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MERCER CLUSTER
"The Pacesetter of the Seventies"
Volume III
Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, April 26, 1971
No. 18
Bill Cragg «iid BiU Dodson, rtpranting Morcor affirmative. placed
first in their division with > 7-1 record at the national conference of
DSR-TKA at Indiana Stale University April 7-1*.
Harris supports
students aims *
“The sole point of a college is
lodged in what it does for
students.” Mercer President
Rufus Harris said in his report
to the turstees April 15. ‘That is
the whole purpose,”he went on.
and freedom is required, with a
qualification or so. to try almost
anything.”
The <-President in his report
obserbed that students have
been the catalyst behind if not
the architects of considerable
social change in America. He
appeared to appreciate Very
much the “new life per
spectives’’ which American
youth have aroused.
“They have not won the
blessings of the guardians of
established ideas and modes,”
he said,” yet on a deeply moral
basis they have challenged their
elders and peers alike to
sommit themselves to national
Phones in dorms
being considered
The Star Electric Company of
Macon has made a feasability
study to determine the coat of
preparing Mercer's dormitories
for installation of telephones
The study was made ih
cooperation with university and
Southern Bell officials. It was
estimated that the cost would be
in excess of 58,000.
T. Scott Avary, business
manager of the university, said
this figure was much higher
than had been expected.
Now that the informatior is
in, the decision about private
telephones in dormitory rooms
will have to be made, con
sidering alternatives, priorities,
and student opinion.
At a special meeting Wed
nesday night the Senate passed
University “take all action
necessary for the prompt in
stallation of such telephone
equipment.” S
Because there were no funds
budgeted for telephone wiring,
the decision will be made ac
cording to Avary “at the vice
presidential or presidential
level”.
. Avary said. ”1 was com
missioned by Mr. Haywood to
investigate up to a certain point
to find out what the telephone
company needs and what it will
cost.” Dr. Haywood now has the
information. He will talk with
the students and give them a
thorough bearing Avary said.
“I don’t expect it to be a
unilateral decision
The counselors for men and
unanimous • resolution * women ^ have j*en asked^ to
representative of the student " u " " r
body commending that the
' assemble student opinion. The
Cragg, Dodson
best in nation
Mercer debaters Bill Cragg
and BiU Dodson were ranked as
the best affirmative team in the
nation in the four-man division
at the National conference of
SDR-TKA held AprU 7-10 at
Indiana State University in
Terre Haute Indiana.
Despite the 7-1 affirmative
record, Mercer's 9-7 overall did
not place them among the top
four teams in this the, last
tournament that they will
participate in this year.
The University of Tennessee
took first place in the tour
nament posting 9 6-2 record for
the affirmative andean 8-0
record for the negative.
Mercer's affirmative case,
which was written by Cragg and
Dodson at the SDR-TKA
workshop at the University of
Nebraska last summer, has
been defeated only 5 times in
over 50 rounds of debate this
year.
The Mercer team, ac
companied by Mrs. Gerre
Price, also included Ed Heath
and Robert Surrency who
debuted the negative case.
The question for the year
was: Rosolved: that the federal
government should institute a
compulsory system of wage and
price controls
While at the tournament, BiU
Dodson and Robert Surrency
were initiated into DSR-TKA
the national honorary forensic
fraternity. Mercer students
Lynn Davis and Barbara
Russell will initiated later this
quarter bringing to 5 the
number of Mercer people in
DSR-TKA.
The affirmative team debated
against Manchester, Alma,
Texas Tech, St. Johns,
Massachusetts, Capital,
Whichita, and Bridgewater,
losing only to Texas Tech.
The Mercer debate team in
the past year participated in the
finals at the University of North
Carolina and won awards for
for excellence in debate at FSU,
Gulf Coast, and Valdosta State.
Inside Ouster
• Alumni P- 4
Coffee Houses 'P.4
Editorials P. 8-7
Eulogy P 5
Freaky . p 7
Newsbriefs P. 2
SGA P 12
Sports P.8-10
Trustees P-2
Gordy, Walters, and Gandy
to fill SGA positions
Approximately 700 students
turned our to elect candidates to
fUl 38 offices in the annual
spring election held April 15.
In the run off election held
April Mover 300students voted
Rin offs were held, for student
union representatives, faculty
representatives, senior
senators, and iunior senators,
sophomore senators
According to Julian Gordy,
newly elected SGA president
and former senator at large, the
election committee expected
the smaU turnout of voters He
said that all the contests were
dose, except for the election of
Joe Cook as editor of the
Dulcimer.
Newly elected officers of the
SGA are Julian Gordy,
president; Bruce Gandy, vice-
president, Doris Walters,
secretary-treasurer. Editors for
the coming year are Tyler
Hammett the Cluster; John
Lowry the Cauldron; and Joe
Cook, the Dulcimer. Freshman
advisor is Tom Gordy.
Students elected as senior
senators ai“e Earl Carswell .•
Wayne Gullatt. Dennis Rainer,
and Tim Spencer As the senior
senator with the most votes.
David Hibbert is the new
president of the senior class
The president of the junior
dass is Truett Ashley and other
junior senators are Maj Far-
mand, Lynn Harris, Nancy
Loveday, and Guice Price.
Sophomore senators are
Marilyn Allgood, president,
Brian Carney, Kay Cole, Karen
Hayes, and Rose White.
Senators at large are Betsy
Jones. Bob
Jackson, Rick Palma. Cathy
McNabb and George Tucker.
Student Union represen
tatives are Galen Jones, Nancy
Loveday. Robert McAllister,
Robert Mike, Guice Price, and
George Tucker.
BUI Crooks, David Hibbert,
Bob Jackson, and Cathy Mc
Nabb were elected as faculty
representatives. Rocky Wade
and Doris Walters were elected
to the Wonderful Wednesday
committee.
Julian Goaty. Doris Wallers, and Bruce Gandy were elected to the
offices of President. Vice President, and Secretary-Treasurer of
SGA in the recent elections.