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MERCER CLUSTER
APRIL 12. 1971
INSIDE FRONT
Harrison delivers lecture series
on man and environment here
The wor’.J is in the greatest
danger, not of running out of
food, but out of space."
ecologist James 0. Harrison
said. Monday night in the
second of seven lectures on man
and his environment.
"In the presence of an
abundant food supply, members
of the animal kingdom, if they
become too crowded, begin to
undergo all kinds of problems.
Space jeems to be the mo6t
serious problem of all.” Dr.
Harrison said.
The series, called "Man.
Survival or Extinction?". which
is being presented on successive
Monday nights at I p.m in the
lecture hall of the Willet Science
Center, is sponsored by Mercer
for the benefit of the com
munity.
Mercer President Rufus
Harris, in announcing the series
said. 1 The environment is. and
has been a dynamic thing,
always changing. Man has
survived these changes to the
present but has never before
produced them at such a pace
on a world'wide scale."
Harrison, a member of the
Mercer biology department,
cited the snow shoe hare as an
example of what could happen
to a world that became over-
populated.
The hare population reaches
a peak every 10 years and then
drastically drops off. A
scientist, J.J. Christian, found
that the hares died from a lack
of sugar in their blood. Harrison
said.
The lack of sugar was the
result, he said, of an over
population of hares to the extent
that they got on each others
. nerves. Their adrenalin glands
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by Jatian
A committee to study food
and dorm life, student
representation in faculty
meetings and Mr. Logan’s
. proposed development plan
have been key topics in the last
two meetings of the SGA
Senate.
The committee appointed by
Dr. Harris is to have ultimate
influence in matters concerning
food and dorm living.
Students will also be sitting on
faculty meetings for the first
time, now that the faculty has '
approved a proposal to put
students on faculty committees,
and in faculty meetings
Higher salaries for faculty
members have been given top
priority in Mr. Logans new
Mercer Development Program.
President Rufus Harris has
appointed students to the
committee "To study the
matter of food and bousing
requirements for students"
SGA President Ernie Robinson
reported at the March 29 .
meeting of the Senate This
committee which is to look into
alternatives to the current
required meal ticket and
mandatory dorm living is
composed of IS representatives
from the faculty. ad-
t body
1 by
Harris to the committee are
Pam Cbappei, Julian Gordy.
George Leake,
and Marxian Murray
A great deal of
fallowed the announcement of
this committee. Many of the
Senators felt that the faculty,
administration-student ratio
began to secrete more under
stress and less sugar was
released into the blood stream.
Harrison also described the
seven-year life cycle of lemings
vhich. when they become so
dense that they get on one
another's nerves, march away
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Willet Science Center. (Photo by Tyler Hammett)
Walden, Watson appointed
to Walter F. George faculty
Mercer University President
Rufus C. Harris announced
today the appointment of two
professors to the faculty of the
Walter F George School of
Law.
Dr. Jefrold L. Walden,
professor of law at the New
Mexico School of Law, was
,SGA discusses
faculty, committees
Gordy
After further deliberation, a
resolution was pas*ecl to be sent
to Dy Harris: resolved: That
there be equal numbers of
students and aministrators. and
that these numbers reflect more
fully the classes. '
In other action. President
Robinson pointed out that the
Senate could appoint students to
the faculty deliberations for the
remainder of this year if they
desired. Students appointed
now would attend only one
meeting (April). However,
since the April meeting of the
faculty is the time when
curriculum is discussed, the
Senate decided to proceed with
its appointments Those ap
pointed to serve in the faculty
meetings are Anne Longman.
Frank Abbott. Cecil Williams,
and Dale Wicks tram
At the April S meeting. Mr
Harold S. Logan outlined his
new development program The
program. which bus been
named An Investment in
Human Resources, in‘ends to
raise $37 5 million within a five
year period. The money will go
to almost all areas c* the
university with top priority
going to improved faculty
News Briefs
Dr. Snare
John L. Snare, assistant professor of economics at Mercer
University, will be awarded the Doctor of Philosophy degree by Duke
University in June.
The -subject of his dissertation is "An Economic Analysis of the
Veteran’s Education Program Below the College Level 1945-55.
Snare, who has been on leave from Mercer this year to study at
Duke, received the Bachelor of Science and Master of Science
degrees from the University of Georgia. He did further graduate
work at the University of Minnesota and Duke.
Before coming to Mercer in 1968, Snare taught at Auburn, the
University of Georgia Extension Center at Gainesville u»e
University of Chattanooga
named visiting distinguished
professor'of law and J. Shand
Watson of the University of
Illinois Law School was named
assistant professor of law.
Dr. Walden has an out
standing career as practicing
attorney and as teacher Before
being appointed to the law
school faculty at the University
of New Mexico in 1969. he was
dean and professor of law at the
University of North Dakota for
four years. He also taught at
Emory University for three
years and at the Uiversity of
Alabama for one year:
Watson before coming to
Mercei. vas an administrative
teaching assistant at the
University of Illinois Law
School and was a member ol the
Committee on Graduate Study.
He was awarded the Bachelor of
Laws degree with honors by the
University of Edinburgh in 1969
and the Master of Laws by the
University of Illinois this year.
Chanin
Coaches trophy appointed
The Senate than received a
report from Rocky Wade
concerning the possibilities of
Mercer students participating
in the Atlanta Urban Corps.
Wade said that the program
which was started and is ad-
by.c
The Rifle Team Coach's trophy was presented recently to Barrie
Wilkie, a senior from Pompano Beach. Florida.
The Coach's Trophy is presented annually to a rifle team member
whom the rifle team coach has selected as the most enthusiasm
and dedication towards the team in addition to being an outstanding
marksman dining the school year.
High Scorers
The winners of the male and female high *w-ore shooting trophies are
Ken Williams and Connie Jones
Ken am! Connie outshot all competitors in a timed, three stage rifle ,
match conducted in the ROTC Rifle Range
The match wa» the culmination of the Physical Education's riflery
rla«« conducted during the winter quarter. Williams fired 226 out of a
possible 300 and Jones fired 239. '
Burroughs Coming
The Burroughs Wellcome Company (pharmaceuticals) will in
terview seniors for jobs Tuesday. April 20 in the lobby of the Connell
Student Center. Interested students may sign up for interviews in the
placement office, in the Ahnnrni House, or talk with the represen
tatives anytime during the d*y.
Mrs. Leah F.Chanin assistant
professor of law and law
librarian at Mercer Univer
sity's Walter F. George school of
Law, has been named chairman
of a team which will make an
inspection visit of the
University of Virginia Law
School March 21-23.
Dean Samuel A. Beatty of the
Mercer law school said that
Mrs. Chanin s selection as
chairman of the inspection
team is indicative of the high
esteem with which she is held-m
Vthe legal profession. “The
Mercer law school is proud of
this honor which has come to
Mrs. Chanin,” he said.
Dean Beatty krill be a
member of an accreditation
committee of tlie Southern
Association of Colleges which
will visit Stetson University
Mar 28-31 to examine the
Stetson law school located at St.
Petersburg, Fla.