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THINGS!# Eugene W. Btetaoo. Msznsr graduate, >Ott( prteMsnt of -thfUCitixea ’■ Bank ' Maron sad etes natai of the board ' directors of to* Baurth National ••k, tea bses aiatead ebairma* of ecutive THE MXSOEE UKIVERSITY SYSTEM Mercer University, Macon, y, Feb. 3,1921 YING WINNING BALL MAY iJJSHE* MERCER IN AS CHAMP OF BIG S. I. A. A. TOURNAMENT like rgia Tech by the the' Mereor Univarsi- ha* now wedged lo an open rtta for bad honora ia the 8. I. A. a jibing like an average the Teaneeeee trip and eue at home the Orange teebetten which may sweep i into iaoHag glory at the big emeat in Atlanta the of Fehraary. rwspaper aeeoust to the affhet that the “Golden Toraa da” paeaed only a gaatle breeze be- qnintet while fora ever that th*wn for the part two IfffDPffD PP AMI ATP - Weete, the Mufdt University team fair- luUtuUi ULfll/UAlC ' ly swept the Qeorgia Teeh indoor ‘ ‘ Gol- i, dra Venafie M off its-feet and ebalked *;■ ap their eaeond ietory of the aeaaoa ever toe Tallow Jackets, the final taJ tf . Sijpt A*reer 41, Georgia Teeh IA The Orange and filaek five waa at perfect tea for the ia Sanday’e Sewe falkwiag for tepraaaioa: fa their real fora diepUyiag exhibit ioa of pan work an almoat impenetrable de- fmm at thaea, Mercer University Sat urday night ia * faet and serappy gamw af haahetball defeated Georgia Tech 41, to U Begiaiag after two. min utee of play had tlapaed the Orange and Black quin tet jumped into' the game and' set a (tee far the TeehHe they were un able to kaop. After it waa shown, that Mercer had made a comeback no one acquainted with the Baptist aggregation wan doubtful over the outcome; Mereer proved to. the fans who num bered only a few-hundred leas than the crowd Which ‘ witnessed the Geor gia content that the Orange and Black quintet ie equal to anything in the south, including the University of Geor- - The game waa' equally te faat and ex- 'eating aa the Georgia " T ” game on the previous night The fans were enthused with the contest and-the .many aenaa- tiosalplsyzAde by the loeala kept the ^eetatora keyed to a high point througkout. • The attack, of the Orange and Black machine was. furious. Tech fought hard to atop the Mercer attach but to no stall. The pam work waa brilliant,' the guarding.-- and especially that of Smokey Harper, Mercer standing guard, waa -unaurpamable and finally the zpec- shootlng of the Mereer outfit the features of the'game. Few times has a Mereer machine such precision arid fury, fright or any other team'. Every man conjunction with the contest wonderful 1 games arc the Mereer contigent ’on- Victories to the Red and Black it can be said that if Georgia Mereer playing in trie form Mir os|»,w did Saturday, night, the Athenians would not have a chsnce to defeat the local outfit. It ia difficult to pick 'a star pr^ififa from the Mereer quintet as the whole outfit played ateHsrball. Harper prob ably semes for first honors. This man thrilled tfce spectators by the effective wayikjg which he broke .'up'the drib- hliag of tin Tech players. The Tcch-'tes did not have a chance at-the basket as OIO VOW KNOW— Mercer University will soon have out an even dozen, govern ors for southern states. DID YOU KNOW— ^ That twenty-five states and one or two foreign countries are sometlides represented at Merc^.University. DIO YOU KNOW— Tbe Mercer Uulversity student publication, the Mercer Clue ter, is tbe only university student publication of regular seven-col umn standard site. DID YOU KNOW— That Mercer University conferred a degree on Gen. Robert E. Lee, ‘ .- ■ DID YOU KNOW— That Mercer University at one time had as its graduates gov ernors Qf Georgia, lorida and Alabama. DID YOU KNOW— About 76 percent of.the faculty of Mercer University are doctors of philosophy. DID YOU l^tOW— That more than twenty Mercer students are teaching foreign illiterates of tbe oity. BESSIE WT AND MERCER ON L. G. I. FACULTY SCHOOL SHOWS IN 25 Y GROWTH LANIER HIM MAY SOMETIME BE ON CAMPUS On the faculty of Locust Grove are to be found seveftd graduates cf Mercer University '-and Bessie IS AGAIN HONORED MERCER STARS BEAT UNIVERSjTYTEAM By C. E. Baker Playing spectacular ball and shatter ing Georgia's celebrated five-man de fease for the (letter portion of the.' battle, the Macon Y M.. O'. A. “Bines”! made up of former Mercer stdr* defeat- j ed the University of Georgia Bull dogs in the Pity Auditorium .before aa assembling of raying, rabid has bet hall tabs by the score of .35 to 22. It was the first defeat of the season for the Athenians and incidentally ' the first time asy team had been able to pnaetete .the Georgia's great de- Tfce. loeals were, always leading It waa never a wide ■ enough margin, however, for the fana to feet at ease, except .toward the close, when the ‘.‘Blues’’ gradually pulled away from their 'tpponents and rang several pretty baskets from difficult angles. Despite the absence of Josh Cody, the local quintet displayed remarkable teamwork upsetting the fondest hopes of their admirers. They were never dis concerted but in the battle as a unit from beginning to end. Their teamwork was just as good as'the visitors and their eyes for the basket were much better timed, therefore the Macon suc cess that caused the crowd to go into parox.vm* of -joy at several stages of the contest; Two substitutes: the. little flashy I-Joyd Ricks mi CfwIv’.M portion anil tin* fre '-ha. tafc.n part IT fBT tovOTgT yaHT *"T To' in the past. He covered the floor in' line style and hi* shootiag waa brilMnrit. He registered a total of seven field goals, the highest number of any of hie teammates. ’ Rentz thrilled the sjltetatora by his many pretty and sensational long shot*. This player is known for his long shot* and the onrii Saturday night were of tbe hair-raising kind. Slap pulled off some neat dribbling also. Ed Whitehesd and Gamble did their share to ehalk up a Mercer victory. Pew times has Whitehead played as he did in the Teeh contest. He waa in double the number of the plays as us ual and when he hit a man it was felt by his'opponent. Gamble Gate Tlpoff. . Gamble got the tipoff a good many timee on his opponent at the center position and the manner in which he covered,thj floor was equal to that of any v.-ierau in thp cage game. His ability to slip ia under the basket un covered! waa remarkable. By this he registered 16 points and ^ - if “ hard lurk” had not' been against him at the time he would have registered sev eral more marks. Tiu-h did not have any mediocre five. Its main trouble b -sides the fact that the men could not hoot was their slow ness. The men play furiously und it takes a good outfit to dodge in and out among them successfully. They pass well and guard unusually good,- hut they allow their opponneul» to move about them t, >o fast Securing op portunities at the basket - too mauy times. Buck Flowers, famous football star for the Golden Tornado, was perahps- the Irest player for the visitors. ■ He was fast as a streak and. thrilled the spectators bv his brilliant dribbling. ' . ., ■ ‘ " i *-* V follower i he Line up and summary: ‘ . manent position on the Tech (I*) was" there- when needed. Tift College, the president of the school holding two degrees from the university, under whaep direction the institution has flourished for twenty-five years. . '■ i-. Welcome T. Smalley, Jn charge of the English department Riley B. Plymale, mathematics, a& Walter F. Pate, Latin and Bible, are Mercer men, while Bessie Tift to represent ed by -Miss Helen BfWter, Miss Lois Lancaster, Miss Spink and Mis Myrtie Whatley. During the time Prqaidsnt Gray has been in charge the rahtion be tween Mercer Univerarty haa been of the finest nature. Locust Grove has sent to Mercer a total vt 256 boys and to Bessie’Tift a totai of 68 girls out of a grand total of 9724 in the last twenty-five years, if which to tal number-there have bfen at Lo cust Grove Institute 18M boys and *68 girls. . i <-/ On the records thirtgte states and four foreign, countries /have been represented, eighty students coming from other states than Georgia. Tbe total number going te college is 767. The school now has twenty-one of ficers and teachers to lepd it on to greater intent . AL iiiUSKALH GIVEN PHI WESLEYAN GLEE RERS PLEASE S NUM- Oie *‘Y,V Frartseally every wtaz present and aiae a large aateber of visiters, all of whoa were full of enjjsu^** 111 BI>< i ”pep” throughout the meeting joining iq singing a number of Mmgs played by Miss BeuLa Smith at the piano. One of the main features of the evening wasathe splendid singing of. Miss I.iK-ille Mallory as she mani test cl her n'ondt4-fdl talent in singing “ Your- Eyes Hzw Told Me Ho* ’ and • • The Japanese Sandman, ” The business of the society was trans aefeili in the society hall before the young hsdies arrived as it was neces sary that all go over to tha. “Y” where there was a piano. A motion was iiva'ie and.seeonded to accept Dr. Wea veg’s offer of $a0. from the community chest fund to pay for the invitations to be sent out for Society Day. Every mber t>f the society is-looking for DR. WEAVER PROPOSES LIBRA- RY FOR POETS BIRTH PLACE. If the proposed recently made to the t’rtv of Macon-by President Rufus W. Weaver is m-cepted, the house in whjeh Sidney Lanier, Georgia *s best loved poet was Imrn, will soon lie located on Mercer oajnpus^ c ^ Sidney Lanier was born in Macon. The homeplare is now owned by . Mrs. Sanders Walker,’. who has lived in the Lanier home for a number of year*. Mrs. Walker has informed! the city that she desires to construct on the property a larger and finer residence than the house in which the Georgia poet was born. Many plans have been offered to take ,<*« of Lanier’s birthplace. It was suggested that the house be moved to one -of the beautiful city parks of Maeon, there to be used as a^ommuni- ty house for tbe civic bbdies of the' eity. Faaaibla Plan. Other' plans have been offered but the plan of the Mereer president is •aid to be the most feasible and near est in keeping with the idea which all Georgia people cherish for the home of the nhate’s own poet, who has writ: ten many beautiful poems, songs and lyriea. Dr. Weaver’s plan Is- to move the Lanier house to Mereer campus where it will be newly equipped on the in terior and converted into a Lanier li brary: The plan includes the purchase of a complete set of work* of Lanier to become the property of the library. It i« pointed out that , if the home is used for this purpose, all Georgians will have a shrine at which to pay trib ute to the Maeoa poet. Mereer studenta and the people of Maeoa will have the privilege of v wiring the library and enjoying the eomforts which wiH Could the OLDEST LIVING GRADUATE DR. A. G. SPALDING APPRECIAT ED BY UNIVERSITY STU- ’ DENTS. Dr. Albert Theodore Spalding died at his home in Atlanta, on Jariuarv 24, at the age of eighty-nine. Dr. Spalding was the oldeqt living graduate of Mer cer University and was the oldest Bap tist minister-in the south. .The funeral aery-ices were held from the Pome De Leon Baptist" church, of which he was a member, with all the Baptist min inter* of Atlanta participating. Dr. Spalding is well known at Mer cer where he has made many visits. His last visit was during'-commencement last June. At that time he delivered an addrees and the degree of Doctq^^f Laws was conferred on him by the uril |£ venqtv. He received a silver loving cnp. as a token of appreciation for his long useful service. Dr. Weaver had selected Dr. Spalding deliver the convocation address at the beginning of \he winter term. He had accepted the. invitation but on ac count of illness wus forced to cancel the engagement several days before he was to speak. Although he did not visit much among the students.on account of his- extreme age Dr. Spalding was j well known by all of them. On a number of occasions stories have appeared in the college paper about Dr. RpaMSug and many speakers have spoken of him. Albert Theodore Spalding waa born in Elbert eounty Georgia, October 20, 1831, the hoa of Albert Matthias Spal ding and Lucinda Burtoa. His father was • professor and « minister. He en tered Mereer, then leeated at Pen field, at the age of sixteen yean, was eon- verted and entered the ministry. After graduatiag in the elans of 1851, ho toatk s two year theological course and yens jailed.a pastorate ih Augusta, there he went tn Aiken*, 8. C. where hw ‘ few several years. During »he students to tMa teatorate he nmrvM Mian Mercer (41) Whiteehad (2) . . R.F. Weekiey (14t . . . L.F. Gamble (10) . A’.. Bentz (14) . . . R.G.. .Marper (0) . . • .L.O. Summary: Substitutes: Tc.-h I played together. They Jenks (1) for «»|rr: Armstead '(4lj doing’-'something they ’ve for Brewster; Brewster fur .Flowers;' Flowers for Staton; Staton fur Flow ers; Flowers for Armstead; Armstead for for Frazer. Mercer Meyer for Weekiey; Scott for Rentz; Meyer for Whitehead. Foul* called bn Tech a. yn Mercer 8; Heore at end of first halt 26 to 8. Referee McArthur. - husky Basie Wise, subbing for Bruc banished from the contest after, losing; w ., ril with mm .|, interest to this day his head' in the first few' minutes of | which will possibly be sometime the play, were the big stiirs from a local I f ,f March. ^standpoint: Captain Charlie Morgan; _ .-|f I aril in order Mr. President was aA usual the'high point man f»rj ^j.i \i r. Hinsley as he got up to make the “Y” but he was closely guarded f a s | lort t .,i k to t |, P aorietv and visit in. the first half of the fray -arid iriet ..f 1Iiak( . n mo tion that the doors with sonw hard luck at several times.-j „ f t)ll . s(K .iety be opened and have it <’«'ach Grace at center, played a remark-j’ ,.,| trunl now „ n . If it takes the Wes- able steady game p:is<w>d nicely tMjiyM Glee Club.to get this crowd out broke, up. the Athenians offense on I j we have a standing program nirtnbers of occasions. Kenneth Dtin-I.rommdtteri to jiave them sent out each wo.:ilv u-as also in the limelight to »i „o-eting.” great extent. - j' . With this crowd it would tie pos- Fur the big stars, our hats must be j *ifile to put anything over " said Mr. offed to the first two mentioned, Ricks-' Murray ia tiiis short talk. After several and MN'sc. and which of the two stood wonts <>f welcome Mr. Wyatt made a out as the brightest scintillator -w»; remark that brought much laughter, cannot, .letermine. but both played the; • • 1 am married” said Mr. Wyatt. “I ball expected-of them-and then some. r.M-oinmenit it” The speaker then gave Especially was this true of Wise. The |-i short talk in booAting the society big guard u'.i s following tlsc ball * and telling - how the Phi IV It as' were throughout the sitruggle and . to all in-going to put it over tbe *<’iceroneans. tents and purpose his definitely won] He then .pointed out' what a help the for himself a place in every Macon I triiiitiug of the society was no matter what a person intended to do in life. Mr. Haynes and Mr. Swinson also gave short talks. After these talks the. boys crowded around the piano and sang several songs with the. young ladies hefort leaving t to- building. DIXIE ASSOCIATION OPENS BIG SEASON Xo.mi.n Park, Oa., The Dixit Prep j Athletic Association bawkethnll race has‘.opened with much enthusiasm- The. association is urs but is composed of j some of thw strongest schools in South I fol h-wt He if not. a local fiv broke up jiass flowers (oj after pass, evune up out of the numer- B"rew;ster (6) ous spilt* with the ball and passed the Frazer (0) agate out .of danger: Mayer t'-* ( . It was surprising and gmtfying to ; .Htaton (01 ; w -j.| n es« the way Ricks’ and' Morgan^ played together. They succeeil.sV in (bine before, play txvgelher. In the first half Morgan did the unbelievable stunt of ruining fhe floor and with his mates feeding tlie liall to Rieka anil Grace. In III.- last peciiiil- as soon Os Georgia's oii ,1.Is ttegaii..wKvtehiug.. Ricks the leant fe.l I.. Charlie and Charlie rang the baskets a* per his usual style. i Georgia. N’orman Institute defeated Hparks f’ollege here Monday, .14 to 15. The teams looked to be evenly matched for the first ten minute* of play but Nor man tightened lip and constantly gain ed until the w*his*tle blew ending the contest. The teams meet again on Feb ruary 1ft. Standing of Association. Teams W. L. Pet. Piedmont Institute ---1 0 1.000 Brewton-Parker ---—1 0 1.000 Norman Institute -~--l 1 .600 Sparks College —1' 2 .333 South Ga. College ---0 1 000 fourth wedtiirig ateijr.e#fry. ^ . 1919. Mrs Spalding died a yqar ,ggp. Dr.. Spalding war pastor of the Berean Baptist ehnreh in Philadelphia, for two year* preceding the war between the dates. Northern hostility toward the south caused him to give up this place. He was pastor at Selma, Ala., during the war and sinee that time had been pastor of prominent Baptist churches in Mobile, Louisville, Atlanta Galves ton and Chattanooga, for the past sev en years be served as chaplain of the Georgia Baptist Orphanage at Hape ville. Until loot August Dr. Spalding had preached one or more sermons every Sunday for more than sixty years, a record which has few equals anywhere. His health was good until last Christ mas when extreme old age caused a general -breakdown. He is survived by five children, .11 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. BP In 1000 B. campus was a ‘ ‘ Pain. Revolutionary in the sand or want nearby ocean. In' 1000 part of a treeless tract red aborigines fonght 1871 thlr. one time beaek site of -Mercer University, planted in 1904 to pus and scrubs were added to 1913 to complete the embilshmtet the setting. Just as Mercer gathers her clays ornaments from four corners of ‘arth in like manner she assembled th# decorations for her campus. Thera, are * Camphor trees from Putnams Islaate, Japanese privets from Japan, Laurels from England, firs and evergreens from the far north, Oleander tree* from the south and pines find oak* from onr native state, Then add to these poplar, elm and magnolia trees and numbers of scrubs that Miss Bai lie designated by the following appor tions. Pittosporum Abelia, "Ai privet, Cedrous deodorus, Apollo’s 1 eland Crepe Mtertel and one finds that the vegetable speqies of derm si tans equals the animal type* tn the varied and peculiarity of their names as well as in the diversity of their origin. But these shrubs and students tee* other characteristics ia eoamtoa. A great many of tbe shrub* ase swv :■ .green and tio even tons with a. portion of tbe stadqnts. Ate Qian toe** are some of these membei* of the ni bble kingdom that don’t*seem te thrive ^ -!n their present 1 ocarina. Dr. -Pox say* that too eearpos soil h short on plant food. Mny be % rarrespnading segrity of saiszgj^jrrTrndrr hi tteanaan for the failure too toe port of flonrmh. FRESHMAN ARE TOLD , ABOUT CAMPUS MOUND Vtsttors to Mercer campus have long wondered , the significance of the vine-covered mound to th? right of the steps at the entrance of the main buiiding. , Some have asked if some Mercer (fi-esider; or member- of the faculty had been given tbat honored location a- his final resting place- Members of the F'eabnii;ii cla^s each 'year ask upperclassmen if someone has really been burled there. In a kind and sympathetic rrtanner, dignified seniors will con fide in them that Jesse Mercer, for whom Mercer University was named, was buried there and that his last request was that his re mains should be burled on the' cam pus, Of course the remains of the first Mercer president wore not In- tered there, however. “Doc" Bloom, known to every Mercer man past and present, re cently informed o: e of the mem bers of the student body that the mound was placed there merely to beautlfuy the campus. There was another on the opposite side of the steps, Mrs. Battled wife of a for mer Mercer president, had the two mounds built and ivy. CICERONEANS SELECT RULES FOR MEDAL Psssing resolutions, discussing mo lions, and debating was the way in i-li the (liceroneans spent the time •last Monday night nt their' regular meeting. — To change the constitution always causes the wanted amount of oratory and last Monday there was a motion have all the constitution revised. From this the discussion started and some of' the regular “artists” held rth until the time was almost passed Have the program. The regulations for the giving of the Upshaw medal; which has been of fered for the best all round debater, •settled. The rules are that any member, shall be elegible who shall attend seventy five per cent of the meetings from now, until June. The final contest’wilt be held in the society hall and the members contesting will speak from a given subject and the judges will select the best speaker. The subject for debate was resolved: Thst, the President of ihe United Ktjrtes should be elected for a term of six years and be ijneligble for reelect- ion. ^ ' Tire ntlirmative speaker* were Wal* do E. Wood atid. J. L. Hendon. Accord ing to the judge#'they_won the deeiaios the vote being two to one. The.nega- five speakers were T. Kirkle and R- B. Freeman. many, college tads a^e dietihg 1 few are on a Hunger strike. But trees and rtrutrtr-on-Meeeer cam pus is my assignment so back to the' woods I must go. Of all the treea oa the campus tbe elms are- the moet’ numerous. Elms are planted on either side of the driveway-The old tree holds the Soph more colors on high during the Fresh-Soph rush is an Elm. The first row of trees at the front of the campus is composed of Elms. Behind the Elms is a-row of Poplars. Most of the shrubs are grouped in front of the Library. The writer will have to plead ignorance of the tndividnal names of the plants. Ask Mrio Sallie; she knows. A* a purpose of a university is «the ( spreading of knowledge, a label tied to each tree and' shrub containing the name and geuu* of the plant would help Mereer in discharging her duty- COACH IS CONGRATULATED Coach J. H: Jenkins, of Norman, intative that the association was of all former pupils ate friteds on his successful launching of the Dixie Athletic Association. It was on bin initative that the association was formed. . . Norman was defeated at Waycroas by the fast Piedmont team Saturday while New Prospect scrubs defeated Sparks. Tht scrubs also defeated the Sparks scrubs. Tuesday the scrubs defeated the Omega scrubs. COMPLIMENTS GLEE CLUB Rome sweet usually comes along with the bitter. Disappointments ia written all over the fores of the memhesa of the (Ret Club in capital letter* boeaaasJDs^fiP nger has been advised that it will opt be possible for tbe club to appear a Tennessee College due to a deficit in curred there during the schedule of entertainments this season. In Ihe letter received from President George J. Burnett, he expresses his ne- gret that be will not be able to give' the club a date. In his letter, however he say* in part. “You brought such a splendid group here last-veal that ”I covet for my students the privilege of knowing such voun men.’’ The club may appear in Murfrees boro, however, a* negotiations are oa with the manager of the Grand Theatre there looking to an engagement for the elub. 1 1