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MERCER CLUSTER
"The-Pecexuvr of the Seventies"
Volume HI Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, May 3, 1971 No. 19
Food, housing group meets,
three subcommittees picked
A native of Nigeria spoke last Thursday night as a part of Black
Week activities (Photo by John Lowery).
Owensby, Kelly,
Copelan elected
The special committee to
study food and housing
requirements met April 20 to
organize and consider general
matters.
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The committee was organized
into three subcommittees and a
steering committee. Dean
Hendricks. Pam Chappell.
Julian Gordy, Dupont Cheney.
Dr. Mary Wilder. Dr. Haywood
and T. Alton Davis form the
steering committee. Hendricks
is Chairman and Pam Chappell
is secretary .
The housing subcommittee is
The new SGA held its first
regular meeting Monday, April
26. President Julian Gordy told
the group, "we have a new
senate. We’ve inherited the old
problems and we will face many
new ones. We are going to try
for solutions.”
The Senate approved the
establishment of a committee to
study the possibility of having
student representatives on the
Hiring and Tenure Committee.
The committee, which is
headed by Frank Abbott, will
study the problem extensively
and make its recommendations
to the senate at a later date.
David Wilks, Chief Justice of
the Hooor Council, proposed to
establish an appellate board of
the honor council. President
■Harris, who has formerly
received any appeals, will still
hold final power as president of
the University, but the board of
appeals will handle appeals
chaired by Dupont Cheney. Its
members are George Leske, -
Pam Chappell, T. Alton Davis.
Leland Bell and Paul Cable.
Julian Gordy is chairman of
the food subcommittee which is
composed of Mahan Murray,
Dr. Haywood, Dean Trimble,
and Dr. Julian Gholson.
The chairman of the sub
committee on financial aid is
Dr. Mary Wilder. George
Henderson. John Lowery, Gail
Gardner, and Bill Palmer serve
on the subcommittee. At the
committee's first meeting
Julian Gordy generally sum-
directly from the honor council.
The proposed board will be
composed of the Dean of the
College of Liberal Arts, a
faculty member, and the
president of the SGA.
A constitutional amendment
is needed for the establishment
of this board and since under the
present constitution a proposed
amendment must be presented
to the senate at least one week
before it is voted on, the vote
was postponed until the next
regular meeting.
President Gordy encouraged
the senators to attend the
Waverly conference which will
be held .
Waverly, the annual meeting
of student leader with
representatives of faculty,
administration, and staff, is-
held off campus to discuss
policies and matters of mutual
concern.
marized many of the student’s
complaints and Dr. Haywood
discussed the fiscal situation.
The food subcommittee met
April 27 with Mr. Krakow. At
this meeting it was pointed out
the cafeteria is responsible for
retiring 60 percent of the bonded
indebtedness of the Connell
Student Center building. This is
a -pro-rated figure, the
Bookstore and Snack Bar
sharing the remain 40 percent.
Because nonresident students
are not required to buy meal
tickets they contribute
relatively little to the cost of the
Student Center although they
make much use of it. It was
suggested that some method
whereby all students pay for the
Student Center. Divorcing food
costs from mortgage payments
could provide the Cafeteria with
approximately $30,000 with
which to improve food and
facilities, '•> l
The food subcommittee was
informed that. students
presently pay approximately
$2.00 a day for food. It was
pointed out, however, that the
cafeteria cleared $2,000 last
year. Julian Gordy, chairman,
mentioned that.the present food
service is "cheap and con
venient but-we must work on
quality". Julian said, "We are
trying to find a way to improve
the situation".
Mercer University will hold a
course on Drug Abuse as part of
its non-credit offering jn
summer school. *
Dr. Paul E. Cable, director of
the summer school, said anyone
in the community can register
for the course. Clubs,
organizations, law enforcement
personnel and individuals are
urged to participate. (
The course will be taught
every Thursday night from
June 17 to August 19 by Dr.
Oliver M. Littlejohn, dean of
Mercer's Southern School of
Pharmacy in Atlanta. Classes
will be held in room 203 of the
Knight Hall of Humanities on the
Mercer campus.
The Southern School of
Pharmacy has been recognized
for the excellency of its drug
abuse education program
During I»70 faculty and
students .of the school par
ticipated in more than 500
The Georgia District of Circle
K International held its 12th
annual convention April 23, 24,
and 25. The Mercer club was
host for the convention.
Steve Agee and Jim Owensby
served as host chairman and
convention chairman.
Owensby was elected District
Governor and another Mer-
cerian, John Copelan was
programs on drug abuse. The
school began its drug abuse
program in 1967 and since then
has reached 100,000 persons,
most of them in Georgia, with
information.
The course to be taugfil
during summer school will have
four objectives, according to
Dr. Cable. It will remove
superstition about drugs, aid in
minimi ring drug abuse, convey
a sense erf respect for the
dangers of drugs and upgrade
the utilization of drugs by the
public. ,
A fee of $30 will be charged for
(he course. Registration will be
held June 17 at 7 p.m. in Room
203 of the 'Knight Hall of
Humanities. Individuals or
organizations can register by
mail. Contact Dr. Paul E.
Cable, director of the summer
school, Mercer University,
Macon, Georgia.
chosen Lieutenant governor
The sweetheart of the Mercer
Circle K Club, Pat Kelly, was
made sweetheart of the Georgia
District.
The highlight of the con
vention was a speech Saturday
night by Senator Herman
Talmadge. The Senator in
dicated his concern about young
people and their problems and
expressed an optimistic at
titude. He said he had faith in
today's youth and strongly felt
it was justified.
In the General Awards
program April 25 Mercer's
Circle K Club' placed fourth out
of 34 Georgia clubs.
Jim Owensby, newly elected
District Governor, said Mer
cer’s prominence in Circle i K
can put it "in a position to /be
recognised for its good points
This can bring the campus
together "
Retiring secretary Frank
Rozier said, "As a result of this
convention Mercer had gained a
respectable / position in
Georgia.”
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Q-Wbalever happened la the Mercer UnivenUjr Radio
Station?
A-The proposed student Radio Station has .had considerable
development through a special committee. From the original
idea of a carrief^irrent (Closed circuit AM) system with
Macon advertisers, the concept had advanced to a FCC
regulated education FM station Approval for the project has
come from the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, the
Publications Board and the Vice-President for development
Currently we have the FCC construction and licensing petitions.
Tom Lowe, one of the committee members with professional
radio experience, has placed us in contact with an engineer from
WMAZ and the general manager of the Georgia State FM
station. The major concern impeeching installation is operating
fund-education radio cannot have advertising. Until some viable
means of assuring $7,000 - yearly is crystalized in the Student
Radio Station will continue to broadcast only in the wind.
Gordy presides at
first SGA meeting
Mercer to offer
drug abuse class