,. Thought -~ Mirror of Student and Action .· .. "' · I .. VOt;. XXIJt Z~120 MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1942 No. Z '··... • ' ' · ~. 40 -Students- ... Frats Choose Greeks Pledge 113 ..- ~ -: Eht~r :Service Sponsors For :-A~Reserves~ -~ -- New Season As -Rushing Ends - . Fot;*y· men ~d~nts ·of Mercer With rushing came eleetions of ALT ·and ADPi Get Largest Groups; . :, · ani now ·in the enlilted reserve fraternity sponsor~~, and the six Sororities Set New Record for Numbers ·-. - ~.·- of-the _v.uioua_ branches of Crotemtties on the campus have · 1 .· ~-·r- of Uncle Sam. These nnnounc...... __. t hetr · c ho i ces. Th e J>ush' week for the fraternities and sororities close_d M_ on- . students 'will be pennltted to re- 1942·'43 personallly girls of the day as 113 Mercer students pledged to 8 greek orgamzat1~!ls. '.. - main i-. ron~e 110 toni u. they campus arc Misses Martha Wea- Alpha Lambda Tau rnnked highest among the frntem1tles - do- acceptable~· ~ work and the de· ver, tor Slgrna AI P ha E ps1·1 on; "'1th" 15 new pled•,..,s... ~ and Alpha Delta Pi pledged 24 to lead · ___... _·for· the • .:.•ety of _the na_· Rosa Lee Jones, Alpha Tau Om- the sororities. ""on,...,...., ...... ,·1•-. IJCCO-Jt_.... to Major eca; Miriam Elmore, Kappa Sl g- A total of 43 girls pledged sor- J.D.14 r-····Blair, .. :Mercer's n&Jil6 Military and rna; Sanford Blrdsey, Kappa AI - Cluster Staff Mem be rs orities, which is a record. In ·Naval adviiet. · pha; Zell :M. oore, AI p h a Lam bda d Previous yean the number hillS • .. d Ul ... _· Tau; and Betty Wilson, Phi To Meet Next Tues. ay averaged about 25. I( i.s aW1 not· ---'- 'Major Blah' IMUa· they w ..., ablf' that each sorority pledced ·~·l'..... _ at the time ...heduled for Delta Theta There will be a meeting ot . le ..,. u:u 1 .... · Ufi ble Thb year, Mercer's six !rater- all Cluster staff members 1lfld more people than did any sm& · craduation un esi for JUS a nities are .sponsored by four reporters, and all studl'nts fraternity. 'rnsonJ. Ute call C9meS earlier. , Me ...er co-eds, one Mt'ller Hl•h h' reeelved After JradJ,tatibh these student! CAPT. BOBBY IIOOU n ., who wish to work on t 1S 13 p!cdgcs; gained ;,nf become officer candidates. StUl Plttg(lfll#l School senior, and a Wesleyanne. publication Tuesday mom- ; , ; Kappa 12 11 Tbey will receive 12 w~ks bb H k Miss Miriam Elmore is the ing during the regular chapel Alpha, 11 ; , ·a; · bale training and 12 more weeks 00 8 1942-'43 sponsor for Kappa Sig- period in the Cluster office. and Phi Mu ple-dged girls. Bo_ Y 19 or advmce tralnint before they rna. Miriam, a member of the The purpose of this meet- Students pledging to the dille~ will be given a commission. No N . C .• senior class at Mercer, is t~as- ing is for reorganization. It ent fraternities and sororities are iacademlc IUbjecta In colleJe are OW aptam urer of Apha Deltn Pi sorority, iJ; absolutely necessary that as follows: ~uired in, order to bc<'ome a s A copy editor of the Silhouette, all staff members be present Alpha Lambda Tau; Aldean member of the enlisted reserve. I u rny. vice president of the Alembic and Billy Krenson, editor, Singley. Jackson: Jim Miller and D • • club; member of Ciceronian, and n very pros....,..tlve The anny reserve haa claim - Sh h u-~• .,~ 11 ~ ..--- Pittman Jackson, Toom!lboro; the p-eatest number of boys with · Bobby Hooks, Mercer Univer- YWA. d Me is theB da:lg ter of member to get a good start Joe Durham, Blountstown. Fla.; .the fo_llowinJ already enlisted: sity's head football ·_coach now Mr. an . rs. T. . mare of by being at the first meet- II Rosser Waller and Ckrald Tbomp Jbn ft....Jield · Don"J~a Barnard on leave in. lbe army for the Silvannah, Ga. · ing. son, Eatonton·. John Parker, • Dlln ' -- ' durati'on, '---.n promoted to The new SAE sponsor is Miss Billy Dodd, A. J. Henderson, J. 0. h~"~ "''"' W · ___:______! Wrightsville; Earnest Cox and Hodges. Jasper Ho1an, Harold the rank of captain, it was learne-d Martha enver. She is a junior s F Robert Harrison. Manchester; In ...... T J Cl he- last nl'ght. at Wesleyan and the daughter of Cl. ence rat M d c I Holl pwo... ,, om ames, ay- •oc , Mr. ond Mrs. W. M. Weaver, Jr., Charles cDaniel5 an a:r ton Jay, Billy K~nson, Tom Lat- Called to active duty a!'! a fll"'lt of ·Macon. EJ T J Shealy, Sand£"rsville; Richard Dil- tlmore, Bill Preston, Billy Me lieutenant in January, Coach Miss Rosa L~ Jones, a junior ects ay Or lard. David Black, Frank Jones, Cowen, Chorlei Warren, James Hooks attendoo the general pro- at Merrer, is the new sponsor and Ralph Clanc(' of Macon. Wary, ·Crowell Stewart. -vast marshal liChool for eight for Alpha Tau Omega. She is the Gamma Sigma Epsilon, newly Alpha D<'lta Pi: Jane Goolsby, In the nav,- reserve, freshmen weeks at Arlington, Va. A!fer daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mal- chartered chemical fraternity on Cuthbert; Doris Woods. Rich­ and ·sophomores arc enl~ted in graduation there, he was retained colrn Jones, Jr., or Maron. She lhe campus, held its first meet- land; Clail't' L<-dsingcr, Marietta; the basic ·or V-1. At the endot as an instructor in jui-jltsu and is vice prosidcnt ol Alpha Delta ing of' the year Tuesday in the Mary Jane William!! and Dot · the' sophomore year -in college a · physical tactics. PI, and intra-mural representn- otrice of the chemistry building. Davis, Brunswick; Jeanne Hen- claSllirlcatlon examination is giv- Foilowing several weeks as an tivc. She is a ·member of Sil- Retiring president Fred Sims re- drix, Brunswick; Beverly ~­ en to detennine the phase tor instructor there, he WB!! tran&- houette and Clustel' staffs, News· turned from medical school in Marsllallville; Betty Williamson. whlc:h - each indvidual is best ferrcd to F~rt Riley, Ku., and pauper club, nnd KDE; Augusta to preside. Commerce; Julio> Turner, States· fit~. Some will. be assieftoo to later to Fort Oalcthorpc, Ga., The newly-el~ted Kappa· AI- Eloction of officers - wa~ the boro; Byrd Horton, Shellman; V-5 (aviation) and others to V,7 near Chattanooga, Tt-nn., where pha sponsor is Miss Sanford Bird- principal item of business. Sun- Anne Walker, Shellman: Elsie · ·-(deck). The V-5 candidate~ may he is now stationed. sey. She is the daqhter of Mr. shine Tylor, retiring secretary, Felder, Cordele; Nan Smith, Bar- bt! c:allec:i prior to lf'll.duatlon or The Mercer mentor is serving and Mrs . .r.' Sanford Bird.sey, of was elected president for a tenn tow; Pattie Pinkston. Parrott; :after the aeeond year. He~ math- as helld of the physical education Macon, and a member ol the to be decided upon Wh('n a con- Nancy Higgins. Decatur; Doris ematta and phyalcal education department at Fort Oglethorpe, --aenior clas.s at Miller High. Be· stitution is drafted. ~ Mar- Gon>e, Atlanta: Helen Walker, are fe(~Uired. - . and his wife and young daush· fore ~ntering Miller, she attended shall was elected vice-president; Joyce Daniel, Patsy Guy, Mona Tbe followi111 have enltJted in ter livl' at nearby Chattanooga. Salem Academy at Winston-Sa- Robert Greene, secretnry; and Fnrringer. Marion Blair. Doris ~ Naval bran~h : WJlllam Bell, tsaftth ill Kuy Jem,· N . . ·C., f!nd Ml8nti H~ Howard McCullough, treASUrer. Huff. all of Macon: Florence '---uili\er'Bry.h, -Noah-BUtt; James Hooks held a reserve Anny &hool. Fred Marshall was made chair- Jackson, Toomsboro; Catherinl' Culpepper, Richard Dillard, Rob- Miss ~II Moore, the, new ALT man of a dual committee to Harwell. Cordele. ,ert G~ne, Edward Grcgpry, commission and was ca11 ed to draft a constitution tor the Mer· Sigma Alpha Epsilon ~ Bill b-.;.-.. Lee 1'1 .ervicc soon after war was de- sponsor, Is a member It the ·continued on ~· -~ Griffith, Daniel ' u. dared. At the same Ume, bis u- freshman clasa at _Mercer. Her eo~atlnued on SNIP 4 4 ·llam Lowe, Thomu P4lfker, ~ob- alstant ·at Mercer, Bllly Smith, ~nts are Mr. and Mn. Harry ______;_ __--=--=------,--~ ~ 1111-WWJamRe:rnoldlt Shlrley, Cl)arles and Louis McKay, War- went into the Navy fo r th e d ura- J.Joore of Macon. Dial TeUs -Stor'".7 . · · · · tion. Shortly afterwards, Mercer Miss Betty Wilson, daUihter ------.:;.... :.~- ~D·· ~rve .corps at .~n()unced abandonment of -ln· of Mr. and Mn. T. A. Wilson, of Four Classmates Return 11 b th f 0 U •-ft tercolleglate atheltlal tor the, du· Greensboro, Ga., 1s the Phi Delta ~~dllltl! ~r ~m Rubert races- Aultman,e owJohn.. ,. . ration. · · . Theta h '1Pon10r. Sh~ 1s a Mercer To Mercer as Professors .._~.... -., D-..:.... .-y ~-. Ho----' A nativl' of Americus, Coach lop omort!, and member of Phi - . 'ld n ...... , .,--...... , ....., ... _., ...... t M rlt Between the Library Building and the Chapel Bm ing and ·Holden Wesl Hook• wu football coach at Va u soro y. •t.ands a sun dial bearing the inscription, "Go put your creed . N~h,;.;.;,_. . _,..:_ · d011ta High school for seven yean~ <> ..... arm,. ~· COl'PI l"eeerve before ~ominl to Mercer.. He led BJ K H into your deed." . Arthur the Wildcats to many champion- It is a 1Ift to the campus front tructor, the four!IOme. ·UO.ti»:fo~: ~er, U~ . ey. 88 1 ~mpletes · ~ ~e, 'l'homu Park- ;uuPI and won the state Clua B .the class of 1913, and the claa- Prot. Plymale, latest addition ~r.... ~ ~r PMebal. crown the teo.son prior to a~pt- Pro_ gram· Sale mate. whoae names are tn.c:ribed from the t'lass of '13. carne to - . . . 1n1 the Men:er posl thereon have literally carried out Men:er from Bessie' Tift where ·· :_~ - m- :_ -~ .~ . ·_.·c lub·· :At llle~r last year, he finished The Blt_le ·Ke)' traternity, nat- their mott(). , , he w" dean and professor of UrB a ~I ~ with a team lonal honor 1oclet7, made fifty Many amolli them have be· mathematJcs. As a student at . - ~ ~ - . _G- . ... ; . PI . made. Q(). larlely or lllht arid dollU'I on. a prc)parn Ale at the come notables, but of especial Merc-er he Wll$ outstandlni in ·. 1~ 0- . •ve._". ay· · ·..-n ~.many of Ulem Gc!oqla-Naval-.Atr Bue fOotball inte~t ro the current eeneration wrestling and football, -and the frelhln.en ~ U!oeir tint tate came Wt f'riday, .Harold Holl· of Men:erian1 are the names of 11113 Cauldron emphasizes his ·• · J.(~r ,wm "lulve at leut one of vanitY conipetltlon. • ' lnpwortJt, p...udent, ann~ four ·clt'-eJed ui the l'9Ck wbo mathematical abiUty with the re- . p1q ~t;ed b7 .the ltudenb · · • ·Members Of Blue. ~ were in are now colleee profet~ara. More minder, '"He even wrenChed an · Mdl . quutar f WI ·)'HI', 0.U Do . u· ._ J · 'n:.... . charle ol. the all! and teVaa.J· tban that, the)- are m~berl of A-plus in IOpbomore ma\h." . ..,. · N;U'OI.- ·W...... ,.. t.De · 'tJIIU · ~On Ne~ tn.bmen helped. U. faculty of tbelt own Alma As for· fratcrna.l atfiliatfor;ll ' : ~it..:~";.:;J ~; Go to GBA Meeu ,~ ~-"' ,:..~ ~,;._~"'D.. s.\u.. ~=-":,m:..=; !".:= }~; ~= ~--lchoOJ Dr. Spriaht Dow~U and J)r. thJI ~Uon:r. the. 'befter.. fotdlolu:woa to beed. the Chril:- to the ·thm powe-i-tul n~~fnt . ~- - ~ . _ -·; . .. : . . . . ' Curti1 Duron, J»residellt and Yice- lnent of ~ .Uftlwnlbr, 'fte ~ ~&In ~· al ,Dr. orpnizaUoo; while debonaJr l)r: ', · ,i ~~~aw_ ti.e.ue- pnlldent of the UnlYet'lltJ',._re- ~of b.e,- Ke7 ~ tbi bet· I. Cur& Dtxoa to..-.. • ~ Dbon wu nothJnc Je.' ttian a · . · .....:_ ~ l.Mi ;-~~ -~ · ~ ~. hav• bMn .iatteadllll ~t ot ~ ICbcloJ,'; ..-t, Kr. ~t ol_ the~ ill U. KA. Literary ~ and · c1e- · . ·ztt~_}J~: ~ -~ ~ ~ .....unp of the. a.cqia ~ ~ . ~- that;· the ~ ~ oC !rot- R. B. 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