Mercer University - Cauldron Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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( [ £, THE STUDENTS OF MERCER UNIVERSITY, know nothing of the life story of Miss Mattie Goodwin. We do not know where she was born, or when; who her mother or father was: how many brothers or sisters she had: of what church she was a member. We are ignorant of other facts pertaining to her private life, because about them we never stopped to ask or wonder. It was not necessary that wc know them. Mutual love and respect among individuals are in no way dependent upon knowledge of private- life facts, but upon the nature of attitudes brought into play in every- day human relationships. Knowing nothing of her private life, we students learned about Miss Mattie Goodwin enough to make us love her—and miss her, today and on the last day wc shall enter the registration office of this institution. We learned how she felt toward us. Every time she let us use her phone, every time she searched through the files for our credit-cards, every time she told us the registrar was out, every time we exchanged with her words or smiles—we were more firmly convinced that her attitude toward us was ever one of understanding, sympathy, and goodwill. To Miss Mattie Goodwin—whom we shall always love and miss—we, the students of Mercer University, sincerely dedicate this the 1939 CAULDRON.

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OREWORD W, THOUT MAKING AN ATTEMPT to tell a complete story of Me.cer University, the 1939 CAULDRON endeavors to indicate findings resulting from a deciphering of the palimpsest whereon ore recorded de- velopments in the institution's history. To the one question which will immediately leap to dominance in the minds of CAULDRON readers the Staff wishes to reply m advance. Every- one will want to know—and rightly so—just what is the motive for pre- senting scattered excerpts extracted seemingly at random from the narrative of the school’s growth. The answer Is this: because lack of space has pro- hibited use of any large amount of material,, an effort has been made to choose matter suited to the single purpose of suggesting the achievement tempo of the college during its years of existence. It is hoped that, incidentally, this year’s book will introduce Mercer- history facts previously unknown to CAULDRON readers. Let everyone remember, however, that the annuals theme purports primarily to offer convincing evidence of the school’s progress. If the 1939 CAULDRON offers such evidence and at the same time inspires the reader to look about him and see that day by day Mercer is covering the parchment record of her 106 years of service with words telling new tales of attain- ment, the Staff will be more than gratified. :