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Christmas Musical
To Be Presented
Meroer University will present
its annual performance of Christ-
inns music Sunday afternoon De
cember 8. 1968 at 3:00 in Willing
ham Chapel. The program this
year includes both the Christmas
section of Handel’s Messiah and
the Menotti “Amahl and the Night
Visitors”.
This will be Dr. Arthur L. Rich’s
twenty-fifth anniversary produc
tion of Christmas festival music at
Mercer University; only twice dur
ing that period has he not con
ducted the performance in person.
For the first twenty season, Mrs.
Helen Rich presided at the organ.
Assisting the choir, which has
been streamlined into an elite
musical group will be four distin-
fuished professional soloists: Diana
Jumps, soprano of Atlanta; Laura
T Hillman, contralto of Georgia
College at Milledgeville; Lawrence
S Weaver, tenor of Atlanta; and
John VanCura of the Mercer Uni
versity staff. James Carmichael
will be at the organ.
"Die second feature of the after
noon, “Amahl and the Night Vis
itors” will be staged under the
direction of John VanCura.
'rhe Musical public is invited to
attend.
ED BACON
A Personal Close-Up
Kd Bacon, President of SGA,
disaffiliated himself from Kappa
Alpha Order last Tuesday night.
Ed stated that, "The turning in
of my pin is not an act against KA
itself. I would have done it no mat
ter what fraternity I was a mem
ber of.”
Kd went on to say that the rea
son for his action was to free him
self from the subjectivity of be
longing to a Greek organisation
while in a position of presiding
ever the student government for
the entire Mercer student body.
"In short, being a member of a
Greek organization was not palat-
sb'e for me as President of SGA.”
It is my hope that no altera
tions will occur in individual re
lationships between the men of
KA and me."
Yearbook Arrives
Susan Wiseman, Cauldron editor
for 1968-1989 announced that the
1968 Cauldron will be distributed
Friday, from 9:00 A.M. until 4:30
PM. in the Building and Grounds
Building. Jimm Reaainger. the
19(57-1968 Caldron Editor will be
so hand to personally distribute
the yearbook to the student body.
Ware Music Hall
Dedication Ceremonies
Set For Ware Music Hall
Mercer University’s reconstruct
ed Katherine Catchings Ware Mu
sic Hall was formally named
Sunday, Dec 1, at 5:30 p.m.
The building, one of four on the
campus whose history goes hack
more than a half century, was re
constructed during the summer to
make a home for the Department
of Music.
It was named in honor of the
wife of tho Atlanta uttome.v, Hen
ry H. Ware Jr., whose gift made
the change possible.
Dr. Rufus C. Harris, president
of the university, presided over
the naming ceremony. Apprecia
tion was espressed by Edwin Ba
con Jr. of Jesup, president of the
Student Government Association,
T. Baldwin Martin of Macon,
chairman of the Board of Trus
tees; and Arthur L. Rich, chairman
of the Department of Music.
Dr. Rich said the building, which
comprises three floors, offers music
facilities which can be equalled on
few campuses. On the ground floor
are located a stereophonic listen
ing room and six individual prac
tice rooms equipped with pianos
or organs.
The first floor has offices, studio
for private lessons and a recital
hall which seats more than 100 per
sons. On the second floor Is located
a choir practice room furnished
with a Moller organ, music li
brary, large classroom and a voice
studio.
The red brick building was con
structed in 1904 for use ns a Y.M
C A. and campus community cen
ter. It was reconditioned and en
larged in 1938 for use by the de
partment of Biology, a need it has
served until the present.
The Biology Department has
been moved to the new $1.78 mil
lion Willett Science Center.
Free University Established
By Chris Zorn and Barbara Marshall
For some time now. students
have been expressing interest in
topics which either are not cov
ered in Mercer’s curriculum, or
are not developed in sufficient
depth within the scope of existing
courses. Several students felt that
this problem could be partially
solved by instituting lecture series
on the various topics. However,
due to the availability of time on
Wonderful Wednesday, the idea of
lectures evolved into the formation
of the Free University, will be
structured on the pattern of an in
formal seminar led by qualified
students and faculty members.
On keeping with the guide lines
set for Wonderful Wednesday pro
grams, no course will be offered
for credit or in fulfillment of any
University requirement. Each
course will meet once a week and
wil continue as long as group in-
Each group will meet at a time
and place to be decided upon by
the participants during organisa
tional meetings on January 8 We
hope that the Free University will
facilitate the indepth study of
questions not provided for within
the curriculum as it now stands
and stimulate dialogue within the
University community
The following groups will meet
for one half hour on Wednesday,
January 8, in 314 C 8 C to decide
when and where to meet for dis
cussions. All interested persons are
invited to attend.
10:00 A M. Aesthetics
10 30 Karl Marx
11 00 Situation Ethics
11:30 Dostoevski
1:00 P.M. What is Science?
1:30
Mysti-
with
3:00
3:30
Zen, Eastern
cism
Open Forum
Guest Speakers
Contemporary Satiri
cal Fiction
Beat Poetry
French Irrational ist
Literature
(Continued on page S)
Six new trustees elected for Mer
cer University by the Georgia Bap
tist Convention represent a cross
section of the religious and secular
life of the state.
Two Maconites elected to the
Board of Trustees are J Marvin
Elliott and the Rev. Dr. Albert L.
Cardwell
Mr. Elliott is founder and presi
dent of Elliott Finance Company
of Macon with hrnnehes in Au
gusta and Savannah. A native of
Cochran, he has had more than 20
years experience in the field of
finance.
In addition to being president of
his own finanep business, Mr Elli
ott is president of Guaranty Insur
ance Agency, Inc., Guaranty Real
ty Company; Landmark Proper
ties. Ine. and Kenmore Burns, Inc ,
a real estate and insurance com
pany. He is a former president of
the Georgia Consumer Finance As
sociation, is a director of the Mid
dle Georgia Hospital, a charter
member of Highland Hills Baptist
Church and is past president of
the Bibb County Safety Council
The Rev. Dr Caldwell, pastor
of the First Baptist Church, Is a
graduate of Emory & Henry Col
lege and of Southern Baptist The
ological Seminary. Mercer con
ferred on him the honorary Doctor
of Divinity degree in 1966.
He has been pastor of the First
Baptist Church since 1963 and be
fore then was pastor of Sherwood
Baptist Church in Albany for sev
en years. Previously he served pas
torates in Kentucky, Virginia, and
West Virginia.
Aetive in the field of mental
health, the Rev. Dr. Caldwell was
president of the Georgia delegate
to the National Association for
Mental Health for three years
starting in 1964.
Others elected trustees were
Henry H. Ware,Jr. of Atlanta, the
Rev. Clifford Jett of Monroe. John
J. Gilbert of Rrunswiek and the
Rev. J. Chalmea Holmes of West
Point.
Mr Ware is a member of the
Atlanta law firm of Ware, Sterne
& Griffin. A former trustee of the
university, he is a past president
of the national Mercer Alumni As
sociation.
A recent gift from Mr. Ware
made possible the restoration of
the Biology Building for cOnver
sion to a modern facility housing
the Department of Music. The Al
pha Tau Omega social fraternity
at Mercer dedicated its lodge to
him in 1967.
The Rev. Mr. Jett has been pas
tor of the First Raptist Church at
Monroe since 1960. Prior to that
he served the First Baptist Church
of Donalsonville for three years
After graduating from Baylor
University in 1953, the Rev. Mr
Jett earned the Bachelor at Baptist
Seminary at Louisville. Before at
tending Baylor he was on a track
scholarship at the University of
Houston for three semesters
Mr. Gilbert has practiced law in
Brunswick since his graduation
from the Walter F. George School
of Law in 1929. He is a partner in
the firm of Bennett, Gilbert, Gil
bert & Whittle.
A member of the General As
sembly from 1942 to 1946, Mr. Gil
bert has been a member of the
Democratic Executive Committee
of Glynn County since 1946. He is
H director of tho American Nation
al Bank ol Brunswick, Brunswick
Pulp & Paper Co., Marble Prod
ucts of Georgia and Sea Island
Company.
The Rev Mr. Holmes accepted a
call as pastor of the First Baptist
Church of West Point in May of
this year. Prior to that he was pas
tor of the First Baptist Church of
Cochran for 10 years.
He is a 1950 graduate of Mer
cer and was conferred the Bache
lor of Divinity degree from South
western Baptist Seminary in 1954
He Is a member of the Executive
Committee of the Georgia Conven
tion and is on the hoard of direc
tors of the Christian Index, the
weekly newspaper for Georgia
Baptists.
The Rev. Mr. Holmes is a mem
ber of the Lions Club at West
Point.
David Duncan
In Memoriain
By Gary L. Johnson
"We cannot know how much we
can leam from those who never
return, until a flash of the un
forseen resemblance fall on
what has been.”
It is always a difficult task to
pay tribute to a person who ex
hibits a diversity of ideals. The
Cluster staff is well aware of the
difficulty as we attempt to pay tri
bute to David Duncan
David, a personification of (ruth,
wit, humor and spirit sought to
keep the energies of life at full tide
As a reputable character on camp
us, he was most respected and
liked by his fellow students. The
life he led and exemplified speaks
for itself through history and
memory and thus cannot ho
amended. We are grateful for his
having been present among us. We
were enohled by his friendship
With an underlying faith in hu
nianity, we raise our voices in
thanks to God for having placed in
our midst one who endeavored to
maintain high standards. May his
memory always dwell in the hearts
and minds of his most cherished
people — Mereerians.
Do your share
for freedom
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MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 6, 1968
Number 6
GBC Elects Six Trustees