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VOLUME XXXVI
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GA., MAY 11, 1966
No. 23
Seventh Annual ROTC JGA Names New
DaySetWednesdey MU Honor Council
Mercer University’* Seventh Annuel ROTC Day will be held on ■ W m ■ ■ ^F ■ ^F ■ ■
the local campus Wednesday, May 18th. This event is part of the
observance of Armed Forces Week.
The honor guests invited to at
tend include: Major General A. V.
P. Anderson, Commanding General,
Warner Robins Air Materiel Area;
Major General G. G. Finch, Com
manding General, 14th Air Force;
Brigadier General Joseph R. Ranck,
Commanding General, Atlanta Gen
eral Depot; Brigadier General
Richard J. Werner, Chief, Georgia
Military District; Mayor B. F. Mer
ritt, Jr., Chief Ben T. Watkins and
many other dignitaries.
The program will begin with a
barbecue at 12:30 P. M. for ROTC
cadets and their guests. Immed
iately following the luncheon the
ROTC Band will present a concert.
At 2:00 P. M. Dr. Spright Dowell,
President Emeritus, will deliver a
welcome address to visitors and
Colonel William D. Smith, Jr., Pro
fessor of Military Science and Tac
tics, will present visiting guests.
After those ceremonies the maj
orettes and sponsors of the Cadet
Regiment will be presented. Spon
sors are: Nan Fagan, Regimental;
Connie Adams, Company ‘‘A"; Vir
ginia Bell, Company “B"; Janet
Locklin, Company “E”; Barbara
Rabun, Company “F”; and Nancy
Hall, Band. Majorettes are: Bobbie
McKinnon, Captain; Betty Fine,
Flora Von Pippin, Mary Ross Shep
ard, Beverly Burgin.
Sponsored by civic and service
organisations of Macon the pro
gram will single out Mercer ROTC
students for honors. These awards
will include: Manual of Arms Finals
for First Year Basic Students,
sponsored by Macon Exchange
Club; Second Year Basic Students,
(Coatinned on page 3)
Student Playwrights rehearse next week’s production. Shown
here are (left to right) John Wilson, Suzanne Hatcher, Katie Reed,
Ronnie Wilbanks.
Spring Play Set
Monday, T uesday
by Nancy Yatm
Two Mercer students are directing and producing a five-act
melodrama to be presented as the major spring production on campus
May 14 and 15.
Besides that, they have designed I The murder mystery has its set-
and built their own set, directed the j ting in 1885 in the home of an
making of original costumes, and j elderly ex-actress (played by Kat-
cast each character role. One of thej ie). Suzanne Hatchett of Newman
two is playing the role of a femin- stars in the role of her housekeep-
ine character in the play. er-companion, Ellen Creed.
The two student directors arej Others in the cast are Ronnie
Katie Reed of Vienna and Johnny | Wilbanks of Atlanta as Albert
Wilson of Albany. Katie is majoring hYather; Naomi Clevenger of
in drama and English; Johnny, in| Springfield, Va., as Emily Creed;
drama alone. , Fran Mobley of Vienna as Louisa
Their production, “Ladies in Re-1 Creed; Julia McDuffie of Pineview
tirement,” by Edward Percy and: a s Lucy- Gilham; Mary Frances
Reginald Denham, will be present-, Mitchell of Barnesville as Sister
ed in Willingham Chapel next Mon- : Theresa.
day and Tuesday-each perform- Johnny Wilson also gives a voice
ance beginning at 8:14 p.m. ,, . . , , .
Although student-directed plays | effect backstage during one scene,
are part of a course in Advanced j Gladys Padgett of Smyrna is
Play-Directing, this is the first to j chairman of the costume committee,
lie presented as a major produc- j Dther
Dr. Spright Dowell speaking
at last year's ROTC Day cere
W«sl«y Foundation Group
Sots Annual Conference
The council of the Wesley Foun
dation will bold its annual planning
on tomorrow at Lake-
At this mooting the council will
plan the work for next year, in
cluding budget and programs.
The council member* and their
counselor, Rev. Nod Steele, will
hav« n picnic lunch.
committee chairmen are
Wayne Blue of Ashburn, lights;
Carol Cox of Decatur, prompter and
costume assistant; and Betty Bry
ant of Madison, make-up.
Both Katie and Johnny are out
standing students on the Mercer
campus. Katie is president of
A;pha Psi Omega honorary dramat
ics fraternity, secretary of Mercer
I-ast Saturday’s rehearsal lasted Players, and a member of the De-
from 2:30 PM. until 12 midnight] bate Council, Tau Kappa Alpha
with only a brief pause for supper. | debating fraternity, Kappa Delta
And just two weeks ago Katie had Epsilon education sorority, and
to step into the role of one of the j Alpha Delta Pi social sorority. Last
leading female characters when the year she received the award for
person originally cast dropped out. |” Best Actress of the Year.”
tion of the season.
The two began work on the play
about a month ago. Since then,
they have spent almost every
afternoon painting “flats,” cutting
canvas, and even building staircases
for the set, as well as directing the
ycung actors and actresses in
speaking their lines
Drama Students Leave
For Michigan Tourney
by Charles Byrd
Today in Chapel, Tom Campbell and Annette Kobertaon will render
drama readings.
Annette will give either the read- I companied by Miss Needles of the
ing from the play, Trojan Women Speech Department, will leave next
of Hecuba, or a reading from thel Tueaday for ^ Nationa , 0ra ,
Biblical Book of Esther.
Tom is scheduled to give a read
ing from Herman Wouk’s new
novel, The I-omokom* Papers.
The dramatic abilities of both
Tom and Annette will be combined
in the drama duet of a condensation
of the one-act play, The ApoHo of
Bellac.
terpretation Tournament being
held at Michigan State College in
East I-ansing, Michigan. Particip
ants from drama departments in
colleges and universities from all
over the United States will com
pete on next Thursday and Friday.
This is the first year that Mercer
The two talented Mercerians, ac- has entered anyone In the event.
by Bob Steed
The names of the students who will serve on next year’* Honor
Council were released by the Student Government Committee on Honor
Council appointmnta this week. The appointees are: for the senior
class, Alfred Perkins, Macon, Nan Lovell, St. Marys, Ga., and Johnny
Nelson, Adel, Ga. For the junior class, William Simmons, Augusta, Ga.
and Nan Williams, Augusta, Ga. Iverson Joines was named to represent
next year’s sophomore class on the Council. A freshman will be appointed
by the SGA committee next fall quarter.
The members of the appointment
Blue Key To Tap
New Members
At Next Chapel
On Tuesday of next week, the
Mercer chapter of Blue Key will
have it’s formal tapping of new
members. The tapping will take
place during the regular chapel
period.
Blue Key is a national honor
fiaternity which had its beginning
at the University of Florida in
1924. To qualify for membership
in Blue Key, a student must: (1)
Be of good character. (2) Possess
definite qualities of leadership. (3)
Have participated in a variety of
extra-curricular activities which
show a willingness to serve. (4)
Have completed two years of col
lege work; and have maintained
for the preceding quarter, or for
his cumulative average, an average
above the all men’s average of the
school.
FINAL EXAM
SCHEDULE
The final examination sched
ule was released this week by
the Registrar’s office. No de
viations from this schedule
should be made without the
consent of the Dean of the Col
lege.
The schedule is as follows:
Wednesday, May 34
9 AM—4th period
2 PM—1st period
Thursday, May 31
9 AM—2nd period
2 PM—3rd period
Friday, June 1
9 AM—5th period
2 PM—6th period
Ciceronian Elects
Shaw President
Eva Claire Shaw is the newly
elected president of Ciceronian Lit
erary Society.
Elected to serve with Miss Shaw
for the coming year were Marty
Layfield, vice-president; Nan Wil
liams, recording secretary-treasur
er; Cynthia Muse, corresponding
secretary; and Tom Johnson, pro
gram chairman.
The members present at the meet
ing Tuesday night voted to revise
the constitution of the society,
which is the oldest surviving
organisation on the Mercer campus.
ETA Sigma lota
Elects Officers
Officers for the coming year
were elected at the March 3, meet
ing of Eta Sigma Iota.
The new officers are: Barbara
Edmonds, President, Anell Babb,
Vice-President, Carol Cox, Secre
tary, Barbers Thomspon, Treasur
er, and Judy McDaniel, Reporter.
committee were: Walter Moore,
president of SGA, Milton Gardner,
vice-president of SGA, Shirley
Wheeler, secretary-treasurer of
SGA, Woody Richardson, freshman
adviser, and John Binns, president
of the senior class.
There are also three faculty
members oo the committee. They
are Melborue R. Mayfield, Dr.
Marguerite Woodruff and Judge
Mallory Atkinson.
An Honor Council chairman will
be chosen by the members of the
group in their first meeting. Roy
Thorton in retiring chairman of
Alfred Parkin* Nomad
Honor Council Chairman
Alfred Perkins waa elected
chairman of the new Honor
Council hi a meeting held Wed
nesday night.
Other officers elected were
BUI Simmons, baliff and Nan
Williams, secretary.
the Council. Other retiring members
are Betty Beasley, Lawson Sayer,
Dean Cook, Jap Keith, Harville
Hendrix, and Louise Bransford.
It ia the duty of the Honor
Council to try all violations of
Mercer University’s Honor Code.
The Council also acts as a stud
ent supreme court and tries all dif
ferences in interpretation of the
student constitution.
Connell To Speak
To High Schools
President George B. Connell will
be the principal speaker at com
mencement exercises at three high
schools in the state.
On May 28 he will address the
seniors and their friends at Green
ville high school. He will speak at
Decatur high school on June 1, and
In the evening of June 4 he will
make an address at Hogansville
high school.
Christian Service
Installs Officers
The Christian Service Fellowship
installed new officers in a formal
installation service in the Tatnall
Square Baptist Church, Thursday,
May 3, 1956. Bill Young, retiring
president, presided and was assist
ed by Nan Lovell and Olivia Wur-
rell. The new praaident is Mary
Etta Clark.
Other officer* for the coming
year are: Claire Underwood, vice-
president; Elmar Whitaker and
Claire Woody, program chairmen;
Barbara Edmonds, secretary-treas
urer; Peggy Johnson, publicity
chairman; Wayne Wheeler, choirat-
er; Bradley bourn, pianist; Neal
Glauaier, mission chairman; Jack
Wood, Shirley Kent, and Dwight
Hester, chairmen of the Bibb
County Old Folks and Juvenile
Home; and Mias Dorothy Williams,
faculty advisor.
