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VOLUME XXXVII
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GA„ SEPT. 28, 1956 - ?
No. 1
Brantley Is New
University VP
by Cliff Hendrix
Ur. Rabun L. Brantley, 192.1 Mercer graduate uml former president
of Virginia Intermont College, lias come to Mercer as Vlce-Pnstdent
In charge of public and alumni relations. He officially assumed duties
on July 1. 1966.
Ur. lirantley bolds an M. A. from
Mercer and a i’h.
Peabody College.
U. from George
DR. BRANTLEY
Prior to Ills tM'comiliK president
of Virginia Intermont College l'r.
Dtantlcy served ns bead of the
Kngllsh and journalism departments
ill Bessie Tift College and .Mary
ilardin-llaylor. lie was also Busi
ness Manager of lb ssie Tift. He
was professor of Kngllsh and Journ
alism at the I'ulverstly of Georgia
nnd dean of men.
Since 1946 Dr. Brantley has serv
ed as President of the Southern
Association of Colleges for women
and the Southern Association of
Junior Colleges. In addition to this
fe has been a nieinhi r of the ad
ministrative and public relations
committee for the American Asso
ciation of Junior Colleges and is
nl present, on the Nursing educa
tion Committee.
Dr Brantley Is n member of the
first Baptist Church of Bristol Vir
ginia where lie was a deacon, class
teacher und choir member.
Mercer ia fortunate to have such
a distinguished educator as Its Vice-
l’realdent.
Annual BSU
Retreat Held
The annual fall Baptist Student
Union Retreat was held this past
week-end at Rock Eagle, Georgia.
Some 120 Mercerians attended the
retreat making it one of the best
retreats of its kind.
The group left Friday at 3 p.m.
and a full program was planned.
Kay Brewster, campus director of
BSU activities, welcomed everyone
to the two-day session and Marcus
Leger, president of the BSU, intro
duced the BSU council for the com
ing year. The program included
singing in which everyone partici
pated.
Mr. Emory Tucker provided en
tertainment with his ‘‘Uncle Remus
Time" and a film strip, “Empty
Shoes”, about the life of William
Carey was shown Friday night.
The morning session dealt with
the work of the BSU, YWA, Minis
terial Association, REA, CSF, Dep
utations, and choir. The Rev. Turett
Gannon, pastor of the First Baptist
Church in Eatonton, brought the
morning message.
Cave Found
On Campus
NGC Head
Addresses
Convocation
Calling for a strong desire to
succeed during tills academic year,
M' rrltt E. Hoag, president of North
Georgia College, addressed the
124th formal convocation of the
l t.lverslty Wednesday morning.
Hoag laid stess on becoming well-
educated In the liberal arts, a foun
dation for a successful life. The pro
gram. which officially began the
University’s 124th year, opened with
the traditional academic procession
al.
President Emeritus Spright lluw-
■ ii delivered the Invocation and Dr.
Harold McManus brought the bene
diction. Mr. James B. Woodward,
in w Instructor in music, Hang Allis-
toi.'s "The laird Is My Light." Presi-
ih ii! George 11. Connell introduced
Mi Hoag.
Hoag has been pre.siden! of North
G.orgia College for the past seven
wars. Before serving a hitch during
Gorin War II with the Navy in the
South.Pacific as a battleship com-
nwnder. lie was commandant of ca-
dets at tlie Hahlonega school. Hoag
was educated In Pennsylvumila and
holds a piaster of education degree
f* ein Duke University.
New Humanities Building
To Be Ready by January
li) Morion Boyette
Mercer University students will soon be- enjoying tin new Humani
ties Building now under construction at the corner of Ash and College
Streets. It Is the first of an extended campus construction program
that calls for three different projects to be carried on concurrently, with
the hope that all additions will be r adv for use by September 19.6”
Ground-breaking ceremonies were | thirteen offices. At the present, the
held at the annual Alumni Day on |
June 2 of this year And, according |
to construction officials, classes
v. ill begin there the first of next
year.
Plans for the Humanities Build
ing were approved by the Executive
Committee of the Board of Trustees
end call for a 42x6.000 unit. Upon
completion of the new structure,
the wooden building now occupied
by tin- physics und economics dt-
pm tmeiits wll tie dismantled to
make way for the Student Aetivi-
Mercer Has Ten
Faculty Additions
departments to he located there are
undecided, hut it is understood that
the Humanity courses will not be
the only ones to hi- taught in Un
building
MU Drama
Try Outs Set
For Monday
Miss Audrey Needles, head of the
Architecture foi the building is | drama department, has announced
the collegiate-gothic type as are j that play try outs will be held in
the present Mary Erin Porter Hall, the auditorium on Monday, October
Shorter Hall, and Robert's Hall, jl, from 7:00 to tu.'iu P. M. and
The brick and limestone exterior Tuesday, October 2, from o:00 to
will lend much beauty to our grow-|4:00 P. M.
ing campus. j All students are asked to brinjf
-The three floor structure will something which they have worked
l ouse seventeen classrooms and J on before, if possible. Otherwise,
they must try out from "cold
script.”
If a student who wsihes to try
out cannot come at the prescribed
times, he should see Miss Needles
in the “Green Room” of the Chapel
building after 5th period.
Any Mercer student is eligible
for tryouts.
hy niff Hendriv
III
“El
Brantley Speaks
In Chapel Today
by Buddy Hurt
Dr. Rabun L. Brantley, new
Mercer vice-president, is to speak
in chapel this morning and Mrs.
I mink I’ahk Korean lecturer. Is
scheduled for the SGA program
Tuesday.
Dr. Brantley has chosen as his
topic, "Don’t Sell Yourself Short."
Mrs. Pahk, a Wesleyan grad
uate, is an author and holder of an
MA degree from Teachers College,
Columbia.
She has done extensive work for
the U. S. government as a radio
lecturer. In this position, she broad
casted to ber countrymen on Sun
day evenings during the first year
and a half of the Korean war.
The Military Governor of Korea
gave her special commendation for
this work.
Her Tuesday’s topic has not been
announced, but she has spoken to
various groups on “My Country
and My People," “Korea's Place in
World Affairs," “Why I am a
Christian,” and “Life of Korean
Women."
tried her
hi st m turn tin Mercer campus Into
n:i obstacle course as one of the
coeds inadvertently found early
Wednesday morning.
The coed was going to class when
she stepped on a stretch of side
walk behind the Administration
building and into a hole in the
campus. The opening measured
about three feet across and was
approximately 15 feet deep.
Many rumors were circulated
about tin chasm. The freshmen
thought It was a trap set up by the
sophomores and wore planning re
taliations and It was rumored that
the Christianity department was
outfitting an expedition to make a
ih scent in search of dead sea scrolls
hut the hole Was filled by the cam
pus mailUmence squad before any
of these moves (x cured
The new school year at Mercer si
faculty. These are distributed among
rangi from former reseurt li chemists to
sirs. Alice Bohannon, has joined
the educational department. Mrs.
Bohannon attended Wesleyan Col
lege. Emory University, the Uui-
v< rsitv of Georgia and-the Univer
sity of Chicago. She lias previous
ly taught at Druid Hills School lu
Atlanta where sin served as act
ing principal and Dean of Girls.
George M. Grasly Is an addition
lo the German departiiient. He
lias studied al Washington and
Lee, Duke 1 nltersll). the ITtlter-
sll) of North Carolina. Mlddle-
liurj College, the Unlxerslty of
California and the I nltersll) of
Zurich- Grant) has been on the
(aetulties of Duke University
and Hie 1 nltersltj of I alifornia
He holds Ihe Phi Bela Kappa Key.
During the last war Grant) wan a
eh Ilian Training Technician and
received the merllorlas Chilian
service award.
s ton additions to the Mercer
the various departments and
to a minister of Music
Professor Francis It. Otto has
joined the Mercer faculty. Professor
Otto attended Bethel College and
S miliary, the University of Min
in sola. the Southern Baptist Semi
nary at Louisville, Kentucky. He
taught, prior to his coining to Mer
cer. at Bethel College and at South
ern Seminary in New Orleans. Pro
fessor Otto is man led and has two
ebildrm
Dr. Benjamin S. Meeks. Jr. will
join the Cehmistr) Department.
Dr. Meeks has studied ill the I'nl-
ternlf) of Southern California
and Cornell I nltersll) uml holds
the I’hl Beta kappa key. Prior to
this position, Dr. Meeks has been
In research Chemistry. During
World Mar II he was a Lieuten
ant (Jgl In Ihe Nat). Dr. Meeks
Is married, and has tno children.
Professor Hubert E. McCallJster
(Continued on page 5)
ROTC Gets
New Officer
Captain Janies E. Davis has been
assigned to the Military Depart
ment at Mercer University as As
sistant Professor of Miiitaiy
Science and Tactics. Prior to com
ing to Mercer. Captain Davis Was
assigned as Chief of Plans und
Training, G-2, at the Armor Cent
er. Fort Knox. Kentucky
A native of Taylor, Pennsylvan
ia, he attended public high school
there and graduated uitir a Busi
ness degree from l.ehigh Univ< rs
ity in 1942.
tntuting seryu-e in July 1912.
Captain Davis .saw action in Em ope
during the second world w.,- A:
the end of the war he rctupe. to
civilian life but was re-calm : in
active duty during the Korean in
flict and served with the 15 Divis
ion.
(I ontinued op page i
Phi Delts Build
$15,000 Lodge
Mercer's chapter of Pin Delta Theta began construction on a lodge
three weeks ago and the building's completion is expected within the
quarter. The lodge, designed by local architect John Dennis. Is to be a
three-roam modern structure surrounded by brick terraces. It Is being
built behind the large while building whlili faces Shorter Hall. The I’hl
Dell lodge will face Edgewood Avenue. Cost of the lodge has been estimat
ed at $16,000 and the construction Is being handled by Odel Williamson
Construction Company.
The Phi Delt lodge will be the second on the Mercer campus The
Sigma Alpha Epsilon building was erected In the 1930s.
Money Is being raised by the alumni and by the active chapter to
pay for the building. The fraternity has also voU'd to use a 95.000 fund
which was received for the sale of the Phi Delta Theta house during
the 1940s.
A new street will be paved along the side of the lodge and the
Administration has given all other fraternities permission to build
similar lodges If they dealre .
J. Freeman Hart, a prominent member of the Macon Phi Ihdta
Theta Alumni club Is Chairman of the lodge fund-raising committee.
Alumni of Phi Delta Theta are ahown here breaking ground for
the new Phi Delt lodge. J. Freeman Hart, right foreground, assists
Bayne Barfield, left foreground, aa other members of the alumni
committee examine the blueprints.
