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International
Theme Picked
For May Day
Program features end other
further plane for Mercer May Day
festivities on May 24 have been
recently announced by Barbara
Bryant, chairman of arrangements.
The International theme selected
for the 1966 program will be em
phasized through native folk dances
and acrobatics of six different
lands. Mary Ann Clegg and Char
lotte Mixe are in charge of the
May Pole Dance of England, and
Jane Smith and Maxine Hunt are
directing the tumbling exhibition
representing Finland. Lou Brans
ford and her committee will present
a comic Russian ballet and the Vir
ginia Reel of America will be feat
ured by Joann Gilder and her group.
Beverly Senft heads a group to
present the Highland Fling of
Scotland, and Frances Wiatt will
be featured in a Spanish dance solo.
Don King will serve as master
of ceremonies, and Sid Johnson, as
president of the student govern
ment, will crown the King and
Queen, then present flowers to her
Highness and the Maid of Honor.
A faculty committee of judges
will select the campus May Queen
and her Maid of Honor from a
group of 12 girls nominated by
their respective social organize'
tions. Members of this committee
are T. P. Haines, G. L. Ware, Coach
Cowan, Miss Frances Floyd, Miss
Lucille Pollard, and Miss Louise
Sand.
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VOL. XXXV
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1955
No. 21
ROTC Day Wednesday;
Awards. Drills Scheduled
Magic and Music
Slated in Chapel
By Mary Etta Clark
“Magic and Music" could be the
theme of next week’s chapel pro
grams.
Lewis B. Wilson, former mayor
of Macon and a prominent citizen
of the city, will present a program
of magic on Tuesday, May 17. Tolly
Williamson, newly-elected Student
Government vice-president, will be
in charge.
On Wednesday a program of reli
gious nature will be sponsored by
Miercer’s Baptist Student Union. It
will feature the B.S.U. Deputation
Choir led by Ernest Mason, B.S.U.
music chairman
The Mercer Choir, directed by
Dr. Arthur L. Rich, will present a
program of entertainment on Fri
day, May 20. It will be composed
of various selections from last
night’s musical production.
Dean Hansford Johnson is in
charge of these last two programs.
Mercer President George B.
Connell is in New Orleans, La.,
where he will speak at the com
mencement exercises tonight at
New Orleans Baptist Theological
Seminary.
Sixth annual ROTC Day will be held here May 18 in commemora
tion of the sixth annual Armed Forces Day.
Competitive drills and exhibitions will highlight the activities as
distinguished representatives from Third Army Headquarters, Georgia
Military District, Atlanta General Depot, Robins Air Force Base and
Quartermaster Training Command will be on hand to witness the exer
cises as well as Faculty members and Board of Trustees.
Mercer ROTC Day is part of the
National Armed Forces Week ob
servance in the Macon area. ,
Presentation of sponsors will
feature Barbara Jean Senft, regi
mental sponsor; Virginia Bell,
band; Connie Adams, Company A;
Dinah Cutter, Company B; Gloria
Lee Holland, Company E; and Nan
Fagan, Company F.
The ROTC band, directed by Mas
ter-Sergeant W. F. Malambri, will
be presented in a concert during the
afternoon.
An old-fashioned barbecue, ROTC
planned, cookedr and served, will
be staged for the cadets and their
invited guests.
Awards will be presented by Ma
yor B. F. Merritt, J. Ralph Brant-
lye, Julian Funderburke, Command
er Y. Dean Bakewell, Commander
Pair of Original Plays
Scheduled Next Week
By Emily Hughes
A Broadway celebrity and three promising student play wrights
will soon share the dramatic spotlight at Mercer. Not only Tennessee
William's famous “Glass Menagerie”, but two origftal comedies, “Who
Are You Fooling?" by Chuck Haffenden, and “The Mulberry Bush” by
Pat Jordan and Mak Flowers, will be presented by the advanced play-
production class of Miss Audrey Needles.
William's famous drama,
directed by Ann Roach and Grady
Newberry, is slated for semi-arena
style presentation on May 19 in
Tatnall Square Baptist Church.
Annette Robertson, Tom Campbell,
Ronnie Wilbanks, and Patricia
Heritage will star in this produc
tion.
WRITES OWN MUSIC
Chuck Haffenden even wrote the
lyrics for his original musical com-
Women's Society
Taps Members
Nine Mercer co-eds were Upped for membership in Cardinal Key
national honor society last Tuesday New members were presented to
the student body in a special ceremony in Willingham Chapel.
Membership in Cardinal Key is
based on personality, scholarship,
character, and service. Selection is
one of the highest honors that can
come to a girl while at Mercer.
New members include Janet Mc
Laughlin, Theresa! Mann, Connie
Adams, Jean Bolen, Lone* Adams,
Jo Wommack, Gerry Troutman,
Frances Wiatt, and Nancy Yates.
Janet McLaughlin is a junior and
has served as treasurer of Chi Ome
ga sorority and vice-praaident of
the junior class. This year she was
elected a member of the stadent
activities committee, second vice-
president of Womb’s Student Gov
ernment, and a member of Sigma
Mu honorary scholastic fraternity.
Thoreoai Mann is the newly-elect
ed president of Baptist Student
Union and has served as president
Emily Hughes Receives
Cardinal Key Award
Cardinal Key has named Emily
Hughes as winner of the Achieve
ment Trophy presented annually
to the outstanding freshman girl.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank M. Hughes of AdeL Emily
is a graduate of Cook County
High School, where she wosi med
als in scholarship, citizenAip, and
activities. At Mercer she is a
member of the newspaper staff
and is a Dean’s List stadent
of Mercer Independent Co-ed As-
locution.
Connie Adams is president of Al
pha Delta Pi" sorority, vica-preoi-
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edy to be presented in Willingham
Chapel on Tuesday, May 17. In
spired by romantic Venice and fas
cinating Paris, he wrote songs in
each of these cities during a Euro
pean tour last summer. Recently
he wove the music as dream sequ
ences into the story of an invalid
boy, portrayed by Haffenden, and
a summer stock actress, Claranell
Hobby. His supporting cast in this
New York romance includes a
domineering aunt, Ann Walden; a
German doctor, Marcus Leger; and
a faithful butler, Bush Gleaton. Red
Robertson is co-director.
ARENA SLATED
Introducing full arena presenta
tion to Mercer dramatics, Pat
Jordan and Miak Flowers will pre
sent “The Mulberry Bush" in the
second floor lobby of Willingham
Flowers
Haffenden
Chapel on Saturday night, May 21.
This story spotlights Christmas
festivities in Vandiver, Georgia, a
gossipy and fictitious small town,
where “it is a perfectly ordinary
Christmas until a tiny French war
orphan, Dirlie Bailey, bursts in un
expectedly and with unexoected re
sults” according to the playwright-
producer team.
Walter Smith, Mr. A. L. Wright,
Lt. Col. Warren H. Oliver, Com
mander A. Mack Dodd, and Chief
of Police Ben Watkins.
Following is a list of events
scheduled for the day: manual of
arms finals for first year basic,
second year basic, first year ad
vanced and second year advanced
students; drill demonstration by
Pershing Rifles company; platoon
competitive drill; Mercer Univer
sity ROTC band concert; outstand
ing company; best battalion, award
for outstanding ROTC students in
first year basic, second year basic,
first year advanced, and second
year advanced; presentation of
Third Army certificate of meritor
ious leadership achievement; regi
mental parade and presentation of
regimental sponsors.
Special exhibits by the regular
Army will be located on the parade
field during the day consisting of
Women’s Army Corps, Corps of
Engineers, and a message station.
Blank message forms will be avail
able to the public without charge
to send messages to any member
of the Armed Forces throughout
the world.
International
Forum Scheduled
By Zelma Yarbrough
A forum on the Afro-Asian Con
ference will be held Thursday, May
19, at 8:00 P.M. in Willingham
Chapel. Paul M. Rilling, of Emory
University's Institute of Citizen
ship will be moderator and the
panel will be made up of Charles
Bus hong, Foreign Policy Associa
tion, New York City; William Hen
derson, author of the recent book,
New World of Southeast Asia, and
Mr. Rilling. In addition there will
be two other foreign affairs experts
as yet unnamed.
The Afro-Asian Conference has
been described as the most import
ant international meeting of this
century. It was held in Bandung,
Indonesia, in April 1965. Twenty-
nine nations, representing over one-
half the world’s population, attend
ed. This particular conference is
unique in that no Western or
“white” natidn was invited to send
a delegation, including Chou En-lai.
Apparently, our state department
was very fearful of what would
happen there, but an anticipated
Communist victory did not mater
ialize because of unexpected
strength shown by Asian nations
friendly to the United States.
RIDGECREST BSU WEEK
DEADUNE IS TODAY
Today has been set as the dead
line for registering to go to Ridge
crest for Student Week. This week
is from June 9 to 16. The Mercer
BSU bus, “Lucy,* will take a load
of students to Ridgecrest for the
week. A registration fee of *2.00 is
required and may be paid at the
BSU office in the Co-op.
Ralph McGill
Ralph McGill
To Address
Chapel Today
Ralph McGill, editor of the At
lanta Constitution and prominent
columnist for Con Syndicated
News, Inc., will speak of Mr. Mc
Gill's address will be United States
foreign policy.
Following his address in Chapel,
Mr. McGill will speak to Mercer
history and journalism students in
the Faculty-Trustee Room. Any
other interested students have been
invited to attend this meeting.
“Peripatetic McGill,” as he has
been called by Time, is well quali
fied to speak on our foreign policy
as he has made “on-the-spot” stud
ies of both European and Far East
ern problems. His ability to sue
up complicated international prob
lems and write about them in the
language of lay-men has frequently-
been used by State Department of
ficials and other governmental
agencies.
IN BIOLOGY BLDG.
Science Fair
Opens Tonite
By Zelma Yarbrough
The first annual Science t-V.r
sponsored by the Beta Beta Beta
will be held tonight and tomoirbw
in the Biology Building. !'. will
open at 7:30 tonight, close’ at 10-30
and will be open all day torr.orfb.v.
Among the displays will be the
state winners and honorable men
tions in the state fair from Lanier
and Miller High Schools. These will
include pictures of wild flowers in
Bibb County and a display on con
ditioned reflexes in earthworms.
Guest entries will include a gem
collection by Dean Knight, an
Orchid display, original paintings,
a demonstration of the use of ani
mals as money, displays of fossils,
plants, succulents, and collections
of fishes and reptiles.
There will be displays of both
stuffed and live animals, demon
strations of biological processes,
and slides of animal and plant
life. There will be also a demonstra
tion of the Geiger Counter and
radio-active minerals.
