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Mine L MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 16, 1968 Number 3
Noted Nobel Prize Winner
To Speak at Dedication
mimfmmimmf Willet Science Center Opens
Lieutenant Colonel Robert M. Brambila, Professor of
litary Science at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, con
sulates the new Army ROTC Cadet Battalion Commander
Mercer, Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Bruce R. Minger, son
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Minger of Miami, Florida. (See
ws Story)
linger Chosen Commander
I Cadet Battalion Force
jiiitenant Colonel Robert M.
imlnla, professor of Military
dice at Mercer University, has
munced that the Army ROTC
let hatalion commander for the
I i|iiarter ia Cadet Lt Col. Bruce
Minger.
Selection of the Cadet Battalion
nnnander is baaed on academic
' . cment in both college and
lary classes, leadership shown
rue the course of ROTC tnin-
i xcellenca displayed in a six
•k summer camp, and general
itude for the military service,
dinger, a biology and psycholo-
rn.ijor in the Liberal Arts Col-
»f Mercer University is the
• ( Mr. and Mrs. Charles A.
n„. r, 1921 N.W. 34th St., Mi-
I’lorida. He has received sev-
lutinctions as a member of
Mercer Army ROTC Battalion,
du ling ranking first out of fifty-
■ men in his platoon at Summer
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llhcr appointments announced
Cel. Brambila were Cadet Mi-
'I homas M. Crook of Stuart,
iri la, battalion executive officer;
ilet Captain John W. Crowley
M icon, Georgia, battalion per
mil officer; Cadet First Lieu
aiit Charles L Ogbum, Jr., of
hi n. Georgia, battalion intelli-
i< officer; Cadet Major Donald
Hartley of Macon, Georgia, bat-
operations officer; Cadet
ii Richard H. Davison of
ir, Georgia battalion supply
in i
Cadet Officers who are appoint
ed company commanders are Ca
det Captain Wiliam L. Jackson of
Columbus, Georgia, Headquarters
Company; Cadet Captain James L
Sayer of Atlanta. Georgia, “A"
Company. Cadet Captain Robert
D- Newell, Jr., of Miami, Florida,
"B" Company; Cadet Captain Har
ry F Moore of Macon, Georgia,
“C” Company; Cadet Captain
James T. Armstrong of Macon,
Georgia, “D” Company.
Sign up for
U. S. SAVINGS BONDS,
FREEDOM SHARES
The dedication of the Willet Sci
ence Center will be held at 11 a.m.
Wednesday, October 23. All third,
fourth and fifth period classes will
be dismissed for the dedication
ceremony. The dedication address
will be delivered by Dr. Charles
H. Townes, Nobel Prize Winner
and Professor at l,arge at the Un
iversity of California. It has been
requested that all students attend
and that they be seated by 10:50
am.
Following the ceremony a Ded
ication Luncheon by invitation on
ly will be held at 1:00 p.m. in the
main dining room of the Connell
Student Center. Presenting the
Luncheon Address will be Dr. Fe
lix Robb, former President of Pea
body College and presently Exec
utive Officer of the Southern
Association of Colleges and
Schools. Students will be served
the noon meal in the Porter Gym
nasium from 1:00 to 2:00 P.M.
only.
A preview of the Science Center
wil be held from 8.00 to 10:00 p.m.
Tuesday. October 22 for staff,
faculty and their wives. Reception
lines will be formed in the College
Street Foyer so all personnel are
requested to enter on the College
Street side.
An Open House for the public
will be held at Willet Science Cen
ter from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. Sunday,
October 27.
An Academic Processional for
the dedication ceremony will begin
at 11:00 a m. All personnell partici
pating in the formal convocation
ceremonies are expected to partici
pate in both the academic proces
sion and dedication ceremonies.
All personnel are expected to be
SENIOR STUDENTS NAMED AS
SCHOLARSHIP FINALISTS
By Elijah Lightfoot
A total of 20 Senior students at Mercer University have
been nominated to receive either the Woodrow Wilson Fellow
ship, the Danforth Fellowship, the Rhodes Scholarship, or the
Ford Foundation Fellowship.
All Senior students at Mercer j they were interested in attending
with a 3.0 or better average were | graduate school. Of the 53 Seniors
sent a letter by the Faculty Com
mittee on Scholarship, Fellowship,
and Graduate Studies, asking if
with a 3.0 or better average, 23
responded to the letters. These stu
dents were interviewed and
screened by the committee. Those
that fulfilled the requirements were
nominated to the National Com
mittee for further screening.
All of the fellowships are full
grants and the recipients can
choose the institution at which they
wish to do their graduate work.
The nominees for the fellow-
ships and their majors are as fol
lows
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship
nominees:
Rose Martial Babbit
Psychology, Biology
Jack Colson Beaty
History, Philosophy
Nancy Elizabeth Butle
English
The Willett Memorial Science Hall is the fruit of a year
of construction and pointless debate with the GBC over federal
aid. It houses the physics, chemistry and biology departments
in a four story complex plus penthouse. The largest lecture
room on campus is housed in its first floor and seats 204.
dressed in appropriate attire the
entire day on Wednesday, October
23, 1968. Appropriate attire for men
is considered to be coat and tie,
while for women dress with heels
is considered appropriate.
The Library parking lot and the
Connell Student Center parking
lots will be cleared and closed
commencing at 1:00 p m. on Tues
day, October 22nd. The Freshmen
Women's Residence Hall parking
lot will be closed at 6:00 a m on
Wednesday, October 23rd.
The Connell Student Center
parking lot will be opened for
guests arriving for the President's
dinner preceding the Preview. The
Library parking lot (entrance and
exit on Edgewood Street only) will
be opened for guests attending the
Preview with the Freshmen's Wo
men's Residence Hall parking lot
being used for overflow parking
The Connell Student Center
parking lot will be reserved on
Wednesday, October 23rd, for ar
riving Trustees and Delegates. The
Library parking lot will be re
served for guests at the Dedication
Ceremony and will Ire closed at
10:15 a m. until after the ceremony.
The Freshmen's Women’s Resi
dence Hall parking lot will Ik- re
served fi r guests attending the
Dedication Ceremony
Parking on Edgewood Avenue in
front of the Stetson Memorial Li
brary and Porter Gymnasium will
be restricted on the morning of
Wednesday, October 23rd until af
ter the Dedication Ceremony.
Terrie Denson
Political Science
Seminar to Host
Platt, Shepard
Ralph Thud Donaldson
Psychology
Richard Alonzo Epps
Psychology
Charles Lawrence GooUby
Philosophy
Evelyn Kay Johnson
Art, English
Becky Claire Jordon
English
Linda Poe
English
Continued On. Page 2. Col. 4
Week at a Glance
Wednesday, October 16
10:04 a m All Student teachers
for the spring quarter will meet
in Room 102 of Groover Hall.
7:00 p.m Forgotten film series,
William S. Hart in “The Great
Train Robliery", will be shown in
Room 314 of the Connell Student
Center.
Friday, October 18
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Annual
meeting of the Georgia 1-eague of
Historical Societies, Connell Stu
dent Center. The Middle Georgia
Historical Society will be the hoot.
Luncheon will be served at noon
in the President's Dining Room.
8:00 p.m. Foreign film series, “To
Be A Crook", (French/English
Subtitles) will be shown in Room
314 of the Connell Student Center.
An eight session seminar series
on the "Imi»act of G re at Religions
of Our World " began Thursday
night, at Vineville Methodist
Church and will lx- held every
Thursday through Nov. 21. Dr.
Wilfred Platt of Mercer's history
department and Dr. Jack Sheppard
of its Christianity department will
be participating, in one of these
sessions each.
This seminar is under the sjxin
sorship of th; Youth Committee
of the Macon Council on World Af
fairs and .will include three social
studies students from each of nine
high schools in the Macon area.
The pur|M>se of the seminar is to
help these young (leople become
world citizens and to broaden their
horizons
Rev. Harwood Bartlett, rector of
the St. Francis Episcopal Church
in Macon is the moderator for the
sessions
Dr. Platt will be speaking on
‘he impact of religion on social
organization, economics, history,
and culture in India on October 17.
Dr Sheppard will discuss the the
ological and philosophical frame
works and similarities and differ
ences of Western religions on Oct
31.
CADET COMPANY COMMANDERS FOR THE MER-
t ARMY ROTC CADET BATTALION, 1968 (Seated left
right) Cadet Captain James T. Armstrong, “D* Company;
et Captain William L. Jackson. Headquarters Company;
t Captain Harry F. Moore, U CT Company; (Standimr left
fht) Cadet Captain James L. Sayer, “A* Company; Cadet
tain Robert D. Newell, Jr, “B” Company. (See News
Richard Ralph Champion
Political
Sherri Darlene Clark
Mathematics, Spanish
Robert Lewte Colline
Psychology
Angelane Bath DanieU
