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Faculty fathered to dbcuw and vote on the interdisciplinary
Black Studies major (top rifht photo). Seventy Plus Black stu
dents dt outside door and in front of the faculty meeting build
ing to expreaa physical support of the Black Studies proposal.
(Top left and above photos)
Faculty Endorses
Black Studies Major
The Mercer faculty of the Liberal Arts College has over
whelmingly passed the Black studies interdisciplinary major pro
posal in principle (presented to them by the curriculum com
mittee in December) by a vote of 51-33.
During the past two weeks,
the (acuity has been conduct
ing discuss on and debate on
the subject matter and a
minority report by Dr. James
Harrison. Biology. Dr. Clare
Furee, Chemistry, Mr. David
Lindsey, Foreign Language,
and Dr. Henry Warnock,
History submitted to the
faculty as an alternate pro
posal to the one passed by the
curriculum committee The
motion pawed by the faculty
stated “that the concept of
the interdisciplinary major
with emphasis on the Humani
ties and the Black Experience
(as set forth by the curricu
lum committee for the in
formation of the faculty at its
December meeting) be ap
proved in principle, and that
the curriculum committee”
The Black Student Alli
ance. (which had presented
the original proposal to the
curriculum committee), head
ed by Jimmie Samuels,
Augusta, presented a petition
to the faculty containing 102
of the 105 Black Mercer stu
dents, endorsing the curricu
lum committee proposal.
Seventy or more Black stu
dents sat outside the door and
the building of the faculty
meeting to express their physi
cal support of the proposal.
President Harris had said at
a December Trustee meeting,
“I strongly favor a legitimate
and proportional emphasis on
Black contribution to Western
culture, but 1 am strongly
opposed to an artificial
emphasis on blackness for its
own sakes to the exclusion of
other legitimate intellectual
concerns."
The only remaining action
for faculty concerning Black
Studies is the passage of the
courses and structure of the
new dept.
THE
MERCER CLUSTER
'The Pacesetter ot the Seventies"
Volume LI
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GEORGIA. JAN. 27, 1970
Number 11
Former SGA President Bacon
Addresses Georgia Legislature
Lieutenant Governor George T. Smith announced that a college student will address a joint session of the General Assembly
on Monday, January 19, at 1:00 P.M.
Ed Bacon (Mercer ’69), a freshman at Vanderbilt Law School, reported to the legislators on the first Student Workshop on
State Government which he chaired last May 9th
The Studentl
Workshop, an in-l
novative concept!
which attempted!
to relate student!
concerns to the!
activities of the!
Georgia General;
Assembly, involved!
some 60 Statef
Senators and Re- Bacon
presentatives and 500 students
representing public and private
colleges from all over the
state.
According to Lt. Governor
Smith, the purpose of the
one-day conference was to
provide a framework in which
students could discuss and
learn about those areas of
state government which affect
them, while the legislators
oould explore the range and
depth of student interest in
the democratic process. This
was achieved through dialogue
between students gnd legisla
tors in round-table 'no-hold-
barred’ discussions.
As a result of the Con
ference, communication
channels have been established
between college campuses and
the Legislature, and the
current Session finds college
students on the scene
wherever the action is taking
place under the Gold Dome.
Gov. Smith pointed out
that he has assigned ten stu
dents to specific jobs during
the Session on his new
Student Intern Program, for
which they will receive aca
demic credit, as well as ’on
the-job’ training in the demo
cratic process.
“The students were
unanimous in their desire to
become more involved in the
process of State Government,
so we have made it possible
for them to. have their own
Student Information Center,”
Smith said.
He added that volunteer
students from the Atlanta area
colleges are monitoring every
session of the General
Assembly, and are publishing
the most relevant legislative
action.
The Lieutenant Governor
said that the members of the
Steering Committee for the
1970 Student Workshop on
Stale Government will be in
weekly news letter to all troduced to the Legislature at
college campuses highlighting the Monday meeting.
Late Announcement
Nixon Nominates Mercer
Grad To Supreme Court
U. S. Circuit Judge G. Harold Carswell of Tallahas
see, -Fla., ’48 graduate of Mercer’s Walter F. George
School of Law, has been named President Nixon’s
choice for the United States Supreme Court seat which
has been vacant since the resignation of Abe Fortas.
Presidential Press Ronald Ziegler at the press brief
declares that, ‘The President feels Judge Carswell
meets the criteria he has set forth regarding nomina
tions to the Supreme Court.”
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