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THE MERCER CLUSTER
Published weekly by the students
•f the fourteen schools and colleges
m the Mercer University System.
SHOULD BE REPEALED.
An agitation was begun some
time ago which has now reached Na
tional proportions urging the repeal
of the 10 percent tax on sporting
i goods, and practically every Nation-
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And so Miss Marietta.
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COMPULSORY SOCIETIES.
At the last meeting of the socie
ties resolutions were passed recom
mending to the faculty that attend
ance be made compulsory through
. the aophmore class for the literary
Heretofore the socities j a snow shoe, a tennis racquet, a golf
al Amateur Organization has got
ten behind the movement and hun- j ~.
dreds of thousands of individuals,. At the Trough.
I A number of student* of the State
‘ *; 1 College of North Carolina are to
Peter P. Carney and Hugh Fuller- face the ^. and jury of Wake C0U nty
ton, two of the best known sport aa a It of a serious outbreak of
writers in the United States, have hazing at that place. The hazing
written quite a number of articles 1 reached its climax when the rooms
showing -the unsoundness of the
TO FATE
John Milton Samples-
Immortal taskmaster and teacher of
mortal spirits,
Stern of visage and unyielding of
purpose,
Forcing human subservience to thy
relentless will.
How oft do men profane thy name
and complain
Of thy hard exactions in this .jour
ney called Life.
of 20 Freshmen were broken into
and the Freshmen head’s shaved,
tax, how it prevents the play of the Doonj were tattewd down and sho ts
were Said to have been exchanged.
The hazers were said to have worn
masks—College Topics.
youth of America, and its future ef
fect on the Nation. These writers
now ask that every student of ev
ery institution become interested in
this movement and urge for the re
peal of the tax.
Everything you purchase .to be
used for sports play, whether it be
Yet before the frowning face of the
multitude
Of men in their ranting and futile
protests
Dost thou remain firm as the ada
mant stone
Or the eternal fixedness of the stars
of God. -•
iy.
ft
l always been for those who like
i well nough to attend voluntari-
But with the increase of amuse-
ata around the city there has
up a lack of interest in the
societies and it is now felt that some-
thing should be done to bring all
tha students into the one coarse
which insures that each of its. mem
bers know hew to think on their
feet. The one course on the cam
pus which determines whether s man
eaa be s public leader is the train-
- lag that to* gets in the societies,
la bays gone by Mercer students
hstiSTsd in the societies s great deal
— ttaalisy do now and they had
lMr ysmdrr when they won a vic-
teay. Ones when we won a. debate
from Georgia tha fence around the
campus was burned in a bond fire
“Egypt” was turned over and
^indoded in the fire. That same
spirit baa tamed out some of the
greetsst orators of the day and Mer
cer men m hold more high legisla
tive dHees in the state then any oth
er college in the
But .with tiie
the sodoMee in
The Lover'* Lament.
Be she "went? Am she gone?
Are she left I all alone?
O! cruel fate, you is unkind
To take she fore and leave I hind!-
t,*.
'not be repre
sses in
the court
if somethin! is not done to
iatermt. It to said that
: the time the democratic par
ty was in power the an item Wake
Fmt supplied the lmdertidp from
the couth. That haupi ms from only
om eapao and that^a because of the
virile literary Societies which they
They are compulsory at Wake
in fact the real life
Off the campus. We eongratutote
the aodetiec on their move and be
lieve that now they have started
aomsthing that will mean much to
tits future of Mercer. L- W. H.
ball, or a hunting jacket is taxed ID
percent before it leaves the manufac
turing plant. The consumer pays
this tax and some times more.' You
will, note the unjustness of this
tax when you note that automobiles,
diamonds, etc., are only taxed 6 per
cent We know automobile and dia
monds are luxuries but very few
things in the line of equipment that
boys use are luxuries. SV
The government itself does not
believe that sporting equipment are
luxuries, because during the war
the soldiers got the sporting goods
first. They were necessities then.
They are necessities now. Thy were
taxed 3 percent during the war.
That was all right We know that
the government needs money and
lortamen are willing to pay taxes;
but few of us believe that Uncle Bam.
should tax the kids to play. That
is just what this tax amounts to.
Statistics of past years show that
70 per cent of the sporting goods
manufactured were sold to boys and
Wirls Under the age of 18. Last year
of interest in A e figures were 73 per ceuu This
yearn thaj^ear sporting goods are a €5fSg on
h** beepifthe market. The boy isn’t playing-
She must turely_come to me;
For I cannot go to she.
What has went an’d parted we?
Alack! It cannot was!
—Davidsonian.
Since mortal man 'must needs have
restraint
And- chastisement in his reckless
course,
Methinks thou are a beneficient
... teacher
And administrator of divine wisdom.
Commissioned of God to lead the
soul
Unto that ultimate Perfection of
Being
That is the Heaven-ordained goal
From mortal to immortal destiny.
Royr What Was the excitement
down at the Pavilion?"
Cotton: “Oh, a man in a.reverie ran
into a woman in a tantrum."
1 Roy: “Were the machines badly
damaged?"—The Southern. .
LIFE
How do you do? Glad to meet you!
Second Episode
Isn’t the moon bright
Third. Epsode
- Smack!
Fourth Episode _
Honor and obey .
Flft Episode..
Da: Da: Da:
Sixth EpUod*
Where is sam hill’s dinner?—Ex.
So, then, infallible teacher and guide,
Forgive the futile ravings of earth-
bound spirits
That smart under thy yet kind
ly bondage
In this rugged pathway from sense
to soul.
And rejoice in the happy consicous-
nesa
That as a father chastizeth the child
Of his inmost bosom, so dost thou
Out of thy wisdom and love the same.
She looked with favor upon his suit,
For why should she evade it
.She was the tailor’s daughter cute,
Arid knew her father made it
—Ex
Stude—“See this- chalk on my
shoulder?
Roommate—“Yeh’”
Stude—Well that aint chalk.” -
Columbia Jester
“WHEN
SHE GAZES ON THE
SKIES-”
Whan, aha gases on the skies
Sapatiiiag holy in her eyes
Rhinos serenely dear and bright—
Beacon in my darkest night!
Whan aha listens to the lark
Her quick spirit stands shark—
Than light she dances down the dells,
Singing comrade ritornelles.
Whan aha gathers laurel blooi
Sweater seem their deep perfumes;
. In bar lissome arms they lie,
FulfiQng all their deetiny.
If there ia God of man and brute,
H there to after-life;
I would be shamed to dare dispute
The sacredness of strife.
I gladly gree earth’s mortal train
Of wedding bells or shroud
With equal share of joy and pain,
I will not cry aloud.
What though the world be out ot
tune
With my soul’s lone emotion?
impartial boon,
I’ll win. it by devotion.
My mind is all that is divine;
ril honor it and not the crowd.
Poem in The Georgia Cracker by
George Herbert Clark who is a for
mer Mercer professor.
Seniors at the University of Ohio
are conducting an energetic campaign
for the prohibition of finals for the
last year students. Every member of
the Senior class will sign a petition
to be presented to the faculty and
the aid of the Alumni Association
has been secured.—The Slate.
He can’t afford to.
It is up to every one of us to
make a'fight for the boy, for the fu
ture generation, because we are in
terested in the welfare of the na
tion even though. the lawmakers
cannot see the big idea. We believe
that Congress thought it was soak
ing .the professional ball player
when it put on this tax. If they
did they failed for the professional
base ball leagues do not use more
than one per cent of the sporting
goods made and the ball players do
not pay for any of this.
We ask in behalf of the kids of
the United States that you write
your congressman and senator urg
ing the immediate repeal of this tax.
You can tell him in your own way
just why the tax should be repealed.
Write your letters today. Get your
friends to write. If you are a mem
ber of an organization get the club
to adopt resolutions on the tax and
send them to Washington.
The Amateur Athletic Union, the
United States Lawn Tennis Associa
tion, the Golf Association, the Amer
ican Trapshooting Association,' and
.many other organizations are very
touch interested in this campaign
from the standpoint of the youth of
America and it would be fine if you
would cast your lot with theirs.
I save
Yea Varela
Reformer—Yes, brelhem
men.
Soph—Do yon save women, too?
R—Yas I save women, too?
S.—Well aave me a couple for to
morrow night.
Guiding each one ultimately to dwell
In the lavish abundance of that life
Which only knows and enjoys the
benediction
Of the eternal perfection of God.
THE LAND OF AFTER WHILE
Jno Milton Samples ^ •
O there is a land of wonderful charm
Where everything seems Ideal,
A place quite free from sorrow and
harm.
And pleasures we seek are real;
A land where friends are always true
and all our cares beguile, ‘
A place where skies are' evermore
fair—
The land of After While.'
O It is not now, and It" is not here,
But In some future day.
We shall find that ldn3\we hold so
dear
Thought it may be far away;
Some gla‘d tomorrow a day will
break,
Where an endless sun will
smile;
How happy we’ll be when we awake
■ In : the Land of After-While.
O this wonderful land It lies some
where
Far out in the coming years,
And ’tis said that mortals who linger
there
Are strangers t<* sorrow and
tears; - <
’Tis-a place most -blest where toll
ers rest
From striving there Is no guile;
There seekers for happiness cease
their quest ’
In that Land of After-While.
SOME RE-WRITES-
By Rabun L. Brantley.
marry
Brave and Brainy
Sweet Girl.—“The man I
must be brave and brainy ”
Adoring Youth.—“When we were
out sailing and upset the boat, t sav
ed your life.”
Sweet Girl.—“That was brave I
admit, but not brainy.”
fAdoring Youth.—“Yes it was I
upset the boat on purpoee.”
The Bison
Horsed
Fresh Luckie received the foll
owing card among his morning mail
last Monday.
Pleaaent Hills Ala.
Sick?—Sympathy.
Dead?—Regrete.
Engaged?—Congratulations..
Married?—Best Wishes
If none of these, why dont you
write?
Aw-gwan Luckie, why don’t you
write tothelonelygirL
The Davidsonian.
Half a term, half a term,
Half a term to go,
Yet in the valley of failure
Ride the lazy ones
“Forward, the brilliant lade,
Charge for the A’a,” u*Y« they;
But, into the valley of flunkdom,
Rode the whole blgme bunch.
“Forward, you plucky student#,”
Is there a man dismayed?
Never before did the fellows know
That profs were so unmerciful;
Theirs riot to cry in vain,
Theirs not to wry in pain,
Theirs but to flunk again;
Into the valley of down-and-out
Rode-them that were that way.
OH—SUCH—STYLES
Oh, higher, higher, dresaes go,
No limit to their upward flight,
So high they are, my! what a show,
Too they seem so awful tight
But let us beware thlB land so bright,
’Tis the fruit of the seed we sow
Lest haply we find it- changed to
night,
And steeped in misery and woe;
For our deedi today are paving the
way
For good, or ill every mile
That shall guide us aright or lead us
astray - -
In that land of After-While.
students meet train
Forsyth, Ga.—Last Wednesday,
B. C, Snow was in Forsyth on a bus
iness trip. A field meet waa held for
Mbnroe county and it is reported
that the member of the Mercer Ath-
leti Board was present to take part
in the judging. Another report has
it that he was around the campus
of Bessie Tift waiting for the train
coming from Atlanta. There to
now a report going the rounds to
the effect that the next time Weeley-
an has s holliday that B. C. S. will
go to Griffin to meet the train.
HEARN ACADEMY, Cave Spring, Ga
A select school for boys and girls—
Ideal conditions for school work—
Supervised study—Individual atten
tion to pupils. For full information
write the president.
Stay, stay, the rise of them today,
So far above the tiny feet,
A catastrophe, watch out I pray!
When low necks and those skirts
meet. . ' *
Is any comfort for the Miss,
Who all alone braves the fight,
And listen to the tea-hound’a hiss,
Who thinks he make-up jurt right
Little Willie ruffer-nell,
Shoved his sister down a well;
And hs mother, drawing water,
Said, “It’s hard to raise a daughter.
* —Seleected.
President Harding has received a
permanent paas to a chain ot motien
pictures in Washington. The pane is
made ot gold hut under thhe law the
war tax of ten perccent mast be paid.
American producers of motion pic
tures are turning out sufficient films
every twelve months to provide the
.arth with a double girdle of celluloid.
A contrary housewife of good in
tentions but with little culinary
knowledge, decided to try her hand
at cake making. The result was
somewhat on the heavy side; after
offering it to the various membera
of the household she threw it to the
ducks -in, disgust.
A short time afterward two boys
tapped at her door.
“Say, Missus,” they shouted, “your
ducks have sunk.”—Minneapolis Tri
bune.
Marlwd.
Phrenologist: “Your son has a pro
nounced mathematical bump.’”
The Son—“That’s where papa hit
me for being at the bottom of the
arithmetic class-”—American Legion
Weekly.
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our 52nd Anniversary Sale. We are giving a big dis
count on all new Fall Suits, Hats, Furnishings and
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Bessie Tift College
STANDARD C0LLGE FOR WOMEN
Owned by^eorgia Baptist State Convention.
Fifteen Units required for admission to
Freshman class.
One hundred and twenty-four hours for grad*
uation.
Students 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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