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4 Community Center In Georgia PSI Chapter SAE Celebrates 100th Anniversary The Georgia Psi Chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon observed its 100th Anniversary on the Mercer Campus on March 6 and 7. The weekend of events was attended by over two hundred alumni who will be returning from all over the United States to celebrate this joyous occasion. The week end's events began on Friday afternoon at 5 PM with the Registration of the alumni at the SAE Lodge. On Friday evening. Class Reuntons were held at the Sheraton Motor Inn which served as our Cen tennial Headquarters Saturday morning, at 9 AM a .9 hole golf tournament will be held at the Oak Haven Golf Course. A Stag Luncheon fol lowed the Golf Tournament at the Dutch Pantry Restaurant. At the luncheon, prizes were awarded for the golf tourna ment and the awards to the Oldest alumni in attendance was given. In addition we hon or the alumni who has trav eled the farthest, the class with the largest repiesentatign and the alumni who has pro duced the. most offspring! While -the brothers enjoyed the Stag Luncheon the ladies attended a luncheon and fa shion show which was hosted by the Little Sisters and the Mothers of Minerva. The high light of the afternoon was the initiation of our Centennial Pledge Class, with our Nation al President Paul It. Jacob, Jr. presiding Following the initia tion. a cocktail party was hosted by the Macon Alumni at the Elks Club. The week end was highlighted bv the Centennial Banquet and Halt to la- held at the Idle flour Counlr«. J lub on Saturday pvening Honored were several of our alumni at the banquet. Including fifteen brothers who have been initiated for fifty years The brothers also pre pared a program on “Our 1000 Years , in SAE" which was presented at the banquet. The highlight of the weekend was ait address by our Nation al President which concluded the banquet. The Chapter has received Proclaimations from Governor Lester Maddox and Mayor Ronnie Thompson.' officially declaring I he weekend of March B through 8 as Sigma .Alpha Epsilon Weekend in the State of Georgia and the City of Macon respectively. It proved to be an eventful weekend for all those who re turn arid the brothers are anx iously awaiting this proud oc casion in the Georgia Psi his tory » Full Swing Activities have begun' in Mercer’s new Community Cen ter at 1222 Edgewood Ave nue. Approximately twenty- five students and many chil dren worked all day Saturday, Feb. 7, to get the two houses and large yards ready. Furni ture was moved into the Cen ter on last Tuesday, and the Center was used for tuforing on Wednesday The faculty committee se lected to oversee the Center will soon be enlarged by the addition of several Community residents in order that the needs of the local people might be heard as the Center program is planned. The com- Pretty Bldgs ... Crowded Classrooms. The photo at top left shows the Ryals Law Bldg, and mittee is also open to students Langdale Law Library. The photo at bottom left depicts the. inadequate library facilities. The who show sufficient interest above photo demonstrates the crowded classroom conditions. in helping to run the Center. _ .am j _ >a»„« Currently, many students Part I: Faculty and Facilities '«e needed to help in the cen- k 0^ m m 0^ 0 0 ter. A tutoring program is be- 1 MUf \#UaaI Vl ITT Arc Sinning al Homes. | ) the housing project for whites near Mercer. Tutors will meet B B 0 00 4 I the child in his home, rather Problem off Growth ^rArSf: ■ m Mercer, easily within walking Dy Fred Groves distance. Another tutoring The Walter F. George situation. The law school was to a school's full-time faculty terrier 1 for ^elementary 1 and School of Law is presently op unprepared for such an event members, excluding the dean hj<h schoo) sludents ’ |jvj in erating considerably below its and consequently students,and and librarian. While there is ^ neighborhood traditionally "high level of ac- faculty have suffered a gTave absolutely no question con- students who would like to ademic and scholastic stand- injustice. Due to the subse cerning the “competency’ of lea( ,^ fonsunwr education ing." This is quent. distribution of Prof, the faculty, there is serious homt> nurslng arts and ,. rafts - due to vacan Spark s courses among the doubt as to its numerical ade gnd anvthj p)se , h , mj ht . - cies in the fa ever-dwindling faculty, further quacyv This numerical ade- ^ useful ar/ as kt>d to t cmLact c h u,ty which violations of the AALS have W 'Vud/n. teachTr Ta^'o PW Gough Also, students “ -vjS' s have noi yet occurred, in particular witn to lrie sluafnl learner rauo needed to m ih.. been filled, and the “maximum teaching load” “J jjj loads of th<> ('enter, so that it can remain a failure to in- requirements. More than likely 18 ,‘ y , . oP e n to high, school students crease facilities the rather ambiguous but iim Assuming that replacement f ^ (d . , and personnel Red “subject matter area” re- for the two faculty vac.nc.es ' fhe ^creation program has to handle the steady increase quirements of the AALS have will be fil.ed, the stude "*' expand ,, d to thrpp st , sslo|ls in enrollment. These circunv also been violated At any tra ' her w " u d he f n ^ we £k Volunteers meet with -stances -place the school's rate, it should he obvious to ^ those .unfam.l- ^ children and vuu.ig ,«o,s membership in the Association allconcernedthattheprese.it uSTEttoVSkJ «n Wednesdav and Saturday of American Law Schools in a situation is quite serious. Two a £ nd " d ^ ;ha ^\ '‘ afternoons. ' and ba.ske.bail precarious position. ' replacements should be hired the national a eragt of AALS tMms an> , bpmR or ,, an|/pd for With the resignation of immediately to fill these member schools, which is lb .s 0 |der teenagers on Wednesday Dean Quarles last year and the vacancies and this should be to I. as recognized in the n |ghts Students wishing tii unforeseen departure of Mr. done by spnng quarter, if 'at May, 19K9 issue of its Articles help in the recreation'urogram Willis B. Sparks (due to ill- all possible. In addition, Act- of Association. Certainly there a(1( , as |( ed ronla< . ( . |{ ()n ness| in the middle or this ing Dean Feild is retiring from is no reason Tor the Walter F. (hiids or Marion Murray quarter, the law school is op- the dean’s position at the.end George School of Law to be .-rating with only five full-time of this year and therefore it is “average" much less this far ■ • ' faculty members in addition necessary that another deart below average. For those fa- II15IQ® to the Acting Dean and the be appointed as soon as possi- miliar with present conditions Librarian. Such a serious and' ble. The new dean shoulrl be at this law school, the proli- ClUSTOlT • • < • ■ deplorable condition has not appointed no later than spring lem is more obvious in the re Page bebn expenenced hy this law quarter and be able to take ality of the classroom, where Letters to Editor ’ 2 ‘ school in twenty, years., office at the beginning of the most classes Have numbered- Swan Song .2 Though I). Meade Feild summer. It would also be wise sixty to ninety people. Next is Wade 4 was temporarily elevated to and practical to hire an assis- ; the problem w ith faculty Sports ' ' | 'g fUl the dean’s position, no re tanl dean who could help the (Continued on Page 51 placement was hired to teach dean with admissions, place- ■ mm . “ his predecessors courses Dean ment, finance and other duties In MAII1AFICIITI Feild continued teaching his of that office. ■■■ ■ ■ ■ Wi ■ W ■ ■ ■ own full load of courses so Frances Plaunicky ‘ h *‘, D tT d- Q . U J!L ,e r’.» COUr8e8 After solving these urgent what frith now. fmnecs. , that to sleep the tesM . ’ ^ d problems, the law*schooI must nol , that you Tv believed . v nu would turn. tn^ other memDers of the ffle - then oonsidpr not onlv the irti- >■ , .1 TL men conhiqer not umy iw mi there .is none f» - spring is conn ml trances*' utly. This failure to hire a re- mediate needs of the recent ,,, and the suhtwhi n ould -m . ' placement, faculty member growth in student enrollment - and the resulting course loads but also, it must plan and pre ' sfc You nearby last night. , . .. ; placed on the faculty during pare for the future growth to the melodiousness of your ooic( ,u ' coarSt ' "" a *! the fall and winter quarters .its capacity-of approximately soft, and tinkling'of brass .vour suiriuifi roi ( . o i,j.» brought the school danger- three hundred (3011) students.. chimes hut you I In ugh I h, d,dn on ously close to the minimum In order to do this and there- across our corridor.. , requirements of the AAIjS. In by regain its traditionally dinner again, nou, but not . inai-on cat in man _doc>n t cure fact, the course load Prof. -high level of academic and you gone lost, : realised mankind myself note Sparks taught fall quarter ex- scholastic standing." utmost isn't it we all are' ■ I kn. u fdryou iuil/ 'eaelioul, ceeded thbse requirements. In’ attention must he given the and searching loo until we Jor une. m ram ■ teaching two hours of Moot need for competent faculty, find or ^ ... and evcti as placed the dead Court, three hours of Evi : adequate facilities and a (chimera found only slarfUmer on your c<.(fin dence and four hours of strong financial structure. and life yours expires) ■ somfri Sundas there. Torts, the maximum number The first concern of this hy you i read steepenwolf unburdened of hours allowed per quarter, law school should be with the similarity inside outside ' rom unllrln t ! which is eight, was exceeded. number and quality of its fac- unsensed and chose the choice y°u are spring The subsequent departure ultv. The AALS’requires the of living - horn expired nou: heart of Prof. Sparks, during the faculty to be “of high compe- "to be or not to be . remain , middle of this quarter, greatly tence and suitable in size” and ana turnea on.'ard never aggravated the already serious > determines this by reference dreaming jwright Volume LI MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON. GEORGIA, MARCH 12, 1970 Number 16 fit I THE MERCER CLUSTER "The Pacesetter of the Seventies" QUARTER EDITION