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Volume III THE MERCER CLUSTER "The Pacesetter of the Seventies" Mercer University, Macon Georgia. January 19. 1970 No. 10 Anderson attacks Federal spending by Chock Jackson Damaged law building reconstruction begins by Tyler Hammett Brabham, “BigE” all tourney Scott, Smith pace Bears to Invitational trophy Jack Anderson, noted national newspaper columnist, whose articles are read by 45 million people all over the world, told Mercer students last Tuesday, that the United States has spent $45 billion to solve the problems of a small jungle nation on the other side of the globe while neglecting the growing social disasters at home. Anderson, who inherited the Washington Merry Go-round from the late Drew Pearson, said “we could have gone a long way with the $82 billion poured down the drain in Viet Nam toward solving the problems at home. “The $82hijlion has been used to put down guerilla war on the other side of the world,” he exclaimed, “while a guerilla war has erupted in our own cities.” We have succeeded in making the streets of Saigon safe to walk at night, he said, but have neglected the safety of the cities. A person can not walk the streets of Washington and expect to remain alive, he illustrated. Many of the problems, he pointed out. go back to World Inside duster Denend- page 3 Karate- page 4 Sports- page 6 Dayton- page 10 War II. The public became obsessed with the security of the nation and when the menace of Russia was seen looming up in the east we beg^n massive military spending programs for sophisticated weaponry so the young would not have to face the rigors of another ground war. We massed the weapons at The Walter F. George School of Law continued to pick up the pieces last week in the wake of the fire which did $75,000 damage in the Ryals Law Building December 4. Workmen from the R.H. Smallings Sons Construction Company began the massive rebuilding job Thursday, January 7, and the building is expected to be in use by the beginning of spring quarter. Foreman Hanson Smith said the building was dried In with framing, plywood decking, and felt paper immediately after the fire to preserve it while plans for the rebuilding were drawn up. Book losses were not as high as originally thought. Mrs. Leah Chanin, Librarian for the Lang dale Law Library, said that 10,000 volumes of old books stored on the third floor at the time of the fire were destroyed. Volunteers guided by Dupont Cheney, Editor of the Mercer Law Review, probed the burned area to save a substantial - number of back issues of the the front door of the nation and left the back ' unattended, he noted. As a result, Anderson pointed out. we have military missions in 68 countries of the treaties of intervention In foreign nations which make empire the greatest in the Coat, oa Page lz Law Review which were also on the third floor. Dr. Sam Beatty, Dean qf the Law school, was optimistic. "The fire,” he said, “has given us a chance to evaluate the role of the law school and the university in quality legal S tion. It has given us a a tic opportunity to ite ourselves and to look Coat, on page g The Fourth annual Mercer Invitiational Tournament drew nation-wide attention last week as No. 1 small college, Ken tucky State and honorable mention Georgia Southern met head-on in the lead-off game. Southern took that game, but when the smohe had cleared. by Tom Robin too the hosting Mercer Bears, walked away with all the honors, to even their record for the year at 4-4. The Tournament started off with a proverbial bang as the Thouroughbreds of Kentucky State, led by center Elmore Smith, all 7 feet plus of him. and 6-7TravirGrant, whohada 70.1 field goal shooting percentage coming into the Tournament, going against last years MIT winners, the Georgia Southern Eagles. The Thouroughbreds were obviously too over-, confident, and the Eagles took advantage of the emotional edge to defeat State. 63-59. To give an indication as to how bad things were for Ken tucky State, the usually dependable Mr. Grant was 9-18 for field goals, including missing his first three shots from the floor. And the Thouroughbreds two fine guards, Jerome Blister and Jerry Stafford, who had been averaging 15.2 and 8.1 points a game, respectively, could only put eight points on the board between them. But the game was not an entire Kentucky State give away. Georgia Southern played a tremendous game all the way, managing to stay within reach of the Thouroughbreds until they saw their chance to strike. At the start of the game, however, the 2300 people at the Macon Coliseum expected to see a run-a way. The Eagles won the opening tip, and im mediately went Into a freeze. A three-second violation turned the ball over to the Thouroughbreds, however, and KSU forward William Graham tipped in an errant Grant shot for a 2-0 with 17:28 to go in the tulf. Georgia Southern came right down down the court to tie it on a 20-footer by Mike Stokes. After a quick exchange of baskets, the Thouroughbreds went off to a 10-5 lead with 14:53 on a layup by Graham. But the Eagles undaunted by KSU's superior height, nme right back to come with In a point, 17-16, on an 8-footer by center Charlie Gibbons, at 8:15. The Thouroughbreds kept their lead, however, and in creased it some before the half was over, at which time the score stood 32-25, which was their biggest lead of the half. Grant was finally finding the range, and Smith was so far at U*t, having no problems clearing the boards. The second half began just as the first one left off; Smith put ' Coot, so page • * lotted nker I. (Photo by Tyler Hammett)