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MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GEORGIA, MAY 25, 1962
Number 29
E ercer University To Honor Four
t Commencement Day Exercises
wary Degrees Go To
Distinguished Georgians
Mercer University will confer honorary degrees upon four dig-
pguished Georgians at commencement exercises on June 4, according
an announcement today l>y l)r Hufus C. Harris, president.
The four men to be honored will be U. S Representative Carl
inson. Frank Henry Neely, Atlanta, and two Baptist ministers, Louis
ranklin Kennedy, Thomasville and Clarence F Sessions, Atlanta.
President Harris will deliver the
xnmencement address at 10:30
in Willingham Chapel where
Ixiut 250 students will receive de
af the June exercises.
Mr. Vinson will receive the hon-
rary doctor of humane letters de
fer. Considered one of the South’s
irntest statesmen, he has been a
ember of the United .States
louse of Representatives for 48
isrs.
Mr. Neely, chairman of the elec
tive committee of Rich’s, Inc., in
itlsnta, will receive the honorary
setor of laws degree. He is a hu-
anitarian, financier, educator.
■Mir servant, and businessman.
The honorary doctor of divinity
rtree will be conferred upon Louis ,
| for 24 consecutive two-year terms
ranklin Kennedy, pastor of the ^
Advance Credit
For Summer Work
Dean Spiro’s office reminds
all Mercer students that any
one planning to take work for
credit this summer at other
schools should first obtain ad
vance approval from the Dean's
office.
Students are advised not to
take foreign languages at other
schools during the summer.
Upper division students will
not receive credit for summer
work taken at junior colleges.
ercises of the- Mercer University
Extension I)e|>artment of Chris
tian Education June 3 at 8 p.m. in
Willingham Chapel
Vinson has represented the Sixth
Congressional District in Geogria
irxt Baptist Church at Thomas-
p. and Clarence F. Sessions,
tor of the Beecher Hills Bap-
■t Church at Atlanta.
Mr. Kennedy is being recognized
ir Ins outstanding work as |>astor
(lurches in Kentucky and Geor-
for his service to the denomina
i. and for his service as an alum-
us and trustee of Mercer Univer-
tv
He will deliver the baccalaureate
union June 3 at 11:15 a m. at the
irst Baptist Church. Macon.
Mr. Sessions is recognized for
service to the denomination and
religious and civic leadership.
He will speak at the closing ex
and has server! with eight U S
presidents
MISS JANICE POINDEXTER
Dindexter Is New
ircle K Sweetheart
Miss Janice Poindexter was
med sweetheart of the Mercer
n le K Club at the Spring Ban
let held at the Davis House last
ionday evening.
Janice ia a sophomore from
■up, Ga. She is a memlier of Al
la Delta Pi sorority, the student
■propriations committee, and
lercer Playera. She ia on the
tuldron staff and sings in the
la roe r Choir.
The officers of the Circle K Club
f the coming year are: Pres,
nirniy Faircloth, V. P Robert
iirley, Sec. Phil Blackwell,
leas. Jere Key.
When he celebrates his fiftieth
year of congressional service in
1984. he will have tier'll a menilier
ol the House longer than any man
in the history of the country.
He presently is chairman of the
powerful Hollaed Armed Services
Committee and is the acknowledg
ed backstage boss of the Pentagon
For 37 years he has been the sen
ior Democrat on this committee or
its predecessor, the old Naval Af-
lairs Committee.
(Continued on page 4)
Summer Fine Arts
Programs Announced
Six rhn|M'l programs will be pre
sented during the summer sessions
at Mercer this year
Durnig summer school, chapel is
held weekly every Wednesday
This years programs will include
a presentation of dramatic charac
ter sketches, two worship programs
and three musical programs
The sohiMule of the summer
chapel is June 20—Convocation:
June 27—Cavaliers Male Quartet;
July 4—Holiday: July 11 —Marcia
Roby, dramatic character sketches;
July 18—Herbert Albin, violinist
with Vola Jackobs, pianist; July 25
—Worship Program: August 1—
Karen Duke, folk singer and guitar
ist; August 8—Worship Program.
In addition, there will be a special
exhibit of paintings, drawings and
wood -carvings to be displayed in
the (fonnell Student Center
throughout the summer sessions.
Dorm Applications
Due By July 1st
Room reservations for all stu
dents planning to reside in the
dormitories during the fall quarter
must be made not later than July
1. according to an announcement
this week by University officials.
William T. Haywood, business
manager, said all pre-enrollment
applications for resilient students
must he filed with a $50 d|>eosit
Students in the College of Liberal
Arts will be charged a $10 late
pre enrollment fee if their applies
tion is not received prior to July 1
All male freshmen anil sopho
more students will be required to
jive in dormitories next fall, with
the exception of married students,
veterans, and those specifically ex
cepted by the Dean of Men.
All single women students will be
required to live in dormitories un
less they resident with close rela
tives in Macon.
Four Mercer Faculty
Appear In Who’s Who
Four Mercer Faculty members
have been selected to ap|>ear in hte
new edition of Who’s Who in
America.
Dr. Spencer B. King, Jr., chair
man of the history department, Dr.
Robert H. Spiro. Dean of the
College of Liberal Arta, Charles
H. Stone, university librarian, and
James C. Quarles, Dean of the
Walter F. George School of Law,
will appear in the new issue of
Who’s Who in America.
Who’s Who in America is a com
pilation of approximately 50.000
brief personal sketches of those
Americans whose positions orachi-
evements bring them under certain
admission standards set up by the
compilers
Sullivan Award Recipients
Named To Highest Honor
^JVIihh Lynm* Bradley anil Floyd Hunt Sanders have lx»en named
recipients fo the coveted Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award, which will
be pn^sented at commencement exercises Monday. June 4
The third Algernon Svdny Sullivan award will t>e presented to
Hugh (\ t’arney. Atlanta attorney and distinguished alumnus of Mer
cer University
The Algernon Sydney Sullivan [of the Mercer ROTC Battle Group
medallions are presents! annually
to outstanding students in each
year’s graduating class and to dis
tinguish^! leaders in all ln*lds.
Sponson-d by the New York
Southern Society, tin* awards are
the highest honor that may come to
a graduating student at Mercer.
M iss Bradley has ls‘cn active in
campus activities at Mercer She
has served as president of the
Mercer fndependent Coed Asso
ciation. clerk of the Honor Coun
cil. vice president of the Baptist
Student Union, secretary treasurer
of the Student Government Asso
ciation. and a memlier of the Relig
ious Education Association
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Woodrow H. Bradley. 35 Opel
Street. Uartersville.
Sanders served as cadet colonel
during his senior year and is a
member of Scabbard and Blade,
military honor fraternity.
A member of the Kapa Alpha
Order, he served as president dur
ing the past year He is a member
of Blue Key. I’hi Eta Sigma. Beta
Beta Beta. Alembic Club, Kappa
Epsilon Gamma He has served as
chic.” justice of the Honor C mncil.
A science major, he is the son of
Mr and Mrs B. B. Sanders, 230
Ryals Avenue, Macon.
Carney, a memlier of the Atlanta
law firm of Duke. Durden, Carney
and Alhadeff. is being honored for
his work as a public servant and
civil and religious leader.
He has served as an assistant at
torney general, a memlier and
(Continued on page 4)
FBW Travel
To Americus
A group of students from the
Mercer Chapter of Future Business
Women went to Americus on Wed
nesday to install a chapter of the
national Phi Beta Lambda business
fraternity at Georgia Southwestern
College. The installation team was
composed of Angela Silcox, presi
dennt of the Mercer chapter; Gail
Norris. President elect: Linda Ta
bor, Vice President-elect; and their
adviser. Mrs. Zeb Vance, who made
the installation address. They were
guests of the college at dinner fol
lowing the installation
Ilaphane Blankenship and David Thornton enjoy the new patio
furniture. (Staff Photo by Bob Hurt)
More Improvements Planned
For Connell Student Center
By Anne Johnson
The rapidly-changing countenance of the Connell Student Center
has received another face lifting.
Students returning from a week-end off campus or out of town
last week found several surprises when they saw tin- Connell Student
Center again
New concrete benches have been
provider! for weary or chatting
students in the concourse between
the bookstore and the post office—
two along the walls of each of the
bordering buildings, two along the
front walk, and two surrounding
two of the columns.
Recent additions of the |>atio
include umbrella tables, another
bench and a concrete birdhath in
the border garden
Mrs. Martha Maddox, university
hostess, working on further plans
for the student center, stated that
this summer will probably see the
Innovation fo severs I concrete
planters filled with evergreens.
Furthermore, plans as yet in-
definiet. are still being discussed
for a wrought iron walkway to the
Co-op; rumors of the building of a
fishpond in the courtyard are false.
For the benefit of those who are
not sun' about students' us*' of the
courtyard umbrella tables. Mrs
Maddox has also said that the
tables are a part of the beautifica
tion of the campus and that stu
dents may eat their meals or
snacks there or may simply sit
and talk.