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THE MERCER CLUSTER
MERCER Y. MCA.
MEETS NEW MEN
('.ood Music,' Snappy Speeches,
Plenty of Pep, Come Out-
“Y” MEANS WHOLE LOT
.Officers to Visit Boys When on
Sick List.
By GUY ATKINSON
President Mercer Y. M. ('• A.
You are to be congratulated on
your decision to enter Mercer. A bet
ter choice you could not have made.
We welcome you to our campus, lo
every college activity and especially
to the "Y," one of the vital forces ip
college life. WeSwunt you to help us
show the manliness and virility of
Christianity among college men. We
want that Christianity that has r«d
blood, muscle and sinew. We inv’ilr
yop lo enter, into col lope lj£l •with the
Mercer spirit. Make this the be-t
year yet, .(T ;
.lust after supper each night we
meet in the Y. ,M- C. A. building.
Meetsnps last twenty minutes and
never (trap. Best of music, short,
helpful talks by students, faculty
biembers or out of town speakeri.
Come and pet acquainted. Everybody,
shakes hands. Democracy and fel
lowship abound. This, is the best
twenty minute's of the day. You cant
atford to miss it. .
The college man who starves his
spiritual nature misses the preatest
murk in life. . A fellow cannot cram
enough knowledpe in his head to off
set the shrinkage of his heart when
he leaves Christ out. At the vesper
services we try to learn of Christ; we
try to help each other. Yoq will like
it; come to the "Y.” Make this your
home. Enjoy the victrola, use the
phone, read the paper, lump out in the
. rest roomj support the barber shop.
Be Mercer to the core.
What the “Y” Stands For
The Collepe Y. M. C. A. is essen
tially an orpanization of students for
mutual helpfulness in the Christian
life and Christian work, of the student?
body. Here, as nowhere- else, all
ranks and grades are lost sight of- ■
men come together on one common
plane to do and to pet pood. Here
professor and student,' senior and
sophomore, student of law, literature
and divinity, younjf and old, all
classes join .in . a hearty, fellowship
and in a common aim.
The Y.M. C. A. seeks for the Col-
• lope maii the best religious and'spir
itual development. At this time of
life and. stage of growth this is of un
speakable importance. The daily de
votional Bible study, the observance
of .the quiet hour, and' the personal
effort to help others find arid live the
* Christian life arc indispensable to
ripht Christian experience and
prowth.
As a result. of these proper exer
cises of worship and devotion may it
not be. expected that the student’s life
will he lifted to; higher plane? We
want to stimulate to tho highest
honor ami faithfulness' in class-room
Work. We vt'unt to ■ encourage clean
methods and aims in-sports' arid rec
reations.. ; We believe that a proper
arc for the nedils of the religious life
.ought to make us better men and. to
work with a better spirit.
While the Y. 51. C. A. seeks to meet
the peculiar, needs of the students in
their* college life, it would especially
magnify the regular meetings and
forms of worship of the churches. Our
religious life will suffer from isolation
or. frym narrowing our fellowships to
any one class. It will be an occasion
of disappointment and grief if any
man allows his-Y. M. C. A. work to
interfere with his hurch or Sunday
School; . '
The Y: M. C.'A.is one of the many
college organizations, and belongs to
that great central organization,' the
object of which is to Save .men
through Jesus Christ. .
The "Y” stands for higher, broader
men, all round men—men with minds,
bodies, and souls. The object of (he
Association is to promote ..Christian
growth, fellowship and earnest living
among its members; to guard, against
error and oppose vice;' to save the
souls of the'unsaved and the lives of
(hose already professing Christianity,
and thus to carry on active and ag
gressive work for Christ in the Uni
versity and. community.
“Y” Cdmwftteea
The “Y” hopes this year to function
to a greater extent than ever through
ALL MERCER MEN
CLASS 1921 BUSY
Carter, Haynes and ^Davidson
Join Ranks of Teachers.
TERESI NOW A BENEDICT
Hardy Practicing Law; Others
Are at Seminary.
Mercer University graduates of the
class of 1921 are .scattered over tlie
country, the greater number of them
holding pood positions in business,
teaching, preaching, practicing law,
or preparing to enter college- again
somewhere, according to an announce
ment by J. Henry Burnett, business
manager.
K. L, Carter, who held the honor-of.
master Merc'erian at the university
last, year, is superintendent of the
high school ut Chipley, Fla. James
A. Ivey will probably go to the South
ern Baptist Theological Seminary,
while E. B. Brown will study,medi
cine at. the University of Georgia.,
J. H. Brown has gong into business
with . his father, and Rev. W. , l\ r
Chambliss is pastor of the Baptist
church at Funston. L. M. Collins is
back at Mercer for graduate work, as
is R. I’. Cuff, pastor of the East Ma
con Christian churclr. >
'Oscar Weaver Burnett, son of the
Mercer business manager, holds the
position of foreign exchange clerk
with the Guaranty Trust Company of
New York city,. He is located at the
famous Italian bank, a branch of the
trust company. Ben Hunt Davidson
will teach at Waycross, while E. V.
Dozier will also teach school in South
Georgia.
A law office at Ashburn is now the
headquarters of L. W. Hardy, former
editor of the Mercer Cluster and
president of last year’s senior clast.
W. T. Evans is teaching and preach
ing in North Georgia, and Edgar
Harviil will teach at Shellman.
Churches near Swainsboro have R.
D. Hodges for their pastor, while H.
J. Johnson, ariother minister gradu
ate, returns to Mercer to get a M. A.
degree.
. Escoe l.ogan is holding the pastor
ate of the I.ithonia Baptist church,
and Jdhn t\ Rabun is u reporter for
the Macon Daily News. B. C. Snow
is in the law office of Harry Strozior
in Macon, while “Slap” Rent? is ath-
'letic coach of the Madison A. and M.
school.
James M. Tercsi has become a
Benedict since graduating last spring
and,-, will be at the Southern. Baptist
Theological Seminary this fall. T. J.
Tribble is pastor of, the North At
lanta Baptist church, while A. H. S.
Weaver is practicing law in Macon.
Hubert Haynes is. a member of tlve
faculty of Gibson-Mcrcer Academy at
Bowman, and Pratt Ford is principal
of the Adrian high school. John
Faulkner is pastor at Lumpkin. One
or tw<> others could not be. located,
but it is supposed that they will he
heard from shortly as to where they
expect to locate permanently.
FRESHMAN DATA
FROM MISS SALLY
Fundamental Difference Freshs
and Sophs One Year.
the various committees. These com
mittees are composed of men who are
interested in . and connected with
every phase of college activities.
Under their leadership these com
mittees will be something other than
a dead letter.
The committee for sick is'composed
of one or more men from each hall.
These men will visit all sick students
and report to the association. All
possible assistance will be rendered.
.Program Committee: O. B. New-
some, T. A,- Caraker, R. R. Moore.
Mission Study: J. G. Johnson, L,
B, Mathews, D.' V. Cason.'. , .
Social Service: Gower Latimer-, B.
D. Dubberley, W. J. Wood, H. H.
Shirley. / . >
Committee for Sick: E- C. Halsey,
B. F. Farrer, M. A. Powell, J. H.
Green, Gtiy Welch, M. E.. Herndon, G.
B. Carter.- ' y
Personal Work:'. Joshua Crudup,
C. L. Keith, T. T. Mosley.
Membership: ' C. E. Lancaster, A.
B. Cochran, W. W. Everett, A. S.
Johnson. , ,, ■
Music Committee: O. K. Webb, N.
A. Thompson, M. 8. Leach, Lonnie
Fleming, Marvin Pharr.
By C. J. BROOME
In an exclusive interview granted
a reporter for The Cluster, Miss Sal-
lie Boone, Mercer’s greatest “institu
tion,” gave out of her long experience
some data concerning the inevitable
overflow of freshmen that inundates
the campus at Mercer annually.
• The Cluster's highly paid represen
tative was compelled to use a great
amount (if his. limited supply of tact
and stratceem in gaining admission
to the sam turn sanctorum of Miss
Sallie, and securing the facts for this
exclusive article. Miss 'Sallie was be
ing beseiged by serried ranks of
sophomores who were seeking advice
about certain choice expressions of.
the “kings of English” ' with’ which
they desired to color "their verbal
hemorrhages in-some oratorical con
test. r
• When the reporter wirelessed “our
Miss Sallie,” above the tumult that
freshmen were involved hi his mis
sion, she sweetly “slipped" away the-
vociferous sophomores and with rapt
attention' listened to his prepared
questions- about the freshmen prob
lem.
We give below our questions and
Miss Sallie’s answers to the same,
believing that in this manner, from
so great an authority, enormous light
will be thrown, on a hitherto obscure
problem.
Question 1: “What do-you admire
most in freshmen V -
-Answer: “Pastures green.”
Ques. 2-: “About what per cent of
freijhmen ilo' you think will become
presidents, senator's and governors?"
A ns.: “The submerged tenth.”-
Ques. 3: “About what percent 'of.
freshmen are red-headed, freekled j
and warty ?”■
Ans.; “The same as in other tyes of
greatness.”
Ques. 4: "Whut is the fundamental |
difference between a freshman and a
sophomore?” .. ■ ' ' . I
Ans.: “One year." '
Ques. f>: “What is your favorite!
method for taming freshmen*?”
Ans.: “Loving them”' -
Ques. 0: “Is your method perma
nently or only temporarily effective?” j
Ans.: “Time alone can tell.” . |
Ques. 7: “In the light of yqur ex
perience Would you say that freshmen
are as difficult to suppress us the boll
weevil?” '
Ans.: “They have the same ‘come
back’.”
Raymond E- Boyles
Charles S. Jones
BOYLES& JONES
Printers
School Work
Solicited.
Close PriceGiven
411 Broadway
Macon, Georgia
MERCER MEN WITH FAMILIES
May Cut Expenses
By Buying Their Groceries From
L. W. ROGERS
739 College St.
. I
THREE STORES NEAR MERCER
303 Duncan Ave. 117 Montpelier Ave.
Mrs. G. E. Asbell
Grocery
Mercer families can get Good Groceries
‘at “live and let live” prices at our store -
Phone 2677
1156 Edgewood Ave.
Clothes for Young Men.
Novelty in Style
"• 7 •• t .*’• . , • ' • .
Home Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
B. H. JONES CLOTHING COMPANY
Next to Hotel Dempsey. Cherry St.
More Than a Florist’s
Shop
A Flower Service
A, complete, fresh stock of
the flowers in season
Nutting t Carswell
. ' FLORISTS ‘"'T
. \ Phone 1776
414 Second Street
Macon, Ga.
Chas. A. Hilbun
OPTOMETRIST
and Manufacturing Optician .
Phone 575 620 Cherry St.
Macon, Ga.
A horribly hackneyed
phrase, but, we gotta
say it—
‘Patronize Our
Advertisers!”
“Fellow
Freshmen” •
is an old gag, but we hafta
dejrend on - you — Mercer
Men and Friends—to help
us muke the Cluetei •rig
ger by buying from our
ioosters.
Mention The Cluster
when you trade!
Cor. Third and Poplar Streets
Phone 4491
“By our work we are, known”
R. H. SmMg's Sms
GENERAL CONTRACTORS
‘and builders
Phones 1102-J and 4092-J
.Macon,Ga.
J. H- SPRATL1NG
OITOMKTHIHT AND OPTICIAN
■pm-UIM in K.li.f .f Ejr, Strain
9 A. M. (o 6 P. M.
. 652 Ch«*rry .St.
Sundays l»y Appointment
Phone 986 - *
HOTEL LANIER
CATERS ESPECIALLY
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■*; MERCER STUDENTS ‘
THEIR FAMILIES
AND FRIENDS
A Good Place to Eat
NEW YORK CAFE
Best Coffee in the City
314 Second Street