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PSYCHOLOGICAL
TEST FOR FRESH
Knees Tremble and Shoulders
Shimmy to\Prof-’s Voice.
THEY LEAVE EXHAUSTED
Mercer First Southern Univer
sity to Adopt Test
By Robert M. Gamble
Mercer freshmen, two hundred
strong, spent what probably was the
most serious day of their college
careers to date when they took the
psychological test Saturday. With
knees trembling, shoulders shaking,
ami a feeling of homesickness sud
denly come on, the verdant first-year
men filed into the examination room
to write all they knew and to wind up
with a lust will and testament, for
the haughty sophomores had led them
to believe that they wudlri be put
through the third degree. ’ •
What is the formula for hash ?
Who invented atmosphere? At which
end of the cannon would you stand
when it was fired ? When did Colum
bus discover Valdosta ? How many
great grandchildren did your great
grandfather have on your mother's
side? Which is the butt end of a
goat? Was . Sir Walter Raleigh's
Velvet coat, union-made? Where, did
Robinson Crusoe go with Friday on
Saturday nig)jt?
Many Tremble
These were some of the questions
which the sophomores declared.'to the
freshmtn that they would have to an
swer. Do you wonder that the initi
ates trembled with fear and left all
hope behind as they entered .the ex
amination room?
“Are you ready ? One, two, three,
go!” shouted Prof. Peyton Jacob, dean
of the School qf Education, and the
freshmen scratched their heads as the
stop-watch ticked away. A search
was madu. Each freshman combed
his memory and called up all the in
formation stored away in other days
somewhere in the brain cells often
supposed to be surrounded by an
ivory cranium.
The room was as quiet as a nur
sery when the chubby, blue-pyed baby
takes a morning nap. Above the de
spairing breathing of those taking
' the test might have been heard the
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NEW DEAN OF WOMEN
IS NOTED EDUCATOR
FORSYTH.—Mrs. John O. Rust,
announcement of whose appointment
to the position of dean of women at
Bessie Tift College, was made at
commencement in May, comes to
Bessie Tift from . Arcadia College,
Arcadia, Canada, where she has been
dean of women for several years.
Following the death of her hus
band, Dr. John O. Rust, a noted
figure in the Baptist ministry, who
served prominent churches in Ken
tucky and Tennessee and as pastor of
White Temple, Portland, Ore., Mrs.
Rust became president of IJgscobel
College and served there until she
went to.Arcudia.
problems connected with.the work of
women’s colleges; it is said, and is
well equipped for the position to
which she has been elected.. .
125 ARE SINGERS
Dr. Walker Is to Soon Select Glee
Club Members.
'Candidates fqr the Mercer Glee
Club have been demonstrating their
wares before Dr. J. Clay Walker,
director of the club, for Several (lays.
With the influx of new material It is
said that the Glee Club, this .year will
least 125 students have come to him
surpass all other attempts of Mercer
luhs in years gone by.
br. Walker said recently that at
to congratulate him, announcing that
they would all be on the' club this
year. As there are only about twenty-
five places to be awarded, it is ex
pected that keen competition will be
the result of the . ambitious musical
performers, most of the aspirants
coming from the freshman class.
ticking of Prof. Jacob's ‘stop-watch,
if one possessed ears so acutely,
trained.
Why the stop-watch? The fresh
men knew; at least they thought they
did. They had been told that Prof.
Jacob would line,them up abreast and
say, “Raise your right foot,” apd that
he would time the movement.. Then,
“Raise your left foot," and "record the
number of seconds. required. Then.
“Raise both feet,” and 'that if they
did this last they would be adjudged
fit subjects for the bughouse and sent
to Milledgeville forever Prof. Jacob
disapointed them, however, and now
some of the freshmen are bewailing
their' lot for they had planned a
frame-up with the hope that they
would be sent to. Milledgeville, be
lieving that they, would lie allowed to
visit often with the” G. N.. Si L C.
girls. Now, they will go to Bessie
Tift along with the other students
wlio can afford transportation now
and then. , ' \. •
Memory Test
Speaking seriously, the psychologi
cal test given to all first-year men at
Mercer is,, different from the ques
tions enqmerated above. Prof. Jacob
stressed the fact that it is not merely
a 'memory test of, things -learned by
rote method; nor is it a . speed test.
On the other hand, the questions ip
elude all subjects about which the
student may have learned anything,
and questions about personal expert,
•ence knowledge. The tqst -pfesup-,
poses a four-year high school, course
and in this it differs from the army,
test* in that the*,latter includes only
questions of general knowledge. Thy
i Stop-watch is' not used -to cause the
i students taking, the examination to
£Ush through with their work but the
element of time required to complete
I the test is considered in giving the
' grade. ‘ j
, Mercer was the first Southern uni
versity to adopt the Thorndyke test
und to require it as a part of the en
trance requirement demanded -of all
freshmen. The test was first used at
MePcer two .years ago. It was an
nounced recently by Prof. Jacob that
the pcychological test affords a much
keener insight into the capabilities of
the.new. students- than-that which can
be gained from the high school cer
tificate for admission.
Statistics at Mercer show that the
faculty, has been able to determine.in,
advance frotn the psychological test
the kind'of work that ninety per cent
of students who took the test would
do in their class work,- Prqf. Jacob
admitted that possibly pne student in
ten would belie the. psychological test
but stressed the fact that; the results
of the test have proven exceedingly
'beneficial' in enabling professors to
properly classify students and advise
theni subjects for which they are best
fitted.. .
MERCER’S BRASS
BAND ORGANIZING
Bandmaster Dan Davis Prom
ises Plenty of, Music,
READY FOR FIRST GAME
More Than 'Thirty Windjam
mers Report First Practice.
Mercer'sorganization of windjam
mers held its first meeting Tuesday
night for the purpose of organizing .
the university band. About forty men
reported to Bandmaster Dan Davis,
formerly leader of the band at Lo
cust Grove- Institute. Bandmaster
Davis promises that''the. musical or- .
'gunization will be in perfect trim and
will lead ,the’ student body to- Alumni
field for the first football game of the
season against’ Birmingham South
ern on October 21.
The' windjammers may be, heard
at all hours day and night, running
scales und running students to other
.quprtciV A Macon physician, hear
ing of the organization of another
band for the city, recalled an incident
<if a family, in Macon a few years
ago, all of whom were, hornblowers.
They also operated a cabinet factory
aid often had fingers mashed in the
machinery. The neighbors had com
plained of the musical disturbance by
the music ians, in'the wge hours, and
a campaign was begun. It is reported
thut whenever the -musicians from
the cabinet works went to'£he nearby
hospital, with mashed fingers, the
head surgeon, whose family had been
disturbed by -the hornblowers, would
amputate the hurt finger with the
hope of finally amputating all the
fingers! of the hornblowers and there
by cause a cessation of the disturb
ance. At last reports all of the
finggeri had not been removed and
some of the musicians are still play
ing.
But back to Mercer again. Band-,
master Davis is to have regular
practice hours for the members of
his organization and it is expected
that students on the campus will not
be disturbed throughout the day.
The following are -candidates for
the band, which Bandmaster Davis-
says will number thirty pieces:
Cornet, Fred Caylor, Many McWil
liams, I.buie' Buchanan, H. -A. Wells,
H. A, Birch, M. C. Lasseter, F. M.
H. ulnic, Paul Perry, Hap Sloan; sax
ophones, Sam Pair, E. L. Field, R. H.
Fetner, Jim Harbin; baritone, Sam
Pair; trombone, Dan Davis, ’(band
master i'. W B. Martin. J. A. Rubbiii;
alto, E., G. Alford, C. D. Harrold, N.
T. Weaver, K. M. Bmadweli. R. Mc
Curdy; flute, Joe. Crudtip; bass,'
French Shelling, A. N Swain, Lon
nie Fleming; drums, J. H.. Drewery,
E, S. 'Gammer, Cosby (’a:lisle; cym- •
bais, M. Pharr. L.,'C. Cobb.
The. 'orchi str-a probably will in
clude the following: Dan Davis, di-
retbr, trombone'; Hap Sloan, violin;
John" Lauren,cc, second violin; ,R. ..H.
I'etner and, F S. Gammage, saxo
phones; Paul Perry, cornet, and M.
I. ’.liarr,' pianist... '. - -
STUDENT BARBER SHOP OPENS
G. IL,(,'arter, Senior,.t<> Run Tonsorial
■ » Room.
Next! Walk right in, gentlemen.
G. B. t arter is now a student, clerk
and barber shop man. He owns, con
trols, directs and otherwise manipu
lates’ the shop, shines, shaves, sham
poos and all appurtenances thereto,-
to.be found in the Y: M. C. A. build-
ing.
Parts of the .proceeds of the shop
will • be given to the athletic board,
according to an announcement given
out by “G. B.” himself. There - are
many ways, to get through college,
and running a barber shop is one 'of
theni. '“G. B.’’ says he is determined
to get through Mercer if it takes or
ganizing seventeen ’ home industries.
He. fuhther states that if anyone gets
him away.from college before he re
ceives a degree, they will have to call
out the militia,.to takq him off.-..
It is predicted that the fellows on
th«j campus will get their hair cut
short-often enough at the shop on the
campus to, give the oUrner thereof
enough “ca-e-sh"' to stay in Mercer,
besides furnishing some 10 per cent
of its earnings to the benefit of the
athletic fund.