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the mbkoeb • DIVERSITY SYSTEM 14 SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES VOL L Mercer University, Macon, Ga., Thursday, April 21, 1921. NO. 25 HALL AMONG FIRST OF BUILDINGS CANDLER SAYS RELIGION IN GEORGIA BEST! “TIGE” STONE DRIVES HOME WINNING RUN MUCH INtfltEST IN ERECTION OF ITS FOOT TOWER ON CAMPUS. Anouncement' that Mercer Univer sity will embark at tbe close, of the present session upon a program of k providing for from 1,500 to 2,000 students,, was made recently, by Chancellor ; R. W. Weaver of the Mercer System of .Schools. -Dr. Wea ver also said that the board of trus- . tees of the institution has set its ap proval on the master plans and that oscsaedry option have been obtained •n property to expand the school. The plans include the erection of a number of. new buildings which will be co-ordinated with the pres ent structures on the campus, sev eral, of. which will be enlarged and isspuoved. The building program en- taBa an expenditure of 92^600,000, and will extend oyer a period of 26 yWii Dr. Weaver said Out flOO,- v __ 000 a year would he spent on im- V provements and new buildings until 1 “ — T completed. plans for the boild- Mercer the. pres- - buildings was coo- BREWTON-PARKER PREPARING FOR BIG DAY, TUESDAY, MAY 23 Plans are being perfected for a great occasion at the Brewton-Par- per Institute on Tuesday, May 23rd, the cosing day of the current scho lastic year. Committees from Aailey, Mt, Ver non, Glenwood, and the institute have been in conference and decided upon a joint meeting of the former students, teachers, and other friends of Brewtoii-Parker, and are plnnning entertainment for all those who will visit the school at the time mention ed. The. people of the community and county-will be hosts' and their homes will be opened for the care of those who come. Invitations are to be sent out' to the former students and teachers as soon as correct ad- CICERONEANS PLAN TO HONOR SPEAKERS DEBATERS HAVE BANQUET AF- j TER WAKE FOREST DEBATE. 1 Planning for the coming inter-col-1 legiate debate with Wake Forest and] a debate on the subject, Resolved: 1 ground,” declared Bishop Warren A that Mercer should have a compul- Candler in his address to' student^ sory -attendance for the societies, and faculty at Mercer Unversity yes y. ■■ the program for the last, meet-' terday morning- . Vug-of the Ciceroneans. “I have seen samples' of all kinds Much interest was shown by the 1 of religion in the world,” continued members in' the plans for entertain-| the speaker, “and I am convinced in. the speakers and also for adver., that the evangelical type of religion METHODIST HEAD HAS SEEN MANY DIFFERENT CAMPLES. “Some religious: beliefs are so transient as the fAshions of women whose dresses sometime drag four feet on the ground and at other times lack four feet of touching the Using-the debate. After the debate tBe visiting speakers and all the men who have made one of the teams for an inter-collegiate debate together with each alternate will be given a dinner by Dr. A. P. Montague, who as found in Georgia is the best, for evangelcial religion Is not transient but is fixed. It in not local but of world-wide influence.” In stressing the value and impor tance of cHristian Education, Bishop Candjer said, “If anything advances gtym to.Mercer Uui- by the City sf UaetR. Thu. noou, the senior afess exercises dur- dssignsf this building will b*: carried I fair..-. addcBng' buildings on the' campus. J ’ Pro* Meat's Home is First. The first work to be dohe- will be the eoSbtruction of a home- for (tie president of the university and the erection of one section of the new (Ruing hall.. Work on these. two buddings is to be started as soon as * the present term has been complet ed,-it was announced by X Henry Barnette, business manager of the university. : , • Two entire blocks will be requir ed to accommodate the complete program. .When all buildings have I been completed Macon will have a city within a city: The -new university boufid’ries will | be College street on the south, Ash street on the north, Adams street on the west and Edgewood avenue on i the. south. Building plan swere drawn by Edward Lippincott "Tilton; archi- . tect, of New York city- dresses can be secured and the* in vitations issued. • - ' is president, of the debating council. The committee on arrangements ! Due to the increased interest" which | in this world it is attributable to the will appreciate it if all these will j is being manifested- by Mercer in I mental ability of man. Physically.- debates with other colleges the so ! man is riot the climax of devqjop- c-eties are planning to put forth ment. The. elephant could best him every effort to show honbr to the and the giraffe could wear a much men who make the teams'. - i higher standing coRar if he wished The committee who were appoint- j to dress,” he declared, ed to advertise the debate reported 1 “It is-man’t m*ntal_ power, that that posters would be placed in the 1 causes him to advance,continued dormitory of: Mercer and Wesleyan and a number would be put in the drug stores on Cherry street. - The debate which.arouaed a great deal, of enthusiasm was impromptu. Tbe speakers for the affirmative the trip. Surely, Mercer waa well The speakers’ who argued that tbe societies should atill be left to "the choice of those who wish to attend, eiaaa -will be given during the fore- -were W. B. Freeman and J. A. Ivey. SAWIN DEFEATS FLORIDA, IN j. 12 INNING GAME. When “Tige” Stone drove a snorting three-bagger to the center- fied fence in the t welfth inning of a hard-fought fray, scoring Wilkes. Mercer won the old ball game from Florida by the score of 3 to 2 at I Central City, part Wednesday. And the Mercer rooters exploded with de- . lirious ecstacy. Stone’s winning smash came in ; the last) half of the twelfth inning | with tl(e score tied, a man on sec- ! ond, one out and* two strikes on the 1 batter. Wilkes, first up for Mer- I cer in this inning, drove a hot j grounder down the third base line,. ! and Bracken let it go through him. I Wilkes then took second on a wild |- pitch, but Henderson popped up to. ■ Ward. Stone was playing short for Mercer and had allowed Florida to. -ommunicate with T B. Conner, giv- ng their postoffice and full names, and stating at the same time if they shall likely attend.. While the re quest is made through the press that this -be done, the committee stated that it is their purpose to mail an Invitation to every one whose ad- dreaa can be secured. The commencement exercises of the schoo will be held at the same son, beginning Saturday evening with the annual debate between the literary societies. The sermon will ■be preached Sunday, the 22nj at 11 a. as. On Monday the Baccalau- at a coot of f 126,-J reate address and graduating exer tag the afternoon, and the music and Monday nig^iL program end somewhat out of usual order; but it is to make possible a convenient date for the gathering of those who have, in former days, been associated' with the institution. An nual announcements will be made Tuesday morning. . The tentative program for Tues day calls for addresses by prominent speakers, to be followed by a dinner on the school grounds provided by the people of the community and county. During the afternoon , the Alumni association is to hdld the an nual business meeting. OVERSEA RECEPTION AND RAIN the speaker. “Therefore, any insti tution of learning Is a good thing. When we ask peope to contribute money to our educational institu tions we are not asl|ing them to give away anything bait to invest their funds in a .thing of Sternal good, the benefits of which will be felt through out the coming years. * -- Greatest .Wealth. “The pea test wealth of our na- The judges decided by a vote of j t i 0 n today is in tkfe power of our two to one that tim affirmative' you th and-:it is thWefort necessary speakers were the winners. j that our young toe* shall be edu- - —— -- ^ | “I thank God that Jesse Mercer i was wise enough to project this in stitution,” -said. Bishop Candler “The funds which he provided for this institution have been used well and. for the betterment of mankind, and the usefulness of this-institution, will always., be known and appreci. ated.” ■ • The speaker, , in demonstrating the advisability of- individual sub scribing to funds for educational in stitutions. spoke of his visit to a meeting in the interest of Emory University. Bishop Candler told him of what the money had helped t > do and then , s aidthat the money was still in Emory University,' inert a- d in amount through added intere.d. In reply to the questii... a- c what had become of the money, tin- colonel's father did not give to Em ory, the Confederate officer, said that MERCER TIES WITH LUTHER WILLIAMS COLLEGIANS HAVE HARD TILT WITH SEMI-PROS. With the score a tie. 1 and 1. the Mercer-Lu’her Williams game was, called in the second half of the fifth j inning on account of rain, Satur- I day afternoon, at the tit: tral City Park. -T neat, brand of ball was played for the five, innings of action. Both outfits made bobbles which re. -ulted in runs, but the contest . as- • anted, a close aspect throughout. The pitchers, Graybill for Mercer — id Luther Bloodworth for the All- : Despite a down pour of rdin. the Stars, kept the batters in check, the Overseas Club held their reception Black outfit down .without a hit. Howl last Saturday night _ahd the unani-: ever. Fuss, who relieved Bloodworth i mous opinion of those present'was At the corner of Ash street and I'that rain adds dampness to the at- College, across the comer from the i mosphere. -Centenary Methodist Church, the Some of .the Wesleyan girls were ■ main entrance to the university will [ prevented from attending on ac he located. The-plans: provide for ' count of .he rain. However'' the the .erection of a 175-foot tower at ones v.ho fld come out enjoyed the this corner.The. tower will be the ; time spent with the men who. had 1 tallest building -in Macon.. There will j tales to tell of the mademoiselles. Of be seven floors.' An-observatory will .'course none of the boys think that be located on the; roof, according to j there is any comparison between the the architectural drawings. ' From American beauties and those they the top of the tower, a magnificent.l left “somewhere in France,,” but still view 'of ..Macon can be obtained. ] Jt j 8 interesting to tell of the differ- Whlle it has not been definitely de- ' ence. ■ cided the purpose for which the' The society halls were apprbpri- • tower will be used, it is rumored ately decorated with the colors of -that the several Greek letter frater- Mercer and bunting of the stars ami nities at Mercer will occupy the building,, each of the six fraternities having chapters at Mercer to occupy one floor of the tower. The seventh floor will be used 'as a memorial for the sons of; Mercer who have , done-notable work - to the cause of the university., * Two Science Building*.' ' On either side bf the -tower wiil be buildings connected directly with the’ tower. The science buildings will run parallel with -College street and -wiir occupy space now devoted-! to tennis courts The new . build ( ings will be joined with the presellt ■ -science- hall to complete, the science group. The.main building, or administra tion building, wfil-remain unchanged except in minor detail. A more at tractive entrance--'will be made both • . at the front and rear-of the. build j ing. - i^he first f.oor of the adm'nis- -—-—- tratipn building will be used for of; i There' has been organized, by the. flees of the president and m'embers ; wives of Mercer students, a' study -of the official family .of the univer- # * nd s „ ciaI club< to be known as -fhc sity. The upppr floors of Ihe niaiin „ • :* . , t • % Mercer-Montague Club, in honor of •(Continued on page i\ . Mrs A P. Montague,' the leader of the Union army got that. “The best in the last inning, was touched up!' 'investment in the world is in the fpr one single by Griffn, 1 religious educational institutions.” In- Ricks scored for the Luther Wil-! continued; declaring that Georgia will riams .outfit in the second inning. With one man gone, he reached first on Henderson’s error of his ground er He stole second, ater coming horae on a single over secono by Harmon. never forget Jesse Mercer “because he has left a mark on this state that can never be effaced.”. After the conclusion of the talk by Bishop Candler. President-Rufus W. Weaver told him that Mercer Uni stripes. S,ome of the lingering touches of France were seen in the talk of the boys with some. French sentences and also in some of the souvenirs which they brought back. However, “Parlez vous * francais" and “beaucoup” seem to be nearly all of the French that is remejnbered now. A variety of pictures show where the hoys saw service.- . v The overseas men have been closer together than ;any other eliub on the campus. They hold meetings from time to time and keep posted on questions, of interest to sei-vice men: The most enjoyable part of their ac-; tivities of course comes when they, ’have a reception MERCER MONTAGUE CLUB ORGANIZED Wilkes was the man who scored- versity has today securities invested for the Baptists in 'the fourth in-j by Jesse Mercer. I)r. Weaver said of fling.- He was the first man up in i tbe bishop, “He is. the. greatest ex- this period and reached first on a ponent of Christian education in base n balls. He was sacrificed to I' Georgia' today bid 1 am glad the second by Henderson, and later he j leader of Georgia and Soutnern canif .nome when Stone, after Shep- ' Methodists 'i such a strong friend- pard had fouled out to. Irby, hit a j of Mercer University, ball to third base, which Wewberry A numbeh of visitors came out to let roll through his legs. . ' ' hear Bishop Candler's address. I*r . No more coring was done for the I W- F- Quillian, Dr. William Ru-seM remaimle£ of the game, the players Owens; Dr. W. H. Sledge, Rev. A. J- batt'ling- to take the lead when the Johnson, ftev , Bascofn Anthony, tin rain put itself into play. Score by innings: . R H Luther Williams --010 Ox—1 3 Mercer ; 1 000 10—1 J U. M. Fugate. E the chapel. -2 . . - -- 3 and others were in instruction. . .The club meets each Tuesday af ternoon at 3:30. The club' colors are “old gold and white.” Officers of themljib are as follows: President,. Mrs. A. B. Couch; vice- president. Mrs. C. W. Pope; secreta ry, Mrs C. M. Coalson; treasurer, Mrs. J. L .Pieman; ti-porter; Mrs W. f. Evans., The members of social committee are Mesdames H. F. Jelk, T J Trib bles, -J. .T. Barton and'J. B. Caston. The club is tu ho entertained on tin- a'fferno'dn of April 12th by Mrs. Dr r I MeGmty. . M rs w T Kvan^, Reporter SPRING FOOTBALL PRACTICE BEGINS Over thirty men answered the call, of Coach Josh Cody for Spring foot ball practice. With this array of material and the prep men-which are scheduled to enroll in the Fall term Coach Cody says that he can mould . a team that will help place Mercer on the football map. In all the branches of athletics with the exception of football. Mer cer .has .always been known to hold her-own-' With the prospects now in view, it'is believed by many of the Mercer followers, that Mercer will be known in the gridiron world with in the next two years. ■score the tieing run in the ninth in- ping by a wild throw to the plate. He.now strode to the bat with blood in his. eyes, while the Mercer sup porters thundered their call for “a hit.” Two strikes were called, and then—Zow-ie!—“Tige” had pickled the pill to deep left-center for a triple!' Wilkes dashed home,- the Mercer rooters blew up with a bang, and the game was on ice. For twelve gruelling innings the two teams battled before a decision was reached. In the meantime the game belonged to “anybody.” Time after time both sides seemed about to push the winning run across the pan. but until the twelfth the neces sary pinch hit was not forthcoming. J SaWin, pitching for Mercer, gave ■ up eight scattered hits and struck I out nine men. Only in the ninth | when Hartman beat out’ an infield ! nit and While doubled to left, did 1 the 'Gators get more than one bingle to an inning off his deliverv- . bidden’ Florida’s hurler, was touch ed for only six safe swats, no tw of which came in the same stanza, and fanned seven Mercer sluggers Florida made three' errors, whib Mercer pulled four miscues. The game was a typical exhibi tion of the national pastime, both teams presenting all varieties of fast plays, lightening stops, and hair-rais ing catches. For Mercer Hammock. Harper and Sheppard in the outfield, tach- robbed the ’Gators of seem, ■ir.gly safe hits by brilliant catches. »hiie Henderson at aecond crushed the ion s .of Florida in the fourti ' with his great stab of Ward’s groun - Ward, catching for tjfe ’Ga tors brought applause from the fans t y “his running catch of Sheppard’s foul- in the seventh. Mercer tallied in the first inning rltmmoek, first up. hit to. short, an 1 was safe on Roach’s wild throw t i Prst. Wilkes then laid down a non: bunt, sacrificing Hammock to sec end Henderson - grounded out Blake to White, sending him to third.. Stone beat out an infield hit, and Hammock scored. “Tige”- was out attempting to steal, and the frame ended. The Orange and Black scored ar.i ■) in the fourth. Wlikes, first up n t ,is inning, grounded out,, third to li st.'and Henderson went out by the-: me route. Stone singled thru; second, and promptly stole second I Roach fu'nbled Sheppard’s ground- i er to short, and stone went to third, j Sheppard and Stone then worked a ; /smooth dot ble stea, Stone scoring. The side,w. s out when Sears was called out on- strikes. The ’Gators failed to count until the itinih when they tied; the game info a- knot by putting two markers acrosl the plate. Ward, first un hit out Sawin to Sears. Hartman hr : oaf i hit to second, anil White dnuliVd '.o left, Hartman going t<-. third. Both runners tall: -d. when Bracken hit to short and Stone threw w Id trying to catch Hartman at the plate. bidden grounded out. Henderson to Sears, and Bracken.ad vanced to third, but Carlton filed | out to Harper in center, and thre p ■vere out. The game the.i. rocke^i along until the twelfth inning, when Stone brought a glorious ending to the hec tic fray by his timely, triple. Cog- dell, Mercer's first sacker. was out of the game with a hum hand, but Sears-, who w-as substituted at the initial sack, handled t.he job in good style, getting eleven putouts to his SPRINTING IS BEST! SPORT SAYS SMILEY POPULAR STUDENT BELIEVES IN NIMBLE ART. “Sprinting is one of the most mans ly forms of exercise” declared Judge James Francis Smiley in a recent in terview with x Cluster reporter, “and my favorite exercise is to loaf thru the hundred yard dash in something better than twelve seconds.” After dwelling at considerable length on the advantages of running Judge Smiley said it would give any body greater wind and endurance in other branches of athletics and-tha' it served better than the calisthentic exercises given in the army to aid development of a slender and agile form. In his!case he said he had a tendency "toward corpulancy prior to the time he took up running. After taking it up he soon acquired the ability to do the hundred in eleven flat with but very little exertion. Since then he has developed into the nimble and aleirt athlete which Mer cer students know today. So adept in- the art of. sprinting has Judge Smiley become that he now has a large class in running. He was offered the position of head coach for the 1924 American Olym pic team but turned down the offer in order to' remain as ehief athletic Advisor at his alma mater. The star pupils of his class are Willie Kinktbm Cobbtown Kirkland and Tal ley Greys Hill Kirkland- Cobbtown Kirkland’s marvelous possibilities as a spectacled speed demond first at MANY MERCER STUDENTS ARE FOUND ON TRIP :v-i MG LEE CLUB MEMBERS NORTH GEORGIA. SEE Weil, we’re back again! After, traveling through -North Georgia on the annual tour, the members of the Mercer Glee Club have once again assembled on Mer cer campus and ore happily reeonat- ing the many pleasant experience* enjoyed on the trip. Free from the duties of the classroom, free from all else that savors of work, the bunch left Macon with the determi nation to do credit to old Mercer and to have a good time while awey. Take it from one who knows, it v n a wonderful trip and the organisa tion of harmony exponents did old Mercer proud and the efforts of the merrymakers were appreciated. From the time the fellows piled into the northbound Southern, ed for Locust Grove, until the to Macon were distributed after the Newnan concert Saturday nipht, It was a grand and glorious celebra tion. Every program went off with- out a flaw and the dab received - numerous congratulation* where on the trip, praise of $fce gram and appreciation of the who conducted themselves Mercer men should, their being to strengthen Mercer spirit tv- everywhere and to exonto MptMO spirit where it had not bean heeoo before. That they werv eoedeatiM - * in their, endeavor ‘ -request* for concerts traded attention last year in one of 1 from every che numerous and famous freshmen third floor gauntlet dashes. Talley G. H. Kirkland came into prominence in the speed line last fell when be shattered all previously (Continued on page 4) from’Grey's 8)8 to the extraordinarily remarkable time of forty seconds. The distance is slightly more than, a quarter of a mile and the reedrd is all the more remarkable in the light of the fact that Charlie Morgan, Ted Meredith.; Jim Thorpe, and Charlie Paddock were seconds. Further proof of the judge’s ability as a sprinting coach is evidenced by the fact that hie pupUs slowly develop a speed nearl/ as fast as his own but as yet none of them have equaled him. A* Advisor. , Besides coaching his large clasc of embryo lightning streaks Judgy Smiley acts in an advisory capaeit; to the several directors of the college athletics. 'He is especially interest ed iii basketball because he says thr other games are slow and uninteresi* ing. Spurge Smith who heads the 1 >tjeyball division of the physical vulture department under Dean Far rar, frequently confers with the Judge and Dr. Holder as to. the best methods of developing championship players from the available supply of incorrigible ministerial ivory. While Judge Smiley is the foremost author ity on athletics in the South, he and spurge sometimes consult Dr. Holder in order to get the inside dope on. the ways, 'means, methods, and plans which are used by Yale and Pitts burg in training their athletes. A novel feature in the training of athletes has recently been introduced by the. Judge, Smirge,/@nd I£r. Hol der. It is common knowledge that certain forms of music will have a good effect on one who is engaged, in any form - of work or play and this hahs been demonstrated by numer ous experiments. But previous'to this spring ft had not been tried in the case of athletes and the results have startled even the stolid Esqui maux in. far off and frozen Green land. In the case of the Mercer athletes under the direction of the above mentioned gentlement it has been proven beyond the shadow of a doubt that a long period of train-- ing is unnecessary. The days of light exercise to the tune of Hail to- Pitt were sufficient training to put the. men in' shape to walk off with the national collegiate'athletic meet in New'Tfork last month. Judge Smiley takes special inter est- in the' outdoor- form of indoor baseball. The celestial luminaries who guide the destinies of this b v anch of athletics are Forrest Jones, Virginia Williams, Pro*. Haskins, Red Welch, Prof. Kern, Miss Gar ner, and Dr. Fountain.. The jud-xe is especially fond of little Virginia f (Continued on page 4) Leaving Maeoi^ot .the feDows ’ -“ ’ the dining the noonday hied themselves field where they saw^ Madison A. * M. defeat Locust Qrwt. “Hoy* Dowis, former Mercer -th'-rTr. fe handling the coaching reins ed the- Madisonians and from the bssehnO ability demonstrated by his tsooi, it may be safely said that he is doing -he job to the satisfaction of aX M**- ison supporters. “Hub” promises-a mber of his players to Mercer oast ear. Several Locust, Gove players . ers also expecting to rout to Mot.-ei. -. The feature of the ball game at .,,, Locust Grove was the euthosiosttc support given the L. G. L team by the co-eds at the school., A feminine cheer leader is almost as rare m * Georgia as the proverbial hen’s teeth but the outstanding figure in the stands was one of the rare ones, and the way she yelled waa a caution.' “Mercer, would do well to seek her for the Law School,” commented some of the boys, realizing that tbs kind of support she gives a team is worthwhile, at Mercer or elsewhere. At the invitation of President Claude Gray, the members of the club took supper with the students at L. G. I. A few of the Merceriana dined out in town with the residents of L. G. After the concert the co-eda and faculty entertained the glee club at a reception in the auditorium. When the hour came to leave, there were many fond farewells which, charac terized the time of departure every where on the trip. But it had to be. The fellows reported a happy time and after expressing their apprecia tion they departed from the campus. Enjoy Moonshine in StarHgbt. It was promptly at 4:30 Tuesday morning that the “town crier” dis-' turbed the slumbers of the boys, ad vising them that their train would soon appear on the scene. With sleepy eyes, the fellows crawled from the warm beds and dressed for trav el. As they welked down to the sta tion, they, marveled at the beauty of the canopy of stars overhead, also enjoying moonshine in the starlight. Although by nature and practice of aesthetic temperament the fellows did not greatly appreciate the stars and moon at that hour. But .it had to be! Riding a genuine special train (The Ohio Special) in kingly style <The Royal Palm), the bunch was rushed on to Dalton ^yhere they found Henry McWililams, known to. all Mercer men now in college, at' the train with a flock of cars and « / . ; • / J • 1 (Continued on page 4). T 5 V ij* ■ Jir —