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MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GEORGIA, JANUARY 13, 1967
Number 6
Mercer Begins Construction
V $1.5 Million Science Unit
Mercer has at last broken ground for its new science building and signed a $1,510,000
;M) contract with Torch Construction Co. of Macon for construction of the building.
While students crammed (or final warns and prepared (or die holiday,
Mercer broke ground (or the new Science Building and signed a
$1,510,000 (M) with Torch Construction Co, Macon, (or the con*
straction of the building. Participating in the brief groundbreaking
ceremony were (L to r.) Harry Torch; T. P. Haines, chairman of the
Department of Biology; Neil J. Hill, superintendent of buildings and
grounds; William T. Haywood, vice president tor business and finance;
Frank Hall, architect; Frank W.
of Chemistry; and Isadora Torch.
James, chairman of the Department
24 MERCERIANS NOMINATED
As “WHO’S WHO CANDIDATES
Twenty-four Mercer University students have been elected
to “Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and
Colleges” for the 1966-67 edition.
Wiliam T. Haywood, vice prasi-
lent for business and finance, said
his amount is the base construction
ost of the building, and that the
inal coat will be approximately
1.7-milliom
He added that the construction,
rhich was begun during Mercer’s
Christmas holidays, is scheduled
or completion early in 1968.
The awarding of the construction
ontract came only a few days after
i special meeting of the Board of
Trustees of Mercer University to
Dnsider matters incident to the
Dnatruction and financing of the
imposed building.
The trustee at the meeting Dec.
1 unanimously agreed to proceed
iromptly with construction of the
uilding and partially finance oon-
truction with funds obtained
hrough a commercial loan.
This action came after the Geor-
ia Baptist Convention, meeting
a November, voted down a pro-
osal that Baptist institutions be
lowed to seek federal loans at low,
xng-term interest rates. Mercer
Calendar of Events
’R1DAY, January 13
3:00 p.m. RIFLE TEAM
MATCH, Mercer vs
Furman University,
Greenville, 8. C.
ATURDAY, January 14
9 00 a m. RIFLE TEAM
MATCH, Mercer vs.
Georgia Tech and
East Tennessee State
University. (Georgia
Tech, Atlanta)
9:00 p.m. BASKETBALL. Mer
cer host to Wilming
ton College. (Porter
Gymnasium)
1TNDAY, January 15
9 30 p m. HISTORICAL
PIANO 8ER1ES.
Miss Ruth Anne Rich.
Artist-in-residence,
pianist. (Chapel)
IONDAY, January 16
1:00 a.m. Conv. Miss Ruth Anne
Rich
1:00 p.m. Newman Club Party,
Green Shutter
UE8DAY, January 17
:00 a.m. Conv. Miss Ruth Anne
Rich
EDNESDAY. January 18
':00 a m. IFC, Student Center
Election, Cluster
Editor
HURSDAY, January 19
:00 a.m. Chapel. Dr. Edwin
Johnston
FUDAY, January 20
00 a.m. Chapel. Dr. Edwin
Johnston
30 p.m. Movie, 315 CSC.
Americanisation of
Emily
ONDAY, January 23
':00 a.m. Conv. Honor System,
Dr. Clare Furst
UESDAY. January 24
':00 a.m. Conv. Honor System,
Dr. Clare Furst
HURSDAY, January 26
TOO am. Chapel, Dr. Josef
Nordenhaug,
Executive Sect.
Baptist
World Alliance
fUDAY, January 27
0TC DANCE at Warner Robins
, Oficers dub
was seeking Convention approval to
borrow $500,000 of public funds.
The remainder of the financing
will come from gifts and funds ap
propriated to Mercer through the
Capital Gifts Program of the Geor
gia Baptist Convention.
Mercer trustees last April an
nounced the acceptance of gifts
totaling $400,000 from Lawrence
Willet of Atlanta and his cousin,
Mrs. Horton Watkins of St. Louis,
Mo., for construction of the science
facilities. Other friends of Mercer
have contributed $100,000.
The proposed building will be
named the Hugh M. Willet Science
Building in memory of Mr. Willet’s
father, who was a member of the
Board of Trustees of Mercer Uni
versity for more than 20 years and
chairman of the Board for several
years.
The four-story structure will be
built on the west side of the cam
pus facing College St. and will
house the departments of chemis
try, biology and physics. It will be
a brick structure with stone trim,
and will contain approximately
70.000 square feet of floor space
on the four levels, including a lec
ture auditorium on the lower floor.
The Maoon firm of Hall. Fergu
son and Berg is architect for the
science building.
Getting things off to a swinging
start on Friday night was the Paul
Winter Jazz Ensemble presented in
concert in Willingham Chapel. The
Ensemble, which has performed at
the White House and the United
Nations, is composed of saxophone,
classical guitar, flute, bass and
drums They have played lbO con
certs in 61 cities, conducting semi
nars in every major university. In
1962 it toured Latin America for
the State Department
Winter's music might be called
“contemporary chamber music” be
cause of the highly organized en
semble nature of its arrangements,
yet it still has the rhythmic excit-
ment and improvision of the best
jazz. Friday night's concert in
cluded selections featuring each of
its members and instruments in
solo or in combination, including
one number performed by stroking
Due to the resignation of former
Cluster editor Thomas Lang, a
special SGA election will be held
next Wednesday. The new editor
will remain in office until annual
SGA elections in the Spring.
The Publications Committee met
with the candidates last Friday to
review election qualifications. The
qualifications of each candidate —
Bobby Phillips and *Sue Walker,
are as follows:
COUNSELORS MEET
ON CAMPUS TODAY
The Out-of-State Counselor’s
meeting being held on campus Fri
day will have thirty special hosts,
in addition to the Admissions De
partment Director of Admissions,
John T. Mitchell announced re
cently that thirty students will be
special host to approximately 35
high school counselors from Florida,
Alabamu, Tennessee and Virginia
The Admissions Department is
sponsoring all expenses of the
counselors who might not other
wise be acquainted with the cam
pus In addition to a campus tour,
the meeting will include talks by
several professors on the academic
life at Mercer The luncheon this
afternoon will give the counselors
full opportunity to learn about cam
pus life, through frank discussion
with the 30 students, a random-
cross-section of the student body.
Similar counselor’s meetings have
been held at Emory University
and Georgia Tech, but this is the
first such meeting at Mercer If it
proves to be successful. Mr
Mitchell intends to make it an an
nual practice.
a wet-rag stick.
Being a junior and having
worked on ’The Cluster” in various
positions for over two yean now, I
(Continued on page g)
The announcement was made by
publishers of the national publica
tion, who said the students were
chosen for scholarship excellence,
leadership in campus life, and
character.
Twenty-one students in the Col
lege of Liberal Arts named to the
list include Stiles Allen. Jacob Beil,
Joan Bougher, E. Jay Brewster,
R. Everett Coker, Harry N. Davis,
Linda Davis, Diana Denton, Jean
Harrison, Julia Hickson, Catherine
Jarrett, S. Davis Laney, Marilyn
Maag, Beatrice Middleton, Steve
E. Moody, Tina Simmons, Pamela
Smith, Mary Teel, Faye Tyson,
Sandra Underwood, and Charles L.
Wilkinson, III
Also named to the list were
James E. Peugh and Joel C. Wil
INSIDE THIS WEEK
Page 2: Editorials
Page 3: Letter to the Editor
The SPY Returns
Page 4: Arts
Page 5: The New Morality
Dean’s Lists
Page 6: Social Set
“Willard”
Page 7: University Sports
Page 8: Intermural Sports
liams, Jr , both seniors in Mercer’s
Walter F. George School of Law;
and Ted R. Walker, a senio: in
the Southern School of Pharmacy
Cast Selected for
"Great God Brown'
According to William Layne, di
rector of Mercer’s dramatic pro
ductions. the cast has been chosen
and rehearsals begun for Eugene
O’Neill’s Great God Broun, the
Mercer Speech and Drama De
partment's current production, to
be presented on February 9 and 10.
The title role of William Brown
is being played by Jim McCallum,
a senior who had the male lead in
last spring quarter’s musical, Once
tlpon a Mattress. Mrs. Brown is
portrayed by Beverly Williams,
another senior. Beverly had the
title role in Medea last year. Co-
starring are Tommy Michael and
Vicky Graves, as Dion Anthony
and Cvbel Vicky received Mercer’s
trophy as Best Actress fof 1966,
and Tommy is a freshman, and will
be ap|>earing for the first time on
the Mercer stage.
The supporting cast includes
Jimmy Newsome and Sandy Harri
son, as Mr and Mrs Anthony, and
Rol>ert Markwith and Diana Den
ton, as Mr. and Mrs. William
Brown. Sr. The Brown’s three sons
are played by Hugh Dukes, Bill
DeCamara and Don VanBuskirk.
Several of the supporting cast will
be taking double roles.
Great God Broun is definitely
one of O’Neill’s best plays, and will
appeal to any student who enjoys
symbolism. Each main character
has two entirely different personal
ities, one which he presents to the
world, and one which remains hid
den except to his most intimate
acquaintances. To facilitate audi
ence perception, one of the per
sonalities is represented by a mask,
which is worn when the character
faces the outside world, and which
he removes when alone.
HOMECOMMG
Fob. 3-4
"Welcome Weekend" Woos
Winter With Winter's Jazz
Students returning to Mercer from the Christmas holidays
were greeted by a series of events and activities coordinated
into the University’s first annual (hopefully) “Welcome Back
Weekend”, the joint project of the Student Government As
sociation and the office of the Student Union.
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