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Black Studies Being
Considered
Last Tuesday, the faculty
began debate and discussion
of Black Studies. Deliberation
was extensive, but no final
conclusion was reached
At the December Trustees
meeting President Harris re
ported that the Black Stu
dents Alliance had asked for
the formulation of a commit
tee “that will begin to re
search the feasibility of lmple
menting integral Black Studies
into the present curriculum."
Dr. Harris said that last
spring a subcommittee of the
Faculty Curriculum Commit
tee of the College of Liberal
Arts has begun a study of the
appropriateness of black
courses and that It was con
tinuing its work. The Presi
dent said, “I strongly favor a
legitimate and proportional
emphasis on black contribu
tions to Western culture, but I
am strongly opposed to an
artificial and arbitrary cmpha
sis on blackness for its own
sake, to the exclusion of other
legitimate intellectual con
cerns.”
At the present time the
faculty is being confronted
with a black studies proposal
from the curriculum commit
tee (passed by 6-4 vote). A
minority report has been Tiled,
but has not been made public.
The following is the Black
studies proposal passed by the
Curriculum Committee:
INTERDISCIPLINARY
faculty personnel will direct
the program in direct con
sultation with participating
students and staiff teachers.
The Dean of the College of
Liberal Arts will give final
approval to the programs of
graduating students.
•An asterisk indicates a
course where one unit of labo
ratory credit may be taken.
Courses listed below receive
five hours of credit unless
otherwise indicated.
(61) Introduction to Afro-
American Studies, (Team
Teaching) An examination
through history and litera
ture of the nature of the
Black experience in
America from the slave
trade period to the present
Principal source materials
are from the vantage point
of Afro-Americans and
their writings.
♦Sociology 106. Cultural
Anthropology. The growth,
functional interrelations
and changes of culture
Special attention is given to
simple or primitive socie
ties. with applications of
the results to contemporary
society.
♦Sociology 135 Ethnic
Minorities. The position
and function of minorities
in American life. Contem
porary problems, patterns,
and significance of race re
lations are analyzed.
MAJOR with emphasis on Hu
manities and the Black Experi
ence
Requirements for the Inter
disciplinary Major with em
phasis on Humanities and the
Black Experience consist of
the following: (1) general edu
cation requirements; (2) Intro
duction to Afro-American
Studies, which may be taken
as one of the options in the
Social Studies requirement in
lower division; (3) a minimum
of forty credit hours, includ
ing Introduction to Afro
American Studies, to be se
lected from any of the course
listings of the Interdisciplinary
Major; (4) a minimum of four
laboratory credits taken in
conjunction with designated
inlciiUixlpliJury Major
courses; and (6) a Field Pro
)ect to be scheduled during
the senior year.
Courses in the Interdis
ciplinary Major may be used
for a combination or double
major In the existing areas
where majors are offered
Laboratory credit is based
on a minimum of two hours
per week in connection with
an authorized course. Maxi
mum laboratory credit per
coune is one unit.
A Faculty Co-ordinator and
bupervlaory Committee of
♦Political Science 148.
American Constitutional
History. (Same as History
148). A study of the ori
gins. content and expansion
of the Constitution of the
United States, with atten
tion to twentieth century
constitutional trends especi
ally as determined by judi
cial decisions.
*( ) Economics of Minori
ty Groups. (Economics.)
The development and appli
cation of economic princi
ples related to minority
group situations, with
special attention to the
problems of Black people.
(Prerequisite: Economics
50 or consent of the in
structor.)
*( ) The Nature and Prac
tice of Prejudice. (Psycho
logy-Sociology) An exami
nation of the causes and
functions of prejudice and
the social psychological im
plications and contacts
between groups. Included
are the types of relations
between groups and the
reactions of groups and in
dividuals in the group to
these relations. The de
velopment of conditions of
stress, tension, and mal
functioning and adaptive
efforts to restore effective
Shell Foundation
Gives $1500 Grant
President Rufus C.
Harris of Mercer University
announced the receipt of a
$1,500 grant from the
Shell Companies Founda
tion.
The grant was made un
der the Shell Assists pro
gram and represents the
tenth annual award made
to Mercer by the founds
tioo.
Three grants of $600
were provided by this
year’s amount. One recog
nixes the national challenge
to iacnaae the general sup
port of higher education
and is to be used in a man
ner designated by the presi
deni of the university. An
other provides for faculty
development and the third
for additional professional
development of faculty
members
Walter M Upchurch, Jr.,
senior vice president of the
Shell Companies Founda
tion, said Shell Assists
grants recognize the nation
al challenge to increase the
support of higher educa
tion.
social order in a dynamic
society is also studied.
History 124. Imperialism in
Modern Africa. After a
brief survey of the geogra
phy and early history of
Africa, major emphasis is
given to the impact of
Western imperialism
*( ) Contemporary Social
Philosophies. (Philosophy)
An examination of some
principal philosophies of
social change, both revolu
tionary and non-revolution
ary, with special reference
to their implications for
the American social crisis.
Emphasis will be placed on
an analysis and appraisal of
the social ends and means
of attaining them in
Marxist, socialist. New
Left, neopopulist, separa
tist, and liberal social
theories. 3 hours of credit.
♦Christianity 134. Christian
Social Ethics. A study of
Christian ethics in the light
of contemporary men and
movements and in relation
to contemporary social,
political, and economic
issues.
♦( ) Religion and the
Black Experience in Amer
ica. (Christianity) A consid
eration of the religious
faiths manifested by Blacks
in America, including tradi
tionally Christian, other re
ligious expressions, and
secularized forms. Primary
attention is given to the
twentieth century
♦( ) Teaching the Cultur
ally Disadvantaged Student.
(Education) A study of the
home background of the
culturally deprived student,
wavs to avoid reinforce
ment of prejudices, means
to help the deprived stu
dent to participate in over
coming his own problems,
and solutions to
environmental and personal
disorders.
( ) Readings in Ethnic
Minority Education. (Edu
cation) A study of readings
selected to enhance the stu
dent's understanding of
ethnic minorities, including
Blacks, Mexican Americans,
and American Indians. 3
hours of credit.
*( ) Leg*' Status and
Civil Rights of Black Amer
icans. (Law School and
Liberal Arts College) An in
troduction to the American
legal system and an exami
nation of processes, deci
sions. and laws relating to
the legal rights of Black
American. 3 hours of
credit.
♦( ) Practical Colloquium:
Race and the Neighbor
hood An examination of
actual problems in the vici
nity of city, state, and na
tion by a panel of faculty
and local civic and agency
leaders. 2 hours of credit.
( ) Supervised Reading:
Bibliography and Directed
Study of Black Literature.
A bibliographical study of
works relating to the Afro
American experience and a
selected list of represents
live writings for tutorial
discussion 2 hours of cre
dit.
( ) Supervised Practical
Research:A Field Project.
This course requires that
the advanced student at
tempt to solve a limited
problem in human relations
with the help of knowledge
gained in courses taken in
the Interdisciplinary Major
and with the use of exist
ing agencies and structures
pertinent to the approved
project..
Tentative. (1) Afro-Ameri
can Cultural Arts. (Art-
Music Drama Dance)
(2) English 153.
The Literature of the
South.
THE
W MERCER CLUSTER
“The Pacesetter of the Seventies"
Volume LI
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GEORGIA, JAN. 20, 1970
Number 10
Roger Mudd’s humorous and pertinent comments about the government in Washington met
with favorable response to i receptive Mercer audience.— _
Roger Mudd Opens
Insight '70 Series,,
Roger Mudd, CBS News
caster, speaking before a pack
ed Willingham Chapel opened
the Insight ’70 lecture series
with brilliant wit and pointed
criticism of the United States
government. Commenting on
Vice President Agnew’s recent
attacks on the news media
and himself. Mudd quoted
Abraham Lincoln, saying,
“Were it not for the honor of
the thing I had just as soon
missed it."
On the more serious side of
the Vice President’s speeches
Mudd did point out that Mr.
Agnew had raised some impor
tant issues on the “Presi” and
the “Power of the Press".
Mudd also added that the
Nixon Administration seemed
pleased by Mr. Agnew’s
speeches and that no Adminis
tration is ever pleased with
the Press and vice versa.
Moving from the Vice Pre
sident to the President, Mudd
dealt with Mr. Nixon's Viet
Nam policy. It was his convic
tion that Mr. Nixon is deter
mined to gel us out of the
war To this effect he called
the term “Vietnamization” a
code word for withdrawal.
Mudd said that “If Nixon
gets us out of Viet Nam in
two to three years he will be
a successful President,” and
that “If he gets us out of Viet
Nam and our domestic pro
blems in eight years he will be
a great President.”
Speaking on the Congress,
which is his special beat.
Mudd said that after one year
the Congress has done three
things! 1) said goodbye to
Lyndon, 2) hello Dick, and 3)
voted themselves a $12,000
pay raise
Concerning himself more
seriously with the Congress,
Mudd spoke to the issues of
Congressional Ethics. Noting
that the current Code of
Ethics which -Congress has
adopted is little more than a
farce, he warned that a split
may develop between Con
gress and the people if a real
Code of Ethics is not formu
la ted.
Detailing the average day
of a Senator, Mudd gave his
audience a view of Congress
which most people are pro
bably unaware of He also
gave an interesting and some
times comical comparison of
the physical characteristics of
both Senator and Represents
tive and Democrat and Repub
lican.
In his final comments
Mudd said that although there
aTe many criticisms of the
Congress which can be made
the Congress of the United
States is still the best and
strongest legislative body in
existence
The lecture was followed
by a period of questions and
answers with the audience
The next Insight ’70 lec
turn will be January 27 at
twelve noon Ralph Nader,
author of the bestselling Un
safe At Any Speed and cham
pion ot the consumer will be
the guest speaker.
Tryouts For
FocusWeek
Drama Set
On March 6, a student pre
sentation of The Prophet and
the Carpenter will mark the
observance of Religious Focus
Week on the Mercer campus.
The presentation will be fol
lowed by discussion on topics
such as “The Christian Mess
age as Drama, ’ “Worship Ob
servation or Participation."
etc
The Prophet and the Car
penter is “a new form of reli-
.gious, drama, created from the
old sources, from the old tra
ditions and the old dramatic
forms, from liturgy ' It pre
supposes the co-operation of a
worshipping congregation,
rather than an audience of ob
servers It is art in the service
of the Christian, message, aim
ing to proclaim God’s word to
the congregation and to ex
press the congregation’s inter
cessions before God
The play is based on the
biblical story of Jonah, the
disobedient prophet, and his
journey into the Kingdom of
Death. It requires eight men
and two women, plus a verst-
choir, of the sort that charait
ert/.es the Greek tragedies
Tryouts for The Prophet
and the Carpenter are being
held al 3:00 p m on Wednes
day. Jan. 21. and 4:01' pm
on Thursday, Jan 22, in the
basement of the Chapel
Inside
Cluster..
Bryant Culpepper . . .
Dean’s List ..
Debate Teem. .....
From the Editor . .
Letters to the Editors
Little Man on campus
Sports
Tyler Hammett ....
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