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Volume LIV
Mercer University, Macon Georgia
October 13, 1972
No. 3
The Grease
Comes Back
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Hamilton Seeks
Senatorial Post
Dr. Bert Hamiltoo, Chairman
of the Department of Education
and a Georgia State Senator, is
seeking re-election to bis post as
Senator of the 26th District. 11m
26th District is comprised of
Twiggs County and the Eastern
half of Bibb County.
In seeking re-election Senator
Hamilton said: “I feel that there
is a distinct advantage for
Mercer in having one of its
faculty members in the Georgia
Senate; because this gives
Mercer and other colleges and
schools a voice in the General
Assembly, a body which largely
detomines the destiny of our
Georgia schools and colleges."
Senator Hamiltoo has served
one two-year term. In his first
term, be voted for the law which
made 18 the age of majority. A
co-eponsm* of the law providing
grants to private college
students, be also steered through
the Legislature a bill ixoviding
assistance in fighting the dread
disease, sickle-cell anemia. He
was instrumental in securing, on
an indenfinite loan basis, 2S
famous portraits from the ^te
of Georgia. These portraits,
mostly of noted jurists, including
some Mercer graduates, are
hanging in the Walter George
Law School.
In commenting on his race.
Senator Hamilton sUted that,
with all bis Mercer duties, be does
not have much time for cam­
paigning. "My wife and some
other people
doing most of
my cami^ghing for me", he
said.
"I certainly hope that the
Mercer student body, the staff,
and the facultywill support me",
commented Hamilton.
The General Election is
November 7.
Dean Davies
1 Discusses Duties
Sen. Bert Hamfltew
INDEX
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Page 4 i
iReviewsgSports-
Page 6,7|
Freshmen Hold Senate Elections
The largest freshman
in
the hisUxy of Mercer University
will elect its student body
rspreseotaUves this week.
Nineteen eager freshmen are
competing in the SGA Senate
race. The five elected SenaUxs
will attend all SGA meetings on
Monday evenings and serve on
committees with other Senators.
The Student Unioo Activities'
Board nee^ one Fteshmair to
help plan concerts, dances.
by Pat Barron
movies, insight Lectures and the
like. Only three candidates are
competing in this race.
Also included in the Freshmen
elections Is the office of Faculty
Observer. The official elected for
this job last sfring, did not return
to Mercer. Ihe position ^ open to
upperclassmen only.
Qualifications for Freshmen
Elections were held in the SGA
of^ on Iharsday; October B A
one dollar qualif:^ fee and a
by George Howell
On Tuesday. October 17.
Mercer students will have the
The fifties are returning, in
opportunity to take a nostolgic Vince’s eyes, mainly throu^ the
st^ backwards into the fifties. music of today. "I think that the
The audience will "hop" to the music of the fifties was like the
sounds of ^nce Vance and the neo-classical poets such as Pope
Valiants, a group representing and Dryden. U was structured
the G<4den Age of Rock and Roll, and or^ed and had straight
singing reminiscent songs from forward Ijrlci."
The VaUants’ show consists of
the "Glory that was Grease".
Vince’s group took shape in thirteen performers, the band
Sq>t«nber 1971 and made their consisting of a lead guitarist,
first appearance at "Your bass guitarist, pianist, drummer,
Fathers Mustache" on Bourbon and a saxaphone player.
Later in the evening, the
Sbwt. Their clientele consists
mainly of c<^ege8 in the south. Student Union Board will be
Vince feels the different groups sponsoring a dress contest,
re^nd with diverse reactions. giving an award to the "spiffiest"
"Tte young college crowd think guy or gal. The faculty will be the
it’s funny. So WOW, it was really presiding judges.
Other upcoming groups include
like ^lat. is what tb^ say. But
the older group like it, cause it’s Jackson Brown, Octobw 20 and
nice to see thin^ like they used to Jethro Tull, Octobo- 29.
five dollar bond fee were
required of each candidate. The
bond fee will be refunded
provided no violations occur.
Postos and banners sprung up
all over the campus on Monday,
October 9, the first official day of
campaigning. Flyers and per­
sonal contacts were also emI^oyed by the candidates.
After three days of politicking.
The election was held Thur­
sday, October 12.
by A. J. Carter
"I see my responsibilities as "One of the interesting things
two-fold in this new position," about working as a teaching
said filr. Robert Etevies, newly assistant be stated, was that be
appointed counselor for men. "I got to bear a lot of the problems
be working to saf^uard the of the students." Most students
interests of the students and to are afraid to talk to their
protect the interests of the professors and have a tendency
university as well."
to shy away from institutional
Dean Davies, who worked in offices. For this reason, they
the financial aid office last year would talk to the graduate
said he was surprised by his assistant a lot more readily than
appointment last spring. In they would to a faculty member
talking with this reporter be said, or administrator." Mr. Davies
"I suppose 1 was surprised for a also cited his work with the
numlMr of reasons, one, I wasn't faculty softball team and his
pursuing the job as I knew that military service as determining
my reserve duty was coming up factors in his decision to accept
which would take me off campus the job.
for about six memths and, I
"One of the interesting things
honesUy didn’t know that
job about my job." said Davies, "is
wasgoingtoopenup." "But," he that it is not limited to any S4H
said, "a lot of thin^ in my past procedure. The job does not
have prepared me for this job and require a psychologist, I will not
I don’t anticipate any big dif­ be trying to deal with abficulties."
berational behavior. There are
"I’ve always been interested in other offices on this campus set
working with young people. While up to handle these types of
I was in hi^ school in Vero problems. Ill be mainly handling
Beach, I worked at the Youth the little problems, helping out in
Center
organized a tutorial roommate situations, problems
program. During my un- of personalities."
types of
dergraduate years here at situations 111 be handling will be
Mercer. I worked as a hall the cases where the solutions to
counselor for three years, again the problenis are already apdid tutorial work and organized parent, it will simply be a matter
the tutorial program for Upward of discussing these with the inBound. I also worked as an dividual and helping him to
assistant to Mary Dietrich and choose between the options."
Joseph Beil when they were the We asked Mr Davies if be saw
directors of UB." Bob also went any changes in the present
on to explain that during his stay system of hall counselors in the
in grac'ujte school at the dormitories. "Hight now, I would
Universiiy of Western Illinois, he say that it’s impossible. The
worked as a teaching assistant students don’t want it to change,
and was a guidance counselor for Students are the most powerful
the Reach out
Program.
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I’lThspi Ire is wilh iM luday «a a reminder n( Ihnl llr.llsh lanallclam
abuul aeaual propriely Maybe he la a living aymbol of Ihe gulll we arc
diMimcd In feel becauae Auguallne and Aquinaa couldn l quite gel II
logelher aiwul Ihe mind and Ihe hidy Who la Ihia man who peeka over
our ahoulder lo aee whal booka we are rending, who alia In Ihe back
neal of our earn lo aee which movlea we are viewing? Who cornea lo
mind when one Ihinka of a maglairnie powerfulcnough lo decide whal
magaalnea Ihe public u^ll read or whal booka Ihe public may buy? The
anawer la. of courae, Macon’a Mayor Ronnie Thnmpaon
1*1 me any al Ihe oulael of Ihia arllcle leal I am well aware of Ihe
Mayor'a receni mlaforlune. and Ihe fad lhal if a man la confined
In a menial hoapllal la cerlainly no reaaon why he cannol be cured and
become a uaeful clllien
Bui Ihe mayor'a problema cannol be uaed aa an excuse foe an obaeaalnn which has made Macon Ihe objeci of more scorn and ridicule
Ilian could normally be expecicd.
The saga of Ronnie goes back a long, long way. From an Impecunloua bul proud beginning, Ihe mayor, wllh only a guitar lining
over hie back and cheat full of gospel songs. rose lo fame as a country
music singer and then aa Ihe owner of a Jewelry store. Forlunalely for
by Gregory Brown
him, hla flral mayoral race was agalnal a man who was probably the
worst mayor In Ihehlslory of Macon. If not Ihe free world.
U
the
pe<^e of the North and the
Not long oner hla election victory. Ronnie showed us whal we were
In lor. Bclure this If you will: hundreds of people ore enjoying whal In Nixon Administration succeeds
Ihe late alxilea was a revolution In movies al a local drive-ln. I believe in halting the "deliberate spe^"
II was The Vixen The audience was repreaenlallve of the er.llre gamut of intergration down here in the
President Nixon Come South
movie goes olMhe lights flash on and In comes Ihe sheriff and live lo
ten patrol cars; tighia flashing, sirens screaming. The terrified
audlMce is told lo leave and never come back and the owner la taken
Into ciwirdy . There followed a hall of criticism and conlroveray about
the Conslllulion, Bul Ronnie marched onward
The ^le Is NOW \vm
Several old men are standing around
thumbing through some books which. In all cajjdor. were not WAR
AND PEACE, The lireallon was an innocuous llltle corner somewhere
in melhi Macon. Again, without warning. Ihe shining blue knights of
virture slrlkewilhlhe sounds of Ronnie's frenetic exhortalions still
ringing in their ears The men are herdedoutside. the owners arrested
and Ihe book store hoarded up. neveragainlo reopen. Now people
began lo quietly whisper that perhaps something wasnT quite right
here. Bul Ihe minds of the children had been spared the tortures of
pornography and thus they would not grow up to become sexual offenders So Ronnie endured
Bul then, shortly aRer banning Playboy from all stores in the Macon
area, even the city which would cramp Colton Mather knew something
wswsertouslvamlss Ttie mayor. sRer a racial disturbance, got on the
police radio iwhich has a vast listening audience in Macon) AND
nREDAMAOllNKCUNONTHEAIR Needless lo say. IhU was not
whal an ilready Jittery populace needed. Now Ihere was real trouble
for Mr Thompson, but again he got a break. This lime he ran in a
"What's the diff ireoce between them" race for mayor Again,
Ronnie had .mrvived
B«lnow,«idnnallv,wemovelothesummerol'7I Wesrakeupone
CsnUaoed aa pagM
'hal ^e South has almost
ng^ only lo find itself ^ol down
al Ihe ImI moment, ta the days of
lUreonalrucUon we had a
at l^ing our»lvea around, and
m>»m have done It, bad the
Northerners not slopped their
rriea lor racIM justice and the
presidents following Lincoln not
abandoned the cause. Then, as
now. we were not Just taking
giant steps in Ihe South, we were
taking giant steps in rapid succession. We were leaving the
North behind. Men had often
thought it. and it was true: Once
the South took hold of the
movement of civil righU.it would
far surpass Ihe test of the nation
in iU acceptance of Blacks as
brothers and sisters,
One of ibe great tragedies of
the Nixon AAniaiatralion is being
played out right here in the South.
Btaaing U an evil imposed upon
US (Tom social planners in
Letters To The Editors
It A BWal Ml Ar
Contrary to pomter belief, a
Maod bath win not be tlie rcMlt of
(Tom South VMimm.
Sevens fonns of aMer
hft
not only Souni Wtaam. but ttie
IMedSUtea.
Ulh leek loSMihNTemamand
wbirtiraM lenity hi«pcn . There
may be a blood bath, but dicre
may not be one. Rh reo^ly a
qmattonable point Howm. a
maBMCKOfbmecentsitthelcwit
efMrwommJ
serioas
Blom of
OMkedSU
Me Sourti VlHMm euck ye«r.
Money not only (Tom direct
AmmM mi m«tary aid. but
■HM*r (Tem
tapnediate
uffMkawa) of tiMri^nancial
■qppMdm legs from
the SosOi Vtccmaiione
Once Mis Is dene a second diaMr
Mks place.
Tbe country falls to the
OmmhMMs. Tiny gate one of tte
bcM t^eptene and com
mULiatinua in Ama. (be bfw;
netnorhof bighvayain S£. Asia,
m'«r aoo baqpitab-'hdly equipted. and many other material
goods aU of nliai were built and
paid (or by
We loae and
they gain.
TVrrtii^ to ^
we can
aee hapfiy aoUbers letmniag
home. Happy until they're
home
unemployed. Wauae the job
Job
onempioyed,
wercrowded by
market is mwrerowded
rrtumingG.U.Biwy***^
M *he Mar is wmth
became ^ addRsonal
dollars have«
Not only wa die
G U be without jobs, but ub«
the defense pMs shut dm;
iMr eniploym won't be aMe M
find wort Mbcr. Why Mnt down
defeme plants* There won't be a
war.se why make bemibs!?
rm not advocatb^ Halting (or
«%or, but a tsday peilaui is a
btike to bas^’ of a move <«nd a
liltleridicMeus). Oidy a
but
steady widMrawal wffl work.
Reoleci dw Prssidnt. MS
need him MOW MOI« THAN
E\TO!
Demewr Oainma Beam
BdKors.
’ The streeU of OTT country are
in tvrmoil. Ihe wi.«rsit»es are
fiUed with students rebelling and
riatii«. CkniraimisU are scekiiig
to dmtr^' our country... The
republic is in danger (Tom within
and witfaogl. We need law and
ordororwecuonoisurvive"
Thank God (or men like Ronnie
Thempa«..m>d Hitler!
I^rry MitebeB
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Due to a prw—«
with my podiatrhk. Iwssunahle to
be at the ckipel to speak with
Dcm TTimble and sign Uw boner
cede this merTong . Is sigiimg the
boner code crucial to my
academic career? I would hate
ID ddsk that 1 aa the only
Mercerias around who doemT
subscribe to the Baptist Oode of
dssiry and VTrtne.
Snoei^. BackGsaane
I wsedd lihe te reatarute that an
edheriab are welcome as long as
are into Box ms by k:W
pn TmaOv e T
Washington, we are told. It is
wrong to make a child go to a sc­
hool ten miles down the road
when there is a school in his
nei^borhood. The awful thought
of a child riding a bus for an hour
the nation behind with most of the
schools up North segreUted the
distinction between dc Jure and
de facto segregation was
questioned. The implication of
this fact is great, since it meant
that the North vrould have to deal
hour and a hall at night is shot with its poor Blacks, who are
like an arrow into our hearts by oppressed and segregated, in the
„( ipj, adminisirallon same way that the South had
we know the facts, though. At been instructed to deal with its
least some o(,us do. No one was segregated Blacks. Not even
<;rying out aganist a child riding a Senator Javils of New York
hus for ninety minutes when he seriously believes that those folks
being bussed past Ihe live in the shanties of Harlem
„e,rejt Black school to the White because they ‘^vant to." Harlem
jjpixjl twenty miles down the didn’t just "happen" lhal way.
road. Mothers weren’t pitying the There are written laws as well as
children who got up at six'in the unvmlten laws, both enfcxrced.
morning to make it lo the "good" What would happen to Nixon if
neighborhood. As a matter of fact the North had to integrate as the
in counties around Savannah, South was forced to? Southern
Columbus and Atlanta we bus Senators began calling for ’ ‘equal
less than we used to. We bussed treatment" and dese^egation of
................
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miles to .......
achieve
Northern schools. Key cases in
s„gr*gation than we bus now to California were being con­
thieve integration, aearly then, sidered. The Northerners
bussing is not the issue. Blacks rebelled. What you once found in
and Whites going to school the South, you now find in the
together, is theKear that the North
and as far west as
Nixon administration intends to California. The retreat from
exploit in camouflaged style.
integration was on and the
We are all aware of the two President came South.
kinds of segregation that
Now we down hoe are in the
SenatcMTS and Congressmen speak awful position of seeing the hopes
of. Ihere is de jure and there is de and dreams of men like Martin
facto segregation. The former is Luther King Jr. shattered by the
the kind we have here in the very ones who purported to
South, imposed by law. and the champion his cause. Maybe the
latter is the kind n-e have in the dayiscoming soon when we men
North; segregation just hap­ and women of the South will have
pened that way. Aa the South was to go North to fTee our oppressed
making. great
strides in in- BUck
.
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Maybe the day is
totfrxtioo and leaving the rest of' «lre«dy here,
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OCTOBER 13. Itn
THE MERCER CLUSTER
PAGE 3
A View From The
Bottom
□□I
by Jim Sandpaper. Jr.
From my vantage point, high
atop Atlanta aty. Georgia, I
occasionally take the time to
survey the horizons of
Education
and
related
phenomena. A gap appeared,
located somewhere tetween
the realms of “Intensified
Atomic
Structure"
and
“aassical Acid Rock as a
Means For Social Change."
From a second vantage point,
high on Blue Ribbon. I in­
frequently overhear cocktailparty conversations from
several groups, and, before I
lapse into drunken triviality, I
recognize that general dial(^ue
is centered around very
traditional subjects.
If I w:iich carefully where I
step, i can actually stand in a
positi(»i that affords a glimpse
of both of the previous vantage
posts, and I can see a relation.
In fact, along this same line of
view, I see a n^ for un­
derstanding
between
philoeophes and physicists.
The standard-garden variety
liberal arts education which you
receive here at Mercer and 1
earn at a larger, private school
in Atlanta are sadly lacking in
the understanding of an area
that dominates our very lives.
What is this curricular
inadequacy? What strange
subject ^ dominates our very
lives, yea even more than
Hegal,
Prokoviev
and
Solzhenitzen? Why, it’s the
company that has brought into
being such diverse products as
pantyhose,
r• .
and
quadrapho' . r M-multiplex. —.wk^ure transistor radios.
It’s Science, Unlimited!
Now, no one is so depraved as
to expect discussions of DNA,
quanta, and shell structure will
creep into serious socialgath^ng-type conversations.
However, it doesn't seem totally
ridiculous to hope that even
En^ish majors might ^aps the
basic concepts of relativity, at
least General. This is not the
goal, though.
The directions of sicentific
endeavor arc
intimately
coupled to the culture in which
the endeavor occurs. Changes
in one area are reflected in the
processes or philosophy of the
other. Science, then, is not, and
r'lould not be considered to be a
.nysterious perpetual study that
goes on to ultimate goals,
regardless of their value. It is.
rather, a part of existence, not
divorced from life, but welded
to it, and as such, the
philosophies associated with
science.
and
scientists'
relationship to society, are
prime Urgels for study, and
improvement.
Yes. that word was Im­
provement. And it is happening,
though slowly. Scientists,
particularly those associated
with universities, are becoming
more and more aware of their
responsibilities to the present
culture. Society, though, has got
to realize the role it can play in
scientific development through
interdisciplinary action, nor
has it realized the pressing need
for an understanding of the
methods and direction of
scientific exploration.
Through a concerted, yea,
dedicated, effort, this gap of a
different color can be filled by a
strong structure comprised of
interplay of ideas, feedback
from "reality" as liberal arts
society sees it. and direction of
the scientific endeavor, ac­
complished by exhibition of
needs and desires. This effort is
a requirement for a world that
begs to be controlled.
nrre
|A— ZZ2ZZT
Ant Metaphysics Felt Out
As we get older, we humans
are quick to become set in our
ways. We build walls to
surround our own precious,
unshakable beliefs. Our minds
close to new ideas that we fear
will come nearer to the truth
than the beliefs that we now
hold.
Open Your Mind To The Ants.
In the beginning there was an
ant. How it came to exist is
unfathomable for the finite
human mind. In time this ant
began to reproduce. Slowly but
surely the ants began to mass
around the first ant. The ant
mass started to rotate and as
Oie speed of the rotation in­
crease a hard crust began to
build up around the swirling
ants.
Thickness came to the crust
and its turning was slowed,
explosions occuredhurling huge
hunks of the crust to all portions
of what is now known as the
universe, forming the stars and
planets.
Sufficiently reduced in size,
the sphere with the core of ants
cooie. Soon the ants tunneled
upward to the surface; upon
arrival they saw it was empty,
completely
lifeless.
The
ingenious mass of ant in­
telligence at the center of our
earth devised a plan in which
chemicals on the surface were
combined to create the first
stages in the development of the
life forms preseot on the earth
today. The first steps toward
development of man occurred
during this time from such a
chemical combination.
All life forms created by the
ants are under the dominion of
the ant intelligence mass at the
center of the earth. The ants
that we see daily are the ex­
pendible sensor ants sent to
survey life on the surface.
We are but pieces on a
chessboard; our fates are
determined by the ant's will.
One segment of the ant in­
telligence mass will “move",
the pieces on the board react. A
great civilization or an empire
Is created. The counter-move
may not come immediately but
it will come. It may take
centuries but the ant-activated
civilization will crumble and in
another part of the world a new
civilization will blossom. I cite
as an example the rise and fall
of the Roman ^Empire and the
rise
of
the
American
civilization.
Consider what has been said.
Consider that ants survive all
natural
and
man-made
disasters. Look for parallels in
Antology and your own beliefs.
Open your mind and draw your
own conciusions.
Poll Taken On Presidential Preferences
by Frank Spooner
Fall has fallen, Ixinging with
it the usual changes in our at­
mosphere, comfortable
weather, skies that overwhelm
one with beauty, and leaves
bursting into flaming reds and
yellows. This year a little more
spice has been added to fall’s
list of accompaniments; now is
the time when our elected of­
ficials participate in their
favorite ganie—Politics.
As the day of decision draws
near the gmeral public is slowly
being buried under a landslide
of campaign slogans, speeches,
posters,
buttons,
bumperstickers, and endless but
meaningless promises as our
candidates endeavor to be
elected or re-elected.
Tliis is the year of the
“biggie"; our countries number
one job is up for grabs in
November. Vying for the top
spot on America’s govern­
mental totempole are two men.
In one comer is the incumbant,
Richard Nixon. He can be
IdenUfled by the fact that he’s
pointing to a list of ac­
complishments saying, “See
what Pve done for you." In the
other comer iS the incumbered,
or rather the challenger,
George McGovern, easily
spotted in a crowd as he’s also
-n/
pointing to the Nixon list and
then to one of his own declaring,
"iiook what he has done to you;
give me a chance to undo it."
The Cluster sees its function
on campus as much more than
just reporting news. We'U not
only identify the numerous
loose-lipped candidates in the
race but well iu^)vide you. the
student, a place to voice your
opinion on these founts of empty
conversation.
With this thought in mind the
Cluster took a random survey of
Mercer students last Thursday.
The opinion of the students
asked. “Who would you like to
see elected president of the
United States?" showed an
attitude of overwhelming
conservatism as President
Nixon was favored by 68 percoit of the students. On the
same question, underdog
Gecuge McGovern received just
under 20percent of the support.
Former democratic candidate,
now crippled by a would-be
assassins bullet, Governor
George Wallace of Alabama,
received 2 percent of the vote.
Over 11 percent of the students
asked refused to express an
opinion in favor of either can­
didate.
In response to another
question, on the reason why
they supported a certain can­
didate. 60 percent of those
questioned said that Nixon was
the best man for the job while
only 6 percent thought that
McGovern was the better of the
two. The remaining 34 percent
of the opinions were divided
almost equally as being afraid
of either one or both of the
candidates. Those that feared
President Nixon had a slight
edge over those fearful of
George McGovern.
’
Student opinions on why they
liked one man over the other
were many and varied. The
following is a brief example of
what was said;
"Nixon stinks, he's too
corrupt."
'Wallace is the man for the
White House."
“George Wallace is my choice
but I guess I'll vote for Nixon."
"McGovern, too wishywashy.”
"Nixon’s a good iH^dent."
"McGovern is unrealistic and
idealUtic."
"McGovern’s an idiot and
doesn’t know what he's doing.”
"Nixon's done a good job; he
should be allowed to flnish the
programs he’s started."
"NU(m didn't keepmanyof his
promises."
"McGovern is unsure, restoring
to cheap politics, broad
statements,
limosine
liberalism."
“Nixon yes' (l) "He's
getting us out of the war."
(2) "McGovern changes
policy to please special
groups.”
"I like McGovern's stand on
the war, defense spending, and
the legalization of marijuana."
"The best reason to vote for
Nixon?"—"McGovern!”
“Nixon
Dickey’”
is
still
Tricky
’Tm for McGovern. Nixon
cares for only about 20 percent
of the United States’ people."
would have to run a pretty
straight (conservative) first
term in order to even ihiak
about a second term in 1976."
Believe it or not there is one
student on campus that feels
that. “President Nixon is more
liberal than George McGovern.
He. Niron, renewed relations
with China and Russia. Nixon
thinks of problems on a world
wide basis not just nationally as
^e democrats do. Democrats
just talk liberal. Nixon acts.
And also, he's more liberal
because he has women and
minorities involved on his staff
and in high levels of govern­
ment.”
“Nixon IS the lesser of two
evils."
'The opinion occuring most
frequently was-best expressed
by a disgusted freshman who
said. "If these two are our
countries best, then we’re in sad
shape."
One deep thinking political
analogist said "I don’t want
either one but I would rather
have McGovern than Nixon.
Nixon would develope into a
dictator. He’s got some “youth"
and some "adults" behind him
but not the majority of either.
George McGovern is such an
underdog now, that if elected be
Whether you agree or
disagree with the opinions
expressed here doesn't matter.
We don’t even care if you think
our poll “stinks." The only way
that you can make your
opinions matter and your ideas
count is by going out and voting
oa ejection day, November 6.
1972.
"Can't lake four more years
of NixiMi."
OCTOBER 13. It7t
THE MERCER CLUSTER
PAGE 4
Beginners Mind
A Note On Zen And Pat deSearcey
by Frank Abbott
"We do not want to be begin­
ners. But let us be convinc<»<t of
the fact that we will never be
anything else but beginners, all
our life!”
Thomas Merton, contemplative
Prayer
"In the beginner's mind there
are many possibilities, but in the
expert’s there are few.”
Shunryu Suzuki. Zen Mind
Beginner's Mind
beginnings, momingsquiet my face
quiet my hands
quiet my heart
the sun is rising
soun the sound of birds
soon the buses passing by
soon the noise of children
day IS starting
quiet my face
quiet my hands
quiet my heart
leave the room
stretching open-wide
walking down the street
quiet in the time of cities
quiet in the time being
P«t 4t S»rejy dbcuM. wlUi (Chntn') nportM- Fni* AbkoU ik«
plau tor hi. Kw Zen Commuiilty.
Environrtiental Problems
Also Campus Dilemma
by Martha Ham
Oft«n students will readily
speak of the environmental
problems throughout the world
and are quick to cast the blame
on OUn Mills or Georgia Pacific
Paper Cwnpany for mining our
environment. However, a close
look at the univerisities will
reveal environmental problems
^ which need immediate attention
on campuses. These problems
are created and maintained by
student!. Mercer University is no
exception.
Tbe most obvious problem on
Mercercampus is trashy
scattoed throu^ut the cam­
pus. Mondays are always a bad
day to io(A at the campus,
because the weekend has passed
and none of tbe Building and
Grounds Personnel have been on
duty to clean tbe campus. One
particular man is hired fulltime
to do nothing but pick-up trash.
His job is never ending. Ninety
other persons working under
Building and Grounds are also
responsible for tbe removal of
trash in their designated areas.
Of course tbe jcAe is on the
students when tb^ fail to dispose
' of tbe paper properly because it
is the student who pays these
workmen’s salaries to pick-up
trash.
V
^
Might of student
Die aba
abuae of tbe grotnds is obvious
after an outdoor concert. After
every outdoor fuDcUon there is an
inexcusable mesa to be cleaned
up. Of course a legetimate gripe
is tbe sbortage of trash barr^ Ml
campus. An «rganixatioo could
for their project obtain barreU to
be distributed around campus ht
this purpose. Each drum only
costa one doUar.
Another alarming problem on
Mercer’s campus ia the polsoaing
of tbe pic«em. Building and
Grounds claims ibry are not
Mornings we start the zazen for
the first time at about six-before
the sun comes up. The four of us
go into the zendo and after a
gassho to the Buddha we arrange
ourselves on our cushions. Pat
lights the incense that he uses as
a timer and rings a bell three
times. After the sound diminishes
from the third ringing, we do not
move. Meditation (zazen) begins
and lasts for half an hour. Then
the bell is rung again and we get
up doing a gassho to each other,
to our cushions, and again, to the
Buddha. We eat breakfast and
then do zazen again. When we
fmish the second sitting it Is light
outside. We clean the kitchen-get
ready to walk to campus for
classes.
Pat deSercey has been doing
zazen-a sitting form of Zen
Buddhist meditation-for about
five years. He is a member of
Phillip Kai^eau’a Zen Colter in
Rochester. New York and is
currently (besides teaching at
Mercer) making plans to start his
own Zen center (to be called
Beginner’s Mind) in the moun­
tains of North Georgia.
Pat is of an aristocratic French
family} He came over to this
country after tbe Second World
War. After attending a private
Quaker high school he served in
the U S. Army and fought in the
Korean War. When be got out of
the service be attended Columbia
University receiving a B.S. in
international relations in 1958. He
did graduate work at Florida
responsible but believe ihe
pigeons to be poisoned at local
feed plants where they feast and
are pests to tbe businesses.
Security says some one may be
coming on campus to poison the
pigeons. There has been com
found scattered on the sidewalk.
A chemistry student could
possibly analyte this com to see
if it was poisoning the pige<«8. If
this is the case, it is very
dangerous for tbe small children
on campus plus deadly for our
pigeons. In any case, if anyone
sees someone scattering com on
campus please contact security.
Mercer does have a recycling
center project which will be
coming in to full swing in tbe near
future. A student co-ordinator
will be hired and other stud^ls
will be asked to volunteer to help
with tbe responsibUiUes. AWS
has already pledged their support
in helping tbe project.
There are many activities one
can become involved in to help
our ecological situation, not to
mention our simple everyday
habiU. We must deal with the
main problem of developing a
genuine
consciousness
of
ecological proUema. It is much
easier to |^t out the gigantic
and blaring probletns that are
distant that can be blamed on
Aisociated Women Students at
others and forget to kxA at where Mercer is sponsoring a series of
we are individually. Actually we seminars on human sexuality this
can’t even Uame the industrial quarter.
executives because we maintain
Two of the preplanned four
tbeir jobs by purchasing their
products. We must reconcile this seminars have already been held.
involv^nent and responsibility. On October f. Dr. James
However, in terms of this Harrison of the Biology Dep^.
responsibility we can be suc- ment spoke on the biological
ce^ul in hdi^ng these mam­ aspects of sex in regards
moth problems that most folks primarily to reproduction and
give up on because "I can’t do species survival. A large crowd,
anythi^ to help.” by simply repnsenUtive of both sexes tnd
taking care of ouredves. We all four classes at Mercer, was in
must work with wfaat we have on attendance. This past Wednesday
night Dr. Alpha M. Bond of the
tbe bomefront.
Slate University and was hired to
teach philosophy at
the
University of Georgia. He left
Athens shortly lo start the
philosophy department at
Valdosta Slate College but stayed
on as department chairman only
until he could hire a replacement
He continued to teach philosophy
at VSe until last Spring when he
resigned in protest over the
college’s policy of expelling
students after they had been
arrested (But before they had
been convicted) for the hise of
illegal drugs. After several at­
tempts to persuade Pat to come
to Mercer on the part of faculty
membe-s and students, he
decided to come on a temporary
basis. (One problem in hiring Pal
was finding a place in an
academic department for him.
He knows a great deal about the
humanities.
religion.
anthoropology. psychology and
probably too much about
philosophy - Oriental and
Western. A1 Bond solved the
problem-Pal
is
teaching
sociology from a
phenomenological point of view.)
In his classes Pat hopes to help
students understand themselves
better through discussing tbe
forces that have created our
culture. He plans lo focus oo
those things which are lacking in
the culture Ihnt lead many people
lo radical dissatisfaction and
many more to hollowness and
comp(t)mise.
practice since then. He describes
Zen as not a set of beliefs but as
"something you do- something
that exists in a suspension of
beliefs." Zen is therkore “not
contradictory to OirisUanily or
any other religion. ” It simply
tefers you back to what you
are.” In the words of Will
Campbell, it makes you "deal
with your history." Not only does
Zen call for his kind of cleansing
of the mind, it pushes you toward
a reunion with the ground of your
being-call it God. Tod. Nirvana
whatever.
At his center Pat hopes to
create an atmosphere where you
are "Invited to listen to your
being doing in the here and now.”
The center is being started out of
For the next few months Pat
will be staying in Macon. He lives
near tbe campus with three
siudents--Bob Allison, John
Cleveland and myself. Zazen is
scheduled in the mornings (from
around 6:304:30 and 7:00-7:30)
wd each evening at 8:00. In­
terested
students-faculty
members can contact Pat
through the Cluster or the
sociology department.
what Pat terms, “a need for
starting over again, of living in a
community vrtMse basis is in
spirit (Zen. for Pat) and nature. ”
It will be open to “anyone who
would benefit from
Zen
meditation-those who have lost
the abUity to use society as their
ground of being." It will be a
place for those who are tired of
Zen is Pat’s first and main escaping but who can not go back
concern. He began his in­ to the suburbs, tbe stationwagon,
volvement with
in 19K as an the nine to five. It will be a place
undergraduate student in a for a new and growing
course in -the philosophy of awareness, a new beginning-to
religion. In this course he first use the words of Gary Snyder:
read the works of the great Zen
'^vhe^e they wake from their
scholar, D.T. Siuuki and the trance to themselves”
writings of the Indian mystic J.
KrishnamarU. He says that he TERMS:
was looking for something other
zendo-a room in which zazen is
than an intellectual basis for life carried on.
and found it in Zen. After ex­
zassho~**nie gesture of raising
perimenting with peyite (be the hands palm lo palm to in­
tripped "SO-60” times in 1961-62 dicate respect, gratitude or
while peyote was still legally humility or all three.” (Phillip
available) he started practicing Kapleau, Tbe Three Pillars of
zazen. He formally started sitting Zen) The Buckba in the zendo
in 1967 and has continued his stands for Being.
Sexuality Discussed By AWS
by Dlaae Wood
Sociology Dept, discussed
sociological and cultural aspects
of the subject with students.
Crowd response was low both in
terms of uumbers and discussion
On Wed., October 18, In JiacSC
at 7:bo pm. Dr. Kobert OUo of
the Ouistianity Department and
Mr. Ed Bacon, Minister to
Students, will discuss the moral
ethic and Christian viewpoint of
sexuality. Dr. Jamea Stark Mil
close out the series on the
following Weckietday, Oct. 2S, as
he discuaacs the psychological
aspects of tbe subjwt. Dr. Stark
Is associated with the MaconBibb County Mental Health
Board.
The seminars have been
sponsored by AWS in conjunction
with a handlwok oo sex compiled
by both persimnei in AWS and the
Counselor for Women Students
office. Two years ago, a Com­
mittee on Campus Community
under Dean Garland F. Taylor,
cited the need for tome sort of
drug and sex eduutioo on the
Mercer campus. The sex hand­
book ia available through
resident advisors in the dor­
mitories.
OCTOBER ». int
THKMEBCnCUOTBK
m
Pianist Kilenyi, Ballet
Troupe Begin ‘Fine Arts’
By DUne Wood
The Week of October 15-21
should prove to be an exciting one
for musical art patrons of both
the Mercer and Macon com­
munities.
Edward Kilenyi. celebrated
ccmcert pianist, wili appear on
campus Tuesday. October 17, at
8:00 p.m. in Ware Recital Hall.
Kilenyi who is now professor of
music at Florida State Univer­
sity. began serious study in music
at the age of eleven in Hungary.
He has traveled in concert tours
extensively in Europe and in this
country, and has numerous
albums in the Columbia.
Masterwork series.
Perhaps the event of most
striking significance will be the
appearance of the Harkness
Ballet on Friday, October 20, at
8:00 p.ra. at the Grand
House in downtown Macon. The
Harkness Ballet is one of the
nation’s great Ballet companies*
with a company of 45 performers.
The compwy will perform “Fire
Bird” which has never before
been performed in Macon.
patrons, but turns an ordinary
concert into a 'special evening
out” for Mercer students.
Distributing tickets wiU allow for
more discrimination in seating,
in that only Mercer students and
their quest or date, plus Macon
ticket-buyers, will be seated;
extra tickets can be sold to the
genera] public.
Another policy change is
holding concerts in Ware Recital
Hall instead of Willingham
Oiapel. Not only will the music
patrons be closer to the artist and
the acluai performance, but
many performers will bo jqrending several hours on campus
pritH* to concerts to mt'et and
PACS&
V' ■) "’c*
r'r I
The Harkness Ballet Troupe
‘Fillmore’ Chronicles Rock Demise
By Gary ParUin
I
In the sea of electrified plastic,
I chrome, neon, Richard Nixon,
I Tim Leary, and all the other
I things that made the 60’s
whatever they were, lo (!!!)
I there arose a temple to the Great
I American Trip. This temple-the
I name is only partially facetiouswas called the Fillmore West, an
<dd building which was bought by
BUI Graham and made into a
/ huge dance haU for the chUdren
“A NEWPOUCY”
of the shortlived Flower
Generation. It was here that
In aa interview with th^ >
many of the San Francisco
Oaster, Dr. Arthur Rich, Roberts
groups got their early blastoffs,
ProfessM* of Music and Chairman
which made the Fillmore one of
of Mercer’s music department
the centers of Th'. Scene which
asked that special attention be
I got so much publicity at the time.
given to the new policy t'egarding
I For a few years this building.
the Fine Arts S^es this year.
, along with its New York counI terpart, the Fillmore East, hWd
the sounds that were to become
For one thing., tickets will now
known as the voices of today’s
be distributed for Grand Qpera
youth-The
Grateful Dead, Jef­
House concerts three days prior
ferson Airplane, and others.
to performance. Tickets for
Finally, with the death of the
general admission may be picked
Utopian flower-power thing, the
up with IJ). cards at the SGA
Fillmore had to come to an end.
office in the Connell Student
NaturaUy, a place that had
Center. Guest tickets may be
Pianist Edward Kilenyi
meant so much for so l<mg had to
purchased at the collie store or
have an appropriate funeral. All
at the Grand Opera House Box
the great names that had helped
office.
make the FiUmore what it was
discuss with students.
showed up to give the place a
Or. Rich explained several
sendoff at least as great as its
changes in policy. The Mercer
"UPCOMING EVENTS"
birth had been. At the core of the
University Student Activities
Board is working in conjunction
Future perftxrmances include funeral, of course, was Graham,
wiUi the Macon Arts Council to the Broadway production of Cole SMreating through long h<Hirs on
sponsor the concert series this Porter’s ‘‘Kiss Me Kate.” the phone trying to pull the ends
year. Macon has many music Jacques d’Amboise and Com­ together in time fM* the grand
patrons who not only attend the pany’s “Ballet Encounters.” and finale.
All this is shown in this movie,
co-sponsored concerts, but the Topeng Dance Theatre of
support the arts a great deal Bali, all at the Qrand Opera which takes some of the behindthe-scenes
hassles and splices
through donations. Having larger House, and Hal. Shane, folk
performances at the Grand singer-guitarist, in Ware Recital them in between some really
Opera House not only allows for a Hail. Information will be exceUent cuts of the more famous
more suitable and enjoyaUe released regarding times and groups, showing both the funeral
itself and the work that went to it.
environment for entertainers and dates.
Graham, who has made for
himself a reputation as a typical
hard-nosed
capitalistic
businessman, is shown trying to
settle who was going to play
when, who would get
billing,
etc. It’s not even as easy as it
sounds. For instance, in an
opening scene, there is a con­
troversy over whether Boz
By Pat Barron
Scaggs or Cold Blood wiU be
featured at the
of the
Fifty schools and fifty-one marquee^ Scaggs says he’s
The Mercer Student Union
Activities Board sent two agencies were presented. The earned the right to headlines,
deleg;ites. Mike Gengler and Bob Mercer delegates went to check he’s a star in his own right, etc.
Goodwin, to the southeastern unit out possible concert bookings. Thus Graham must call up 0)ld
of the National Entertainment They had workshops in various Blood and do a little over-theStudent Union Affairs, including phone groveling to get them to
Oonferecce.
take second biUing. Ihen Scaggs,
The Conference was sponsored concerts, video tapes, and
by the Baptist College tures. Our delegates did not mue out of the goodness of his heart,
Association. It was held in any bookings at this time.
changes his mind and says hell
The
conference
was take second after all. More pains
Charleston, South Carolina at the
Frances Marion Hotel, Sep- highlighted by a moonlight cruise for BiU.
terobtf 30 thiXHi^ October 3, at Fort Sumter in Charleston
This goes on throughout the
1972.
Harbor.
whole movie. Every star thinks
vr,
Gengler, Goodwin
Join Baptist Ranks
/
his ego trip deserves more play
than anyone else’s. Somehow,
though, it all comes off. and Uie
result is a truly representative
picture of San Francisco music.
Cold Blood comes on in a rather
obvious-but very good-imitation
of Janis Joplin. This sets off the
week. There follows a parade lo
make any red-blooded American
hippie’s heart flutter. Boz
Scaggs, who made a name, for
himself with Steve Miller, does
some nice, j^ather brassy stuff.
Hot Tuna, the bastard child of a
perverted relationship between
an airplane and an old black
violinist, comes on with some
almost incredibly good sounds. In
the midst of all this, Graham
takes up into the history of the
glory that was San Francisco
with film clips of the San Fran­
cisco Mime Troupe, a group of
radicals who put on unorthodox
and sometimes obscene plays in
the Bay area, and a fantastic
strobe scene of one of the early
Fillmore dances. He laments
with all the rest of us over "the
Utopia that never was,” and the
militant radicalism that "rushed
in to fill the vacuum it left. We get
a very good picture of what it was
like back then, and how it became
what it is today.
One of the high points of the
movie is the alUoo-lu'ief cut of
Jefferson Airplane. This cut is
not in the Fillmore, but rather in
an outdoor setting. Apparently
J.A. was unable to play at the
closmg-up shows, but were put in
the movie anyway because of the
important role they played in the
San Francisco scene. Also very
big in the movie was the cut of the
Grateful Dead, the Qockwork
Orange acid kings of Electric
Kool-Aid Acid Test fame. They
tx-ing the house down with their
rendition of the Chuck Berry
classic "Joinnie B. Goode.”
Jerry Garda, the Dead's lead
guitarist, is isiled by Graham as
the "Papa Bear” of the music
scene of the Bay area.
Finally, o a frenzied pheme
conversation, Graham manages
to placate ihe whims of Santana,
who have b>^en giving him trouble
all througli the show, and gets
them to poiy on the last ni^t.
They come on with a really
f.inlastic r^formance, the last
part of wf ich is the background
for a sceue of Graham walking
through the deserted, trashstrewn /iUmore. With almost
startlinf, abruptness, the movie
comes lo an end. We are left with
lots of new songs to hum, a
history lesson from the rapidlyreceding 60’s. and. even more
than ever before, a few regrets
for the Utopia that never was.
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OCTOBER 13. 1972
TliE MERCER CLUSTER
Tom Robinson
Mercer Beats Colonials
To Get Season Underway From the
The Mercer Bears finally
defeated Georgia College as they
took their opening game of the
1972 season, 4-t.
The opening game win was
nothing new for the Bears, as
Mercer has taken it’s two opening
days in soccer the past two years.
But beating Georgia College
was something new for the Bears.
Mercer had lost three of the four
previous outings with (he
Colonials, tying them 2-2 at Sikes'
Field last year.
"I thought that this must go .
down in Mercer soccer history as
the best team performance."
Head Coach David Ponsonby said
after the game.
"We had about five passes
bef<M« they had the ball. I was
pleased with our pattern type
play rather than the ^ck-and-run
Bibb Bike
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Bicycles
Rollfast ■ Vista
European 10-speeds
•
Motorcycles
Norton ■ Ducati
Hodaka
factory trained
mechanics
we use to play."
This game contrasted sharply
with the first Mercer-Georgia
College game two ye^s ago.
which Georgia won i-0. The
Colonials had 41 shots on goal
that day while the Bears only
mounted token offense.
Ironically, the same man who
was (he goalie then was the goalie
Wednesday, Brian Carney.
Carney did not have as busy a
day as he had two years ago,
however, thanks in large part to a
hard working defensive squad
and an equally hard working
rfl^ivescuad, which hep. m».
of the pressure on the Georgia
goalie.
'The Bears had 2S shots on goal
as compared to 16 for Georgia but
Ihe Colonial, gol moat ol their
“ 'TP?
game, when Mercer was subslituUng freely.
Carney admitted. "If I had been
in the right place, I wouldn't have
fallen down to make the save."
Mercer led at half-time 2-0. But
the Bears could only think about
last year'sgameat MilledgeviUe.
in which Mercer led 2-1 at half
time only to give up four goals in
the second half,
,
. .
...
[“Vf S
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halt. Mercer was allowed
»
Roddy Hardee was picked to
make the kick, and he connected
without any trouble for Mercer's
Junior Joel Bickerstaff, who
had not started, but who played
through most of the second half,
p.,,
,he Bear.' last goal with
33:30 elapsed in the second hall.
Scott Walker relieved Carney,
and the second stringers came in
to gain some playing time. The
subs made only one mistake, but
that was on defense, when
Georgia s U Fagan scooted past
Bear delenseman to put hi.
shot past Walker lor Uie Colonial
Eight minutes later, junior goal.
ChedoKing put in the second Bear
Though it prevented the shutgoal. Kng took a pass from
Reece directly in front of the goal
^ goal could still not
and took the shot, which bounced I»‘event the happiness the Mercer
off the back of team-mate Jack. Players felt at beating Georgia
Lamar and past the Georgia (^Uege, who, in the short span of
two years, has become Mercer’s
goalie.
bitterest rival in Socco*.
Georgia's only threat of the
first half when a striker al"I didn’t think they were
tempted a shot that Carney had to easy," Ponsonby said. "We've
back up and dive for to come up played them several times, and
with.
every game has been hand and
‘I was in the wrong place^ physical."
Transfer sophomore John
Reece got the Bears on the
scoreboard first with a side kick
_
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after
getting _
around
defVniraiiT with Ihirty minutes
gone in the ISminute firat hall.
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Two Intramural football games
were played this week before this
paper went to press. On 'Tuesday,
the Lambda Chi’s behind the
quarterbacking of Mike Jenkins,
defeated Kappa Alpha, »-6. The
Panthers, who lost their whole
defense at graduation, still
thumped Pi Kappa Rii. 41-0.
behind the passing combination
of Mike Johnson an<V Rick
Massey.
The Mercer win on Wednesday
over Georgia College was one of
those *vengeancc is swe-t’ type
games. As has been mentioned
before, the Bears had never
beaten the Colonials, and to beat
them at their place made it even
more satisfying.
Last year it was not even dose
to being satisfying. Playing on an
alt-dirt field, the Bears took a 2-1
lead at half-time. But in between
the halves it began to rain very
hard, so that by the time both
sides look to the field, it had
turned into an all-mud field.
The Bears gave up four goals in
a night-marish second half that
almost wrecked the 1971 season.
But the soccer players showed
a lot of guts by hanging in for the
rest of the season and finished
with a respectable record of 5-4-2.
This year
new season, of
course, and the Bears showed
that right away with this im>
pressfte ' win, and they were
certainly impressive.
For a change, the offense was
M^anized and-funetkming like a
well-oiled machine rather than a
V
few individuals out having a good
time. The defense, which has
always looked good with Brian
Carney at goalie and Randy Sims
and Fred Nieman at fullback, is
even better with the addition of
some very talented freshmen.
• The Bears first home game will
be next Wednesday against
powerful Georgia SUte. There
will be some people who will go
out to Sikes Field to see Georgia
State because they are from
Atlanta, and, after all. there are
quite a few Atlantans here at
Mercer.
But if you are a student at
Mercer, it might be a good idea to
go out to Sikes Field and root for
Mercer, because, after all,
Mercer is your school, not
Georgia State, and also these
players from Mercer are
something to be proud of.
1 have been harping, ever since
I have written this column, on
school spirit. Some people believe
it should start with the basketball
season. But I think that we should
start rl^t now and start getting
into the habit of supporting our
teams, whether buketbaU or
soccer.
So, in other words, it would be
nice to see a lot of people out at
the Field next week, since there
wont be any in^amurai football
games, and since a lot of people
are usually free by that time on
Wednesdays.
If you give Mercer a chance,
you might even be impressed by
it.
Dean Davies
Discusses Duties
Continunl Iron. pag.-l
lorce on this campus, any
change* at this school have
always been a result ol student
interest. Uiey wgre not done lor
the sake ol the administration."
Mr. Davies said they were Uiere
.TTotect Uie best interests ol Uie
atudents, wheUier the studenta
knew it or not.
Mr. Davies wUI also be working
wllh the Alternate Freshman
Program, "ifs a breakthrough
any time classes are smaller,
Uiere ip a breakthrough in Uie
barriers which normaUy exist
and in Uie discipline. Perhaps Uie
best Uiing about AFP Uiougb is
Uiat there is a breakUirough In
the responsibility. In other
classes Uie responsibility lor Uie
success ol Uie class tails on Uie
Prolessor. However, in AFP Uie
responsibiUty lallson the student.
t^ieried as to the luture
direcUon ol Mercer Universily,
Mr. Davies Responded; "We ate
nowuh,iBoving outdoors. . to
more open educaUonal struc­
tures, a more intimate ex­
perience. However, there are too
lew persons serious about Uielr
education lor this advance to be
truly viable. . .too many, you
know, social distractions."
Mr. Davies commented on dogs
and their place in Uie Mercer
experience. "Dogs are seldom
able to take care ol Uiemselves.
They pose a serious health
problem. Besides. Uie rights ol
people precede Uiose ol doss.”
Enhanced in Uiisliew posiUon
wiUi Uie experience ol being a
Mercer student, leaving the
campus lor a new environment,
and returning to new respon­
sibilities within a new en­
vironment. Mr. Davies extends
his pragmantic atUtude over an
impossible task. Mr Davies
understands the problems and
the shortcomings ol studenta and
intends to abet the inhumjUiity ol
Uie dormitory to the best ol his
ability.
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c^niiued from pag^i
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gun shots are heard in
^^kywd^ Ihe Tliompson home. The mayor, soon alter thia
checked mio the mental cUnic on CnUege Street
for Congress and has recenUy
Uueatoed to dose Uwalers which run X-rated movies.
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THE MERCER CLUSTER
PACE?
Macon Theater Opens;
‘Our Town’ Presented
The Macoi. Area Community
Theatre will present its first
[a-oduction, Thornton Wilder's
SAUB Sponsors
Film Series
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"Our Town” at the Grand Opera
House Thursday and Friday,
October 12 and 13 at 8:00 p.m.
The Macon act was organized
in the spring this year to provide
an «^n theater situation for
Macra, one which would be
available to the entire com­
munity as members, par­
ticipants, or just as consumers.
A number of Mercer people are
mvolved in Macon Act including
students, teachers and staff.
Student tickets are $1.2S and
are available on campus from
Gerre Price, Sam Heaton. Herb
Kossover and Priscilla Corley.
Anyone interested in joining or
working with Macon Act may
contact any of the above or send
the 82.00 membership fee to
Macon Act, P.O. Box 5290 Macon,
Ga. 31206.
The Student Union Activities
Board is sponsoring a film series
titled “The Cult Hero in
American Film.”
The series will consist of three
films and a lecture by Joseph
Comprone, an expert on
American cinematography. All
three of the movies are early
Brando flicks and show his rise as
an American cult hero. "The
Wild One” is the first in the series
and was the world's first
motorcycle film. The other two '
entertaining
and
films are ‘The Young Lions” and as
"On the Waterfront,” the latter of "sophistocated in a crude
American
way.”
which rocketed Brando into
Check your student calendar
recognition as a serious and
for limes for these films. They
talented lecture.
Comprone describes the films are sure to be worth your while.
Kermll McMamu breaks loose In PI Kappa Phl-Pantheni game on opening day of InlrarauraU.
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Both Bears And Teddy Bears
Prepare For Main Workouts
Both Mercer basketball teams
continued their running work
outs this week as the
dates
draw nearer for each of them to
'pull inside’ and start working on
fundamentals.
As is probably known by now.
the men’s basketball team has
been running for about two
weeks. The first formal practice
with a basketball present, under
NCAA rules is Sunday, and Head
Coach Owane Morrison and his
assistant. Jay Nidiffer, will waste
no lime getting the players into
shape until that date, although
both coaches insist that what they
are conducting is just a running
class.
As for the Teddy Bears,
women’s basketball, Coach
Pe^y Collins has kept them at
their mile a day pace, as well as
working out with the weight
machine.
The girls will probably do this
for another week before they will
start working on fundamentals
inside die gym. The Teddy Bears
are in a new conference this year
which gives a sUtewide, then
regional tournament, at the end
of the year.
The men’s team will be big
time this year Mercer has
declared itself in the NCAA
University Division league,
which was 'accomplished when
the Bears scheduled half of their
games against other University
Division schools.
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OCTOBER 13. It73
THE MERCER CLUSTER
loveday Named Chairman
Law Students Busted;
Animals To Be Gassed
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by Orson Keanooy
At approximately 2:00 P.M. on
Tuesday. October 10. five law
students were busted for trying to
protect their dogs from what are
officially known as "animal
control maintenance men."
The Incident began when a
neighbor complained about dogs
in a yard at 1191 ADAMS STREET
ONE BLOCK AWAY FROM THE
MERCER
CAMPUS.
Immediately two different animal
control cars appeared on the
scene, replete with seven dif­
ferent men armed with long
wooden sticks which had sliploops of co|H}er wire on the end
Against all municipal laws, the
Dr. Tayjor
Scheduled
For Insight
dog-men enUred the yard and
attacked the dogs, then cram­
med fhem into a tiny van. But
the real story is what happened
next. Uw student Larry Corda
took his dog inside, and later
Nancy Loveday
slated that he warned the dogman not to try to enter the house
without a warrant. At this point
the dog-man called the police,
whereupon two different units
issued Corda and Jim Conger a
summons to appear in court. The
reason was listed officially as
•■INTERFERENCE.”
Several
A smalt group of Mercer
other Mercer Law Students are students have organized in on
involved.
attempt to. alter the new rules
goveming'the game room in the
The dog-men of Macon have Connell Student Center. In
recently been in Lie news several particular the regulation for­
times. One old lady was forced to bidding persons under sixteen
go into a hospital after continual years of age from entering the
harrassment by these dolls. Take game room has come under fire.
a look out any window and ob­
The increasing openness of
serve the number of dogs that
students have, or at least enjoy. admissions ren’jirements for
Mercer
freshmen has gradually
They are next.
made possible the admission of
students who have not received
Corda. Conger et. al. will ap­ the High School diploma, long­
pear in Municipal Court at 6:15 standing criteria of collegiate
A M. on Wednesday, October 18. aptitude. Some of the Mercer
Their dogs may be diead 1^ then. sludenta thus admitted are in­
The annual regional convention entertainment, and to estaMiah
of the Association of CoUege programs involving the entire
Unions International (ACUI) was college student body. They bad
held In Athens. Georgia. October workshop sesskms on publicity
1-3. The delegates stayed at the and the actual putting together of
Center for Continuing Education conceits. FUms and numerous
on the University of Geoigia’s discussion groups were also
included. T^cs ranged from
Campus.
The purpose of the ACUI public relatitms to visual and
perfMTOing
arts-sidewalk and
convention was to discuss
problems in college union boards, construction paintings.
Four states were represented
to establish effective means of
at the cemvention.
were
Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Students Band Together,
^
' State
State chairman.
cbairmAn
state iM^sented a state
The four Mercer delegates
delegal
were
Hardy.
Jerila
Rollins. In order of rotation, in
the state of Georgia, it was
deed under the age of sixteen.
Twelve-year-old Cindy Smith of Mercer's turn to select a state
Mercer's
four
Pompano Beach. Florida is chairman.
Nancy
spokesman for the group. delegates selected
Questioned concerning the plans Loveday, senior, and President of
for the protest group, tentatively Mercer’s Student Union Acreferred to as pupils against UviUes Board, as SUte Chair­
Prohibitions (PAP-). Miss Smith man. The dutiM of the chairman
said: “We pay student fees. Why are to keep irfber colleges in­
cant we use the game room? Our formed on future events and to
intentions are to stage a blockade preside over sUle ctmvenUons.
of the pool tables by placing our Mercer is hosting the Georgia
bodies in the pockets of every SUte Convention on November
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pool taUe in the place.”
According
to
Chairman
It is thought j) most circles
Loy^y,
“most colleges realized
that the efforts will be largely
unsuccessful because of the lack that M«cer has an excellent
of friendliness on the Mercer variety of entertainment, more of
a variety than most schools.”
campus.
Protest Age Restrictions
by Gary Parufai
On Monday, the sixteenth of
this month, the second of the
Insight Lecture Series will
featm^ Dr. Harold Tayttar, an
author of national prominence.
E)r. Taylor Is an innovative
thinker on the subject of
education, and has written two
books:
Stodenu
WltboM
Teachers:
Hie Crisb la the
Ualverstty. and The World as
Teacher. The influence of his
ideas was first felt in IMS. when
be became president of Sarah
Uwrence OoUege. He gained
widespread fame then with his
thoughts on experimentation in
education, reform in college
curriculitm. and other areas. He
sUyod at Sarah Uwrence for 14
years.
After this he went into
lecturing, leaching, and wriUng,
He went to Asia and talked withprominent people on the
problems of Asiao countries. Or.
Taylor has started a
pilot
project for a World CoUege; this
institution was composed of
studenU from 22 United Natioat
countries and an international
faculty, and drew up a model for
a world curriculum. The doctor
hashada hand in several worthy
enterprises, including the
National Committee for the
^jpport of the PubUc Schools and
the National Research Cbuodl on
Peace Strategy. He was consultant in human rights to the late
Adlai Stevenson, and in this
capacity has lectured in foreign
univmities at the invit^ion qjf
the SUte Department.
In his interest in improvement
of education. Dr. Taylor has
written more than 300 articles for
books and journals on philosophy
and education. He is editor and
co-dfiAbor of Tlw HsmaalUes la
the Sehaab, which ^ just been
published. Working for the U.S.
Office of Edueatko and the
American Association of Colleges
for Teacher EducaUoo. the
doctor has just completed a twoyear study of the education of
leaders in world gnalrs.
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