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THE MERCER CLUSTER
THETA CHI OMEGA
MEMBERS HONORED
Dean Miller Explains Purpose
of Organization
A change in the reguar Bessie Tift
exercises at chapel hour on Tuesday
morning proved most interesting. It
came njt^a surprise to the student
body, excepting, of course, the par
ticipants. The Theta Chi Omega, an
honor society, was seated on the
rostrum and the hour was spent by
Deuri Miller in explaining the pur
pose of the organization and briefly
its history.
It is a’ young society, being organ
ized only last year. Its purpose is to
foster a high' standard of scholarship.
There is no election of members;
membership is open to any student
who meet's tin requirements as- laid
dowil. by, the society, and the student
alone makes herself a member—in
other words, elects herself.
Any student working for an A. B.
degree,who for two consecutive years
makes an average of 90 per cent, or
over in all. her work, is eligible for
membership. It was founded in 1921
with thirteen charter members, a .few
being Seniors of lust year, soithat at
present there are. ten members, all
of whom are Seniors,with one excep
tion, a Junior.
By virtue of the requirements, no
student can be eligible before her
Junior year.
The present- membership . consists
of the following young ladies: Misses
Mary Granade, Winnie Mae Adams,
I.ucile Wilson, Willie Mauu McClain,
Alice Morris, Mary McKay, Jessie
Dyar, Ina Ledford, Laila Clifton and
.Helen Power (Junior).
The officers consist of president,
secretary and treasurer, am. they
hold, these offices in the order men
tioned by virtue of their averages:
Miss Mary Granade, making ' the
highest average, 93.89, is president;
Winnie Mae Adams, secretary; Lucile
Wilson, treasurer. Migs Mildred Hunt
and Dean T. J. Miller, of the faculty,
are honorary members of the society,
having made the honor society in the,
colleges of which" they are graduates,
Miss-Granade, the president, made a
brief but forceful address, urging the
students to work for entrance into
-the society, not aimipg to reach the
90 mark but to -make it a 100 mark,-
commended perseverance, industry,
and integrity as the surest means of
attaining it. • '
George Harmon
New Back field Man
Mecer Hazing
Described By
Wise Freshman
OLD ORGANIZATION
MADE TO 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 b^Tound tSie
names of many famous Baptist
preachei h and laymen.
In the early days of the ‘institution
this was the only organization for
promotng religious, work on the cam-
ups. It Was represented each year at
the Georgia Baptist Convention.
By action of religious organizations
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 oVT
unteer aBnd, the presdent of the uni
versity, the dean of the School of
Christianity, and members of th stu
dent body appointed each year. The
etpdent members of the association
are John K. Williams, Ralph Moon,
G. N. Atkinson, Ernest Hulsey, P. E,
Murray, Joeiah Crudup and T. E.
■ (Continued from page ane)
Hall Rioting
The Sophhs ran riot in the hall
while we trembling sought our cots,
hoping that, by‘some queer work of
fate, we would be delivered from the
fiuful- experience which we felt was
coming.- But no such luck. Our dis-.
quietude and nervousness increased
as the Sophs made a canvass of every
room, drawing nearer to our room.
By the terrible sounds we realized
that many a poor Freshman had come
to grief.
Finally a mighty blow shook the
dbor of our room and a mighty voict
thunderously demanded entrance. 1
shakily crawled out. and opened th<
door, trying to create a pious anr
s irrowful mien, as if my only rela
tive had died. I hoped that this hoi}
look might strike sorrow to the
bosoms of ray persecutors and per-
h;ipS excuse me. But sorrowful looks
made never an impression on those
Sophs; they would have pushed young
ducks in (he water that night! The
light was turned on und I was com
manded to get on the table. Then I
yvas forced to sing an Ivory soap ad
vertisement to several tunes. When
my ' enthusiasm cooled down'it was
rejuvenated and .'I was accelerated by
sjmeone hitting the table, perilously
near my trembling feet, with a heavy
trunk strap. Then , th.e . other two
Freshmen were made to mount the
tabic and sing with me. Then I was
asked in u 1 persuasive manner, to
dance a little jig. I danced away
until I turned the table over and the
Sophs, withdrew, promising to' 1 call
again.
Much Courtesy
The next time I was disturbed was
the event of the “gauntlet ‘tun.”
Some Sophs came to the door and
looked in—we always left the' door
open to show that we were offering
no 'resistance—arid ordered us to get
up and don our pants and shoes. We
were taken to. the other end of the
hall and huddled together with-a big
bunch of Freshmen. Sophomores were
lined on both sides of the hall, from
one end to the other. We. were started
out, one at a time*, to run to the other
end. ’the Sophs were to criticise our
speed and offer their criticisms with
belts arijl straps of various sizes. De-
spin? the fact that. I fairly flew, the
criticisms were, very, numerous in re
gard to my running, although I
nearly ran out the window at the end
of the hall, I was the last one and
when I reached the end of the line I
found a bunch of smarting Freshmen
vigorously massaging tingling por
tions of their respective anatomies.
We were then called out and com
manded to run back. Far be it from
me to put the blame on anybody but
the curve in the hall was rather
sloppy with water and much skidding
occurred at this certain point. I
think a pipe must have b^irst or some
thing of the order fpr the floor was
good and lyct. 1 had to slow up to
turn this curve, but I had ample rea
sons to pick up speed after turning it.
We were then ordered to our rooms
and the gentle Mu.’cs lulled me off to
sleep while the aroma of. Sloan’s was
prevalent throughout the third floor.
. Fitting Time
Next 1 was ..visited by. a. bunch of
Sophs, introducing Mr. Lane, who
proceeded to ask me many questions
about myself, my lady friends, my
town, etc. He favored me by letting
me into the secret of his one failing—
that of having epileptic fits. He also
stated that the time was drawing
near when Orie would occur. I think
it was postponed by his finding a
Whiz Band on the table. After drill
ing us well In manners they departed
in quest Of rebellious Ffcshmen.
After the rush we were presented
with a very pretty' green ribbon and
advised to wear it everywhere. A few
Hints were dropped as to the dread
ful calamity which would surely over
come us if we were ever caught with
out it. I "procured a yard of it and
now it adorns .nearly every piece of
clothing which I wear,
I have -about recuperated from t,he
“gauntlet run” and got to where I
can put my mind on my eats at the
table. I hope the Sophs derived a
lot -of fun from it, as somebody
should. While treating my physical
Hurts I eased my mental state by re 1 -
pccUng: ■
“Some poor Freshman will have to
iwy fOr this next year!”
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