Newspaper Page Text
Volume XLII
May 11, 1961
Number 27, Page 4
£MinimmmiiiiiimiiiiiNiiiiiiiimuiitiiiiiitHmMtiiiiiimiiiiiiiiminN4
%c Social (yet
A word to ltithia McGlaun, Past
Editor ot the Cluster—Thank you
Kithia lor being a goixl editor, for
tx'ing so patient with ine and most
of all for lx-ing sueh a delightful
Ijen-on. It has been a pleasure to
work with you on the Cluster—
We wish you the greatest.
At a meeting about three weeks
ago the l’hi Mu’s had Hans Kissel
to s|xak to them on Germany,
From what I hear the talk was
verv enjoyable.
The Chi O’s held their annual
Spring weekend. The formal was
on Friday and the informal on
Saturday. A very good weekend!
The ADPi's held a Spring Re
treat at the Fiekling Lodge last
Saturday. These ADPi' alums
were here: Mary Durden. Diane
Shropshire, Fredonia Patterson,
and Olive McDaniel.
Alpha Gam had it’s annual rush
retreat in the home of Pat Walden
last Friday and Saturday. Every
one had a good time and accom
plished much.
Kappa Sigma. Cliff Fuller has
been initiated. This weekend will
see the Kap|ia Sigs at their unnual
Spring Formal, to be held Satur
day night.
This week is Greek Week. A
dance is planner! for Friday night
with the Zodiacs playing . . we
urge you all to come and sup|)ort
Harris . . .
Law Day
(Continued from page 1)
Earlier Dr. Harris emphasized
that a university must constantly
re-examine and re-evaluate herself
"to make sure that she is not a vic
tim of prejudice, short sighted ness
and provincialism; that she lead
her surrounding community . .
that she is not a museum . . .”
I)r. Harris maintained that “the
inquisitive and critical mind is the
most valuable in every discipline
from science to religions . . .”!
He emphasized the necessity for
scholars to avoid retreating from
W. G. Lee ...
(Continued from page 1)
s|H'nt a morning in attending pro
fessional seminars, and then pro
ceeded to their annual meeting
where they heard Dr. Lee an
nounce his gfit.
The alumni also elected officers
for 1902-63. Robert L. Cousins of
Atlanta, assistant director of the
Southern Education Foundation,
was elected president. He succeeds
A. Edward Smith, Columbus attor
ney Mrs. I-ennie F. Davis of Co
lumbus was elected vice-president
to succeed Miss Mary Aronld
Binns of Atlanta. J. Fred Carson
of Macon, vice-president of the
First National Bank was re-elect
ed treasurer. Miss Frances Floyd,
also of Mcaon. was re-elected treas-
(Continued from page 1)
sive work of the Uniform Com
mercjal Code.
Serving on the panel with Pat
terson will Is' Francis M. Bird and
Sam J. Gardner, dr., both promi
nent state attorneys.
A luncheon will be serves 1 at
1:00 in the Student Caftleria. At
this time Justice Mobley will de
liver the main address.
Concluding the 1-aw Day activ
ities will lx- the Annual Law Day
Donee to be held at American Le
gion Post 74 sponsored hv the Law
Alumni Association.
Pershing Rifles
Triumphant
On May 4 and 5 Mercer's Com
pany E-4 of the National Society
of Pershing Rifles triumphed over
rival companies from North and
South Carolina, Alabama, and
Tennessee at the annual drill
meet of the 4th regiment of Persh
ing Rifles held at Ft. McPherson.
First place in the basic individual
<Iri 1 1 eom|>etition was won by P/R
first Sgt. Charles N. Fowler. P/R
Second Lieutenant James M. I’ah
ris won first place in the advanced
individual drill competition. Com
pany E 4's rifle team njemliers.
Cadets Joe Snow and Bud Dozier,
placed fifth in the regimental rifle
match.
Company E-4 also installed its
new officers on Monday May 7.
They are P/R Captain Virgil Dun
can, P/R executive officer; 1st
Lieutenant, Charles N. Fowler,
I' ll 2nd Lieutenant. Nathan Deal;
and P/R First Sgt , Andrew Mc
Pherson.
When you
need a little lift —
depend on Coke
the "burning issues:"
"The product of scholarship and
academic involvement in the out
come of controversial public issues
is needed increasingly in these
times. The essential forces behind
the university's scholarly work and
action in all periods is important to
the resolution of the burning is
sues. But our society cannot have
it both wavs. Father the scholars
live in an ivory tower where their
study and thought shall have no
relevance to the problems of the
times in which they live, or the
scholars are resfiected and ex|>ect-
erl to have, and to assert, their
isiints of view Some will have
opinions that somebody may dis
like. hut so must it he if that is
the case. Neither retreat nor con
signment to lonely anti forbidden
towers will help the world."
Harris In Athens
Dr. Rufus Harris, President of
Mercer University spoke last even
ing at the University of Georgia
Center for Continuous Education
in Athens. Georgia.
"Attack on Ignorance" was the
topic of Dr. Harris' speech. It was
made for the seventh meeting of
the Georgia Adult Education Con
ference at a banquet yesterday.
Also at the Conference was Dr
Alumni certificates of "meritori
ous service" were awarded to Bert
St ruby of Macon, general man
ager of The Macon Telegraph and
News, Gene F'. Dvar. of Savannah
attorney, W Wyehe Fowler of At
lanta, insurance executive, Dr. A
G Funderhurko of Moultrie, phy
sician. and Ralph Tilly of Rome
pharmacy of the pharmacy alumni
Blue Key Makes
Freshman Award
A freshman award has been set
up by Blue Key in honor of Dr
Spright Dowell, President Emeri
tus of Mercer University.
The award will be presented
each year to the freshman male
student who best exemplifies the
standards of Blue Key scholar
ship, leadership, character and
participation in school activities.
Charles Williams, president of
Blue Key announced last week at
the Blue Key Cardinal Key ban
quet that the award will be pre
sented each year. This year’s
award, the first to be made, will
be presented today at the annual
Recognition Day ceremonies.
The recipient will have his name
inscribed on a plaque which will
hang in the Student Center. Each
subsequent recipient will also have
his name added to the plaque.
Dr. Dowell, in whose name the
award has been made, is the
founder of the Mercer chapter ot
Blue Key.
Park H. Anderson of Mercer, who
was the chaplain for thiF confer-
ROTC Recognition Day
And Display To Be Held
This year's Mercer ROTC program will be climaxed Wednesday
with special recognition of outstanding cadets at the annual ROTC
Day Ceremonies.
ROTC Day Activities will feature a simulated Nike Missile Firing
Battery and LaCrosse Missile, along with a display of armored ve
hicles. This will he the first public display of the LaCrosse. Students
and faculty members are invited to view these displays.
The ROTC Day program will
get underway at 12:00 noon with a
barbecue held in the military de
partment area. Tickets for non
military students are $1 00. At 1:30
p.m. the battle group will form on
the parade field for the formal
ceremonies. Chaplain Barry Thom
as. Captain USAF', will deliver the
invocation which will be followed
by a brief welcome by Dean Spiro,
Dean of the College of Liberal
Arts. Following Dean Spiro’s wel
come, the military sponsors will
lie formally presented to the battle
group and guests. This will be fol
lowed by a precision drill exhibi
tion by the Pershing Rfiles Drill
Platoon.
After the completion of the drill
exhibition, the formal presentation
of special awards and recognition
will take place. The following are
the awards to be presented:
Superior Cadet Ribbons: Out
standing MS IV Student. Hunt F.
Sanders; Outstanding MS III Stu
dent, Douglas C. Davy; Outstand
ing MS II Student, John Nathan
Deal; Outstanding MS I Student,
Grover L. Dozier.
Third United States Army Cer
tificate of Meritorious Leadership
Achievement. William O. Noles;
Distinguished Military Student
Badge. James T. Webb; Sons of
the American Revolution Citizen
ship Award, Gerald R. Knoll; Ar
mor Association Award, William
C. Etheridge; Award of Associa
tion of United States Army Medal.
James M. Pahris, Achievement
Medal MS II Student, Charles N.
Fowler; Achievement Medal MS I
Student, Joseph M. Snow; Scab
bard & Blade MS II Leadership
Award. Charles N. Fowler; Scab
bard & Blade MS I Leadership
Award, Andrew M. McPherson;
Rifle Team Co-Captains Medal,
Douglas C. Davy and Joseph M.
Snow.
(Author of “/ Woo a Tetn-agt Dwarf'.“Th* Many I
Love* of DobieGiUit”, tie)
TILL WE MEET AGAIN
This is the final column of my eighth year of writing for the
milkers of Marllxiro Cigarettes, and this year, as in every pre
ceding year, when I come to the last column of the season, I
come to a problem.
My contract with the* makers of Marllxiro calls for me to
write a humor column and, truly, I do the bent I can —all things
considered, I am not, I should explain, a jolly man by nature.
Why should I lx>? First of all, I am shorter than everybody
Second, there are moths in my cashmere jacket. Third, I work
in television.
All the same, when it comes time to write this column, I light
a gixxl Marllxiro Cigarette, put aside my trauma, and try with
all the strength in my tiny lxxly to make some jokes. Some
times it works Ix'tter than others, hut on the last column of the
year, it just flatly dix'sn’t work at all.
Even in the very Ix'ginningthis was true—and that, you will ns
call, was eight years ago when I was relatively young and strong
and had not yet developed that nasty knock in my transmission
Well do I reniemlier sitting down to write the final column of my
first year. Day followed barren day, and not a yock, not a Ixiflj
not a zinger did 1 pnxluce. I was alxiut to give up humor and
take a job selling mechanical dogs when all of a sudden, in a
blinding flash, I realized why I couldn’t think of any jokes!
I leapt up from my typewriter and ran as fast as my little
fat legs would carry me to the makers of Marllxiro Cigarettes,
and I tugged my forelock, and I said, "Sirs, I am well aware
that you have engaged me to write a humor column, hut today,
as 1 approach the filial column of the season, I am far too misty
to lx 1 funny, for the final column of the season is, after all, a
leave-taking, and when I think of saying gixxlbye to my audience
— the swellest audience any columnist ever had —the college
students of America —wonderful human lx»ings, every man and
’ J _
'fee ViitYiiiJfy^duk but
woman of them wise but kindly— astute but compassionate—
IXTspicacious but forlx'aring when, sirs, I think of saving gixxl
bye to such an audience, f am t<xi shook up even to consider
levity, and so I ask you, sirs, to let me, in the final column of the
year, forego humor and instead write a simple, dignified,
straightforward farewell."
Then I t<xik out my bandanna, wi|xxl my eyes, ears, nose, and
throat and waited for a reply from the makers of Marllxiro.
They sat around the ixilished Ixiard ns mi table, the makers,
their handsome brows knit in concentration, puffing thought
fully on the Marllxims in their tatbxxxi hands. At length they
spoke. "Yes," they said simply.
I never doubted they would sav yes. People who moke t
cigarette as gixxl as Marllxiro must themselves lx' gixxl. People
who lavish such care on blending tolxiccos so mild and flavor
ful, on devising a filter so clean and white, on Ixixing a flip-top
1h>X so flip-top, on packing a soft pick so soft—people like that
are one hundred |x>rcent with me!
And so from that day forward, the final column of the year
including the one you arc, I devoutly hope, now reading
makes no attempt to bo funny, but is instead a simple thunk
you and uu revoir.
1 hank you and uu revoir, makers of Marllxiro. The memory
of our eight years together will remain ever fresh in my heart,
and I would like to state for all the world to hear that if yen
want me hack again next year, 1 shall expect a substantial
raise in sidury.
Thank you and au revoir, college students of America. May
Rood luck attend all your ventures. Stay well. Stay happy.
Stay loose
Small Max hat taid it all. H e, the maker< of Marlboro Clga-
rettet, can only add a heart felt tecond chorus' Stay well.
Stay happy. Stay loose.
Fincher's Barbecue
Catering Service for Fraternities and Sororitlet
3947 Houston Avanua
R. S THORPE
& SONS
Style Center
For
David Howard
Campus
Representative Young College Men
David DiAntoain
Campus
Representative
y n i p p i i