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Staff photo by Ward Lowrance
ally Manning (right) and Brenda Storey work on the nets
nr “What Every Woman Knows” which is to be presented
hursday and Friday nights at Willingham Chapel.
Fall Play Features
Picture Frame Set
Evidence of much work and ingenuity will beseer^nNov^77T8
hen What Every Woman Knows* is presented. The scenery crew
uier the direction of Charles Love has been working many weeks
instructing, painting, and putting the finishing touches to four com
ptely different sets.
Picture frame staging is to be
ed with the various walls, fire-
ices and windows being fitted
t" this frame, thus making a dif
ront set for each act.
A group of ten students under
e supervision of Sally Manning,
ige manager, will be responsible
r changing this scenery. Only
fee to five minutes is allowed to
ange the scenery between acts.
The scenery consists of a din
in' room-study, an election of-
a study and a drawing
i. Authentic pictures and
urniture have been secured to
urnish the various sets in the
»le of the late Victorian period.
If fort has been made to repro-
uce the room typical of the Vie-
>rian era with many knic-knacs
nd the heavy, ornate furnish-
Igs-
stumes have been borrowed
in the Macon Little Theater in
lit ion to some already on hand
the drama department. Each
mher of the cast wil make sev-
ostume changes.
Members of the scenery commit
are Clayton Stephens, Bob
Kxlall, Eugene Tyre, Brenda
•fey, Susan Otwell, Lynelle
niton, Cecil Hudson and Carl
•lander.
rtlinal Key ...
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'clma Jean Young: rush chair-
n <>f Phi Mu, Ciceronian Lit-
rv Society, Mercer Players, Ma
Misses, student-faculty ap
priations committee, varsity de
team, president of Tau Kappa
'ha, Kappa Delta Epsilon, Sig-
Mu and president of Panhel-
c Council.
three of the new members are
fathers of the Mercer Indepen-
nt Co-ed’s Association (MICA),
hr society aims at furthering
iivement in scholarship and
'a curricular activities and to
»nce religion, patriotism and
•ce by affording training for
ership in the college eommun-
and to develop character by
•cation of the cardinal virtures
iving.
>f>re Stamp . ..
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aissador to the North Atlantic
>y Organization, a post he
until his death.
stamp honoring Senator
fge is one of three memorial
ups honoring Americans who
in office,
he other two are the late sec-
fy of state, John Foster Dul-
and Sen. Robert Taft. In ad-
h, the George stamp represents
13th time that a stamp relat-
specifically to this state has
issued. George is the only
cerian to have been so honored.
Harris Flies
To New York
President Rufus C. Harris was
in New Orleans yesterday for the
meeting of the Marshall scholar
ships committee, southern region.
This committee approves applica
tions for the British-sponsored
scholarships named in honor of
George C. Marshall.
On Monday he is to meet with
the executive committee of the
Georgia Baptist Convention in Sa
vannah. Dr. Harris is a member of
this committee by virtue of his
being president of Mercer.
During the remainder of the
week he will be in New York to at
tend meetings of various boards.
Among these are the Carnegie
Board and Foundation of which
he is a trustee, the advisory com
mittee of the Institute of Inter
national Education and a meeting
of the Rockefeller Foundation.
MAID Of COTTON CONTEST
A grand transcontinental tour aw*iu
the 1961 Maid of Cotton. She will be »e-
lected here December 29.
The National Cotton Council rei»orta
plants are under way for the cotton in
duatry's 28rd faahion and Rood will en
voy to visit 40 major cities in the United
States, Canada and Europe.
The day after the finals, the new maid
will fly to New York, where she will he
outfitted in an all-cotton wardrobe cr*«t«‘d
for her by leading American and foreign
signers.
First atop on her coast-to-ceast tour of
the United State* will be Miami on Jan
uary 29 Her last public appearance before
flying across the ocean to Europe will be
in Montreal on May 26.
Everywhere the Maid of Cotton travel*
■he will be treated a* a celebrity. On her
arrival at each new destination, she will
be met by the press and local dignitarien.
She will star in all-cotton fashion show*
make radio and television appear
ance*.
Applications for the 1961 Maid of Cotton
contest are now being received in the
council's Memphis office. To be eligible,
a girl rmist have been born in one of the
1H cotton-producing states and must never
have been married. She must be between
the ages of 19 and 26 and must be at least
five feet, five inches tall.
Twenty finalists will be chosen to com
pete in two days of contest activities in
Memphis, December 2Hth and 29th.
Applications may be obtained from the
National Cotton Council, Box 9906, Mem
phis 12. Tennessee
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November 11, I960
THE MERCER CLUSTER
No, Who's
On Second
By WILLARD CI.UTCHMYER
1 turned around to find Havablaxt Brewatein pointing with
glee to my leg*. "How did you get the feathers off??” he aakrd aa
he rolled to and fro on the ground.
With a blush and a curtsy I replied, "Oh Shaw.” Havablast was
a transfer student from the University of Miami. He had come to
Mercer after Miami had done away with their major in surf-boarding
Also his fraternity was asked to leave the Miami Campi when it was
discovered that their housemother was only 18 years old.
“Shake a leg, Willard," aaid Havablast, "I’ve decided to take
this education seriously Let’s get a sixpack and cruise up
to the library.”
I blanched "Surely you jest!” I replied, flashing my Carrie Nation
pledge card.
“Sorry I didn't know,” said Havablast. "well let's go in here
and dance with a few of the huns.”
“PLEASE! ! !” I remonstrated, glancing surreptitiously over both
shoulders. “Big Brother may be watching us.”
“Well isn't there anything entertaining to do here?” he asked
Indignation was mine in an instant. “Of course there is!”
was my tart reply. “There are seminars, chapel programs, lectures,
art exhibits, dog-fights, log-rollings, and in the afternoons one
ran go to the laundry and watch ironing. Not only that heretics
are burned at stake every third Wednesday. Right now I’m going
to a P. E. lecture in the gymnasium . . . and if you like I’ll take
you too!”
“Gee golly will you??” asked Havablast. “Well, I don’t have any
thing else to do and there maybe the girls are playing volleyball!'
We tipped into class about 15 minutes early so as to get a
choice seat. There are only four in the room (part of the Mercer
Athletic De-emphasis Program). While we waited several other
students filed in.
“Why is that boy crying?” asked Havablast as he pointed to Alexan
der Graham Gong who was sniffing in the next chair.
I explained that the Dean had confiscated over 30,000 beer cans
from Gong's room which he had been saving for over a year. “He
was going to make a Volkswagen with them,” I explained.
While we waited in walked Oral Sforza, one of our ministerial
students. Oral was wringing his hands in a distraught manner and
occasionally could be heard to gnash his teeth
“Whatever is the matter with Oral?” 1 asked a friend of his sol
icitously.
“It’s really sad,” replied his friend, “for years he's been helping
raise money to send missionaries to Africa and just yesterday he found
out that the Africans were raising money to send them back.”
"Things are had all over,” I replied. A hush fell over the room
as Coach Casey Single, our P. E. prof, entered the room. He was
dressed in his usual garb: M-jacket, baseball pants and spike shoes.
“Well,” he shouted as he took off his catcher’s mitt, “let’s get
on with the old ball game.’’ He waited a few minutes for the laugh
that didn't come and then continued, “Today men we take up the grand
old game of baseball. Baseball was invented by Cassius Doubleday, a
special services officer in the Roman army during a tour of duty in
Mesopotamia in 46 B. C.”
“Baseball, as you probably know, is a latin word, base meaning
a square canvaa bag, and ball meaning a spherical object. The
game was originally played under water with four Or five hundred
men on a side but because of the high mortality rate the Roman
Emperor Julius Caesar (sometimes confused by historians with
Sid and often mistakenly called Louisa May Alcott) banned the
game on or about 1774.
“Baseball, as we know it today started by two glue makers, Abbott
and Costello, who, after the Civil War, finding themselves with almost
a million and a half dead horses and no market for them (horsemeat
was not discovered until World War II) started making baseballs,
covering them with horsehide, and selling them to the government
which in turn distributed them to various athletic groups, q, g„ Y.W.
C.A., A.S.P.C.A., U.D.C., and the Ku Klux Klan.
“Baseball was, in those days, predominantly a pitcher's game.
It remained a pitcher's game until 1936 when Albert Hanna, a
Danish carpenter accidentally invented the baseball bat.”
“I see that our time is slipping away but before we leave I'd like
to tell you some of Mercer’s stirring baseball history. We are not with
out famous alumni in this field of athletic endeavor. Let me mention
briefly Mercer's Dominic slapped 94 home runs over the fence. Baseball
officials refused to allow his record however, because the Navy was
using our baseball field for maneuvers and the games in which Dorn
hit all those homers were played on the University tennis courts.
‘Then there was Abner Ferd who struck out 27 men in a six
inning game in spring of 1946. The officials refused to put that in
the records because the gsme was against the school for the blind.
Pretty flimsy excuse if you ask me.”
“And last year . . he droned, but by this time I was the only
student left in the class and as the evening meal was almost upon us
I hurried to break in line.
SCANDINAVIAN STUDY
The Scandinavian Seminar announced
today from its headquarters at 127!) Last
71 Street, New York 21, N. Y.. that it is
accepting applications for the 1961-62
study program in Denmark, Finland. Nor
way or Sweden.
Started in 1949, the Scandinavian Semi
nar is incorporated by the Hoard of Ur
gent* of the University of the State of
New York, and has grown to one of the
largest overseas study programs in the
United States. Those eligible for the
program include teachers, college gradu
ates and collage undergraduates interested
in a junior-year-abroad program.
The intermingling of college students,
college graduates and professional per
sona is made possible by the highly indi-
vidulaised program developed for each
Seminar member. During most of the rtine
months in Scandinavia, students in the
seminar study separately from each other,
so that, with faculty guidance, all are able
to develop their specific interests without
conflict.
The seminar is conducted In a completely
Scandinavian environment and in the
language of the country of residence. Sev
eral months before their departure, mem
bers of the seminar begin language study
with records. They are given intensive,
accelerated language instruction in the
first weeks in Scandinavia. Language
learning continues In two family ataya of
three to four weeks each, which are al
ternated with short courses. At these
short courses, in addition to intensive lan
guage study, the seminar faculty and gueat
authorities lecture on the history, litera
ture. art, and social and political prob
lem* of the country and Scandinavia as a
whole.
The seminar students gain a good com
mand of the language which enabled them,
after three months in the country, to study
side by side with Scandinavians in one
of the famoun fslkehjskoler, adult educa
tion centers.
In residence at the folkehojskole for six
months, members of the seminar take
courses in the humanities and social sci
ences. live with a Scandinavian roommate
and participate in the life of the school.
They also carry out independent study
projects in their fields of interest, such
as Scandinavian history, adult education,
the cooperative movement, physical edu
cation and art and design.
The coat of tuition, room and board for
he nine months, language material* and
transportation from New York to Copen
hagen. is $14n0. A limited number of scho
larships and loans is awarded each year
to qualified applicants.
Coma And Sava On Our
Factory To You Pricas
champions
326 Third Str**t
MEN AND SOYS
CLOTHING
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Civil Service Officer
To Visit Mercer Campus
A representative of the civil ser
vice commission will visit the cam
pus, Friday, Nov. 18. H. Z. McCon
nell is scheduled to be in room 202
of the student center on that day
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
He will confer with students in
terested in federal employment,
especially those interested in tak
ing the federal service entrance
examination.
These are the silver wings of a
U. S. Air Force Navigator. As a
flying officer on the Aerospace
team, he has chosen a career of
leadership, a career that has
meaning, rewards and executive
opportunity.
The Aviation Cadet Program
is the gateway to this career. To
qualify for this rigorous and pro
fessional training, a high school
diploma is required ; however, two
or more years of college arc highly
desirable. Upon completion of the
program the Air Force encourages
the new officer to earn his degree
so he can better handle the respon
sibilities of his position. This in
cludes full pay and allowances
while taking off-duty courses un
der (he Bootstrap education pro
gram. The Air Force will pay a
substantial part of all tuition costs.
After having attained enough
credits so that he can complete
course work and residence require
ments for a college degree in 6
months or less, he is eligible to
apply for temporary duty at the
school of his choice.
If you think you have what it
takes to earn the silver wings of
an Air Force Navigator, sec your
local Air Force Recruiter. Ask
him about Aviation Cadet Navi
gator training and the benefits
which are available to a living
officer in the Air Force. Or fill in
and mail this coupon.
There’s a place for tomorrow’s
leaders on the -w- y yy
Aerospace Team. I
Air Force’
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