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State Senator Hamilton
seeks to help education
Dr. Bert Hamilton says be
wants to “help private colleges
like Mercer get some state aid
so they can stay open", and he
is in a position to do it. The
Mercer education professor is a
Georgia state senator
representing Jones County and
part of Liibb County.
"Ultra liberal
college professor at
Mercer."
Hamilton, who served on the
Macon city council l or seven
yean, emphasized in his
senatorial campaign the value
of education and his own in
volvement with education.
Although more than half of the
state budget is' spent on
education, Dr. Hamilton is the
only professional educator in
the senate.
One of the main ac
complishment* Dr. Hamilton
looks to during his years as a
city council member was ob
taining an experienced
professional manager for the
Coliseum. He was also
responsible for upgrading the
Animal Control Commission.
Dr. Hamilton attributed much
of his support to local educators
that he got to Imow through his
work in the education depart
ment at Mercer. His position
oere was not necessarily an
advantage however. At one
ooint Dr. Hamilton’s opponent
-eferred to him as an “ultra
iberal college professor at
Mercer University whose ideas
righten me.”
He is on a “semi-leave -of
absence” with no classes but is
continuing his administrative
duties as chairman of the
Education department.
Dr. Hamilton hopes for a r-
ewarding year in the senate but
he said that all a new man in the
senate can do at first is to learn
the procedure and his coilegues
Some of the proposals which Dr.
Hamilton favors are im
provement of public schools,
increase teacher’s salaries,
establishment of a state wide
kindergarten, and hiring of
special education and reading
teachers.
To finance these expanded
services. Dr. Hamilton favors
the two cent cigarette tax in
crease. He had been “actively
supporting Carter for two
years,” but he expressed
“cautious disagreement” with
the governor on the two cent per
gallon gasoline tax increase.”
"Young
people
today are
more
Important
than
ever."
He explained that be was in
favor of the improved urban
highway system which would
result from the tax increase, but
be feels that the increase will
put a burden on lower income
groups. Instead, he thinks any
tax increases should be placed
on luxury item.
Dr. Hamilton supports the
new constitution and hopes for
its passage this term. He feels
however that the proposed
government reorganization is
“just as vital or more vital than
th constitution.'’
Dr. Hamilton serves on the
senate education committee as
well as health and weif ire
county and urban affeiia, and
scientific research committees.
He was also assigned to the
drug abuse sub-committee and
the urban development sub
committee.
In his campaign Dr. Hamilton
emphasi7ed the importance of
youth and his involvement with
them. He says, “Young people
today are important than
ever , and we need to listen to
thkn.”
PROJECT
Coot, from page l
handled differently in each
area.
Students at Mercer are trying
to promote the project
throughout the state by con
tacting other southern colleges.
Eventually a region network
will exist with Mercer as the
state coordinating base
regional bases at other un
designated areajS. Samuel
stated “It is very important that
information flow between the
various regions.
Marquart gets grant
for chemical research
Dr . John R. Marquart of the Chemistry Department of Mercer
University has been awarded a National Foundation research
grant of 0000 far the continuation of research that be performed
at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago during the summer
of 1970.
Dr..Marquart and his research students will be building a
device called a chemical shock tube for the study of very fast
and high temperature chemical reactions such as the com
bustion of rocket fuels and the formation of air pollutants by
The formation of air polluting products in the internal com
bustion engine is one of the first problems to be studied.
A chemical shock tube is rasentlilly a pulsed wind tunnel
through which a shock wave is passed. The shock wave travels
at many times the*speed of sound and initially heats the gases in
the tube to controlled temperatures of thousands of tent of
thousands of degrees. Tbe high temperatures produced cause
chemical reactions to begin.
In the new design of shock tube that Dr. Marquart a group will
construct, an expansion wave will follow the initial shock wave
causing gases to be cooled down after a few microecoods
(millionths of a second). The cooling “freezes’’ tbe reaction,
bringing it ta tbe point where all reaction stops.
By analysis of the products produced (fairing tbe brief period of
beating. Dr. Marguart hopes to reMhre the mechanism by which
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\ News Briefs
Kit Carson
Mercer University President Rufus C. Harris has appointed J.
Fred (Kit) Carson as Director of Wills and Bequest Program
The appointment is effective Feb. 1 when Carson retires as
vice president of the First National Bank and Trust Company of
Macon.
Carson will have the responsibility of visiting and solicitation
for Mercer in all forma of dererred giving including wills and
bequests. His office is a new one created under the Vice
President for Development, Harold S. Logan.
President Harris said of the appointment, "Mr. Carson s
hears of banking experience and his excellent standing in the
Macon community admirable fit him for this new position. He
always has been a loyal supporter of Mercer endeavors and we
look forward to working with him In a full-time capacity .”
Mr Logan said, 'The inclusion of Mercer in all forms of
deferred giving is an important part of our fund raising needs
We feel that Mr. Carso- is the man to intitiate this program ”
Tom E. Greene Jr., president of the bank praised Carson for
his 39 years of 'Taithful and conscientious” service.
Carson’s banking experience began when he was a student at
Mercer. At that time the bank's resources were >8 million.
Today they are 9119 million.
The new director of deferred giving has been a loyal Mercer
alumnus since his graduation. He has served as treasurer of the
national lumni Association for years and is a member of the
Executive Committee of the association. He is a past president
of Mercer alumni in Macon and a past president of the Alpha
Tau Omega Alumni Association of Mercer.
Shell Grant
President Rufus C. Harris of Mercer University announced
today the receipt of a $1,500 grant from the Shell Companies
Foundation.
The grant was made un^er the Shell Assists program and
represents the 11th annual xward made to Mercer by the
foundation.
Three grants of $500 were provided by this year’s amount. One
to be used in a manner designated by tbe president of the
university. Another provides for faculty development and the
third for additional professional development of faculty
members.
Walter M. Upchurch Jr., senior vice president of the Shell
Companies Foundation, said Shell Assists grants recognize the
national challenge to increase the support of higher education.
Dr. P urse
Dr. Clare T. Furse of tbe Chemistry Department of Mercer
University has been awarded* a National Science Foundation
research grant of $2,000 for the continuation of research that he
performed at Oregon State University during the summer of 1970.
Dr. Furse and his research students will be using electrochemical
methods to study the behavior of copper ions and nickel ions in
aqueous solutions containing varying amounts of pyropbosphone
acid.
The electroplating of a metal ion into another metal is used in auch
process as silver plating dinner ware. The simultaneous elec
troplating of two metal ions onto a third metal, a technique that Dr
Purse is working on, would be highly useful.
Monel alloys (mixtures of copper and nickel) are very strong and
have good wear properties. A Monel coating on at cast iron bearing
would give that bearing exceptional wear properties.
Some work suggesting tbe codesposition of copper and nickel is
possible Irom solutions containing pyropbosphoric acid has already
been done and Dr. Furse's group hopes to learn more about thais
possibility
Col. Denend
Colonel William L. Denend, Professor of Military Science at
' Mercer Univeriity announced at the weekly Leadership Laboratory,
several promotions within the Mercer ROTC Cadet Battalion Cadet
Lieutenant Colonel Frank Jordan Jr., of Talbot ton. was promoted to
his {resent rank. Other promotions includes Jesse A. Johnson of
Augusta. Stuart A. Mervis of Miami Beach. Fla.; Charles H. Weston
of Talbotton, all to the rank of Cadet Captain.
Presentation of the distinctive black berets to members of the
Mercer Marauders, Mercer's ROTC Counterinsurgency Unit, was
made to Ismail Akman, Columbus; Albert Bryan of Key Biacayne.
Fla.; Mark Reed of Charlotte,.N.C.; James Stowell of Camp
Lejuime, N.C.; and John Wiseman of Adel.
The Blue Tab Award which la awarded to tbe top 2S percent of the
Freshman ROTC class was presented to die following: Ismail Ak
man, Columbus, Gt.; Robert Atwood, Hermitage. Tenn.; Bobby
Battles. Fortum, Ga. ; Thomas Hunter. Mathews, N.C.; Arthur
Johnson, Macon. Ga. . Michael Johnson,Columbus, Ge.; and Watson
Meeks, Albany, Ge.