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THE MERCER
UNIVERSITY
SYSTEM
FOURTEEN
BOOLS AND
COLLEGES
Vol.2
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, CA„ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6; 1921
CODY WARRIORS COLLEGE NIGHT
OPENS DOORS TO 200 FRESHMEN HOLD BULLDOGS
CELEBRATED IN
J1 Parts World In
Student Body.
president Weaver Fast Realiz
ing Greater Mercer Program.
[)R. WILLIAMS IS SPEAKER
in Enrollment of 700 Expected
For the Year.
Marked by a spirit of eagerness pn
he part of everyone, including the
Wo hundred freshmen, to take part
n the Greater Mercer program, the
ighty-ninth session began at Mercer
eptember 28. In the very atmos-
here-on the campus there seenied to
irculate amibition on the ptfrt of
very person in the college commu-
ily to make the college year 1921 -22
he, biggest yet known by supporters
f Mercer.-
A. vigorous campaign for new stu-
I’lents was launched during the sum-,
lmer months and the * results of the
■j lrive for new students were potice-
: side at the first gathering of the stu-
j lent, body. Approximately two 'hun
dred freshmen, the largest number
3 eV er enrolled at Mercer, occupied the
freshman section in the chapel, pre
senting a scene which President
Jtufus W. Weaver declared made him
Aiappier than he had. been in many
Aears- possibly since he visited the
■‘old swimmin' hole,” somewhere in
he Tar Heel woods of North Caro-
MERCER SCRUBS
DEFEAT MADISON
Safety in Second Quarter Wiiiy
: Game Over Aggies by2-0.
MERCER SCRUBS
AND G. M. C. TIE
IN FAST DAME FUN AND FROLIC
.Mercier 1 e'anr Sitting*. Big Sur
prise (.n.S'ii’ilorfl l-'ield-'
Miss Sallie Boone Introduces in
.Clever Verse-
Se-'ornl String
.l‘.;dgeVilU‘ I’re]
Men I May Mil
is I lard (iamc.
TWO St'OKEJ I'-
'( antpus • Sujijiorhu -
i lied , V\ it ii ‘Kt'-'Ult--
Xl.VES MUi^C AND MUCH HOT AIR
-Well Satis-
o|' (ianfe;
DRANYON IS AGGIES STAR - STRONG DEFENSE S»(PVN
MADISON. —Held back -frptij each
other’s goal lines except for. ii safety
by the Mercer University Reserves,.
Coach Cohen’s last string men won'
from the Madison -A. and M. team by
the score of 2 to 0. The Mlicou boys
seemed glad to get away with-even
so slighht a victory against so: strong
a team, the varsity squad having
drawn more ban twenty of the best
men for the game with Georgia in
Athens; . * . .
• ( oach Cohen, in-charge-'of thc.MerV
e'er Reserves, was iiigh in his praise
of the team' coached by, “Slap” Kent/.,
former captain i|f the .Mercer team.
The Mercer Reserves scored in the
second quarter. The Madison
Oir.en.so Badly- Disdi-giini/.ml; K-
vsti Cttitt-llcs .Well I’lt-a.si-d.
MANX
Ha vt-f-
Ro-nrgajii/.ed yOrchestra Gets
‘Large Part of Applause-
ERE 11.MEN SING AND TALK
MHd.EPGKX ll-i.l'.. XV.ii.h ill/-' ii
fctiau of ' liot'li teams' c'u'-iifgiy uno
.guniked..' the- Mincer livs.i r.i tvpi
renting, Coach ••Cndy's '>ei oiuj- ai
third string , foopial.l nn ii, and' 1-
.Georgia Military (iillige t.-,im played ' i- a
a- ■sciilvI.Vss. tie gaim . Till' Mefcri-em!' -tail Me
Ijoth teams was.of tin.' In'sf brdcV but .-tin fl ay
that-wa
nin'. evVii . tin- fondest eX-
. t tl'te .VP lei r football team
re t niVer -ii-y of Georgia
la.-d • Saturday afternoon,
•a n; ba< .k .yaril. -'hoi
• (Continued' on : page twin
tackly, and -Hudgens, .right end', ads
fen) u rod for tin'- A. and M-., tcain.
Lewis. Stein, in the liai hlicld fo
team ..Mercer, with their ends.\ did tin lc
held the ullcgians for downs on t.hc
two-yard line an<l dropped buck of
the line for an attempted punt: Fum
bling the punt, an Aggie player fell
on the ball for the safety.
Dranyon Is Aggies’ Star
Ayoi:k for. the visitors. Mcj-i , i ! team
seemed to .outweigh the haul cliwcji'
ti ll to fifteen poputlds. »
Because of ’his good “• ho w i r.
against the A,, .and M. team,- Stain
was picked up' by the varsity squad
Dranyon, half hack Tor Madison, and kept ...Tor'the game again! G
got around end for two .‘10-yard gains' gia.
while Reese, at ijuartcr. went through ..-The Madison team plays Georgia
the line for gains. Champion, right Military-Academy in Atlanta Fnda-v.
ding, them
.From- t lie
afiind' won't into.
d-i nr .he"' spirit
ft r/sul-fs. Kight-
- -wtic.lt was rated
.only to .the great
did u<-it; seem '.to
■f the team in the
fought like tigers
uairule- the teams,
b'rth with-the ad-,
.or ' f tije one anc
Pharr Declares for Song: "Ain’t
We Got Fun.’*
Students from -everywhere, China,
M,rcece,, Japna, Fort Valley, Atlunta,
Ay, run, Haddocks Station included,
Kvero numbered among those who
■greeted the faculty at Convocation
■exercises: -
Faculty Addition
In the Convocation address, Dt
it hartes Bray Williams, former pres
Tklent of Howard College; Birming
■hath,. Ala., who' was added to. tfi
jMercer faculty this year, stressed
Ii hi- importance of the work beinc
done by-those connected with Merge:-
lie urged the students to get into th--
pint (if the .thing with a zeal in.
reusing daily and to take, their
ightful place in thy great work he-
Jing done for and by Mercer.
1 ‘ The Christian College, ili the Re-
■ n-t ruction of. the World w-as the
limliject chosen liy Dr. Williiims. He '
ih hmnstnjted the fur.-reaching Cf
; jfccts-,of the work of the Christian
Jr,liege and gave many reasons why.
i*oung men of America should be sent
jtii denominational schools. He did not
triticlse State institutions;- but
t irought but. many' points in which he
aid-'dotiominational institutions arc
Superior to State universities.
President Rufus W. Weaver ex
pressed to the study body his appfe-
Jriation of their work during the sum-
JHut in winning new students fpr
Mil error, thereby helping in a most
Jessential way to bring about the
l alization. of the -Greater Mercer o.
Jwhich all Mereer followers are dream
ng. A goal of 5(10 regular .student
as sot by President Weaver for the
ear 1921-22 und it is- expect -d that.]
ithin the next few days this goal j
ill be reached. An enrollment of
7(>1> for the college year is not beyond
he expectations of some of those
working “on the inside." -
The spirit of the students at Mer-j
er this year is said to-be better than
ver before. The one jdea.is ‘(All for
Mercer,' and this spirit of co-opera- .
ion-for the biggest thing of- all ap-- 1 -
parently has overshadowed . all fac-
ionalism., ; ■ '. ' .
With Authority
In-speaking of the spirit, aimpng
he students, Miss Salliij Boone, af-
-octionately known to ali.-Mercer stu-
lents past and present , as “Miss.-...
ialHe,” said recently,-‘‘Why, boys,
IPs better than . I have ever known or
een before; it'st simply wonderful, .
ind “Miss Sallie” has been at Mer
er for a long time.
To-win the freshman to the.bigger
hings is sad to take three years' or
■College Night, the annual get-to-
gidhor; social f >r faculty members
and 'students, was held at the- Mercer
dining hull Monday night. *
Miss Sallie Boone, Mercyr libra-
riniG acted a s toastmistress. Begin
ning with her hearty laugh, which
among other things has endeared her
fo Mereer''students for many years,
"Miss. Sabie" greeted . the- students
with a jolly, “Howdy, boys.” ’
Making its debut, the reorganized
orchestra won the students with a
rendition of Mercer’s Colors. The
systematic dap, originated by Dean
I . J.- Holder, of the School of .Com
merce, expressed the appreciation of
-. : Cp 'until-the close of I thl ‘ bo >' s - • ' ' ' -
f time ' tin-—Bulldogs" 1 ''ollege spirit was evident through-
n single I uut tlu ’ K Bth pring. When “Miss Sal-
f the see- | b( '" asked, "Where is Mr. LordV*
n-nc'iif the students), some freshman
piped up, “He's on high,” and thp
laughter died away as the orchestra
played again.
Rides aFculty
Introducing the various members
"f the faculty. Miss Boone used a
novel iiled w hich she originated. Men- •
lev.il.some's Songs Without Words,
verses modeled after Mother Goose
rhymes, with faculty names filled in,
>\Trc used as the introduction for the
• professors.. " .
Vs an irvtrodui'tion for Dr. Weaver,
,.XIiss BaHie. gave the following verse:
->nan in our. town,. '
v.as wiind-ii.ius .clever-;
r pi p" wa- needed, straight
.dh-d for Rufus Weaver.'
'■ t'fu-.i ash and pep ran out.
'a- might an. I. .main •
upon a miiving train
111, it n't. again.-'
Coaches, Captain and Manager of Mcrccr Gridiron Team' Tor 1921
U -• It . .t'
!: the f ;
I frightened
hail
HUE are the ■ leaders uf Mercri p
UnlWrslty'ii -grtdiron.miichinc tor
file beUBOIl Of ltl-1.
In tlie extreme left earner U Buasiill
Cohen, abbi'bt.uit cuaeti unit (ornterly
,nll-Southcrn 'end U'lflv tbp Vul}di-r!iill
I'oinmodarei;' litiiig u t<‘uinnmtu"quiit
cf 'the time wltli 'Jnsli Cytly. J.ast
>«‘Ur, --'.Rubs*' dlitet» d .Ibv Keeshnu n
el. ven of the 'Cnlv-jsiry of U. orgiu
•nnd met; with ' uhutbiul mui-ccsm, IPs
eharges not loAlim. a same, fin the en'i
• tin- season and ti i j met all of Hi
Eieslilli.H fleams ft si 11 u l hjr . 011 e sss
and.' tririlltu-d the b-’cltttg Im-Ji and
liifcli BChaql elevens , ;ltuss ' is ihji illy
’lircvlng-.to bs Just III.-, limn (-ill!> in- *
ed to aid ‘him with .the snund of am.i'
than forty t-itndlthit.-s ibis ,1-all.
Oil the extreme light is tin- "lid:
tioy*'* himself, IIVsid't'daeii Josh d'u l>
This ta. Josh’s second >e.-ii‘ .at Me. :
rer'and.he lads 'fal,r.tn allow - w ho'i-
' some results ' ' Jiis)i-u- wii . . iis iiian.v
of l|ls, a'dinlivr •• have come, to kiV.U
the forfm-r Riant’' Vundi't ii! 11 nil -Situ'.h-
( I II.and a'l-Ann rli .ni taetde, h.m ni.ide
"'.a er stated that
1 t -me When the
■ hi f, .ijyshmen,.
1' :it of Mercer .
- reason he felt
s.'nt belonged, to
gthe renditions'.
d War, w hen , h
: e. declared’ that.
at •' VU-.rcer and
C the * great prd-'
-,- lh‘e_ university.
:td * --ideHl.ihstitu ’'
--. t -was the win ■ ,
i ; *t War',
o' .lie foumj s; vertii.
intVi>dU.i e 'other.: njern-
.'ler.c have.
to find some
what -.dill 'ymi
iVman clear 'to his
! l„ ■ -. of.
dulling 'dulle's irt
it Ionan.i * id's atiihu
ft o' hiiiftn'no q v. I
III the i-ent. r Is
Vm’ haP-B frpn) 11,
wild has horn h . d i
ie.mg.ye-,
tefini: i Tin iius-
eyli-u'i i; -i igtil,-hand .
'll': ti..iiuiliivg'
is'Aii','1.1. .-fidm y .lnliiison,
eiqdnlM.' *
i n- •
(Continued or. page six)
In Meri-i r,- to Mercer, Dr. Holder'll
now .sing,. '
Math again, r.iath again, the welkin
wjll .ring.
There Was a professor named Walken,
■A singer as well as, a talker;
H.s topgues Were so many,
And he'd. talk, in anyN
Till he finally called-.' fipr a corker.
.Professor, professor, the Robinson,
Showed. how English might be fun;
He’d chase the blues far, far away.
And find a new .joke every day.
u Yqu know Warren Grice , ■ 1 ,
(Continued dn page aix)
