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Dsar Editor:
As a concerned student I
would like to bring to your
by the SOA
appeared in the October 7 iwue
of the Jlferrer dueler. These
erron meal both a surprising
Ijnorsnre on tha part of the
Senate and tha Cbuiar Editor,
and an attitude on the part of
tha Senate which seems to me
to be reprehensible.
Tha subtitle of the Cluster
article tan: “Mandate Passes By
8 Votes,” and I hare on good
authority (La., Senate Mem
bers) that tha wotting of the
endorsement was: “The SGA
Senate Is hereby mandated to
endorse the Vietnam Mora
torium ‘Call’..
The College Editor ofathe
Webster’s Now World Diction
ary defines a mandate as: “(1)
an authoritative order or com
mand, especially a written one;
(2) the wishes of constituents
expressed to a representative,
legislature, etc. as an order, or
regarded as an order. (3) (In
law) an order (Tom a higher
court to a lower one...”
In supporting the Eadorn
ment of the War Moratorium,
the
Moratorium
Revisited
Source of reference:
Human Events
Rocky Wede
Recently, I was confronted
by a female specie* of the New
Left and was told that 1 knew
nothing about tha Vietnam
Moratorium and therefore,
through my
Ignorance, was
I leading Mar-
carians away
I from the right
path of action. 1
decided to re-
I form my mb-
gtrings and to
'get better
acquainted with
the subject so that I might re
late it better to inquisitive stu
bs my count of reeearch, I
come across tha following data:
Tha Vietnam Moratorium is
ont of tha peace groups co
operating under tha auspices of
Tin New Mobilisation Com
mittee to End the War in
Vietnam (headquartered at
1029 Varment Avenue, Wash
Ington, D. C.) This organiza
tion that i* coordinating the
work of ell three groups la
aupetvimd by a steering com
mittee. Among the members of
this stewing committee an:
Mr. Arnold Johnson, the
well-known public relations
director of the U. S. Com--
munist pwty;
Mr. Irving Samoff, an ident
ified Communist who took the
Fifth amendment before the
HUAC rather that state under
oeth whether he wee or was
not an American communist;
Mrs. Sylvie Kuahner, a radi
cal activist and astranged wife
of Sam Kuahner who is a
forms* member of the U. S.
party’s National Committee
by Rocky Wade
end editor of the Los Angeles
based, Peoples’ World, the
communist party paper of the
West Coast;
Mr. David Dellinger, now on
trial In federal court for viola
tions of the U. S. anti-riot law
during tht Democratic
National Convention.
The implication by me is
not by association to show the
Vietnam Moratorium Com
mittee to be Communist-
oriented. Rather, It is to pre
sent the concept that poaribly
the national strikes could harm
our countries’ Integrity and
bolster the cause of those who
diaagree with our syatem of
government.
Further, I hope you will not
misconstrue those facts to
mean that members of the
Mercer community are red
agents, rather I feel that in the
great overlapping sphere of
protest and peace seekers that
many well-meaning activate are
not clearly and conriaely in
formed of everything being
utilised to reach the goal
sought.
Many well-meaning individ
uals, both young and old, black
and white, Democrat and
Republican, you and I are
searching for eternal peace for
our country and our world. It
is still my baric argument that
there must be a more positive
approach to our situation in
Vietnam than sitting on our
rear and Just protesting. I have
now analyzed the Moratorium
as 1 was requested by the fe
male precis* and thanks to her
urging for knowledge, I am
now more opposed to the
Moratorium than others.
MG
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ed a gnm ignorance of the
mooning of their “mandate,”
and an attitude of an “ano-
gance of power” toward their
constituencies. They, by their
bcMoqb, both contradicted tht
awanlng of their words and
rev wild a contempt for the
student body tat taking it upon
thsmeehror to tone tha—fear
a “mandate,” a right which, by
the very meaning of the term,
should only have been carried
out tn the revere* order. Had
this been dooe, as the Student
Oplaloa Poll (about whore
ipoaaorahip than k much coo-
furion) revealed, the results
would have been the opposite
from those which were record
ed and subsequently publi
cized! nils, I consider to be
Iwreponrible on the part of the
SGA Senate.
John K. Hill
Mr. Gary Johnson, Editor
“The Cluster”
Mercer University
Macon, Georgia
Dear Mr. Johnson:
It was with Interest that I
read the article in the “Atlanta
Constitution” which Mated
that you had written an edi
torial calling for a student
campaign against the war.
While there are a great many
Americans who are against con
tinuation of this wsr, both at
home and here, 1 feel that a
student demonstration such as
you advocate Is a very poor
way to achieve such an end as
weallderire.
In the first place, the pri
mary duty of university stu
dents la to obtain an education
which will prepare them to
face the future with confi
dence. A campaign of the sort
desegped, will do nothing to
further education, but rather,
will encourage a militant atti
tude; something we Americans
already have a surplus of.
Secondly, there has already
been so much unrest within
coUegre and universities that
student action, no matter what
the Issue, tend* to alienate,
rather than build public sup
port
Mercer has always had a
tradition of independence.
While a small unhretrity, the
htflusnee of her students hw
been large. As an alumnus of
Mercer, who was drafted into
the Army, and la now serving
in Vietnam, I would deeply re
gret the tarnishing of this
proud reputation. I, a* much as
anyone, would like to see a
speedy conclusion of the war,
but believe that the action you
propose will not help the cause
of peace, but will, perhaps,
greatly harm the image of our
school.
James P. Champion
Dear Mr. Johnson:
I would like to expires my
indignation at the tone and
content of the Student
Opinion Poll on the Vietnam
Moratorium on October 6,
I960.
In the first place, I hare yet
to receive a dear answer to the
question of who sponsored the
poll. Next, in behalf of those
students at Mercer attempting
to team critical aware ores and
dear exprreaioa, let me say this
poll was an Insult to our Intelli
gence and aw are new of the
tesues involved. For example,
the coversheet of Moratorium
propaganda attached to the
opinion poll ww highly Im
proper In connection with a
supposedly objective survey. In
addition, nearly all the ques
tions In the poll were mislead
ing, slanted, or derogatory.
The first question “Do you
approve of the Vietnam wsr:
yes, no,” ww a tremendously
simplistic question whose
answer should and hw taken
volumes to explain in all its
various facets and Implications.
How are we then expected to
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Mercer Presents
Satirical Revue
Ssteoferlowi
Something of an anomaly
has opened the Mercer Univer
sity Theatre’s current season at
Willingham Chapel: It’s BE
YOND THE FRINGE, the very
English satire!al revue that
launched the careers of its
undergraduate creators, among
them Alan Bennett, Peter
Cook, Jonathan Miller, and
Dudley Moore, over nine yean
ago.
And. for a wonder, the
fringe isn’t revelled yet The
Oxbridge Mandard of under
graduate humor could hardly
differ more from the domestic
variety available in mch revues
as Harvard’s Hasty Pudding and
Princeton’* Triangle Club
shows: thein retire on social
and intellectual Innuendo, ours
on transvestite skylarking
Inevitably, a deal of wit la
lost In the translation to there
shores, but the verve and
energy of Mercer’s production
go a good way to compensating
for inevistabie differences of
style.
Edmond Williams, director
of the ritow. Is to be praised
for his modish production only
ten days into the present
academic year, and hi* stark,
black and white sat is an effec
tive background tor the naom-
by John Stoge
ing drew of his quartet of
actors. H Is hard to single any
one of them out for special
praise.
At times the company
seems to expand to many times
its acknowledged size. Randall
Booth doubles as debonair
ch ante use and perfect fool.
William Lund specializes in
pompous faturity In his several
impersonations. Geriad Yeargin
Is memorable w a coal miner
MALGRE LUI, and Thomas
Michael, In wild white wig and
glittering aye, embodies Ber
trand Russell In tbe course of
the evening. Often tricky light
ing cure are handled by Peggy
Gough.
We are probably nearing the
end of an era: Tha lntellecturel
slapstick of a good, youthtol
revue seems headed, in the
current collective scene, for the
asm* fete as the old Noel
Coward and Gertie Lawrence
epics of tha drawing room. But
as well as for Its exuberance,
the prarent Mercer revue merits
attention on the grounds of
shear nostalgia. It may be some
time before the social placidity
reflacted in BEYOND THE
FRINGE is asen on today's
campy are on this side of the
—
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
And Man Said
'It Is Good'
(The following is a reprint of
“Genesis ... Lost Chapter’’,
written by Kenneth Ross for
the Idaho Wildlife Review. It
was also published in the Ste
ven Point, Wisconsin Daily
Journal and the Tallahassee
Democrat, as well as the F.S.U.
newspaper.)
And in the end.
There was Earth,the greatest
jewel in all the cosmos, and
it ww with form and beau
ty-
And man dwelt upon the lands
and in the meadows of the
earth, and he said,
“Let us build our dwellings in
places of beauty.”
And be built cities and high
ways and covered tbe Earth
with concrete and steel and
garbage and rubbish.
And the meadows were gone.
And man said, “It is good.”
And on the second day, man
looked upon the forests of
the Earth and saw that they
were beautiful.
And man said, “Let us cut
timber and saw the wood
for our use
And man did.
And the land became barren
when the trees and the
water sheds were gone.
And man said, “It is good.”
And on the third day. man
looked upon the waters of
the Earth and saw that they
were clean and sparkling
and pure.
And man said. “Let us put our
wastes into the waters that
the dirt will be washed
away.”
And man did.
And the waters became pol
luted and foul in their smell.
And man said, “It Is good."
And on the fourth day, man
saw the animals were In
abundance and ran In the
fields and played in the sun.
And man said, “Let us cage
these animals for our amuse
ment'and kill them for our
sport.”
And man did. And the animals
were gone.
And man said, “It is good.”
And on the fifth day man
breathed the clean, sweet air
of the Earth.
And man said, “Let us dispose
of the tret of our wastes by
burning that the winds shall
blow the smoke swsy.”
And man did. And tbe air
became filled with the
smoke and the fumes would
not be blown away.
And the poisons and dust
choked and burned, and the
clean, sweet air was gone.
And man said, “It is good.”
And on the sixth day man saw
himself in space of different
colors and he heard many
languages and strange
tongues, which he did not
understand.
And what he did not under
stand, he feared and hated
And man said, “Let us fashion
great weapons of war that
we may destroy these who
are different, lest they de
stroy us.
And man did.
And the Earth ws tired with
the rage of great wars.
And man said, “It is good.”
And in the end all was quiet
and still.
The land was barren and
c[tarred and the animals
were gone.
The trees were gone.
And even the air to breathe
was gone.
And in all tbe once beautiful
Earth there was only empty
stillness beyond despair.
Man no longer dwelt upon the
Earth.
And it was good.
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