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VOLUME 60, NUMBER 18
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GA.
FEBRUARY 16. 1979
Mayor Proclaims
HomecomingWeek
auction maxes u oincuu. |i-rj irocy ward, Mayor Melton. Frank David son.
^Private Enterprise Week
Commences Next Monday
by Dan Goodman
The Mercer School of Busi
ness and Economica, in coope
ration with The Georgia Foun
dation of Independent Colleges,
ia sponsoring the first annual
Private Enterprise Week from
Feb.^19 through Feb. 23.
The activities for the week
include businessmen teaching
in courses of the business
• school, an address for Middle
Georgia businessmen, and a
panel discussion open, to stu
dents and the public.
The address to the Middle
Georgia businessmen will be
given by Dr. David R. Kamer-
sehen. Dr. Kamersehen is the
Head of Economics at the
University of Georgia. He is
also a scholar of Mircoecono-
mics. In addition, Dr. Kamer
sehen has published four books
and has written over 100
articles.
The open panel discussion
will be held in The Connell
Student Center (room 314) on
Feb. 22 starting at 2 p.m. The
members on the panc^ will be:
Mr. William P. Simmons,
President of The First National
Bank and Trust of Macon; Mr.
Charles H. Jones, Property
Developer in Middle Georgia,
Russell Barber, holder of an
MBA from Stanford and a CPA
license in Georgia; Ronald Hill,
Mercer Student; and medeator
Dr. Charles Andrews, Dean of
The School of Business and
Economics. Some topics to be
discussed include: “ Profits-aa
Dialogue Explains Tuition
by Dawn Toojes
On Wednesday the seventh,
the question of what one
expects for his $4660 was
discussed amongst students,
faculty and administration. Ev
eryone in attendance received a
pie chart showing where the
university money comes from
and where it goes.
Panel members included
Charlotte Albritton, Dean Shroe-
der, Mr. Robert Skelton, Mary
Wilder, Tim Minors, I^ean
Trimble. Norbert Walker and D.
R. Jones. Each panelist was
allowed three minutes to say
what he (she) felt one should
get for his >4600.
Opening remarks from panel
members were wide-ranged.
Tim Minors commented that
students come second to the
interests of the faculty and staff
members. He asked for a
change in attitude hoping that
the students could be put first
for a change.
Mary Wilder said that for
$4500 a student should go out of
this school as “an elite
caretaker". Main issues con
cerning Charlotte Albritton
were .lack of parking, library
inefficiencies, unheated dormi
tories, and alternatives to
cafeteria meal plana. While
several panelists stated . that
they do not speak for a certain
group. Tom Trimble said, "I do
speak for the Dean's Office."
He further commented, "Edu-
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by Tom Bishop
Mayor Buck Melton, Wednes
day, proclaimed this week
Mercer Univorsity Homecoming
Week amidst massive prepara
tions for the first homecoming
| parade tomorrow at 1:00.
A long week of festivities is
t capped off tonight by the facility
f talent show at 8:00 in Willing
t uam Auditorium.
[ So far, 17 entries have been
- made in the parade line-up by
Mercer student groups. Cars
and/or floats will represent
various fraternities, sororities,
service groups, and the ROTC
department.
Macon’s 1927 fire engine
along with entires from other
Macon civic groups round out
an Incentive and Reward",
"The Role of Inovation and
Entrepreneurship", and "High
Living Standards and Political
Freedoms Under a Private-
Ownership Market."
The purpose of Private
Enterprise Week, according to
the Dean of The School of
Business and Economics, Dr.
Charles Andrews, is to bring to
the attention of the student and
the community the functions
and benefits of the private-own
ership market.
It ia hoped that the Mercer
community and the Macon
community will take advantage
to learn what a private-owner-
ship market is and to learn how
it works in our economy.
Rosy A
the parade highlighting the first
and second runners-up in the
Miss iercer Contest. This
year’s parade theme comes
from the “Wiz" production in
the form of the song title: ’Just
get on Down the Road'.
Central city park serves as
the starting point when the
parade leads out at 1:00.
Game time for the Teddy
Bears is 6 o'clock when they
tip-off against Valdosta Slate.
Mercer’s Bears take on South
ern Mississippi at eight. Both
games are in the Coliseum.
■immediately following the
game, "AMIDA" will play for
the dance in the Monument
Room of the Coliseum. The
dance is semi-formal.
Week
by Stardra Prothro
Mercer's Circle K Club had a
week which kept : .ta member
ship quite busy.
Under the chairmanship of
Miriam Castillow and Sue
Watson, members go to the
Bowling Green Old Age Home
to entertain, talk to the
residents or write letters.
On Tuesday, February 6.
President Fred Schiff accepted
a program from the Macon City
Council, signed by Mayor
Melton, proclaiming Circle K
Week. February 4-10 in Macon.
February 6 and 6 Fred gave
speeches at the West Macon
Kiwanis Club, and Mercer s
sponsoring Kiwanis Club, the
Downtown Macon Kiwanis Club.
He spoke about the role of
Circle K members at Mercer
and Circle K Chiba across the
country.
Many members of the Mercer
community will have had a very
happy Valentine's day thanks to
the Circle K Rose Sale which
was a huge success. Chairman
-Jacque Hallek was pleased to
announce that 296 roses were
sold.
With the help of the Athletic
Department Circle K is starting
a badly needed physicil educa
tion program at the Joseph B.
Riley Elementary School. This
will be an ongoing project for
the club which started Feb. 14.
All people interested, in
joining Circle K should attend
their meetings every Wednes
day at 6:15 p.m. in room 336 of
the Connell Student Canter.
cation ia a process, net a
commodity."
Several suggestive comments
were given during the dialogue
by members, including students
and faculty. HowevefT&> much
dismay, there were far fewer
students at the second dialogue
than at the first one concerning
the Greeks. One wonders if
perhaps students aren’t more
interested in their social college
life than in the $4500 worth of
education they are paying for.-
Some issued were - perhaps
never brought up because
students were overwhelmed by
the clout of some of those in
attendance. Yet overall, it was
stressed that students can
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Circle K president Fred/Schiff accepts proclamation of Circle K