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MERCER CLUSTER
CLUSTER
POLICY
PAGE 2
'The Pacesetter of the Seventies"
Volume LI
Debate
Takes
Honors
by Brian Murray
Emory University, U. S.
Naval Academy, the University
of Virginia, New York Univer
sity, The Citadel, and Stetson
University are a few of the
twenty-five colleges the Mercer
Debate team defeated this year
in nearly fifty rounds of de
bate.
Mercer has two debate
teams the varsity and the ho-
vice. Members of the variety
team are Bill Cragg, president,
of Clayton, Ga., Dan Thigpen,
Quitman, Ga., Ted Kandler,
Augusta, John Pafford, Jack
sonville and Allen Wallace,
Dalton, Ga. Members of the
novice team include president
Robert Thompson, St. Peters
burg, Julian Gordy, Newman,
I Ga., Robert Sorenson, Philadel
phia, Barbara RuskII, Rock-
mart, Ga., and Bill Dodson and
Lynn Davis, Eatonton, Ga.
The Mercer debate team has
travelled widely this past year.
They attended the Wake Forest
University Invitational Tourna
ment, the Regional Dalta
Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha
Tournament at Valdosta, The
Gulf Coast Invitational Novice
Tournament in Panama City,
Florida, the Florida State Uni
versity Tournament, the Cata
wba Invitational Tournament
at Salisbury, North Carolina
and the National DSRTKA
Tournament at the University
of Alabama. Six to eight col
leges were represented at each
meet. Mercer defeated approxi
mately half of these colleges.
Allen Wallace of the varsity
team was elected speaker of
the Student Congress of the
National Debate Tournament
in Alabama. He received a
trophy for superior achieve
ment Novice Bob Thompson
also received an award for ex
temporaneous speaking in the
Novice Tournament during the
Gulf Coast Invitational.
Participation in various
tournaments often entails miss
ing several days classes. Some
part of the team is on the road
almost every weekend. Under
the coaching of Mrs. Jerre
Price, the team spends fourteen
to twenty hours per week
working on cases and topics
during the tournament season.
This year has been devoted to
rebuilding the team.
The topic for the year is
“Resolve that the federal
government should grant an
nually a specific percentage of
its income tax revenue to the
state governments.” This topic
will be debated on campus
before the end of the year.
Among the activities spon
sored by the debate team are
intramural debates on campus,
high school workships and the
debates of tsaures of campus
and community concern. Parti
al scholarships are offered to
outAanding members. Also on
campus there is a chapter of
Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa
Alpha, the national fraternity
honoring students who are out
standing in forensics.
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MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GEORGIA. APRIL 21. 1970
Number 17
Photo by Bob Johnson
A surprised Miss Gail Sturm reacts to the announcement that she
has just become Miss Mercer 1970.
Floridian is
Miss Mercer
Miss Mercer 1970 is Miss
Gail Sturm of Sarasota,
Florida. Gail and her, court
were named during festivities
in the Macon Grand Opera
House. First runner up is Miss
Terry Meadors of Orlando,
Florida, sponsored by MIMA.
Second runner up is Miss Shara
Baker, sponsored by Kappa
Alpha fraternity and Miss Con
geniality, Linn Dillard, spon
sored by Chi Omega sorority
Gail, sponsored by MIMA fra
ternity, was chosen from
twelve semi-finalists in bathing
suit, evening gown and talent
competition.
Circle K Service Organi
zation sponsored the pageant
with Jimmy Owensby, pro
ducer. Marianna Moore Adam*,
director and Rocky Wade, busi
ness manager Music and enter
tainment between scenes was
provided by the Hines Causey
Orchestra.
In the talent competition
Miss Mercer sang the blues
spiritual “God Bless the
Child.” She designed and made
the gown in which she pre
formed her selection. Gail in
tends to major in English and
humanities and eventually
teach in the secondary schools.
She is a member of Phi Mu
sorority at Mercer.
The final phase of the con
test was the question and an
swer session. Gail was asked:
“What do you consider to be
most important to health,
beauty and intellect?” Her win
ning answer was that “one of
the most vital qualities of being
intelligent is to keep an open
mind at all times. Also, being
unselfish and able to place
yourself in another’s situation
and feel as they feel.”
Concerning her reign as Miss
Mercer Gail stated “My life
isn’t significantly different
since winning the title and I
appreciate the opportunity to
meet new people. I want to
thank Circle-K Service Organi
zation and its president Charlie
Newberry for sponsoring the
Miss Mercer Pageant.
Robinson, Bowen Win
In SGA Elections
Ernie Robinson became the new S.G.A. president as he defeated Tommy Maddox by a thirty-
nine vote margin in the run-off election last Tuesday. April 14. Robinson received three hundred
and eighty-eight of the seven hundred and thirty-seven votes cast in the run-off election.
Danny Brogden, the third
presidential candidate, was eli
minated in the primary elec
tion on Friday, receiving 193
votes.
Robinson emphasized his
familiarity with campus leaders
and administration officials
throughout his campaign. He
cited the decrease in quality
professors as the most crucial
problem faring the university
at present. Maddox gave his
campaign a more liberal slant,
underscoring the importance of
a strong S.G.A. Maddox pre
sented a comprehensive, detail
ed platform which spelled out
his position on several issues.
In other races decided Fri
day, Charles Bowen defeated
Ted Kandler for vice president
of the S.G.A., Johnny Turner
defeated Rocky Wade for Clus
ter Editor, and Paul Howell
won the position of Freshman
Advisor over Joe Cook. Bowen
and Turner are both rising
seniors while Howell is a rising
junior.
Running unopposed were
Linn Dillard for the position of
Secretary of the S.G.A., John
Lowery for the position of
Cauldron Editor, and David
Bottoms for Dulcimer Editor.
INSIDE
CLUSTER..
Page
Cal Gough 2
Cluster Policy 2
jwright 3
Letters to Editor 2
News Briefs 4
Sports 4
New senior senators (in
order of votes polled) George
Leske, “Packy” Cable, Hilda
Greer, Leigh Montgomery, and
Mike Moorhead.
Junior senators for the com
ing year are Sandy Jones,
Jimmy Linn, Betty Cavallo,
Janet Hogue and Wayne Gul-
latt.
Rising sophomore senators
are Bill Adams, Truett Ashley,
Bruce Gandy, Tom Gordy and
Glenda Copeland.
Senators at large are Julian
Gordy, George Henderson,
Betsy Jones, Gail Kline and
Marcy Hobbs.
Faculty Adopts
Course Changes
Cluster News Capsule:
Curriculum changes passed by the faculty last week at
their meeting of April 14, 15, were the following:
I. English II is required of ail students.
II. A. Four courses may be chosen from the following:
History 11, 12, 50, , .
Christianity 12, 51, 100, 136, 151.
Philosophy 51, 52, 140, 150.
B. Four courses may be chosen from the following:
Biology 11, 12, 13
Chemistry 11. 12, 14,
Physics 11, 12, 13.
Math 14, 50, 51, 52
Geology 11
Foreign Languages 11, 12, ,51.
C. Two courses may be chosen from the following:
Political Science 50
ftychology 51
Sociology 51
Economics 50
Black Studies 51
Psychology and Sociology 100
D. One course may be chosen from group I and two
courses may be chosen from group 2.
1. Music 50, Applied Music, Art 51, 52, 164, 165,
166 Applied Art., Speech'Dramatic /Art 50, 54.
2. English 51, 52, 53, 54, , .
Greek 157
French 158
Foreign Languages 52
There were 96 faculty members at the meeting on lAies-
day, the largest turnout in several years. In other business,
the minimum requirements for graduation were lowered so
that a student can now graduate from Mercer with a 1 5
grade point average. 180 hours, and 360 honor points.
photo by Joe Cook
The Mercer University choir, conducted by Mr. John Van Cura, performed the Brahms Requiem on
Sunday, April 12 and again on Monday, April 13.