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ROTC Appoints
New Commanders
Cok>Ml Joseph H. Jodm, profmor of military science at Mar-
oar Unlvenity, announced today that Cadet Lt. Col. L. Stephan
Holaanbeck of Milkedgevill* hat baan appointed commandar of
tha Pint Battalion Army ROTC Cadat Corps
i Colonel Jones alto announc- alto tha recipient of an Army
ed that Cadat Lt. Col. Curtis L.
Echols of Fort Banning has
bean assigned as commander of
the Second Battalion.
Selection of tha cadat bat
talion commandan is band on
academic achievement in both
college and military clasees,
leadership abilities displayed
during the course of ROTC
training, proven excellence at a
six-week ROTC summer camp,
and general aptitude for the
military service.
Holsenbeck, a pre-med
senior in the Collage of Liberal
Arts, is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
L. S. Holsenbeck, Jr., Route 2,
Lake Shore Drive, Milledge-
vtlle. Ha won tha Superior
Cadat Award during his sopho
more year, has lettered the last
j two yean on the Varsity Rifle
Team earning the “High Aver
age" trophy last year, and par
ticipated this summer on the
Third Army ROTC Gold Team
in the Beta Beta Beta Biolo
gical Society and is recipient of
an ROTC two-year scholarship.
Echols, the eon of Major
Curtis L. Echols, /Sr., 5122
Kennedy Street, Columbus, is a
1966 graduate of Carver High
School In Columbus. At Mer
cer, he has been a member of
the Student Union Board, the
Student Government Associa
tion, Univenity Appropriations
Committee, and Is treasurer of
the Scabbard and Blade Na
tional Military Honor Society.
He has been swarded several
medals for outstanding per
formance while a member of
the Cadet Drill Teem, which he
commanded last year. He is
ROTC two-year scholarship.
Cadet staff officer assign
ments in the First Battalion as
announced by Colonel Jones
were Cadet Major Charles E.
Harris of East Lansing, Mich.,
executive officer, Cadet Major
John M. Johnson of San Fran
cisco, Calif., operations officer;
Cadet Captain James Boykins
of Monticello, personnel
officer; Cadet Captain Joseph
R. Daniel of Orlando, Fia., in
telligence officer; and Cadet
Captain John P. Gifford of
Nashville, Tenn., ■ supply
officer. Cadet Command Ser
geant Major is Steven C. Car
reker of Route 2, Macon.
Cadet Carreker is vice-president
of the Student Government As
sociation at Mercer.
Company Commanders in
the First Battalion are Cadet
Captains Roger W. Rizk of
Jacksonville, Fla.; Mark A.
Steinbeck, Ft. Lauderdale,
Fla.; James H. Norman,
Augusta; Fred D. Bishop, Jr.,
Meansville.
The First Battalion of the
Cadet Corps is a unit consisting
entirely of Mercer students.
The Second Battalion is being
organized at Fort Valley State
College, where Mercer is con
ducting Army ROTC training
under an agreement recently
made with Fort Valley. Several
Cadet officers from Mercer will
be assisting the instructor
group in organizing and train
tng this second unit at Fort
Valley for several academic
quarters until a leadership ele
ment is prepared to take in
dependent command.
Indian Art Exhibition
Arrives This Week
The Student Activities
Board announces the opening
of CONTEMPORARY ART
OF INDIA AND IRAN, an ex
hibitioo of 34 paintings from
the Ben and Abby Grey Foun
dation Collection. The exhibi
tion will be on view horn Oct.
23 to Nov. 16. It is currently
louring the United States and
Canada under the auspices of
the Smithsonian Institution
Traveling Exhibition Service.
Contrary to the popular
conception that Indian and
Iranian art draws heavily from
Oriental and religious in-
nueneee, this collection shows
a distinct trend towards
Western abstraction. Tbs paint
ings, oa the whole contain no
immediately tndentifiabie
images, but transmit their
message through symbolic
means. The compositions ale
inking and thought-provoking
because they do not show
directly what the artist Intends
to say, but, like most that met
art, tome the viewer to make
his own connection between
the title and.what he aaea on
the canvas.
AssMc calligraphy in undu
lating swtris of large and small
writing is the complete pic
torial content of an ink on
canvas work by Siah Armajani
of Iran, while Faramarz
Pilsram. also of Iran, makes
rich abstractions of mosques
from mixed media and colored
papers.
“The Mother and Child", by
India's Anjotle Dev Menon.
shrouded in subdued and
moody tones, is an abstract of
elongated forms emerging like
ghosts from a muted green
background. The mother figure
whoee ash white face states
blindly from the canvas, holds
the faceless figure of her child.
The strangeness of the concep
tion, the swe it evokes, and the
mystery of its Intent captivate
and becken to the viewer.
Dog Star Man
Confuses Large
Mercer Audience
by Johnny Turner
The underground film series begun last year has been well
received at Mercer as indeed it should since the movies have been
excellent so far. Thus it was not surprising that a large crowd
showed up for the 11:00 p.m. showing of Stan Breakhage't epic.
Dog Star Man.
Back by popular demand. The PreaervaUon Hal Jass Band will
appear in Concert, October 31.
Preservation Hall
Jazz Returns Here
As part of the Mercer Uni
versity Concert Series, The Pre
servation Hall Jazz Band from
New Orleans wiD perform in
Willingham Chapel Friday
evening October 31 at 8:00
p.m. The band, which is com-
Con't from P. 3 (Defense)
The contractor profit study
stood a chance of passing, but
the Armed Service* Committee
introduced a separate amend
ment to delete the whole sec
tion of the bill that was being
amended. As Friday approach
ed the House members voted
down other amendments in
rapid succession.
Virtually all votes on these
amendments were by division
or teller. Thus, the Congress
men could satisfy the watchful
eye* of the Armed Services
Committee members and not
have to worry about the consti
tuents at home. There is now
way for the public to know
how they voted.
With the debate almost
over. Riven launched into a
bitter personal attack on Re
presentative Leggett, one of
the five dlnenting members of
the Armed Services Commit
tee, who had attempted to in
troduce at least a modicum of
debate on the $21.3 billion.
This diatribe, like many of his
other more intemperate state
ments, was subeequentty deiet
ed and cannot be found in the
printed Confessional Record.
Many Representatives
seemed almost totally oblivious
to the growing malaise, the
rising dissent and the increasing
dissatisfaction outside their In
sular chamber. There was no
meaningful debate, and basic
questions of national priorities
remain unanswered. The mem
bers of the House undoubtedly
feel relieved; the ordeal is
over—for this year at least—and
their individual anonymities re
main aecure,
posed of Blacks all more than
60 yean old, is coming as a re
engagement after being well-re
ceived at Mercer last winter.
The band includes a trum
pet, piano, trombone, banjo
and drums. The music they
produce Is a unique style of
New Orleans that is spontane
ous, melodic and rhythmical.
After the number has been
played rather simply one time,
the band members are free to
improvise as they will.
Preservation Hall is an old
building in French Quarters of
New Orleans. The band of the
same name is just one of the
two dozen bands that alternate
playing every night. Since ad
mission to the performance is
by donation, each performance
is different according to the
amount of money they receive.
All Mercer students will be
admitted to the concert Octo
ber 31 without charge by
showing I.D. cards. Others, in
cluding students from other
colleges and high schools, must
purchase a ticket. No one will
be admitted without presenting
an I.D. card or a ticket. Doors
open at 7:00 p.m.
The film was divided into a
25 minute Prelude, Part I
w htch was 30 minutes, Part 11
which was 7 minutes. Part UI
11 minutes, and Part IV five
minutes
The Prelude began with a
black screen with occasional
spots of color and nothing
more. After what seemed a
very long time, a few colors
began to flicker off and on,
then finally some recognizable
images appeared. Some stock
film of the sun and moon were
scattered among scratches and
blotches of color, shots of
trees, grass, what seemed like
biology slide:, and slow explo
sions of color and shapeless
forms.
This went on for 30 minutes
without any concrete thing to
focus on except a rare snatch
of a sunset or a dark city
street. When the images
stopped and “Dog Star Man by
Brerthage, the end” flashed on
the screen everybody got up to
go muttering vile things under
their breath. But the film was
just starting and when that fact
was known most people return
ed.
At first. Part I seemed no
different from the Prehide. The
cosmic shots of the sun and
moon continued as did the na
tural shots of trees, grass and
mountains and the rather gory
close ups of a heart. However,
human features began to
appear. Faces, hands, hair and
other human features began to
slip in a disordered stream
along with the other images.
This continued through Part
I, II and III. Eventually the
camera focused on a man and a
dog struggling through deep
snow. In Part IV, which was
very short, human features
showed up in abundance.
Emphasis seemed to center
around babies and just to un
derline the point there was a
close up of an actual birth.
The audience reaction to
Dog Star Man was very
interesting. People seemed
extremely uneasy throughout
the film and expressed their
nervousness by making all
manner of wisecracks. Since
the movie was silent this was
not as objectable as it may
sound. But the most amazing
fact was that so many students
perservered through an hour
and 50 minutes of boring
movie. People stayed because
they simply refused to believe
that a film could consist of no
thing but a stream of crazy im
ages. Unfortunately they were
wrong.
Actually Dog Star Man was
just about whatever the viewer
wanted it to be. However, one
idea that did run consistently
through the movie was the
creation theme. Dark slow
moving cosmic images were
predominant in the Prelude
and Part I while the latter parts
contained more human aspects.
The movie was more of an ex
perience in seeing the universe
through new eyes than any
thing else The fact that one
guy thought it was a religious
allegory with the fall of the
man struggling in the snow
symbolic of the crusifiction in
dicates the scope of this movie.
AS OIDMAINE COBS
SO SOES THE RATION
And Oldmaine Trotters
go anyplace. Anytime. They’re
natural born leaders — first with the
shoe ideas everyone else will have next time.
Like ‘‘Sulky”, for example. Way up front in smashing colors
that go anyplace. Anytime.
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