displacement
fend the war. yet it continues, of 25.000 troops over a three
Death and destruction are un- month period simply is not the
abated; bombs and fire con- substantial change of policy
tinue to devastate South Viet- that is so desperately needed
rum Billions of dollars- are Thus it is necessary for all
spent on war while the urgent those who desire peace to again
domestic problems of this become active and help bring
country remain unattended, pressure to bear on the present
Moreover, the war has had a Administration,
corrupting influence on every' We rail for a periodic mora
aspect of American life, and torium on “business as usual"
much of the national discon- in order that students, faculty
tent can be traced to iu influ- members and concerned
ence,. - citizens can devote time and
. ■ energy to the important work
The discredited policies of 0 { taking the issue of peace in
he past which have brought Vietnam to the larger coin
ibout this American tragedy munity. - ,
if the war continues this fail
and there is no firm commit
menf to American withdrawal
or a negotiated settlement on
October 15th. participating
members of the academic com
munity will spend .the entire
day organizing against the war
and 'wot king in the community
lo get others to join us in an
enlarged and lengthened mora
torium in November. This pro
cess will continue until there is
American withdrawal or a
negotiated settlement.
We call upon our univer
sities to support the moratori
um-. atid we commit ourselves
to organize this effort on our
campus and in our communlity
We ask others to. join us.^For|
furthei information on "Mora
torium Call” at Mercer, contact
the (luster Office Rm. 326 &
328 in the Student Center.
vMi rcrl by v'ji'S • - w *> ~
sjH'iit the sUM-i.o. . i...s.
•> group ■
l-'Or those not*; -•• .1.../ w
lin i rvc Ctme.rsd' i - t.a-
on ttie assumption ;me • *. ’
desire for- t in wl.-rig. .1 ■
spring front aniiiseT lr.ii.res-!
Tie subject ina-ivt r ratfc •*
frotii an aniust d' in t> • .'
grade points, and i J i.f: -.n •' i
learning is tin Tmdl'rst.ir.i',' g
concepts jaii.er til.-.-
'meimin.'ing und'i an-gun. mi
data. ' In , following thi-fi ■
sumption- Men er ' l.rer
versiiv has established tbi '
lowing ' guidelines a 11 <Vjir
arc non < refill, non graded i
Anything cap he taught
.Anyone who wishes can bffe
mill. 1 page 5, col 2
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Inside
Cluster.
SGA President Bob Potter and Clusier editor Gary. Johnson
attended NSA Convention, in El Paso, Texas, August 19-30. The
theme of the convention was “Revolt on Campus", — See President
Potter’s message on page 4.'
Editorials - pp 2-. 3
Potter Speaks . p 2
Concert Series. p 4
ROTC Expansion p. 5
Sports . p. 6
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