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mmm mamm ■ •• Vi AS LOSES ' SCORE 211013 Tha staid' old business man of Cherry street, the fat little butcher of Cottony avenue, men and women .. of every walk of life, all joined with five hundred Mercer students la the general wild demonstration at the City Auditorium when the Cody machine defeated the Vander Uh by the score of 91 to 13. Win aiag from Vanderbilt and Tech by decisive scores and with any sort of hKl\>n the big Tennessee trip will |fcce. the- University in a . fast run ■lag pace for S. I-. A. A. honors at the tournament. The spectators were almost dor- maat the first few minutes of play, bat soon the Mercer players began to hit their stride and things got exciting. The Baptist fought the score after -the visitors got seven point lead. However, with all their efforts the first half ended with Vanderbilt leading by the score of 16 to 7. in form without in the second half, play ing the spectacular,. consistent fur teas and offensive type of game white Vanderbilt . played with ftarw determined spirit that held the Mereor cohorts down to a con siderable extent - . | The.trouble in the; first half was that-Gamble could not get his eye Sad hands trained on. the ball. This hspppens to every man occasional -.ljpand.,it is no reflection. In the sec ond half Gamble came back strong, playing the excellent kind of bail of his teammates. On Defensive VanderbiH was decidedly on the defeantee in the second half and Hie Mg Teppsasssam worked with *wy V>»P the onslaught of the Osaaie and Black players. The ball was in the territory of the Mercer bey* ahnoet all of the second waa ap te them to. do their beat of Hie entire Van* Hie score at the end of the first half. It appeared that Mercer w*a not -going to be able to gc> through the defense of the elongated Vandy players. However, this may have'been due to the failure of the Mareer men to play their regular caliber of ball. The fans were instruments) in the aaeond half in causing the lo cal collage outfit to play with the ftereeneaa it exhibited. The applause and enthusiasm of the spectators seemed to posh the Mercer boys on. The climax came in the second half when Eddie Whitehead by negotia ting a long throw from the side of the goal registered two points there by tying the score. Fans went wild at this stage. This sensational hair- T raising throw was followed in quick order by the spectacular long shot of Slap Rente. Mercer went into the lead the score being-14 to 12 at this juncture. -_ Although, after thin it could never be toki how the game .was going to end Until the last few minutes, it was seen that Vanderbilt was on the defensive and Mercer on the offen sive. Usually when this is the state Of affairs the offensive team scores the most number of points and fol lowing. the natural course of the game Mercer, slowly-chalked up the .remaining marks until 21 was reach ed. 'f The‘hall did not pass up and down the floor as in most'close contests. The Baptists got the-ball • in their territory'but were-prevented from scoring at will by the-super guarding of the visitors. - One at the features of the game besides the fierceness with which Mercer played was the manner which Gamble and Several others -xeun i«o9 aqr. Japnn >)jom p|n<>-> pectedly at times and get a shot at the basketr This, however, did not result in'.many point* as the play ers had to shoot with. : such swift nose that, a field jjoal was a ques tion of -chance. . Whitehead Plays Well. All the other players have had 'praise of varying -degrees but from his playing in the Vanderbilt game Ed Whitehead comes in for first honors Ed played furiously, always keepiig his fury in bounds so as to noftemefl his playing'ability and Continued on Page 4 Number 16 Mount Vernon,—Brewton Parker In stitute Si basketball team, .which has struck its gait for the season,'has. re turned from McRae, where it defeated the S. G.'C. quintet Monday by the sore of 14 to 3. While the B. P. I, have been work ing hard they, are now-reaping the har vest which eom.es from hfcrd work and perseverance. In the first game of the seaeon, B. P. 1. lost to.‘Metter, but eume back strong in-a return game gad sent Mrtter home feeling defeat keenly. Ail of the -subsequent eight games were victories, for the B. P. I. team. It won two games ffom Vidalia, two. from Hnzlehurst,. two from McRae, one from .Hparky Colleges and one from- the. Ulenwood Business Men’s team iu quick succession thereby gaining a .900- per cent rating. SOUNDS OF CONFHCT “REMIND US” QUAINT OLD IDEAS EDA EARLY STUDENTS IMPOSITIONS <OF ALL SORTS ON PHI DELTA DEBATERS. By A. B. Cochran. Lighting ones’ way with the use of a tallow candle—failure to do so calling for a fine of a fraction over six cents—and the caution to all members to buy “spit boxes’’ or else ‘two bit” fine were some of the By W. K. Wynn , In ye olden days the gymnasium has been the scene of many a fierce battle. In the immediate past and the .present it serves as the field of battle on which are staged the clasj basketball games those fierce exhibitions of how this manly game. should and should not be play ed. Volleyball which is the sport of the ministerial- students is too proud to lower its’ dignity by coming in side the gymnasium and so the patron saints of the.game have des ignated the court between the gym and the “Y” as their playground. ■ Fierce are these struggles which . take place in-, the gym but they are j extremely short-lived covering a period of two weeks at the most Fiercer still are the contests which, take place on. the outside. And their existence seems to possess more lives than the proverbial cat for they occur daily unless there is some providential cause, to the con trary.■ ■ . Sounds of fierce conflict, are far more piercing than the dying wails of enemy troops jn the front line trenches.' often rise above the. con testants and depart -into unknown etberal regions to disturb the quiet JAZZ ORCHESTRA IS TO ACCOMPANY MERCER iQLEE CLUB Determined to turn qpt one of the heest musical organizations that has ever represented Mercer, the members of the glee club have teen holding regular practices for atvetal weeks. Likewise the jazz orchestra which is to be a feature of the Slab this year, has been practicing daily under the leadership’ of Paul PerJjrj leader of the orchestra. Thor*- who have M., fortunate enough to win places, on the College ~ ‘ “ Oglethorpe, [FAMOUS MEN HEARD iN OLD CHAPEL HALL Mercer orchestra are: Paul Pi leader, pianist and r ilup, Jr. Dalton, flute; lisle, Macon violin; W vertoii, Vewnao, violin migh, Macon, banjos; Palmetto,, cornet; J. S; con, trombone; Georg.- clarinet anil saxaphone. LG.LTEAM TWO AT Joainb Cru t Crosby Car- /. She! Sc arbor V. Snath, kasou, Ma- Macon impositions for the early members of j an< ] peaceful lassitude- of a campus the now famous Phi Delta Literary afternoon. Dormitory dwellers, like socie y,t e alumni of which includes j tj,eir cliffdwelhng ancestors have many of the most .llUstrous men of : been the . her the state and nation. '..j sides of nature and .pay' -cant at Dtn^ ong. drii,’ tention to the Qumul, Phi Deltas. Did you know that the fifteenth! day of last August, 86 years ago. the ‘ old renowned hell of Mercer Univer- I sity, now taken from the belfry, ! tolled’’ the loyal Phi Deltas Of al-j most a century ago to their first meeting! -*.T" ,,| Three volumes, old, worn and high ly valued—minute hooka of.the Phi Delta Literary society now carefully preserved in Dr. Wauvwr’g dearly justify the above rniatfoh. Ciceronians! Did you kno* that the first chal lenge of the Cicerone&ns was accept ed by the Phi Deltas on the thiify- first of October 1834) The'societies met for this debate on the tenth of April. Rev. B, M. Sanders . being president of the Phi Delta society and Rev. J. T. Hillyer being presi dent of the Ciceronian society. “After a lengthy debate it' was decided in favor of neither.” This was the decision reached by the judges, the '“Ciceronians having . the affirmative side of the question and toe Phi Deltas having the negative side. , / ; Prior to the founding of, the Phi , ‘ rs Delta and Ciceronian Literary soci etiea, there was only one-society at Mercer University, it being known as Franklin society. It was largely through this society that the Phi Delta society obtained its by-laws and constitution, having revised and amended them to a certain extent. In organizing the Pin Delta society, the first president to he elected was I)r. E. H. Macon. • ' A review of the history of the Phi. Delta Literary soc iety in its growth is found to be c< ostant from ' the very! first. It w<-uld be' extremely interesting as wel as astounding to mow just how many preachers, teachers, lawyers, doctors, farmers, udges congressmen and followers of ither occupations that have received n a large measure from -the Phi Delta society their early start in the making of a successful life.. Among these may be mentioned' the names of Dr. E. H. Mari n, Governor Tom Hardwick, Senatoi Tom Watson, Dr. M. A. Clark. The librarian w is another, impor tant officer of’the society. The col lege having no binary at this time, it Was his duty to look after the books of the society. This office was. done away u ith later as the books were turned over to the col lege, library. A different-name was given to the officer whose duty was to superintend the hall and keep it- in decent order. This officer was known as the claVigor at that time. Do you chew tobacco? ? - On the, sixth of May; THUG, it was . resolved that gentemeu chewing to bacco would be required tq purchase , their own “spit boxes’* or pay a fij*’’ft he-.-clash b( . t of 25 . cents each time they spit 'on | r ,,| ,| l(1 Likewise I with' the dwellers who inhabit the other nearby places of abode. But such, is net the case of casual pas sers. uniess they have passed this way before at some time in the 'if-1 ternoon. Newcomers are apt to be roused .from peaceful dreams by wild unearthly .yells coming from the regions of the gym. The occasion of a certain mem orable struggle ""prff~rn itself on mfW this writing machine Locust Grove—The ! ball. team returned tr Tuesday night with t its credit, having playe esting games with schools. The first with the Ur for. Boys Monday aft disastrous for the Lo< The U. S. B. proved ters of the art and floor a score of 45 to 22. The second game 1 nier University, Monday oust .Grove-won -by a’ 15. Fulton High sc bo gamely for the third afemoon but fate bald for Locust Grove, after playing off torn 1 score was 20 to 21 in tavj Grove, Those representing in the Atlanta series Harvey, Griffin, and Fitzgerald. The next game wi> I I. basket .Atlanta-, Dries to inter prep ' School proved boys, mas G. I by Tnaeday final Awtrey (.'ontinued on Page 4 game. Some weeks before it took place the Ministerial Association volleyball team challenged a team which was fo he picked from the student bqdy. The matter was re ferred to tne Ku. Klux Klan for settlement and. the game was set- for the afternoon of the annual So ciety Day. All of the girls from Bessie Tift and Wesleyan were on hand to add to the attractiveness of the occasion. Five, minutes before the game .the team had a- practice to get limbered Up a hit The ministers were some what boastful but had a determined look on their faces. The other play- howed a' spirit of braggadocio and confidence played over .the c-quntenances. The crowd waited nervously for the game to begin. The whistle blew and the game began...lumping into the fight at the! start the student’s team. swept the preachers off.their feet and the first ten minutes of play showed a score of 1 to. 0 in their favor. Fori several minutes the hattl^- waxed j fierce and hot with the score at -a standstill. Suddenly, from the vicini ty of the 1 redheaded veteran Welch, (noted for his love of poodle dogs 1 there arose a wild, unearthly yell be sides which a Conanche warw.hoop pales into insignificance. This proved to -be the turning point- in favor of j the preochers. Encouraged by the braying of Red Marshall and the . Simiidian-yVlIs of, Gower Latimer they rushed to the at tack with renewed Spirit- Clouds of | dust rose from the scene of action! and clogged -the. veins of the strug r git*. But-through it all the spectators' could see point after point pile up on the preacher's side of the score Certain defeat stared the student’s' team in .tile face fur the score stood i Ifi to .7 against them. - Yielding to the pleas from the] fair, ones.-of Bessie Tift they took heart and stopped .the scoring on | the preachers. On a vicious- return by Newsom, who was playing for the students. Lung Boy Cook made Mich a desperate effort to keep the brdl from touching tin- ground he, lost hid balance; As his. cranium de scended from the heights above Red Welch’s head girt in its path. The shock was as great as the one after den the irresistible immovable V>.i\. Con- '■ sequent 1\ both, rio-ti were hauled off: the field more dead than a,live Ivey.l caMaway taariri and the game began several minutes with no scoring, the students team substi ted Cat Smiley for Jenkins. Just here the preachers scored three more points The strain of continued struggle showed in the faces of the preacher boys. Yells from the Bessie Tift girls -and thoughts . of the supper hour spurred the students on. No more points were marked up against them and the preachers gave out and went to pieces. Though the stu dents team was breathing hard they rapidly advanced the score point by poinl 'until the score stood 21 to 19 in their favor. Thus ended the hard est fought game ever seen on the campus. Though disappointed at the fesylt, the preachers and their sup porters left grinning shamefacedly. Newsom, who starred against the preachers, staggered-toward his room at' the “Y.” A woman and her little girl were passing and the little girl looked at Newsom and said, "Ma i there’s the ip*n who preached at I our church last Sunday. Looks like somebody's been beating him up.” By A. B. Cochran What if the old walls of Chapel could speak! Doubtless there are few chapels in which more noted speakers have addressed students than within the walls of Mercer Chapel since the year 1890. Take for example the President of the United States today. His name stands foremost in the long list of speakers that have made addresses in this building. Among this list may also be added the' noted presi dents of Mercer University who have so nobly given over their ser vices to the successful development of a Greater Mercer. Mercer. Chapel was erected at the time when Dr' G. A. Nunally was president of the university. It was also during tfee years when Dr. W. L. Kilpatrick was- president of the Board of Trustees, when Dr. G. R. McCall was treasurer, and when C. B. Willingham was acting as chair man of the Building Committee. President Faunce, of Brown Uni versity, was a noted speaker at chap el on one .occasion. C. E. Dixon brother of the: noted Thomas Dix on, Dr. McLaughlin, John B. Straton, Dr. Mullins, Dr. M. L. Brittian, Dr. Shailer, Matthews, Hon. W. D. Up shaw, Hon. I. Kelley, Hon. Thomas W. Hardwick, Hon. Thomas Watson, and others. Some of the greatest Evangelistic preachers ef the country haye de livered inspiring and helpful talks to the students in the boilding and no. doubt have been the means, to a great extent, of helping: mi students cntch a vision of Gad. These are such men as Dr. R. A. Torrey, Dr. W. L. Potent, Dr. J. B. Gambrel] at one time president of Mercer, Dr. Evans, Dr. M. Ashby Jones, Dr. Russel Owens, pastor of churcfo of onw the chapel hour. Among these are ROUND TABLE HAS ANNUAL BANQUET AT HOTEL LANIER The Round Table of Mercer Univer sity held its aamriil banquet in the dining hall a/the Lanier Hotel Mon day evening/at8 o’clock. The club which is^Omposed of fifteen of the ng students of the campus, Will welcome three new members, in to the-organization at the dinner. They are W, F. Holland, J. P. Rabun and F. M. Hawes. Five visitors will be the guest of ihe Round Table, several of them be ing scheduled for talks. Chancellor R. W. Weaver, Dr W, F. QuiUian, presi dent of the Wesleyan College; Alfred R. Willingham of the Meircer toard f. trustees; T. J. Kimmona of the Macon News and C. E. Baker of the Macon Telegraph. The members of the club ar.>: R. D. Hodges, J. M. Terisi, R. C. 8ncw, J. M. «(oodal, G, B Carter, R L. Carter, 1. H. Johnson, T. H:. Rentz, A. H 9. Wea- ver and F. S, Hanson. COLLEGES AREl (NOW PLANNING BIGPROGRAMS MERCER GRADUATE RECALLSffiSTORY onrn. war student doubts dc- PROVZD CHARITY. By C. C. ANDERSON Graduate of Mercer University Dur ing Civil W*r. . The world is six thousand yean old, according to Jewiah chronology, la mankind any more humane, just and less avaricious now than it was when Joabua led the armies of Israel against the city of Ai? Ware Ger many’s methods of warfare in bom barding Paris and London and burn ing Lorraine more civilised thaw those of Joshua when he captured Ai? - Was it David that hacked his ene mies with knives and sawed them with saws, and ^vas it Nabuchadnttxer that captured Jerusalem and put out King Hesetiah’s eyas? Was this less hu mane than William H. was when he permtttpd the burning of and NEW FEATURE FOR MERCER CLUSTER A feature which is planned for the Mercer Cluster will be a riev of articles to appear weekly in the college publication which Hon. Warren Grice has consented to write about prominent Mercer alumni residing in Georgia and other States of the Union. .Mercer graduates hold inumer- atJe poistions of prestige and honor in the public affairs of the State and Nation today. Gov- cnior-elect Thomas W. Hardwick, Senator-elect Thomas E. Watson, Congressman William D. Upshaw, Judge Walter F. George of the State' Court of Appeals, Dr. John Roach Straton, Prof. W. H.. Kil- .Patrick.of Columbia University, and many other outstanding men of today are members of the rap idly increasing alumni of the Bap tist institution. It is said of the prominent men . in the Statg. “If a list of the State’s truly great men^ were 'made and from this list Mercer alumni should be stricken, the number would be reduced by half.” W. T. Anderson, George H. Long, J. T. Boifeuilet, ejsse B. Hart and a number of others. Debates and orations have - been held several times each year in this chapel and it is from there that many of the greatest of the greatest ora tors- and statesmen have received their early training as students of the university largely through the literary societies. Not only debate* between Mercer students alone but also intercollegiate debates. The room in the rear of the chapel was for many years used as the uni versity library before the present library was built. The balcony used to store 'books in is still in the room One beautiful morning in 1908 wheii the faculty opened the doors of the chapel several fine milk cows greeted them at the door. One of the students living on the campus paid his way through college by selling milk and butter and it . wa» these cows that lay around on the campus every night only for the students to Rtumble; over. As a last resort to do away with the cows, the students de cided to put them in the- chapel which proved successful as the cows were soon sold. - It was a few year* later , in. 1918 that the faculty were again greeted by another sight upon entering this chapel. This was a -‘Super” Saxon owned -by one of the teachers. One section of seats on the right- «ide of the middle isle were taken up and moved far enough to- run the car down to the chapel stage. It was then lifted up on the jjjage where it stood until the next morning. Students day in chapel on Friday mornings consists of many and varied topics of discussion and in terest. In fact this is about the only time that a full representation of the student body is present. Y-elJs and songs fill the, chapel oil this morn ning when a game is' to be played any time during the week-end. These yells are also heard when young lady visitors of any of the colleges are present. - On-cthese walls at present can be seen pictures of the- great teachers, ■presidents, and other great =men con nected with the college at some time during their life. The entire reclamation system ol the United States has cost but $123, 178.778.77. bfhufing - Did Hainan treat the people of the Palatimate any more brutally in the devastation of -their country than Sherman did in hia unopposed march and devastation of Georgia? Is civi lizxed man leas cruel today than he was six thousand years ago?. Is the world growing better worse? Does.civilization develop the good and eliminate bad in us? Are we less avaricious now than the Jews were when they overran and ap propriated the goods, chattels and lands of the people of Palestine 1 - How about the-Turks in the fif teenth century? Were they less bar barous, less cruel, less grasping, than the Babylonian and Assyrian kings? Were Russia, Austria and Germany less greedy in the destruction -of Po land and the Ukraine, than Turkey was in the Balkans? Was civilized France 'more gentle in her treatment of all Europe in the time of the great Napoleon than the Germans, Austrians, and Russians were in the robbery of*Poland? Was Germany less brutal than France when she robbed Denmark,' defraud ed Austria and plundered France in 1-871? Has Germany been civiliied, Christian, kindly, merciful in spirit just to her neighbors in all the .years from 1871. to 1914? Has she been honest, sincere, frank, , open- in her designs upon her neighbors rn the last fifty year*? Have her designs for the advancement of civilization religion and human progress been i ighteous and just, benevolent and disinterested since she began building her fleets,, strengthening and proving her armies? - Did Italy show a better spirit than Germany when she plundered Turkey iq 1912? Did she show less avarice and greediness in the Vtrsaillea con- ■ference when the disposition of Fiume Dalmatia and Albania came up for decision? Did not France want all the left bank of the Rhine? No one can blame France for this. It is essential to her safety; she ought to have it., in spite of the prin ciple of self determination, .as- aet forth by President Wilson. The United States did not allow the South the right of seinietermination. She de nied* it to the Philippines, and did not scruple to rob Spain of it * n d salved her conscience by giving Spain $20,000,000 for what she did Plans for big commencement - program, according to. reports from all the schools and colleges of Mercer System, have already begun and in many instances some of the most prominent men of the state dnd nation have agreed to addreup the students. George W. Truitt, agt John Roach Straton are already on the Mercer program and it is under stood that sons of the great states men, graduates of Mercer,. will bs selected for the alumni exercise*. •-—■■! Information coming from the greatest church historian, Dr. Al bert Henry Newman, of Waco, Texas is to the effect that this year is the' fiftieth anniversary of hia gradua tion and that he will be more pleased to get in touch with other members of his class, men now prominent ini the state and nation, so that, a full representation can be secured The letter to Dr. Weaver. foUowur “608 Dutton Street, “Waco, Taxaa. “My Dear President Weaver; “It ocurs to me that next June - will be the 50th anniversary ef my graduation from Mereer Uni versity. If there were a chance of having a reunion of the sur viving members of the elan at 1871 I should feel inclined to make an effort to be ,present. I do not know bow many are left You would probably have fuller information than I probably pss- ass. Those, that I think of who would bo living so far « I * know are William T. Branfiy, . of BaRtmsee (lawyer and cate* pOer of tew.boohn Calvin Omf at Madison, Go., (lawyer) Karr B. Tapper (preacher and lee* turer Philadelphia) Jonas Key, engineer, W. W. Landrum was- u member of the eteaa but teak * . his teat year at Broom. Mr 15 : r - . *-1: ' * ■ graduate«rbefoT* me. But I ~ am sure that the following have gone hence, Garrison, Furaanr 5 gone hence, Garison, Furaam, Brantly. 1 think I have heard of the death of Norton and Den ham, but am not sure. “Sincerely your “A. H. Newman” The following information about Dr. Newman is contained in “Who’s who in America." Albert Heavy Newman Albert Henry Newman, theolo gian, b%rn in Edgefield Co. S. C. Aug. 25, 1852, A. B. graduate Mer cer Uuniversity, Macon, Ga. 1871; graduate of Rochester Theological Seminary 1875; graduate student He brew, Aramaic, Arabic, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary 1876*' 76; LL D. Southwestern Baptist University 1883, McMaster Univer sity, Toronto, 1914; D. D. Mercer University 1885; married Mary Au gusta. Ware, of Seale, Ala., July 16, 1873; father of Horation Hackett Newman. Acting professor 1870-80, Petting - ill prof, of church history 1880-1, Rochester Theological Seminary prof, church history. McMaster University Toronto, Ont., 1881 1901, Baylor Uni versity 1901-8;. prof, of ehurch his- * tory and dean, Southwestern Bap tist Thelogical Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas since 1913. Professorial lec turer church history, University of t Chicago, summer 1906; prof, of church history and comparative re ligion, Vanderbilt University, 1917- 18. Member of American Associa tion. Comenius Gesellschaft, Ger many. Author: The Baptist churches in the United States; History of Ani- Paedobapism to A. D. 1609; Manual of church history; A Century of Bap tist Achievement; Tranalator and editor of Immer’s Hermaneiities of.- the New Testament; Anti-Mani- chean Works of Augustin*,' Nicene and Post Nicene Fathers; Dept, editor of church history of the New Schaff-Herzog Endopedia of Re ligious Knowledge since 1&05. Also other translations and contributions (to clyclopedias and' Baptist publi cation. ~ Kerr Boye# Tapper The record of Kerr Boyce Topper ... born at Washington, Ga. Feb 2, 1 -I Continued on Page 4 m Continued on Page 4 ty....