Mercer University - Cauldron Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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Benjamin Ci.ark Hoi.tzclmv, Jr. A.B., B.A., ani M.A. (oxon), Pli.D. Di’tni of the School of f.Uit’idl .1 m Education means not only adapting oneself to the environment, but also niJiMiag the horizons of the environment, so that increasingly more of the world in which we lis t mat have a meaning for us. With- out sitrh a widening oi mental horizons, education becomes a knack or trade and the individual merely a bundle of specialized habits. It is this process of expansion of intellectual interests which it is the peculiar function of the College pi Liberal Arts to inaugurate, and which will therefore always make oi rh.tr School the very cen tre and kernel tit a real educat ion. Joseph Adoi.imu s McClain, Jr., A.B., IX.B. DeaM of the Law School The Mercer University Law School is one of the two standard law schools in Georgia, The Law School is a member of the Association of American Law Schools which has only admitted sixty-three schools, tins association being the standardizing agency for las' schools in America. The Mercer Law School has also been classified as a standard school by the American Bar Association, and lias been placed on the list of approved law schools by such association. I In- Law School is one of the oldest schools at Mercer University, it having been established for approximately seventy-five years, and has at least one thousand alumni.

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Officers of Adminstration SPEIGHT DhVVEM-, ;VM„ LL.L), President Benjamin C. Holtzclaw. Jr., A. B.. B A., aiul M.A. (Oxon), PhD. Dean of College of Liberal .V r j Dean of Graduate School Pi:V ION Jai'OB, A.B., M.A. Dean of Si 'tool of Etittctifimt Director of Summer School |oe Adou ih s McClain, (k., A. B. , I.I..B. Dean of I.ate School Park II, Anijersox, Ph,B.. Th. M., D.l) Dean of Theological Seminary Chari.es B. Wkav, C.P.A., MAS. Dean of School of Commerce J. C. SlIELIil RNK Regii tear I.ori-ni: Parrish Treasurer S. J. I . Price c! ctounlcnii W, T. Smalm- y. A.B., A.M. Dean of Fresh in en v Sau.ii Boone, A.B., A.M. Librarian l iovn A. Wright, A.B., LI,.11.. J I) Laic Librarian R G. Newton, M l). Coilecje Physicia n .Mrs. A. P. Montague M11 i ron Mattie Goodwin dfHStant Registrar I ''t v Barret r Secretary to the President

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Charles Bina m Wkav, ICIi.S,, C.IUA., MX.S. Dean of I hr School of Commerce The School of Commerce was founded just ten years ago. It aim to bring its advantages as near to all the people as possilitr; to provide a liberal, thorough, and practical education. Special emphasis is placed upon the importance of practical training, the application of scientific principle ; yet the disciplinary value of education i- kept constantly in view. It is recognized that man is most important and in all the work the object is to develop high ideals of manhood, to foster all that makes lor right Iking arid good citizenship. Bark Harris An person, Ph.B., Th.M., D.I . Dean of the School of Christianity Mercer University is a Christian School, being fostered by a large Christian body, in the intrrrst of Christian ideals, work, and citizenship. Men posi- tively Christian in faith and condoct are sought for her faculty, and her work is done in a developing Christian atmosphere. The school of Christianity is ao integral part of the University's work. It is or- ganized primarily for the training of preachers, though its classes are open to alt students on equal terms. The full senior year's work looking to the Bachelor's Degree, may be elected it) the field nl I licology. A full year of graduate work, looking to the Master's Degree, may also be elected in this field.