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VANDERBILT WINS;
PLAY “GATORS" NEXT
C'ody Men Hold Commodores to
Slow Pace.
SCORE, NO INDICATION.
By R. H. Morris
Holding* Vanderbilt to not n single
first-down in the first quarter, the
Mercer football squad attacked the
^t'ommodoers in their own den last
Saturday afternoon. Crippled and
torn frum the Georgia game in
Athens just one week before they in
vaded the Tennessee territory, the
, Orange and Black squad were unabie
to hold-up to the terrific pace they
had set in the first, quarter and with
’ their best men of the lineup were
doomed to defeat. Vanderbilt won the
contest 42 to 0.
The score of this (lame doesn’t in
dicate* the fight that was waged on
the Vanderbilt-, gridiron as Coach
Cody,' realizing that his varsity men
were not in the best condition to un
dergo this tremendous strain, cbupled
with the fact that they were to meet
the University of Florida “Gators’
Saturday afternoon .in Gainesville
derricked several of the first string
men, leaving the game in the hands
of some of the freshest of .hih clan.
This fact as well as the willingness
of the reserve force to endeavor to
stem the tide shows that JoBhua has
worked marvels with his second squad
followed out for the remainder of the
as well as with the other candidates.
When the game with the University
of Florida aggregation has been “laid
in the shade” Mercer will meet the
representatives of the Birmingham-
Southern pig-skin “toters” on her
new field, which is rapidly being
placed in condition. Macon fans will
then have a chance to view the Mer
cer ■ warriors deooruted in their paint
and feathers.
Many sport writers predicted that.
Mercer would loose the first three
games on her schedule this year as
she was tackling some of the stron
gest gridiron machines in the history
of southern football. , From the ex
pressions of these sport writers it can
be judged that Mercer Will benefit
greatly by playing the best teams as
the players learned more football
when they meet aggregations of this
description.
When footbull wus mentioned ut
Mercer this year many people ven
tured the assertion that in all her
contests Mercer would be crushed by
. decisive scores, possibly they have
changed their opinion by this time as
the Orange and Black squad certainly
demonstrated their ability in the
Georgia game. If the pessimists de
sire to see a real football team at
Mercer, then let them visit Alumni
Field when the Birmingham-Southern
team enters the “Heart of’ Georgia”
metropolis Saturday one week.
STRIVING
Tell me not in mournful numbers
That calculus develops the mind,
For the brain’s not -dead that grum-
•. hies
•At equations one often finds. ‘
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Not enjoyment 'but usually sorrow
Is our' lot one hour each day,
When, sent to the board, WeMl get a
zero.
It's simply plain hard luck I’ll say!
Cfdculus is dead! Calculus is useless!
But diplomas are still pur goal,
So we strive to overcome it,
Tho’ we long to leave the fold..
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Living Alumni, oft remind us
We can rise and join their lines,
And, departing, carry with us
Useless junk crammed in our minds!
—Selected.'
WIVES TO MEET
CICERONEANS IN
FOR BIG DEBATES
Short, Snappy Speeches Made
by Members.
READY FOR ALL TRYOUTS
Receiving and welcoming many
new members, the Ciceronian Liter
ary Sbciety came together in its first
meeting for the fall ttfrm Monday
evening, October 5, at 6:30.
The meeting was presided over by
the president,. G. B. Carter, who de
livered a rousing address of welcome
to the whole society and especially tr
the new men. Mr. Carter declared
that it devolved upon every member
of the Ciceronian clan this year to.
striVe to uphold the glorious tradi
tions of the society in eve,, oossible
way.
Speeches, short and snappy, made
by N. A-. Thompson, J. K.. 'Williams,
and others, were received with much
applause by the society. Mr. Wi'
liams stressed the importance of the
coming inter-collegiate' debates, and
the society responded by going oo
record as desiring to know at the
earliest moment concerning the de
tails of the tryouts for these debates.
SPIRIT MEETINGS
THURSDAY NIGHTS
Good Speeches and Sizzling Yells
For Team
UNIQUE APPEAL IS MADE
The wives of all married men of
Mercer are requested to meet ait the
“Y" building on Tuesday afternoon of
October 18, at 4 o’clock, 'for' the pur
pose of reorganising the study and
social chib. ; •'7
Last year this club was active on
the Mercer catnpns in social affairs,
and it i> hoped tb got the club started
thie year with still greater interest
and benefit to the ladies here.
Mrs. A. B. Coach.
One. of the li'vest spirit meetings
ever held on the Mercer campus wa3
pulled off by the student body Thurs
day night, in the chape, gilding;
Spirited yells and sizzlng speeches
was the order of the day, for the
fellows were giving the football team
a send-off before their 'trip.
Ringing speeches by Captain John-,
son, H. H. Shirley, G. .B. Carter, A. B.
Couch and C, J. Broome Were received
with- spontaneous outbursts of ap
plause by the enthusiastic students!
Mr. Couch' closed his speech by
making a unique appeal to the fel
lows present. He stated that, any
thing worth While was worth pray
ing for, and asked all praying stu
dents to pray that the team should
win the game or that every man
should do his best to win. Captain
Johnson of the team aroseat the con
clusion of this appeal (and endorsed
the attitude of Mr. Couch.
The tone of the meeting was
whole-heartedly “All for Mercer.”
Every phase of it indicated that the
student body is behind the team with
all the energy that can be mustered.
Said one Mercer man as .he came
away from the meeting “The herons
who have gone out from Mercer in
the past would . almost cry with joy
had they seen the spirit of loyalty to
Mercer manifested here to-night.
Rah for Mercer!”
CICERONIANS HOLD
WEEKLY MEETING
New Men Join Ranks of Literary
Society.
The Ciceronian Literary Society
held its weekly meeting in the society
hall, .in the library building, Monday
evening, at 6:30. This ia the custo
mary hour for the convening of the
society. Plans were discussed that
as a whole. All new members were
encouraged to attend the meetings as
often as they could.
The subject for debate' was: Re
solved, that the United Staten should
enter into an agreement with the four-
leading nations of the world (Great
are for the betterment of the eociety
Britain, Japan, Russia and France.)
The decision was rendered in favor
of the affirmative, represented by 0.
J. Broome and Bruce Dubberiy, who
wer^ 'opposed by Andrew Canker and
half minute talk each. ■ •
Several new men wen initiated into
the Tanks of the society. Then were
called upon to make a two and one-
Warm (Rod) Marshall.
Tho general routine of affairs was
program. •
ADVISING “NEW BOYS’*
Many are the bits of advice that
are poured into the ears of boys just
starting to college. Much of it is
good, but most of it goes in one ear
and out the other. Usually it is
clothed in dressed-up language and it
doesn’t stick in. the lad’s conscious
ness. He hears it but he doesn’t "get”
it. There is an adviser here and there
who can make college boys under
stand his advice. For instance there
is Chaplain John Carruthers, of La
fayette College in Pennsylvania,
whose letter to new college boys is
worth reprinting. Said he:
“You will be judged for four yeats
by your first four weeks. You will be
a fool if you try to be a ‘hard guy.’
You will make an ass of yourself if
you drink to be popular while you are
being looked over. That doesn’t get
you much, even with drinkers. Col
leges are changing a bit in viewpoint.
Ths'is not dear old Siwash—remem
ber that!
“You can’t bluff four years—indeed
not even for four weeks. You can
talk about a ‘car,’ a summer home
and a ‘family tree’ and that won’t
get you a thing.
“You can’t change your spots nor
your family. Don’t cover up your
family. Honor it! Ashamed of your
family is not ‘the, thing’, in this dem
ocratic college.
“Don’t boast about your athletics
and the number of girls you call on.
Avoid flashing ‘Rah Rah’ stuff in
loud-toned clothes or sporty get-up.
Don’t brag or show off. Keep low.
Time will tell.
“Don’t tart as a prig. Don’t be a
‘holier-than-thou’ person. Rather be
a ‘thus-far-aiid-no-further’ man. Don’t
tell people how good you are. Keep
that dark!”
Now, that’s pretty good. It says
a lot and It says it in boy language.
Furthermore if picks out some very
prominent mistakes some college
boys make. It is not a lot of gener
alities. Any college boy can under
stand it—indeed, he cannot fail to
understand it. It is mighty good ad
vice about .this time of the year.—
Selected.
PLAGIARIZING BUD
For the. “long and short of it” Mer
cer boasts of Jimmie T. Garner, of
Sparta, Sophomore six feet four, and
Nathan G. Evans, Jr., of Edgefield,
S: C., midget Freshman who registers
about four-eix. When the two ex
tremes are seen together In a crowd
even the supposedly dignified atid se
rious Seniors have to “wipe that smile,
away.”
——WW
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