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The Pacesetter of the Seventies
Volume LI
MERCER UNIVERSITY. MACON, GEORGIA, JAN. 13, 1970
Number 9
Who's Who
Announced
Twenty-six students from
Mercer University will be in
cluded in the 1969-70 edition
of Who’s Who Among Stu
dents In American Universities
and Colleges.
They include 22 persons
from the College of Liberal
Arts, 2 from the Walter F.
George School of Law and 2
from the Southern School of
Pharmacy in Atlanta.
The studenta have been
chosen from a student body
of almost 2,000 because of
their academic achievement,
service to the community,
leadership in extracurricular
activities and future potential.
Making Who’s Who from
the College of Liberal Arts
are: Robert Belloir of Atlanta,
Carole Bishop of Jacksonville,
Fla., Michael Camp of Rome,
Ronald Childs of Moultrie,
Ann Deason of Macon, Curtis
Echols of Ft. Campbell, Ky.,
Janet Farmer of Atlanta.
Calvin Gough of East Point,
Joseph Jobbs of Augusta.
BUI Ingram of New nan,
Ga., Gary Johnson of Colum
bus, LaNe Johnson of
Columbus, Joan Kyllonen of
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Sheila
Miller of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla
Robyn Peek of Cedartown
Robert Potter of Smyrna, Ga.
Dorothy Ripley of Ft. Pierce
Fla., Joanne Searcy of Colum
bus, Blanche Smith of Lin
colnton, Ga., Isabell Smith of
Lincolnton, Ga., Allen Wallace
of Dalton, and Charles Witzle
ben of Miami. Fla.
Pharmacy School
Moves To New Site
Hiron S. Kemper of Atlanta presents check to Dr. Harris on
behalf of oil foundation.
Oil Foundation
Gives Grant
Mercer University President
Rufus C. Harris announced
the receipt of a $2,500 grant
from the American Oil Foun
dation.
Hiron S. Kemper of
Atlanta presented the check
to Dr. Harris on behalf of the
foundation
L.W. Moore of Chicago,
president of the foundation.
Students at the Walter F.
George School of Law who
made Who’s Who were Otis
Almand of Macon and Helen
Berenthien of Macon.
Pharmacy School students
who qualified were Michael
Brown of Marietta and
William Hammond of Abbe
ville, Ga.
MCIieNUIHR
QmUob: What is the present status of Wonderful Wednes
day? T.H.
Dean Trimble, Aadstant to the Dean of the College
Alta said, “I believe it’s in great peril” and added a
1 teas Mercer not have large computers such aa
other eetiepaa, and when is Mercer expected to get soon com-
Answer. Poeey, Registrar, says the reason that wa
rtoflt lw S targe computer is that there hasn’t been a need for
even a ntol nttumtar There is a faculty committee whieb is
present)* coodscting e study to determine the need for com
puter*. Each department ta being toed to submit their needs
end nmhUms to the committee. Computers are extremely ax
pwrito (towards of $100,000) and a detailed study must be
made in oadsr to detaambie If it is worth the endeavor. A meet-
im of this inmmlttn wifi be held this week- At the present
time, Master h toag a computer service off campus.
Qaatekm: How wBI the new intramural program function?
OX
Answer: The Student Government Amodation adopted a
pttooaM to eetabdah aa Mtnmuial board to direct men’s tatm-
m*—i The board wil consist of Chairman Dto
Jacobs, (appointed by tbs 8GA President) end the manages of
si participating toshae. Tha new program will begin operation
thta weak to taama begta to formulate for basketball reaaon.
“itakireblr o* tire bored will be rotated from sport to
pith the ***»"—» providing tbs necessary continuity from aan-
s on to aeeeon. •
Pur mate rhitfrnT who la taking at least tea hours is eiiglbls
far At tntTwwhitf prrr*" 1 Publicity will be through the SGA
sad ton duster. For r?***™* 1 information, pleaae contact Dick
Jaeohs or Bobby ^ ^ ^u^ey be releaaed and why are
Aaroctate Editor of the duster, tod
jm the end of the month and that it
it k a big |ob for a small number of
said the grant “may be
applied wholly or in part to
ward research, faculty salaries,
libraries, training teachers,
operating cost, building pro
grams or any other purposes."
He said that the need among
private colleges for corporate
and foundation support has
never been greater and that
“grants take on a value ex
ceeding their dollar amount if
they are unrestricted as to
use.”
The gift is one of more
than 160 grants being made
this year to outstanding
private universities by three
foundations to assist these in
stitutions to maintain the
tradition of academic free
dom.
The foundations are Stan
dard Oil (Indiana) Founda
tion, supported by the parent
Standard Oil Company (Indi
ana); American Oil Founda
tion, supported by American
Oil Company, and Pan Ameri
can Petroleum Foundation, Fi
nanced by Pan American
Petroleum Corporation.
Mercer University’s South
ern School of Pharmacy in
Atlanta will relocate from its
present position on Walton
Street to a $40 million
Atlanta Medical Center to be
constructed in the future.
The announcements of the
plans for the medical center,
which is to be built around
the Georgia Baptist Hospital,
were announced Dec. 18 by
Dr. A. Hamblin Letton, chief
of staff of the hospital and
president of the center.
The construction of the
pharmacy school will be
among the first units in the
development which will give
Georgia the most comprehen
sive medical center in the
Southeast.
Other units will include the
Scottish Rite Hospital for
Crippled Children, a doctor’s
building, addition of a wing to
the hospital, rehabilitation
center and facilities for ear,
nose and throat treatment.
Also in the planning is an ex
panded treatment center for
cancer, a division of women
and children’s disease, a bum
center, a trauma center and
facilities for physical and
psychological evaluations.
Groundbreaking for the
first unit of the center, a Pro
fessional Building to be owned
by 30 doctors, has been
scheduled for next month.
This will be followed in the
spring by the pharmacy
school’s $2 million building
which will incorporate one of
the most modern animal
rooms in the country for con
ducting research.
A large portion of South
ern Pharmacy’s new building
will be given to housing an ex
tensive pharmaceutical library.
There will be space for com
puters. Dr. Oliver M. Little
john, dean of the pharmacy
school, said computerized in
formation can be uaed effec
tively in health treatment.
“We hope to set up a state
wide network which will en
able doctors to know what
drugs patients are taking, or
have been prescribed for
them, to avoid chemical con
flict. Doctors need to know
exactly what chemical reac
tions may be expected with
today’s sophisticated drugs, a
knowledge available to trained
pharmacists,” he said.
Construction of the new
pharmacy school is expected
to be completed in September
of 1971.
The center will be located
in a nine-block area (five to
six acres) in the Boulevard-
Forrest area within a few
blocks of Interstates 75, 85
and 20 interchanges.
Dr. Letton announced to
more than 150 persons repre
senting the medical profession
and other interests that the
center will enable the Georgia
Baptist Hospital “to offer the
best of medical care to the
moat people possible ”
The hospital already has
announced plans to expand
the 478 beds to 700 with the
building of a wing costing $11
million. The hospital’s School
of Nursing is the third largest
in the "nited States with 500
students.
Calendar of Events
January 12
January 16
January 17
January 27
January 31
February 6
February 11
February' 13
February 14
February 27
February 23-28
February 27
February 28
Insight . . . Roger Mudd
Dance . . . McKenna Armory . . . Noah's
Ark Band
Movie . . . Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Insight . . . Ralph Nader
Movie . . . Duck Soup
Movie . . . Four Hundred Blows
The Association in concert
The Happenings in concert
Homecoming ... Mercer v. Columbus
College
Dance . . . Coliseum Memorial Room . . .
The Bushman
The Allman Brothers Band in concert . .
Willingham Chapel
Coffee House Act
Movie . . . Never Give A Sucker An Even
Break . W. C. Fields
Movie . . . African Queen
Inside
Cluster
Allen Wallace p. 2
Concert Series p- 4
From the Editor p. 2
Larry Flnkleetein ...... p. 3
Letters to the Editor . . . p. 3
Roger Bell p- 2
Rocky Wade p . 3
Social Newt ..... . ? ; p. •
Sporta . . . p. 9
ROTC
tore total
■^ge^ Thomas Gary Slke. of J**eowljle,
Dr. Harris
Patience Is Needed
To Interpret Unrest
More patience and under- decessors that he has inade
standing are needed to inter- quate control over factors
pret campus unrest. President which may have an increasing
Rufus C. Harris told the potential impact on his life."
Mercer University board of In qrite of these pressures,
trustees Dec. 4. “Only a snail proportion of
“It seems increasingly im- students on American cam-
portant that the traditional puses actually are rioting or
components of the college - engaged in disruptive protests,
teachers, officers, administra- But it is true that campus re
tion, trustees and alumni — volutionaries can attract
should better understand the major following when they
studenta and their compul- uncover an issue that runs
sion*," he said. deep into th conscience and
Speaking at the December common desires of students.”
meeting of the board in the Some progress should be
Connell Student Center, Dr. credited to campus unrest. “In
Harris said the student of to- addition to pointing up the
day “is the child of affluence, moral, social and political
permissiveness and television, issues ... it has prodded
who does not fall prostrate many teachers into renewed
before materiel goods or me- interest in teaching and in
terial success. He has lived more personal work with stu-
under threat of the Bomb dents. II h» stirred some
alnce birth. He feels much .. , ..
more keenly then did his pre (Continued on page 4)
Tom Wynne of Macon, a Mercer Univentty senior, was
winner m the first metal sculpture contest sponsored for
Mercer art students by the Macon iron and toper Stock
Company. He used discreded auto bumpers for his entry.
A total of $509 was awarded in the contest.