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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)