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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 * hi quaMfying far the office 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, (Continued on page 3) 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