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Mercer University President
Kufus C. Harris announced
today the appointment of
Leonard 0. Bone as business
manager of the Southern
School of Pharmacy in Atlanta
Bone is a 1968 graduate of
Mercer and is the first person
to be appointed to position of
business manager
After graduating from Mer
cer he served with the Interna
tional Department of Con
tinental Illinois National Band
and Trust Company of
Chicago He later was affiliated
with Hallmark Personnel Ser
vice of Chicago.
Bone was a member of Blue
Key leadership fraternity at
Mercer, was president of the
French Club and editor of the
yearbook He was a member of
Sigma Alpha Kpsilon social fra
ternity.
Objectives Outlined
At RWGA Meeting
R. Jerome Lee, director of
student financial aid at Mercer
University, has been elected to
serve a two-year term as secre
tary-treasurer of the Georgia
Association of Student Finan
cial Aid Administrators-
Should there be any Mercer
student interested in taking a
22-day trip to Europe next
July will he/she please contact
Tony Slansfeld or Agnes (Mrs.
Frank) Jones. They have in
mind a tour sponsored by “Ali
talia." the principal Italian air
line. The countries visited
would be seven in number and
a principal feature would be a
performance of the famous
Passion Play at Oberammergau.
Cities visited would include
London, Amsterdam, Heidel
berg, Lucerne, Innsbruck, Ve
nice, Florence, Rome, Pisa,
Nice, and Paris. Cost: $797.00
The Mercer Speaks for Christ group which will put on pro
grams for churches throughout the state this year Is made up of,
left, Charlene Smith of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Steve Carreker
of Macon, Sherri King of Sandy Springs, Frank Broome of Wash
ington and Janet Farmer of Atlanta, The group performs where
ver invited.
Movie Review
Sierra Madre
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Student, Dean
Appointed To
Paine's Board
AUGUSTA, Ga.-A faculty
member and a student have
been named to the board of
trustees of Paine College here,
setting a precedent at the
school.
Dr. Richard T. Stenhouse,
dean of student affairs and as
sociate professor of religion,
was elected to a four-year term
and Napolean Taylor, a junior
mathematics major from Chat
tanooga. Tenn., was elected to
a one-year term.
Both will be full voting
members, the college announc
ed.
The move is the first in
Paine's history and one of the
first in the South, although
several colleges and universities
have included students on im
portant committees and ad
visory bodies.
Georgia State, Georgia
Tech, Emory University, Val
dosta State and Columbus Col
lege are in the latter category.
Paine is a coeducational
college affiliated with the
Methodist and Christian
Methodist Episcopal Church.
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The film “The Treasure of
Sierra Madre” roared over Mer
cer’s movie screen to the
humor of Western fans. Even if
you don’t usually sit through
the “ride into the sunset”
finish, which this was not, it
was worth it to see Humphrey
Bogart and Walter Huston
trudge penniless into an uncer
tain future.
Directors Henry Blanke and
John Huston neglected to initi
ally identify their pair of
down-and-out gringo bums in
Mexico. To the end they re
mained “Bogart and the other
guy." Symbolically, however,
this is acceptable — anonymity
brought home the well-wom
theme of the corruption of
gold and the evil of material
ism. This theme became obvi
ous in the third scene.
The Mercer audience found
the attack scene by los ban-
ditos particularly humorous.
On the brink of the great battle
scene between Bogart, com
panions miners and the bandi-
tos the latter paused out in the
open to say, “Why don’t you
try to be polite?” The house
broke up. That was rather trite
humor or unreality at a peak.
Despite its serious theme
“The Treasure of Sierra
Madre” was also a banal
comedy. As the gun battle pro
gressed the miners were either
lousy shots or else the stunt
men were afraid of blank
shells. They resembled Maurau-
der practice and were seen
crawling belly first under
bushes — unharmed! With pre
dictable Hollywood timing the
Federals (i.e., cavalry) appear
ed on the horizon charging up
the mountain. Such contri
vances did not lend credibility
to the film.
The film was intent on the
single theme, that being the
evil of materialism. Taken as a
whole, the rise to wealth (some
$35,000 per miner) and then
the absolute loss of it back into
the earth as gold dust in a dust
storm is significant. However,
each scene did not reek of
thematically obscure yet
symbolically significant mat
erial. The only alternative, un
fortunately, was face value.
“Sierra Madre” was a simple
flick. Its intent was easily seen,
accepted and passed on from in
the third scene. It gave the
audience credit for picking up
small hints and geared itself to
the slowly awakened viewer.
Materialism was pertinently
knocked but the inevitability
of gold fever but left no linger
ing hope for change. “The
Treasure of Sierra’ Madre”
stated but did not extrapolate.
Its byword was accept but
don’t think — As a film that
stated only what IS, is WAS.
On October 6, RWGA held
its organizational meeting. Dori
Ripley, president, outlined the
objectives for the coming year.
Last year many changes were
made in the RWGA handbook,
giving the resident woman
greater freedom and more per
sonal responsibility for her
conduct. This year RWGA is
planning to have programs con
cerning the role of today’s
woman in society and her posi
tion on the college campus.
Present plans include a debate
between representatives of
liberal and conservative schools
that are similar to Mercer in
background and size. This de
bate will be concerned with
closing hours and similar re
strictions and will be presented
during Women’s Week.
RWGA will meet on Mon
day of every other week at
10:00 A.M. in room 336.
These meetings are open to any
resident woman; the dates for
these meetings, as well as the
planned program, will be
posted in each of the dorms.
Any suggestions for rule
changes are to be given in writ
ing to the Executive Council.
These changes will be discussed
at called meetings on alternate
Mondays.
After the format for the
present academic year was out
lined, there was a discussion on
the present limitations on
weekday dating privileges for
fall-quarter freshmen. The re
striction was lifted for the
week of Oct. 6-9 due to rush
activities. That night the execu
tive council met with the fresh
men women to explain the rea
sons for the present rule. The
freshmen expressed their
opinions in hall meetings that
week and these views were pre
sented to the representatives at
a meeting on Oct. 13. The up
perclassmen will present these
views to their halls and a final
decision will be made at the
next regular meeting. In addi
tion to this business, Dori
Ripley and Joan Kyllonen will
report on the IAWS Conven
tion they attended. IAWS is
the Intercollegiate Association
of Women Students with which
RWGA is associated.
SEVEN CADETS ANNOUNCED DMS
Seven ROTC cadets have
been designated Distinguished
Military Students at Mercer
University.
President Rufus C. Harris
announced that the selected
cadets are: Lt. Col. Curtis L.
Echols of Columbus, Lt. Col.
Linton S. Holsenbeck of Mil-
ledgeville, Maj. Kyle Carter of
Atlanta, Maj. John M. Johnson
of San Francisco, Calif., Cpt.
Fred D. Bishop Jr. of Means-
ville, Cpt. James Boykin of
Monticello, and Cpt. Richard
L. Roecker of Rockledge, Fla.
Col. Joseph H. Jones, pro
fessor of military science, de
signated the cadets at the
weekly parade.
YOUNG REPUBLICANS
MEETING TONIGHT
314, CSC, 7:30
A Distinguished Military
Student is recognized as one
who possesses outstanding
qualities of military leadership,
high moral character, and has
exhibited an aptitude for
military service. He also has
distinguished himself academi
cally and by participation in
campus activities.
1V I LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (COH’T) 11 ./r-igp
Dear Editor:
It is indeed distressing to
read an article such as the
above, which appeared in your
October 14, 1969 issue. This
article can contribute nothing
but further separation and
antagonism among the black
and white people in this
country, whereas every effort
should be made to bring the
races closer together. In so
doing we can better serve our
country and reap the benefits
that this wonderful wonderful
nation has given us.
Yes, more than four-fifths
of the world population is
either oriental or colored.
However, while the United
States of America has only 6%
of the world population, we
have amassed the far greater
percentage of material goods
and been in a position to help
untold millions of orientals,
coloreds, Europeans, etc.
If the theoretical situation
outlined by Otis Ball ever came
to pass, the intelligence and
energy of the orientals would
quickly dominate, and this
coupled with the known
cruelty of the oriental races
would indeed be cause for the
American blacks to be thankful
for the opportunity offered by
this country. In no country in
the world are there so many
affluent blacks, and the num
ber is increasing every day as
we find here in America.
Antagonism, riots, fighting,
etc., will never accomplish for
the blacks any more than most
wars have accomplished. The
leaders of the black people,
which includes editors such as
yourself, need to set an ex
ample rather than engendering
the hate your article reflects.
Your article is cause for shame.
Mercer Parent
P.S. I do hope you will have
the courage to publish this
letter even though I tend it un
signed. I do so because this is
the opinion of a parent and not
my two children who attend
your school.
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