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THE MERCER CLUSTER Published weekly by the students of the fourteen schools and colleges in the Mercer University System. George M. Sparks, Managing Editor The Cluster Staff: C. J. Broome, Editor-in-Chief; Robert M. Gamble, A. B. Cochran,-W. K. Wynne, John . P. Rabun, Edwin S. Davis, E. C. Hulsey, John C. Vincent, Associate Editors; Romeo B. Morris, Circulation. Subscription Rates, one . year, $1.00 Advertising rates on request. HOLD FAST Don’t quit trying for the team! There is manifested each year a tendency among the fellows trying Out for the various athletic teams to quit the game because, they fail to make the varsity at once. This is a foiling that, can hurt Mercer more than some of the fellows seem to realize. Many men in the past would have made their college teams had they stuck to the job and kept plugging nway at the game day after duy with out getting discouraged or grouchy.- The man who. sticks, whether or not he makes the team with a rush, will '.eventually be heard from. . , There have been players on Mer cer’s teams during the last few years who made good in the game and with their fellow students just because they showed that they had the grit in their gizzards and the love of Mer cer in their hearts to keep trying whem it seemed they could not possi bly attain, the varsity. To build up. good teams in footbull, basketball, baseball and other athlet ics at Mercer we must have a great host .of fellows trying-out every year and year after year. The man who fails to make even the scrubs this year may be the star of the varsity next year. In any game, in athletics, hi the game of life, it is the fellow with the stickability who wins out . in the Jong run. And when a man wins for him self, makes the team of his ambitions, he wins for his college. Mercer calls to all her men, especially to those who can in any. way contribute to the making of winning athletic teams, to stick to the job of trying to make the teams. Mercer men, candidates for the football eleven and other teams, don’t hand in youor uniform and quit the game! Go back to the squad. Get in ugain with greater grit and determi nation than ever to make the varsity, if not now, then later. Columbus had a growling crew'who wanted to flunk because they could not Bight their goal Soon enough, but that gritty guy Christopher said “Sail on!”—and now look where we .are “at,” as a conse quence. •• Don’t quit the team, Mercer man, candidate for the team! Don’t quit cold on the coach, don’t quit on your self, don’t quit on Mercer! Give us a. little more of the old “sand.” \B9ckle to the task, we say, if you never make the team—but you can’t keep a spunky man down. i • Anyway, we had rather fail for Mercer than to succeed for many things we have seen. tHE LIBRARY The people of the. United States are, above all others, a nation of readers, and no thoughtful person need bje told how potent in the "for mation 6f character and in the shap ing of the national life is the influence of books. The rapid increase of oUr schools in numbers and efficiency,-tho multiplication of public librarian, and the ever growing volume of new pub lications, indicate beyond doubt that practical people though we are, we find in books the chief source of our intelligence and national strength. Books embody the accumulated wis dom of ages. In them we have the garnered wqMrifnce of centuries lopg past. In. them we find, so to speak, fomnlas for our guidance, precedents in the conduct of our fathers, which time has stamped with the validity of rules. Human nature is, in affect, unchanged since the earliest dagg, of the world; and the record of its thought and manifestations, which constitutes the history of civilisation! is the most precious inheritance that could have come down to us. College man, spend your spare moments in the college library, for in doing so you are associating with the best of companions, books. The course you take in school fan give you only a limited atnouyt of learning, so why not increase this twofold by forming the habit of frequenting the library, where there might be ac quired that which every college strives to give one—Knowledge ' R.L.B. BE AN ORATOlf in the lives of very few boys or men has there never been that am bition to speak before an audience, to rise to his feet us. the appointed ora tor of an occasion and with eloquent words , lay before his hearers proba bly a picture of past history, cleverly blended with the present, or-to sway men to bis views politically, or to present the teachings of the Bible to men in such a clear, forceful way that they will grow to be attentive listeners. This is indeed a worthy ambition, but one too seldom realized among men/ One’s failure to become an orator might be due to several reasons; lack of opportunity, timidity, or Stage fright, as it is commonly called, or it is likely to be lack of. interest mani fested by the factors that go to make great speakers. . The literary, societies at Mercer were founded for the purpose of help ing the ambitious ones along the ora torical line and to encourage the ones not possessed by future hopes con cerning oratory. These societies have not fallen down in the past and surely Mercer men do not propose to let these Societies go unpatronized now. In order to have progressive liter ary societies there must be individual competition as well as inter-society rivalry. But above all, there must be co-operation from the entire student body. Come out and he welcomed into one of the literary societies NOW. R. L. B. OLD MADE TQ FUNCTION Mercer Missionary Society Ex isted in Early Days. The oldest religious organization in the territory of the Southern Baptist Convention for young people's work was the “Mercer University Mission ary Society,” which existed in the early days of the university. On the roll of the society (preserved in the president’s office) will be found the names of . many famous Baptist preachers and laymen. In the early days of the iMtttution (ration for this was the only organizatil promotng religious work on the cam- ups. .It was represented each year at the Georgia Baptist Convention. By action of religious organisations now existing on the campus the “Mercer University . Missionary So ciety” has been reorganized. It will now have, general charge and respon sibility for the campus religious life. The society will functon through a general council made up of the two ranking officers of the Ministerial Association, Y. M. C. A., Student'oVI* unteer aBnd, the presdent of the uni versity, the dean of the School of Christianity, end members of th stu dent body appointed seek year. The ■tudeqt members of the association are John K. Williams,' Ralph Moon, G. N. Atkinson, Ernest Hulsey, P. E. Murray, Joslah Crudup and T. K. Smith. THE* MfiRCfiR tiLUMBR *r- . -l. 9/oo$(on/ D JNNA ye ever wear tweed—fresh as th’ daisies—bor.r.y as th’ heather? Mon I but they’rd smart. Made of the choicest woolens; some of them on old hand looms. There’s a breath of the hie- lands in them; a pedigree of centuries behind them. Cotton and shoddy 100% absent There's nothing quite so sprightly as a rough looking, hard wearing, “Hoot Mon" Tweed for both business and sports wear. Today the young man's most fashionable suit; always worn by the smart dressers of our metropolitan cities. “Hoot Mon” Tweeds are tailored in a wide variety of models, all typical of Stratford Style leadership. It pays to' buy the best The new Fall and Winter Styles are now on display ZFHOME OF COOP cio rj/OUYSTREET R. H. ^mailing's Sons GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS Phones 1102-J and 4092-J Macon, Ga. Watches, Clocks, Diamonds, Jewelry and Silverware Reliable Goods Only Ries & Armstrong Phone 836 816 Third St. : ' - ’. ' . • SCHELLING ft SON SHOE SHOP DOUBLEWEAR SOLES Work Sent For and Delivered.. Complete New Bottom a Specialty. First-Class Workmen and Factory Machinery Telephone 766. 110 Cotton Ave. Murray Printing Co. Cor. Third and Poplar Streets Phone 4491 / “By our. work we are known” ‘ ' ’ 4 . . ’ . . , - , MERCER PRESSING CLUB In New Laundry Building " ' We have contract with best dry cleaner in city for $1.00. All kinds of V Altering and Repairing. Agents for Royal Tailors. aMtch your old coat for extra pants. J. W. JONES, Student Manager, will appreciate your trade REAL ESTATE, LOANS INSURANCE We build homes and sell them . on the most reasonable terms. We place your funds on in vestments secured beyond possi bility of lots. We give your Rent Accounts our personal attention. Our service is the result of twenty years’ experience. CITY REALTY COMPANY 566 Mulberry St Phone 4213 Macon, Georgia * . * *« MERCER MEN WITH FAMILIES -• V May Cut Expmmsms By Buying Their Groceries From L. W. ROGERS THESE STORES NEAR MERCER ' 1- •M Colieg^St. 30$ Duncan Ave. UT Montpelier Ave. Adams Bros. Grocery Co. Wholffule Distributor! for Middi* and South ' i ' a ‘ 1 . ' * ‘ •: . .1 • v.' . V' '. - ■ ■ - 1 ini •> •