Mercer University - Cauldron Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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Dedicatum It is nrc: (hit one finds a nun who is both loved and respected by his students and colleagues. Mercer has such a nun He astounds us with his knowledge, but this is not enough. We must learn. He works with his colleagues for the betterment of the University and its students. It is with pride, pleasure and humility that we dedicate the 1%J CAULDRON to Professor Qraydon C Ware s

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7 fa Memoriam Spright Dowell; An Appreciation In the death of President Emeritus Spright Dowell on February 24, 1963, Mercer University suffered the loss of an eminent Christian gentleman whose contributions to the University and to the cause of Christian education throughout the South will be an enduring monument to his wisdom and to his dedicated leadership. Called to the Presidency of Mercer in 192 . he retired after twenty-five years in office in 1953. On the death of President George P Cornell in 1959, he served as Interim President until the election of President Rufus C Harris in 1961, Although he was confronted with problems and issues of profound significance to the very life and general welfare of Mercer during his administration, he was never too occupied to be concerned with the personal interests of both faculty and students and he developed among them a relationship which he pleased to call the Mercer family Dr. Dowell was not a graduate of Mercer, but for more than twenty-five years he guided the affairs of our Alma Mater with a devotion and a zeal rarely, if ever, equaled and certainly never surpassed by any one of his predecessors. During these eventful years, he set before us an example of loyalty that was both inspiring and con- tagious. He symbolized for us in his humble and yet forceful way those intangible but real values of moral and intellectual integrity and high endeavor without which the educational experience can become little more than a sad, dull, mechanical exercise. Every Mercer student who came under his mflunce will remember him with gratitude both for the kindly, gracious man that he was and for the distinguished service which he rendered to the progress of our University, 7