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MCA Fcts Seniors
M LC.A. honored it»
seniors Wednesday at
S«uor Tea. Each girl
■anted with a gift, rep re
some memorable event i
at Mercer.
Future Business Women enjoy
ed their annual Cook-out, which i»
their traditional last-meeting-of-
theyeer, at die home of their ad via-
er. Mrs. Vance on Monday evening.
Member* enjoyed barbecued chick
en and a picnic nipper, fallowed by
home-made ice cream. Officer* for
1962 63 were installed at the meet
ing.
Announcement was made that
Gail Norm, presidentelect. and
Linda Tabor, vice president elect,
will represent Mercer at the na-
tional convention of Phi Beta
'Lambda business fraternity in Cin
cinnati, June 10-12. A* president
of the Georgia chapter, Gail will
officially represennt the state as
well. She will also compete with
candidates from the other states for
the title of “Miss Future Business
Executive erf America.” This award
S Sprinter Jerry “Deer” Watson
and field men Brooks Coleman and
Charles Brownlee ted M.I.M.A. to
5ta second straight track champion
ship. Winning five events and
placing'In alt the others, the
M.I.M.A.'s amassed a total of 44
points.
ley, Glenda Allen, Joanne Croy,
Mary Knn Cheek. June Kilpatrick.
Tjeda Lawaon, Jeane Fulwood,
Rhoda Blood worth, Jnaice Jakson,
Thelma Daviaon, Phyllis Lane,
Carolyn McElwaney. Marty Jack-
son, and Vonceil Smith.
Honorary . . .
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Neely, trained as an engineer,
has been an administrator in the
fields of scientific management, fi
nance, education, buainese, and
civic work.
During World War II he served
without compensation as Regional
Director of the War Production
Board for several years. He was
one of the original appointees to
the Advisory Board of the National
Heart Council and served as a
member of the Committee on Busi
ness Organization of the Depart-
lee was taking the shot put At the
'end of the first day the Indepen-
dendente had soomd SB points.
Watson’* win in the 440 was the
only fint MJ.M.A. could capture
the second day. The extreme heat
hindered all participants as evi
denced by the poor showing in all
events. .
Individual point honor* went to
M.I.M.A.’* Jerry Watson with
11 1/4 points. Phi. Delta Frankie
Edwards was second with 10 1/2.
Brooks Coleman, M.I.M.A., was
third with 9 1/4.
Team scores: 1. M.I.M.A., 44
points 2. SAE, 24; 3. PM Delt, 16;
4. SN, 8; 5. KA, 4: and 6. Minis
ters, 3. <
440 Relay 1. I M A. (Coleman.
Peagler, Tucker, Watson);>2. SAE;
3. PDT; 4. KA. T-46. 4.100:1. Ed
wards. PDT; 2. Tucker, M.IM..A.;
3. Wilcox. PDT; 4. Tiuit, SAE.
ment of Defense of the second
Hoover Commission, He later |
served on both the Special Com- ,
mittee on Organisation and the i
Task Force on Business Operations
of the Defense Department. In |
1948 he organized and was the ,
first chairman of the Georgia State
Department of Commerce. (
Mr. Neely presently is a mem- ^
her of President Kennedy's White ^
T-10.4. 220: 1, Truit, SAE; 2,
Jones, Ministers; 3. Muaial, SAE;
4. Tucker, MJ.M.A. T-23. 3. 440:
L Watson, M.I.M.A.; 2. Boyotte,
SN; 6. Stone. SAE; 4. Hays. KA.
T-53.3. 880: 1. Watson, M.LMJL;
2. Stone, SAE; 3. Hardin, 8Np 4.
Hays, KA. T-2.10. Broad Jump: L
ftnlsmsn, M.I.M.A.; &.
SN; & Payne, MIMA; 4. Spivey,
SAE. D-I9T1 8/4". High Jump; L
Edward*, PDT; 2. Coleman,
MIMA; « Payne, IUMA
H-8‘6”. Shot Put: 1. Brownlee,
M.I.M.A.; 2. Brookshire, MI MA;
3. Wingate. SAE; 4. Everett, PDT.
D-419 8 fAT. Dtscu*: 1. Wingate,
SAE; 2. Hodge. MI MA; 8.
Brownlee. MJ.M.A.; 4. Futral. KA.
D-96’8 8/4".
man Collgee, Nothiae Para, Urn, >
Sessions hat-served as president
of the Atlanta Baptist Association,
as moderator of the Atlanta Asso
ciation of Baptist Churches, and
as a member of the Home Mission
Board. He has also been a mem
ber of the Atlanta Christian Coun
cil and a trustee of the Georgia
Baptist Childrens Home.
Mr. Sessions has taken an active
leadership in civic affairs. He is a
member of the Masons, Optimist
International, Boy Scout Council,
and the West End Business Men's
Association.
Bom in Baldwin County in 1883,
Mr. Vinson got his schooling in
Milkedgeville, Gil, and at 16 en
rolled in the Mercer University
law school, from which he received
the LL.B. degree in 1902. He began
the practice of law in 1902 in Mil-
ledgeville, later serving three yean
as solicitor for Baldwin County. At
26 he was elected to the Georgia
House Committee on Youth Em
ployment. a member of the six-man
advisory board of the Georgia
Aeronautics and Space Adminis
tration, and a member of the Geor
gia Nuclear Energy Commission.
He has served as chairman of the
school committee of the Metropoli
tan Bond Commission in Atlarta,
is a trustee emeritus of the Geor
gia Tech Foundation, Inc., and a
Mercer Basketball
former member of the board of
trustees of the Georgia Tech Re
search Institute. ; ; \
A graduate of Georgia Tech with
though not as successful as Coach
Wijder had wished for, proved to
be a fairly successful year with a
12-12 record The over all game av
erage was 71.5 for the hears and
705 for their opponents; this was
a marked improi nmsnf over last
years average, 898 fo the Bears
and 76.8 for the oppnsisats, i
Edwards, this year’s teem cap
tain, scored an even 200 points,
while Dulick scored 372, Hardman
802. Clifton 365, Hearn 248, and
a B.S. degree in Mechanical En
gineering, he has been widely rec
ognised for his work in scientific
management. The American Socie
ty of Mechanical Engineers and
the American Management Asso
ciation in 1962 jointly awarded him
the Henry Laurence Gantt Memo
rial Gold Madal "for distinguished
achievement in industrial manage
ment as a service to the commun
ity.” He was awarded the Taylor
Key by the Society for the Ad
vancement at Management in 1968.
Kennedy has served as president
of the Atlanta Baptist Pastors' As
sociation, moderator of the Thom
as County Baptist Association,
president of the Thomasville Min
isterial Association, and president
of the Georgia Baptist Pastors’
Conference. He has also been vice-
president of the Georgia Baptist
Convention, a member of the Home
Mission Board of Southern Baptist
Convention, and a merabei/of the
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Mr. Vinson was elected to the
63rd Congress on November 3,
1914, in a special election to fill an
unexpired term. He was sent back
to Washington the following year
and has completed 48 years in
Congress. •
He holds several honorary de
grees one being the doctor of laws
degree conferred on him in 1946
by Mercer University.
Following his graduation from
Georgia Tech in 1904, Mr. Neely
entered the field of scientific man
agement He joined Rich's, Inc., as
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. LaGrange Collage
Erakine Orfjeg^L.
Wofford College ...
Stetson University
Florida !
.Univ. of
1924, and served the company suc
cessively as executive vice-presi
dent and secretary, president, and
chairman of the board of director*.
In 1961 he was elected to chairman
of the executive committee. The
growth of Rich’s, the South’s hug
est department store, is a monu
ment to his efforts.
He is president of the Rich
Foundation, a non-profit organisa
tion.
A native of Wiltiston. 8. C„ Mt.|
Kennedy received Ms A.B. degiee
from Mercer University In 1944,
after which be earned the Th-B.
from Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary, Louisville, Ky., in 1948.
Born in 1906 in W^hngtaR
County, Ga„ Mr. Hsesinns we* a
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