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Letters To
Dear Editor,
After having rep** Harley
Bower's column in the Sunday
Macon paper, and having
attended the Teddy Bears’
game in Porter Gym on
Monday, we have come to a
conclusion or two.
Monday night’s game with
was a thriller and a half. The
Teddy Bears really gave their
all tuft their fine effort was
greatly appreciated. The spirit
and enthusiasm generated by
the crowd certainly had to be a
help. Even though most folks
w'mt away disappointed, they
had to agree that they enjoyed
the game. Peggy Collins has
done quite a job, and on top of
that, teaches classes. Mercer is
certainly getting ita money’s
worth from that lady.
The trouble is, with her male
counterpart, Mercer is not
getting what it ought to. Coach
Bibb has not been a person that
the school has been able to
support with any enthusiasm,
except the negative variety.
Having been here several years,
we have yet to hear a single
good word about him.
Mr. Bowers made several
The Editor
suggestions, but v e question if
Mercer is up to plying Division
I in the NCAA. Anybody ia
kidding himself if he thinks that
this school of around 3000
students, all branches of the
University combined, can com
pete (with the outlay it puts out)
_in the same classification of
schools like San Francisco,
Wake Forest. Michigan, Ten
nessee, UCLA, etc.
Our suggestion is that Mercer
drop out of Division 1, take on
schools more like itself, and
play their home games in Porter
Gym. It's a shame that we do
not have a better facility than
that on campus, but when your
emphasis is on building Medial
Schools and the like, omething
has to suffer.
Thank you for your time.
Signed,
Concerned Students
Continued from page 2
MERGER’S
machine, for Macon's Riverside
Drive provides everything from
hamburgers to «pizza to ice
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which some would find difficult.
For those who desire solo-
cream. If you are an underprivi
leged individual and are forced
to survive without a car, Ken's
Pizza delivers anywhere. Macon
and Mercer both provide
excellent conditions for the
disease to thrive. Mercer
students allow the disease to
gain control of the mind and
body.
Is there a cure for Mercer
Disease? Well, the cure ’de
pends on the individual and the
severity of the disease. Some
students are not as greatly
affectjd as others. These are
the people who eat two desserts
at each meal and never gain an
ounce. But there is a group who
cannot eat this much and retain
their healthy glow and small
size. As a result, crash dieting
and fasting are incorporated
into the victim’s lifestyle and
are seldom successful. Health
food fads are also a solution,
one that is sometimes more
fattening than healthy. Exer
cise, that hushed word that
brings to mind tremendous
stress and strain, would per
haps he the most logical and
beneficial form of combat.
These solutions to conquer
Mercer. Disease all depend on
the individual and require a
certain degree of self-discipline,
tions that require no mental or
physical anguish, there are
some other ways to battle this
overwhelming epidemic. For
example, one way is to
eliminate all snack machines
from the entire campus. This
action would cause'the students
to journey for the fattening food
they wish to consume. That
would do nothing to deter the
eater* and even lefca for the
energy crisis/The predominate
source of Mercer Disease lies in
the Mercer cafeteria system
Since most students on
some form of budget, the
cafeteria is a logical place to
assume one would eat. The
meal ticket is included in the
student’s tuition and is required
of all campus students. Mercer
.Disease could be more effec
tively defeated if the food
provided was improved upon.
Starchy food could be either a
result of a lack of money or the
way in which the money
designated for the purchase of
food is handled. Perhaps if the
budget is reviewed and food is
bought and .cooked more effici
ently, Mercer Disease would
have less chance to survive. The
cafeteria is, therefore, a prime
promoter of the disease.
If the disease persists, it may
be that the students thrive upon
the disease as much as it does
upon the students. Few people
would suspect such a disease to
be lurking among the crevices
of a college campus, but when
those extra pounds appear
suddenly one day, the presence
of the disease becomes a
reality. So when the signals say
"hunger," students beware!
The disease has once again
found another suspect willing to
be converted into a 200 pound
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