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How about
I’m tired and its not just be
cause I stoysd up all night last
night to flntoh a tarn paper I
had put off to long. Pm tired
of the general apathy and dUn-
tenet I aae engulfing our cam
pus in a fog of carelessness. 1
know eeanrooa la thrad of bear
ing people like me grtpe about
this same old subject of getting
in solved but aomehow I keep
talking even though the dota
tion aeems hop ilaae. with the
■ml hope that maybe aome-
one wfll get ao pick of hearing
it that they’ll do something.
lust last week when the re
maining working ataff members
of the Clutter were trying to
scout up some more members
to fill the vacancies I^tn my
usual gust of energy, was really
excited. Here I thought Is a
fantastic chance to get more
people involved. Great - sure.
. .1 started my search in the ca
feteria hoping to get a variety
of people interested, because
my biggest personal gripe this
year has been that I’m really
siek of hearing the various
groups of people talk about
how prejudiced the paper is.
This does not just apply to
Mercer’s campus either, all you
have to do is try to sell adver
tisements to some of the local
business men.
Oh, by the way, I’ve found
the beat way to pacify a per
turbed Macooite is Just tell him
that the staff of the Clutter is
volunteer and only a minority
of the student body was con
cerned enough to volunteer 20
to 30 minutes a couple of
nights a week — this always
smooths the worried lines of
the what is this generation
coming to frown immediately.
I think there must be a message
in the preceding sentence.
Meanwhile back at the cam
pus there are still those same
people griping about the radi
cal newspaper while they sit
wasting time in the cafeteria,
co-op, dorm, or fraternity
lodge — how can this situation
Letters to Editor
(continued from Page 2)
"There are thoee who want
an armed revolution and I
am not one of them. Not
just now. But I do have a
statement to make at this
time, gentlemen. Since the
First Republic of the United
States is one hundred nine
ty-two years old and I am
only nineteen, I will give it
one more chance.”
I could not agree more.
I remain.
Gene Childs
Dear Editor
I was wondering if there was
any way a student might ascer
tain what motivated our fa
culty to lower the require
ments for graduation last week
from a 2.0 to 1.5 cumulative
average.
It would seem that, in ef
fect, this lowering of require
manta is the antithesis of the
original proposal. This pro
posal, the ABC, no credit, was
conceived to lessen the puni
tive effect of D’s and F’s. I
would analogise this loosening
of the acceptable number of
D’s and F’s to changing an
electric shock from 7 volts to 5
volts, simultaneously increasing
the probability of getting
shocked. Why can’t Mercer
hare a positive padhig scheme?
Also, how wfll this chaage af
fect the value of a degas from
Msieert
It haa been rumored that
asvecal professors plan to in
crease the aum bar of low
grades given oat as a Mbit of
this recent aettoat t sincerely
applaud the npaaaaw aad Mho-
votive spirit of our fheulty,
however I wonder what kind of
smoke was In the ah at the last
( Vince Smith
UL2SSL Waverly breaks down barriers
be changed? Well, I really don't
expect to find an answer, even
as idealistic as I am, but some
how It Just doesn't seem possi
ble that out of 1200 students
only a group of 20 are con
cerned enough to become In
volved in an area of our uni
versity which often represents
the whole student body - this
■n’t right! Its not (sir either!
It’s not fair to those few stu
dents who are chastised as lib
amis, radicals, hippies. Just be
cause they care enough to find
time to in some way contribute
their energies (this doesn’t
mean just writing - then’s sell
Ing adds, layout, typist and
good humor man ate also wel
come). Nor is It (Ur to the ma
jority of students who do not
agree with the opinions ex
pressed in the. Clutter. It’s not
fair that they be represented in
the city of Macon and on other
college campuses by a paper
which does hot show a true
picture of univerrity as a
whole.
But there is only ao much
the ataff can do without your
help to represent you. Surely
you cannot expect a person
who does not think conserva
tively to write and express
your opinion for you...? I'm
going to get off my soap box
now because I feel the rack
monster calling, but think a-
bout it — what are you doing
other than taking up valuable
air space — besides life as a
Clutter staff member isn’t so
bad, just ask anyone about our
staff parties.
Sincerely,
Marion Murray
SGA
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Most of the debate came
over a motion that Danny
Brogdon’i proposal concerning
open dorm hours in the men’s
dorms be accepted. The pro
posal ignited an arsenal of com
ments and views. Most of the
senators felt that the proposed
hours (8:00 p.m. — 1:00 a.m.
Fri. and Sat) was inadequate.
Charles Bowen reminded us
that most of the men on the
campus express a desire for
open dorms for the purpose of
studying with s member of the
opposite sex. Since Friday and
Saturday nights are not known
as times of prolific study, he
proposed that the dorms be
open on week nights. After
some discussion this was ac
cepted. Some senate members
felt that this was asking for too
much, and would result in
nothing. I doubt that it will be
ineffective. The biggest point
of discussion came over a
clause referring to a poll taken
in the dorms. Vice President
Bowen again opened discussion
by pointing out that he never
saw such a poll, and that to his
knowledge neither had most of
the other senators. We hadn’t.
After much discussion and
several more defeated amend
ments, and resolution amended
as Charles had suggested,
passed.
The senate is now waiting to
hear from its open dorm
policy.
The sixth Annual Waverly
Conference will be held im
mediately after graduation this
year. Yet many of the prob
lems that have foreshadowed
those in the past still exist.
And still the question remains
to the average student - What
la Waverly? Why is there a
Waverly Conference? What
does Waverly do? Who has the
right to go to Waverly? That is
the purpose of the reeearch I
have done in the past few days,
ao that I could toy to tell you
how Waverly began, what its
purposes were, how it has
changed. What It has done, and
whet is partly in store for it
this year.
Waverly Conference was es-
tabHahed in 1965. The idee was
that of Dean Garland F. Tay
lor, Dean of the College of Lib
eral Arts. He readily says that
the idea was not his, but that
he took it from another cam
pus. Dean Taylor says that in
his opinion the conference is
an “extended conversation”
between students, faculty and
Administration. The con
ference got its name from the
fact that It held its first meet
ing in Waverly, Georgia at a
Presbyterian (imp. It has re
tained that name ever since,
and in all likelihood it will not
be changed.
What it Waverly! Waverly,
to those who attend, is an en
lightening experience in which
individuals from across the
campus who are in leadership
roles have a chance to talk
without the formality that
exists when a student walks in
to speak to an administrator.
There barriers are down, and
through the freedom that this
tends to leave, many important
aspects of the community are
discussed without reservation.
This again is one of the prob
iems of Waverly, because only
thoee there get the effect of it.
Why it there a Waverly Con
ference! If the problem of hav
ing only a few there exists then
why is it continued? For sev
eral reasons Waverly to con
tinued. 1.) Waverly has come
up with several proposals that
have been of great significance
to the students. (For example
Wonderful Wednesday) 2.)
Waverly gives the newly elected
student leaders a chance to
learn the "topes” of their posi
tions. 3.) It opens the way for
the administration to find out
what the students want in the
coming year. There are just a
few of the reasons for the
continuance of Waverly. Dean
Taylor has said that if the day
ever comes that Waverly to not
doing the task that it to sup
posed to do then it would be
discontinued.
What doet Waverly Confer
ence Dot Waverly Conference
tries to formulate resolutions
for things that the SGA, the
Faculty, and the Administra
tion can try to carry out in the
coming year. The resolutions
that are passed by the confer
ence are not necessarily law,
but have to be implemented
upon return to school. Again
this is one of the problems of
Waverly — all the resolutions
sound great when you are at
Waverly, but then aomehow
they get all pushed out of
in the (all.
Who hat the right to go to
Waverly 1 Waverly participants
must receive an invitation from
President Rufus C. Harris. Pres
ident Harris receives recom
mendations from several areas
— SGA, faculty, and ad
ministration. The size of Wa
verly to necessarily left small so
that the discuasions can Include
everyone. Most of the elected
student senators are given an
invitation. The people who re
ceive an invitation to attend
should not accept unless they
are willing to give of them
selves during the conference.
The conference for thoee who
attend is not all work, yet the
participants must not get the
Idea that the Conference is a
vacation.
by Ted Handler ciutur Editorialist
The sixth Annual Waverly
Conference will be held at the
FFA-FHA Camp In Covington,
Georgia. It will begin the day
after graduation and end on
Wednesday. Dean Taylor said
that he thought the following
topics would be some of the
ones under discussion: Curricu
lum Changes, Grading System,
Community Center, Women’s
Rules, Student Judicial Pro
posal, and Student Publics
tions. There may be several
other areas of study; those
were just a few of the cer
tainties.
When the conference con
venes, let’s hope that all thoee
participating are going there
for a common purpose of
bettering the University of
which we are all a part. Wa
verly can be a big boost for the
students to air some of their
gripes about Mercer. If some
one has some ideas that they
think would be of interest or
need some consideration then
they should contact Charles
Bowen who is in charge of the
Student Waverly Comm it te in
making its plans.
Fashion
Keynotes for summer
make-up emphasize the eye
Pale, bright, and deep glosses
layer not only the eyelid, but
also beneath the lower eye
lashes with combinations like
peach and pearl yellow, tur
quoise and aea green, silver-
flecked blue and creamy white,
or bright emerald green. Con
tact lenses change the color of
the iris Itself or merely add
sparkle. Fine lines of eyebrow
accentuate thicker lashes.
Dark, dark mascara and espe
cially false eyelashes come into
play here more than ever.
For the total complexion,
several manufacturers are put
ting out cosmetic foams for
foundations and blushers. The
advantages of this new product
include convenience, easy use,
and translucent coloring as op
posed to masking foundations.
Like the foundations in stick
form, the foams come in matte
and irridescent finishes.
Appealing to the really un
conventional, a saw trend in
facial cosmetic art experiments
with color and design to high
light the basic structure or to
create a playful mask. Stark
whites covering the entire low
er face bread into bright red at
the lips and cheeks biending in
to pink at the forehead. Sur
rounded by mustard yellow,
mauve and burnt sienna flow
up and outwards from the
cheeks into flame-like points a-
bove the eyes.
Editorial exchange
Opinion frbm other campuses
Caught in the middle
from The Canyon Echo, Grand Canyon College
The difference between
regulations and their enforce
ment has confounded lawgivers
since before the time of Solon,
and will continue to do so. De
facto to the fact of life that
either makes or breaks the
written code.
Hm gulf to be found be
tween the spirit of the law and
the letter of the law is only
matched by the gulf between
the spirit of the person who re
fuses to follow what he con
siders unnecessary nonsense
and the lack of human kind
ness and understanding dis
played by those who are marti
nets in the application of a
code. Too often with us are ir
responsible people on both
sides of the fence of authority.
Evdh more curious in their
abuse of the de facto existence
of reality are those who call
down a crusade on innocuous
codes, more often than not
dusty and dormant. Dorm reg
ulations, for example, will get
stlffer as the guff about them
grows louder.
Watch the fur fly and fury
mount as the champions of
change meet the champions of
conservative taste. Those in the
middle most of us — pay the
greatest price, that is, a little
freedom destroyed by over
grown children throwing inky
spit halls.
population which will cause
major famines in the near fu
ture are all making life on this
planet less bearable.
Because we at Auburn live
in a relatively trouble-free en
vironment, we are not touched
by the full impact of the condi
tions that afflict millions of
other people. Because of this,
we have not developed the nec
essary concern to face the chal
lenge of pollution and try to
solve it.
If this challenge is to be sue
ceasfUlly met, it is going to
take the concern and effort of
everyone. However, we must
become more aware of the
magnitude of the problem. The
Environmental Teach-in is an
excellent way to learn this. The
speakers are experts in their
fields and are aware of what
must be done to stop the
worsening situation.
After awareness must come
a commitment from Aubum
students to do everything with
in their power to see that ac
tion is taken by government,
industry and our entire society.
The problem is real and if we
do not accept this commit
ment, we may not have any
thing worth saving.
Please discard
from The West Georgian, West Georgia College
Do we care about pollution?
from the Auburn Plainsman, Aubum University
(oops)
Gail Sturm is an ADP, not a
Phi Mu.
Faculty retirements and res
ignations announced in tost
week’s Clutter were token from
President Harris’ report to the
trustees dated 16 April 1970.
The following course
changes passed by the faculty
at their meeting of April 14,15
and published In last week’s
Clutter need to be clarified:
English 11 to required of all
students, v
Do we care?
Are we, as Auburn students,
concerned about pollution and
population problems which
threaten our vary existence?
Courses choaen from sec
tions IIA, B, aad C must
be from at least two de
partments.
Instead of Psychology and
Sociology 100 In group n
C, it should be Psych a
logy/Sociology 100.
Instead of English 53 and
54 in group IID2, there
will be two new courses.
They will be determined at
a later date.
If we are not, we are doing
ourselves, our family and
friends, and society Itself s seri
ous disservice. Three two in
terrelated problems are the
cause of a coming crisis which /
wfll ruin the quality of life as
we know it if something to not
done.
This prediction to not idle
speculation on our part. Sev
eral eminent scientists are say
big the same thing and they
have enough information to
justify their claims. The fouling
of our riven and seas, the mill
loos of tons of garbage and air
pollution, and an exploding
It has been said that THE
WEST GEORGIAN only
speaks for a minority of the
students on this campus; that
we never truly give vent to the
OTHER SIDE of an issue. This
accusation is not entirely false.
However, on two issues we a-
gree wholeheartedly with the
students of this college — we
-believe as they do about litter
ing and ecology in general.
/ If students here did not
throw cigarette butts, spent
matchbooks, scraps of paper,
empty coke cups, and beer
cans on the streets and lawns at
West Georgia, there would be
several janitors here out of
work. Furthermore we object
to the no smoking rule in dais.
So what if smoking bothers
others in the classroom? It’s s
student's privilege to smoke in
ciaas and throw his spent ciga
rette on the floor.
As for ecology in genera
we are barking the studen
and faculty all the way Wh
should we say anything abot
the issue 9 The ecologist* wi
take care of ecology for u
The situation is like having
society without sociologist
Right?
If you don't see much o
ecology in this newspaper it
because we support the benig
neglect of most of the facult
and students here. Further w
are convinced that ecology i
an issue which was made popi
lar by the U. S. government
We feel that the government I
certainly competent enough t
control the problem.
So when you’ve fintohe
this issue of the paper, pleas
wad it up and throw it on th
ground, or better yat wet th
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