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E.F.P. proposal adopted by faculty
by J. Wright
Cluster Staff Writer
Dr. Hashimoto
lectures
by Joe Parker
t'luitrr slaff writer
Members of the Mercer
community who attended the
May 5 chapel program received
an excellent insight into Japan
ese American relations and in
ternational affairs in general.
The speaker was Dr. Hideo
Hashimoto, an expert on world
affairs. Dr. Hashimoto spoke
on the student movements in
Japan. This subject was of par
ticular interest because of our
own youth movements in this
country and because of the im
portance of friendship between
the United States and Japan.
Dr. Hashimoto, who is pro
fessor of religion at Lewis and
Clark College, is a noted lec
turer and writer on interna
tional issues. He has traveled all
over the world interviewing
military figures, diplomats,
journalists, officials, religious
leaders, heads of various move
ments and ordinary citizens to
assess their opinions on Ameri
can Asian relations.
The American Friends Ser
vice Committee appointed Dr.
Hashimoto their Special
Quaker International Affairs
Representative in Japan. He
has also served with the World
Conference on Religion and
Peace, the National Council of
Churches, the Japan Academy
of Religion, and the National
Christian Council of Japan. Dr.
Hashimoto has just returned
from Japan and is now devot
ing himself to writing and
speaking to inform the Ameri
can public of important issues
and their Asian perspectives.
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Recently the faculty Steer
ing Committee on behalf of the
Freshman Task Force pre
sented extensive proposals for
curriculum changes which have
gained the approval of Presi
dent Harris, the Mercer faculty
and a unanimous vote of ap
proval by the SGA. The Ex
perimental Freshman Program
(EFP) passed by a dose margin
of 42 to 37 during the faculty
meeeting April 21. An accom
panying minority report, pre
sented by Mr. David Lindsey,
acting chairman of the Modem
Foreign Language Department,
which sought to retain the
foreign language requirement
was defeated earlier.
During the discussion and
voting on the proposed pro
gram about 50 students gath
ered outside Ware Music Hall
where faculty meetings are
held. They awaited the deci
sion for over two hours, finally
giving a standing ovation to the
emerging faculty. When ques
tioned afterward, one said, “we
were there to show them (the
faculty) that we were inter
ested and concerned." Presi
dent Harris. On March 25 the
Steering Committee, chaired
by Dr. Harold L. McManus sub
mitted the Freshman Task
Force Propowls to Dr. Harris
for presentation to the faculty
on April 21. Dr. Harris received
the report warmly, stating. In
part, that it did not “overstate
the realities we face and the
proposals for bridging the gap
would, if taken seriously, by
the faculty, take us a long way
toward meeting some of our
more acute and Immediate
campus and curricular
problems.”
Pertaining to the Task Force
Report, Dr. Harris commented
"The Experimental Program
for Freshman Is quite modest. 1
had hoped for something more
innovative in concept and also
in terms of the number of
Freshmen to be involved in it.
However, it is well-conceived
proposal and should be
initiated.”
The EFP will be staffed to
handle between 100 and 150
students, depending on avail
able faculty resources and the
number of interested students.
Student participants shall be
selected from applicants in
such a manner as to insure the
broadest possible representa
tion of the freshman class.
The program will occupy
one third of the participating
student’s academic load each
quarter throughout the fresh
man year. It will carry fifteen
hour credit. The participating
student shall be exempted
from all general education re
quirements and shall choose his
courses in consultation with his
El Gallo strikes again
April 28 through May 1 the
Mercer University Theatre
Company presented “The Fan-
tasticks” under the direction of
Mr. Ed Williams, Mercer drama
department. The book and
lyrics were written by Tom
Jones, music by Harvey
Schmidt. The play was sug
gested — Les Romanesques,
was by Edmond Rostand. The
production was performed in
the under-chapel theatre.
The presentation featured
Bart Threatte as “EH Gallo" —
the mellow-toned beguiler of
innocent youth, Carolyn
Hamilton as the naive girl who
pleaded, “please, please God,
don’t make me normal’’ and
Bill Adams as the boy was de
clared “I’ve had an education;
I’ve had biology — I’ve dis
sected violets!” Each learned
that life was much more than
swooning love.
The set and scenery were
notably unobtrusive almost to
the point of improvision. This
air was initiated by the curious
consciousness, at times, of the
actors toward their staging and
cues. The effect was humorous
rather than disruptive to the
drama. It was, of course, delib
erately done, and magnifi
cently at that. Such techniques
led to the drawing in of the au
dience already intimate In the
small theatre.
“Life never ends in a moon
lit day." however, as the lights
rose in the second act under
the expertise of Peggy Gough,
with Bill Lund, Steve Beiew
and Thomas Michael. Color en
hanced both the characteriza
tions and plot while remaining
subtle extensions of the sennas
rather than remaining a super
ficial part of the theatre.
According to Robert Haw
ley (baas) and Randy Booth
(piano and musical director)
each part of the production
was a creation of the perform
ing artist himself. No conven
tions or previously employed
techniques for this production
were borrowed. Booth, particu
larly fitted the musical score to
the fast-moving action. The
adaptation was entirely at the
disgression of the company.
Notably, the costuming
(properties by Betty Reeves),
by j. Wright
Cluster Staff Writer
reflected ’each actor’s own
image of his part. Thus Matt
appeared in an oxford shirt and
white sneakers while El Gallo
wore western jeans and boots.
The audience laughed, ap
plauded, wept and experienced
nonstop through what is con
sidered four flawless nights of
productions. El Gallo asked,
“Why must we die before we
grow again? ... I hurt them for
that reason.” For the audience
as well as the boy and the girl,
the result was a prick of hurt
amid the hilarity of it all. The
production was, after all, un-
critidzably magnificent, that
is, fantastick.
Pornography is
discussed here
William B. Lockhart, dean
of the University of Minnesota
Law School delivered the
Sidney W. Hatcher Memorial
Lecture in Willet Science Cen
ter, April 24.
The title of the lecture was
“Law and the Social Sciences
In Action: The Commission on
Pornography and Obacenity”.
Dean Lockhart is chairman of
Opinions
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Obscenity and Pornography
which will soon make a report
to President Nixon.
The Hatcher lectures were
established in 1968 by Mrs.
Olive McWilliams Hatcher of
Macon in memory of her hus
band, who was for years a
member of the Georgia bar.
Dean Lockhart is past presi
dent of the Association of
American Law Schools and a
member of the Council of the
American Law Institute. He is
co-author of “The American
Constitution,” a leading case
book on constitutional law and
is the author of many law re
view articles with emphasis on
state taxation of interstate
commerce and regulation of
obacenity and pornography.
The lecturer has been on the
law faculty at the University of
Minnesota since 1946 and was
on the law faculty at Stanford
University for eight years prior
to that
Harvard University awarded
him the Doctor of the Science
of Jurisprudence, Bachelor of
Laws and Master of Arte de
grees. He was graduated from
Drake Unlverrity with tbs
Bachelor of Arte degree.
faculty advisor. The exemption
shall also apply to his sopho
more year. Participants in the
program may at their option be
graded on a Pass-No Credit
basis in all courses taken during
the freshman and sophomore
years.
Grading shall be on a Paas-
No Credit basis. Students who
do not complete the full throe
quarters may receive credit for
as many quarters as they com
plete. But if they do not com
plete the sequence they are no
longer considered part of the
EFP and their further study
will be governed by the general
education requirements.
The participating staff will
be selected from among those
faculty who express an enthusi
astic desire to participate. Par
ticipants will number eight or
ten, dependent on the number
of students, per quarter. Some
will be available for more than
one quarter while others will
confine their participation to a
single quarter thus insuring
both continuity and diversity.
Total number of different fa
culty participants for the year
might then be as high as
twenty.
A combination of in
structional approaches will be
employed, including use of
large lectures, films, and strong
emphasis on small discussion
groups. Participating faculty
members will have the re
sponsibility of discussion
leader while lectures and other
large sessions will be divided a-
mong them and other faculty
who do not otherwise partici
pate (as was done in the cur
rent experimental English
Program).
The program shall be admin
istered by the Dean, who will
appoint a director for the pro
gram. The director shall then
plan the structure and content
of the program with the parti
cipating faculty along the
guidelines of this report. Much
of the initial planning will be
done during the summer so
that the topics may be given
continuity and materials may
be procured. The broad topics
proposed for coverage during
the first year include “Think
ing about thinking,” “The In
dividual and the System”,
“Power”, “Persuasion” and
“The Problem of Order In So
ciety.”
The program shall be set up
initially to run for two years.
unless unforeseen difficulties a-
rise that force its termination
after the first year. In the sec
ond year (In the Winter of
1972) a full evaluation report
will be represented to the fa
culty which shall then decide
whether to continue the EFP
and, if so, in what farm.
During the faculty meeting
the EFP was placed on the
door for discussion. Dr Ed
Johnston, Christianity Depart
ment, made a motion to re
ceive the EFP as information
and that It be sent to a new
faculty committee for further
work. The motion was de
feated.
Dr. Platt, History Depart
ment, mads a motion to amend
the EFP in the following man
ner: that all students should
have the same grading system
and that the experimental pro
gum should be an alternative
for two social studies and one
humanities course within the
general education require
ments.
Objections were raised that
the propam is experimental in
nature and should not be intar-
mla#ed with the gtMsai edu
cation curriculum. Adopting
Dr. Platt’s proposal would ob
scure the merit and/or failure
of Pass-No Credit grading and
the covering of major topic
areas over a period of three
quarters. The motion was de
feated by an approximate 26
vote mari^n.
Dr. McManus’ original pro
posal that the EFP be accepted
was voted upon by secret bal
lot and was passed 42 to 37.
The meeting was then ad
journed.
As a result the Experimental
Freshman Program will be ini
tiated on Mercer’s campus next
fall for a number of Incoming
freshmen. As a result of their
experience sophomore and
concentration programs will
necessarily need to be re
vamped as the incoming fresh
men rise to their sophomore
year. The Freshman Tnak
Force hopes to extsnd the pro
gram beyond the freshman
year in the future. They plan
additional petitions and pro
posals pertaining to the re
cently approved grading sys
tem, requirement of Graduate
Record Exams, graduation re
quirements and other topics
which have yet to be updated.
Disclosure of topics will be
made at a later date.
Van Cura reveals
new plans for choir
The Mercer Choir, having re
cently given stunning per
formances of Brahm’s Gorman
Requiem, is planning ambitious
new activities for the future.
Next year’s big performance
wHI be a winter quarter pro
duction of the beautiful Faure
Requiem. Also to be per
formed next year la the Schu
bert Mess in G. Christmas will
be Interesting and unusual,
with the use of ancient Spanish
carols. Mr. John Van Cura,
choir director, dearly intends
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to keep the choir going as a
performing group.
On May 12 the choir will
perform at the Grand Opera
House for the International
Rad Cross. Recently they sang
the Brahms Requiem for the
Macon Federated Woman’e
Club. They wiU also ring for
Honors Day and revaral more
chapel services.
Mr. Van Cun believes that
choir is an educational ax-
parlance. The repertoire Is in
tended to provide exposure to
good music both for the choir
and its audience. But to prove
that the choir la aot empty in
terested In eeoterica, there wtt
be a secular program pre
formed in conjunction with the
Schubert Mass in G.
The choir Is open to all
members at the Mercer com-
muaity. Anyone who would
tike to join ie Invited to audl-
tton, and to rims in the en
riching experience at
withe poup.