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^ Mnttt Cluster olume L MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 31, 1968 Number 4 /fantovani {ere Sunday a Chapel rhc title of a recent record— he Incomparable Mentovani" mien LL3392 and PS 392 la t. How apt can be meaaured by fact that Mantovani’a is prob- y the only orchestra of its kind the world capable of making ular large scale international ire. It' is called by Variety “the big- t musical phenomenon of the ■ntieth century". He has ap- irctl in person before almost two [lion Americans, and yet, when ently he cancelled a Minneepo et, nee rt, not one of the 5,000 tot holders wanted their money ck Instead they preferred to >p their tickets for the concert imued in the following year. Vhut is the secret of this pro- jous success? Even Mantovani not sure. “I don't understand y we are the only light orchestra the world doing this sort of ns.'' he will say. Host of the secret undoubtedly i in his finely toned orchestra u Each facet, like a diamond, y display a spectrum of inter- ijled iridescences, but as the hest ration turns it is also o mu ll prism: the whole is cleanly, lost crisply, delineated until not > -lummering spectrum winks , hut a whole constellation of m flecks of warmth among the di r musical transparencies The ole piece becomes a sort of mhling musical candleabra, and the musical center always that ir melody shining through. musical candelabra* may as jc almost any shape—it’s “Catch ■■ailing Star” in one, and “Won- NVho’s Kissing Her Now” in ither. but invariably they are Mantovani and his orchestra will appear in concert in the Willingham Chapel Sunday. This performance is one of his first on his 12th tour of North America. both gemlike and iridescent, as if the conductor were using the most common musical materials pur posely to emphasize the transcen- dant nature of the orchestration. Mantovani was born in Venice, appropriately the most incandes cent and evanescent, the most mir rored and mirroring of all the world’s cities. His father was Tos canini's principal violinist at La Scala. Milan, played for Mascagni (composer of "Cavalleria Rustics na"), was a professor at two Ital ian conservatories and the holder of the title "Cavalieri”. Like many other musicians, he would have preferred the security of almost any other profession for his son. "Let the boy become an engineer,” he said. It did not work that way. In 1951, Mantovani hit the jack pot with the recording of a simple piece called "Charmaine.” The rec ord swept the world like a prairie fire—led to demands for personal appearances, so that the originator of these new sounds could be seen in person. Today from Tobruck to Texas, in Queensland or in Peru, say "Charmaine” and they'll know the name: Mantovani. Many critics have taken a flyer at describing his effects: “Cascad ing violins,” "Tumbling strings,” A Niagara Falls of Fiddles,” Variety writer James T. Maher goes fur- ther: "the Mantovani mintmarks are instantly identifiable: cannonic arpeggiations in the high strings, simple wind solos set off from lush string reprises by engaging luft- pauses, wide dynamics, and expert ly scored coloristic effects.” John Wilson of the New York Times once asked Mantovani bow he maintained his pre eminence He answered, “I am a string man I know what I want from string players. I know the capabilities of the violin. I know what it can do and what it cannot do. I can avoid the soaring phrase that goes squeaky on top.” Mantovani has written a large (Continued on Page 5) Science Center Dedicated odding Carter To Present ?68 Lamar Lectures Here odding Carter, nationallly »n journalist and author, will the lecturer for the twelfth La- Memorial Lectures at Mercer versify Nov. 6-6. he title lor the series will be eir Words Were Bullets: The thorn Press In War, Recon ction and Peece”. he series, which will be open hr public, will begin in WiUing- i Chapel Nov. 5 at 10 ajn with ter speaking on “The Fighting ki he second lecture will be held I o'clock the evening of the 6th the Recital Hall of the remo ld Ware Music Hall. Carter’s ject for that lecture will be * Printed Word In War and “t" Bert Struby, general man sod executive vice-president * Macon Telegraph and News, in'.roduce him. he final lecture will be given P m. an the 6th in the Ware ic Hall an the subject, “Into Mam Stream: The Southern • Since 1900”. trier in 1946 was awarded the twr Prise for editorials in the ■Peper he owns. The Daily k Democrat-Times of Green • Meat. He is the author ot kooks Inalndtag “First Person < Doomed Road of Empire” A); “The Angry Sear: The y of Reconstruction” (1909); H odding Carter "John Law Wasn’t So Wrong” (1962) and “Where Mein Streets Meets the River” (1962). The last was a Book-of-the-Month selection by the Atlantic Monthly. In recognition of Carter’s jour nalistic achievements, Tulane Uni versity named him writer In resi dence. a position he has held since 1962. He was awarded the William Allan White Foundation’s National Citation of Journalistic Merit in 1961 and the Bowdotn Prise in I960. Man has the ability to remake the world but he must learn how to use that knowledge wisely, two pro minent speakers said at Mercer University last week. Speaking at the dedication of the Hugh M. Willet Science Center, Dr. Charles H. Townes, Nobel Prize winner in 1964 for his work on the maser and laser, said. "We have the ability to remake the world in almost any form, but must have the understanding and sense of values to go with it.” He pointed to the vast improve ments in medicine, agriculture, communication and travel that have taken place in the past few years. "We also have the ability to remake man . . . and the possession of sudden death from nuclear dif fusion in the cities. "These things make some people think we should turn back from sci ence, but this is like saying we should stop breathing oxygen and return to life in the water . . . Knowledge is a God-given gift and one of his most promising monu ments to man." "We need people who know how to do things and we need people who know what to do. Every ave nue in every walk of life needs to have an understanding of science and every scientist needs to have understanding.” Following the dedication cere monies at the west entrance of the $1.76 million ecience facility. Dr Felix C. Robb, director of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, sakl at a luncheon. “The technical knowledge to feed all of the world's hungry is one thing, but doing it is another. President Harris .... Addresses Trustees One of the factors in the current disquiet of college youth is suspi cion of the adequacy of their ed ucation, Dr. Rufus Carrollton Harris, president of Mercer Uni versity, said at the October meeting of the Board of Trustees. “They fearfully doubt ita ade quacy when they encounter un prepared. indifferent and dull teaching,” Dr. Harris told the trustees who were meeting for the first time in the Recital Room of the renovated Ware Music Hall. Components of the "expanded insight" of today's students. Dr. Harris said, were the emergence of new social goals, the involve ment of education and the creation of o new education problem—the student. Speaking on the emergence of new goals, the president pointed out, “There is serious doubt that adult America realizes the depth of the determination of the young er generation to undertake any thing they find necessary to relieve the ravages of poverty and the ghettos which breed some of Amer ica's disruption and crime . . . Sensing an insecurity of their own, they have come to identify their problems with those of all the un derprivileged, abused and neglected groups in our society." The involvement of education in the American society follows be cause colleges are a part of that society. “If American youth were not able to believe and to perceive that higher education is sensitive and actively responsive to tensions and disturbances, there would be increased campus disruption.” The students “being in the col leges and regarding them as insti tutional agencies of which they are critical, sensitive to ways in which the campus mirrors what they re gard as the American malaise, tend to strike against the target that is most available to them. This ex plains why the campus in America is so much involved in student strife." The president called attention to a formula recommended by the Baptist Education Study Task (BEST) of the Southern Baptist Convention and reported by the Dr. Charles Townes •What may be needed are people with a concern for the wise uses of technological development.” He railed for “a national alliance of scientific and political leaders (which) must emerge if we are to maintain our sanity ami build a better world for all ... If the im provement of man hiraaelf is to be the new frontier, science must marry religion and political' Dr. Rufus Harris Doak S. Campbell Committee ap pointed a year ago by the Execu tive Committee of the Georgia Bap tist Convention to review the oper ations of the six Georgia Baptist colleges If the fortnulu recommended in the BEST Study for support of Baptist colleges were followed, a student would pay $938 a year tui tion instead of $1,216. Endowment would produce $188 a student in stead of $251 which it now pro duces. The Georgia Baptist Con vention would provide $375 for support of every student instead of $93 which the 1968 convention appropriation of $167,850 to Mer cer provides. The university next year would be required to raise through unrestricted gifts and grants $375 a student instead of the $316 which is now raises. Anticipating the cessation of Vietnam hostilities and an in creased public support to private higher education. Dr Harris said. "If Mercer University, indeed if all private colleges are to live in the years ahead, they must avail themselves of such support without restraint other than that of the conscience of the trustees.” In his annual operations report, the president reported that the fac ulty. with 105 full-time teachers was filled for the school year This constitutes the largest faculty ros* ter than at any time in the past several years ' President Harris requested Onto the proposal to change the Bache lor of Laws (I.L.B.V decree now* (Continued on Page 2) SI Million Left In Croft Trust For Scholarships Dr, Rufus C. Harris president of Mercer University, has informed the Board of Trustees of the es tablishment of. trust fiinds for si hoi nrshi|*t and two profo-saorships. President Harris and the board expressed appreciation for the gift of $1 million from the estate <lf Julia Croft who died four years agt> in Augusta. The money was a por tion of u .$3 million purchase price for n tract of land near August*. The proceeds from the trust fund will he ustd in scholarship aid to students. The board ami President Harris also expressed appreciation to the Callaway Foundation Inc. of La- Grange which will provide income from a trust fund which will sup port partially two distinguished fa culty members of the Collage* Of Liberal Arts. j Mercer is one VSf'SS Georgia col leges which will benefit from this trust fund.