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Volume XLV
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GEORGIA, MAY 14, 1965
Number 27
Next Week
At Mercer
MICA-MIMA Dance
May 18—9:40 p.m. RADIO—“The
Mercer University
Hour of Great Music”.
WMAZ
May 14—Golf, Mercer at Presby
terian College, South
Carolina
0:30 p.m. Faculty Club
Dinner (CSC-cafeteria)
May 16—10:00 a.m. RADIO—“The
Mercer University Ka
leidoscope”. WCRY
4:00 p.m. Faculty Wives
Club Picnic (Slocumb’e
Lake)
Siuy Sumner, Mbs Mercer 1984-86, crowns new queen LaRooe
Powell in Monday night's pageant. Midge Ivey (I) was (bet-runner up,
Linda McElreath second. PHOTO BY DEGRANDI8
LaRose Powell Is Miss
May 18—ATO Open House
May 21—Sigma Nu White Star
Weekend
ATO Weekend
AD Pi Weekend
Mercer, 1965-66
La Rose Powell, a sophomore from Wrightsville, was
crowned Miss Mercer Monday night in Willingham Chapel,
after a week’s postponement of the contest. Twenty-three
girls representing twelve social organizations competed in
the pageant sponsored by Circle K club.
Miss Powell, an Alpha Delta Pi,
Film: “The Male Animal”
7:30 p.m.—314 S.C.
Georgia College Folksong
Festival
May 22—Georgia College Folksong
Festival
was sponsored by Sigma Alpha
Epsilon fraternity. The first run
ner-up was Midge Ivey, a Phi Mu
sophomore representing Kappa Al
pha Order. Second runner-up, Lin
da McElreath, is a Freshman Chi
Omega sponsored by Phi Delta
Theta.
The two other finalists were KA’s
June Austin, a sophomore, and
ADPI’s Diana Hepner, a freshman.
Following each division of the
contest a band consisting of Jim
Gibson, Pete Fletcher, Charles
Cetti, Chuck Houck, and Lance
Levens entertained, with soloist
Jeretha Andrews.
The ten semi-finalists appeared
in sports clothes and evening dress.
After the five finalists were each
asked two questions, Miss Powell
was crowned Miss Mercer by her
predecessor, Susy Sumner.
George Patton served as Msster
of Ceremonies. Judges were John
Giles, Charles Sacra, Bill Powell,
Mrs. Charles Sec re, and Mrs. Rob-
Company D Takes Honors
At ROTC Honors Day
Company D of the Mercer ROTC battalion captured top
honors in unit competition Monday as the university gave
special recognition to outstanding cadets at the annual Hon-
ert L. Pitts.
ors Day ceremony.
Faculty Club Honors
Departing and Departed
The Mercer University Faculty Club tonight will honor
hose members of their group who will not return to Mercer
luring 1965-66, and will pay tribute to three retired faculty
oembers who died during the past 12 months. The program
rill begin with a banquet at 6:30 p.m. in the upstairs dining
oom of the Connell Student Center.
Dr. Wilson Snipes of the Eng
sh Department, president of the
acuity Club, will preside over the
snquet Dr. Doris Raymond of
le Classical Studies Department
ill be in charge of entertainment
>r the event
Tribute will be paid to Charles
lolmee Stone, recently decreased
neritue university librarian; Dr.
lamford Dunsan Johnson, de
based emeritus professor of Chrie-
anity; and Dr. Edwin McOoy
lighsmith, deceased emeritus pro-
near of Education.
The faculty members who will
at return in the coming acndemic
Mr will be presented certificates
I appreciation for the contribution
* the academic life of Matos* Utai-
rrrity. Those honored will be ns
Dr. Roy Carroll.
feasor of history, who will be at
Armstrong College in Savannah
during the next term. Dr. Carroll
rwnw to Mercer in 1960. He holds
the A.B. Degree in history from
Quachita Baptist College, which
he received in 1961, and M.A. and
Ph.D. Degrees from Vanderbilt
University in Nashville. Term,
which he received in 1968 and
1964, respectively.
Dr. Sungjook Junn, assistant
professor of political science, who
next year will teach at Grand Val
ley State College, Michigan. Dr.
Junn came to Mercer in 1961 from
the graduate school of the Univer
sity of Illinois, where he received a
Ph.D. Degree in political science
in 1961. He also holds an A.B.
from Korea University, granted in
1963, and an M.A. Degree from
(CunH—erl on page 3)
Approximately 200 visitors at
tended the program, during which
26 cadets were presented with
awards for their work during the
year.
Dr. Edgar H. Wilson, special as
sistant to the president, gave a wel
coming address to visitors. Dean of
Men Joseph M. Hendricks led the
invocation.
Special guest was Col. Robert M.
Booth, Deputy for ROTC, XII Unit
ed States Army Corps, who receiv
ed the formal battalion review.
The battalion and unit sponsors
were presented with silver trays by
their sponsoring organizations.
Sponsors this year are Kay Moody,
Sarah Distelhurst, Mary Middle-
brooks, Carol Tapley, Lyn Wheeler,
Mary Eaton, Glynn Goulding, Ann
Harris, Linda Hartley and Linda
McElreath.
A special feature of the day’s ac
tivities was a demonstration by the
Mercer Marauders, the battalion’s
counter-guerrilla unit. The demon
stration, led by Cadet Marauder
Captain Preston E. Hicks, included
mountain rspolling techniques,
hand-to-hand combat, and bayonet
fighting.
The Superior Cadet Ribbon and
Medal with Citation for MS IV
Mercer Recognizes Out-
Standing Students At
Annual Honors Day
Dr. Garland Taylor, dean of the College of Liberal Arts,
Tuesday challenged Mercer’s students to rededicate them
selves to learning, as those students who had achieved high
standards of excellence during the past year were honored in
annual Honors Day services.
Speaking after the formal recog
nition of Mercer's outstanding stu
dents in the Law School, the Col
lege of Pharmacy and the Liberal
Arts School, Dr. Taylor described
Mercer University as “a place
where knowledge is sought, achiev
ed and acknowledged.”
“We have the facilities for learn
ing and the associates for learning
here,” Dr. Taylor said, but he added
that there must also be a commit
ment on the part of Mercer’s stu
dents to take advantage of the op
portunities the school provides
them. "Both society in general and
Mercer University in particular
have a right to expect this from
those who undertake a college edu
cation,” Dean Taylor said.
Dr. Rufus Harris, Mercer presi
dent, presided over the Honors Day
program, while Dr. Paul Cousins,
coordinator of the program, intro
duced Dr. Taylor. Deans Quarles of
the Law School and Littlejohn of
the Southern College of Pharmacy
presented the s'udcnt achievement
awards in their respective schools.
A highlight of the program was
the presentation of eleven students
elected to membership in Sigma
Mu, Mercer’s highest honorary
scholastic fraternity. Membership
is awarded to juniors and seniors
with highest academic averages.
The new members are Frank Lan-
neau, Macon; Nancy Leah Hendrix,
Columbus; Karen Anne Kennedy,
Collins; Anne Hannah Johnson, At
lanta; James Tarver Lowe, Jr., Ma
con; Lena Carol Rudder, Woodbury;
Jerry Wayne Whigham, Macon;
Nelda Chapman, Macon; Betty Jo
Freeman, Talbotton; George Gray
Kitchens, Wallenton; and Ruth Elk
ins Storey, Shiloh.
Students with the' highest academic aver
ages in each class were also present. Doro
thy Anne Bailey. Oxon Hill. lid., and Wil
liam Dean Wehunt, Sumter, 8. C., shared
honors for highest academic average in the
freshman class. The leader of the sopho
more class was Patricia Anne Giosler, Deca
tur. Betty Jo Freeman of Talbotton had
the highest average among the juniors, and
Nancy Leah Hendrix of Columbus was the
senior with the highest average.
Phi Eta Sigma, honorary scholastic soc
iety for freshman men. recognised its new
students. They are Roger Brian Anderburg,
Atlanta. William El ridge Atwater. Jr.. Ma
con. Joel Robert Freeman. Thomas ton.
Harold Lamar Gaidner, Augusta; Gary
James Harmon. Atlanta; Ronald Durant
Jones, Camilla; George Gray Kitchens, Wal
lenton; Steven Eric Nathanson, Merritt
Island, Fla.; James Gardner Reaseger, War
ner Robins; David Arnold Wans ley, Plant
City, Fla.; and William Dean Wehunt, Sum
ter. 8. C.
Thirteen students who have been nam
ed recipients of scholarships, fellowships,
and other awards for graduate study for
the academic year 1MI-46 were also recog
nised.
They are Robert Fedder Cummingham of
Macon, chemistry. Florida State University;
Nancy Leah Hendrix of Columbus, history,
Vanderbilt University; Brinson Eugene
Hood of Augusts, chemistry, Vanderbilt
University; George Marion Hope of Macon,
psychology. University of Florida; Anne
Hannah Johnson of Atlanta, mathematics,
Emory University; Benjamin Thomas Jor
dan, Jr., of Macon, history, Yale Divinity
8cbool; Karen Anne Kennedy of Collins,
psychology, Indiana University; Aubrey
Davis McAuley of Macon, Eng hah. Univer
sity of Texas; Kathryn Elisabeth Moody of
Fort Valley, speech, Tempi* University; Ed
win Gordon Simmons of Savannah; history,
Vanderbilt University: Linda Laverne Tab
or of Hapeville, psychology. University of
North Carolus; Charles Arthur Walker
Jr., of Macon, mathematics, Emory Uni
versity; and Jerry Wayne Whigham of
Macon, religion, Vanderbilt University Di
vinity School.
John Thomas Laney III of Columbus and
Courtney Wilder Stanton of Ft. Pierce.
Fla., were recipients of the Charles Khhu
Nadler Legal Writing Award. They will
be co-editors of the Mercer Law Review
during the next academic year.
Other law school students recognised
were Mrs. Rena Cain Cohen of Macon, re
cipient of the United States Law Waek
Award. Charles Lee Cetti of Pensacola,
Cousins' Manuscript
Accepted
Dr. Paul M. Cousins, professor
of English, has been notified by
the Louisiana State University
Press that it has accepted for pub
lication his book-length manu
script on Joel Chandler Harris.
The book, “Joel Chandler Harris:
A Study in the Culture of the
South, 1848-1908,” will be included
in a new series of southern literary
studies being published by the LSU
press. No publication date has yet
been set.
Dr. Cousins, a native of Luthers-
ville, Ga., received his A.B. degree
from Mercer University, the M.A.
degree from Columbia University,
and has done graduate study at the
University of Virginia and Colum
bia University.
He began his teaching career at
tha old Locust Grove Institute, and
has taught at Shorter College and
Georgetown College. In 1933 he
was elected president of Shorter
College and served in that capacity
until 1948 when he retired and join
ed the Mercer faculty.
"Mercer Will Cooperate With
Junior College", Harris Says
In a letter to the chairman of
Georgia's Board of Regents, Presi
dent Rufus C. Harris Wednesday
reaffirmed that Mercer would “wel
come and actively cooperate with”
the establishment of a junior col
lege in the city of Macon.
Writing to dear up a “misunder
standing" that Mercer might be
prejudiced in the matter and op
pose the founding of a two-year
school in the area, Harris stressed
the importance that it be “estab
lished by the legally responsible
state agency if need for it is estab
lished,” and added that “Mercer
has no way of knowing if such
need exists.”
According to Board of Regents
criteria, complete support of any
institutions of higher education
already located in an area ia ana
of the primary considerations in
selection of a junior college site.
In a statement in the Macon
Telegraph yesterday, John D.
Comer, chairman of the junior col
lege committee of the Greater
Macon Chamber of Commerce, ex
pressed gratitude to Dr. Harris for
his initiative in contacting the
Board of Regents to dear up this
misunderstanding, and noted that
location of a junior college in an
area does not detract from four-
year colleges already located there,
but usually results in an increased
attendance in the upper Hasses of
the senior college.
Dr. Earl Strickland, president of
Wealyan College, has voiced his
school's full support of such a col
lage foe the Macon area.