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Chapel New
This Fall
by Alice Burns
This year chapel is not the
responsibility of a Dean of
Chapel who is committed to
preach to the Mercer com
munity. Instead, we have a
Chapel Committee. This com
mittee is not committed to
preach or even to speak to the
student body. The chairman of
the Chapel Committee, Mr.
Edward Corson of the English
department, said that the
Chapel Committee was created
out of necessity and its pur
pose is to fill the gap left by
the absence of a "college pas
tor” who provides a unifying
force to a college community.
The aim of the Chapel Com
mittee is to make students and
faculty feel like a part of the
chapel services. Mr. Corson said
that the committee plans to
promote wider participation of
the Mercer community in
chapel by experimenting with
new forms and types of wor
ship services.
One such type of service
will be faculty members “who
have something to say in
Christian context”. Mr. Corson
says that a series of faculty
speakers has already been plan
ned for chapel this year. The
faculty members will speak
about the subjects they teach
and how these subjects fit into
their faith and religious back
ground. One reason for this
faculty series, Mr. Corson
pointed out, is that the faculty,
as well as students, are often
disturbed when they find no
connection or relevance be
tween their subject matter and
Christianity. Often the instruc
tor must present his lectures
objectively and factually with
out presenting his personal be
liefs and prejudices. Now
chapel offers a chance for these
members to speak out. Faculty
members from Mercer and else
where, will speak on a variety
of subjects including arts, sci
ence. social sience, history, as
well as Christianity.
Another type of chapel
worship will be student con
ducted services. These services,
while experimental in context,
are particularly experimental in
format. The students will speak
through drama, music, and
dance of the relationship of
Christianity to their work and
liv£s.
Mr. Corson further ex
pressed his opinion that the
committee has some very in
teresting programs lined up. In
addition to faculty speakers,
chapel programs will include an
artist, a nuclear physicist, stu
dent speakers, and ministers.
However, Mr. Corson was
quick to point out that not all
of the ministers are Baptists,
but they include a Catholic
priest, a Jewish rabbi, and
members representing a variety
of Protestant faiths. In the
words of Mr. Corson, “This
year we are striving for a
Christian chapel, not just a
Baptist chapel.”
A very important intro
duction to chapel this year
about which Mr. Corson is very
excited is the “Feedback Ses
sion". This session is a discus
sion after each chapel service
to give students and faculty a
chance to “talk back”. This
addition to the chapel program
gives everyone interested a
chance to talk to the speaker,
ask questions, elaborate, agree
or disagree with the speaker, or
pursue subjects of interest with
the speaker. The “Feedback
Session" will normally last to
the end of the chapel program
in Room 102C. But if interest
is great and the speaker agrees,
the session can be extended
into the third period or set up
for some other time. The Com
mittee on Chapel wishes to em
phasize that this discussion will
be very informal.
Mr. Corson added that he
hopes chapel this year will not
be “just chapel” but services of
which each student is a part.
REVIEW
Waterfront
Found Dull
The few and assorted Mer-
cerians who showed up for
“On the Waterfront” Friday
night certainly expected no
colossal production; they
weren’t disappointed. How
ever, Marlon Brando, in his role
as a dumb but Basically Good
dock worker, provided several
instances of comic relief in the
latter half of the film. One of
these breathers occurred in the
courtroom scene when Terry
(M.B.) replied “Right” to the
oath “so help you God” in a
typically Cosby style.
The movie depicted poor
working conditions — the re
sult of gangsters controlling the
local labor union plus the
sheepish submission of the
laborers - by means of stereo
typed good guys and bad guys.
The moral was all too obvious
and therefore rather dull for
the sophisticated movie-goers
of 1969. Nevertheless, the
gross scenes and the sad scenes
were probably more thrilling
than gross and more amusing
than sad, so that most present
were satisfied with the two
hours in uncomfortable chairs.
m
enoto By Bot> Johnson
Linda Bagley, this month’s “Cluster” girl^hails from Lakeland, Florida. Linda, a first
quarter freshman, loves the outdoors.
Free University
Stimulates Thought
The Free University is an
attempt on the part of interest
ed Mercer students to utilize
Wonderful Wednesday as a
time for relaxed and stimulat
ing learning. For those who
have had a humanities course
at some point in their formal
education, the Free University
will represent an accelerated
version of instruction in the
humanities. In other words, the
Free University seminars are
designed to interest and arouse
curiosity. They hopefully will
serve as springboards for stu
dents — intellectual spring
boards from which one may
“dive” into deeper analysis and
appreciation.
There is only one hang up in
the function of the Free Uni
versity; it cannot be a success
ful operation without your
support. Last Wednesday a dis
appointingly small number of
brave souls ventured forth to
see what the Free University
was all about.
Free University seminars
usually last about an hour, but
one can come or go as he
pleases. There is no required
reading involved. Presumably,
anyone who is “turned on” by
a particular seminar would
want to do some outside read
ing but this is not necessary
Student co-ordinators are pre
sent at each seminar. Their job
is to know something about
the subject area of that seminar
and to guarantee the contin
uity of discussion. These semi
nars are not lecture sessions.
Rather, they are “encounter”
sessions at which ideas are
given and taken in informal dis
cussions.
The Free University offers
students a new and challenging
opportunity to find a learning
experience.
News Briefs
The Department of Dental
Hygiene at Macon Junior Col
lege wishes to advise the stu
dents and faculty of Mercer
University of the availability
there of prophylactic dental
hygiene services (scaling and
polishing of the teeth). These
services are performed in the
dental hygiene clinic in the Sci
ence Building by students
under the strict supervision of
licensed instructors. The cost
of the service is one dollar. In
the fall quarter, clinic sessions
begin each afternoon except
Wednesday at one o’clock.
During the winter and spring
quarters, additional clinic ses
sions are held on Tuesday and
Friday mornings, beginning at
9 o'clock. Appointments can
be made by calling 745-8551,
extension 255 or 257 any
afternoon.
Dr. Raymond has announc
ed that the deadline for nomi
nations by instructors for the
Woodrow Wilson Fellowships is
October 20. Prospective Dan-
forth Fellows should apply to
the Scholastic Committee, Dr.
Griffith, chairman, by Novem
ber 1. Rhodes Scholarship ap
plications are available in Dr.
Raymond's office and should
be completed by October 31.
MERCER UNIVERSITY
PHOTO CLUB NEWS
P. O. Box 1078
The organizational meeting
for the Mercer Photo Club will
be held Tuesday, October 14,
1969, at 4:00 p.m. in Room
337 CSC. All interested per
sons are invited to attend this
meeting. There are no dues or
fees required of members and
all equipment needed to
develop your own black and
white prints is furnished.
This club is not for profes
sionals, it is for amateurs and
people with no experience to
learn the basic aspects of tak
ing and developing photo
graphs. There are no require
ments as to ability or degree of
experience required. You do
not have to own a camera, the
club has cameras which are
available for loaning. If in
terested in the club and desire
more information concerning
it, contact Dennis Overcash, P.
O. Box 1078, or come to the
organizational meeting Tues
day October 14, 1969 at 4:00
p.m. in Room 337 CSC.
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Roberts Hall
by MARSHA MATTHEWS
This year overcrowded con
ditions in the women’s resi
dence halls have resulted in the
opening of the second and
third floor of Roberta Hall,
formerly a men’s dormitory, to
women students. Although
male law students occupy the
first floor of the building, they
do not share the lobby with
the women students, who are
either upperclaremen from
Mary Erin Porter or upperclasa
transfer students. The women
residents follow the same
RWGA rules as followed by
residents of the other women’s
halls, but since the hall has no
house mother, each resident
has a key to the front door,
which is locked continuously.
Three upperctasa students act
simultaneously as resident ad
visors and house mothers.
Although the lobby and
stain have been carpeted and
paintings, sofas, and other bits
of femininity have been added,
the hall still lacks many of the
conveniences of the other
women’s halls, such as an inter
com system. Thus far the lack
of conveniences and lack of a
house mother have caused no
problems because of the strong
spirit of cooperation and sense
of responsibility of the resi
dents.
When asked about the in
novation in women’s housing,
Miss Carolyn Stewart, Assistant
Dean of Women, said that as
long as the women residents
continue showing a sense of
responsibility and maturity,
the new hall will be a success..
She added that if the hall is a
success, this could have im
plications for future housing
programs. The residents of the
hall are also hopeful of the suc
cess of the new hall. Said one
resident, “We are appreciative
of the confidence the admin
istration seems to have in us
and are willing to try our best
not to disappoint anyone.”
A. P. O.
Meets
Today
Delta Iota Chapter of Alpha
Phi Omega will hold an open
meeting today, October 14, at
7:00 p.m. in room 336 of the
Connell Student Center.
Alpha Phi Omega Is Ameri
ca’s oldest and largest service
fraternity with over 500 chap
ters across the nation. Ita mem
bership includes, men from all
walks of campus life, those af
filiated with a social fraternity
and those who are not. The
organization emphasizes a pro
gram of leadership, and service
to the campus, community and
nation.
Last year Delta Iota chapter
sponsored many worthwhile
service projects Including a
Cancer Marathon March, aiding
the children at MlUedgeville
State Hospital, repairing a
nursery school playground and
also other community service
ventures.
The chapter also conducted
the Faculty Slave Auction and
the ugly man contest to raise
money for its rervice projecta
HELP WANTED
Has of
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