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Wilson appointed
law school dean
NO. 18g
Mercer University President
Rufus C. Harris announced the
appointment of Dr. Edgar H.
Wilson of Tulsa, Okla., as dean
of the Walter F. George School
of Law.
His appointment to succeed
Dr. Samuel A. Beatty will be
effective July 1. Dr. Beatty has
been named vice president and
trust officer of the First
National Bank & Trust Com
pany in Macon.
The new dean is a former
Mercer professor of law, a
former mayor of the City of
Macon and a former Georgia
state legislator. Hfc^urrently is
dean of the University of Tulsa
College of Law.
President Harris said that,
“In this important period in the
life of the Walter F. George
School of Law there scarcely
could be a more significant
appointment than that of Dr.
Wilson. His abundant qualities
of leadership and his unique
knowledge of this scene and the
law school bring him forward as
the outstanding man for this
post."
Wilson has been dean of the
law school for three years.
Prior to that he was professor of
law at the University of Florida
and executive director of the
Florida Law Revision Com
mission. He left Mercer in June
of 1968 to accept the Florida
Senate requests
Mercer v U. Ga.
position after serving on the law
school faculty for several years.
He was elected twice to
represent Bibb County in the
Georgia House of Represen
tatives and in 1959 was elected
mayor of Macon.
Wilson received the Bachelor
of Laws and Master of Laws
degrees from Duke University.
In 1954 he earned from Duke the
Doctor of Juridical Science
degree.
The author of many articles
sppearing in a variety of legal
publications. Wilson was co
author of the Georgia Insurance
Code. He is an expert in the law
of contracts.
While in Macon he served on
the board of directors of
numerous organizations. Hqjtas
been vice president oC the
Georgia Municipal Association
and vice chairman of the Middle
Georgia Coliseum Authority.
AUanta-The Georgia State
Senate has passed a resolution
encouraging basketball con
tests between Mercer and the
University of Georgia.
The resolution, introduced by
Mercer Professor 1 Bert
Hamilton who is a senator from
the 26th district, says that both
schools have "contributed
greatly to the educational
growth of the state of Georgia,”
and are “first rate centers of
learning”.
The Senate asked that the two
schools arrange "to schedule
basketball games with each
other for the 1973 basketball
season. . .”
Mercer’s invitation to the
NCAA small college tour
nament was mentioned and the
resolution referred to the
nationwide attention the Bears
have attracted.
Many people including
prominent sports writers and
editors had expressed the hope
that Mercer and the University
could meet in a basketball
contest.
The Senate eraphacized the
basketball duel because
Georgia and Mercer no longer
have their former fierce
competition in football or
baseball.
Coach Morrison said, "I dont
think that there’s much there.
They have their conference
games to get straight first. That
gives them 18 games already
scheduled. It makes it tough on
them. It could become
something of a rivalry, since the
people in Georgia are in
terested. But they haven’t taken
into Consideration that Georgia
has 18 games already on their
schedule. Then they (Georgia)
will go/rom there to help their
program If Mercer beats them,
then the Georgia people have
got to cry all year. As far as the
idea goes, I think it is sweet of
Library
committees
to survey
students
The Self-Study Committee on
the Library is conducting
surveys to discover faculty and
student evaluation of the
library. In the case of students a
random sample of people will be
interviewed. If you are not one
of these interviewed, the
committee still invites your
criticisms of the library cr any
comments you would care to
make. Such criticisms or
comments may be oral or in
writing and should be addressed
to one of the following:
Miss Doris Walters, Chair
man of the Student Library
Committee. Mr. Dan Metts,
Librarian or Dr. Willis B.
Glover, Chairman of the
Library Committee.
Gambrsll
United States Senator David
Gambrell will be in room 316
from 9 to 10 Friday April 14th
with members of his staff to talk
with Mercer students
Mayor Thompson
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Mayor Ronnie Thompson
today accepted a "Big Bear”
award from Mercer University
at a luncheon hosted by
university president Rufus C.
Harris for the mayor, members
of the Macon City Council, and
representatives of City and
County government.
Mayor Thompson said, "I
look forward to many more
opportunities, to communicate
with the Mercer community.
The give-and-take exchange of
ideas and opinions contributes
greatly to the friendship,
fellowship, and understanding
present in the City of Macon."
President Harris, who
presided at the luncheon,
commented, "when we look for
interest, support, and un
derstanding for our institution
the first place we look is to the
fine municipal leadership here
in Macon.
“We know that good
leadership supports good
causes. Good leadership sup
ports the UGFG, the Cancer
Fund, and the Heart Fund-it
also supports higher education.
Mercer's products, well-
educated men and women, are
what every community needs,”
Fund campaign nearing $7,000,000
Harris said. "It is appropriate
that leadership help meet the
needs of education, Mercer
University is entitled to your
interest and support and we are
fortunate to have earned that
support here in Macon."
Dean Garland F. Taylor,
dean of the College of Liberal
Arts, stated that the college
does more than provide the
local community with en
tertainment. "We are glad that
Mercer is able to enrich the
cultural and educational
climate of the city, but we also
hope that the university is
sufficiently demanding that the
student will have to work to get
a good education and be ready
to assume his place in our
society outside the college
classroom,” Taylor caid.
Dr. Joseph Hendricks,dean of
students, commented that *he
university "listens rather than
oppresses students today.” He
said that student involvement in
•'acuity and administration
committees as well as student
participation in community
activities give "the student a
stake in the community and
encourages him to work to
improve his stake, not to
destroy it.”
More than $100,000 has been
raised in the past eight weeks
for Mercer University’s $42.5
million five-year "Investment
in Human Resources" cam
paign Bert Struby, Middle
Georgia fund chairman, an
nounced today at a progress
report luncheon on the Mercer
campus.
Struby asked for continued
support of the campaign from
the Macon community. "When
the campaign was initiated,” he
said, "the goal was $37.5
million-and we hoped for $5
million from Macon and Bibb
County. However, since we feel
we can raise the larger amount.
we hope to be able to increase
financial support from the local
community to $6 million for a
five-year period." Struby said
this would amount to $1.25
million annually from Macon-
Bibb County.
Harold fi. Logan, vice
president ft r development at
Mercer, commented, "We are
nearly in Phase II of our
campaign. All indications are
that we’ll end up right on target
at the close of our "Investment
in Human Resources drive."
Logan also noted that Mercer’s
campaign for $42.5 million is
one of the 12 largest capital
campaigns undertaken in the
past year by an educational
institution.
Committee reports, outlining
the progress various caft
task groups have made, were
presented, including reports
from Tom Greene, banking
division; Charles F. Adams,
law division; Bill Jones,
business division; Mike Guritz.
industry division.
Houston County chairman
Cooper Etheridge announced
that all six financial institutions
in the Houston County-Wamer
Robins area have made capital
commitments to support the
fund drive.
Dr. Milford B. Hatcher,
chairman of the university
committee to raise funds to
construct a new infirmary on
the campus, reported that
$186,000 of the needed $350,000
has already been raised. Harold
Dogan, vice president for
development, announced that
the university could receive
matching funds in the amount of *
$75,000 when the university
raises an additional $75,000 for
construction of the infirmary.