Mercer University in Atlanta - Phoenix Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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Mr James J Kulpatrlck Mr Carl Rowan The INSIGHT Serles of Mercer Unlversuty an Atlanta comprlses a group of programs de signed to acqualnt the college and the com munlty wlth Issues and persons of authentlc contemporary slgnlfucance The Serues seeks to brung to the campus persons who wlll challenge and enllghten us who wlll stimulate our thought and concern er sons whose presence wlll be felt long after the tlme they have spent on campus Speak ers for the 1976 77 year at Mercer Unlversl ty ln Atlanta Included Mr Carl Rowan noted statesman and journallst Mr Rowan speak s out ln behalf of Amerlca s mlnorltues He has served as the flrst black Amerlcan to slt wnth the Dress for the Chicago Dally News and Fueld News paper Syndicate Dr George K Schweltzer presented a program on Rellgsous Truth and Sclentlflc Myth He IS a dlstlngulshed Professor of Chemistry at the Unlverslty of Tennessee Mr James J Kllpatrlck one of Amerlca s most respected newspaperment and IS a contrlbutlng edltor of Natlonal Review and a regular essaylst for Nation s Buslness Mr Kllpatrlck IS noted for havlng the latest lnfor matron about the Washlngton scene In rela tlon to polltlcs . ' - p - dent's Cabinet and is currently a columnist . . , .

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Poor Boy's Breakfast mmm' .T-Q ' , I X A, axwzmxx 2-arms wettwxsmxxxxw- if 'I' A ,gg - if ,,,'..'T N . . ' zyt I t cv Md' ' fl is .. ' 2 I I I .. I I 2. R ' 1? ji , i At mercer!Atlanta students have the opportunity to become aware of the real situations which exist in the world outside their academic sphere. One such com- munity awareness project was experienced in a Social Work class where the students were assigned to either buy and prepare breakfast for 15 people with three dollars, buy clothing for one dollar or less from the Salvation Army, and to find some means of transporta- tion, other than a car, to and from school. One student wrote: At precisely 6:24 a.m., I stepped into the cold air of a mid-November morning, and into the reality that for the next five hours, I was one of those poor people we like to downgrade so. As I walked down the driveway of my middle class home, I did not even stop at my car as is my normal custom, but kept my eyes fixed on my brightly lit target one block away, a IVIARTA bus. As I came by the bus, I noticed that the driver was reading the morning paper, and seemed annoyed at being dis- turbed to come let a poor passenger on. He silently opened the doors to the bus, and returned to his seat, and continued reading his paper. We finally got underway three minutes behind the schedule, after I had read Rider's Digest through for the third time, and was wondering how much longer we would have to wait. I arrived downtown, and felt the cold air of Georgia State, in the weather I know very well is Five Point's unique brand. Fulton Federal's thermometer read 34 degrees at 7:04 a.m., and I could believe every degree of it. From that cold corner, a warm McDonald's beck- oned me, but I did not yield to temptation, for poor people don't have that kind of money. After some confusion about the correct route, and fifteen chilly minutes at Auburn and Park Place, the connection was made, and once again I had the upper hand on traffic, and none of the headaches that those thousands of people on the other side of the downtown connector and the northeast expressway had. At long last, we arrived at Mercer, right on schedule, and as we pulled up to the flagpole, I thought . .. Mercer, you are beautiful. The Poor Boy's Breakfast brought these experiences to a close, at least for these middle class students. But the memories of such experiences have become a part of each student's life. As one student reflected, lt gave me the opportunity to glance back over my entire life, in a brief flash, and know how lucky I am.

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WHO S WHO P 2 5 ! l - 'a . ij Selection for membership in Who s Who Among Stu dents in American Colleges and Universities were chosen according to their class standing Conly Ju niors and Seniors were eligiblej scholarship leader ship community and school service citizenship and potential for future achievement Students list ed in the membership column were nominated by the campus committee and approved by the nation- al office. MEMBERSHIP Lance A. Alves Raymond S. Coleman Cynthia Welch Hlass Russell A. Holland Janice N. Hughes Paula M. Reeves Diane Saucier Charlotte R. Smylie Lee Thompson Barbara Kay Vinson Judy Wade