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MERCER CLUSTER
MAY 21,1976
Mercer
Spends
$31,936
On
Mania. Electric performed the Resigned Or Fires?
almost 832.OOOta*. ■■ "
thnost 132.000 task.
■ According to Mr. Mullins of
lb* Macon band firm, aarh of
the two towers is rnmpnstil of
1,000 wa
producing 08,000 burtons of
T inUtc •P’® 0 * Each rtrueturo bas By Stoss Canary kncwb for hia position on spot, but could not because of
J-la£ ft IrJ an iatarnal alactric motor for In ana of tha mom contro- univrrxity taauoo and recently tbs immunity Wavorly Con-
lowering tbs lamp ssctibn. to raray ridden issues of tbe year, promoted university treasurer, femes were supposed to have
’ ^HUMe replacement of burned ai-Academk Counselor to 9tu- could not recall" with pin-point. Thus, they speculate. Harris
001 bulb# - towmr% 806 !>•▼*•• woo unem- •ccuncy jo* what D«vmm interpreted D«vW
*** *'"**'- 5f T ~ ntl T!r fi “ t T M * n: *' ,h “ q "~ Ux>ed •* *• ^ST^mrignmh.^," in order
meal Bgldpoiee totilinmmme ground concrete. Charles Bur- Urn varsity following tbe myste- Chats.- as to whether Davies to get rid of him. Aterwa-ds
fenced m ama-behind the ^ Croft-Mullins coordi- rioua termination of hia position ever Utar..Uy said he "quit" or . to President Harris
1 women adocmijoty. noted the project wiht unhrer- hem. "resigned". Dr. Loo Becker. Dean Ed .Bacon and Presidential
m Kotmrl shy vice-president for bneinaee The compenaetion dispute however, who e.vs also present. Assistant Joe Hendricks coo-
,, ' ~ °“ D * William Haywood. was settled at a recent mate said he never heard anything raced him to keeo Davies on
the contractor or mate tbe com labor department hearing, from Davies that hv (Becker) at Mercer on*
of tbe project, aaid tbe lights Tha tights ware requested though tbe exact arcnmstances could construe to be a raeig- T^er.
were needed for additional from tbe comptroller s office of hia leaving am atiil clouded. ...ire. Harris has stated however
, \ He * dd * <i under university purchase order According to President Rufus While sources differ «s to that if be "had
The conduct of university number 06167. On August 28. Harris, ha and than university what took piece m the coo- Devise” be would not
hnemtes is private" sod woe no Manor mcnivod mi i>voice from comptroller Robert Skebtm both foraacn. Devfoa reportedly told have permitted hhn to "may on
lofthqChsmer the contmctor for materials, heard Darias resign his earlier Dr. Harris that he bed "done ell another year” after the eDedg-
ned from e labor, end servicing required position so director of men's he could" to improve fc~—<-g ed resignation.'
that Croft- for the lights housing in funs of 1974 m the conditions end could "do Davies has since moved to
n . “ooal Wavoriy Conference nothing more". Faculty and Atlanta. His duties as academic
Baptist threaten Funding, y*. *. w v*-. GmtU - ~ b °**™**‘">*K~~jme Nt >««ed
1 o Hama than decided to retain m angered Heme that be by Carolyn Stowart, counselor
By Reas Powell beverages" and an 8-rated ta , th * IOTl 7 created wanted to fire Davies on the to women,
movie rarest Portion of scndemir counselor
movie, Cereal Knowledge, the to students for one rear as "a
The Georgia Baptist Conran- university showed. w charitable Christian eel. until he
turn Tuesday threatened to cut A resolution was also adopted could find employment else-
of! Mtrnr financial support requesting the censoring of the where "
within two years unless the CLUSTER. Davies however, denies be
unirereity pieces wronger am- J. E. Wood of Rock Hill ever rengned. He added that be
phaais on a Christian atmoa- Baptim Church in Houston understood his more to coun-
phere on campus. County presented a resolution seling to be merely a transfer
The Baptists, meeting in calling for Mercer's funding to with no specific termination
Columbus, voted 570 to 488 to he withdrawn, but the reeolu- date.
inform Mercer trustees not to tioo was killed . ■
Mr. Robert Skakon, king
Davis Wins Benefits
Following Dismisal
The
S-
\
Coop Sit-in Averted
8600.000 in funds- from tha
cnoreotfoa's 1977 budget..
A two-year study on Mercer,
which anil reportedly call for the
A proposed student sit-in to detrimental to the idea of the
pretest the Co-op Being cfoee<t Mercer family," said Honk,
on Saturdays was averted In a letter to Dean of Students
Baptirt recently when the edminietra- ED Bacon, Hook said that
1 also approved don agreed to keep it open. without tha Coop as a general
Student Government Aeeocia- gathering pi—— on weekends.
Mock of the furor, the tion President David Hoak said Mercer would become a suit- _
Bsptirts dean, was coused by the SGA had nothing to do with caso college and participation in look place over the fast three it. These were Him a „» ,k_
issues of the CLUSTER that the rumoured sit-in. achool^tim rwxdddm^. qJT Own, *‘T— wvrs ju* . f». of the
"advertisements end "Ido think that rinsing the Mercer would bk forgotten on
dame which promote alcoholic Co-op on Saturday would be weekends.!
"Teak, I gotcha" ex-Mayer Rennie Thnrepaoa seams to be saying
as Meyer-elect Beck Meften leeks on at the benefit concert being
given recently by Mereer Alumni Phil Walden. Phete by PareeBo
The Way We Were: 1975-76
At tbe school year draws to Shah said "No" when Mercer
an end. The Chrrter looks beck asked for dough. The faculty
on some of tha news events that said tha administration Usd to
■ and wenta that mads 1978-76 a year
went. Administrators resigned 1° remember,
without even realising 8. Tha
Faculty Members In Uproar Over $400,000 Surplus
Faculty
uproar thia
lover that
ByRuaalWal medical school, causing at least Mercer had an "excess of funds moot. sndlmfc.tr
there profnsnore to declare that over expenditure'• amounting According to ore facuMv M *** ^ W7 ' bu ‘
in "wu hare bore bad to.” to about 8400 000 nhsrnsi the freufciiir. 2?" “*7 •« not to bo found.
1_ VV. ooocrvur, the faajtbihty study The ehoraabouu of lha do™.
*7 diacontant cams at a But last May. at a specially ou tha medical — ... . “• aoc °-
reveuiad 8400.000 surplus in faculty meeting Tuesday end. called faculty —e-q Hay- sureral rears ago bv ^ * nd “*>*»«*. ore
- ST?? Medical*Amodatio«r, Ultand Arts CoO^ Dran
'Poore unuao m tnetr oppoattHn. railed for deaagtaaaaM- cut- the Deans of Martiral r-.n Garland T T..I " I ..
.. “is ~ ~. isss'tE sx. r . is.-sjs
■hiMira nf ■ nmiBfit - » n _ . >, 'PP ,: » , ' 8 y mata ruuit for tatim. b*ve slated Lhat lh«ry inland lo
Jrzrr js
Faculty Wants More Voice In University Policy
• 1*0 c# “- morin availabla. tbe Executive one report
time, is rtiU Committee was informed that un ,
Harris' re- he. (President Harris) would ***** *® “P 4 *”
4 "taka lha maltar under advise- *- >k ~* • U **B^ 6100.000
old the mans" Previously both Dr. m v ** w <* th. racuntly
repyof Haywood aad tbs Daaa of tbs announced - 8400 000
report presently Mndfoal .School ttmed that there Haywood refund to
*“ k thr “ fenaahaity reports any further informatit.
. . M refer- tbe fiscal sudk of last -re.
hajng sacs. As of this lima. Efo/ conpieted and released
■apart of the Harris last
School sod tbs Liberal mutes as of
Com* Arte
«nt e The
iarris Harris was approved by the Haywood
ha Liberal Arts Faculty
hi at