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Pag* 6
On Campos Mttfitalman
(Author of "1 Wat a Teen-oat Dwarf," '
Loom of Dobit Oillii," tie.)
Th* Many
ANOTHER YEAR, ANOTHER DOLLAR
With today's entry I begin my ninth year of writing columns
in your school newspa(>er for the makers of Marlboro Cigarettes.
Nine years, I believe you will agree, is a long time. In fact,
it took only a little longer than nine years to dig the Hues
Canal, an^ you know what a gigantic undertaking that want
To be sure, the work would have gone more rapidly had the
•hovel been invented at that time, but, as we all know, the
shovel was not invented until 1940 by Walter R. Shovel of
Cleveland, Ohio. Before Mr. Shovel’s discovery in 1940, all
digging was done with sugar tongs —a method unquestionably
dainty but hardly what one would call rapid. There were, natu
rally, many efforts made to speed up digging before Mr. Shovel’s
breakthrough —notably an attempt in 1912 by the immortal
Thomas Alva Edison to dig with the phonograph, but the only
thing that happened was that he got his horn full of sand. This
so depressed Mr. Edison that he fell into a fit of melancholy
from which he did not emerge until two years later when his
friend William Wordsworth, the eminent nature poet, cheered
him up by imitating a duck for four and a half hours.
But I digress. For nine years, I say, I have been writing this
column for the makers of Marlboro Cigarettes, and for nine
years they have been paying me money. You are shocked. You
think that anyone who has tasted Marlboro’s unparalleled
flavor, who has enjoyed Marlboro’s filter, who has revelled in
Marlboro’s jolly red and white pack or box should be more than
willing to write about Marlboro without a penny's compensa
tion. You are wrong.
Compensation is the very foundation stone of the American
Way of Life. Whether you love your work or hate it, our system
absolutely requires that you be paid for it. For example, I
have a friend named Rex Glebe, a veterinarian by profession,
who simply adores to worm dogs. I mean you can call him up
and say, "Hey, Rex, let’s go bowl a few lines,” or “Hey, Rex,
let’s go flatten some pennies on the railroad tracks,” and he
will always reply, "No, thanks. I better stay here in case
somebody wants a dog wormed.” I mean there is not one thing
in the whole world you can name that Rex likes better than
worming a dog. But even so, Rex always sends a bill for worm
ing your dog liecause in his wisdom he knows that to do other
wise would be to rend, possibly irreparably, the fabric of
democracy.
It’s the same with me and Marlboro Cigarettes. I think
Marlboro's flavor represents the pinnacle of the tobacconist’s
art. I think Marlboro’s filter represents the pinnacle of the
filter-maker’s art. I think Marlboro’s pack and box represent
the pinnacle of the packager's art. I think Marllioro is a pleas
ure and a treasure, and I fairly burst with pride that I have
lieen chosen to speak for Marlboro on your campus. All the
same, I want my money every week. And the makers of
Marlboro understand this full well. They don't like it, but they
understand it.
In the columns which follow this opening installment, I will
turn the hot white light of truth on the pressing problems of
campus life —the many and varied dilemmas which beset the
undergraduate - burning questions like "Should Chaucer class
rooms be converted to parking garages?” and "Should proctors
be given a saliva test?” and “Should foreign exchange students
be held for ransom?”
And in these columns, while grappling with the arises that
vex campus America, I will make occasional brief mention of
Marlboro Cigarettes. If I do not, the makers will not give me
any money. •iwiu.adaa
The makert ot Marlboro will bring you this uncentored,
free-ityle column IS time* throughout the echool gear. Dur
ing this period it t§ not unlikely that Old Max will itep on
tome toee—principally ourt—but we think U’t all In tun and
we hope you will too.
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SEPTEMBER 28, 1962
Volume XLIII, Number 2
LEFT—Freshman jfirls congratulate each other on sorority bids. RIGHT—G. E.
Ware hands out fraternity bids.
(Cluster Photo by Bob Hurt)
Kappa Sigma Leads Greeks
In Number Of Pledges
The week-long fall rush season ended Monday with Kappa Sigma
leading the fraternities in number of pledges and three sororities each
with 23 girls. The fourth sorority, Alpha Gamma Delta, pledged 16.
The Mercer Independent Coed Association accepted 15 new as
sociatea.
The Phi Delta Theta fraternity was second in number of pledges
with 25, followed by Phi Delta Theta with 25, Alpha Tau Omega 20
Sigma Nu 19, Kappa Alpha Order 17, Sigma Alpha Epsilon 14, and
Lambda Chi Alpha 10.
Fraternities ami their new
pledges are:
ALPHA TAU OMEGA—Herb
Bailey, Vidalia; Bill Barnwell,
Stone Mountain; Del Bond, Stuart,
Fla.; John Collier, Winter Park,
Fla.; Harry Doss. Brunswick; Lu-
man Earle. Washington. D. C., Dan
Evans, Greenwood, Miss.; Sonny
Funderburk, Moultrie; Roye Glass.
Albany; Nickey Greene, Augusta;
Jim Harris, Barnesville; Mickey
McNair, Gough; Charles Moore,
Register; Mike Neisler. Savannah;
Bill Osteen, Pembroke; Tommy
Parrish, Albany; Robert Ross, Ma
con; Donnie Russell, Thomaston;
Glenn Strange, Lexington, Ky.;
Paul Wallace, Albany.
KAPPA ALPHA — Tommy
Chester. Swains boro; Tommy Dar
by, Vidalia: Billy Emanuel, Ma
con; Jimmy Epps. Macon; Dorsey
Flanders, Swains boro; Dwight
Payne, Macon; Bud Pedigo, Vi
dalia; Jim Shine, Neptune Beach.
Fla.; Bobby Sikes, Macon; Wild
er Smith, Swainsboro; Bob Smith,
Decatur; Benham Stewart. Ma
con; Dave Truesdale, Macon:
Dave Wilcox. West Chester. Penn.;
Charlie Williamson, Atlanta; Tom
my Wright, Macon; Jerry Wynens,
Macon.
KAPPA SIGMA—Skip Left-
wich, Jr., Atlanta; Joseph T. Moss.
Valdosta; Stephen M. Fskew, At
lanta; Robert C. Billue, Dublin;
Jackson O. Iamb. Macon; Ron
nie H. Lenderman. Gainesville,
Steve Adams. Adel; Carey Trice,
Barnesville; Robert S. Johnson.
Toccoa; I.arry Roberts, I .aw re nee
ville; James Sweat, Waycross;
Scotty Cheves. Quitman; George
G. Kitchen*. Warrenton; David
Ray Belew, Macon; James T. Me
Collum, Jr., Vero Beach. Fla
Robert Hershner, Macon; Walter
Chewning, LaGrangc James G.
Hicks, Austell; Frank J. Cunning
ham. East Orange. N. J.; Wayne
Poore, Decatur; Jesse Cleveland
Atlanta; Edd Alfred Evans. Jr.
Fitzgerald; John H. Calhoun, Nt
hunta; Frederick E. Wright. J
Northport. N Y ; James L. Say
er. Atlanta; Daniel E. Robinson
Long Island. N Y.
LAMBDA CHI ALPHA —
Charles McElheney. Danville, Va
Dave Anderson, Ludowici; Joe
Gragg. Somerset, Ky.; Eugene
Wilder, Waycross; Bill Oppen
heimer, Bradenton. Fla ; Ken Au
try. Macon; Roger Nunn. Com
merce; Bill Read. Macon; Cliff
Tappen, Macon
PHI DELTA THETA—Clofford
Alexander, Homerville, Leo James
Blum. Warner Robins; Will Colby
Atlanta: Jack Cooley, Elberton;
Ed Crossett, Jacksonville, Fla.;
John Dahin. Atlanta; Charles
Daniels, Cordele; Craig H Dan
iels, Cordele; Roy Dial, Albany;
Daryl Taylor Evans, Macon; Bill
Exum, 1-akeland; Glenn Gentry,
Augusta: Harry Gunnin, Ft. I>ee,
N. J.; Julian Harrison III. Rome:
Alexander Hodges, Decatur; Dick
Hyer, Jr., Jacksonville. Fla.; Billy
Jackson. Macon; Robert G I^ewis,
Macon; Lawrence Mallard. States
boro; John R. Manning. Marietta;
Pete Rice Jr.. Eatonton; Thomas
M. Sebastian. Warner Robins; Roy
Smith, Eatonton; Abe Varner.
Bainbridge; Steve Wood. Atlanta
SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON —
Harry Anderson, Carrollton; Wood
row Fincher, Macon; Richard
R. S. THORPE &. SONS
STYLE CENTER FOR
YOUNG COLLEGE MEN
Jantzen
McGregor
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Holbrook
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CKarry it.
Next to Damp*ay Hotel
Hickson. Adel; Mike McRay,
Gainesville; Kirby Moncrief, Or
lando, Fla.; Ray Pearson, Ft. Val
ley; Bill Pippin. Moultrie; Dick
Powell, Orlando. Fla.; Ronald L.
Scott. Augusta; Rommy Spencer,
Winter Park, Fla.; Mode Lee
Stone, Jr., Tallahassee. Fla.; New
man Tye, Griffin, John Waller,
College Park; Charles Willits, Or
lando, Fla.
SIGMA NU—.John Johnson.
Statesboro; Harry Davis, Linden.
N. J.; Bill Warren, Richmond,
Va.; John Frakker, Dalton,Brady
Creel, Dalton; Mack Lowry, Daw
son; Robert Mantiply, Savannah,
Jerry Fillingim. Savannah; Curtis
Driver, Resaca; David Patten.
Ocilla, Ca.; Mike Waller, Thomas
ton; Henry Harris. Eatonton;
George Gibson. Montezuma; Billy
Hayes. Atlanta; David Denman.
Decatur: Sherrill Buice, Buford;
Woody Stanley. Jacksonville, Fla.;
Mike Stee. Bowdon; Claude McGe-
hee, Atlantic Beach. Fla.
Sororities and their new pledges
are:
ALPHA DELTA PI — Jan
Brantley, Harrison: Tessie Bryan,
Statesboro; Carolyn Campbell,
Commercer; Carol Chappell, Amer-
icus; Lucy Cook, Albany; Ann
Dishman. Columbus. Martha Dur
den, Jacksonville, Fla ; 'Coyle
Dykes, I-afayette; Lynn Glasgow,
Cordele; Willisia Holbrook. Orlan
do. Ha.; Kay Johnson. Avondale
Estates; Marie Jones. Louisville;
Social
Monday climaxed a week of hec
tic activity for all new students as
well as Fraternity and Sorority
affiliates All our new students
were busy with their orientation
program and a* the same time with
Sorority anil Fraternity parties. Ah
write this all the parties are
over, all have pledged, classes
have begun, ami finally, sleep
•gain!
To each of the seven Fratemi
ties ami four Sororitiea, congratu
lations’ Each of you have out
standing pledge classes. To all new
pledges, we say welcome and best
wishi*s in the years te follow.
There are a lot of new things
here at Mercer. An open house in
our newly redecorated Snack Bar
ntroduced both new and old stu
dents to one of the changes. An
other change is the fact that aev
eral students do not have chapel
—it hurts this Senior to know
that some of you Freshmen don’t
have chapel seats and she does.
With the old and the new, we’re
hack at Mercer for another year.
Welcome back! It promisee to be
* food year.
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