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THE MERCER CLUSTER
I THE T.IERCER CLUSTER
Published weekly by the students
ef the fourteen schoola&and colleges
iu the Mercer UniversitXSystem.
George M. Sparks, Managing Editor
The Mercer Staff*
Lueien W. Hardy, Editor-in-chief.
Aaaeeiate Editors: James M. Teresi,
Robert M. Gamble, Rudolph L. Car-
tea, Ernest C. Hulsey, Peter Zack
Clear, William K. Wynne, Roy M.
Fitts, Atwood B. Cochran.
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COLLEGE MAN.
of a man’s activities
_ fte campus marks his breadth
whaa he leaves college and his depth
M measured by his application. Ap-
nor famous -grading test we
6 a few men leaving col-
bo th breadth and depth;
a large number with one or the
other or parts of both; and a few
*** neither. With this a 9 a pre.
, what could we say a well
college man should get?
and foremost college is a
to study. The great characters
of history show almost without ex
ception that each was a hard stu
dent in his early life and that the
■0 followed, him throughout life,
learn each course and fit it into
thonght out plan for life
be the purpose of each stu
But to go through college
aad get only the knowledge gained
hm text books would be to start
la life warped. No real develop
ment in leadership can come to the
who is-a grind. However,
same concentration and sys-
study a student- can never
far in scholarship.
Thm watid is looking for the man
with the trained mind who cab be
a trader in the community. Every
gmn should fh" hie college course
he can get into some bf the
that will help equip him to
in therenJ Ufa that ha will
M outside. Ths dose ties
ef friendship ead the chance of lead:
radrip ia the collage nativities should
.. apt he overlooked by sny student.
Imam eeBege well helapeedl
- L. W. H.
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THE DEBATERS.
On Behruary 24,_Howsrd college
' s debating team to Mercer and
our teams go th Mississippi
«e debate on ’the subject;
That the United States
set Am PhOUppine Islands
at the neat raraion ef Con.
nas are as truly rep
el what Mercer stands
•M* as aqy we wU send oat during
tbs entire peer. An intercollegiate
debate ia something new
aad we ehoeld honor the men who
are to. represent Us just as we do
ms. It takes as much
and as Ugh a type of
to win debates as to win
i had the school schonld
■hew their whole hearted apprecia
tion. The speakers for Mississippi
are R. W. Green and W. G. McRae.
■ The oaee who remain here to debate
Howard are H. H. Shirley and C. J.
Broome. Before they leave let us
^ give them seam yells in chapel like
thaathletie teams receive! L. W. H.
EXCHANGE COLUMN.
“A night of cram,
An angry Prof;
A'tough exam.
A busted Soph.”
—Furman -Hornet.
He squeezed her in the dark and
kissed her,
And for a moment bliss was his.
"Excuse me,” said he, “I thought
It was my sister.”
She smiled, and cooed
“It is.”
' - . —Exchange
There is something new under the
sun. ,. , - ■
Cleopatra wore no hat;
Venus wore no congress gaitors;
Ne.o never cussed the phone;
Noah saw no aviators.
Caesar dodged no motor cars;
P_ate-sirw.no melodramas;
S.ipho wore no harem skirt;
_ Adam, -never wore pajamas.
—Brush and Pail. *
Which reminds us that:
David chewed no tobacco;
Alexander was -never vassinated;
Hannibal never shot a pistol;
The Temple was never fumigated.
Eve saw no movies;
Fabius'heard no typewriter click;
lie e.i wore no ankle watch;
Solomon never saw a Ford kick.
: Remarkable.
A Sophmore has discovered a Ro-.
m an .Methuselah. She makes the in
teresting statement that Numa, sec
ond king of Rome, ruled four hun-
derd years, after which he “departed
from Illness.” The nature of his
complaint is not revealed.
Probably fast living!
—Crimson and White.
He told the shy maid of his love;
The color left her cheeks;
But on the shoulder of his coat
It showed for several weeks.
—Scalper.
Union College claims to be
‘too originator of collegiate basket
ball. A tablet in the gymnasium of
tta Ohio school has an inscription
to too offeet that the first game was
. yfoyod there in March, 1892. "The
( Dyaaato,” the student pubication
rays: “We know of no college in the
Halted States which can estabish the
that basketball was played pre
vious to this date.”
Brother, It Is Sad but Trus.
He wrote, the shy maid of his love,
Ope month later she replied like
this;
“If your ‘ease’ is no better soon
Strike a light to- some nitro-giis”
Exams, exams, everywhere,
With quarts and quarts of ink;
But not a Prof, will leave the room
And Tow a man to think.
• Furman Hornet,
Wotta Break, Wotta Break!
Jinks and Jenlcs met for the first
time in years. After falling upon
each other’s necks and chorusing the
usual “Howzzaboys?” Jinks under
took to be polite and conversational.
“And how,” he inquired with ft
show of interest, “is Mrs. Jenks stand
ing the heat?”
Jenks rgearded him suspiciously.
“How*d you know she was dead!”
he demanded. Am. Legion Weekly
IN MEMORY OF “UNCLE DOC’”
BLOOM.
By John Milton Samples.
True to the Lamp that guided . his
feet,
Meekly, life's pathway he trod; .
Trusting one day his Master to meet.
Faithful to man and to God.
Humble in station yet lofty in aim.
Striving by deed. and. by-speech
The Savior’s teachings of love to
proclaim,
His.brethren in darkness to reach.
He craved no reward that mortals
could give,
Vet-ardently strove all the while
That men might learn contented to
live, -
In the sunlight of God and His
- smile.
The “hut” where he dwelt is lonely
and still,
And we. see his bent form never.
. more;—
Vacant it stands -by the side of the
hilt; „ .
In grief for the tenant it bore.
“The boys” feel a grief they would
not -conceal
For their dusky companion and
friend;
He worked and he prayed to succor
their weal • -
With all of tjhe strength he could
lend.
There are brothers in black, there
are brothers in brown,
Of manifold races and creeds;
Let mortals exalted in judgment look
down
In homage to Love and her deeds.
Let hasten the time when love shall
,- _ - prevail
As cover the waters the sea,
When many everywhere his brother
shall hail,
And the earth from its curs* shall
- be'free.
Rest his ashes in peace 'neath his
own native sod,
Let none disdain to proclaim,
That whoever labors for mankind and
God
Is deserving of honor a name.
Siberia produces more than any
other region in the world, North
America being second.
lends in the number of
in their own state univer
sity in -proportion to the population
of the state. For every 10,000 in.
habitants in the state, there are the
following number of students in the
respective state universities! Kansas,
ST; Michigan, 24; Minnesota, 22;
lows, 21; Nebraska, 21; Wisconsin,
IS;’ Indiana, 15; Oklahoma, 10; U-
linoia, 8; and Missouri, 8.
Intercollegiate basketball for
girls ia being given prominence at
Transylvania University, Kentucky:
A schedule of six games has been ar-
witfa girl’s teams from other
i in the state.
The stady of English by Chinese
students is bearing fruit. Thomas
W. Lament at a dinner in Pekin re
cently questioned the Chinese Min.
inter of the Interior continnaly thru
sn interpreter. Imagine his surprise
when later the official naked him in
perfect English: “Mr* Lamont, who
is pitching-for Pittsbnrg now?”
“God must love flunkers—He
made so. many of them.”—Exchange.
Not Such A Large Plato.
.It seemed that vnien Rastus and
Sam. died they tooly different routes,
so when the latter/got to heaven he
called to Rastus on the ’phone.
.“Rastus,” he said, “how; yo* like
it down thar?”
“Oh, boy! Dis here am some place"
replied Rastus. “All we has ter do
is to wear a red suit wfd horns- an’
ebery now an’ den shovel some coal
en de fire. We don’t work no more
dan two hours out ob de twenty-four
down here. But-tell,me, .Sam, how
is it with you up yonder?”
“Mah goodness! We has to git
jfp at fo’ o’clock in de mawnin’ an’
?athah in' de' stahs; den we has to
haul in de moon and hang out de
run. Den we has ter roll de clouds
iroun’ all day long.”-
“But Sam,'’how come it yo’ has ter
ivork so hard?” .
Well, to tell de trof, Rastus, we’s
kill’ o’ short of help up here.”
—Exchange.
A strong local organization of the
I. P. A, was recently launched by the
students,at Marion College, Indiana.
The institution itself was opened last
September for the first time, and this
prompt response on "the part of 60
students -ut of 275 to intercollegi
ate contracts and civic work is pro
phetic of large influence in the fu
ture.
Final figures on the dry election
in Scotland this past fall have final
iy been tabulated. Polls were taken
in 572* areas with the following re:
suits. Favoring no change 496 favor
ing' reducing the number of license
twentyfive percent 35; favoring no
license 41 Thip means that. 446 li
censes will be\tenninated in May,
the end" of they licensing year. Of
these 446, 316‘are terminated under
'no license votes and 131 by reducing
the number of licenses.
A (wave of temperance enthusiasm
is sweeping 'over Bombay. India.
Mohammedans are picketing the liq
uor shops. Members of that religion
caught coming out of the liquor-
shops are seized, their faces black
ened, and they are subjected to
other .indignities.
From-a recent survey of fifty-two
girls at the University of Missouri,
it was found thhat the girls average
$63.10 a month for expenses. The
amounts Jthat ran from $35. to $135 a
month. Only eight spend more than
$75. and four more than $100. The re
port does not . say whether this
amount covers board, room clothes
books, and the t housand and one
things which are considered essen
tial to the University life.
SHEFFIELD A. ARNOLD
“Chrvgssaernvuenalfinajuanju^ris-
iguejack” is Eekimo for “I love you”
and at the same time is a reason
able explanation of why the Artie
nights have to be so long. —Ex. i 50 Bromfield St. Boston, Mass.
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Land Subdivisions
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Private Estates
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A BEN FRANKLIN LETTER.
To My Friend A. B.:—
A» you have desired it of me, I
write the following, hints, which
have been of service.to me, and may,
if observed, be so to you.
Remember that TIME is money.
He that can earn live -dollars a day
by his labor, and goes abroad or sits
idle one half that day, though he
spends but one niekle during his
diversion or idleness, ought not 'to'j
reckon THAT the.only expense; he j
has. really spent, or rather, thrown j
away, two, dollars, and a half be-!
s'idcs. - . ' , ’• ' I
- Remember thiit CREDIT i« mon
ey: If. a man lets his money be In '
my hands after it is : is due, he gives
pie interest, or so much as I carr ;
make of it during that time. This
amounts to a considerable sum j
where a man’ has good and large ,,
credit,-and makes good use -of it. j
“ Remember .that money is of the i
prolific-, .generating nature. Money j
can beget money, and its offspring]
can beget mure, and so on. Five
dollars turned is six, turned again
it is seven dollars and a quarter, and--
so on until it becomes a thousand. 1
He that kills a breeding sow, de- |
•:troys all Her off-spring to the
:hou*pn'dth generation. He that mur
ders a dollar, destroys all that it
might have produced, even to a mil.- j
lion. j.
Remember this saying: "THE;
MAN WHO PAYS PROMPTLY IS]
LORD OF ANOTHER MAN’S
PURSE.” He that is known to pay j
At least 366 institutions of higher]
grades are known to have, conducted ]
summer schools during 1920; in the j
264 who reported their enrollment to]
the Commissioner of Education, j
there was an Increase in the atend-
ance over that of 1919 of 26,778 stu- .
dents.
punctually and exactly to the time
be promises may at any time,* and
on any 'occasion, raise all the money
his friends can spare. This is some
times of great use. Nothing con
tributes more to raising a young man
in the world than punctuality and
justice in all his dealings;-therefore
never keep borrowed money an hour
beyond the time you promised, lest
a disappointment .shut your friends
purse forever.
The most trifling actions that 'af
fects a.man’s credit are to be re
garded.- ' The sound of your ham
mer at six in the morning or nine
at night, heard by a creditor* mikes
him easy six months longer; but if
he sees you at the billiard table, or
hears your voice at a tavern when
you should -be at work, he sends for
liis money the next day; demands it,
before- he can receive it, in a lUmp.
BEWARE OF THINKING ALL
YOUR OWN THAT YOU POSSESS
ANI) OF LIVING ACCORDINGLY.
In short the way to wealth, if'you
desire it, is .is plain as.the way. to
market. He; that gets all he can
honestly, and saves all he gets, nec
essary expenses excepted, will cer
tainly become rich, if that Being
who, governs the world, doth not, in
H"is wise providence,, otherwise de
termine. x..-'
Your friend,
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
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It’s curious what curious things ac- !
cumulate around a college building
During a recent ramble thru neglect-,-
ed store rooms- in a building, at
Franklin College. Indiana' a student ;
found a form ’of Chinese type ready
for the printer, a hook on “Spanish |
Manners'’ and’ a Greek love story.-
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