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MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 23, 1964
Number 5
Trustees Name Humanities
Building For Dean Knight
The Board of Trustees of Mercer University has approved the
aminjj of the Humanities Building in honor of the late Dr. Otis
kwey Knight. In naming the classroom building the Otis Dewey
[.night Hall of Hurhanities, the trustees acted upon the recommcn-
ations of Mercer students and faculty members.
Dr. Knight, a member of the tellect, but at the same time a man
[ercer faculty and adminiitration
jr 42 years, died April 29. At the
Ime of his death he was Kilpatrick
'rofessor of Paycholo, v and chair-
isn of the department of psycho-
»gy-
Shortly after Dr. Knight's death,
ercer’s Student Government As-
Dciation passed a resolution pro-
osing that the building be named
i honor of Dr. Knight. The resolu-
lon called for an inscription upon
building as a permanent me-
jorial to Dr. Knight In present-
ig this proposal to the trustees,
h. Harris cited Dr. Knight as "a
n of exceptionally brilliant in-
of genuine humility.”
Citing the need for new science
facilities, President Harris told the
trustees at their regular fall meet
ing on campus that at least one
million dollars is needed for the
new science facilities to accomo
date the departments of chemistry,
biology, and physics.
If Mercer is to continue college
level educational instruction in
science, adequate facilities are
must. He said, “These facilities are
Mercer's most critical need.”
As modern science teaching and
learning continues to advance,”
said Dr. Harris, “Mercer’s present
Eighth Lamar Lectures
To Begin Next Week
Dr. Thomas D. Clark, who has been named to deliver
he eighth annual Lamar Lctures, will speak on “Three Sou-
hern Crusades and Their Implications to the Modern South”
ieginning Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 10 a.m. in Willingham Chapel.
In a banquet meeting at the
inebrook Inn Monday night, at-
tnded by members of the Lamar
ecture Series committee and rep-
esentatives of various campus or-
anizations, Dr. Henry Warnock of
le history department stated that
>e Lamar Lectures are the sec-
nd most important lecture series
the South. “Though our speakers
re as distinguished and we pay
Hem a bit more, I would have to
ay that the much older Fleming
ectures at LSU are the most
nportant.”
At the same meeting, Dr. War-
ock also said that Mercer ought
become more aware of the im-
ortance of the Eugenia Dorothy
Hount Lamar Memorial Lectures,
he lectures, he said, are published
nd some have gone into several
iitions.
Each lasting approximately one
our, the lectures will be given on
'uesday and Wednesday of next
ieek. The first, on "The South In
hange”, will be delivered during
tudent chapel. The second, to be
elivered at 8 p.m. Tuesday, will
! on “Tha Crusade for Universal
duration.” At 10 a.m. on Wednes-
ay there will be an informal cof-
with Dr. Clark and members
t the Mercer faculty in room 316,
onnell Student Center. At 4 p.m.
n the same day, Clark will lecture
“The Crusade for Agrarian
hange.” At 8:30, he will deliver
>e last of the Lamar Lectures for
»ii year, on “The Crusade for
onservation of Southern Besourc-
i and Its Implications,” to be fol
ded by a reception in the lobby
f Willingham Chapel.
Dr. Clark, a native of Louisville,
lias., holds degrees from Duke
Diversity and the Universities of
iiuissippi and Kentucky. He has
lught at several universities in
d* country, in addition to Oxford,
University of Vienna, University of
then*, and the Salsburg Seminar.
1* reputation as an authority on
* New South, is based on his
•°ks: “Bluegrass Cavalcade,”
frontier America,” and “The
merging South." He is pre-
■tly writing history of the New
•nth jointly with Albert D. Kir-
Clark has also served as
leaidant of the Southern Histori- Sigma Nu from
DR THOMAS CLARK
cal Association and the Mississippi
Valley Historical Association and
has been editor of the Journal of
Southern History.
At the Monday night meeting,
various social organizations on the
campus agreed to sponsor the
Lamar Lectures on the following
schedule: 8 p.m. Tuesday, October
27: A D Pi, Phi Mu, KA, and
Lambda Chi; 4 p.m.. Wednesday,
October 28: Alpha Gam, MICA,
Phi Delta Theta, and Sigma Nu;
8:30 p.m. Wednesday: ChiO, ATO,
Kappa Sigma, MIMA, and SAE.
Hie Late Dean Knight
facilities become less and less ade
quate each year as the pace of
science teaching needs continues.”
He went on to say that much pro
gress has been made in the past
few years in upgrading the science
faculty, but asserted that they are
basically meaningless without ade
quate facilities.
In reporting to the trustees on the
new academic year, Dr. Harris said
that Mercer’s fall quarter enroll
ment reached a record high of 1,739
students, including 1,470 in the Col
lege of Liberal Arts, 176 in the
Walter F. George School of Law,
and 93 in the Southern College of
Pharmacy. He also reported that
Mercer’s endowment totals $7,786,-
662, an increase of more than ofu:
million dollars over 1963.
Continuing, President Harris
said that there is now unique time
liness for the good liberal arts col
lege like Mercer with the intimacy
(Continued on page 5)
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
Freeman Speaks
Iri M U Chapel
Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman asked Mercer
students Thursday to vote for “creative imaginative leader-i
ship” instead of a man who “is awfully mixed up” and then
continued on his vote-hustling campaign’ swing through
Georgia.
The agriculture chief made the
Mercer stop off as part of a two-
day Georgia visit on behalf of Presi
dent Lyndon Johnson. Freeman
spent all of Thursday in Macon,
visiting party officials and making
speeches.
Approximately 900 students at
tended the Willingham Chapel ad
dress.
Freeman, three times the govenor
of Minnesota, told his audience
here that the Nov. 3 election is one
which the “alternatives are ex-
SECRETARY FREEMAN
(Drawing by John Wires)
ceptionally sharp and clear.”
He described Democrats as "peo
ple who are restless, anxious to
NORMAN LUBOFF CHOIR SINGS AT MERCER
The Norman Luboff Choir sang to a packed house in
Willingham Chapel last Wednesday night. The first per
formance in the 1964-65 Mercer Concert Series, the choir
sang musical works ranging from Vivaldi’s “Gloria” to “Aupres
de ma Blonde” and the Negro spiritual “Were You There.”
Night on the Water,” DiLasso's “O
La Che Bon Echo,” Berger's “My
The performance began with Sjo-
lund's “Christ is Risen,” followed
by Lotti's “Crucifixus.” The third
selection in the group of religious
works which comprised the first
portion of the choir's program was
Lesering's “O Filii et Filiae.” “Ave
Maria” by Villa Lobos and "Exul
tate Justi In. Domino" by Viadana
completed the opening section of
the performance.
Luboff then directed his choir's
singing of the old English madrigal
"Fair Phyllis” by John Farmer.
Following the madrigal were Del
1 “To Be Sung of a Summer
Freshman Class Officers
Voted Upon Today
by Daniel Sheffield
Freshmen class officers are to be elected this Friday,
Oct. 23. The polls are opened to freshmen immediately after
chapel until 4 P.M. If a run-off is necessary it will be held
next Wednesday.
The candidates for the office of
president are: Ted Borck. a Kappa
Apha pledge from Dade City, Fla.,
Mark Eppingcr, a Sigma Nu pledge
from Merritt Island, Fla., Don
Harper, a Sigma Alpha Epsilon
pledge from Macon, Brince Man
ning, a Kappa Sigma pledge from
Decatur, Ga., and Bill Smith, a Phi
Delta Theta pledge from Albany,
Ga.
The candidates for the office of
vice-preaident are Donna Renee
Collins, an independent from Coral
Gables, Fla., Dave Hudson, an
Alpha Tua Omega pledge from Mc
Donough, Ga., Steve Nathanaon, a
Merritt I aland,
Fla., Peggy Watson, an indepen
dent from Miami, Fla., and Fred
Weinatein, an independent from
New Orleans, La.
The candidates for the office of
secretary-treasurer are Janie Bak
er, a Chi Omega pledge from Ft.
Lauderdale, Fla.,.Jan Barfield, an
Alpha Gamma Delta pledge from
Rockledge, Fla., Netta Heflin, a
Mercer Independent Coed Associa
tion pledge from Huntsville, Ala.,
Pam Smith, an Alpha Delta Phi
pledge from Macon, Rita Waldrop,
a Phi Mu pledge from Columbus,
Ga., and Beverly Wicks, an inde
pendent from Perry, Ga.
True Love Hath A Heart," and
in music "Geographical Fugue."
The program's third section con
sisted of V,ivaldi's prominent work,
“Gloria." Featuring two sopranos
and an alto as soloists, the Norman
Luboff choir presented the work
from the opening "Gloria in Ex-
celsis,” through the various move
ments, including the solemn "Qui
Sedes Ad Dexteram Patris,” to the
Ernest Toch's strange experiment
(Continued on page 5)
change things" and can provide
"creative, imaginative leadership
to adjust to this new age.” He said
Sen. Barry Gold water “is terribly
confused and awfully mixed up, or
just trying to adjust to the en
vironment.”
Phi Betta Kappa Freeman said
that Goldwater's agricultural re
forms would bring “economic
chaos” and indicated a “basic and
fundamental misunderstanding of
the nation's problems.
He said that Democrats want
government to be a “positive in
strument” but Republicans envis
ion it as a "sort of policeman.”
At one point during the talk
Freeman was interupted by loud
Republican applause while reading
a statement by Sen. Goldwater. He
responded by saying, “I'm glad to
hear there are two points of view
here.”
The student audience gave Free
man a standing ovation at the be-
gining and end of his talk. Cold-
water and Johnson signs were
scattered in the crowd.
Freeman said Sen. Goldwater is
not a conservative, but "a radical
who is to the right of the Republi
can mainstream.”
He pointed out that 10,000
Georgia students are going to col
lege with the help of federal loans,
and 6,000 dormitory rooms in the
state have been financed with gov
ernment money.
The agriculture secretary said
today's is an ago of “extraordinary
potential,” where ixwerty can be
eliminated without taking "any
thing away from anyone.”
He quoted from several Gold-
water speeches and concluded that
he had “never seen a candidate who
has said so many contradictory
things.”
Freeman closed with an appeal
for a “singing mandate” for the
programs of President Johnson.
There will be a general YWA
meeting on Monday at 7:15 in
the rec. room of the new girl *
dorm. Please be there!
Iszak Named GOP Speaker
Frank Iszak, Hungarian anti
communist who hi-jacked a Rus
sian airplane to escape to West
Germany, will be the Republican
presidential spokesman Monday
during convocation.
Iszak is the speaker provided by
the Bibb County Republican Com
mittee to speak for the Republican
Party ticket in the Nov. 3 election.
Orville Freeman, who addressed
the students Thursday was the
Democratic spokesman. He will be
introduced by J. W. Adams, III,
chairman of Bibb Republican com
mittee.
Iszak attended the University of
Any student interested in ap
plying for n Daaforth Fellow
ship must arrange to see Dr.
Daria Raymond for an appoint
ment before Oct. 26.
No applications for the fel
lowship will be accepted without
the interview.
Chemical Engineering of Hungary
and worked for various newspapers
in the communist state. In 1956 Is
zak and six others hi-jacked a com
mercial airplane in flight, forcing
the pilot to land in West Germany,
where he received political asylum.
He is president -of American
FRANK ISZAK
Book racks, Inc., a company which
maintains and services book racks
in various supermarkets and drug-
He is widely known for his anti
communist lectures and writings.