Mercer University - Cauldron Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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 JOHN D. ALLEN— .A.B., A.M.. Pli.D. He can hardly wail until class is over every tiny !o get a iurwcHc. You sec lie hus got the habit, ROBERT EARL ANTHONY—A.B., M A , Ph D. Of an evening you will And him milking his ccw or studying an agricultural manual. He Is one of those ‘while collar farmers you’ve heard tell of. MARY EMMA BENTON—A.B, LL.B. This young lady is always ready to hand out scandal on her boss. Dean Feild. to whom she is secretary. The information on Dean Feild appearing in the Cauldron is some of Miss Benton's work. HENRY SEARCY BARNES—BBS., All LL.B,, MA. 1,1. M Hi would much rather kill hogs than study law, but he’s darn goud at both. JOSIAH CltUDUP—A.B., A.M„ Ph.D. Standing befurv a large gattiering of any M.rt, lie can reel of! rows and rows of figures, without forgetting any; meeting his own lab assistants on the campus, he cannot even remember their names half the time. JOHN DAVIS BLAIR—BS. Major’s main trouble seems to be the aviation classes lie fears that aviation at Mercer will drive him “nuts The registrar is also an official for many football games, and in this capacity has suffered a broken arm and has been stepped on by an inconsiderate gridder. BUFORD BOONE A.B His regular business is newspaper work but he’s not so bad as a journalism teacher, MARTHA BROWN—The words that come most often from the treasurer are. We do not cash checks. T- A. BANCROFT—A B A.M. He could pass as a double for the movie star. Cliff Edwards. If you don’t have ingenuity, steer clear of his class. GAIL LUKE CARVER A.B.. A.M. His spiel on the harmful effects of alcohol has become almost us common in his class room as his talks on conservation.

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■ 1 • ■ . '• ■ . . . . . ' -- ■ • - - • . • • - : -- • : • John B Clark, B.S., M.A., Ph D mi in i‘s I fir MU Dean Clark is one of the busiest men at Mercer. He must see that the freshman be- comes accustomed to his new surroundings and does Ids work well. He also has to keep up with the senior and his desired degrees. The students who fall down in their work must be helped and those who desire to change their courses and subjects must confer with the Dean Dean Clark is a ‘big game hunter. He is very dignified, but hates snobbishness. He is a swell fellow out of school and away from his wife. . . . Fiilliiunl In m Mir m III LAW Tins scholarly acting Dean of the law school is a lover of beauty; (he has hung many pictures in the law school.) He has recorded in verse what made the Ultimate Prof go Round.'1 Dean Feild enjoys the rep of being the most outstanding bull shoot- er” on the campus. Yet he has the capacity to awaken a slumbering mind and inspire it—and torture one poor case a thousand wbys. Dnv«d Meade Fetid A B . LL 6.

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GARLAND DOWNUM A.B M A., Ph.D His pridt and joy is a son, Philip Benson horn Juno IT. I84n. Being a lover of classical music, especially that nf Reethu von, he finds time to listen to selections from his recorded library while fixinp baby's'’ milk. FRED L. JONES A H.. M.A., Ph D. You can set your watch every day at B: IJ when he walks up the chape! steps, and if he ever got a new raincoat nobody would recognize him, MRS. A W. JOHNSON—She works in the business office and takes a little after Cheerful Charlie. CHARLES W HUBBARD—The business manager is belter known as Cheerful Charlie, or Mother Hubbard,'' According to his office force, it takes a lot to make Him mad. but when hr- gets mad, he's really matl and oftentimes says a Jot he doesn’t mean. HANSFORD D. JOHNSON A.B., B.D.. D.D.. LL.D. Ife will eat anything you put before him. His main accomplish men t has been to dc-crip the Christianity course. K M HIGHSMITH—Pb B. M A . Ph,D, His delight is to polish shoes, but he blows up when ho can't find his socks. Some students call him Pretzel” because he is always in a knot. RICHARD C. HAGAN A.B. LL.B., LL..V1. Although he is tennis coach at Mercer he prefers archery Mr. Hagan was a globe trotter for nine months and he is a first lieutenant in the field artillery reserve. He claims his idiosyncrasy is trying tu be normal,” His favorite pastime is drawing diagrams. L. WHITING FARINHOLT—A.II., LL.B. Next in school-teaching, he prefers sailing to any other activity He says that he has the smelt of the tropics in his nose.” and the salt of the sea in his blood. Arriving in Macon for hts first year of teaching at Mercer. Mr. Farinholt says he simply detests bridge parties and leas, but he enjoys dancing and loves to fly. OTIS D KNIGHT— A.B.. M A , Ph-D. He likes brown suits ami hypnotizing people. The only trouble is if you sit more than one row back you can't hear him, KENNETH B FERGUSON—-A.B,, A M. Born in Mauritius, South Africa, he has tea every afternoon and is fond of foreign dishes A major in the English army, he still wears his old army coal to Class on frequent occasions