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Vol. XXXV
Mnttt Cluster
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GA., THURSDAY MARCH 10, 1955
No. 15
Drake Elected President
Of Law School Students
By (Gilbert Wilde*
Homer Drake, Newnan, has been recently elected president of the
Walter F. George School of l*iw, succeeding Jose Nl Arsuaga, who ia
graduating and returning to I'uerto ltico.
Robert Sparks, Atlanta, newly elected secretary will succeed Mary
Wainwright, who graduates in March.
Other Officer*
Other officers include John Har
rison, Macon, vice president; Jim
Greene, t'ai tersville, treasurer;
Kugene Heinrich, Warner Robins,
parliamentarian, and Hylman Wall,
Douglas, and Hoy Patterson, Mac
on, sergeants-in arms. These offi
cers ill serve the remainder of
the year.
Formerly, officers were elected
twice annually to serve for a six
months session Beginning next
September all officers will serve
for a nine months period according
to Dean Hodge O'Neal.
The date for the annual law pic
nic is set tentatively for late April
or early May according to an an
nouncement by President Drake
Incoming president Drake is vice
president of Delta Theta Phi law
fraternity, recently served as chair
man of Law Day. and served as a
Justice of the Court of Corrections
during his freshman year. “Bodip”
Sparks is current vice president of
the Mercer Student Government
SGA Student
Book Store
Sets Hours
The Student Government Book
store reopened yesterday March a,
with headquarters in the Cauldron
Room of the Co-op. Hours (for buy
ing and selling used books) are
from 1 to 5 p.m.
During final examinations,
hours will be from 1 to 3. The book
store will be open from a a.m to
6 p.m. during registration, Tues
day, March 22. The rest of the
week the store will be open from
1 to 6 p.m.
A list of books that will be used
by professors for tbe spring quart
er is available at the bookstore, ac
cording to SBS manager, Bobby
Cooper. Those who have books that
ihey wish to sell are requested to
turn them in to the bookstore be
fore registration for spring quarter
so that a more efficient service
may be given students during and
after registration.
Cooper reminds students that
this is operated for their benefit
and their support is necessary for
the continued operation of the
bookstore.
The Student Go- ernment Asso
ciation expressed its appreciation
to the faculty and students for
their cooperation and to Profes
sor Edward Newby for his advise
ment during the winter quarter.
DURING NEXT QUARTER
Atlanta Symphony
Sets Mercer Concert
The Atlanta Symphony Orches
tra, conducted by Henry Sopkin,
will appear here in a concert on
Thursday, March 31, at K: 15 pm.
The performance will take place in
Willingham. I
Critics have termed the Symph- i
tmy “The Southeast's Major Orch- i
estra.” It was founded in 1944 as 1
Youth Symphony by the Atlanta .
Music Club, its aim has been to •
bung serioua music to young
people, and over the year* the aim ;
has grown to include old as well
as young people.
Concert Series
For the local program, a variety
of classical music will be presented.
The performance is a part of the
annual Student Activities Commit
tee concert series. The Atlanta
Symphony appeared here last year
and received an enthusiastic re
sponse.
WSGA Installs
Kinnett, Council
Ann Kinnett, Atlanta, recently
elected president of Women's Stud
ent Government, and all new offi
cials of the dormitory council were
installed last, night at supper in a
special ceremony conducted by
Dean Louise 1 Brown
Other key officers of the 1956-
195b council to be installed are
Mary Ann Garner, Thomasville,
first vice president, and Janet Mc
Laughlin, Chattanooga, second vice
president.
Barbara Fisher, Atlanta, is the
newly -elected secretary, Joyce Platt
of Very Beach is treasurer and
social chan man is Eva Claire Shaw,
Katonton
Nancy Bruner of Cedartown will
edit the monthly dormitory news
paper, “Porter Patter," and Ruth
Moseley, Macon, will serve as as
sistant editor.
These dormitory leaders will ent
er office at the beginning of the
spring quarter.
Play Twin-Bill Set
Tonite, Friday Nite
The group is dedicated to giving
professional opportunity to young
Georgia musicians Many of the
original musicians remain with the
organization. Mr. Sopkin has work
ed with the group since its found
ing.
The orchestra presents a con
cert scries in Atlanta each year.
Although it has expanded its ap
peal to all age groups the Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra’s Young
People's Series is attended by near
ly 15,000 students.
Sopkin Active in Music
Conductor Sopkin was bom in
Brooklyn, and he received his
training in Chicago, where he stud
ied piano and violin under the late
Leon Sematim. He has been active
in musical and civic circles
Students will be admitted to the
concert on presentation of their
atudent activities cards.
Hr Mary Etta Clark
“The Trojan Women,” an ancient Greek tragedy written by Eurip
ides, and "The Apollo of Beilac," a modem French comedy by Jean
Giraudoux, are dramas to lie presented as the Mercer Players' major
production for winter quarter. They will be given on a twin bill
tonight and Friday, March 10 and 11, at 8:11 p:m.
Foreign plays are being featured | presents human emotions .in lela-
this quarter in co-operation with L, on worth of every person
International Theater Month, which | ft nd sympathy in suffering
is sponsored by UNESCO to create I Annette Robertson plays the role
greater international good will. , u f Hecuba, the queen of Troy,, who
Miss Audrey Needles, faculty spon- j suffers as she learns of the death
sor for Mercer Players and director 0 f her grandson and of the fates
of the plays, says, “This will be „f h er daughter and daughter-in-
something different from the usual | ) aw Cassandra, played by Dirlie
production at Mercer, and 1 believe' B a j) e y, a nd Andromache, played by
the students will like it.' Martha Cottreli The officer who
Preview of Plays and Casts | tells the women of their fates is
Euripides in "The Troan Women’’ j Talthybius, done by John Wilson,
has endeavored to present his own I Shirley Wheeler and Guy Webb
ideas about war through the story j portray the famous Helen of Troy
of the women of Troy after the his- and Menelaus, her husband Other
toric fall of that ancient city. A members of the cast are Ferrell
famous anti-war commentary, it 1 White, Lamar Moore, Shelby Royal,
and Wayne Steadman—the four
guards:
Unique Feature
Jerry White, Patsy Jones, Gladys
Padgett, Mary Ann Gainey, and
Zelma Yarbrough are in the
chi/rus, a unique part of every
Greek drama.
"The Apollo of Beilac” by Jean
Giraudoux is also an expression of
the thoughts of the author—this
time escape, escape to an ideaJ
world. This ideal world is consider
ed by Giraudoux to be the true,
real worij. The ideas of Giraudoux,
however, are veiled in light, fantas-
lie comedy rather than tragedy as
"The Trojan \Vomen.”
How to Win I Man
The heroine of this production,
Agnes, portrayed by Mary France*
Swatts, learns the secret of how to
w'in any man she wants. "The man,”
who teaches her the secret, is Jul
ian Franklin. So well does this sec
ret work that by the end of the
play Agnes can display a long list
of conquests including; the clerk,
(Continued on page 3)
SUMMER PROGRAM
HELEN OF' TROY PREPARES lo “lay one on" to Hecuba
in thia acene from "The Trojan Women,” one of the two plays to
be presented tonight and tomorrow night In Willingham Chapel
The actresses are Annette Robertson as Hecuba (left) and Shirley
Wheeler as Helen of Troy. The other production on the twin bill
is “The Apollo of Beilac." Both plays are of foreign origin. (Staff
photo by Dick Post).
Students Retire
Mixion s Jersey
Mercer students voted
Tuesday in chapel to retire the
basketball jersey of Tommy Mixon
and to place it in the library. The
move will have to be finally ap
proved by the Athletic Committee
of the University, but approval ia
virtually assured.
Thia action came about after
Mixon topped the old Mercer record
for scoring in the last season game.
Boiler Room Blaze
Damages Laundry
Minor damages resulted fiom a
fire in the Mercer laundry i.ist
week. The blaze began in the boiler
room but was stopped before it
could spread to the rest of the
building. Main loss was a small
portion of the roof.
Macon firemen answered the
alarm at approximately 1 p.m. on
Wednesday of last week. No cloth-
[ ing waa damaged.
BSU V-Prexy
Is Nominated
For Missions
By Nancy Yates
Tolly Williamson of Atlanta has
I been nominated one of four Geor
gia Baptist college students to
; serve missionaries this summer
under the auspices of the Home
Mission Board of the Southern
Baptist i (invention. This is subject
! >o confirmation by tiie BBC spring
retreat m iate April at Bessie Tift.
, Naomi Clevenger of Sprir.gfieid,
1 Y a., aiso a student at Mercer, nas
been nominated one of two alter
nates who will go if sufficient
funds are luised during tne annual
spring campaign conducted by tne
B.ijitist students of the state.
Nominations were inane : y a
1 student committee of the »tate
Baptist -Student Union. The tour
students will probably serve :ome-
where in the United States.
A star athletq. at Bass High in
Atlanta, Williamson received all-
state honorable mention in football
j and was high point man in track
his senior year. He was captain of.
I the Bass track team.
| At Mercer Williams is a reiig;
I ous education major. He is vice-
j president of Alpha Bhi Omega ser-
vice organization; first vice-presi-
i den* of the local Baptist Student
I Union; and is a member of the
Ministerial Association, Mercer ln-
| dependent Men's Association, and
Chi Alpha Omega ministerial frat-
' ernity.
Miss Clevenger is a member of
i the Baptist Student Union, the
| Mercer choir, Y oung Women’s
I Auxiliary, and Christian Service
> Fellowship. She is a graduate of
j Western High School in Washing
ton, D. C., where she was outstand
ing in athletic*.