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THE MERCER CLUSTER
Published weekly by the students
of the fourteen schools and colleges
A the Mercer University System.
George M. SparicCTtanaging Editor
‘TW'Meecer Staff:
Lucten W. Hardy. Editor-in-chief.
Associate Editors: James M. Teresi,
Robert M. .Gamble, Rudolph L. Car
ter, Ernest C. Hulsey, Peter Zack
Greer, William K. Wynne, Roy M
Pitts, Atwood B. Cochran.
Brace 0. Debberly, Circulation Mgr.
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Advertising rates on request
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THE BASEBALL SEASON
With the coming of the
time aud the opening of the baseball
as assn ail the students J of Mercer
have their hopes rsisudm > the high
eat pitch. ThiehtJK one sport in
wtteh Mercer has always stood near
the top jffeiig with the biggest c'ol-
legea hi the South. Last year the
teafft trhich went out was weak, or
eeimed week in nearly every depart-
ment, end before the season was
over e machine was built that could
lick Georgiy and which could make
the best teams in~the South. respect
thpm., This year every place is
crowded with prospective players
and some.of them are showing up
better than they have in yi ars.
When the team is finally picked
there will be some good players left
.
- These remarks are not made with
a view of raising the hopes of the
atadant body unnecessarily high: But
it 1a maaat to show our possibilities
tUaynr If everybody stands strictly
hehiad the teem and keeps each
player interested. It takes a great
deal of drudgery to whip any bunch
at man into a winning team, who
have never, for the moat part, played
before. We believe that
honor that will come to those
make the team this year will
e each man who goes ont to put
the best he has to make a
grant, team for Mereer this - year
With the right kind of start and
the right spirit behind them we
are erperiing a successful year in
and when the ffnal bell is
far the reason Mereer should
r the top in 8. L A. A. base
ball ctaclea.
L- W. H.
EXCHANGE COLUMN
It Isn’t the Cost, It’s tko Up Keep.
A New York jury recently award
ed a woman $40,000 for the loss of
a leg. The latest court decisions, as
assembled by Case and Comment,
shows the value of a woman, com-
plftely assembled as:
Legs, at $40,000 $
Arms, at $42,500 • * - -
Hair —— ----
Nose —--
Eyes, at $10,000
Broken heart ------ —
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Tlw teaches us that c
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THE MERCER CLUSTER
CAMPUS CUTUPS
80.000
85.000
20.000
16,000
20,000
250,000 ‘
Fair Customer: I’d like to try on
that one’"Over there. a
Ed Everett: I’m sorry, madam,
but that is the lampshade.
Mrs. Coggins: “Ralph’Wear^ will
you.be quiet for a bitf” -
Wear: “I will for two bits."
$470,000
first-class
•Me should be given at least as much
care and attention as an automobile.
—Journal of the American Medical
Association..
An elderly gentleman walking
down the street saw a lttle boy cry
ing,, so he asked him what was ' the
matter.
“Qh-o-^h,” he wailed, “pa and
ma won?t take me to the movie to
night.”
“Don’t make such ji^poise, my
boy. Do they ever take you when
you tffy'Tike that?”
“Sometimes they do and sometimes
they don’t.” was the reply, “but il |
ain’t no trouble to yell.” _-
—Georgia Cracker.
Minnie: “When did you first know
you loved me?”
Hawkins: “When l began to get
mad when people said you were
brainless and unattractive." r -- ---
Prof. .Robinson was after a rat
soph for using bad grammar: "No
one ever heard of‘a sentence with
out a predicate,” he said-
Highsmith: “I have, professor.”
Prof. Robinson: “What is it?”
Highsmith: “Thirty days.”
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A FLAG NEEDED,
cf the moat beautiful cere,
ud one that will be longest
by the boys whq were
in the service during the war was
to the Flag,
everybody
freta'highest to the lowest to atten
tim und -all csate the salute. The
mum was true of retreat when the
colers were lowered and they also
ruled a salute when they wore car
rimi wrfarlad. Every loyal man in
the atoriee felt a thrill as he paused
for a moment each day to think
Old Glory meant to him and
it mean to the world.
In our school we think that we are
as patriotic as we can be but we do
hot show it by any outward signs.
Wo have nothing to show that we
have the same reverence for the
stars and stripes that we had in war
■ tone- It aught be argued that if
Bag were raked every day that toe
familiarity would breed an air of
indifference. The same argument
could be need to prove that a child
would become indifferent to his
mother because he sees her every
<ky. It may be true that for the
most part it would he accepted as a
matter of course but sooner or later
x eaeh man on the campus would pause
/*■ to think seriously of the meaning of
the Flag. Love for it like the love
for music must be cultivated, and
for this reason every effort should
be made to instill the deepest loy.
slty into the men who are going out-
to be leaders in the world. Let a.
have a Rag and let it be raised to
greet the morning sun each day of
the school yoar. L. W. H
The Kiss.
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A kiss is a peculiar proposition, of
no use to one. Yet it is absolute
bliss for two. The small boy gets
it for nothing, the young man has
to teal it,, the old man has to buy
it.- ’Tis the baby’s right, the lover’s
privilege, the hypocrite’s mask. To
a young girl it is faith, to a married
woman itjs hope and to an old maid
—charit^.—Normal Star.
Wise Questions and Witty Answers.
Q—What; is the capital of Mon-,
tana.
A— M.
Q—What are the five senses?
A—Sickles. '.
Q—How do they get the water in
a watermelon. •
A—They plant the seed in the
Spring.-
Q—-Where was Solomon’s Tem-
plef •
A—On tlie side of his head.
—Simmons Brand.
WRITER GIVES RULES TOE
KILLING COLLEGE PAPER
1. Don’t cubocrbe—borrow your
class-mate’s paper. Be a sponger.
2. Look up the advertisers and then
trade with toe other fallow. Be
'«> ; a chump.
8. Never hand in news items aiid
criticise everything in the paper.
Be a knocker.
4. Look over the funny column and
frown—nothing funny in it—
you are the funniekt fellow in
school and you have the clever
est sayings imaginable—but you
never hand one in. Be a crump.
Tell the staff that the paper is
the whole paper is rotten. Be a
goop.
If you can’t get a hump on your
self anj make the paper a - suc
cess—then—BE WHAT YOU
■OUGHT TO BE—A CORPSE.
—From “The Rcyal Purple.’
Homer sang in times forgot
Of poor Ulyses’ hapless lot;
And-Virgil pf Aenaes told
How from burning Troy he stoled-
The hero of these stances here,
And many a writer gives him place,
On many pages doth appear;
I write-this rhyme to Prilip Space.
—Georgia Cracker.
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Shakespeare has written and said a
lot.
About kings, princes and defliah
plots.
While Burns, our loving Scottish
poet.
Sang love songs in a way heroic.
But what J write is not of plots
Nor any hero great who’s shot,
A trade trick known to all. the bucks.
This rhyme is penned to Filler Up.
A Bear. •
Abe’s rather squat - -
But she has a peach of a form. -
Set close to the ground,’
But built for action.
She has- a large mouth,
But hasn’t used it much.
You can see right through her
Though she doesn’t wear diaphan
ous gowns,
She looks mighty good and
Certainly has “that school girl com
plexion,”
In fact—
Our new 'Administration building is
a bearf
—Southern California Wampus.
Red Welch (angrily): “What! no
supper ready? This is the limit! I’m
going to * restaurant.”
Wife: “Wait just five minutes.”
Welch: “Will it be ready then?”
Wife: “No, but then I’ll go with
you. .
V. Castile Dozier: “How did you
injoy the Socie.ty Dayt” ,
Eunice Bernice Brown: “Fine. (
never slept better in my life.”
Leach: “What is propaganda’”
Callaway: "Pa’s got twelve geeie
and-he says he’d have twenty five if
| he had the propaganda.”
Dr. Fox: Mr- Hawes, why are
, peanuts bad food for pigs?”
. Hawes: “Because it makes hog3 of
.them.” \ ■
The students can say “damn” as
much as they please now. It is stat
ed on good authority that the Su
preme court has ruled that the word
“damn" no longer comes under the
head of profanity. If this process of
elimination goes on what, can a cus-
ser cuss with? It really isn’t in the
minds of the courts to do away with
the art of cussing entirely but by
legal process to make cussing a po
lite achievement. „
Judge Smiley was back on the
campus after an absence of several
years snd was asking about some of
his old acqumintnces-
“How’s old Lee Battle?" he in
quired. “Will I-be likely to see him
today?”
“You’ll never see Lee again,” said
Pluto. “Lee has gone to heaven.”
Jones: “My wife is working on
new kind of slot machine which she
expects to make lots of money out
of.”
Brewer: “Really?"
Jones: “Sure thing; it is to be at
tached to a front door, and when
fellow comes home late at night he
doesn’t get in unless he puts in a $5
note.
Visitor: “What do they do
chapel here?”
Freshman: :“Oh, Dr. Weaver gets
up every morning, looks over the
student body, and then prays for the
college." ,
have a terrible
want something to
Sufferer—“I
toothache and
cure it.” ...
Friend—“Now. you ' don’t need
any medicine. I had toothache yes.
terdsy, and I went home and my
loving wife kissed me and so consol
ed me that the pain soon passed
away. Why don’t you try the trick?
Sufferer—“I’think I will. Is your
wife at home now?”
5.
6.
She—Why do they put
meal on the dance floor?
He—To make, the chickens
at home.
cqm
feel
POPULAR 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.
SHEFFIELD A. ARNOLD
Landscape Architect
Land Subdivisions
City Parks Institution Grounds
Private Estates
50 Bromfield St. Boston, Mass.
MORGAN A MORGAN INSURANCE COMPANY
609 Georgia Casualty Bldg.
- PHONE 4147 MACON, GA.
1 » INSURANCE
Liability Automobile Fir* Life Health Accident
Live Stack
“Insurance that insures plus service that serves,”
Insure with' us and get both. -
THE VALLEY OF SOMETIME
LAND.
Jno. Milton Sampler.
In the golden glow of the morning.
When life was a roseate dream.
We sped on the wings of fancy
And followed the rainbow's gleam;
We dreamed of the far-flung future,
•’ And carefully all we planned
Our shining, beautiful castles
In the Valley of Sometime Land!
Q it was a plaee all glorious—
A land we longed to see;
’Twas full of wondrous-bfauty
Of earth, and slty and sea;
The sun ne’er ceased its shining .
O’er the ocean's golden sand,
Where all the surges were silver.
In the Valley of Sometime Land!
'Twas a land of bliss-perfection—
With its_ spirit’s glad and fre-e, ■
From sin and pain and sorrow,
-And they dwelt eternally.
Among the gorgeous flowers
That bloomed on-every hand, •
Nor faded when we plucked them
In the Valley of Sometime Land!
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And yet although we’ve, sought it
With a quest unceasingly
We’ve softiehow never found it, • »
Yet stiH we dimly see
Fair troops of heavenly ;«jgels
That gently touch the \ahd„
And ever direct us. onWardt
To that Valley of Somrt/mo Land!
But ’.we- shall find it Sometime.
When we reach our journey’s end.
Shall see its deathless beauty,
.And all its elianns-eoinnu nd; .
liur souls shalLreuse their longing,
For all that our hearts have plan
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Shall he realized forever
In that Valley of Sometime Land!
YALE NEXT YEAR.
According to a letter- received^liy j
George M. Sparks Monday, the Y’ale j
track team will not train _ in Ma j
con-during the present season. The
decision was made by the athletic
board of that college due largely to
tin' excessive railroad fares and''.the'
limited time in which the team has
to train.
It is understood that the team will
train'in Macon next year. .
/ay cash and save 25 percent.
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SANDEFUR-HARWELL CLOTHING CO.
“Where a dollar does its duty”
456 Cherry St.
Macon, Ga.
Maud—Wonder how old you are?
Agnes—I just b Id you my age:
Maud—I know that’s what set
me wondering. *
STRIPLING’S BARBER SHOP
308 Cherry Street
OPEN* ALL NIGHT EIGHT BARBERS
Union Shop
Pressing While You Wait Balls Aaytiuse
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RIES A ARMSTRONG
JEWELERS
Reliable Goods Oaly
315 Third St., Macon, Ga.
NEW YORK CAFE
314 SECOND STREET
A Good Place To Eat-
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"Tmlondto Measure by ‘Bom’ 1
W HAT do )&u consider a fair
price for good clothes?
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You can buy a mighty good suit here
for ^40>—all wool; "tailored to meas
ure by Bom.” 9 9
And we will show you hundreds of
desirable weaves at other prices, too;
some lower and some higher.
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At any price you choose to pay, Born
Tailonng offers the most generous,
value possible. 9 9 .
—money hack if you are not pleased
with the style, fit and wear.
Crown Tailoring Co.
305 BROADWAY
full Line of gents furnishings—“the best for less”
Call to See Us and Be Convinced.
SOCIETY BRAND AND
STYLEPLUS CLOTHES
NETTLETON AMD
FLORSHEIM SHOES
R. S. THORPE & SONS
Style Headquarters for Collago
CROFUT-KNAPP, DOBBS
AND MALLORY HATS . •
- 552-6 CHERRY STREET
METRIC
SHIRTS
Now is. the time to purchase your Fall Outfit,
our 62nd Anniversary Sale. We are iUIur • Mr dis
count on all new Fall Suit*, Hats, faniduMl amd
Shoes. ••
“The Home of Hart Schaffner A Marx Clothes.” .
» WiCHTEL CLOTHING CO.
WE DO THE COLLEGE WORK OF MACON
D. A. WARLICK & SON '
Photographers
117 COTTON AVE. TELEPHONE 767
COLLEGE COMMUNITY LAUNDRY
On the Campus.
RUN BY MERCER MEN FOR MERCER MEN
Modern, Sanitary Laundry.
PERSONS, INC.
“A Modern Drug Store”
■ 562-564 Cherry Street,. Macon, da.
/Phones: 3577-—3578—1681
MODERN PRESCRIPTION DEPARTMENT
WHITIfAN’S CHOCOLATES AND BON BONS
Always Fresh
Quick and competent service Motorcycle Delivery
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STANDARD C0LLGE FOR WOMEN
Owned by Georgia Baptist State Convention.
Fifteen Units required for admission to
Freshman class.
One hundred and twSnty-four hours for grad
uation. - > • : V
Studen ts coming from ten grade schools are
advised to attend Bessie Tift College Summer
School and. work off conditions.
ALL MODERN CONVENIENCES.
ADEQUATE EQUIPMENT.
Professors of best preparation and most suc
cessful experience.
> FOR CATALOG ADDRESS, ’
J. H. FOSTER, President
. “ Forsyth, Georgia.
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