Mercer University - Cauldron Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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1959 Cauldron Chooses Three Outstanding Students Browne, Cordell, House Are The First to Receive Awards The 1959 Mercer CAULDRON took the liberty to name its own All Americans. The object of the Institu- tionalized CAULDRON AWARDS is to cite those I individuals who have achieved an all around excellence while contributing more to Mercer than the usual 15 hours a quarter. The entire student body was sifted rhrough the hands of a capable committee; a majority were eliminated by the necessary 2,0 point average. Our committee makes no claim that those listed lx low are either exclusive or 3 exhaustive—just superlative. The final selections were 'Rodney Browne, Sara Cordell, and Mitchell House. I MITCHELL HOUSE was the unanimous choice of a W, F. George School of Low committee av the outstanding student in that school. Where gradei come herdeit Mitchell grad' r uated summa cum laude. He dabbled in Law School politic» ■ and publication». SARA CORDELL capped four year» of honor winning by taking the Algernon Sydney Sullivan award at graduation, reputedly the highest award a Mercer woman can receive She ha» been ATO sweetheart held various office» in Phi Mu and 5GA. Sigma Mu awarded her membership and she presided over her senior dais. RODNEY 8ROWNE maintained an average in etcess of t,S while working 30 hours at a local Sears Roebuck and eorrobraKng in campus organiietions such as the Honor Council and various fntra murals. He is president of $AE.

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Our candid camera de- tected the audience at its members pursued their various spheres of interests They re- sponded with Study ROBERT HEARD President of the State of Georgia's Bar Association, bravely mounts platform as Law Day speaker, Diverse Reactions of MU Chapel Audiences Are Worthy of Study CHAPEL—Where angels fear to tread. In like manner the confidence of any Ph D or Dale Carnegie graduate is shed as he plants himself upon the speaker's platform of Willingham Chapel and faces his captive audience consisting of lazy lids, a Correspondence barrage of newspapers, orbs averted to the icc cream sundae effect in the stained glass, and of course the crew cuts and cold wavesJ of our more studious colleagues. Audience reaction is worthy of a government grant for specials study. Tuesday's student chapel is the new moon phase of the . rhrice weekly scene. Announcements in hand our good Dean of Men arises and is greeted with hisses by those who are already noil chapel probation, if the leader of Wednesday worship happens to I insert a little doubctalk few w'ill notice. The full moon Friday phase is sometimes jiltingly jovial and' should a local rock and roll group mount the platform creative hands might drop their paper planes and water bombs and aid the boys in their rhythm. Attentiveness Boredom. CAPTIVE AUDIENCE strikes various positions of repose as eyei focus though1 fully on speaker. Cheek on hand seems popular therapy for nodding head W

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STUDENT NURSES STRAIN THE BRAIN IN ANATOMY CLASS. MATCHING UP THE DIAGRAM AND MR. BONES SEEMS TO BE THE IMMEDIATE PROBLEM HOSPITAL TRAINING occupies The nurict Time out- side desses. Injections are all part of the game. Student Nurse Training Inciu des Three Quarters on MU Campus WITH THE EIGHT SHARP arrival of Lucy, the B.S.U, bus, an influx of assorted coeds fills the campus; the biology classrooms, the co-op, the town girls’ parlor, everywhere but the chapel. These are the student nurses who for the brief period of three quarters enter the Mercer family only to fly away to the greener corridors of the Macon Hospital. In addition to the first year program which the group pur sues at the hospital, they are required to enroll in special courses | here on the campus. These courses are aimed at personality j development as well as occupational training. Among these arc classes in Biology, English, Chemistry, Psychology, Speech, and First Aid. They are pre-enrolled and exempt from the registra- ] tion procedure. An Open House for the purpose of getting acquainted with the social organizations on campus is held annually at the student nurses new dormitory on Pine Street. Although the girls I do not participate in the University activities they are eligible to enter campus beauty competitions. Let it be said thar a good showing is made by all. After their brief sojourn on rhe Mercer campus the nurses can be seen treading the aisles of Macon Hospital and com- plaining of the duty that falls on Thanksgiving day. 22