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THE MERCER
UNIVERSITYySYSTEM
14 SCHOOLS
AND COLLEGES
VOL. I.
Mercer University, Macon, C-a., February 17, 1921.
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FOR
DAY
!S PROUD OF
YALEMERCER
TRACK MEET
IS PROB ABLY
SAYS HISTORY
IS REPORT OF
DEEDS DOF
MRS. A. P. MONTAGUE AND MISS
FRANCES RUSSELL ON
■COMMITTEE.
MASTERPIECES OF ORGAN LIT- OFFERS TO MEET WITH TECH
ERATURE ARE INTER-
PRETED. ,
AS THIRD TEAM.
EDWIN* S. DAVIS ADDRESSES
Stl|DENTS. AT CHAPEL.
With tlu* appointment of Mrs. A.
Muntaku.- ,« see that the Bessie
Tift Kiris succeed in reaching Mercer
■ _ rafeljr and Mias Frances Russell to
see that -they are proper.y enter.
-.tallied after their arrival the final
plairt for the first annual Society
Day, Match 7, are practically com i
plete. The finishing tout lies are be. ber hefor
; ing added here and there as needed
aiid the first Society Day bids fair
to yet a high standard’ by. which to
measure the-plans for future Socie-
. . ty Days. J. B. Odom is in charge
of thi* arrangements.
. The" better half of.Mercer Univer
srty . is coming from Forsyth ’ io see
how the other half is getting along.
Great joy is. being evinced by the
student body as a whole ovtVi^Kthe
coining of the fair collegians and af.
- ter their arrival there will be an even
greater demonstration of joy when
the individual pairs of better halves
begin to Ijold separate receptions of
their own. - It is doubtful as to which
side will bv the most pleased over
the meetings as the wise little bird
has an idea that --onie of the girls
want to come to Mercer Justus had
, as the boys want to see th'-ni. and
’• there’ll be a hot time on the old
campus that day.
Each Sunday afternoon at 5 o’clock
lever' f organ music gather infor
mally in- the auditorium. The room is
<! irk. snvje for a few 'lights on the
platform .Which illumine the plain but
rich ftont of the organ.
Mr Twaddell describes each num.
t is. played and the pro-
irrnm each week includes numbers
requested by.the students of the col
lege. . ■ .
The program of Sunday, February
6. was as follows: '' --
The Processional—from the Wed-
ling Suite: Dubois,-
The Gothic Suite—entire. Beeth
oven. . ’|
Sonuia in C. Minor—Mendelssohn.
Souvenir—requested. Drdla. - ,
' Reverie—Drippill. -< '.!
The new aud.itorium organ was
bv; It a fid-installed by - the Henry Pil-
•her’s Sons of Louisville, Ky.', •dur
ing' the season, of 1919-20.
Highest Art,’
Th.s instrument is representative
j.,f the highest art of. the modern or
|gr.n builder, The action is. electro-’
[ntuu niitic and the full .complement
I of couplers, combination pistons and
| other .inechanical accessories are
I present.
iiVovij*. that ones failure, or su.c-
essdepended upon the treatment of
1: i.’ GoR-givon t-dent tldw in S. Da-
..i, Mer^r graduate-and secretary
b&ttrd of t ustees of the uni-
thv
That Mercer University is consid
erably climbing in the athletic
i wi'rid -was' evinced during the week
in the receipt of a telegram from
the manager of the Y,a> track team
offering a dual . meet fur the last of
March. A triangular meet- with
'Vi.via Tech as the third team is j-'ha pel hejur d
A-., s OU| ,ht by the Wile officials. I./' years Simply “romping amon
Immediately upon the receipt a f’l he muster w-riterS and covering his-
M u . telegram front Manager George < tory in a fashion that’ kept the
i itii iv. ut e
vis featured
ve/V'ty.. gpve ope of the most inter-
ling and helpful addresses at the
chapel h(Mr during the present col
; I Vi ley. Geo. M. Sparks, faculty man-
: ager of Mercer University athletics;
offered to -take on the big Yale o'r.
',g. egation and also to furnish quar
ters for the Yale team on the Mer
cer campus. Louis Rossign.ol, chair-
'nian of the sport committee of the
Mncnn Chamber of Commerce, and
M. Felton Hatcher,- both a graduate
of Mercer University and. Yale, are
in. coriimunicatipn with the Yale of
ficials In the interest of bringing the
entire team to -Macon.
DOC BLOOM’S HUT
MW EMPTY SHANTY
every student Mr. Da-
Snd localized- his liter.’
ary and hfctoric-characteis in a way
i hat convinced cone usively his every
statement^
[ that history was not an
>f ones - possession but a 1
he deed done, the speak-
nself is a succesful bus.
iness man,-named some of the causes
of failure fes, inexperience, indiffer-
:e, lack of preparation,
too m.uch.
he said is not a stock
we have but a report
IO.CERISM IS
OJD HARVARD
WOODALL, AWARDED
SCHOLARSHIP.
LOYAL MERCER*. SUPPORTER
WAS COMFORT TO STUDENTS.
No Instruction. The space at the rear of the audi-
To make the joy of.ail parties con. '■"Tnivre sage lias been converted into
cerned in the event a- complete -as
possible the faculties of both col
leges have seen'the. wisdom in the
plan of declaring a holiday, for both
the, boys and girls, and this should
-please the .professors as well, for
most Of them can make good use of i
a day off. Holiday usual.y means the J rl « ln flo <’ v Heri ‘ view of th ? * u -
ceraation of aR activitaes and the an- fl,e,,ce ' ** not obtruavvly
of complete root Jfclt thisI th ' ar * mi * * it *'
partteumr holiday vein bt
r.
.Since, old Doc Bloom has gone to
Ins. reward, the little shack on Lin-
dei. iiver.ue. in : which the aged dar-
, key lived, no longer holds the sacred
charm that was on eg. <o dear to Mer
er students. .
The little cabin., a one-room af-
fa.was for many years a haven of
rest for the Mercer boys.' When in
time of treubis or Marine • ported
of homesickness, they
so contracted that the home ad the oM
him of their troubles.
;rn 'am$)le chamber, while still far
ther from the auditors is the blower
ri om -.containing the electric .motor
rotary-fag 18 ' and generator for the
net on current; ‘ ' '
The console is placed, in front and
to the, right of 'the platforhi on the
r __ _ __ _ The organ
tiTn to the rule. " Boys and girbTn'd I* 1 ™" time to time • iditioM wh “ h
- professors will be on the lookout toj"'* 11 ' » ricil ils lon »! resources may be , way. the old man would croon to
see 1 that, everybody has a huge time. ">‘‘dc. as funds become available or'the homesick one, as-a mother sings
‘Again the: w ise little bird says the !donations or memorails may be to a babe.' in' her arms., “Come, now
boys and' girls need no instructions ;R*ven for that purpose. .honey, chile; don t you worry bout
•along thus line and on this subject! The insti-pment was purchased and j dal-no longer. Ain.’ no' need of
would make competent instructors I aid for oilt of the earnings of the worryin’ cause’ do good La*wd is
[.college in pursuance of the, policy. t rwij take care o’, all His chillun.
Jus' go right along wid, voah work
ind .d’e 'Lawd will take-away- yoah
taind 'here will be held a big debate. ; "W. This purchase has made it pos^
-At-tho present writing, the wise lit-U'ble i*r pVeseht to >hc -tudi nts o
tie'bird has been unable to deter- | Bessie Tift College the masterpieces
I of i.riati literature adequately
I The instrument is heard daily, at
chapel and, upon many other occa.
! sions. ••
tho students consider
life’s greatest- success
how a young man had
grocery clerk, had made
later graduating ai
oil owed by much sue
that he had re-
to become the vice
largest banking con-
Vorid. A prominent
wa> also mentioned
ed ’in the mercan-
but was a great sue-.
COACH JOSH CODY
- The first year put as a college
c<!5ch Cody succeeded in training a
team.good enough to defeat a team
repiesenting his. alma-mater and not
satisfied with that invaded his native
state, Tennessee, and played the
three strongest teams. .
DR MONTAGUE TALKS
ON “APPLIED IDEALS”
GIVES RARE TREAT IN SUNDAY
SERMON AT “Y.“
J. Brantley, teacher,
ft story writer.
for the faculties.
. For the elucidatiofi of those who I the administration to improve the
possess an’ argumenUtive turn of | ‘ quipment of the institution in every
mine the subjejet of the debate. The
debaters' who will represent the Cice
ronian society are Bruce Dubb'erly
and Jimmie Teresi. The debaters
from the Phi Delta Society are
T. Evans and L. E. Smith. The se
lection of these men insures a lively
argument and as there is a very keen
spirit of. rivalry between the two
societies the wool is certain to fly
.thick ■and- fast. The debate will take
* place on the .evening of the holiday
unless the’plans are changed:
Blue Ribbon Day.
ahflrction.”
‘With those comforting words, the
old negro would soothe the aching
hearts of the boys. After listening
to his. -.ords of cheer and encourage
ment the hoys would, stroll back to
lomvitorv renewed in spirit and
th
si. the good Samaritan, were used
in his illustrations of first failure
j'who later excelled in success..
“Young men,” concluded Mr. Da-
| vis, "if your genius is trading, enter
I the School of Commerce and'make a
I million dollars honestly; if along the
j ines' of jurisprudence, enter the
I Law School and become a Black-
jitobe. if farming, enter the college
j of arts and science and- become - a
I I.hther Burbank: if convinced that
f the pen is mightier than the sword
| enteh the School of Journalism and
I mould public. opinion;-if you have a
! faculty of imparting knowledge, en-
the Si-hooi of Education and be a
with the determination to do'as j Mark Hopkins, and if’you are called
The. autho'ri.ti-es of the • University
of Michigan have- ordered that the
".I hop„’’ : e 'iraditic.u of fifty years.
be discontinued. Reasons for the so.
tio’r. were that excessive drinking and
smoking in the 'building, during the
hep. i -. mbined with , a tendency - on
the part-of the students to disregard
11 .university laws, at the hops, were
Oratorically speaking the day will. nl ;ikiiig’ the bops of bad reputation
be a blue libbon day, Shpdes of
Demdnsthenes. Cice-ro, Burke and
• Webster will float over the campus
in amazement and wonder at the out
burst of modem eloquence which
will be e r xtant at that time. Tin-
subjects of the orators have not
announced. The orators who w
selected to represent. the Ciceron
ian-Society a e J. B.. Odom and R-
D.. Rodges,- while A. E. Logan and
P, E. Mucra.v will uphold the laurels
of the Phi Delta Society. The abil
ities of these men are . well known
and good addresses will be. in order.
Immediate.}' after the debate and
the orations there Aill be an .infor
mal reception given in behalf .of the
•speakers and the visitors. Mercer
receptions, and banquets have be
come a byword in these -parts and
the Society Day reception will be of
-the usual elaborate type./
Both societies have—'iiad invita-
'tions p#ktud and any member bf
the University, is ‘privileged to mail
• out some of thenr. By a decisiinftivf
-the .two societis and the, faculty S..
ciety Day will be’ an annual. event
- in .the future.
The statement declar<-<! that there
would not be another hop until the
authorities had satisfy iig evidence
of reform on the..part of the stu
dents.. .!-
America pilidCU-es
if worlds output in.
/Id man said atid. trust their efforts
."would be rewarded.. -A ' '
Deserted now. the. little onihtoom
[cabin.in. the small yard which for
i many, many years was the. home of
the old negro who is. said to ’have
been mdst loyal of all loyal attaches
connected with Mercer' in the.-entire
history of the institution. ...
Although the aged darkey will no
longer journey homeward in- the i
a veiling fo the /imagre comforts of
ibis little home, M&rver students who!
i pa" jhe cabin oti their way to -the '
, university, will always think of it as I
[the home of Mercer’s most loyal em-J
j ployee and the memories of the good j
} works done by the old negro will
i doubtless be. an inspiration "to ‘ the j;
to preach enter the Schobt of Chris
tianity and like Paul, lead all others.
- “For failure in one undertaking
may serve as a stepping stone to suc
cess in another, whether in the lime
"i.-ht or in humble paths—God grant
you the victory.- . •
“Speak history, who are'life’s vic
tors?” ■ . >-
. "Unroll thy long annals and say—
"Are they those whom the world
called the victors, ’ who won
- the success of a day?
“The martyr, or Nero? The Spar
tan who fell, at Thermophy.
lae’s tryst, ' ’•
“Or the Persians and. Xerxes? His
Judges, or Socrates?
“Pilate or Christ?”
"Your young men shall see visions
and your old men shall dream
dreams.” This text.(Acts 2:17) was
the basis of Dr. Montague’ Sermon
.1 the college “Y” last SunSay. The
subject of his sermon was “Applied
Ideals'” Those who enjoyed the rare
privilege of hearing the. subject dis
cussed by a master mind were told
that the rarest way t« attain me.
t& draw viaiena of high
into practice, and
to live accordingly. The three ideal*
which will produce the greatest ben
efits are (!) a high ideal-of cour
age;, (2) a high ideal of kindliness;
a high ideal of loyalty.
Dr. Montague said the ideals of
courage should be so high as to en
able a person to resist all tempta
tions !and to .act -on’ -honest "convic,,
tions Itr spite of adverse opinions
and unjust criticisms! Such an ideal
it was which made the European bat-
ourid the priceless field of free-
■'.'laties S. Woodall, who won the
1 ; ’. ck medal for science a year agq
V M. rcc - Univeisity, has been
t-'.v-aided . the George Haven schol.
rrMp for -the Harvard Medical
’ 'i-U - a? n result of his scholastic
:icon? for the first half of the year,
it was announced last Might in
r c front Cambridge, Mass., to
7 ' '-ra.nh
The George Haven scholarships
■' ore founded in 1915 from a bequest
.!c:- ihe Will of George Haven. The
income is used annually for scholar-
rs awarded to the first-year men
ti the Harvard Medical school.
Air. Woodall is a son of Mr. and
Mrs; C. Y. Woodall of Lawton ave
nue. For three years he was in the
government service as superintend,
ent of schools in the Philippine Is
lands. When this country entered
the' world war he tried to enlist in
the. army, but was' rejected, but he
was accepted in the navy and served
a year and a half in that arm of the
service.
After his discharge from the navy
he attended Mercer University, where
he received the M. A. degree, having
previously obtained the B. A. degree.
He taught summer school at Mercer
last summer and then decided to go
to Haivard for the study of medicine
where he apparently is making good,
for the medal i» an award of merit.
ADVERTISING
ADDRESS MADE
CLUB
FORCE OF PUBLICITY COMPAR.
ED TO ELECTRICITY,
t'cVro
dorii.
We annually ootisume
hundred billion < uhu fo-
"gas. works and coke o
country. --.
Itr.uuilil
L Of. nut
Even f fire truck .in Shanghai' liar
a wireless telephone outfit to com
municate with the station 4p -which
it is afta'ehed
DID YOU KN W—
' That one.-of
world was rot,
-fvssoi-s. Dr. W
he first physical tests .confirming that the
J was made at Mercer bv one of its pro
fit.'
Dll> YOU KN
0,1
W-
Tfaat the
is.a NIeicc
Jouinal.
or of the largest newspaper in Georgia
duafe. Will- Uble Jones, of the Atlanta
DID YOU KN- W—
*That the hig
gia is a Men j
tl. or of “Sons.
■st paid author for-a single story in Geor.
graduati-; Harry. StilwelT Edwards, au-
nd Fathers.”
DID YOU KN<-W—
Thai the he:
(.'olum hi a Unh
uate and form.
l of the department of philosophy of
• rsity.' New York City, is a Mercer grad.
. professor. Dr. W. H. Kilpatrick.
DID YOU KNOW-
‘ That 1 Mereci
gr-oluation to :
University gave' the first certificate of
blind student, R-. I.. Barksdale.
)D YOU KNOW
M
I That
,h ul na)
University
- required ,
only, university having,
for graduation.
IKE CHIEF CLERK
BREAKS ENCLOSURE
1 Chief clerk or private secretary
j or some other official title has been
'adopted by Ike Cowart who'is now
i the representative of the pretty lvt-
i tie nurse who. vaccinated the boys
I a few days ago. It is reported that
i Ike was vaccinated no less than five
J times. Twice-in each arm and once
for something else was badly wrong
with his.heart. At the present writ-
ling it could not-be learned whether
j Ike’s heart was vaccinated, lacerated,
J lassoed, stolen, swipped, or lost. At.
| any rate Ike has been" sadly stricken
! in some way and he says that all the
quarantines in the world can not
I keep him out of town Saturday night
Mens
p.-ate
:'r boys to carry out the oft-re-
d admonition of the old man
go- to college', not merely for the
uke of saying that they had been
hut-for the purpose of learning much
that they might be of service to all
humanity.
Kindliness and courtesy he" also
stated applied to daily life will yield
fabulous returns. A porton of the
milk , of human kindness should be
poured into the cups of friends in
stead ,of remaining in the selfish
heart to become spoiled. Kindness
should he .extended to all who come
within the tadius oi our every activ
ity and should, he shown in the pres
ent lit'- so it will be of some bene
fit. .Vo service is too exacting if the
deed* wi.l bring happiness to some
suffering person.- The loving kind-,
lies* of mother and father has no
equal'-on earth arid a realization of
its value should he shown before it
is trro late. -
• -.I.oyalty to self, . loyalty to
fri- nds. and loyalty to God,” ’he Con
tinued, "will bring out- the other
two ideals' which are of prime im
portance. * This triple, loyalty re
quires purity of thought, of words,
and of deeds. It is well expressed
in Tennyson’s ‘Crossing the Bar.”’
' .‘ We. should cherish these ideals
above all earthly possesions,” con
cluded Dr. Montague, “and so strive
to- .live according, to them that in
the last 1 day all shall hear the Master
say. ‘'Well done' good and faithful
servant.’ ” • '
MERCER NEWSPAPER
MAN DIES IN WEST
FORMERLY WORKED AT MACON
NEWS AS EDITOR.
wr
newspeper
Denver, Colorado, hospital
an operation last Wednesday for
stomach trouble. Funeral arrange
ments- are being held up pending the
arrival at Denver of Mrs. Mangum,
his wife. a who left here for his bed
side Friday night.
. News of the death came yesterday
morning to L. J. Kilbum from J. B.
Melton, former Macon theatre own
er, now in business in Denver. Mr.
Mangum was connected with the law
firm of Toombs and Taylor of Clay
ton. Mexico, and was in Denver on
business at the.time he was taken
il. and had to undergo an operation.
Mangum was city editor and
editorial writer of the Macon
News for> some time, and waa
e:litor of the sporting page of that
pape - "before that, having been con
nected with the newspaper while in
ihe law department of M er cer Uni
versity. He was also sonnected with
Che Telegraph for a time. His news
paper work was in Augusta, Mitfen,
Swainsboro and' Americus. He was
proprietor of the Swainsboro Forest-
Blade for a time and was later bns-
iness manager and editor of/^the
Anuvic’us Tiroes-Recorder.
Two years ago the deceaaed left
for South America. His wife was
Miss Ruth Chambers, daugh*-r of
Mr. -and Mrs. Oscar Chambers of
Macon. He is survived also by one
aUgi-t, 1 ' Frances, his reothe* a d
sister of Augusta, and one brother,
Lieut. Walter Mangum of the United
btates Navy.
Asserting that attention, interest,
desire, conviction and action wen
tiie effects most sought of the bny«r
Geo. M. Sparks, experienced news
paper man, addressed the University
Quill Club lest week on the subject
f advertising.
.“For before a men will bay any.
thine.” said Mr. Sparta, “he-J
be attracted to it, his interest
desire aroused; he must be convinced
that the purchase is expedient, and
e must be stimulated to met in the
direction of getting it”
He declared that advertising hie
been associated with the selling of
goods for more than two i iinlaiira
but that the progress daring the
twentieth century has been so rapid
people have accused this branch of
marketing of being near and expert <
mental, and to overlook the part
it played in the earlier growth -of I
business—some sort of public aiga
has been used for thousands ‘of years.
Fobs- Compared.
“The force of publicity," he raid,
“some have compared to the focce of
electricity, in itself undoftnod, hot
usejKf^r definite industrial
It is true that, even in its i
the force of publicity ia
finitely controlled as .the
force; nevertheless, in this extent ef
possible scientific development, now
applications, and undiaeeve
ciencies of use, there is an
larity between the force of ]
in its indnctrial application and tho \
use of electricity in MS earlier i
of development
“The tendency of the ndnd ia gen
eral is to credit Am printed ward
fan meooare of
MERCER JOURNALIST
MAKES QUICK EXIT
LOCUST GROVE IS
SADDENED BY DEATH
MIXED UP WITH SPARKS'
CIRCUS TRAINING.
The death 'of- Mother -Gray of Lo
cust Grove was announced last Mdn
day. at chapei. . She wa'-- over ninety
years "of age and.was the mother of
President of Locust
Clam! Gray
Grove.’ . . '■
Mother Gray was known and lov. J
ed’ by' everv man. who had attended
1 .iii’ust Grove. A meeting, of the
Locust Grove ilub was " immediately t
called and resolutons of sympathy
wore sent to the family. A commit- i
tee was appointed consisting of L. |
E. Smith and W. M. Kelly, . to send |
a copy of the. resolutions and also to armm.l obediently hut showing as little
By J. P. Parham
One. two, three, four; then the sharp
i rack of a whip. This is what the kids
" no. hang around Central City Park
li -ar. But what is it all about .'
• A Mercer Journalist got a glimpse of
the 'building where all of this counting
and whip cracking was going on. Yes,
if was the elephant trainer of Spark’-f
circus which is wintering in Macon who
was making all.the noise, while Topsie,
the largest of the elephants, and two
more nearly as large were marching
send a wreath' of flpwers.
Dr. B. D. Ragsdale of Mercer,
preached the, funeral which was held
Locust Grove.
interest as a ten year old bov shows
in the gymnastic training given him
hv his teacher.=
But soon Topsie and her two torn-
.or print
truthfully. This is logical, of conns,
because the written or printed word'
has s definite .meaning; this massing
is hot altered or influenced bgr in
flections and intonations. It. is a
permanent record and cad ha
brought qp to confront the man who
wrote it %t any. time.” ;
Sailing ia balk. V
Mr. Sparta showed hew advertis
ing is the balk method of selling and
is directed to large groupe of the
public,—^attempts to turn them in
the direction of the advertiser and
his product, and ib used either to
supplant the personal sailing fore#
or to supplement and net upon it.
He also showed that advertising IB
used as an econoaue factor in the
distribution because its influence is
wielded through inch more extend
ed a circle than the actual marketing
and distributing organisation.
In his discussion of trademarks,
Mr. Sparks showed the psychology of
pictures such as Old Dutch Cleanser,
Scott’s Emulsion and Gold Dost; the
wording in Keen Kotter, Pneada
and Sapolio; geometrical farms as
stars, triangles, crass and circle; dis
connected groupe of letters and syl
lables as “B. V. D.” He ateo raid
that in selecting trade-name require
ments most sought was that it he
easy to pronounce, reasonably abort,
a pleasant suggestion, and that it be
apt and appropriate to the utiele
advertised. ' ,
paniona were through with tbeir
ing’s work aid were' allowed to link
themselves together and march back to
their platform in -the animal room.
There were three more elephants
there awaiting their torn. The trainer
gave the command and these three
smaller elephants promptly dropped on
their knees in order that the hay eould
be swept from their backs. The sweep
ing was done ia somewhat the same
manner that a barber brashes the bits
of clipped hair from the head of bin
Victim.
Just then, when the menagerie seemed
alt astir, the reporter turned to see that
he h">d been leaning against the weak
wire front of a large box and that on
the inside of the box was the Spark's
famous twenty-two foot bos-constrictor.
Whnt happened in the animal room
after that the reporter doesn’t
ber. , . 'is-
Our supply of lignite coal amount
to about 20,000 tons per capita.