Mercer University - Cauldron Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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A Quiet Celebration So» itenth reader, you »itl find the rjt» materials of this college life of ours inside the Cauldron; you »ill find the fire underneath, if you has e the spark still in you; and if your youthful college spirit has not a holly died out of you. the crackle of these feu dry sticks in the flames •rill be music to your ears from the introduction to the 1911 Cauldron This 1986 Cauldron marks the 75th volume of Mercer's yearbook. The celebration v as a quiet one. without the hype and hoopla usually sur- rounding such .i milestone. Yet, yearbooks arc of a different breed than most things. Hath pass- ing year brings more importance to yearbooks as history books and the delight in finding one's picture four times throughout the book often fades. Yearbooks are history books, and if done well, should accurately reflect the mood, trials, and triumphs of the year it covers The 1986 Cauldron staff hopes we have achieved this goal According to Dr. Sprighl Dowell's A History of Mcrccr University, the Cauldron is the third of Mercer's annuals. The Mcrccrian was the first, followed by the Kinctoscope. which was printed from 1897 to 1901. The Senior Class of 1911 decided to bring back the yearbook and held a contest to give the book a new name. W.B. Mur- ray of Ashburn suggested the title « Cauldron, explaining that it embodied the idea of a mix- ture of everything in college life being poured into a bubbling pot The judges of the contest unanimously approved the suggested name, and the Cauldron came to life in 1911.

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THE G IULDKOM a College of Liberal Arts, School of Business Economics. School of Engineering Macon. Georgia 31207

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CLOCKWlSt- The Cauldron has kept faithful records of Mercer's football team» The small faculty of 1927 seems hard to believe, even with student professors added in The Stadium Drive Apartments were becoming a reality in 1963 and graced that year’s book cover The 1939 cover demonstrates the period of intricate book covers In-depth coverage of the basketball seasons were complete with collages of the players The New Road outlined Mercer s nes» programs and plans for the future (from 1936). A comical welcome from Mercer to new students. Cauldron