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4 • THE MERCER CLUSTER • December 9, 1968
P^j Clutchmyer Jr.
Leaving my spacious abode for supper—keen for boiled
gte k and stewed apples slightly spiced with saltpeter—which,
•cc rding to students, does not work, I ran the gauntlet to the
ctf teria, dodging the three strategically placed water sprink
ler on my route. I arrived safely, though suffering slightly
bon waterlogged Weejuns; and after three minutes of recon-
nai <ance managed to spot the tail end of the breadline.
I waited patiently for thirty minutes, constantly sending
A.'l Q. pledges to the end of the line from cutting in, before I
got ly received my evening manna. Sitting down at a table
fac ig the rear of the room, I watched the fraternity boys
itn ling in to their supper—each one looking more luce the
mis ing link than the one before.
9itting next to me were Mercer's two most prominent stu-
den i, Gary “Gant” and Rona “Romaine.” Gary was in the
mid t of lavaliering Rona whom he had just met the day
bef< ■e.
Eating with my right hand and fighting off the roving
bea. ts with my left, I drank my subtly tainted tea. Moodily
ma> icating my mashed potatoes, I watched, enraptured and
wit) mounting anticipation, the conveyor belt as each tray
sliti ered atop the one before until some begrimed “Deus ex
ma< Hina” emerged from the nether regions of the scullery to
swat the switch and save the day.
Disgusted with his meatless pot pie, the wretch across the
table sweetened his vile swill with the entire container of
sugar, before rising slowly to his feet and staggering away.
Unable to bear any more, I reverently laid my I.D. card on
my tray as an offering to the exhausted guardian of the con
veyor belt, then grabbed my books, and skateboarded to the
library to spend the remains of the night in painful agony,
woe. and gloom.
Annual Christmas
Program Given
A program of Christmas music
by the Mercer University music
department was presented Sunday.
Dec. 5, in Willingham Chapel.
The program, under the direc
tion of Dr. Arthur L. Rich, with
Jack Jones at the organ, consist
ed of the Christmas portion of
Handel’s oratorio, The Messiah,
and the feature novelty, “The
Singing Christmas Tree”, which
was originated by Dr. Rich some
twenty-five years ago.
Four widely-known soloists were
featured in addition to the 100
voice Mercer choir. Soprano solo
ist was Mrs. Jean Lemonds of
Emory University, a newcomer to
the ranks of professional musicians
of this area. For a time professor
of voice at Southwest Texas State
Teachers College and the Bartow
School in Kansas City, she has
sung with orchestras under the di
rection of Bruno Walter, Charles
Muench, Leopold Stowkowski, and
Thomas Scherman. She is perma
nent soloist at the First Presbyter
ian Church in Atlanta.
Mahon Bishop of New York was
bass soloist. He is a native of
South Carolina, a graduate of
Furman University, and is now
completing the requirements for
his doctorate at Columbia Univer
sity. Since beginning his career in
New York in 1962, he has been
widely heard in concert and ora
torio performances in the metro
politan area.
e/l QktUtnuu OftesAage
BY DOUGLAS JOHNSON
Minister to Students
“. . . A heavy tile, shaken fram the roof, fell and struck
the old man on the temple. He lay^breathless and pale, with
his gray head resting on the young girl’s shoulder, and the
blood trickling from the wound. As she bent over him fearing
that he was dead, there came a voice through the twilight, very
small and still, like music sounding from a distance, in which
the notes are clear but the words are lost. The girl turned to
if someone had spoken from the window above them, but
she saw no one.
“Then the old man's lips began
move, as if in answer, and she
*rd his say . . . 'Not so, my
Lord: for when saw I thee an
inngcred and fed thee? Or thirsty,
ing gave thee drink? When saw I
hee a stranger, and took thee in?
3r naked, and clother thee?’
H' ceased, and the sweet voice
*me again. And again the maid
»ard it, very faint and far away,
hit now it seemed as though she
inder tood the words: ‘Verily I
■y i nto thee. Inasmuch as thou
** done it unto one of the least
th se my brethren, thou hast
lone t unto me.’
A aim radienee of wonder and
ov I hted the pale face . . . like
** 1 ^ ray of dawn on a snowy
tour, on-peak. One long, last
of relief exhaled gently
is lips.”
thus, van Dyke brought to a
lie jomey of Artaban, The
Vise Man, who had found the
Tliht journey had begun
nd-thirty years before. It
en filled with delay by a
Hebrew along the road
need Artaban must meet,
‘using him to miss connec-
,v *th friends Casper, Mel-
*nd Balthazar. He had spent
*—a sapphire, a ruby, and
—which he had tucked into
‘*om as a present for the
And foolishly, it seemed.
a * y f ir human needs: a ruby to
“y ' life of a baby who was
, to *>• destroyed by the army
pe; -ms Herod, a sapphire spent
■ "•'A among the people of
' '* per* ion who dwelled in
'•pi' ntricken cities and in help-
, ' wr y* ■ Pa*ri to buy a young
r" f '" *•» was to be Bold as *
• Payment for her deal father’s
Always the conflict was in
•“ul^-the conflict between the
*Pec<ation of faith and the im
i** °f love!
re< ! with age, his gifts spent,
22 Qw ' hobbW ■fooc
^Jte-rtone streets of J«
Wlth the angry mob. But
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. the darkness at noon-day, the
heavy tile shaken from the roof by
the pulsation of the earthquake,
resting on the young maiden’s
shoulder”—thou hast done it unto
Me.”
A foolish waste of life, you in
sist! A fanatic spending a fortune
—false economy! A min obsessed
by a dream—sheer romanticism!
An undisciplined spirit, prey to
the beggars who fill the world!
Maybe so. But the quest was
satisfied. The "Other Wise Man
had found the King.
Can Christmas be anything more
than a clarion call to our hearts to
make our quest for the King, the
Savious, the Deliverer? And losing
ourselves in such a quest to
stumble upon the needs of the
love-starved, the hungry, the naked,
the thirsty, the lonely? And, who
knows, but that we shall find Him
whom God sent to seek for us.
Vanchel Lindsay expressed it:
"Except the Christ be born
again tonight
In dreams of all men.
saints and sons oj shame.
Laura Trapnell Hillman of the
Women's College of Georgia sang
the mezzo-soprano solos. In 19S6
she won the Young Artist Award
of the New York Singing Teachers’
Association; in 1957 she won the
Vocal Young Artist Award of the
Music Education League of New
York. During this period she gave
a highly successful recital in New
Cork’s Town Hall and appeared in
concert with leading orchestras.
The tenor soloist for the per
formance was Dr. Jay Wilkey, pro
fessor of voice at Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary. For two
seasons he was a leading tenor of
the Santa Fe Opera Company, i
featured singer at the Casa Ma
nana Musicals of Forth Worth and
member of the Kentucky Opera As
sociation, and has frequently been
heard as a concert and oratorio
soloist
The world will never see
his kingdom bright. . .
Or, the poet who said:
“What means this glory
round our feet,"
The Magi mused,
"more bright than mourn?
And voices chanted
clear and sweet,
"Today the Prince
of Peace is born.’’
Tattnall Sq. Barber Shop
1329 Linden Ave. Ph. 742-9969
Across From Mercer
George Gibbs
Butch Allan Watson Moslay
The Macon Hospital
School of Nursing Choral Group
Cordially Invites You to Attend
A Christmas Cantata
“LOVE TRANSCENDING”
By
JOHN W. PETERSON
Under Direction of
HUBERT WHEELER
Please Come and Share
With Us the Joy
Of the Holiday Season
Willingham Chapel
1440 College Street
Mercer University
December Ninth
Eight O'Clock
No Admission Fee
A Lawyer's Reputation VS.
His Professional Duty *
by Charles Crawford
Ed Note: Mr. Crawford is the President of the Student Bar Association.
At some time or another you have heard criticism of a lawyer for
representing a certain defendant in a highly controversial case. I
think such criticism is entirely the product of a lack of understanding
of. or respect for, our legal system.
To illustrate my point, allow me
to present a hypothetical case:
An indigent goes into a prominent
person’s home one morning and
murders him and his entire family.
He is hunted for several days and
finally apprehended. By this time,
public opinion has been aroused
through newspapers and other
news media. During his appre
hension, the alleged murderer is
shot. When he is carried to jail
SCHEDULE FOR LAW
FMALS ANNOUNCED
Members of the Freshman Class
of the Law School breathed a sigh
of relief with the announcement
of the schedule for Fall Quarter
finals.
At least one day will come be
tween each final and the next in
the freshman courses and there
will be no test this quarter in
Torts .
Thl Criminal Law exam is
scheduled for Friday, Dec. 10;
Legal Method will be on Monday,
Dec. 13, and Property is set for
Wednesday, Dec. 15.
The earliest final this quarter
will be in Labor Law, and will be
given on Thursday, Dec. 9.
Other upper division course
finals have been scheduled as fol
lows:
Friday, Dec. 10—Equity, Trusts.
Monday, Dec. 13—Administra
tive Law, Georgia Practice.
Tuesday, Dec. 14—Corporations.
Evidence.
Wednesday, Dec. 15—Interna
tional Law
No classes will be held on
Thursday, Dec. 8, or thereafter,
until the beginning of Winter
Quarter.
he asks for his doctor and his law
yer. The doctor treats his wounds
and makes several trips back to the
jail for this purpose. The lawyer
agrees to defend him in the trial.
All of this appears in the news-
pa pers.
Under these facts, the doctor
would probably never receive any
criticism whatsoever. The lawyer,
on the other hand could expect
to have to explain his reasons for
accepting the case to the general
public.
In our legal system, “the object!
of all legal investigation is the dis
covery of the truth.” It is an ad
versary system where the judge is
the moderator. Under such a sys
tem, there is an opportunity for
all of the facts and admissable
evidence, for and against this de
fendant, to be presented to the
jury for its determination. This is
the only way in which the truth
can be discovered.
Any view that a lawyer should
not be able to represent when he
pleases, without fear of criticism
or ostracism, is untenable.
I think that the general public
has been grossly unfair toward the
legal profession in this regard. For
such an admirable history, I think
the legal profession is deserving of
much more respect.
Worship With
TATNALL SQUARE
BAPTIST CHURCH
11:00 A M.
5:30 P.M.
Dr. T. J. Holmes, Pastor
Mr. Douglas Johnson,
Assistant Pastor
and Minister To Students
Mr. Jack Jonas,
Minister of Music
468 Cherry Street
Phone 745-2801
Women
are
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