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Cluster
Volume XLVI
MERl'KK UNIVERSITY, MACON. GEORGIA, APRIL 7, 1966
Number 20
EDITORIAL
don't know whether to be
ar ; ry or just infinitely sadden
ed -since the only people you’ve
r( . Ily failed are yourselves. The
hi. .mI drive leathered 50 jiartici-
|W its.
he Red Cross is humiliated
a fer planning for a little youth
fu enthusiasm. I really suppose
vn i ought to he ashamed; hut
J't i so disgusted, I really
ddn’t care less.
. ust one thing, though. Only
50 people on this campus have
an ■ right to complain about the
|s< < of spirit, activities and the
"*i itcase - college" syndrome.
Tl <' rest of you just keep your
,) - mouths shut.
Editor
tear Golfers
Augusta
The Mercer golf team, unofficial
,tate NAIA champions last year,
•pened their schedule Friday,
March 25 with a victory over Au-
juila College at the Bowden Golf
ou rse, Ed Everett, Idle Hour,
Tty. and Middle Georgia golf
hampions, from Mercer, who plays
vjo. 1 man for Mercer fireel a two-
inder-par 69 to lead the team to
IHV4-7te win over their oppon
nts.
Filling out the rest of the berths
n the team were Bobby Johnson
1 Toccoa, a senior who hasn’t
een out for the team before,
reshman Chris Borders of Rey-
Kilds. sophomore Bill Atwater of
facon, and sophomore letterman
ay Harp«*r of Augusta. Jim Car
on, a Mercer law student and
arm Massey, a junior, also plans
ii play. Massey, who is majoring
n math, played with the team
'hursdav, and played excellent
olf and shows signs of being one
f Mercer’s finest golfers.
Ii dividual scores for Mercer
ieri Ed Everett—69, Chris Bor
ers -77, Jay Harper—79, Bill
itw iter—81, and Bobby Johnson.
If iis regular game—84.
!'■ e Bears, coached by Zeb
an e, posted a 7-1 record last
eai and beat all the NAIA
ch< Is they played. Mercer has
had a losing golf season
inc the sport was begun around
951'
M rcer met Wofford College in
hei match on April 5th, at
he die Hour Country Club.
folding Coniesi
To Be Held Here
lr, an attempt to revive the art of
lead ng aloud, Mr. A.W.R. Stans-
Wd f the Art Department of Mer
eer 1 niversity has initiated a com
Petit on open to Seniors and Jun
“its hat is to be held on May 5 at
130 P.M. in the old Faculty
Tnis.ee mom of the Economics
buil< ing. The prize will be $25 00
Riadings will be judged on the
of meaning and accuracy.
Projection, quality of voice, pro-
luni lation, dramatic appreciation,
delivery, rhythm and tempo. Drs.
Thointon, Griffith and MacManus
d*ve offered to act as judges.
Tliere will be two prepared texts,
die Epistle to the Hebrews and
^kespeare’s Richard III, from
filch excerpts to be read will be"
•elected. A third prose passage.
"Iht unseen, will be selected by
Griffith.
All applications to compete
•tould be submitted to Mr. Stans
by May 1.
MERCER’S ANNUAL SPRING FOLK FESTIVAL AGAIN NEAR
Folk Festival Is
Set For
May
The Sixth Annual Georgia Collegiate Folk Festival will he held at
Mi rcer University's Porter Gymnasium on May 6 and 7
Folksingers from colleges all I "among the oldest collegiate folk
over the Southeast annually gather ! festivals in the country, having
to swap songs and play before a | startl'd before the recent boom in
packed house of folksong enthusi | folk music."
asts at a Friday evening perform- | The Mercer festival s|iecializes
ance beginning at 8 (H) and a Satur 1 in traditional folk songs and blue-
day performance at 2:30. Admis- \ grass ty|>e instrumentals. No am
sion is free. I plified instruments are used; In
Dr. Ben W. Griffith, director formal workshops and playing ses-
and founder of the festival, stated ! sions are held during the week end.
GREEK WEEK
PLANS SET
Mercer’s sixth annual Greek Week will start Monday,
April 11, and last until Saturday, April 16. Greek Week is held
each year to help foster better relations between the Greek
organizations of Mercer. Also featured during the Week will
be a speaker discussing the merits of fraternity and sorority
j life.
This year activities of Greek |
Week are the joint endeavor,of the
Panhellenic Council and the Inter
fraternity Council. Activities will
get under way Tuesday with an
address by Lieutenant Governor
Peter Zack Geer who will s|>eak in
chapel at 10:00 A M
To maintain good student-faculty
relations, Greek Week will feature
the annual Faculty Slave Auction
on Thursday at 1:45 in front ofj
Roberts Hall. The auctioneer will
he Tommy Day Wilcox, Director
of Student Activities. I
INEZ & CHARLIE FOXX
Also during the Week, seminars! f or lm proving inter-Greek re
fill be held at which problems | a (j ons
common to all fraternities will be
discussed and steps will be
that the informal
ingfest is
BSU Elects
New Officers
In a recent meeting of the Bap
tist Student Union, elections were
held for officer's for next year.
Elected were:
Officers:
President—Ronnie Jones
Vice-President—< 'athv Talton
Secretary—Jackie Knox
Treasurer—Bill George
Enlistment (’hairman—David
Clark
Social Chairman—Laura Helton
Publicity Chairman—Samira
Griffin
Summer Missions Chairman —
Carolyn Cook
Music Chairman —Rocky Davis
Historian-—Ho|ie Slaton
Vesper Committee Chairman—
Nina Bean
Convention Chairman—
Joe Shank
Cluster Reporter—Billie Uselton
"Baptist Bear" Editor—
Jerry Johnson
Faculty Advisor—Dr Bill Glover
Pastor Advisor—
Rev ..Albert Cardwell
Committees:
1. Enlistment:
Mike Blizzard
Sandra Burnham
Dannv Garcia
2. Social
Helen Van Vlack
Mattie Har|s r
Jimmy Newsome
.’I Publicity:
Bill Allen
Linda Murphy
David Sapp
4 Summer Missions:
David Marsden
Catherine Jarrett
Wesley Ross
5. Music:
Vivian Humphrey
Kathy Kennedy
Charles Wright
6. Vespers:
I.arry Barbette
Jimmy Hinson
Claudette Wells
7. Convention:
Bob Collins
Millie Cole
Gwen Johnston
Dr. Crenshaw
Presents Paper
Dr J. L. Crenshaw, assistant pro
fessor of Christianity at Mercer
University, presenter! a jxaixer at
the Southern sectional meeting of
the Society of Biblical Literature
and American Academy of Re
ligion held this past weekend at
Columbia Theological Seminary.
Decatur, Ga. I
The title of the paper was "The
Doxologies of Amos and Job.
5:0-16; 9:5-10
Although the list of performers is
far Irom complete, some of the per
formers who have been invited and
are expected to attend are: Ted
Borck, Arthur Browning, Bruce
Bickner ami Henry Du Val. all of
Mercer; The Trade Winds, a trio
I from Augusta; the Fats City Four
of Georgia State College; the Nan-
I cv Creek Ramblers, the Five
Strings, Bud Foote and Jeaneanne
Haines Brijes. Atlanta; the Don-
Jets. thi* Rev. Pearly Brown of
| Americas and Macon, who has re
corded for Folk Lyric Records; the
Mercer Brothers, Tut Taylor’s
Bluegrass Hand. Pam Durban, and
a number of others.
The festival will lie presented in
a different format this year. Part
of each jierformance will be pre
sentixl from a central platform in,
the gvm At other times during the [
evening the audience may circu- j f rom Vanderbilt University,
late, listening to one of several Attending the meeting with Dr.
(Croups playing simultaneously in j Crenshaw was Dr. James L. Cox,
various sections of the gym and in assistant professor of Christianity,
the adjoining gardens. j and £) r . Edwin D. Johnston, Rob
Any college folksingers who are 1 ,> r (s Professor of pible. Dr. John-
interested in participating in the j s ton is past president of the South
j festival are urged to ecnt< to Dr. 1 ern sections and currently is rep
I Ren H Griffith. Mercer Univer- i rosentative of the Southern sections
j sitv. Macon. Georgia High school of the two organizations to the
! singers in the Middle Georgia area Southern Humanities Conference
[may audition for the festival by ——
appearing at Room 202, Willing- !
| ham Chapel, at 4:00 pm. on April!
Greek Week reaches a climax on
pro-j Friday night at the dance to be
held at the Shurlington Armory
! from 8 to 12 Featured entertainers
i will be Inez and Charlie Foxx, and
Don Covay and the Embers. During
intermission the Greek god and
goddess will be announced. These
two outstanding Seniors will be
chosen by a faculty committee on
the basis of campus activities,
grades, and personal interview.
Crenshaw
Dr Crenshow.
who was ap
|>ointed to t h*
M ercer faculty
last fall, is a j
graduate of Fur
man University J
a n il Southern
Baptist Theolog
ical Seminary,
and received his
Ph D degree
DON COVAY
All unaffiliated students wishing
to attend the Greek Week dance
should contact any Interfraternity
Council member to have their
names put on the guest list. All
other activities are open to the
public.
ELECTIONS
DRAW NIGH
Elections for student Govern
ment officers for the term 1966-
l!(67 will be held in the Student
Center on April 19.
All nominees are requested to
submit a brief biographical sketch
and qualifications for office to the
Cluster for publication in the
April 14 issue in order to acquaint
tli<> students with all the candi
dates. Those not submitting hiogra
phy will earn their names in 6-point
type surrounded bv a black box,
with the caption: "No response
Responsibility?" Candidates for
-Student Government President are
also requested to Submit a platform
for iMiblication.
Runoffs are scheduled for April
21. Installation of the new-elected
officers will bo April 26.
Mercer Briefs
Four Mercer University students,
attended the Southeastern In
terfraternity Conference held last j
weekend at the University of Ten
nessee, Knoxville. They were
Brince Manning, Decatur; David 1
I-aney, Columbus; John Rutland, j
Winter Park, Fla,, and Lester
Wright, St. Marys. Also attending
the meeting was James L. Clegg, di
rector of University Housing and
faculty adviser
Aubrey Estes, director of De
nominational Extension Services at
Mercer University, has been re
elected president of the Southern
Extension Education Association.
Dr. F. Robert Otto, Dean of the
Chapel and chairman of the De-
iwrtment of Philosophy, will con
ducted Religious Week services at
the First Baptist Church, Woo4-
stock, Ga . Sunday through Wed
nesday.
Calendar of Events
April 8:
10:00—Wesleyan Easter Play,
Cha|>el
2:00— Tennis. Mercer vs Stetson
2:00—Golf. Mercer Vs. Wofford
3:00—Baseball Mercer vs Cita
del
7:30—-"The Vanishing Prairie",
314 SC
April 9:
2:00—Tennis. Mercer vs Ga
State .
2:30—Baseball. Mercer vs, Cita
del
April 11:
Graduate Record Exams
10:00—Student Gov’t , Convoca
tion.
7:30 Alembic Club
April 12:
10:00—Student Gov’t, Convoca
tion.
7:00—Eta Sigma Iota
April 13: ,
Senior Penfield Pilgrimage
3:00—Rilling Lessons
3:30—Bridge I-essons
April 14:
10:00—Chapel, Dr Kennedy of
Vanderbilt.
7:00—SNEA, 314