The Mercer Cluster. (Macon, Ga.) 1920-current, December 09, 1920, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextThe Mercer University Fourteen Schools and Colleges. Mercer University, Macon, ON. FOUNTAIN DECLARES THEV DISTRIBUTE WEALTH IN THE v MOST ALTRI8TIC MANNER. ’ I SEASON ON NEW COURT OPENS THIS WEEK WITH HUB DOIWTS’ TEAM FROM MADISON. BIG EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM IS PRESENTED TO GEORGIA BAP-! TIST BODY. FIVE GAMES WITH LEADING INSTITUTIONS TO' BE PLAYED BY THE WARRIORS. MERCER ALUMNUS STILL BE. LIEveS IN HIS OLD COLLEGE LITERARY SOCIETY. PROMINENT UNIVERSITY GRAD UATE IS PROSEjCUTINC ATTOB NEY IN CA8E, <OF NATIONAL RENOWN. AME HIGH STANDARDS OF PAST YEARS REQUIRED OF COLLEBE GLEE CLUB. By KARL F. BRA8INGTON. need-tor scientists is greater; thee ever before.” said Dr. B. Po—tain, head of the OepartBMet at' Mercer, at the chapel OtetegS P—dsy morning, in a lec Minih SnMetlsta Part in the One hundred strong,- the minister- i ial students of Mercer University got i up early Wednesday morning and! boarded the 6:25 train for the Geor gia State Baptist Convention in At j lanta. Talks before the convention £ were made by five of the ministerial' students in the interest of the School of Christianity. - - . . Plans for the extension of Mercei University- into one cf the largest Baptist Universities in the South Song birds of Mercer are rapidly I pluming their wings for the »”"«*! j flights. The college auditorium et ! the fair sex of Georgia wiH sow be reverberating with the melady issne- ing from some 16. masculine Mercer throats. The hight standards at the Mercer Glee Club of the past yean have never been questioned aajthu are welcomed not only in this state but in adjoining states as well. The same standards of the past will be upheld and -this year bids' fair to be the best in the history at this notable organisation. (When these golden throated - Larks of Mer cer skies on their flights over the' state, ovation after ovation is sore to greet them. Extensive trips are ' being planned by the management. Not only do the plans take in Bren- au. Cox. Shorter, Agnes Scott, Bessie Tift. G. N. I. and Wesleyan but may. South Georgia towns, such as Amer- icus, Cordele, Eastman, Tmalfft Moultrie and Valdosta, ted poaalMy several North Georgia towns. It is also rumored that a road trip through Tenneasee and Florida towte are contemplated. The plana are 1S- j deed large this year, more territory to be covered than ever before bat the Club with the quality wWte da now evident will measure ap faOy to all plana. j ' Goodbye pigskin^-- 1 Helo Basket ball! Those are the refreshing senti ments of some 500 Mercer students and five -tlmea that many students of the Mercer - University System of schools ud colleges. With the greatest basketball court in Georgia ready for the opening game of the Mercer schedule with “Hubj'Dowis and bis promising team the season of Central Georgia will be officially opened Saturday night in the big Maoon city audttorinm. The game was grant id to Madison chiefly because "Hub" Dowis, former star athlete at Mercer, has charge of the A. & M. five. “Hub" has been doing good work in the line of Coach at Madison, the result of his work shcwuiig up in the football team pot out by the A. A M. college this sea son. -“Hub's” proteges made a good rectrd on the gridiron and it is ex pected that the quintet which he is coaching will be a good one. About twenty-five candidates are out for the Baptist squad and it is said that A’oach Cody will have a hard Job in selecting the most like ly candidates for the regular team. - Men Fighting for Berths. “Slap" Rents and “Big Eddie’ Yale University baseball c lub i thirty-five throng, is coming to Ma- I cc-n next spring to establish a train- i ing camp for spring practice for a ; period of about three weeks or long At the last meeting of 'the Cicero Claude [nean Society, a letter, was- read from Congressman William D. ' Upshaw. I Mercer. Alumnus, in which he offered & medal to be given the best all,round i debater in the society. The offer was unanimously accepted and debaters were elected for the other inter so- 1 piety debates for the. year. William David Upshaw Mercer during the late nineties and made a renderkable record in oratory and debating. Although he had pre-. viously been confined.to the bed’seven years from a broken spine, he came in Mercer in a rolling chair and paid -It's own way.. His was one of the Charles H. Garrdtt, solicitor gener al, Mercer graduate, and forme/ member of the Mpfcer Unjversity fac ulty. has in the test few weeks risen to national promi^snee as the result of his investigates* int0 the death of Fred D. Shepard, wealthy Fort Val ley peach grower, resultito rest of four persons on-charges of murder. ,t ' -During his coltofe days Mr. Garrett was known as one .of the best orators- at Mercer and tea at one time u Mercer-Wake Fora it debater. He was also one of the beM students of Eng lish and history an I -after graduation and while seeking* a master’s degree ..of . the Hotel Macon, in a telegram from ft. H. Paul, manager of she Yale club. Manager Paul asked Mr Rossignol to nclifv ail newspapers in and around Macon that the big uni versify ball players “would be down next spring, arriving in Macon March 22. for a stay-of not less than three weeks. , •/ Five Games Here. / | Five games with leading southern I universities have already been ar j ranged. All of them will be played ! in' Maccn. Other games are to be •arranged with major league clubs training in the southeast and an ef fort will be made to have all of these played at the Central City Park . Macon won out over other lead ing cities, of Georgia and Florida in making a hod for the Yale club. Thir speaks well tor Macon- and nothing will be left undone for the accomo dation and comfort of the visitors. Mayor Glen Toole has promised to put the diamond at the Central City Park in good conditioon. If showei baths are wanted they will be pfovid came “I take it for granted that ever; oollsge man Is. altruistic at heart,' ! saM Dr. Fountain. “There are three | claauM of altruistic effort. The first is the development of character in | ■ten, -Next is the development of! character in groups of men or social! character. Its' main object is the fist distribution of wealth and hap ; pteeea throughout the world. The lust is increasing the total wealth at the nation. .This is the phase -Hi Which the scientist exerts his infju i srtudent. George Sparks was an urn derclassman during Mr. Garrett’s sen ior year and sinqa, their graduatiou have had much inebrntpon which has made them close friends. He is pro bably the youngett big solicitor in Georgia. v . The transformation of the solicit tr general’s name frum that of a su-v cessful solicitor fetters] to that* of “Solicitor General Charles H. Garrett, who is prosecuting, ia the Shepard poi son case.” came overnight. Just when it came iv hard now to say. but the fact remains that one dav Solid tor General Garrett, through bis con nection with the. Bheperd case, be- lut the state of |oa,’ j the college activities he took the that i keenest interest and this was espe cially true of the debating bocietie'’.. I During his stay at Mercer a debate j was held between the University of ; Georgia and Mercer- in. Atlanta. The] ! greatest rivalry, existed between the j I two schools and the Mercer men j r went up in a body. An artiele in one ; I of the Atlanta papers by John Temple Graaves told of the part of Upshaw as .foflows: One student, Willie'Upshaw a man without any physical backbone ex- ^eept that furnished by a piaster of Paris jacket, but with a moral hack hone as rigid aa a brake team %a A a heart as big as the sea—a dauntless cripple and invalid working his way through college by bis- own heroic ex- j ertiong put his band into his pocket and laid $100 upon the emergency to -bring Mercer to Atlanta " Gets Big Majority. Since leaving college he lectured j ( nearly all over the United States | against the saloons At one time he 1 was vie t» president of the Anti Saloon j ( league of America. He worked for j ink with jov to sep thim 00 mlng. sometime in The interest of Bess-:.) j g oon they had made friends with all Tift ancHt was due to his efforts that j jj,,, |j tl ] e ones as they began tq tell l pshaw Hall was built. ; (liem about .coming out. to Mercer. ■ He wus elected to the-66th C’on-| a 11 of the boys are anxious to make gross .roiii ■ the Atlanta district and the trip to see where their big brotb- was reelec ted during the Iasi electioa. , ers to school. They are sure they .III s last election proved Iris work in would like t0 play basketballJn the congress was approved for his was a j place where real grown up boye play, large majority even though he was in favor of the League of Nations. of work in PHI DELTA ELECT SOCIETY OFFICERS Several towns, are al ready looking forward and enquiring about the dates of tke Mercer Ctab for their towns. An Added faatare this year that la awaited wttk mack interest ted which is devetepteg very fast an Orchestra. The cite will have stole— —MS. two comedians, a render, aad ten In the Orchestra, These Iwsiylte --tists are andar'the eSeteK liailsr ship of Dr. J. day Walker Dtesetor of the Olnh. Vteri Perry. OBIl—i|i. • In a meeting full of spirit and ’’pep”, the Phi Delta Literary Society first went into, the election of offl cers for the following month.. Those elected were: president. P. E. Mur ray; vice-president. H. J. Johnson; critic, G. L. Worthy; Censor. ,W. W- Kirkland; chaplain. J. W. Parker Before the installation of the new edtatea Mr. Jeaaa gave a short talk Walter- Ma‘ce, trainer of the club and Captain J. W. Peters, were here last- week to Inspect the ball park and to see what opportunities and conditions Macon would offer If the team was brought heTe. A big delega tion met the Yale then at *he Termin-. al Station and entertained them dur ing their entire stay here. dates out for qach position on the team and it is said that Mercer will put out a team that-will live up tc every expectation of the most ardent admirer of athletics at the Baptist col leg*. came, known U»i Georgia and in a store of cities in ad: joining states. Solicitor Genertf Garrt-H has ja>t entered hi*. tk*rty4|fifi pgar. He. toot The accuracy of airplane bomb- wan Increased, to three -times its tar sffeeiency without any in Btt in coat. During the war ao- pttskments in mapping and sur- at the Dam May hr M. Fatten Haste er. -. Louis Rossignol, Roger Mfller Prof. Holder. McKebben Lane, John , Comer. Baxter Jone8. Josh Cody i ceaohers. After the luncheon, the visitors were taken on an automobile ride\>ver the' city and then to the little Hqut Country Club. From the i club, thfpartv motored to Louis Ros- signolls farm on the- Zebulon road where they, were entertained. A vis- I it was made to -the ball park and an ! inspection made of the diamond. Both Trainer Pace and Capt. Peters ex- j pressed themselves as pleased with I ] condition at the park, i .’Macon won Over Atlanta. Savan- I nah. Columbus. Athens and Jackson , ville. Fla. The club, will bring two 'motion picture men With them to re-1 main here during their entire stay j Motion pictures- will be made of the . games played! . . I" Games have already been arrang led v-i.th Georgia Tech, the University iff Virginia. Cniversty of Georgia \uburn. and Mercer I t Iversity. Oth er'games" are to ho arranged with .iidleges in t^iis sectioi These games should 1 ring thous ands of people to MsV.iii J<o other ■ 'ui will be permit en to train here next spring as the Y- club has an As it is only a week before the try-out for'the debaters to represent Mercer it was decided that a yell leader would help very much in keep ing the Phi Delta spirit on the Bight ■of the try-out. Parker Highsmith was elected as the yell leader for the so ciety. . Enthusiasm was not lacking when it came to getting vefonteers for the try-out next Tuesday night and every j member of the society are sure. that ■ the Phi Deltas will .furirish at least one half of the debaters for the col-j Iegiate debaters. Two more new members-were tak en into the society at this meeting j They were: E. B. Brown and R G. Viler. sen of the Marcer Glee Out It Is rumored, of course, att-RMaiir will be given -to one or the girte-eeL leges of the state. This msssscS- ment is awaited with great tepSe- ancy. _ r r -■ year. Due to the fact that he has so far kept, his- cards to himself in the j ) case. It was difficult to obtain a full j statement from him as to how he was i bropght into the case “It's sufficient to saay now that it j was brought to my attention by rela i tives of Shepard, who were suspi cious about the circumstances sur- -rounding his.death." Solicitor Gener-j al Garrett said, recently. “Chief | among those who brought the case to j attention was M_rs. Alice Crandall of j Fort Valley, sdster of Shepard." Asks for Inquest. Something less than a month pass ed from the time Solicitor General .Garrett first became acquainted offi cially with-the case and the time that the first inquest into Shepard’s death was- held: This first meeting of the coroner’s jury was held on November 6, at Fori Valley. Its meeting was •ordered by Judge H. A Mathews of 1 RUstetents. as named by Dr. Foun tete, ware Professor MUlican. of the Unjversity of CJiicago, Profeesoi MsttUL of Cornell, and Professor IKaatttf, of the University of fWisooh- sis, and others. BREAKFAST IN OPEN FDR FACULTY CUB rfsstftift low HONORED BY JUNIOR The members of the Camp-Flae Club enjoyed breakfast la the ogan Thanksgiving morning. Muck aktt was shown in the bui.ding of tha fin and in the preparation of tha hraak I fast. -f { Prof, and Mrs. Steqaple aad tte lot- lowing girls enjoyed the hike aad breakfast: Mary Harrison, Q ultra da HUlis. Savannah Hillia, Alice Moarls Ruth Rish. Elisabeth Wingfield Elisabeth. IBMte! . Thanksgiving night at ten o'clock the. Juniors assembled in the Recrea tion Hail in honor of the class of 1S2Q . After... the impromptu pregram, game* were played.' The program was a.follows:. IA debate: Resolve that a ‘gym" lesson can produce more soreness in aa!Individual than, can a case of acute iadlgeetioh./ Miss Clemans, Frys'. ; «sal Culture Director, and Miss Rob- ertaoa ulpheid the affirmative.while Miasr Townsend, Professor of Doine> tic. Science, and Miss Hardy defend ad the negative. Mi»»*Marion Hamilton. a>rorapa hied, by Miss Slgworth at the piano sang “Annie Laurie.” Miss Frank gave a reading; Mis. Mary Hillia 'sang and Prof. A. R. Newsome delivered a profound ad dress on “Lov^"-. Refreshments were, served at an “esrly" hour. I Those present, were the Junior Class,- those of the Class of '20 who were spending Thanksgiving Day at the college. Misses Pi-arl Hardy, Inez; Smith. Janie 'Brim. Mary Hillis’. 1 Marian 11 rrir'llon; iTeun- Hardy and j Pansy ..Palmer.; Misses Marguerite ness During his years woild he has- never forgotten his col lege days aftd he comes back occa- •siqnally to see the scenes of his voting days. Every man on the Mer- Charlqtte Jelks, Martha'Sandera, Helen Foster, Mar tha Fox. Lexie Dekle, Lovie HarraB and Merle Rogers. TATTNALL COUNTY STUDENTS ORGANIZE The Tattnall County, men decided they could uphold the high BStnd ards of their home county better by ui iting themselves into s chib beer- ing their name of their county. The club was meetings rtf the coroners- Jury, con- iliacted all examinations, and was the I outstanding official figure in the I whole case. Shepard's body was exhumed f«>r the first time, on the evening of. No vember 6; and parts of the small in testines, the stomach, liver and.kid i nevii were removed and sent to At- I organised with L. M. Gol- I lins, Reidaville, president j John Ra bun, Glennville, vice-president; W. W. Kirkland, Cobbtown. Other members of the dub are W.. A. Bootle, Lois Burkhalter, L. M. Collins, B. D. Dunberly, R. D. Hodge, €■>, W. W. Kirkland, Bap Jordah, H. L. Johnson, H. E. Miller, John In bun, J. F. Smiley, W. M, Smiley end L. R. Smith. BIG BANKER SAYS LIVE CLEAN LIVE'i “The" college man who is e’err and upright-Wili stand the 'cst chance: in the .“hard times K- fore us. , , The. above is the concluding sentence of an- address made by Chsrlgp B. Lewis, president of the Fourth Natianql Bank, to the Student body in chapel during ’.he past" week. 1. Make and play for the breaks. When one comes your way, score. 2. If the game or -a break gc against you. don’t lay down; put on more steam. 3. Don’t sawe yourseif. Go the limit. -There are good man on the side line when f«1 are—exhausted. A little girl found weeping in the street^ntmfided to a sympathetic ; passerby that she had lost a cherish ed penny. Search for the missing Speaking of the case,- Solicitor Gen . - : .. — eral Garrett said: j while the coroner’s-jury was hearing —We didn't' wait until the. concIU-, testimony or while it was deliherat stbii of the. meeting of the coroner's | ing.” . : ' , ! jury and the returning of its verdict | This forethought has characterized but got out the warrants for the . the solicitor general's actions through people , now in jail on the day be- out the handling .of the Shepard case breathed the child, fore IWTP-dtd this in order to.be able) so far and .no doubt will mean miicl^rifts!. “and did yot if necessary, to serve the warrants to him before-the-case Is closed, ■‘^itime?”