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Voulmo XLIX
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 27, 1967
Number 5
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Marshall Dnujihrrl), Chairman of (ho Art IVpai Intent, hut brought
glory to both him-eM «m< our school with (ho sculpting of a 17 foot
bronze and granite nwnmwnt of John Wotloy, (ho foumlcr of (tic
Methodist Church. Thu monument will bo erected in Reynold* Squints
in Savannah, Urarcia, nnir the spot of John Wesley** abode during Ids
two year mission in that city.
Mr. Daugherty ha* been recognized for this admirable achievement
in the state by the North and South Georgia Conferences of the Meth
odist Chureh, ami locally. Mereer University should be very proud of
•His professor** accomplishment. An honor no* been bestowed upon the
campus that i* not an everyday distinction.
_ The sculptor is shown in his studio here working on the clay model,
which is half the size of the monument to be cost
BONE NAMED PHI DELTA PRESIDENT
Revived Literary Society
To Rival Ciceronians
By Bill Dayton
One of Mercer* oldest student organizations, the Phi Delta Literary
Society has been reformed with Leonard Bone as president. Organized
in 1834, the Phi Delta Society dissolved in the Late 1930’s. It was the
traditional rival of the Ciceronian Society, a rivalry which will be re
vived. Bone comment
the Ciceroni.
The reorganization came 'about
when Bone called a meeting of the
Ciceronian Society, thinking that
the Ciceronians had fallen apart.
On learning that the old Ciceronian
organization was still functioning
under acting president Bill Dayton,
it was decided that Mercer would
benefit more from reviving the Phi
Delta Society than from merging
ibe two Ciceronian organizations.
It was also agreed that the two
•ocieties would debate lome liter-
»ry topics in the near future.
At his organizational meeting.
Bone set up committees to draw up
• new constitution ond to select
•opics and books for discussion.
rbe Phi Delta and Ciceronian
*°eieties were formed when the
Franklin Literary Society dissolved
•>> 1834 at Penfield. In the early
b°fh societies had largo
buildings, private libraries and
were the center of literary and for-
emic life at Mercer. In Penfield
dayi^ Hasses were suspended and
people citrm^from miles around to
hear the Ciceronians and Phi Del
tas debate literary (opics like "Was
Brutu* Justified in Killing Cae
sar?” and political ones like
"Should Terns he Admitted to the
Union?”
Both societies had large num
bers of honorary members. Robert
E. Lee was an honorary Phi Delta
and President Jefferson Davis was
on honorary Ciceronian. The ar
chive* room in the Stetson Library
contains many of the societies’ ac
ceptance letters from such members
as well n* old minute* from the or
ganizations.
In 1903, the two societies placed
their extensive libraries in the
Mercer Library, on permanent loan.
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450iii Anniversary
Reformation Day was observed
in the Mercer chapel this week
with Dr. James Gettemy as gue-:
speaker. Dr. Gettemy, president oi
the Hartford Seminary Foundation
noted scholar and former official in
the World Council of Churches,
discussed the need for reformation
and reform in the thinking of the
modern church.
Also i 'onnection with Reforma
tion r ker 30), the film
"Mart ' He shown in
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Controversial Film
To Bo Shown Here
The controversial film, "The
Parable" which was shown at the
Protestant pavilion at the New
York World’s Fair will be shown
at Mercer on Thursday November,
16.
Dr. Warren Carr, guest chapel
speaker for tluit week will discus*
the film.
Talk On Senate Power
To Be Featured Here
The problem of the erosion of
senate power in U. S. foreign '■
(airs will lie di-cii..-d in chapel
Monday November 13. Speaker (V i
the occasion will In- Mr. Seth Tdl-
man.
Tillman, a udior of Si n.i’.ir
Fullhright’s Senate Foreign Policy
Committee staff, has lectured on
this topic in >nv pi ■ ■<■, . r,r s the
country.
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Diiviil SelMienbrun
Last week of lecturer on
Viet Nam:
Monday, October 30
10:00 AM Convocation
Lecture, Mnjor General John
M. Wright
Tuesday, October 31
10:00 AM Convocation
Lecture, Duvid Shoonbrun
7:00 PM —- Lecture, David
Sehocnbrun, followed by a
question and answer ses
sion. Public will be admit
ted to evening session at
$1.50 per person. Ticket*
are now on sale at tho Mer
cer University Bookstoro
and Dempsey Corner.
Major General John M. Wright
Jr., West Point graduate, mid
Commanding General of the Army
Infantry Center at Fort Benning,
Georgia will speak to tho Mereer
stuilont body on Monday October
30, on the United Slates Military
Commitment in Vietnam.
David Sehocnbrun, television-
radio news analyst and commenta
tor, who lias just returned from a
three month tour of fifteen Asian
e, entries, will speak hero on Tucs-
■ ! iv, October 31 at 7:30 pm under
ilie auspices of Mercer University
Student Government Association
and Student Union.
During his interviews with lead
ers in these areas, Mr. Sehocnbrun
tried to find answers to the follow-
mg: (1) Who are the foreign policy
' . ision makers in Asia? (2) What
ire the major elements indueni'ing
decision-making? (3) What are the
altitudes of each country towards its
immediate neighbon, China, and
the U.S.? (4) How do Asian decis
ion makers feel nboo? continued
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Major Gen. .fottn M. Wright
U. S. military presence in Asia?
In July l!Ki7, Mr. Sehoenhrun
was appointed to the Faculty of In
ternational Affairs of the Colum
bia University Graduate School
whore he will teach the first course
on Vietnam offered at that Uni
versity. David Sehoenhrun is that
rarity, a serious scholar who is also
an aggressive, hard driving news
reporter, a linguist and a world af
fairs analyst of keenest porspieity
and wit
Mr. Sehoenhrun is preparing a
hook on this subject which he has
undertaken for the Center for the
Study of Democratic Institutions in
Santa Barbara, California. This will
bo Mr. Sehoenbrun's third hook on
foTeign affairs and foreign leaders.
His others are “As Franco Goes"
and “The Frame Goes" o.nd "The
3 Lives of Charles do Gaulle." In
addition, ho contributes fri qia-atly
to such magazines as Life, The New
York Times Magazine, and Es
quire, and appears often on NET
documentary programs.
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