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Volume XLIX
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GEORGIA, APRIL 9, 1968
Largest Number of Students Vote in Election
Bacon, Dukes, Richey and Kirk on Top
Lectures Planned
With Dr. Fletcher Green
Ipril 15-16 mar ^ omor * a l Lectures at Mercer University
Recognized a* the dean of Sou-
historians. Dr. Green will de-
a series of lectures on "The
r ankeo in the Old South". An in-
Boductory lecture will be given in
Dillingham Chapel on the morning
t Monday, April 15. This will be
allowed by a lecture that evening I
ind two lectures Tuesday on the
bezne of Yankee contributions to
louthem "Education", "Religion”,
"Government and Politics".
Two of Dr. Green's former pupils ,
rill introduce him for the evening ' *
ictures. They are Dr. Judson C.
Hard, Jr.. Vice President ‘and
)wn of the Faculties at Emory
/Diversity on Monday evening
Dr. James C. Bonner, chair-
■an of the Department of Social
Studies at Georgia College on
IWsday evening.
After the lectures have been giv-
ton the Mercer campus, they will i 48 years. Dr. Green has produced
■ expanded by Dr. Green and pub-! somt of the leading historians of
khed in book form by the Uni-
•nity of Georgia Press as is tra-
litional with the Lamar Lecture
kries. The lectures are made po»-
ihle by a bequest of the late Eu-
*nia Dorothy Blount Lamar, a
fsconite who willed her estate to
rovide lectures “which will aid in
permanent preservation of the
Ue» of Southern culture, history
I literature."
Dr. Fletcher Green
The public is invited to all the
ares. The morning lectures will
(hold at 10 am. and fho evening
KtutcH at 8 pan. in Willingham
lapel.
In a Caching career that extends
the nation. He has directed the fils
serUtions of almost 100 candidates
for the Doctor of Philosophy de
gree*. Among his books have been
Constitutional Development in the
South Atlantic States, 1776-18S0
11931*. Essays in Southern History
(1949), The Lades Go South—and
West (1952), The Ferry Hill Plan
tation Journal (1961).
Dir. Cireen » n member of fl*e ad
visory board of “America: History
and Life” and has been appointed
Harimworlh Professor of Ameri
can History at Oxford University
for the academic year 1998-6!).
Last Wednesday saw some 1050 students turn to the polls
to select the officers of the Student Government Association
and Class Officers. This was the largest turnout in over a
decade with 70 per cent of the student body casting their
ballots
In the major league offices Ed
Bacon won the top spot by default.
Hugh Dukes defeated Scott Mc
Call in a run-off election held Fri
day, while Fran Hart captured the
secretary slot. In another run-off
Martiel Babbitt was the victor over
Ann Stanford for treasurer .
The big race everyone was
watching was for Freshman Ad
visor. Winning by 8 votes was
Steve Richey over Kyle Carter.
The winning margin was the clos
est with .8 of 1%.
In the student publications sec
tion. Paul Kirk is the new editor
of the Cluster with a victory over
Claudia Young. Susan Wiseman
and David Sibley won by default
Ihe Cauldron and the Plucked
Dulcimer, respectively.
The senior Class elections saw
some tough races except for John
Winkle who took the chief slot un-
opiKisod. For vice-president Rick
Davison won over Pat Armstrong
in Friday’s run-off election. Mary
Jo Allen and Judy Force won their
races tor secretary and treasurer.
Bill/lngram was number one in
the election for Junior Class Presi
dent against Bobby Potter. Van
Hale edged out Ronald Childs by
two votes for vice-president. Win
ners for secretary and treasurer
were Clair Bowen and Blnnchie
Smith.
The Sophomore Class showed
some excitement with Steve Carre-
ker winning on the first ballot for
President while Danny Brogdon
fought it out with David Goyen
and won the V.P. Mary McGaugh-
ey was victorious in the secretary
position and Shirley Harrison also
for treasurer.
Liberal Arts Dean’s List
Announced by Dr. Taylor
Ninety-four students in Mercer University’s College of
Liberal Arts made the Dean’s List for the winter quarter.
The number represents six per
cent of the students following a
liberal arts curriculum according to
Dr. Garland F. Taylor. Dean.
To be named to the Dean’s list
a student must have a B-plus or
better average in all courses taker;
during the quarter. Of those meet
ing this requirement, 35 or slightly
more than one-third made all A’s.
Those named in the list (* de
notes all A's) include:
’Vivian Jamas Adams, Macon;
Urry B. Alexander, Jacksonville,
Florida; ’Roger B. Anderberg,
Bridgeville, Pennsylvania; ’Frances
Anderson. Lyons; Nancy Elizabeth
Armistoad, Barnesvillo; Linda Kuy
Askew, Columbus; ’Rosa Martiel
Babbitt, Augusta ’Dorothy Ann
Bailey, Oxen Hill, Maryland; Jo
seph Reed Banks, Dalton; Keith
Woodson Barnett, Warner Robins;
Jack Colson Beaty, Jacksonville,
Florida; Eleanor Elizabeth Bell,
Waycross; ’Judith Lynn Belser,
Jacksonville, Florida; ’Carolyn
Jane Braun, Jacksonville, Florida;
Lou April Cattle, Macon; ’Alice
Lee Caiup*, Macon; Thomas Char
les Carter, Eastman; Carole Ann
Chatelain, Warner Robins; Robert
Lewis Collins, Camilla; Ann Eliza
beth Cooper, Savannah; ’Glenda
Crist C rev is, Mneon; Jane Bremer
Crow, Macon; John Wayne Crow
ley, Mneon; I>ois Elizabeth Davis,
Albany; Ann Lorraine Deason,
Mucon; Tcrrie Denson, Mneon;
’Mary G Dietrich, Mneon; Gret-
chen Lu and Gwynno Ann Fackler,
Ft Lauderdale, Florida; David
James Farmer, Albany; Daniel M.
Feldman, Columbus; ’Nancy Gail
Felkel, Florence, South Carolina;
Katherine I. Fisher, West Palm
Bench, Florida; ’Betty Jane Flet
cher, Dawsoi\; ’Joel Robert Free
man, Thomaston; Pamellia Gaoi-
mage, Macon; ’Mary Anne Hayes,
Adairsville; ’Pamela Craig High,
West Palm Beach, Florida; Bar-
tiara Anicc Hobbs, Dublin; Robert
M. Hoffman, Macon; Clyde Har
well Hoover, Albany; ’David Eu
gene Hudson, McDonough; John
Harris Hunt, Jr., Columbus; ’Bet
ty Andrea Jackson, Warrenton;
’Kenneth Charles Jackson, Colum
bus; Evelyn Kay Johnson Perry;
Barbara Walton Jones, Macon;
‘Becky Claire Jordan Bartow;
Frank Jossey Jordan, Talbotton;
’Linda Louise Kennedy, Orlando,
Florida; Jane Arnold Kcrby, La-
Grange; Walter Janies Lane, Jr.,
Mneon; Cheryl P. Lancaster, At
lanta; William Leroy Lawson, Ma
con; Peggy Ann Malott, Plant City.
Florida; ’Melanie Jane Manning,
Chcverly, Maryland; Jonathan Earl
May, Orlando, Florida; Harold
Lynn McManus, Jr., Macon; Shei
la Ann Miller, Ft Lauderdale,
Florida; Johnnie Mae Newman,
leant last Thursday night in WilHngnam onapci. oanuy ’*£**-- ^ nesb ^° ; * Susanne T ,ianne
P-Jont Men’. A«$ci.5o„. She b . i«nlo, Sen. Atlanb end . member ol Alph. DeU. P, No*™ zbnfc
•- AT* . ... 0 Anita Lyn Oglesby, Atlanta; Mary
. The first runner-up was Miss Ann Stanford and the second runner-up was Miss Susan Evelyn Parham, Stockbridge; Gus-
Wiscman. Both girls are juniors and also members of Aplha Delta PI Sorority. tavo Peroz-Poveda, Macon; Belinda
. *Uie former Mb. Mercer, Mary Luc, ermrned Send, belorc . pecked crowd ol etu ^"^3^
Writs and spectators. Elisabeth Powell. Quitman; Phyllis
Ann Price, Ft Lauderdale; *Doro
thy Ann Ripley. Ft Pierce, Florida;
Continued on Page 4
The Miss Mercer Pageant was sponsored by the Mercer Circle K under the executive
committee of Roger Dunaway and Chris Borders.
The master of ceremonies was an announcer from WMAZ Radio here in Macon.
Foreign Film
Festival Set
For April 11-30
William Easterling, chair
man of the Department of Modem
Foreign Languages, released the list
of films that will appear at thj
Film Festival at Mercer during
April. The Festival will run from
April 11 to April 30, and will be
shown twice each day they are run.
The first film to be presented
will be a German film. “Budden-
brooks”. It is a film taken from
Thomas Mann's literary classic of
the same name, and will be shown
on April 11. On April 18, a Spanish
film. “Phaedra", will be presented.
On April 23, a French film, “Les
possedes”, will be run. Last in the
series will be an Italian movie, “T o
Slradfl", which will be presented
April 30. They will be shown at
3:30 and ut 7:30, and will be shown
in room 314 in the Connell Student
Center. AH students nro invited to
attend.
Calendar of Events
Tonight, April 9
6:00 p.m.— Chi Omega will
have a banquet in the pri
vate dining room of the Stu
dent Center.
7:30 p.m.— Mercer Indepen
dent Coed Association will
meet for dinner in Room 314
of Student Center.
Benson Fruit Cakes will hold
interviews for prospective
employees in Room 300 of
the Student Center.
Wednesday, April 10
Senior Pilgrimage to Pen-
field nnd Founder’s Day.
2:30 p m. — Bears meet Grace
College at Mercer Field.
Thursday, April 11
10,00 a m.— Chapel. Dr. F.
Robert Otto, dean of the
chapel, speaking.
2:30 p.m.— Bears meet Ma
lone College at Mercer Field.
3:30 & 7:30 p.m.— German
movie in Room 314 of Stu
dent Center.
7:00 p.m.— Interfaith com
munion in Rooms 333 and
334 of Student Center.
Notice!
Applications for summe
positions with Upward Bourn
are now available. Student
may pick up the form in th
Division of Student Personnc
or in Room 24 Roberts Hall
All applications must bo rc
turned to the place where re
ceived and deadline is Apri
15.
