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News Briefs I
The Georgia Baptist conven
tion unanimously passed a
motion endorsing President
Nixon to bring the war in Viet
Nam to an booombla peace.
Attending the G.B.C. in
Atlanta on November 11, were
Bryant Durham and Nlta Cleve
land, students; Doctor Robert
Otto, Dr. J. L. Crenshaw, Dr.
Ed Johnston, and Dr. Harold
McManus, faculty, and Dean
Joseph Hendricks and Jerry
Stone, administrators.
Also attending the Conven
tion was Miss Connie Byrd, a
former French teacher at Mer
cer. When asked to comment
on Mercer’s situation in the
G.B.C., Miss Byrd said the
preachers should stick to
preaching and let the school
men run the school.
Sheila Miller has been nomi
nated Into Who’s Who in
American Colleges.
Congratulations to Carol
Ann Tyndall for being choaen
as Kappa Sigma Pledge Sweet
heart
Alpha Gam’s are looking
forward to a successful season
in tennis. The Alpha Gam’s
won their first match against
the ADPi’s.
Congratulations to Dovey
Hatcher, Bev Swords, and
Carol Ison, for being Initiated
into Kappa Delta Epsilon. Con
gratulations, also, to Sara
Conley for becoming secretary
for Kappa Delta Epsilon.
Charlotte Morrison and Bill
Young announce their wedding
to be December 20, at 8:00 at
King Spring Baptist Church in
Smyrna, Georgia. Friends are
cordially invited.
Open Forum
Shows Film
“Perceptual Experiences”
was the topic for OPEN
FORUM on Tuesday, Novem
ber 4, in 314 C.S.C. Mary
Wilder led discussions of the
films shown: Water’s Edge by
Ernst Wild!, RUN! by Jack
Kuper, and The Face by Her
bert Kosower. Many students
indicated interest in these three
very different presentations by
their participation in the dis
cussion.
The first film. Wafer’s Edge,
was composed of natural water
scenes. RUN! depicted a man’s
flight from himself; several film
techniques which have improv
ed from the time of this pro
duction were pointed out The
Face was just that, with amus
ing variations.
The fourth in the History of
American Cinema series,
November 11 OPEN FORUM
will feature guest speaker Steve
Walker, a graduate of UCLA.
He will talk briefly and will be
followed by the western, High
Noon.
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Brad Frost, freshman and
graduate of Lanier High School
in Macon is the Cadet of the
week. He is the son of Mr. &
Mrs. Donald C. Frost Brad, a
psychology major, is a member
of the Mercer Maurader unit,
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CSC Closed
Cent, from Page S)
Furthermore, the hours that
the food section of the snack
bar is open should be ex
panded This area should be
open at least until 12:00 P.M.
midnight every night and pos
sibly longer on weekends, it
should also be opened earlier
on Sundays and remain open
on Saturday afternoons.
These things, at least, are
necessary if CSC is to become a
true student center.
Why Am I In a Sorority?
(Continued from Page 3)
pushes its way through the
f riendly exterior.
It is also true that 1 enjoy
the unity and sense of
belonging I feel when with the
members of the sorority, and I
suppose that these feelings con
tribute the moat toward my re
maining Greek. However, when
1 see the people who don’t
have this privilege, 1 wonder if
the happiness of a few is worth
the pain of even one other per
son, much less than the
number who are actually hurt.
The Greek system is great for
those who happen to fit within
its boundaries, but is it good
for the school as a whole? is it
good for those on the outside,
or even those on the inside
when they are labeled as “The
Elite Greek”?
Why am I in a sorority? I
would say it’s simple pragmat
ism 1 am in a sorority because
of its advantages. What I’m
wondering now is will this kind
of attitude ever help things
change
Fourteen
Try Out
The annual cheerleader
tryouts were held Thursday
afternoon, November 6, in the
girts’ gym. Only fourteen of
the original thirty-five showed
up for the tryouts and were
judged by Mis. Carol Bohan
non, Miss Liz Coleman, and
Mias Sidney Ann Churchweil,
physical education inatructors
and cheer-leading squad ad-
viaors at local schools.
The girls were judged on
various routines consisting of
three cheers, a split, a cart
wheel, and a roundoff. The
judgea had to choose ten of the
fourteen, six for the varsity
squad and four for the Jr.
varsity. After a tough decision
they chose Shirley Harrison,
Dori Ripley, SuSu Brown,
Patty Sikes, Nancy Westwood,
and Margaret Partridge for the
varsity aquad. There are four
returning members on the var
sity aquad. The Jr. varsity
'bearleaders choaen were:
tiebbie Hewell, Debbie Ed
wards, Beverly Bandlow, and
Ginger Byrd. Miss Jones com
mented that she expected to
have a good squad this year.
Movie
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CAPITOL THEATRE
Now Playing — Walt Disney’s
THE LOVE
BUG (color) —
Dean Jones,
Buddy Hackett
Starts Wed. - CAN HEIRONY-
MOUS MERKIN
EVER FORGET
MERCY
HUMPPE AND
FIND TRUE
H A P PI NESS
(color) — An
thony Newley,
Joan Collins,
Milton Berle
RIVERSIDE DRIVE-IN
THEATRE
Now Playing — DAY OF AN
GER (color) —
Lee Van Cleef
PLUS’-
C H A R R O
(color) — Elvis
Pmlvy
Starts Wed - YOUNGBILLY
YOUNG (color)
— Robert Mitch-
um, Angie Dick
inson
PLUS - IN THE
HEAT OF
NIGHT (color)
— Sidney Poitier,
Rod Steiger
41 DRIVE IN THEATRE
Now Playing - ILLUSTRAT
ED MAN
(color) — Rod
Steiger, Claire
Bloom
PLUS -■
T Y R G O N
FACTOR
(color) —
Stewart Gran
ger, Robert
Morley
Starts Wed. - GOOD, BAD
AND THE
UGLY (color) -
Clint Eastwood
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A panel discusses the “Relevancy of the Black Student on the Mercer Campus” in the Black
America department of the Free University, November 12, 1969. The panel included (left to
right), Dr. Richard Richards, Walter F. George School of Law; Shirley Harrison, student; Jerry
Stone, Director of the Student Union; Rocky Wade, student; James Norman, student; Alice Bums,
student.
Former Mercerian
Publishes Research
Binion Amerson Jr., a
former Maconite and graduate
of Mercer University, is the
author of “Ornithology of the
Marshall and Gilbert Islands”
published by the Smithsonian
Institution.
The 348-page manuscript is
the result of Binion’s work as
research curator for the Smith
sonian’s Pacific Ocean Biolo
gical Survey Program. The pro
gram is an ecological survey of
a central Pacific area compris
ing some four and a third mil
lion square miles of ocean dot
ted with islands and atolls.
The goals of the survey are
to learn what plants and ani
mals occur on the islands, the
seasonal variations in their
numbers and reproductive acti
vities, their distribution and
abundance.
Favorable reviews of Amer-
son’s article have appeared in
the newsletter of the Hawaii
Audubon Society. Dr. R. S.
Cowan, director of the
Museum of Natural History of
the Smithsonian, has said
Amerson’s work constitutes “a
great service to your fellow sci
entists”.
Copies of the article are in
the Mercer and Washington
Memorial Library.
Amerson has completed a
second manuscript which is the
result of his two years in the
PLUS - HANG
’EM HIGH
(color) — Clint
Eastwood
WESTGATE THEATRE
Now Playing — BUTCH CAS-
S1DV AND
THE SUN
DANCE KID
(color) — Paul
Newman, Ka
tharine Ross
Starts Wed. - THE UNDE
FEATED (color)
— John Wayne,
Rocjt Hudson
Pacific. It is a complete history
of one of the Northwestern
Hawaiian Islands to be publish
ed under the title, “French
Frigate Shoals, a History:
1786-1969”. The atoll, which
consists mostly of sand bars,
has an interesting history in
cluding the story of a cook
that went stir crazy and killed
his commanding officer with a
meat cleaver, then quartered
the body and hung it in a
cooler to escape detection.
Amerson also uncovered a tale
about a tomcat that terrorized
the island for weeks, inspiring
tales of ghosts, and the story of
a 12-man, top secret mission of
Marines to the atoll that may
have influenced the Battle of
Midway during World War II.
Amerson is the son of Mr.
A. B. Amerson of 1235 High
land Ave. When he completes
nis work with the Smithsonian
he plans to return to graduate
school and finish requirements
for the Doctor of Philosophy
degree.
Why Am I In a Fraternity?
(Continued from Page 3)
spared rather than a vital and
valuable organ in the institu
tion's program.
While emphasis upon acade
mic excellence must be one
primary purpose, it alone is not
enough. A literary society in a
dormitory could achieve this
goal. What we also have to
offer, and must place in its pro
per perspective, is fraternity.
This is what can continue to
make us indespensable on our
campuses, for this the univer
sity cannot offer.
What is fraternity? It is dif
ficult to define, for it is intan
gible, and each of us will put a
different value upon its com
ponent parts. To some it is
parties, bull sessions, beer
busts, or other activities which
have become identified with
fraternities in past decades, and
which are some of the factors
that have tarnished our image.
To me, fraternity is simply a
way of life — a philosophy of
living, which can make every
man who accepts it, a better
man because he believes in it
and practices it during his en
tire lifetime.
The fraternity has provided
me the opportunity to initiate
new ideas and programs to
make our organization more
relevant to the needs of today,
both on the campus and in the
community. I feel that many
of the brothers in my chapter
are now looking for a meaning
ful. educational experience in
our fraternity. The fraternity is
working to become a relevant
organization to meet their in
dividual needs and at the same
time, provide each of its
members with an adequate
social outlet.
The challenge is clear - Are
we working to make the Greek
System relevant to the indivi
dual needs of today’s college
student? The question was
posed to me — W hy are you in
8 fraternity? The reason for my
strong association with Sigma
Alpha Epsilon is to work with
the members of my chapter in
meeting this challenge.
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