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Number 1 MMU I K 1 MWK>in MUON. UFORGIA. <>ti » with a seiics oi cntounier Ktiium termed "The College Decision" and designed to make the transition to college liCc easier. Itrshrocn met with their ad- vikon to begin mapping out a college career. Orietmtion c o n t i n tied th'<iughout the week Some -150 Ireshmen arrived at Mercer (or the Tint time on Sept 20 lor a weeks orien tation prior to the start of classes n the 25th. Greet Illy the (reshmen vras a stall ol about 150 orienta tion assistants. under the di rection ol Paul Howell, fresh man advisor. w hose job it was to help the new students make an eas> transition from their regular life into the college Dr. Smith Killed In Auto Accident A good helping of South OH hospitality was on hand lor the new arrivals as the orientation assistants did ev erything f-assiblc to settle the frehmen in their dorms and get them acquainted with the lint rigots of college life, dor mitory Using The new students hailed (ram all parts of the nation and all seemed equally im pressed with the helpfulness of the orientation assistants and the general friendliness of all Metcenans Mr. Charlie Smith of West Virginia, whose daughter San dy is attending Mercer this year, said Mercer ready im- pacased him when they stop ped by ooce before and Se certainly saw evidence of warm Southern hospitality. * “li t a feeling I can't ex plain it." exclaimed Mary rroaie. about coming to Mer cer. Mary and her roommate Debbie Got wait are both oom West Palm Beach and knew each other in high school, Finally settled alter Sa aaurning m moving in 00 s ■Sri* lirsy day. the new stu dents ■cr feted to lunch in the IfcraT cafeteria wderr they began to get to know Dr. Inez Runyan Smith. 60. associate professor of edu ction was killed September 15. in an automobile acci dent near Bessemer. Ala. Her utter also died in the crash. A second car rammed into the rear of Dr. Smith's vehi cle at a high rate of speed, according to/ the Alabama State Patrol. The five occu pant* of the second car fled the scene, including the driv er. • between quarters. She was awarded the doc tor of education degree from Auburn University in 1958. she received her M.A and B.A. degrees from «he Univer sity of Alabama. By Tyler Hammett nd another bust, he found However, alter apprrnu- himvlf with the option of 12 maiely 28 days, he came to mote years in the Trenton the realization that it w» Penitentiary or two yean in boring to lay in a 'imating Svnjnon. a rehabilitation cen- bed all day and applied to tec m California He decided a job ... as Assistant three - to go west tor of Daytime, a drug reha To hit surprise, instead of bilitation center there, psychiatrists and college stu- To ouke a long story short, dents doing research papers. Jid not get the job. but he found there a number of finallv decided that it waa his fellow “research asso- to'rehabilitate himself i utes" who had already cum- than to wash down latrines, pleted the course Finding Later he did get the job of travesty among veterans vir- Actant Director and even tually impossible, he actually rua Uy moved to Rhode bland found it convenient to rform ^ lo tetahlish Maratlion House, himself . at '.*ast to a err- * a clinic of his own. tain extent. But after a year Marathon House has been or to the demands on his per- in existence S yean and af- wmality Itecame so great that ter surviving problems with he decided to jump out the dissatisfied neighbors, and. an window (because it was more unfriendly state medical so- dramatic than walking out the ciety. has hreome the leading door) and tqake his way back center of its kind m the to Massachusetts. country. r kx-drug addict James Get- niano. speaking in the fir of the Insight' lectures series lau Tuesday, told a rather large audience that he wav opposed to the legalization of marijuana on r el i g i o u s grounds. According to Germane, currently die director ol one of the nation's best rehabili tation centers foe dru| ad- diets, to legalise marijuana would not solve any problems and it would be ars example of typical American avoid ance of the real issues. Asked why he did not prrv •ently use drugs, he said be could ooiy give his personal reasons, citing the threat of jail and the lack of a qeed to escape from real life or to he accepted by certain friends. In other comments. Ger ms no said that the worst way to use drugs is pills He also said that in his opinion, her- ji i is one of the easier hab its to kick because most of tire bags of heroin available to the average “junkie" con tain .only 5 percent heroin. For the greater part of the hour allotted for chapel tweak. Gertnano told of his 9 1-2 years of drug addiction. Embarking on his “researtlU- proyeti" at the age of 15, be suited with pot and moved to heroin and a host of other Funeral services Smith were held IT in Guntersvllle. She is survived by two sunt. James Augustus Smith of Guntenvilk and Gary smith of Memphis. Tenn. and a daughter. Mrs. James Pinkerton of Blythsville. Ark. Dr. Smith had been living at her home in Guntersvillc. Ala during the summer break Phelps Leaves For Dallas Post While lbiu parents wexe introduced so the University officers at a general assembly in Willingham Chapel, the Dr Ralph; Phelps. vice departure of Dr Pliclpo to pert idem l«>r • levriopinrnt ji Dallas Hr will be i line ad- \lcrter , dim*i there. He has ctubUeftF • icsigned his posilmn diet rd a superior reputation Tor use August I. 1970 to become administrative ability *nd^ executive vue president *1 certainly Mercer will miss Dallas Baptist College in Tex him. "In the nine moatht that However. a» Phelps has been at Mer- reliable souice. during Dr tcr ^ ^ mstituted Roe Phelps one year stay at Mer- |am ^ uroedurta that err. he produced ven limited WJ „ lheir H fett- Ht h* visual lajMUl m his role as J<cn c,w«ially effective in cfos sice jwesiilmt lor develop n , win national aod public re- n * cnl - / latiom. and we hope his paai- He wa. instrumental in ev |wc « <oro pluhmen*s in this tJtilisliing a publication board m W {1| ^ be k* li provide lot more effective student publications v "The Uwvtrity wishes rrmny l>r Pheija. ir* ' him well f/» W» rtf'* (Xiaittol Ignaiiun. Dr. Rufus C. Flax and expresses Ipnriristioci for rw wid I deeply regret the his w*k while he waa here. In order to “asse** tMe val or" of America's rehabilita tion (enters, be “allowed himv if to be arretted M •es and in the course of his “research'' visited.27 institu tions Most of the arrests were for petty theft, burglary, armed robberv. and other as pect! of his fund raising cam paign io raise money for “re- mazth." After one particularly long tom at Trenton State Prison Ji years, ten months) follow- (son may do so anytime be fore October 8th. in the CAL'LDRJN office. ALL stu dents mute have their por traits taken tha vou Flo