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— THE MERCER CLUSTER THE MERCER CLUSTER Published weekly by the students of the fourteen schools and colleges in the Merest University System. George M. 8perks, Managing Editor The Mercer Stef: Lucien W. Hardy... Editor-in-chief James M. Teresi.. .Associate Editor Bobt M. Gamble, Randolph L. Car ter, Ernest C. Hulsey, Peter Zack Greer. U Subscription rates, one year—fl.00 Advertising rates on request. THE TEAM If Mercer wins no other game this " Mon in basketball she would still ft!* a successful year. With the be- gfaaing of the season the team show ed ’great possibilities and they have not disappointed the hopes of the school. Only in one game Mve they failed to play up to form and the they were probably against the team in the S. I. A. A. Having their credit already as many victor ies as Mercer teams ordinarily win they are still going strong, with big balance to their credit financial A few days ago the faculty gave permission to let the team play the tournament in Atlanta. With the present outlook Mercer should be very near the top in the contest, if indeed the team does not upset the dope again and take the -champion ship. Hie games which have been won or lost during the season will count nothing toward the champion ship and the team winning there will be the champions. Against ev cry team which Mercer has faced with the one exception, she has shown superior ability in every phase of the game and the one ex ception came at a time when they were not playing their best, with their present stride they are going to give all contestants in the Atlan ta tournament a hard fight before they are nosed put. L. W. H. ■■* i Kg. ;■ • I STUDENT GOVERNMENT On the subject of student govern- ■seat which is to come up at the chapel, period next Friday, every man should give very careful thought of deUberstion and the of confidence which is put into the move will largely determine its success. The talk las^ Monday at ehapel pf Senator* Webb of Tenne ssee did much to clarify the sub-' jest. We believe, with the majority cf stsisnls supporting it, that *tu-' dent government is possible. Under too present system there has been tome friction and we believe that this could be eliminated by the stu dents taking tilings into their own heads. However if the majority do not btlieve in it and do not mean ' to abide by it then it ahoold be voted ont. It finally eomes down to thia, whither or not the students want it If they begin with tlu feel ing that something was slipped over them it eaa never be a success. On the other hand if were adopted with confidence and given whole heart, ed support, it would likely raise the moral tone of the campus and also eMssiaate some of the friction which we have at present L. W. H. DR ALBERT T. SPALDING Few men live so long or so fruit- ful a life on earth as was the Rev. Dr. Albert T. Spalding. At the age of eighty-nine, almost a generation morn than the Psalmist’s slloted Span ' he has finished his human task and gone the way. of good workmen all. It waa some seventy yean ago, the War between the States then still a decade to the future, tost he gradu ated from Mercer University. It was sixty years ago that he entered »the Baptist ministry. It eras s half a cen tury ago that he assumed his first Atlanta pastorate. But more to be admired, a thousandfold more, than his length of days were their richness and depth of meaning to the times ha served sad the lives he enobled. Timas of change and stress and peril they were, of war that trans formed his country and war that shook the world; of revolution in science and philosophy as well as in matters social and political; times that brought -sore perplexity to his lovod Southland; times that inten-" aaly challenged every man who thought and felt Through men all this good Georgian, this generous thinker and soldier -of good-will, stood true to his vision, staunch in Ids battle. Whensoever his ministry fell—whether in the placid life of sute-beUnm Augusta and Aiken, South Carolina, or in the dark latter ^ days of the ’Sixties at Mobile or in his busy charge at Louisville, Ken-. tucky, or his leadership of the Bap tists of Texas, or in Ail-tntn, the home uf hi* ripesi labors snd dearest ties--he wrought fer the community's good and left with all whom he touch ed a light, « kindliness, a quickening that were unforgetable. Two lines of and old, oM poet’s making, rare lines Irom rare old Chaucer tell, the story of Dr. Spal ding’s life and sing his shining re quiem— “Christ’s lore, and bis apostle twelve. He taugiite, but first He fol lowed it Himselve.” —Editorial Atlanta Jornal ... JL— —* WHAT DOBS IT MEAN7 By O. -T. Hlnealey „ When a fellow’s nights are sleepiest, When his appetite is gone When his mind is all be-clouded- When th’e world seems deadly wrong. When his eyes are moisture-laden When he goes alone to pine hen his heart throbs are heavy When the sun doth cease to shine O! the question is easy answered For hie mind is such a whirl Though the eun and stars be hidden It was just that little girl. She has' failed to pay attention And that smile became a frown So his fondest hopes have faded And his castles tumbled down. Yesterday his dreams were sweeter Than they hud ever been before But today is life worth livingi Can he travel any more! All alone he sits and murmurs Thinking of the days gone by For to has there, come* s longing That the world cannot supply. My dear fellow will you listen f This mesaage to you I bring When the clouds seem the darkest Instead of pining, smg. This world. is s wide world But wider still the ads For there are fishea still uneosquered And there remaineth one for thee. MERCER’S OLD PAL LEAVESfllS BOYS OLD DOO BLOOM, CAMPUS INSTI TUTION, TOPPLES OVER. 7 ‘Righteousness ahull prevail’’ was the guiding logic of Old Doc Bloom, and at his funeral at the First Baptist church, colored it was no wonder that the chancellor of the biggest system of colleges and schools in tho South with the rest of Macon paid glowing tribute to the name of a faithful ne gro who had for half a century bur dened himself with all the varying troubles of college life. Lving every day with that lasting mis’ry” in his bone* be yet glowed with the utmost satisfaction with every achievement of Mercer Univer sity and comforting word for every encountered trouble, whether the re verse waa on the athletic field pr the more serious failure in academic life for his preamble to every important speech was “righteousness shall pre- vaiL’’ All Mercer men were alike to him. Those who’ had attained high office were as much his personel friend as were those lees fortunate of the coL lege alumni. Several governors, slnmni of Mercer, have entertained Doc Bloom andjiardly a Mercer man ever passed him without receiving the most gracious salutation. Personally “raised” to s doctor of philosophy by Dr. Gambrell the old negro ever tried to live up to his acquired learning and pass the word along. .' Recently when one of the younger members of the faculty carried .him hot coffee for his early morning breakfast be peered through the door way of his little shack at the spires of the main buildihg on the campus, bowed his head for a moment aud lifting it again in utmost reverence cried out: “I dunno what the good Lord keeps this nigger here for un less it is to keep on loving every man dst eber went to Mercer ” EXCHANGE COLUMN. IT'S CATCHING. I stole a kiss from her last i.ight, . She tried <to say me nav,’ Because she had a cold, and new: 1 wish she’s had her way. —Dodger. 1 stole n kiss from her last night. Her pa peeped in the door, The place my pants are torn today. Shows how I left the floor. RATsAOTION ; A chemist of skill, investigate! Answer, this quiz of mine I think 1 know what Carbonate, But where^jid Iodine ! —The Peanut Parcher. FOB GOODNESS BAKE. Listen! Fresh. Carr defines a kiss as “An uudchnable thing, but a glorious feel ing, a compact transaction, a superb taste, an unforgettable event, a little thing involving much.’’ We gueee Carr known—we don’t.—Davfidsonian. THE DOOGONB TRUTH I’ve been a good fellow Earned all I spent; Paid all I borrowed; Lost all I lent, f.onoe loved a woman, That cense to an end; Get a good dog boys, • He’-s always your friend. —Bed and Black: “Did you hear the fright that had et the rentauraat yesterday f” “No, but I saw her.” —Georgia Cracker. LIFE’S TRAGBD1BS. She rent th’ air. With piereing note. She’d found a hair, • Upon hie coat. Her poor hoar bled With grave concern, Th ’ heir was red, And wasn’t beam. —Curtain He—“So there’s another hew baby at your home.” She—‘' Yes, Pape anye the stork left it on the' *ep.” He—“Pape should watch his step.” —Georgia CrtsrkLe HORSES. Mitchell, to a Georgia Pearh: “Dearest, I’m sot trying to deceive you. I’m not twafneed.”’ The Peach: “I know you are sot, for if you were you’d .surely wear the. other occasionally. ’ ’—Davhdboaiaa. Dismal Damsel—“Oh, the tnonotomy of this place! I fear that before the day’* over it will drive me wild! ” Daring DeviI^“Mey I came around this evening!” —Punch Bowl. When Adam first beheld hie wife, And aoftly naught a kiss or two; Profanely Eve made. thie reply: . “I don’t care Adam if yon do.” —Georgia Cracker. Cain seeing.his wife in the land of Nod He boldy kissed her without retreat; She quiekly made thie reply: ‘ ‘ I’ll raise Cain if you don’t’ repeat ’ ’ THE PROMISED WAT. Two negroes were working is a coal bin in a Mississippi town, one down ip the bin throwing the coal and the other wielding n shovel. The one in side picked np a large lump and heav ing it carrlresly into the air, rirnek the other a mounding blow on the heed. ^ Ae soon as the vietim had recovered from hie momentary daze he walked over to the edge of the bia and, peer ing down at hie mate, said: • ‘.’Nigger, how come yon don’t watch where you thrown dat eoalf You done hit me smack os the haid.” The other one looked surprised. “Did I hat you, nigger!” "You sho did,” came the nnwwer, “And I joe’ wants to tell you, I’ee been promising the debit s man i long time, and you certainly doe# re semble my promise. ” . —N. Y. Evening Poet. ‘ SHEFFIELD A. ARNOLD Landscape Architect Laud Subdivisions City Parks Institution Grounds Private Estates 60 Bromfield St. Boston, MORGAN A MORGAN INSURANCE COMPANY 609 Georgia Casualty Bldg. PHONE 4147 MACON, GA. INSURANCE Liability Automobile Fire Life Hooltb Accident LhreStock “Insurance that insures plus service that serves,” ’ Insure with us and get both. BESSIE TIFT Miss Jennie B. Wilson, Dean of women at Sargent School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and director of -Sar gent Camp at Pilietoid, N. H.-visited Bessie Tift College last week. One morning the girls had the privilege uf hearing her tell of the work of the Sargent Campl Wnife she was delightfully entertained by some of the members of the faculty and stu dents. Miss Cabaniss, librarian, en tertained in honor of M.iss Wilson. Friday afternoon Mrs Holder and her Harmony Clasa received her in Up shaw parlors. Friday evening Mrs. O. P. Ensign entertained her at din- •ner. Saturday evening the Kappa DeU ta Society presented an unusually clever play, “The Burglar.” It was directed by Rosamond Radford. Those taking part were, Eulalee Cheek, Louise Wells, Marguerite. Moncrief; Myrtle Bargeron and Cleo Lee. Miss .Aileen Croswell had her parents as her guest on Sunday. Misses Nadine Callaway and Ruth Willis spent the week-end in Macon. CALL ACCEPTED BY STUDENT Rev. H. D. Cober, for the past four years a student of theology at Mercer, has accepted a call to the Norwich street Baptist church at Brunswick. Mr. Cober will leave immediately to take his new charge, but his family will not leave until June. Mr.-and Mrs. Gober have a son In high school. Rev. Mr. Gober -has been- in the school, of Christianity at Mercer for the past four years and has been ac tive in that department of the .Uni versity. He has filled at intervals the pastorates of various churches of Cen tra.! Georgia. He is from Commerce. LANIER HOME REMAINS Mercer alumni-, who expressed themselves as being in favor of the proposal made by President Rufus W. Weaver to provide space on the cam pus for the home in _• which Sidney Lanier was born, will regret to learn that the home will not be moved to Mercer. Mrs. Sanders Walker who now lives on Hight street in Macon in the home in which Sidney Lanier was born, has announced that she will not consider the offer made to move the hime from its present locaton. It was understood that Mrs. Walker wished to construct a new residence on the lot and several suggestions were offered, regarding the Lanier home. President Weaver’s plan seem ed the most feasible of all suggest ed and met with the approval of Macon citixens. It was planned to make of the home a Lanier Memorial Library and to locate it on Mercer caiqpuii, where all people might have a shrine at which to pay tribute to Georgia’s best-loved poet. . SPEAKERS TO STUDENTS Hon. Warren Grice of Macon de livered an address to the School of Commerce Tuesday morniifg choosing as his subject, The attractiveness of the Law Profession: The speaker delivered an interest ing and comprehensive discourse up on the question, bringing out the fact that a man who enters the pro- fesson should do so, not with the one purpose of making money, but having as his highest ambition the determination to help bis fellowmen. A number of Macon’s leading busi ness and professional men are sched uled to address the School of Com merce during the year, among whom will be representatives of every large industrial corporation in the city. IOPULAR GAMES— PARTY NOVELTIES— BIRTHDAY AND GREETING CARDS B. M. CULLEN CO. Office Supplies—Stationery 417 Second Street. Macon, Ga. Mail orders solicited. HOTEL LANIER CATERS ESPECIALLY TO , MERCER STUDENTS THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS. WE DO THE COLLEGE WORK OF MACON D. A. WARLICK A SON Pbotofraphert U7 COTTON AVE. 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