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The Mercer University
System.
VOL. I.
M.rcer University, Macon, Ga , Thursday Nov. 11, 1920.
MERCER GRADUATE
ENEMY’S PRISONER
LT. WEAVER
REAL EXAMPLE
COLLEGE pluck
Conspicious in.the capture of the
from our own shell fire, .we had no
jnJ,t. When the shelling had ceased
I walked out to look the town -over,
and found on one. of the principal
streets -Allie Shipp trying, to make
a German machine gun repeat. We
both tampered with the thing for a
\yl.ile: but did ” not succeed. .'
."Alone during the morning we
heard troops rushing . down the
stieet and a big noise over toward
the enemy lines. I looked down the
town of Conay, many kilometers stl c<!t and “F Garn>an 8oldiars C0 "V
ahead of the farthest outposts of the,"* at .
ad Division, stuck in the head
a bayonet, pierced through the
with a Him bullet, • pistol torn
.his side by shrapnel and a bul
let lodged in his intestines, are some
of the reasons Lieut.' “Wim” Weav
er, Mercer graduate, all-round ath
lete and Macon lawyer, had to sui
render to German infantry and re
main in a German ’ prison camp at
Karisruhe until jtjie armistice ■'was
signed.
" "But I am home to stay,” Lieuten
ant Weaver tells his friends. “In
fafctr’f have dug in here for quite
a long bil'et, and intend to hang out
my shingle and be with regular folks
' -for the rest of my life.”
• Lieutenant Weaver, with all the
eredit of having done a -consideraible
fhare of fighting and Jived his “many |
years” on -carrots and beets in a I
.^prison camp, is just as retiring and I
unassuming as when /he used to be, I
following his great.. hattery works
with the Mercer team -concluded
— with singles doubles and three base
hha in -a close college game. In
fact, this entire interview was se
cured through
. same company,
a reporter who had covered athletic
endeavors with him through college
yaws. .
P.np Story From Him.
Lieutenant Powers, associated with
ar.d getting ready for action. We
'meed our pistols at them and about
hi lf of them threw up their hands,
but a machine, gun started going at
Us from the side of the street, one
of the bullets clipping a groove in
m.v epr. ' 5
Shipp and his bunch took one
house with machine guns and sev
eral of us another buildings One of
the prisoners told us the Germans
had entire division closing in on us.
Tiiis we soon found to be about
true.
Wc shot away .there until about
3 o'clock in \he^afternoon. One af.
ter the other made a di've through
ths open space for freedom, and was
shot down.. At last one of the men
who had just been shot down called
to me that it was my time to make
a break. He pointed me to" a clump
of bushes which he had' tried to
make but could hot. .
How He Wat Captured.
BR. RUTIN
MADE EDITOR
OF QUARTERLY
"1 jumped out and into a. rain of
bi llets. One of them gof- me in the
side and 1 thought my side was on
file. The bullet I found later had
lieuteifant in the glanced and was still lodged in my
E. Clem Powers and ; stomach.
, “Froru^hen on ! half ran, fell and
craw lad to the .clump of bushes.
; “Before I reached the bushes 1
saw a Hun raise his gun ar.d aim
right at me through the bushes. I
in Company A, until he himself, j simply froze. I knew he was going'
wounded at Hill 108, succeeded ta shoot and I just could do nothing
but freeze where I stood. I stood
up. with my hands up and they be-
rin shboting at. me, so I dropped
down again. I rose again while they
wore still shooting and the German
"We started out after dark,” be- Iso'die- in the bushes, a fellow not
gan Lieutenant Weaver, “with a cap- j over nineteen, smiled at me and
tain and-two officers in charge of a, reached for my shattered gun. When
pert of the company. . -One at a time, he pulled out what remained of the
we filed through barbed wire fenc- gun hi laughed.
tag. We lost many men, and it is a j “That was 3 o’clock in the after-
jwonder to me we did not all get nt on and they began - walking us.
[ .the story out of him so
that bis friends -ill Macon and over
"the Stkte will know wjiat-a real hero
the former Mercer captain is. Re
arrived in Macon oh Sunday.
knocked off.
After getting through the wire en
tanglements we Yharched to .the out-
of the town and got so close
to the enemy we could hear them
cautioning, their men'In ■ low tones
fcnd warning them to stop talking-
We decided, to take the town, and
each man crouched in position to
pick off his men. We fired and I
think each shot was effective.
“They soon bcga-rv' to use a ma-
chihe gun on us and to the right of
the fellow-operating tile gun was
Pont double wjth pain and so mad
th it tears wore streaming down my
face, one cf the members of the
company- (ho mentioned the- name
of {-'out Powers), canfe.up to me and
folding ny l ands in his said, “Lieu
tenant ain't this hell?”
“When- we had reached the first
aid station, which was 3 o’clock the
next morning, walking all the time,
wo stood in line with the German
wcundeil waiting for .assistance.
When I reached; the doctor he let
out a long string of ‘words and I
German , shooting up flales in order [ turned to one of. our prisoners,
to - locate us.' I sent-three men out I wh ° was a German, to interpret what
Uf get the man sending up the flares. I he w a s saying and he told me the
One of: the flares . hit into .the doctor said ‘nothing doing.’
branches of a tree and fell at the* “They began to walk us-gain and
feet of the German who was send- fb.v pirn r.Jng I saw-a German general
Ing them up. J
i “The flare had hardly shown
where he was when I - heard him
■quail. In a few minuses the cor-
Dr. P. S. Flippin of Mercer Uni
versity, has been made the managing
editor of the Georgia Historical
Quarterly the official bulletin of the
recently combined Georgia- Histori
cal Association and Georgia Histori;
cal Society. Judge Andrew J, Cobb
of Athens, is president of the organi
zation. .
Members of the editorial board to
be associated with Dr. Flippin are
Dr. E. M. . Coulter and Dr. R. J
Brooks of Athens; Dr. Theadore H-
Jack of Atlanta and Miss Cleo He-
aron of Agnes Scott, Decatur, Ga.
The Hon. Lawton B. Evans of Au
gusta was also chosen for the board
but had to tender his resignation be
cause of business matters which at
present prevented his activity. His
place, on the board will probably be
filled by a Savannah man.
The board of Curators of which
Judge Andrew J. Cobb is president
is as follows:
David Cv Barrow Athens; R. P.
.Biook, Athens; T. M. Cunningham,
Jr. S:.vannah; Beverly D.-Evans, Sa
vannah; Lawton 5. Evans Augusta.
P. S. Flippin, Macon; Henry R. Goc*
gius, Columbus; W. W Gordon, Sa
vannah Alexander C. King, Atlanta;
H. R. Slack; Lagrange; W. E. Thom
as, Valdosta; Otis Ashmore, Savan
nah.
Plan Outlined
- The plan of .the editorial board
will be to follow the American His
torical Review in the arrangement
of the-material to-be published in
the quarterly. There will be_ articles
of. historicals interest-, former un
published documents, book reviews
historical neiys and items of interest
from other historical magazines.
The new member to be appointed
from Savannah is to give especial at
tention to making the DeWrenn Li
brary more accessible to the readers
of the quarterly and those who'
be in'erested in that valuable colect
jon of Georgia. This library is the
product of the expenditure of a large
sum. The owner has expended a
reat deal' of money collecting val
uable „ documents and has his ovfn*
home in the suburbs of Savannah.
For one document he paid as much
as $ 10,000. ' There are many valua
btes documents of the Confederacy
the original manuscript dispatches
from Gen. Robert E. Lee to Jeffer
son Davis being among those in
cluded in the valuable collection.
poral reported he had got the .flare
sender, and I. replied ,it did not
sound like he had “got him” where
upon he. returned to “gag” him. He
succeeded, for we never heard anyr
thing further from him either as to
flares or . squalls.
Shelled by Own Artillery.
■ “By daylight we-were crowding in
on the town. When, the Germans
began/to rush out of the city. Lieut.
Allie Shipps’ -of Macon, and Lingo,
-6f. Milledgeville, with, a detachment
of the 328 Infantry, opened fire.
and I t ild him of the way they were
treating our wourfded. Several of
pur fellows were losing considerable
blood and needed immediate atten
tion. He got us a doctor and.all he
did was to pour iodine on the wounds
and send us on oUr way.
“We were sent to Sedan and then
transferred to Karshrule prison
where we spent about six weeks, un
til armistice was signed.”
Little the Worie for Experience;
Lieut -nant Weaver, still in the
early- twenties, looks none the worse
for his experience, in a German pris
on camp.except that his black hair
is .well streaked with gray. He said
they received very little meat hut
The Germans soon surrendered. We and ' baets tflree
did not.know Shipp was on*the other ' ’ ‘
He says that -the-Frankfurt paper,'
strictly - anti-Kaiser, gave Wilton’*
ideas about peace and Foch’s terms
tf aimis-tice and the American pris
oners at once began, to revile both
their; President and Foeh, for they
<*--•« not believe the ■ Germans wotflA
accept tln-m, The men were afraid
they would have to. stay, in prison
years and years before the Germans’
would accept the terms.
Lieut. Allie Shipp, spoken of by
l Lieu.tenant Weaver, was. formerly
Isargeant major of the Second Geor-
side of the- town of Conay, and he
.did not know we were in action.
: . “There'were about 300 Germans
in all captured by- the detachments
-of the 327th and 328t£ Infantries.
L^e had hardly looked-the place over
before our own artillery, not know
ing Americans had captured it; be- ,
gan shelling the place, The Ger- .
mat prisoners showed us their dug-.
outs and we. remained there from
4 A’clock in the morning until 6
o'clock, when the shelling ceased.
THETA OMEGA IS
BADGE OF MERIT
The Theta Omega Sooiety, the
new Merit Society of * Bessie Tift
College, complied of all Juniori and
Seniors who ’have maintained an
average bf not less than 90 per cent
for the past two years was given
public recognition during the past
week. f
The thirteen charter members were
seated on the ; platform. Dr. Foster
made a short talk oh the purpose
of society, stating that it was a per
manent merit 'system organisation
that woul take the place of the med-
COLLEGE SPIRIT HRI .PS
WIN IN
CORPORAL JACK PEAVY
Corporal Peavy was. the first and
CONTESTS ON WAY
Class spirit is mounting high since
the announcement that the- inter
class basketball contests will begin
about November JO. The athletic
managers of the several classes are
putting their teams through daily
scrimmages, preparing them for the
truggles that are to ettme within the
next few weeks. •,- -
The freshmen, 150 strong, have
promised to turn out a quintet that
will make the going hard for the
the other contenders. It.will be At
hard matter to select five men from
their large number but with so much
material on hand, the. first-year men
ibay'be expected to turn out a cred-
tabie team. There is one -verdant
Freshman whose head is sparated
from his feet by se'enty-six inches
of the genus -homo. This man may
oe counted on to pull in the tail ones
and to reach down for the tipp-pff
before the opposing center gets un
wound.
Veteran Players,
A strong quintet is promised the
sophmore class as there are a num
ber of last year players on hand,
supplemented by a good line of new-
material, The Sophs will bend
every effort toward handing the
freshmen another, defeat. If they
succeed, additional punishment will
be inflicted on the firsCyear men.
It is predicted that if the freshmen
lest", they will -not he allowed to
speak in the dining hall nor to use
brilLiantine on their
Hours.
GIRL'S TECHNICAL
SCREEN OF SMOKE
BESSIE TIFT ASTRONOMICAL
ORATOR DRIVES ALL BACK.
als which have fomerty been given I younKe8t 80,dier wcunded in the
by the college! to those who have! 16l8t Machine Gun Battalion, Rain-
excelled in various department of | bow DiviaioT1 - Jack was a member
scholastic work; Then Mr. Newsome last > ear of the Mercer School of!
professor of history and a member : Commerce. j
the Phi Beta $appa, talked for a j
few minutes about the honor of be
ing a member (tf such a society. He
compared the three hind of societies
in any school }he literary societies
to which all belong; the selective
social societies In which membership
depends on fritaidship and the merit
societies in which -all can gain a
place which ia pot to be purchased
by money and j which no one can
take away. It • the greatest honor
which a school ^an bestow on a stu
dent to give hini membership in such
an organization IM the'last but an
honor which ther student really earns
for himself.
Both Preside] t, Foster and Prof
Newsome comm inded the, girls very
highly on havta) obtained the heifor
of being a mem ter of such a socie
ty and expreasi 1 the hope that it
it would be an icemtive to the new
students to waft hard that they
might some dayebecome members of
that society. M] ■ Frances McMath,
the president of the club then spoke
urging the stud] its to aspiFe to be
come members SQm though the road
be. a hard one.
STUDENTS TO OBSERVE
ARMISTICE ANNIVERSARY
Every school and college in the
Mercer University System during
the Great Wprld War did all pos
sible for American victory, sav
ing, conserving, working at any
and everything to make the boys
at the front realize a united sup
port was theirs at home
was the task accomplished by all
the students in the system.
'Not only did each and every
school offer 'everything ■ to the
government for active . service-
but the thousands of former grad
uates fought their way to glory
’h*ile their sister students nursed
and clothed and fed, sacrificing
everything for American ideals.
This week, with the rest of the
world, the Students of the Mer
cer University System are cele
brating that great Armistice Day.
The Cluster for this week has
several stories of a patriotic na
ture.
hers will be admitted the require
ments for admission are that the
Not least of the many acts that
have made the Class of 1920 pleas
antly remembered about the college
is their parting gift of a handsome
sun-dial for the campus of Bessie
Tift. ' -
Supported on its graceful fluted
stone, the . hand-engraved bronze
dial now stands in the circle directly
in front of Central Hall in .the
place previously occupied by the
“rockery.” Already it has become
a favorite trysting place, and one
can - hardly pass it without being
drawn by its charm of classic cul
ture. Even the “town girls” are
held a moment in their mad
the close of work.
All read the trite and timely^mot*
toes ou its face (somehow each ends
COLLEGE PROFESSOR
APPRECIATES ERROR
ASKS FOOTBALL COACH TO AS.
ASIST IN ASSIGNMENT.
exit at
ilyiaw**
At the enff orltth year new; menr Iff a reference to Tarrr!) inSffly-read
the card temporarily attached:
“Please don’t disturb; this dial' is
student has been in Bessie Tift for j not permanently set”; incidentally,
two years; has made an average in i a few note the time of day; while
that time of not less than 90 per j the members of the astronomy class
cent and is a Junior or Senior A. , imprss the uninitiated with a leam-
B. studen.t j ed disclosure that runs about like
The charter .members are:- Fran-; this: “Ycr-see, sundials in some form
ces McMath, Faustine Lasseter, ! have been in use from time imme-
Ruth Green, Eurene Brown, Nellie I morial; but since in ; the. earlier ones
Wbelchel, Annie Fulghum, Ardis : the post, or gnomon, stood vertical-
Lancaster, Christine Godwin, Willie
Maude McClain, Mary Grande, Lu-
cile Wilson, Ina Ledford, and Mary
McKoy.
HEARN STUDENTS ORGANIZE
B s Y. P. U. AND ELECT OFFICERS
Since the state field worker, Mr.
Bats, taught the B. Y. P. U. man- sou th plane.
ly. their indications except at noon
varied so widely from true suntime
that they were of little value till
some “wise guy”—an astronomy
student, of course—discovered that
the gnomon should lie parallel to the
-earth’s axis, an(J, hence at an angu
lar elevation above the horizontal
plate of the dial equal to the local
latitude, and in a true north ^nd
ual, the students of the Hearn
Academy and other young people of
the town have organized a B. Y. P.
U. Two interesting and attractive
programs, have been given and all in
dications point to a year of -success
ful Union work.
The officers of the Union are Miss
Marie Sewell, president; Prof. B. D.
Finch, vice president; Leonard Mc-
Brayer, recording scretary; Miss
Mary Rincher, corresponding secre
tary; Miss Maud Wheeler, treasur
er; Clifford Pendley, librarian; Miss
Mattie 'Griffith, pianist; Miss Maud
Miller, quiz leader; Weldon Griffith,
Ohed Griffith, Es£ie Durrence and
Audrey Terry, group leaders.
who was the star of the freshman
team last year. J. M. Bunch, Hpw-
ard^Thrower and Basil Morris all
members of. last year’s team will
on hand, however, to fight for
the continued success of the-soph-
mores.
Many Team*.
It has not been definitely decided
what teams will enter the league but
it is probable that the quintets will
represent Freshmen, Sophmores,
Juniors, Seniors,’ Pre-Mtd, Com
merce, School of Christianity, and
the new.ly established' “School of
Home Economics.” -
The college gymnasium has been
"Even then under the best of con
ditions, though it gives accurate sun
time, there will be a veritable errpt
from standard clocks, known as
“equation of time,” never over 17
minutes and becoming zero four
times a .year named, April 15th,
June 15th, September 1st and De
cember 24th. This is due to the va
riable orbital velocity of the earth
and the inclination of its equatorial
plans to its orbit.
"Furthermore, there is a constant
error due to an oversight of some
high-brows back in 1884 in not put
ting the standard time meridian
through Bessie Tift College, but--
some 6 degrees, .4.4 minutes to the
west of it, as a result of which the
mean sun passes o'er our heads
here-24 mjuites, 18 seconds before
our watch^- say ‘noon..’ This error
is constant and needs -only, to be
added algebraically to the equa
tion of time. The date. October 28,
the total coiTecUdn to be subtracted
from sun-dialyTime is 40 minutes,
21 seconds and i? increasing, reach
ing the year’s maximum November 2.
“Our astronomy teacher is con
structing a c hart to be-posted on the
bulletin board, which will giye at a
glance the proper correction to be
made for each day in the year, and
then'—” but her. audience has mod
estly, backed slowly away and van
ished into th: i air before this unex
pected technical onslaughter, while
the atronomical orator gradually
put in condition for the games. The
semi-pompa-1 0 ] ( j j ce _bound showers- have been
given a n.cwr coat of iting and other | disappears behind a smoke screen of
technical phrases.
1 he prospective punishment for jeonveniences have been fitted up for
the new men in addition to usual the comfort of the players. Every
class - rivalry . between the under-t student in the university will be on
classes, assures a battle royal- when I hand'at the games and the number
hi- two quintets tie up to settle the will be reinforced by a large dele-
•The men were all just about ddad gi a and for his part in the fighting question of class supremacy. The gation of Macon fans, who always
for sleep and with .the exception of was decorated with a Distinguished , second-j ear men will greatly, miss | turn out en maae to witness the
the flpw hours in the, dugouts, hiding Service Cross. . . j the services of Manley- McWilliams, class contests. . •
Judge—How old are you, ma
dam?
Fair One—I'm around 30.
Judge—So I perceive. Now, how
many years is it since you got around
it?
(By Robert M. Gambia)
Sewing-is to be taught at Mercer!
In keeping with the ideal of Mer
cer University to turn out all-:
men, announcement' is made
courses are to be given commence
ing with the whiter term, 192L
A School cf Home Economics has
been established.. Prof amor Ban C.
Holtxclaw, Jr., who turmoil bald
the chair of phifoeophy at Merear,
has been appointed dean «f the no#
school and hah mapped ant all thy
new louraea. Dean Hohsclaw
have aaociatad with Um ia
wint
Miss Garnett Cleoptra Elrod, two
Mercer upperclassmen who have
shown ability with the nee
dle. When asked if they liked the
work, Professor Collins and Profes
sor Elrod replied, “You tell ’em pin
tray ycu always see the point”
Coach Josh Cody will also be as
sociated with Dean Hpltzclaw and
will give special courses in picot
dge Work.
Fifteen Clear Units
Requirements for admission to
the new schooL will be the same as
Entrance requirements governing
other departments in the university
Every candidate must present fif
teen clear units. Those wno have tak
cn courses in home economics in sec
ondary schools, will be givet^ ad
vance standing. Arrangements have
been made with the principal of La
nier High Schooj of Macon, for
prospective students to work off con
ditions in the domesic -art depart
ment of the school.
.Dr. Rufus W. Weaver Mercer pres
i.dent when interviewed yesterday
said -“Mercer is bending every ef--
fort toward developing the allround
man. We are endeavoring to meet
every situation that faces us and
to prepare our graduates to Ijp able
to. take care of themselves where-
ever they may be located.
“This nation is now facing a big
problem. The nineteenth amend
ment which gives women the right
io vote means that our women will
end much of their time, at the
11s ahd.the remaining houra each
ay in gossiping about the candidate
The dujies of the home will tall up-
in the 'men, who will have to pre
pare’ the meals teach the childre#
their daily school lessons, and prac
tice the art of making the wearing
apparel of the little ones less holy
than righteous.
New Course Open
To cope with the problem and- in
keeping with our ideal, we have de
cided. to embody in-the curriculum
of the institution, course# in home
economics. We are extremely fortu
nate in having as a member of the
faculty a man who is fitted for the
deanship of the New School of'home
Economics. Professor Ben C. Holt-
zclaw Jr. at present professor of
philosophy will be the dean as he
has the natural qualifications and
acquired characteristics which equip
him for the office.
“Having no family ties no eloth-
it g but his own to mend Professor
Holtzclaw will be able to devote prac
tically all his time to his new dutiea
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Concerning eoUeg* «bMa,
pion debates and the tkm i
cer University s
end John Temple
235,000 salaried
Hearst publication wrote In tim
le nineties that the
body was a revelation to all <
Himself a University <
graduate he had aa his
for the article in
tution the displny off.
John Roach Stratoo and
prablt moral auppsct; off.
Upshaw. , ‘ rij
The article !■
ty years ago
dent body men
the affairs of the
It was found in I
tty Dr. A. W. Van"
of Shorter,
follows:
The article by John'
In all my years
ration I [
remakabla.
it than that
University in the j
. It seamed to*
personal iaeue
student body
resen tatives
adSo-
to come were helped by the
and royally helped by their fella oa.
One student Willie Upshaw, a asan
without any physical be ethane ex
cept that furnished by a plaster off
Paris jacket, but with a moral haft
bone aa rigid aa a brake beam and
a heart aa big as the aea— s dsost.
leas cripple and invalid wuftlnf Ua
way through college hie own heroic
exertions put his hand into Mr.
brave pocket anl laid 9100 aj
emergency to bring Mereor to
Ianta. •
Noble and Talented.
John Roach Stratan
been a constant inspiration to Mer
cer students since he entered the
college. No one nihn in the sftdent
life-of the state has dona so asaeh
to lead, inspire and uplift the sen
timent of hia college as this gallant
young erator and debater,
noble as he is talented, and with the
student body a loyal unit behind -
him, he has invariably bettered Ms
ideals and led it always to laarfts
that endure.
Around centers like theae the
Mercer spirit crystaliiad for the .oc
casion, and the Mercer men fame.
They came in two handsome Special
cars. They came with colon flying
everywhere wreathing and wrapping
the coaches in yellow and black,
flaunting in flags, waving, in rib
bons and' bright with badges. They
cam's with boandleaa aathnsa—.
They came, too, with perfect organ
isation. Every man had hia part
assigned in the business of the day
and evening, and every man did it
to perfection. They came with a
shout and the sound of a trumpet.
And they came—all of them.
No other college in Georgia, at any
time, or on any occasion, has ever .
given such a superb support to it*
chosen chsmpicns in a noble field’.off
endeavor, .
In this age of predominant and
shadowing athletics, it simply thrill
ed me like a west wind to see these
160 Mercer men roll into Atlanta
one incarnate wave of enthusiasm
for brains and oratory.
As an exhibition of college spirit
it was 'simply magnificent.
Temper is Admirable.
But the temper of the Mercer boat
was as admirable as its spirit was
commendable.
With overflowing enthusiasm for
their college and their champions,
there was everywhere evident good
will, good humor and generosity
amounting to magnanicity for their
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