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THE MERCER CLUSTER
COLLEGE SPIRIT HELPS
WIN IN BIG DEBATES
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opponents.' Notwithstanding the
fact that one of the University de
baters had been first baseman on N the
baseball team which had recently
been involved in bitter controversy
with the Mercer team, there was not
a trace of bitterness and not a symp
tom of guying.
When this .same debater suffered
a' momentary, collapse during his
speech his encouragement, his recall
and his inspiration came from the
Mercer benches. The cheers for the
University debaters during -the en
tire evening were started, almost
without exception, from the Mercer
men. The sentiment of their songs
was fraternal; the expression
their enthusiasm liberal, and, find
ing the University men without* any
organized support or backing, the
Mercer men, with splendid generos
ity, put themselves behind the even
ing and furnished the college spirit
for the whole occasion and for both
_ institutions,
I am not sure but that the moral
victory of the Mercer boys on the
benches, won by their courtesy, their
good temper and their generosity,
was greater than the brilliant tri
umph of their brilliant representa
tives in debate.
• It is certain that .outside of the
well won victory in oratory the ex
hibitiou of college^spirit and the no
ble temper of -her sons has crowned
Mercer with such laurels of general
admiration and Tespect as few. col
leges have ever won in Georgia, and
tfcat this noble institution will be
sore to-reap from public opinion the
rich harvest of her exhibit of loyalty
gad magnanimity. - /
Sorowful Contrast. ''
Sow, then, on the otfifer hand
shall we say of the sorrowful
of the University of Geor
gia to this matchless esprit du corps
of her sister institution?
. The young men who represented
the University mere able and prom
Wag men. They had the weak side,
the old fogy side, the indefensible
eUe ef foe question, '/but they had
ability and magnetism.
In the mere magnetism of deliv-
-ery, Mr. Washington was perhaps
■nperha to any men on the stage
aho, for his preparation 1
Mr. Walker was clearly, under
qeal traditions, the equal in debate
equal conditions, foe equal i n debate
of any of the four contestants. And
they mads a brave effort, evidently
lacking foe study and preparation of
but loyal in spirit
in' tamper.
a lonesome fight they
fought! What a desolate' path' they
: trUd, so far ae they needed help and
* inspiration from behind! The Uni
verity wee net with foam, and judg
ing frant external evidences, cared
nothing about them. Beyond the
,/une or two personal friends .who
came along, there was no support
from file University. There was
no car, no crowd, no elaqnerie.
The shouting companies who fol
low foe baseball bats and the pig
skin' were silent here fctnd absent
from foe tournament of brains.
Net a squad came with them. Not
an organised suggestion of enthu
siasm inspired them. Not fivejnen
* sitting together in the aadience rep-
vented them. Not a color of the
» University flying against the sea of
* yellow and black that flooded the
houae. Not a breath of interest
not a breath of apparent approval
foam their alma mater cheered the
' champions of foe state’s greatest ed
ucational institution.
I sat there, an alumnus' of the
University, presiding over the de-
, hate by the gracious concurrence-of
the Mercer men, andJ. blushed for
. sham at .foe apathy of my college,
thrown into such sharp contrast with
the splendid interest of Mercer and
her students.
Must Be A Reason.
There most be a reason some
where for. the. difference between
foe attitude of the two institutions
toward their representatives on this
very interesting occasion.
tat os try to find it in one of sev
eral propositions.
It may be that the triumps of
Mercer in foe 'oratorical contest of
last summer enthused her student
body on this line and laid foe foun
dation for the enthusiasm of the
present year. But the defeat of foe
University should only have inspir
ed that great institution'to a nobler
and more determined seel.
It is much more likely that the
dominant and overshadowing spirit
of athletics at foe university has
subordinated foe oratorical and oth
er contests in importance, and ex
pended on recent field days foe en
thusiasm which, in all tamwi. »i»H
collegiate appropriateness, should
have been shared at least with this
nobler struggle, Mercer, not indif
ferent to athletics, came to Atlanta I COLLEGE PROFESSOR
APPRECIATES ERROR
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In addition to the required work
in journalism the students will be
inquired to take a special course in
er for the singular difference be- ^ Schoo , of Education. This cour
singing With marked emphasis,/“The
specialties we breed ’or orators and
men.”
But it seems to me that the deep-
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tween the' two colleges must be
found in the different spirit of their
faculties. ,-
From the very'first day of arrange
ment President PollOck of Mercer,
sc will be entitled, "The Ethics- of
Needlework’’ and will- be given by
Professor Peyton Jacobs. The pur
pose of the course is to teach stu
dents to control their tongues and
was the helper and inspirer of the ( not to yeild to temptations to use
student movement to- Atlanta. Re
alizing that the . struggle was noble
and its influence good, he put him
self behind it with enthusiasm. He
talked, he helped, he encouraged
meetings in the chapel; and lent the
-whole weight of hi* official position
to the strength of his personal e'f-
lunguage unbecoming to a knight of
the needle if while doing some dif
ficult work, they should suddenly
get the point.
The members of the new school,
realizing that they shall weep oe’r
whatever they sew, have adopted
this slogan: “Emulate the pin; its
fort and influence to make the oc- - ca( ) keeps it from going too far.”
ctsion great. He became one of the
boys, hearty, earnest, sympathetic
and sincere—as- every great teacher
should be. Hig spirit inspired the
students, and gave and impulse to
their literary culture that will last a
decade .
And when the Mercer boys came,
he came with them, and stood .with
them to the end. He occupied a box
in the opera house. ’ His presence
and’ his vital, interest gave an in
spiration to their efforts, and when
the debate was over, the president
of Mercer was '-not one. white too
dignified to march on the stage and
be among the first to congratulate
the -boys who had won the victory
for the college..
The student body of Mercer is as
solidly loyal and devot-ed to Pollock
as he is loyal and -devoted to them.
And I for one, feel sure that the
visit cf Mercer to Atlanta with such
spirit and in such numbers, and
with such splendid sympathy in its
president, will do more for Mercer’s
M.rcer’s business agent, however
capable, can do during the present
summer.
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BOWMAN, GA.
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Some of those already enrolled in
Dean Holtzclaw’s mew department
are: Ike-Cowart, Seth Weekly, Bruce
Newsome, “Uncle John” Faulkner,
Guy Cheney, Billie Cochran and
Frhnk Smiley.
Sewing Party Social
Students received the first infor
mation about the new. school from
The Macon Telegraph a few days
ago,-, in which paper appeared the
notice that a certain Macon woman
had given a sewing party and that
among those present was Mr. Ben
Holtzclaw.
Dean Holtzclaw has posted on the
bulletin board for the information
of the students, the following no
tice*: .
“Centlemen desiring a course in
plain and fancy sewing will please
see. me immediately. None but
experienced seamstresses, need ap
ply, as this will - be an advanced
course in hemstitching, briar-stitch
ing, drawn and quartered-work, and
cutting on the bias. At the end
material interest in a single day than--trfThe term,, each gentleman will be
required to show his skill by making
a - fiether' garment, two by four by
six, of open-work embroidery on
mousseline with ruffled flutings of
peau-de-soie.' Arrangements have
been made with th Foreign Mission
Board to distribute these garments
to indigent Eskimo gentlemen of
refinement for protection against
the Artie winter. As the course
combines charity and utility, it is
hoped that many gentlemen . will
take advantage of the opportunity.
Overflow classes will be instructed
by our incomparable Coach “Josh”
Cody. (Signed) Ben C. ■ Holtzclaw,
Jr., professor of philosophy.”
For'the information of those not
fully acquainted with the case', it
migh be well to add that the notice
i of- the presence of Mr. Ben Holtz-
i-claw at the sewing bee, was a typo
graphical error and should have
read Mrs. Ben Holtzclaw, who is a
j “blood relative" of the Mercer pro
fessor.
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j On; Tuesday evening", October 26,
1 the-Damon Literary Society gave one
1 of Walter Ben Hare’s plays entitled
“My Irish Rose.” Throughout the
j story was woven the thread of -Irish
wit. The characters were just as
truly Irish as the wit and acted their
parts as naturally as if they had
lived them ai lof -their lives.
Question? ’ Where do. ghosts come
from -nd where do they go? Spooks,
and ghosts, and witches galore gath
ered at the dining hall .door on last
monday night to help the ' Junior
class give their, party. The Jack-o-
lafiterns, black cats, witches on
brocms.-jmhd black . spiners greeted
the visitors from every nook . and
corner. The fortune teller, with
her wondeiful knowledge of foe
past and foresight into the future,
the ground hog, the-barber .shop, the
snake display, and many othe'r side
shows added much merriment to the
occasion. The bobbing for apples
gave several a face washing as well
as fun and apples. The lucky girl
in the pretty girl contest was Miss
Gladys Hughes. Her good looks won
her a fine chocolate cake. The win
ners in -the cake-walking contest
were Miss Annie—L^ura Askew and
Harold Moore. Their prizes was a
caromci cake with a.big black cat
drawn on the top in chocolate.
After refreshments, tea and sand
wiches were-served the spooky spir
its diappeared into the dark after
promising to return one year from
that night.
The student body and people of
Mt. Vernon and Aile were given a
pleasant evening last Friday by the
Faubel Entertainers. The program
was .quite different -from any that
has been given in the auditorium
this term. It consisted of imper-'l
s-.nated scenes from childhood, old
age, American, Italian, and -English,
life. The closing number was a won
derful and gripping interpretation
of Kipling’s “Tomlinson”-
Mr. P. W. Etheridge of Milner, Ga.
spent Sunday with, his daughter Miss
Floy Etheridge, the Teacher Of
Home. Economics at B. P. I.
Those spending the week-e nd away
were Miss Eunice Burkehalter and
brother Olin, at their home in Reid-
ville. Miss Marie Brown, in Sanders-
v.ille, Miss Elizabeth Brown in Bar
tow. Miss Irene Pinkerton in Ro
chelle Miss Marie Jones in Albany
Misses -Ethel O’Conner and Ruth
Hamilton at Kibbee, Miss Gladys
Duggan at Alamo, Mr. Vivian Srufis
at Lanier, Messrs Lee Rivers, Harold
Moore, Harvey-Kent, at Glenwood.
•Otis Johns president of the junior-
class atended the B. Y- P.'U* Rally
at Milan, Ga., : find responded to the
welcome.
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