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THE MERCER CLUSTER-MARCH 4,1985-PACE S
Kappa Sigs Have Alumni Weekend
As the 1983 Winter Quarter draws to
its inevitable end. Kappa Sigmas can go
on break knowing they ended the quarter
in style.
The Sigs basketball team finished in
second place in the Greek Division. The
Sigs only defeat came at the hands of a
very strong Sigma Nu team. Congratula
tions go to the Snakes for winning the
division. The Kappa Sigs will prove to be
one of the top teams in the play-offs.
The chapter was especially proud to
win the Homecoming Float display for
the third year in a row.
Friday, February 25 saw the Alpha
Beta Chapter kick-off its Annual Alumni
Weekend. Richard Huebner, Executive
Director of Kappa Sigma, was on hand to
present the various national and chapter
awards. Dean William Powell, Dr. Blair
Jerome, and Tom Fitch were some of the
honored guests at the breakfast.
The entire weekend was capped off by
the Starduster Ball. Congratulations to
Karen Duncan for being elected the m m
Sweetheart for the ’83-'84 year.
The weekend was dedicated to Joe
McDaniels, former Director of Admis
sions. Joe represents the brotherhood
and care that all Kappa Sigs strive for
and that mokes Alpha-Beta, Men in the
Pursuit of Excellence.
Phi Mus Have A Busy Quarter
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Earlier this month, the sisters of Phi
Mu were proud to initiate 25 new sisters
into our bond. Just a couple of weeks
later, we had our Winter Formal at the
Hilton Inn and the ••Exotics" played
great music and kept us dancing all night
long. This past Sunday afternoon we had
an Open House for our alumni to come
and visit our new house and chat about
their days here at Mercer as collegiates.
Coming up on Thursday. March 3, Phi
Mus across the country will celebrate our
Founder’s Day. The Alpha Iota chapter
here will have a banquet and give out
special awards.
We are all looking forward to Spring
Break, and returning Spring Quarter for
Parent’s weekend, and Carnation Ball.
Professor Donates
John Wesley Sculpture
When the dedication is held later this
year for the newly remodeled Methodist
-Museum at Epworth-by-the-Sea, there
will be an unveiling in the museum's
two-story rotunda—that of a nine-foot
statue of John Wesley donated to the
museum by sculptor Marshall Daugherty
of Mercer University.
The statue, which will be displayed
atop a two-foot-tall wooden pedestal in
the rotunda, is the original plaster cast of
the larger-than-life bronze Figure that
has stood in Savannah’s Reynolds
Square since 1969 as a monument to the
man who founded the Methodist church.
Daugherty, who created the monu
ment, is a noted sculpture and art
educator who has been chairman of the
art department at Mercer University's
College,of Liberal Arts in Macon since
1945.
The original bronze statue, commis
sioned by a committee made up
primarily of Georgia Methodists, was
unveiled in ceremonies held in August
1969 in Savannah after some three years
of work by Daugherty. Working from
photographs and paintings of an aging
Wesley, Daugherty created his image of
the young man Wesley, first as an
18-inch model, then as a four-and-a-half-
foot model, and finally as the finished
size.
•'Basically. 1 took the idea of his
understanding of the Word — the Bible
in his hand. Using the Bible in the left
hand as his inspiration and the right
hand (outstretchedI as the giving of the
Word." Daugherty said of his major
work.
Daugherty said that the original clay
model of the Wesley statue was
destroyed but the plaster was saved and
had been kept in the studio in the art
department at Mercer. According to
Daugherty, the idea of placing the
original cast of the monument at
Epworth came from a Mercer alumna,
Victoria Bain, formerly of Warner
Robins and now living in Brunswick.
"(She) saw it in the rotunda and said
that it would be just beautiful in the
rotunda at the Methodist Museum, and I
said it might be available." Daugherty
said.
Over the next couple of years.
Daugherty said contracts were made and
he worked with museum officials to sort
out details of placing the Wesley statue
in the rotunda. The final result was the
move in December to transport the
statue from the Mercer campus to its
new home.
In preparation for the move. Daugher
ty with assistance from Mercer art
faculty member Roger Jamison and
Jamison’s wife, Sherrie. Mercer art
student Jiranard Chulachumbok, and
Mercer alumnus Rick Hill, went about
the process of disassembling the 800-
pound, pipe reinforced plaster cast of
the work. A wood scaffolding was used
to lift the large sections which make up
the work. Sections were restored so that
section seams would not show in the
assembled work. A gold-bronze lacquer
gives the cast, which was originally
white, its color. The statue was
transported in a trailer to the Methodist
Museum where the same scaffolding
was used to reassemble the work. Now,
the statue stands in the rotunda awaiting
its official unveiling.
Daugherty, who grew up at Methodist
Children’s Home in Macon where his
father was superintendent and his
mother was chief matron received his
professional training at Yale University
and Cranbrook Academy of Art with
special courses at Ringling Art School
and the University of Georgia. Though
noted primarily as a sculptor and art
educator, he is also a painter of portraits
and landscapes, an architectural design
er, ceramicist. photographer, lapidary
and medalist. His sculpture and paint
ings are in many public and private
collections.
Life Guards Needed
Lost And Found
1. Rain Coat (Khaki)
1. Jacket (Green)
2. Pairs of Shoes (.Ladies)
1. Tennis Racket
2. Stereo Speakers (Old)
Assortment of Umbrellas
Assortment of Hub Caps
1. Jewelry Box
1. Television
Assortment of Glasses
Assortment of Keys
2. Pair of Tennis Shoes
1. Small Calculator
1. Radio
1. Shaving Kit Case
1. Pair of Gloves
1. Pet Carrier
1. Gold Earring
1. Gold Wedding Ring
For Spring Quarter
Lifeguards ar$ needed for spring
quarter. If you are interested, a meeting
will be held on Wednesday. March 23. at
the pool. Advanced Lifesaving or WS1
certification is required.
The pool will open on Tuesday. March
22. The hours will be from 12:30-5:00 for
the first .pari-of the qujrtter. As it gets
~ “”*>“• ; v
e quitter. As it
warmer, the hours will be extended.
Mercer ID’s are required for entrance
into the pool. No one will enter without a
valid ID!
Advanced Lifesaving. WSI. and gene
ral swimming classes will be offered at
night beginning May 9. Contact, the
office of commOoity education.
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