Newspaper Page Text
Otis Hale Almand of Valdosta, was awarded a $500 National Endowment Scholarship, one of 15
awarded in the nation. The scholarships are awarded by Phi Alpha Delta law fraternity for scholar
ship and service to the legal profession. Presenting the award is D. M. Field, left, dean of the Walter
F. George School of Law at Mercer University. Ralph Bowden of Savannah, center, is president of
the Student Bar Association. Almand is a student in the Walter F. George School of Law.
ROTC Grants To
Be Offered Here
The Mercer Professor of
Military Science, Colonel
Joseph II Jones, announced
today that some 1.000 Army
ROTC scholarships will be
available to students continu
ing their college education dur
ing 1970.
Army ROTC scholarships,
which are offered on a com
petitive basis, pay for the stu
dents’ tuition, textbooks and
lab fees and provides $50 per
month subsistence allowance
for the length uf the award.
During a six-week summer
camp period, the student re
ceives one half of the pay of a
second lieutenant
Application for the three-
year awards will be accepted
January 15 to April 15, 1970
and applications for the two-
year awards will be accepted
October 1, 1969 to January
15, 1970.
Cadets from Mercer apply
ing for the three and twoyear
awards will do so with the Pro
fessor of Military Science,
Colonel Jones, at the Military
Department.
Macon Minister Eyes
Black Contributions
Here is a breakdown of the
1,000 Army ROTC scholar
ships:
400 three-year scholarships
to outstanding college students
who have completed their first
year of Army ROTC instruc
tion This is the first time that
the Army is offering three-year
scho'arships.
600 twoyear scholarships
to outstanding college students
who have completed two years
of Army RO TC instruction
In addition. 1,200 four-year
scholarships Will be offered to
outstanding male high school
students who plan to enter
college for the first time in the
fall of 1970. This is 400 more
than were awarded in 1969.
These awards, added to the
Army ROTC scholarships now
in effect, will bring the total to
5,500 in effect next year.
Mercer University currently
has 15 student cadets holding
Army ROTC scholarships.
To be eligible for an Army
ROTC scholarship, an appli
cant must be a male United
States citizen who meets pre
scribed physical standards.
THE MF.RCER CLUSTER • O
by Debbie Brown
The monthly meeting of the
Macon Area Ministerial As
sociation met Wednesday,
October 8, at Mercer with
Ministers of all faiths from the
Macon area attending. Charles
Cook presided over this meet
ing with Reverend Key, of the
Bethel Methodist Church, as
speaker for this month’s meet
ing. Reverend Key had run for
a seat on the City Council, but
lost the election, though he
says that he will “win one
day”. Reverend Key’s speech
pertained to the contribution
of the Negro to American
Civilization. He cited the wide
range of fields in which the
American Negro has been a
great contributor, but said a
“communication gap" exists in
t he American culture that
widens erWry day. Reverend
Key stated that the Negro
people want to know whether
the whites of today’s society
have a real commitment to
ward improving their cultural
situation, sM if they have a
true beliefSsUat the Consti-
tution of tfWBhod States re
tober 21, 1969 • 6
presents. He then called for his
fellow clergymen to teach the
true gospel to their congrega
tions, and to bring people to
gether in true Christian rela
tions with their fellow men.
As Reverend Key said, the
Negro has contributed greatly,
though deterred by social
pressures, in every area of cul
tural development in America.
He also stated that America's
youth, though still believing in
the principles of America and
the church, question the
church because of some of its
contradictory teachings.
Questions asked of Re
verend Key after his speech
brought out grave points of dif
ference between white and
black ministers in the eyes of
their congregations. According
to the black ministers at the
meeting, they are looked up to
by their congregations as lead
ers, not only in church work,
but also In social and political
controversies. The white mini
sters admitted that they had no
power as leaders socially or
politically in the eyes of their
congregations.
Public Sampled By
Social Work Survey
Results have been released
of a survey conducted by the
Social Research Bureau of Mer
cer University concerning the
work of the Bibb County De
partment of Family and Child
ren Services. “We rent out
1,000 questionnaires in an
attempt to get a representative
sample of the community,”
said James Murphy, Director of
the Social Research Bureau.
“Twenty-eight per cent of
these were returned. Our hope
was to get a response from all
segments of the population.
However, analysis shows that
the greatest response came
from the middle-aged, middle-
class, educated citizens." Mr.
Murphy and the students of his
Community Organization class
volunteered their services' in
planning, implementing, and
interpreting the survey. Pro
fessional Business Services,
Inc., under the direction of Mr.
William Clark, donated time
and equipment in coordinating
and tabulating results of the
survey.
In general, an analysis of the
statistics shows approval by re
spondents in many areas of the
work of the DFCS. For
example, 87 per cent of those
who answered agreed with the
policy of supporting children
who are needy due to the
illness or absences of one or
both parents. This is in the
category of Aid to Families
with Dependent Children,
often thought of as one of the
Department's more controver
sial programs.
In some areas of question
ing, respondents felt that pre
sent standards of aid given are
too low. Sixty-four per cent of
respondents said that the maxi
mum grant of $82 per month
to Old Age recipients is insuffi
cient. Seventy-seven per cent
felt that persons under fifty,
disabled by psycho-somatic ill
ness, should be given financial
and casework assistance, as is
now being done.
The survey revealed a
general lack of knowledge as to
the function of the Bibb
County DFCS. Eighty-two per
rent of respondents said they
were not familiar with kinds of
cases handled by Child Welfare
workers. Sixty-six percent in
dicated that they did not know
that a General Assistance pro
gram provides for relief in
emergency situations such as
loss by fire; seventy per cent
were unaware of the Traveler's
Aid program handled by the
DFCS.
Thirty-four per cent agreed
with the Department's policy
of requiring a college degree as
a requisite for County case
worker, while eleven per cent
felt that the even higher
standard of a Master's Degree
should be required.
Mrs. Dorothy McArthur,
Director of the Bibb County
DFCS, says of the survey, “It
has given us significant in
formation as to what we need
to do to acquaint the public
Join The
Pep Band
with our function, and has
pointed up the fact that the
people in the community want
to know more about what is
going on and how their money
is being used. We are most
grateful to Mr. Murphy and his
students for providing what we
have always known — that
Macon’s citizens have a real
concern for the welfare of their
fellow men.”
Ann s Typing Service
Call Mrs. Ann Corley
1024 Normandy Road
745-0163
Price .50 per page
Moose call in advance
2^ 371 Third Street
cStoeon, Qeorqia
/0a<&H'S%ae
Fine Shoes Since 1900
You walk on air —■ or so it seems — in this
handsewed classic called the “Soho”. Crafted
in Feather Weight Hand Stained leather with a
buttery soft foam backed lining. To make sure
you’re noticed, wc added an attention-getting
Antique Ornament. From our brand-new Trotter
collection specially fashioned for the gal who wants
to wear an original now, not a copy next season.
the Soho