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May 27, 1955
THE MERCER CLUSTER
I’ajfe Three
Middlebrooks, Mixon Receive
Awards at Annual Honors Day
SENIOR AWARDS
Copas, Henricks Given
'55 Sullivan Medallions
By Zelma Yarbrough
Mrs. Ernestine Moody Copas and Joseph Millard Hendricks have
been selected to receive the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Medallion this
year. This award is made possible by the New York Southern Society
and is given to two graduating seniors for outstanding leadership
quality and character shown in daily living.
Teeny, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Moody of Albany, was
1953 Homecoming Queen. She is also a member of Cardinal Key,
MICA, Women's Student Government, and a cheerleader. She served
as historian of Beta Beta Beta, KDE, and Cardinal Key; second
vice-president of Women's Student Government; athletic chairman
of MICA; and secretary of WAA.
Joe, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hendricks of Woodland, has
served as president of the Student Government for the past year.
He is a member of Blue Key Honorary fraternity, Ministerial As
sociation, All-star Intramurals, HSU Executive Council, and secre
tary of Chi Alpha Omega ministerial fraternity.
Joe Hendricks
Ernestine Copas
Yates Names
Two Staffers
As Co-editors
Key members of the staff of the
1956 Cauldron were announced this
week by Nancy Yates, newly-elect
ed editor.
Serving as co-editors will be
Elizabeth Doss and Janet Mc
Laughlin.
Elizabeth Doss, who was co-edi
tor of this year's annual, will also
serve as editor of the student sec
tion next year. Her section will in
clude individual class pictures and
student classification.
Alice Tate, also one this year's
co-editors, will edit two sections,
the military and the fraternity.
Carswell Hughs, newly elected
business manager of the annual,
has also named her as his assist
ant with the advertising section.
C. C. Lynch Jr. will be editor of
the activities section, which will in
clude pictures and write-ups of each
Mercer club and organization, other
than social.
Frances Wiatt, one of last year>i
staff members, will be editor of
the section for administrative per
sonnel.
Editing the sports section will
be Maxine Hunt, a physical edu
cation major and editor of her
high school annual. Maxine is
thoroughly acquainted with all
Mercer sports, intercollegiate
and intramural. Her co-editor
will be Mary Lou Wood.
Each of these editors will direct
a working staff of their own and
will be responsible for getting pic
tures made, writing material, typ
ing it, and page lay-out.
Adams, Moore
Rule at May Day
By Sue 1 (eyerie
Queen Connie Adams and King Walter (Buddy) Moore reigned
over the annual Mercer May Day festivities last Tuesday afternoon.
Events included colorful folk dances, acrobatics, ami the traditional
May Pole dance.
Queen Connie and King Walter | Ann Clegg, Algy Carbonell, Ohar-
were crowned by Sid Johnson, pres-1 lotte Mize, Cindy Sgrtin, Barbara
ident of student government. Betty | Senft, Shirley Wheeler, and Nan
Williams was maid of honor. Don; Kagan.
King, master of ceremonies, intro- j The International theme featured
duced the May Royalty and narc' for the program was emphasized
through decorations and through
native folkdances and acrobatics
from Scotland, Spain, Russia, Fin
land, United States, England. Sup
ervising the May Pole dance of
England were co-eds Mary Ann
1 Clegg and Charlotte Mize. Tumb
1 ling from Finand was supervised
I by Jane Smith and Maxine Hunt
Dr. Edwin D. Johnston, associate [ an j ^he Russian comic ballet was
rated the individual events.
May court included Janice Bass,
Virginia Bell, Susan Bridges, Mary
Dr. Johnston
Gets Degree
professor of Bible and Greek, re
ceived his second doctorate a Th.
D.—during graduation exercises at
Southern Baptist Theological Sem
inary in Louisville, Ky, yesterday.
Dr. Johnston has been on the
Mercer faculty aince 1950. Earlier
in that year he received the Ph. D.
degree from the University of Man
chester in England. He graduated
from Mercer in 1941 and received
hi* Th. M. from Southern Semin
ary In 1944. A former Army chap
lain, Dr. Johnston is now chaplain
for the 340th Engineer Batallion
of the U. S. Army Reserves.
Subject of Dr. Johnston’* the»i*
was "A Re-Examination of the Re
lation of the Fourth Gospel to the
Synoptic Gospels.”
led by Lou Bransford. B< verly
Senft was in charge of the Scottish
Highland Fli.ig, anu JoAnn Gilder
the Virginia Reel.
GMC Graduates
To Hear Batts
Dr. H. I/ewis Batts, professor of
Christianity, will be the speaker at
the graduation exercises of Geor
gia Military College in Milledge
ville on Mlay 30.
The commencement exercises will
bring to a close GMC s 75th year.
The services wilt be highlighted by
military parade*, individual and
cadet competition, and a dance
Senior Day Set
Tuesday Morning
Senior Day will be ohserved in
Willingham Chapel on next Tues
day, at 10:00 A. M. The seniors will
be dressed in caps aad gowns for
the occasion.
Following the processional, the
invocation will he given by the Rev.
Richard Davis. Joe Watson, presi
dent of this year’s class, will give
a short talk and present the senior
gift tc the University. He will he
followed by Gloria Twitty who will
give the class history, written by
Joe Hendricks and herself.
The main address of the morning
will be delivered by Bill Middle-
brooks, acting as valedictorian.
Mak Flowers will read an original
poem for the seniors and then the
Alma Mater will be sung. The pro
gram will be Closed with the bene
diction by Mr. Smalley.
Four Summer
Concerts Slated
Four concerts have been schedul
ed for presentation in Willingham
Cha|>el during the summer quarter.
On June 34 Charles Dunn and
Muriel Birkhead, baritone and sop
rano duet, will be presented. The
Reisman Trio, violin, cello, and
piano; The National Grass Roots
Opera Company, singing in English
"Don Paaquale;” and Joseph Maez,
concert pianist; comprise the re
mainder of the concert senes. The
dates for the performances have
been set by the Student Activities
Committee as July 8, 14, and Aug
ust 3, respectively.
By Jim Meionry
Bill Middlebrooks waa named outstanding graduating senior at
Honors Day in Chape! last Tuesday, while Tommy Mixon received the
outstanding athlete award.
Middlebrooks, winning the award I outstanding athlete award,
for the most outstanding service | Other awards made during the
to the school, was given a trophy
by Alpha Phi Omega service frat
ernity. Mixon received the M Club
$22,015
SAC Allots
1956 Budget
The Student Activities Commit
tee has made tentative allocations
of funds for the coming school year
in the amount of $22,015.00. This
figure does not include student ath
letics, which was formerly under
the SAC, but is now under the Ad
ministration.
The Committee made the follow
ing authorizations of funds: Con
cert Series, $2300; Glee Club, $2360
Debate, $760; Student Government,
$160; Art, $100; Cluster, $3000;
Cauldron, $8100; Rifle Team and
Band, $150; Dramatics, $1510; Op.
eretta, $1175; Law Day, $700; Ad
ministrative Costs, $200; and Con
tingent Fund, $1600.
Funds were allotted on estimated
income based on an estimation of
next year’s enrollment All author
izations will be subject to change
next year, depending on enrollment.
The group has been meeting for
the past two weeks to consider bud
get requests of those organizations
and activities drawing funds from
the SAC. Work on the tentative
budget was completed Monday af
ternoon.
annual affair were as follows:
Lambda Chi Alpha received ihe
Alpha Phi Omega trophy for
moat members participating in
the recent campus blood drive.
Alpha Psi Omega dramatics fra
ternity presented awards to Wayne
Blue for best student dramatics
technician, Katie Ree<|, best act
ress, and Mak Flowers, best actor.
W’eidon Thornton received two
awards given by Beta Beta Beta
Biological fraternity. He received
the senior award as best §tudent
and a plaque for maintaining the
best average. Also receiving a
plaque was Charles Wray.
The outstanding freshman
men’s scholastic award, given by
Phi Eta Sigma, went to Cuwtis
Guttenberger.
Tau Kappa Alpha awarded its
best speaker trophy to Donald
King.
Sidney Harris won the math de
partment award for having the best
freshman average in that depart
ment. Receiving a similar award
from the chemistry department was
John Nelson.
The Chi Omega award for the
woman with the highest average
in the social sciences went to
Joan Spencer.
Chi Omega won the Panhellenic
Council trophy for the best women's
scholastic averages.
Receiving keys indicating mem
bership in the Mercer Choir were
Tom Campbell, B. C. t'arr, Jo Kidd,
Art Rich, Bill Lane, Joe Waters,
and John Nelson.
198 Seniors to Receive
Diplomas at Ceremony
Dr. Harwell G. Davis, president of Howard College m Kirmim ..im.
Ala., will present the principal address at the Mercer graduation < % : ris
es to he held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday June 6, in Willingham Chapel.
Nearly two hundred graduating seniors will receive degrees at that
time.
Graduation exercises on Monday
are to be the last in a series of
events in connection with commen
cement at Mercer. First on the
commencement schedule is a meet
ing of the Board of Trustees and
President’s Council, to be held on
Saturday morning, June 4 Also
there will he an alumni meeting
that morning. The pageant, “The
Mercer Story," which was present
ed on Founder's Day, will be given
for the alumni. Immediately fol
lowing this presentation there will
he an alumni luncheon in Porter
Gymnasium.
Dr. William Heard Kilpatrick
will lie the speaker on Saturday af
ternoon at 3:00 p.m. at the un
veiling of plaques to Shelton P.
Sanford and John J. Brantly. These
plaques will he located in the Ad
ministration Building.
Seniors, alumni, and guests will
be honored on Saturday evening at
a reception to he held at the home
of Mercer's president, Dr. George
B. Connell.
The Baccalaureate sermon, to he
held in First Baptist Church on
Sunday morning at 11:30 a.m., will
a graduate in Mercer’s class of
be given by Dr. Gilbert L. Guffin,
1980. Dr. Guffin, now president of
Eastern Baptist Theological Sem
inary in Philadelphia, will also
speak at graduation exercisas for
Mercer’s Ministerial Extension
Division. These exercise- me i, Ue
held in Willingham 1 ha;c. a: »
p.m. on Sunday evening
Among the 200 gran :,;:ng -• v.
iors there are 173 cm : Sale- :
the Bachelor of Art. ,;iee. •>
for Bachelor of Edina: n. ; • .
Bachelor of Laws, an fixe
the Master of Educatin'
1955-56 Spanish
Instructor Named
M iss Marilyn Lamond im- or;
named instructor in Spanish < n • \
Mercer faculty next yeai, repine
ing Miss Louise Sand, who \v il he
studying at the University if San
tiago, Chile, on a Rotary f. Mow
ship.
Miss Lamond is currently gen-
eral instructor in S[»anish at Mo
ravian College in Bethlehem. Pa
She holds the A B. degree from
Miami University in Ohio and the
M. A. degree from the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
She has done further study at La
Universidad Nacional de Mexico in
Mexico City, and holds a certifi
cate from El Atteneo Fuente in
Satillo, Mexico.
She is a member of Phi Beta
Kappa scholastic honorary, Pi Del
ta Phi French honorary and Sigma
Delta Pi Spanish honorary.