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FOURTEEN
SCHOOLS ANT)
COLLEGES
Vol.2
MERCER UNIVERSITY, ttACON, GA-, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1921.
No. 2
Josh u-way” and “George’
Hall of Fane.
TANDS TO SEAT ROOTERS
IRST HOME GAME, WITH BIRMINGHAM SOUTHERN-21 ST
fylLD MEST MAN
HEADS NEW BAND
LUMNI FIELD
WILL BE READY
FOR OPENING GAME
Tired
BUYS BETTER BOW TIES
Alumni Field in just a few more
ours will be complete. Macon will
lew the first raal football field in her
Istory. This is the first football field
be built in Bibb county. An int
ense grandstand to seat hundreds of
ns now looms above the surround-
territory. Goal posts and lines
adorn the field. Mercer’s first
me is with the Birmingham-South
m team, October 21. It has been
tated by many prominent sport
iters that Alumni Field will be one
the best gridiron fields in the en
ire South.
Macon can justly feel proud that
a result of the construction of this
eld, football teams of national repu
tion may be booked to fling their
asses and show their wares on this
ield. Wonderful football facilities are
ilfered by this gridiron location,
Probably before old man Time has
ipun his web for five more years
aeon will be the location of many
ird fought football games.
High Feaee
The entire field is surrounded by
n-foot fence. Some half dosen gates
ill , bCckon entrance to the hundreds
>f fans who are expected to witness
tames which Mercer will play
before football fades upon the
iketball horison. The stands will
gain spread Wings to the cheering
hrobgs of baseball fans.
It is prohable that home plate will
i placed in the southeast corner of
he field, so “Babe” Cogdell may pull
is stunt of crashing the old apple
>ver the eenterfield wall. Dan Ham
ock will find plenty of space to pola
out his consistent singles in the hole
>f the invading infield.
The city labor force is grading the
ids leading \o the gate entrances
hereby making an easy approach fa
utomobiles and "what-nots.” Work!
parking space can be secured. The
field is so constructed as to furnish
mple standing room for the specta
tors who may be crowded out of the
ndstand.
Club houses probably will be built
n the sidelines to accommodate the
(siting clubs as well, as the home
team.
Lanier High School teams will
able. to play some of their games
his stadium. In this way the fol
lowers of Lanier and Mercer fans can
pull together for the common good
f the two institutions as well as for
the promotion of student fellowship
in the city of Macon.
Well Drained
Ditches and channels surround the
field thus furnishing an outlet for
that would otherwise flood the
park during wet weather. Every pre
caution is being taken to preserve tne
field for years’ to come. Had t+ not
been for the scarcity of lumber the
field would have been completed be
fore this time.
During practice last week the sun
reflected its rays Upon the white lum
ber of the grandstand as well as-upon
the backs of the husky football play
ers who were tugging away in an at-
t«mnt to again. place Mercer upon the
field of successful gridiron activity.
Looking upon this scene one could
hardly keen from thinking of the
great stens that have been under
taken find completed under the direc
tion of President R. W. Weaver, and
of the great things that are fast mn-
tertalMng in the plans for the
“Greater Mercer.”
By B. B. M.
IRELESSLY TIE
1IES-TIRES0ME
Senior Tries About
Better Tieing.
For
Dan Davis, Freshman, Another
Interesting College Man.
STUDY OF GERMAN
ON THE INCREASE
MUSIC FOR FIRST GAME
be
in
By a Senior
The Senior class passed the rule,
and when, the Senior class speaks it
as the laW of the Medium Persons.
The dictum dictorum was laid down
Chat all members of the Upper Circle
must wear black bow ties or worse
would happen to them.
We had never worn a bow tie, we
had never tied a bow tie, wo had
never liked a bow tie, and so we were
bit dubious of the proposition. But
once in a while we are willing to go
Out of our way to be accommodating;
and so we sat down to think the
matter over. To buy a bow tic tied
-r not to. buy a bow tie tied—that
was the question.
We had a deep aversion to wear
ing one of those ready-tied bow tie*,
and we did not know how to tie the
untied species. The tied ties tired us
being too tidy. Tliey always
seemed a bit too perfect in form and
workmanship. Like the diddle-dum-
dong of a player-piano, the general
tone of a ready-tied tie is a just a
ittle too perfect.
Finally we decided to tie on to an
antied tie and tie it. Fifty cents
turned the trick of getting the senior-
>sque ornament, and we dragged the
thing home and sat ourselves down to j
look the critter over and work out her
eccentricities. Then we drew her
through our Arrow Special and ad
justed same to our fawn-like neck.
Then we began to try to tie our bow
tie. • •
We looked in the mirror and
brought her round about. Then we
brought her up and under. Then we
poked her through and down. Then
we pulled her .out and twisted her
.nanfully about. Nothing doing! She
looked -like a cross between a floor
nop and an airplane. We tried again
with worse results.
We called in friends and asked for
suggestions. “Poke her up this way,”
laid one. “Shove her down that ’er
way,” offered another. Very indus
triously we tied that bow tie again
and again. We poked up, we pulled
Jown, we heaved, we jerked, we tried
.-very imaginable combination of , in
dicate interweaving. We worked her
.eft, we worked her right, we gave
her every opportunity to show that
ihe was a tieable tie: And we held
iur temper, but our courage oozed.
At last we thought we had heir
‘put,’’ and y s et she was not exactly
right. She bulged in the middle, she
lopped at the ears, she evinced little
evidence of Sehioresque equilibrium.
But fifty cents was .fifty cents, and
we decided to try her effects. We
walked across the campus—smiles
met us, looks of pity, sympathetic
and suggestive glances toward our
conspicuous Emblem of the Upper
Circle.
One finally led me tenderly to a se
cluded comer of the campus, and
confided that a certain firm
23 Freshmen Now Interested in
Pre-War Lingo.
MERCER HAZING
DESCRIBED BY
WISE FRESHMAN
EXPERIENCED TEACHERS
Boy Editor Gives Feeling Im-
- pression of “Big Fun.”
A. B. Cochran
From' trombonist in Buffalo Bill’?
Wild West Show to bandmaster at
Mercer University is a “long, long
trail,’’ but' Dan Davis, -of .Blakely,
completed the journey successfully
when he, was appointed leader of the
band by Dr. Weaver.
Realizing his talent as a musician
early in life, Mr. Davis began his ca
recr as'a player .at the age of siine,
and now after a few years of experi
ence and practice teaches as well as
plays any band instrument. Surely
no one on the campus has a more
commanding appearance for a leader
of the Mercer band than this man- A
‘six footer,” as he is, with his broad
smile and an avoirdupois of 185
pounds, certainly will have no trouble
in leading the band or the .student
oody. £
■Going severul hundred miles from
his home to Bliss, Oklahoma, this
young boy answered the call of ad
venture and began his training with
the band of the wild west show, hav
ing .become well informed in music
from his early piano, lessons at home.
Other Champions
As to .the wild west show, Instruc
tor Davis added that it was now
known as the Miller Brothers Wild
West Show since the death of the
noted Buffalo Bill. This show was the
largest of its kind when he was with
it in 1916 and only a few. years be-j
fore in 1912 the entire show made a
tour of the European countries.
The show had its number of cham
pions, among whom were Montana
Jack Ray, champion trick roper;
Guy Schutz, champion broncho rider
and s^oer thrower at that time, and
Cecil. Webb, champion goat thrower-
rope and tic a goat in twenty-two
seconds then' hold him up with his
teeth.
“There is every kind of people in
a show of this kind, from the ‘razor
backs' (stick drivers) to the head
manager,” declared the musician. He
stated that' the experience of asso
ciating with these people meant lots
to him, hot mentioning what a great
privilege of educational value were
his travels in the Middle Western
States. They had their own Pullman
cars tg travel in and never stopped
In the fall of ,1918 the present
Senior class came to Mercer to learn
the best way to go about teaching the
German soldiers martial etiquette.
This fall, the consuming, passion of a
large part' of the 'Freshman class
seems to be to learn when to use
’budwieser” and when to s*y “auf.”
The Freshmen in 1918 learned to
sing such songs as “We’re All Going
aliing oh the Kaiser and We’ll
a nock the Heligo Into Heligo Out of
Heligoland.” This year the Freshmen
are learning to make loye in Geirman.
The Freshmen who are studying
German this year number, twenty-
Jhrec. -Most of these men are pre-
medical students who recognize the
value which a knowledge of German
has for them in their profession.
There , are seven men in the advanced
class.
The professors of German at Mer
cer are especially well qualified for
their places, both men having spent
a year or more studying in Germany.
Dr. J. Clay Walker teaches the ad
vanced class; and Dr. John Harrison
has charge of the instruction of the
ereshman class.
HOLDS NO GRyDGE NOW
in-1917 and enjoyed a year of experi
ence and travel through the ‘Eastern
States,, which took him to many of
the largo cities. It was the call of
"Unde Sam” that made him leade
this company, for in 1918. he joined
the Sixty-eighth Coast Artillery Band
spending eleven months in t,he service
and several ..of those overseas. Dur
ing part of this time he was the in
structor of the Camp, Shannon Volun
teer Band, which in itself was n won
derful experience.
Much Experience
• it was in 1919 that Mr. Davis en
tered. -one of the “Mercer System”
schools, Locust Grove, as a freshman
and graduated this year as the band
instructor of that institution. Learn
ing of .the ability and seeing the great
need of a bandmaster at Mercer, Dr.
at! a city smaller than 25,000 inhabi-I Weaver seized the opportunity of
tants.
Having grown tired of the “wild
west” life, Mr. Davis signed up with
the Schneidt’s Big 4 Amusement Co.
town sold bow ties tied. We' knew it,
and looked guilty. But we betook our
selves again to town, paid another
half buck, received a tie ready tied.
And now we stalk the campus ......
dauntless and unashamed. We don’t and that when the first football game
care a rap who knows that we wear J is played at Mercer, October 21, .the
a tie tied by a tier who ties ties tire- 1 band will be on the athletic field play-
down-! lessly for those who can’t tie ties. ing“Glory to Old Mercer.’,’
getting a man with such experience
and so able a leader as “Freshman”
Davis. , ' ' - - • ’
Instructor Davis held his first band
practice Tuesday afternoon with
twenty-five out with, instruments and
eight present who have not received
their instruriu-nts yet. He reports
that the prospects arc very favorable
for a good band, an. ambitious band,
Howard Littlefield
When I announced . my intentions
of going to college 1 was instantly
beset' by advisors. I rccived advice
from morning until night. All of my
relatives deemed it their , unflinching
duty to chip in a few wordt of in
structions. 1 wasn’t to forget to put
on more cover, when it got cold,, pick'
good company, study pretty hard, be
polite to the teachers and under no
circumstances to get hurt.
This last,bit of advice started me
to thinking. -I had in days long past
heard of the word “hazing” and had
a rather hazy idea of its meaning.
So I hunted up several college boys
and enquired into its meaning. Some
of the tales tqjd me- would terrify
Captain Kidd and scare Murrcl into
spasms. . .
I was exposed to the danger of
head-shaving, bolting, razor-strap
ping, cold-shower bathing, noctural
graveyard visiting, pool swimming,
gauntlet runnng, aesthetic dancing,
head painting, Ku Klux playing, yen
dering speeches on the “whichness of
wherefore.,’ explaining which was the
butt end of a billy goat, proving why
htarried men make the best husbands
and why ypu would cut a hole in the
hoftom of a leaky boat to let the
water drain out.
Rather Befuddled
The penalty for failing to follow
aiiy of these instructions would be
quick and certain, blit none the less
horrible. That night I was rather be
fuddled anil after having thought it
over I decided to till up on Tanl.nc and
Nuxated fyon so that 1 would havc-
strong enough constitution t
the ordeal.
Coming down on the train I met
several boys coming to Mercer. They
all were pleased to meet 'me, etc , but
I thought I detected a mufdersome
gleam in their eyes at ..times, and
when my bark was tUi ne-l 1 knew
that they were sizing me up and try
ing to decide how lohg I. would last.
This suspico’n was confirmed when. I
came to-' Sherwood, llall and hear,!
declarations; of intended- violence. .My
two roommates were K’r.eihmen, so I
expected- no protection' from them.
That night I tried to c'plm. my. ap
prehension- and rid.- myself.of; despon
dency by thinkng . 'hat .the Sophs
woiildnT "eo.me af.-und" the first
flight. Bat, d.iieifctiy after supper,
my heart sank in • lis.may to Hear,
someone hit tins door. - i wall, with-a
strap and yell:
"Rats in the hole/ '. . .
Cold- sweat, brok
head and my knee:
That .awful sound
my heart and mad
had the ague.
stand
out oh my .fore-
ur-ile'each other!
avried terior “
1H ih.Ve'r ns if 1
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