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Number 25
MERCER UNIVERSTY, MACON, GEORGIA, APRIL 27, 1962
irst Annual Folksong Festival
iaturing Moore Begins Tonight
Folksongs ranging nlWhc way from the ancient English The Three
vena to the more recent American The Wreck of the Old ’97 will b©
ird at Mercer’s Willingham Chapel this weekend as folksingers
ither for the First Annual Georgia Collegiate Folksong Festival.
Minstrel Mark Moore, a national-
known Folksinger from Denver,
dIo., will be the master of cere-
lonies at both performances; 7:30
Friday and 2:30 on Saturday
be performances, both entirely
ro fferent, are open to the public
n ithout charge.
Moore, who sings and accom-
n inies himself on the autoharp, itf
a#*" a collector of folk songs and
student of folklore. He has made
[j rer 1200 appearances during the
it three years.
Collegiate singers from Auburn,
■lory. University of Georgia,
eorgia Tech, Mercer, Valdosta
laic, and Wesleyan will perform
I the sessions.
Miss Sondra Rosenberg, a grad
itc assistant in English at Auburn
niversity, is one of the better
iown singers who will appear. She
ul, is sung at the International Gui-
III Golf Team
ifeats LaGrange
The Mercer golf team kept their
average this week by beating
itirange College by default and
ling to the University of Geor-
freshman team. lS'/fr-lH, in
r man match.
The golfers are now 4-4 for the
n with only two matches re
ining on the schedule.
Byron Smith, Mercer’s number
e man, took team medalist hon-
i against Georgia with a two ov-
al par 74, but he was outdone by
l: orgia’s Jack Oliver who shot a
™ isational three under par 69.
The rest of the Bears' scores
la ire: Jim Chester 78, Roy Avant
'* , Hob Preston 80.
1° The team will be in Clinton,
ath Carolina today for a return
'1 itch with Presbyterian College,
n ey beat Presbyterian, 13-14, here
't re in the opener.
-ar Festival and has given a numtier
of programs in the New York area.
Others on the program include
Miss Jeaneane Haines, Atlanta;
Parker Highsmith, Dave Preston,
and Don Pinson, Emory and Geor
gia Tech; Miss Moreen Silver and
John Knight, University of Geor
gia; Miss Cecilia Thranhardt, Em
ory; Wayne Bruce, Valdosta State;
Professor Norman Britten, Auburn;
Mrs. Nancy Blais, University of
Georgia; Mrs. Walter Brown, Uni
versity Extension, W’amer Robins;
and Miss Peggy Craig, Wesleyan.
Mercer participants include Miss
Babs Ixiwery, Miss Bexerly Pitt
man, the Snake Hill Singers (of
the Sigma N'u Fraternity), John
Rue, George Brown. Jimmy Whit
low, Ike Boyette. ISwell Cotter,
and llenry Futch. A trio of Mil
ler High students, Alice Cordon,
Lynn Metz, and hay Howard will
also sing.
KDE Initiates
Kappa Chapter of Kappa Del
ta Epsilon, national honorary ed
ucation sorority, held its spring
initiation Thursday. April 26, at
4:30 p.m. New members are select
ed on their achievements in scholar
ship, service, character, and leader
ship. Installation of new oficers
followed the initiation ceremony,
after which the chapter enjoyed
dinner together.
The new members are: Judy
Brewer,, Kuby Brewer, Martha Sue
Free, Kaye Gardner, l>olores High
tower, Barbara Lowery, Kuby Mea
dows, Judy Rowland, Mary Spencer,
Lisa Thornton, Sandra Waldrop,
and ( harlotte Woolf.
HistoryDept.Picnic
The History Department wlil
hold a picnic at Ida Cason Gar
dens Saturday, April 28th. The
parties included in this occasion
are the history faculty and their
families the students majoring iri
history and their dates or fami
lies. and the stduents getting a
social studies concentration and
their dates or families.
They plan to go in cars leav
ing Mercer's Student Center about
9:00 A.M.
Law Day Features Forums
And Address By Mobley
Plans are maturing for the fourteenth annual Law Day at Mercer
University on Friday, May 3.
It was announced today by Co-chairmen Ben Dismukes and Tom
Edenfield that highlighting the program in addition to the main speech
by Georgia Supreme Court Judge Mobley, will be two forums—each on
a particularly pertinent topic.
JAMES C. HARRISON
Mercer Faculty
James C; Harrison, a research
ogist with the United Fruit
hpany in Coata Rica, has been
ointed assistant professor of
ogy at Mercer University, Dr.
C. Harris, president, en
ticed.
he appointment is effective Sep-
< ’ her 1.
t. Harrison, a native of Geor-
, is a Mercer graduate of 1949.
’ waa born in Harrison, Ga., and
i his permanent home at Adrian,
graduate study was done at
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The first forum will deni with
Article 9 of the Uniform Commer-
ial Code. A brief introductory sum
mary will be made by Associate
Law Professor Ray Patterson, who
will then turn the discussion over
to the three-member panel.
The second forum will be led by
Professor Charles E. Nadler of
Mercer's luiw School. Mr. Nadler,
a well-known authority on bank
ruptcy, will discuss “Chapter Thir
teen Bankruptcies”. Assisting Mr.
Nadler will be the referees-in-bank-
ruptcy from Savannah, Atlanta and
Macon. Also as a part of this
forum, Mr. Nadler will show a short
film dealing w»ith this particular
section of the Bankruptcy Code.
The program for Law Day is
planned and organized by the stu
dents of the Law School. Included
on the committees for Law Day
are Wendell Howell, Invitations;
Myrtha Nevares, Reception; A1
Powers, Publicity; Jose Aponte,
John Taylor and Paul Brown, Food;
Noel Osteen, Max Shemtob and
Ronald Crowe, Entertainment;
John Sims, Law Review; Jerry
Benefield, Finances; Dan Boone
and Larry Maioriello, Program.
Kissel, Baer To
Compete In Athens
Tourney Saturday
Hans Kissel and Bobby Baer will
represent Mercer this weekend at
the Georgia Inter-eollegiate Tennis
Championship to be held in Ath
ens.
Kiasel, who will be seeded num
ber one, is favored to win the sing
les championship, while the doub
les team of Kissel-Baer is picked to
finish in the finals which will be
played Sunday.
Hans has been undefeated in his
first seven team matches at Mer
cer, beating such players as Geor
gia's number one man, Joe Man-
derson twice, and Auburn’s ace,
Hudson Courtney, 6-0, 6-1.
Four Preps to appear at Mercer May 3 in first concert
featuring a nationally known singing group.
Four Preps Concert
In Willingham Chapel
The Four Preps, the first nationally known singing group ever to
appeal in concert at Mercer, will perform next Thursday, May 3, in
Willingham Chapel from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Tickets are $2.00 each and may be purchased from Co-op, the
College Store, or from the president of any social organization.
On Wednesday, April 25 tickets
were to be made available to Wes
leyan students and the general Ma
eon public.
According to SGA president
Tommy Storey, the response from
the student body will largely de
termine the possibility of similar
performances by singing groups in
the future.
The Four Preps are the youngest
vocal group with a major record
ing company and can boast an im
pressive list of hit records. They
rocketed to national fame with their
first million copy record “26
Miles,” followed closely by "Big
Man", which outsold "26 Miles,"
and became the number one record
the British Isles. Since then
they have a long series of hits,
the most recent being "Down By
the Station," which is nearing the
million mark.
Johnston Heads
Biblical Lito, And
Exegesis Society
Dr. Edwin D. Johnston, profes
sor of Christianity, has been elect
ed president of the Society of Bib
lical Literature at Exegesis.
Dr. Johnston was elected presi
dent at the 15th annual meeting of
the society at Guilford College,
Greensboro, North Carolina in as
sociation with the Southern Sec
tion of the National Association of
Biblical Instructors.
Dr. Johnston, Roberts Professor
of Bible, came to Mercer in 1960
and has been serving in his present
position since 1966. He received his
A.B. from Mercer, His Th.M. from
Southern Baptist Theological Sem
inary and his Ph.D. from the Uni
versity of Mancheetef.
Seminars To Be Held
ForGraduates AlumniDay
Mercer University alumni are set for a busy weekend, May 4-5,
when Mercer welcomes the return of hundreds of old grads to the
Macon campus for Alumni Day.
Mercerians will be busy with a
variety of meetings, including an
unusual series of professional sem
inars and climaxed with the dedi
cation by Tvesldent Rufus C. Har
ris of the W. G. Lee Alumni House.
The Alumni House was named
for Dr. Lee, a Macon businessman,
by the Mercer trustees in January.
The recognition came in honor of
Dr. Lee’s years of yvork for Mercer.
In 1969 Dr. Lee promised Mer
cer $40,000 for a scholarship fund
provided that the alumni contribut
ed an additional $60,000. The result
ing fund campaign was one of the
most successful in Mercer’s history.
Dr. Lee was a trustee of Mer
cer for 24 years. He is a former
member of the Alumni Executive
Committee and now serves on the
President’s Advisory Council. In
1960 he received the honorary LL.D.
degree from Mercer.
The special series of seminars is
organized according to professions
Programs are planned for the min
istry, law, teaching, business, and
science. Mercer faculty members,
students, and professional leaders'
will conduct the meetings.
Topics for discussion are “A Lib
eral Arts Education as a Prelude
to Graduate Study,” for the busi
ness seminar; “Foundations of Ed-
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The Preps met and originated as
a quartet at Hollywood High School
in Los Angeles and got their first
nation-wide TV break in 1957 on
the Tennessee Ernie Ford Show.
Since then they nationally appear
ed on the Ozzie and Harriett Show,
the Lawrence Welk Show, and with
Ed Sullivan.
The group consists of Marvin
lanbnett, high tenor, Bruce Belland,
lead tenor, Glen Larson, baritone,
and Ed Cobb, buss. Larson and
Belland also serve as a polished
composing team, having written
‘26 Miles", "Big Man”, and "Down
By the Station".
The Preps made an auspicious
start in motion pictures, co-star-
Ing with Sandra Dee and James
Darren in “Gidget,” for which Lar
son and Belland wrote the theme,
“Cinderella."
A rundown on other popular Co
lumbia recordings include “Lazy
Summer Night," and "Summer
time Lies." Their first album re
lease was called "The Four Preps,”
with subsequent album releases in
cluding "The Things We Did Last
Summer," “Dancing and Dreaming
Last Summer," and "Down By the
Station."
Law Frat Initiates
Phi Alpha Delta law fraternity
initiated eight members this week.
The new brothers are George
Brown and Maurice Da'import, Ma
con; Dan Bradley. Hapeville; Sta
cey Cotton. Atmore, Alabama;
Wade R. Crowe, McColl, South Car
olina; Richaid Gordon. Pompano
Beach, lorida; and Joe Tuggle,
Birmingham, Alabama.
The formal initiation conducted
in the Moot Court Room in the
Walter F. George School of Uw,
was followed by fraternal din
ner in a downtown restaurant.
