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By Diane Denton
Sometimes we CtuaW staffers can't help but "wonder if were ever
id. Well, as Yours Truly has ever been a case in ppint, nothing gives
good a view as to our audience as does a good controversy. Now, at
it, the truth may be told.
In answer to a number of ques-
ms (particularly from relatives
whom I sent subscriptions), I
Mild like to clarify my “resigna-
>n” as Social Editor, in case this
not already clear from recent
itheads. My resignation had
en tendered, and Sara June was
ing trained, several weeks before
unfortunate incident of the
edback column. Fortunately, of
fortunately as the case may be,
date had already been tenta-
dy set at Oct. 23 for the change-
er, when all ADPi broke loose. So
one’s hand was forced. Being,
wever, a sensation-seeker at
art. I could not resist this golden
C rtunity, and my action was
mstrued in several places, ra
iding the letter from Mary Beth
Quinn.
All of that is in the past, how
ever. The Social Set had to be
dropped (and I wish the whole
matter would be), since I already
had this column, one or two contri
butions under aliases, and had just
been promoted to Managing Editor.
“Too many hats,” as Weatherly
would say—I was beginning to look
like Bernard Lindsey's listing.
And what happened to that just-
mentioned young man—Weatherly,
that is? As the masthead also indi
cates, he is now devoting most of
his time to turning out a wonderful
Review. (Which should thrill tKe
young heart of P.B., whoever he
is.) But he is still a very important
part of the Cluster Staff and shall
continue to contribute to these
pages. He did a great job in the
past. I only hope that I do half as
well.
By SARA JUNE McRAE
By
The post week concluded a highly
citing rush for the sororities with
girls becoming new pledges on
Sober 19. Alpha Gam pledged the
ghest number with eleven girls,
ley are Brenda Allen, Jenkins-
irg, Georgia: Jo Brown. Orlando;
len Guinn, Butler Georgia; Mary
in Hunt, Jackson, Georgia; Nan
Jacobus. Melbourne, Florida:
Ithy Miles, Surrency, Georgia;
lyle Parker, Wadley. Georgia;
da Pereria, Tampa; Bonnie Phil
It, Jacksonville; Judy Ross,
llumbus; and Sherry Weimer of
soon.
The ADPi's added seven new
idges: Jan Avery, Atlanta; Ann
len, Atlanta: Maggie Carr. Coral
ibles; Glyn Goulding. Coral Gab
Donna Dudney, Macon; Gail
otley, Macon; and Diana Garrett,
wenville, Georgia.
The Phi Mu's five new pledges
faded . Saqdy . Clutter, Miami;
Powell, Jackson, Georgia
n Kite, Roberta, Georgia; Bettye
Sot, Decatur; and Diana Dubree,
irietta. Georgia.
2hi Omega pledged two girls,
ra Smith, of Macon and Janice
inton of Atlanta.
With the ending of rush and the
is season, practices for volley-
games have begun. Two eorori-
• have announced their coaches,
e Alpha Gams are being coached
Jimmy Lanier and Jay Brewster
Sigma Nu, and the Chi O's by
ID’s Jeff Pace and John Collier.
This week seven sorority girls
t to be singled out for oohgratu-
kons. Chi Omega Gloria Gattis
been named the 1964 pledge
feetheart of Kappa Alpha Order,
the romance department, the
of MEP have been kept
as Phi Mu’s Mary Sue
a«imn seas lavaliered to A TO
trry Doss, and Jeanne Kent to
Nu Alan Adana Nancy
*n Holiday, ADPi, ia now wear-
tbe ATO lavalier of Mickey
CNair.
Also to bo congratulated are
• MU*s Lou Roberts and Kay
for
> Presidents Council of SG A. and
Gam, Anne Braoowell who
*®»iy received a bid to Beta Beta
KAPPA SIGMA, after two
weeks of classes, kicked off the year
with the fraternity's annual pledge-
brother football game on October
10. Of course the BBBs (Big-Bad-
Brothers) won. That night the
victors and pledges along with their
dates celebrated at the Ingleside
Community Center with the “Cav
aliers” supplying the wild sounds
enjoyed by all.
On Sunday, October 11, Brother
T. P. Haines provided all Kappa
Sig’s with a sandwich supper. On
the following Wednesday the tables
were turned and the Brothers of
Alpha Beta of Kappa Sigma gave
Brother Haines a surprise reception
in the private dining room of the
cafeteria. They presented this most
worthy alumnus a framed parch
ment signed by all the Brothers for
his most active and generous help
given the chapter,
Another surprise came that same
Wednesday night for Chi Omega
pledge Ann Harris who was select
ed as the pledge sweetheart. Ann
was presented a bouquet of roses
by pledge-class president Larry
Phalin; and following, she was
honored by the fraternity in song.
Physics Dept To Get
New Fqi^meirt
The physics department of Mer
cer University will soon be the
proud owner of 311,000 dollars
worth of new equipment for use by
the intermediate and advanced
physics laboratory classes. This
equipment, some of which has al
ready arrived, will include in
struments to measuse electron
charge and the spin on an atom
The equipment is made possible
through a grant from the National
Science Foundation. Half of the
fund is provided by the govern
ment, and the remaining portion
is provided by the school. Dr.
Bush, chairman of the physics de
partment, spoke proudly of t)ie
laboratory addition when he said,
“It is not the most modern equip
ment, but this is the first time any
instruments of this kind have been
had at Mercer.”
SENIOR CADETS
HOLD MOCK TRIAL
Mercer's senior ROTC cadets
got their first taste of military
justice Monday during a mock
special court martial in which stu
dents assumed the roles of all the
trial participants.
The students went through an
entire two-hour trial, calling wit
nesses and interrogating the de
fendant. Lt. Col Robert L. Pitts,
Mercer University PMS, super
vised the proceedings.
James T. Humphrey and Marvin
Pipkin, both freshmen law students,
assumed the roles of prosecuting
attorney and defense council, re
spectively Thomas Kirbo, also a
law student, was president of the
court.
DIXIE DEBATE TOURNAMENT
Mercer University
Macon, Georgia
Phone Slftrwood 3-1511, Hit. 31
FRIDAY. OCTOBER 30, 1964
12:00- 1:30 p.m. — Noon—registration in Student Center,
Room 316 HEADQUAKTERS
1:30- 2:00 p.m. — Announcements and Welcome
3:15 p.m. — Round I
p.m. — Coffee Break—Headquarters
p.m. — Round II
p.m. — Round III
p.m. — Dinner
p.m. — Judges and students please report to Headquarters
8:45 p.m. — Round IV
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1964
a.m. — Judges and students please report to Headquarters
a.m. — Round V ' 1
9:30-10:00 a.m. — Coffee Break—Headquarters
a.m. — Round VI
p.m. — Luncheon with presentation of awards at the
Davis House, 1990 Riverside Drive
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NEW FROSH PRESIDENT
SMITH INTERVIEWED
by Slayton Shaw
Bill Smith, as new freshmen class president, stated in an interview
following his election that he is going to initiate an administrative
program based on reviving and accelerating the spirit of the school
the lack of which spirit has for so long been the major obstacle ham
pering the success of other freshmen classes.
Smith, mentioning a few of the
facets of his program ,stated that
he (1) will present to the student
body a home-coming that, in his
words, should be one of the best in
the school’s history, (2) will in
corporate into the social activities
of the freshmen class a Freshmen
Class Week aimed at uniting the
freshmen class into a highly spirit
ed body of students, and (3) will
encourage an increase in the num
ber of pep rallies and better at
tendance at all of the school’s
functions. He went on to say that
the only way the freshmen class
can feasibly be a success is if each
and every one of them gives him
their full support as he undertakes
to make this freshmen class one
that will bring honor and recogni-
Deal To Compete For
ROTCs Hughes Trophy
Rodm Exhibit
Coming to Mercer
One of the most important art
exhibitions of the season opens on
Sunday, November 8, and con
tinues through November 27. The
exhibition, entitled “Rodin: Draw
ings and Bronzes”, comes to Mer
cer from two sources—The Mus
eum of Modern Art and the
Charles Slatkin Galleries, both in
New York City.
The most famous of the sculp
tures are “The Thinker” and “The
Kiss.” In addition to these bronsee,
eight other sculptures and twsnty
drawings will be shown, all by Au
gusts Rodin, who has been galled
the “Father of Modem Sculpture.”
THE FILM SHOP
CaiMrat-Oifl*
Greeting Cords
4M tad St.
SH 2-3153
J. Nathan Deal, sophomore law
student and former cadet com
mander of the Mercer ROTC bat
talion, will represent the university
in nationwide competition to select
the outstanding U. S. Army ROTC
graduate of 1964.
Deal will com
pete for the
coveted Hughes
Perpetual Tro
phy. awarded an
nually by the
Secretary of the
Army to the na-
Nathan Deal tton's outstand
ing ROTC graduate.
Deal is a former president of the
Mercer Student Government As
sociation and was recently awarded
honorable mention in the Thomas
Arkle Clark competition to select
the outstanding Alpha Tau Omega
graduate in the nation. Only four
honorable mentions were awarded
in the United States.
Mercer PMS. Lt. Col, Robert L.
Pitta, said the Hughes Trophy is
awarded by the Army to recognize
the role played in American life by
citizen-officer—the college ROTC
graduate.
Approximately 85 per cent of the
second lieutenants on active duty
in the Army today are from the
ROTC program while 91 of the
general officers on active duty are
from the ROTC.
Selection of the winning officer
will be baaed on military and aca
demic grades, potential qualities as
an officer, leadership in academic
and student body Gelds, and demon
strated qualities of discipline,
courtesy, personality and character.
Tbs trophy will be presented for
tbs first time this year, with tbs
first presentation tentatively sched
uled in conjunction with the an
nual meeting of the Association of
the United States Army.
It is planned for the presentation
to be made by the Secretary of the
Army.
Hughes officials said that the
name of tjie winner each year,
along with the name of his school,
is permanently engraved upon the
base of the trophy.
tion to Mercer University.
Smith, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. W. Smith, Sr., comes from Al
bany, Georgia, where he attended
Albany High School. He is also a
member of the Phi Delta Theta
pledge class in which he holds the
office of chairmaster.
Students Attend
Council Meeting
Two freshmen girls, Gloria Gat
tis and Pam Smith, are members
of the Governor’s Council on Youth
and will be attending a meeting in
Atlanta on Oct. 29.
Laberee To Speak
To Mercer Groups
John A. Laberee, manager of the
Southern District of the Extension
Division of E. I. Du Pont de Nem
ours and Company, will speak twice
to student groups Monday after
noon and evening.
He will speak to students in eco
nomics at 3 p.m. in Room 314 of
the Connell Student Center. The
topic of this address will be “Man
agement of a Large Corporation.”
And at 7 pjn. he will address jour
nalism students on “Public Rela
tions and Publicity” in Room 100 of
the Knight Hall of Humanities.
Choir Begins
Messiah Work
The Mercer Choir has begun rehearsing for its annual
presentation of Handel’s Messiah, to be performed on the
afternoon of Dec. 6. The choir will be combined with the
chorus of the Georgia State College for Women, totaling 280
voices. Opera singers will be brought from New York to do
some of the solo parts, and Mr. Keith Turpin, assistant choral
director, will also sing some of the solos. The following night,
the choir will travel to Milledgeville to repeat the perform
ance of the Messiah in honor of Dr. Noah, Dean of the School
of Music at G.S.C.W., who is retiring.
On Nov. 10, the choir will go by
chartered bus to Atlanta to sing at
the Georgia Baptist Convention.
The choir will precede an address
by Senator Herman Talmadge to
the meeting.
Dr. Rich, choral director, says
that plans for a tour winter quart
er are under discussion, but are
not definite at this time.
Enthusiasm and spirit are high
in the choir. Many veterans have
returned and the new choir mem
bers have worked in very well. Dr-
Rich ia well pleaaed with the qual
ity of the group end the witling-
aess of the members to work bard.
Then haa been vary good response
from both students sad visitors to
■’ • r.
the performance of the choir in
chapel. These performances will
continue every Thursday and Fri
day.
Choir officers for this year are:
president, Quinnette Douglas; first
vice-president, and manager, Casey
Pitts; second vice-president in
charge of publicity, Reamon Beaty;
secretary, Martha Sue Dixon; trea
surer, Jackie Cain; robe chairman,
Carole Proctor; music chairman.
Dale Freeney; social chairmen,
Shirley Cox and Charles White.
Mr. Turpin is assistant choral di
rector, and Mr. Jack Jones, a new
addition to the ataff, is organist
and associate director.