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German satirist delivers first in lecture series
Staff Writer
Thirty years ago, Wolfgang
Ebert, a noted German satirist, first
set foot in the United States. He ar
rived in New York to somewhat of
a disappointment—there were not
enough skyscrapers and they
weren’t big enough. Coming from
ooe of the war tom nations of
Europe, he. like many of his .coun
trymen, had ideals of America that
were not consistent with the reality.
Giving the first of the College of
Liberal Arts new Lectures in the
Humanities. Ebert began his com
ments on the theme “How 1 see
Israel and Young
to speak Tuesday
George M. Israel'III. former
Mayor of Macon, and Andrew
Jackson Young. Jr.. Mayor of
Atlanta, will speak in the “How 1
See America’* senes on Tuesday.
Nov. I, at 7:30 p.m. in Willingham
auditonum.
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Andrew Young. Jr.
Israel served one term on the
Macon City Cotuicil before being
elected Mayor in 1979. a post he
held for two four-year terms. He is
a former president of the U.S. Con
ference of Republican Mayors and
the Georgia Municipal Association.
He was state chairman for the
Reagan-Bush campaign and is now
the co-chairman of the Eighth
District George Bush for President
Campaign. Since leaving the
Mayor's office in 1987. he has
been in private business.
Young, serving his second term
as Mayor of Atlanta, was U.S.
Ambassador to the United Nations
and a Cabinet member during the
administration of President Jimmy
Carter. Pnor to that time, he serv
ed in Congress as the first Jblack
congressman elected from Georgia
in the twentieth century. During the
1960’s, he was active in the civil
rights move mentis a top aide tp
Dr. .Martin Luther King Jr. He Is
a graduate of Howard University
and Hartford Theological
Seminary.
The lecture! Second in the scries
at Mercer, is supported by the Na
tional Endowment for the Humani
ties. The public is invited to attend
without charge.
America” by showing that after
World War U. the United Stales
was seen as a land of dreams. After
30 years and numerous travels
thoughout the states. Ebert con
siders himself very close to this
once idealized nation.
As time passed following the
war. Ebert explained, the European
view of America became “tarnish
ed.” With the advent of McCar-
thism. the Cold War and Vietnam,
the world began to see the internal
and external turmdil of the new
a Superpower...
Though Ebert does
not approve of the
catch word “Anti-
Americanism.” he
does feel there is
room for un-
American
Ebert criticisms.
Concerning current events in
Europe involving the U.S., Ebert
says of the I.N.F. treaty, the
“sooner they (the ' missiles)
disappear—as well as their Soviet
counterparts—the better for
German-American relations.”
The remainder of Ebert's speech
dealt with his life as a satirist. He
has written well over 3000 columns
in his career, writing the first one
when he was 30. As to why he
began satirizing at that age. Ebert
said. “You are an optimist, or you
are not young.”
^‘Satirists on the whole.*’ he
sai<L.“arc very modest people. “ It
is the satirist's job to make ironic
commentary on social conditions,
human defects and society. The
satirist is very much the “lone
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Joyce Balcos
Kathy Kuhlman
Christy Bass
Gretchen Landers
Phoebe Chance
Kellie Landon
Suzanne Clark
Julie Mitchell
Vikki Denmark
Gena Newberry
Traci Dennard
Karen Paga
Nicole Echols
Andi Pollard.
Betsy Emmett
Jessica Reagin
Diane Trank
Chris Richardson
Lauren Hall
Katie Rubanowice
Becky Hawkins
Carolee Schlosser
Christa Heath
Cassandra Sullivan
Michelle* Henry
Corinna Sury
Kelly Hug
Kate Walton
Tracy Young
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wolf to Ebert, living on the out
side of politics and society. For
Ebert, the satirist must “always be
on the side of the powerless against
those in power.” He adds that the
satirist wants to at least change the
mind of his readers. When the
papers print distortions of the world
around us. and when the politicians
try to “throw sand in our eyes,”
the satirist and the cartoonist are
there to bring the discrepancies in
to the open.
Of the future of his art. Ebert is
somewhat despondent, "since the
superpowers are getting along so
well. /America bashing has lost its
appeal.” The liberal Ebert says that
he and his colleagues will dearly
miss President Reagan. There is
also a problem. Ebert says, in that
it is hard to find things to satirize.
So much of life is ironic and funny
thal4lje headlines have become a
great rival to the satirist. When ask
ed what was the easiest thing to
satirize about the U.S.. Ebert
responded, “the truth.”
As for preparation for anyone
planning to be a satirist, Ebert says
that there arc no classes for it.
‘‘even^sin the U.S. where some
think you can learn anything "
Ebert did hope, however, that he
would influence someone in the au
dience into becoming a satirist.
“Thai person’s first column could
be a satire on a German satirist
coming to a college, trying to ex
plain his job to an American au
diencc.”
Chemistry scholarship winner
By MICHELLE RENTS AND
DIANNE LAUBERT
SUIT Writers
Sophomore Mary Murray is the
recently announced recipient of the
Robert B. McCarty Chemistry
Scholarship. Murray will be given
$2000 a year for the next three
year? to use as she wishes towards
her education.
“I’m elated! It’s a big respon
sible to be worthy of it and stay
worthy of it. It’s great to know that
the entire department is behind
me."
Murray was among four students
interested in the scholarship. The
recipient was chosen by (he (acui
ty with Robert Hargrove serving as
chairman.
According to Charles Atwood.
chemistry professor, all students
made a special effort for the
scholarship. .*
“It was clear that she would get
the award," Atwood stated.
Robert McCarty was a 1925
graduate from Mercer. He went on
to work for the Gulf Oil Company
The scholarship was established in
1979 from $25,000 left in McCar
ty’s will.
In the past, other scholarship
recipients have been Junior Bradley
Waters and Sophomore Ken Lewis.
Both received the scholarship as
freshman.
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Requirements for the scholarship
is that a student must have a B
average and plan to receive a*
bachelor's degree in chemistry
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