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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 (Continued on page six) - m i