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MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 9, 1966
Number 5
MERCER RECEIVES ESSO EDUCATION FOUNDATION
JRANT—Dr. Rufus Harris, president of Mercer, is shown receiving an
inrestricted cash grant of IfiOO from Nick Kukshtel (left) and T. F.
Jtowe, representatives of the Esso Education Foundation. The cash
[rant to Mercer is one of 800 such grants to American colleges, uni ver
ities and professional education associations this year by the Foun
ts tio a.
Calendar of Events
Dec. 12: FINAL EXAMS
9-12 All 1st per. classes
2-5 All 3rd per. classes
7-9:30 All 9A per. classes
Dec. 13: FINAL EXAMS
9-12 All 2nd per. classes
2-5 All 5th per. classes
7-9:30 All 9B per. classes
Dec. 14: FINAL EXAMS
9-12 All 4th per. classes
2 6 All 6th, 7th, and 8th
per. classes
Dec. 15th through Jan. 1st
CHRISTMAS VACATION
Ian. 1:
1-1:30 Dorms Open
Ian. 2:
1-3:30 Registration
Pre-Registered students who have
not paid fees.
Ian. 3:
Students who have NOT pre
registered
W 4:
8 A.M. Classes start.
I0REH0USE CHORUS
Incs in chapel
Freshmen and Seniors experi-
hnced a refreshing change of pace
chapel programs Friday. Dec. 2,
U the Morehouse College chorus
mm Atlanta presented a program
>f Christmas music to the two
lasses.
The invitation went out from
r. Robert F. Otto, Dean of
Diapel, to Mr. Wendell Whalen,
Chairman of the Music Depart-
bent and Director of the Chorus
>t Morehouse. Dr. Otto had, on
previous occasion, heard the
thorns present a program of Christ -
bas music in Atlanta, and enjoy-
ng it very much, invited his friend
dr. Whalen for an appearance
ere.
The chorus sang several numbers,
nd used two soloists, a tenor and a
eritone. The tenor gave an ex-
ellent rendition of “I Wonder as
Wander”, but the baritone per-
irmance was only fair.
The one fault of the program
nu that only three of the songs
remed to be backed by any feei
ng. The tenor solo was very mov-
Ndy and beautifully done, and
be last two numbers, an African
NOTICE
A spatial Student
lection to fill the imaapieed term
the Cluster editor Tom Lang
■d to approve sngputH amend-
of the 8GA constitution will
of
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of the
MESSIAH Performed
Handel’s Messiah was per
formed here at Willingham
Chapel last Sunday afternoon
at three thirty to an extensive
crowd of Maconites and stu
dents.
The performance was under the
direction of Dr. Arthur L. Rich
with Jack W. Jones at the organ.
The Mercer University Choir
showed an inimitable grasp of the
choruses using a corps of profes
sional soloists from New York and
Mercer’s own instructor of voice,
John Van Cura
Perhaps because of the length
of Handel’s composition the per
formance included only the first
three parts.
The first part opened with an
organ overture then the Recitive
with tenor William Woodruff of
New York. Mr. Woodruffs per
formance was one of charm which
betrayed his extensive ex|>erience.
He has been a soloist with the
Robert Shaw Corale, The Ameri
can Opera Society, The Little
Orchestra Society, and the Boulder
Opera Festival. He has also ap
peared with the Philadelphia,
Chicago, and Dallas Symphony
Orchestras.
This first tenor Recitative was
fallowed by a tenor Air. then a
Chorus, and Mr John Van Cura's
bass Recitative.
Following was the first alto re
citative with Miss Jennie Hudson,
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Christmas song, and an African
"rejoice" number, brought ap
plause from the audience, which
had restrained itself throughout
most of the program at the re
quest of the introducing speaker.
For an encore, Mr. Whalen had the
Chorus sing the African folk song.
The Morehouse chorus has sung
at Mercer in the past, and Dr.
Otto expressed the hope that it wil^
do so again next year, making a
Christmas concert at Mercer a
tradition
MERCER TRUSTEES APPROVE
START OF SCIENCE CENTER
Mercer’s Board of Trustees of Mercer University has recently voted to proceed prompt
ly with construction of the proposed science building. A building committee voted immediately
to award the contract, pending final negotiations.
The action was taken at a special
meeting of the Board of Trustees
called to discuss matters incident to
the construction and financing of
the Mercer University science
building.
The trustees gave approval also
to a resolution urging that a study
committee composed equally of
Georgia Baptist pastors and laymen
be appointed to consider the future
financing of Christian education in
Georgia Baptist colleges.
The resolution asked that the
findings and recommendations of
the study committee be reported to
a special called session of the Geor
gia Baptist Convention.
The trustee meeting was called
following action of the Georgia
Baptist Convention in Columbus on
Nov. 16 declining by a vote of 761
to 388 to concur in the proposal
that Mercer obtain a federal loan
to partially finance the science
building.
The proposed science building
will cost approximately 81.5-mil
lion, and Mercer was seeking Con
vention approval to borrow $500,000
of public funds at low, long-term in
terest rates. The remainder of the
financing will come from gifts and
funds appropriated to Mercer
through the Capital Gifts Program
of the Georgia Baptist Convention.
The trustee action proposed that
the science building contract be
awarded and construction begin
with the funds on hand, and "that
the remainder needed for this con
struction contract be negotiated
when the above sums are exhaust
ed as the circumstance and condi
tions at that moment, now esti
mated as mid-year of 1967, may
require."
William T. Haywood, vice pres
ident for business and finance, said
that details on the awarding of the
contract will be arranged next
week, pending final negotiations.
Dr. Rufus Harris, Mercer pres
ident, stated that Mercer until now
has been able to hold a reputable
rank among the good colleges of
the area by possessing comparable
facilities, and that a way must be
found to adequately finance the
science building and other needed
facilities.
He added that "Mercer is now
being conducted under new rules
and with new dimensions added”
because of the "advent of the cur
rent educational revolution and
crisis.”
Dr. Harris said that Mercer can
not be expected to compete suc
cessfully with other colleges and
universities if she must get along
on less than adequate facilities,
while at the same time charge
higher tuition costs.
Six New Trustees Named
For Mercer By G. B. C.
The Georgia Baptist Convention
meeting ih Columbus before the
Thanksgiving holidays approved
six new trustees of Mercer Univer
sity.
They are:
Dr. Alvin H. Brackett. Jr., pastor
of the I ng I aside Baptist Church of
Macon.
Dr. O. C. Aderhoid, president of
the University of Georgia, Athene.
C. Cloud Morgan, Macon attor
ney and judge-elect of the Su
perior Court. Macon Judicial Cir
cuit.
T. Baldwin Martin. Macon attor
ney.
Dr. Julius L. G ho Ison, superin
tendent of Bibb County Schools.
Macon.
Mrs. Bernice B. McCullar, re
cently retired information director
for the Georgia State Department
of Education.
The six trustees were elected for
five year terms and will take office
at the next meeting of the Mercer
Board of Trustees on January 28.
He went on to say that addition
al physical facilities will be re
quired, good faculty must be re
cruited and retained, students must
adequately be provided for, and
alumni friends must know they are
supporting a cause which they re
gard as more than adequate.
Cardinal - Blue Key Each Tap
Eight In Special Convocation
In a special chapel program Tuesday, November 29, Mer
cer’s chapters of Blue Key and Cardinal Key national honor
fraternities tapped eight students each into membership for
the 1966-67 school year.
year.
In a special chapel program
Tuesday, November 29, Mercer's
chapters of Blue Key and Cardinal
Key national honor fraternities
tapped eight students each into
membership for the 1966-67 school
year.
The Cardinal Key ceremony,
presided over by President Cather
ine Jarrett, presented the tradition
al rose-and-ribbon bouquet to eight
outstanding coeds recognized thus
for their leadership in a variety of
areas in the Mercer community.
Tapped for initiation into the so
rority were four senior and four
junior women: Nina Bean, Diana
Denton, Martha Harvey, Judy
Howell, Peggy Malott, Sara Smith,
Ruthie Wilheit, and Jeri Windham.
In the Blue Key services Presi
dent David Laney presented the
blue carnation and blue cane with
which they had been tapped to one
senior, four juniors, and three stu
dents in the Walter F. George
School of Law: Jacob Beil, Pete
Black, Dickie Childs, David Hud
son, and Ronald Jones were the
undergraduates. James E. Peugh,
David Turner, and Joel C. Wil
liams were the law students tapped.
Membership in these organiza
tions are the highest honor that can
come to a student at Mercer. To
be selected, one must be a leader
in three or more areas of extra
curricular activities, attain scholar
ship above the average, and pos
sess high qualities of character.
Even the initiates are not informed
of the honor until the tapping ser
vices.
"THE EXPLORER'S NEW ZEALAND"
NOW ON DISPLAY IN ART GALLERY
During the middle of the 19th century Commander Richard Oliver,
captain of the frigate HMS Fly, took part in a four-year expedition to
New Zealand, barely ten years after the organization of its first Euro
pean settlements. Commander Oliver, an accomplished artist, observed
and sketched the natures, the settlers, and the landscape during this
transitional period.
The Explorer’s New Zealand,
an exhibition of 45 beautifully de
tailed watercolors and 33 artifacts
recreating that era is now on ex
hibit in the Art Gallery of the Mer
cer Student Center, and will remain
open to the public through Dec. 17.
The exhibition is sponsored by
the Embassy of New Zealand and
is circulating in the United States
under the auspices of the Smith
sonian Institution. It is brought to
Mercer as one of the series of
science exhibits under the direction
of Dr. Alpha M. Bond.
The watercolors in the exhibition
were lent by Mr. C. C. S. Oliver of
London, England, and the artifacts
of the period were lent by the Do
minion Museum, Wellington, New
Zealand.
The watercolors include many
portrait studies of the Maoris, love
ly young girls presented in the ro
manticized convention of the 19th
century and fierce warriors, ex
tensively tatooed and attired in
elaborate cloaks $f cloth or kiwi-
feathers. The men^ often wear or
hold the new European weapons
and ammunition that Inevitably ac
companied such a period of settle
ment.
Landscape studies show a coun
try lush with vegetation and still
peacefully undisturbed. Occasional
glimpses of a thatched-roofed set-
tier’s cottage, Union Jack flying
from a mast in the yard, of a bul
lock cart laboriously making its
way down a narrow jungle track, of
a wrecked British ship in the waters
of a quiet bay, barely hint a human
presence in the untouched wilder
ness.
Other watercolors show the in
terrelated activities of Maoris and
Englishmen in the growing coastal
settlements.
Most of the artifacts are wood
carvings, executed in the distinc
tive curvilinear Maori form. Two of
(he most elaborate pieces are mod
els—an accurate reproduction of
the whare whakairo. a large house
used for communal gatherings, and
an intricately carved model of a
fishing boat.
Among the other wood carvings
are weapons of war, the functional
items of everyday living, and two
representations of the human figure
used decors lively in the construc
tion of the more elaborate houses.
Included also are greenstone pen
dants and a tiki neck ornament
