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FOURTEEN
SCHOOLS AND
COLLEGES
Vol.2
MERCER UNIVERSITY, M^CON, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1921.
No. 3
GOV. THOS. W. HARDWICK TO BE PROMINENT SPEAKER
AT LAYING OF CORNERSTONE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25th
MERCER ALUMNUS
COMING BACK TO
SEE OLD CAMPUS
DR. NEWMAN GIVES B’HAM-SOU. PLAYS PHI DELTAS HOLD
Marks Beginning of Extensive
Building Program.
Contrasts the College Then and
Now.
BIG MASONIC (JEREMONY
Mercer Masonic Club Members
, . Are to Assist.
Governor Thomas W. Hardwick, an
alumnus of Mercer, will take part in
the exercises at the university Octo
ber 26, when the cornerstone will b
laid in the new dining hall (Men’s
Commons), the first building of the
Greater Mercer expansion program
In addition to the chief executive, the
Grand Lodge of Masons of Georgia
will participate in the program: The
Mercer Masonic Club will assist their
older fraternal brothers at the exer
cises. -
When the governor comes bark to
the old campus after an absence of
many years, he will Bee in the con
struction work material evidence to
substantiate a statement which he
made in Atlanta the past summer at
a banquet of Mercer alumni in the
State legislature.
Speaking to the legislators, of
whom there are more than three
times as many Mercer alumni as of
all colleges combined, the chief
ecutive said:
“Mercer men are successful in life
because they conceive an idea and
live true to. it, letting no obstacle
stand ip the way of achievement and
progress toward the desired goal.”
The governor said that this is true
of all 'Mercer alumni and of everyone
connected with the university. In the
new construction work may be seen
ample justification of this statement
Mercer’s present expansion and pro
■ gram for the future being the reali
ration of the dreams of President
Rufus W. Weaver and his associates
who are “letting no obstacle stand in
the way of progress toward the, de
sired goal,” which, ",in this . instance,
is the Greater Mercer.
It ,is expected that in addition to
the entire student body and Macon
people,' there will be hundreds of
Mercer alumni from all parts of the
State in attendance at the exercises
on October .25.
MERCER PREACHERS
MERCER ’71 STORY
WHEN FIELD OPENS! SNAPPY MEETING
DEFEAT FT. VALLEY
Everything But “Game Won” in Freshman Play Steller Roll A*s
Readiness. .’ . •. • ’ Society Moves On.
“Boys, I come back to you after an
absence of fifty years, an old man but
the best tl(at 1 have left now
yours."
These ; were/the words which Dr.
Newman, professor of Church History
at .Mercer, addressed .to the students
in chapel last week.
Dr. Newman was a member of the
class of 1871 at Mercer. He came to
Mercer last spring to attend the com
mencement exercises, which were the
commemoration of tpe semi-centen
nial of the graduation of his class. It
was during his visit that Dr. Weaver
was able to secure his services as a
member of the Mercer faculty.
In contrasting the Mercer of fifty
years ago with the Mercer of today
Dr. Newman said, “Fifty years have
brought about quite a change in Mer
cer. When 1 was here in ’71 the only
structural evidence of a college was
the building on the corner of Mul
berry street and Second street, across
from the county epurt house. Wj
held classes on the second floor of
this building. The students roomed
out in town." The K. of C. now oo-1
cupy the floor of the .building to
which Dr. Newman referred. Mercer
was moved from Penfield, Georgia, in
1871, to Macon. The loation men
tioned above was temporary, pending
the completion of buildjngs on Tatt
nall Square.
Dr. Newman named oven some of
the members of his class, among
Returning from.rt.he Florida battle- j Old Phi Delta hall was again
field defeated, yet not vanquished, thp aflame with the oratory- of two
Mercer, football squad arrived at the Freshmen on Monday evening at the
terminal station about 6:20 o’clock.; regular meeting. It so happened that
Sunday afternoon. The Baptists, al- j one of these first j year men was help-
though possessing .the small end of a 1 ing uphold the affirmative side of
7-0 score, were expressing their I the question, while the othdr was
eagerness to get th£ scalp of the in- lending his argument to.the negative
.trading Birminghanu Southern squad view. The subject, “Resoived, that
Friday. With only a few scratches i the legislature of the State of Geor
and no serious - injuries the squad gia should appropriate more funds
for educational purposes," was well
handled bv the representatives of
both sides, and many jests and
"peppy" remarks were indulged in,
only to add interest to the discus
sion.
Freshman Paul Lawrence, speak-
should meet the Birmingham boys
with open arms'and bared fangs.
Forgetting the game as .everybody
knows how the battle was waged,
let’s take a look out over Alumni
Field, Friday afternoon, the Orange
and Black ribbons, pennants and
banners will for the first time signal ] ing extemporaneously, gave telling
the fact that Mercer University is to aid to E. Daniels in expounding the
nieet upon her own field.- • -cause of the negative, hut Freshman
The large- grand stand will seat Pharr overbalanced all- this’ with
practically 3,000 fans and-in all probl* some effective argument and with
ability will be crowded to overflow- ] the argumentator, E. C. Hulsey, aid
ing. The Macon - fans are. football ing him on the-affirmative, won the
wild. They want a winning team' and | decision of the judges- An impromptu
big boy “Josh” has that very same• reading by J. A. Ruffian was wtll
team to present to them when the j encored.
| fans find themselves.' in the big en- A communication from G. W. Gar-
closure Friday afternoon. nor was read to the society,- he again
Smith, Simmons, Lancaster, ;Cecil, offering a medal to the best debater
Poore, Felder, the boy who made in the society for the year 1921-22.
such a great run against the Florida j This offer from. Mr. Garner alwqys
team, and all the other pushers will - occasions keen rivalry among the
be out there in football regalia with members of. the society, but this year
their heart set on winning, when the with so many new men with debating
referee's’, whistle starts the. first ability, there will no doubt be some
home game. lively competition for this honor.
. The yell leaders, Cheney, Hogan,’ A total of fifty-five new men have
whom were Dr. Kurboyce Tupper, Harvey, and Caylor, are all working I enlisted in the ranks of Phi Delta nnd
who preached the commencement ser-,|j|. e Trojans so as to have the best together with the men brought over
mon at Mercer last yeor; William T. y g ^ em yells possible to start the from last year tne future of the so-
Brantley, lawyer and author; Judge setison r jjrht. Spirit meetings have ciety was never greater Not only
Calvin George, and Dr. W. W. Lan- the menu -for the entire week 1 are the men thinking of the big de-
drUm. The boyfc will not strain their voices , bates .that are to come off from time
. "Senator Tom. Watson was a fellow - qntil Friday. to time, but attention is also being
student of mine at Thomson, Georgia, j “The grandstand i.s so constructed directed to the quintet that is to rep-
w he re we received our preparatory ! as to afford ample space for different sent the society in the series of jhtet-
education,” Dr. Newman said. “Dr.' groups. The Wesleyan girls will have society basketball games,'which are
E.-A. Steed, father of your Dr. Clem a place especially -designated for an annual’classic.
Steed; who died, was my instructor at them. The Mercer students will-sit The following officers have
Welch, Newsome and Callaway
Star in Volleyball Game.
Thomson,” he added.
As an author of church histories
Dr. Newman is famous. His books
are studied in all the leading theologi-,
Winnings from the strong Fort'
Valley volleyball team by four out of
five games, the Mercer preachers took
the first contest of the season played
by their team this fall. The Work of ,
Welch at center net, and Newsome,
who served,'was the feature of the
game, Calloway for the preachers
also starred.
The preachers journeyed down to
Fort Valley knowing they' were to
meet one of the strongest volleyball
team's in this section, the peach town
team having won a great majority of
their , games played. But the Fort
Valley volleyballers Were clearly out
classed by the ministerial bunch from
Mercer. Working with machine-like
precision, the * preachers marched
through the contest of five games,
dropping only one game, the second
of the five. .
Newsome, serving for the Mercer
preachers, played a phenomenal
game, delivering ohly ’ three bad
serves, during the five games. Once
his serving was served against the
npt in the first four games, and twice
out of bounds in the fifth frame.
Calloway handled many difficult
serves in jam-up style, saving the
preachers the loss of. several points:
Guy Welch playing center at the net
put up a stellar game. For Fort Val
ley Harris was the outstanding star
at ce/iter net.
The first game of the series was
hotly contested and in doubt, till the
last point was won by the Morcerites.
This frame wound up with the
preachers on the long end of a 15 to
1’3 score. ’1 tie o'jc'ond game went to
the Fort Valley outfit ty tne score of
15 to 8-. After this the ministers set
tled down and won the remaining
three games in hamjy fashion.
The lineup .for- the preachers was ,
R. R. Moore, O. B. Newsome, W. W.
Everett, W. R. Call- way, W. M. Mar
shall, C. J. Broome, and- -Guy Atkin-
been -'s„n, who captained the team.
in the southeastern corner. The" yell elected to steer the" good ship "Phi J ’ The. contest' was played on an out-
leaders will have little stands'where. Delta” through the fall.term,; J. C, j door .court lighted by numerous elec
they can display their .various “mod- Pdlhill,' resident; W. O. Forpugh, [ trie lights,, and was witnessed by hun
cal schools in the country. Several of , will be oij hand to enliven the occa-
his works have been translated into sion.
key motions.” The new Mercer band vice-president; O. K. Webb, sec re-| Jreds of people from Fort Valley and
tary; L. L. Lovett, janitor, and R. L. l-the surrounding section. Several au- -
Brantley, reporter.
STUDENTS HOME IS
VISITED BY STORK
J. W. Jones Now Walks Hall at
Midnight.
J. W. Jones, promient member of
the Overseas Club, one of the hap
piest men on the campus, has another
reason to allow his mouth to expand
even to a greater limit than hereto
fore. This happy six-footer Jones
has had ai peculiar gleam in his eye
since the opening of school and up
until yesterday not a member of The
Cluster staff was able to detect the
real origin of that peculiar gleam.
The secret is out, a little blue-eyed
girl weighing 9 pounds at birth was
found to be the cause of that gleam
and the stride, of course, had the
same origin.
Jonas says that the baby can talk,
out even say jja-da- That is indeed
interesting, nevertheless Jones .ought
to have let ua in on this information
aooner as we could have dipped him
in the fountain for good measure.
Jones married the sponsor of the last
year’s Overseas Club, one of the
prominent members of the society
section of Wesleyan College. ...
No man ia Teally big who has a
•mall heart. '
the Chinese and Japanese languages/ Ample space will be provided for
Miss Virginia Garner, teacher of those who reserve seats. Of .course
journalism at Mercer, translated his I the reserved- seats will naturally be
church history ihto the Japanese lan- j the best situated, if .'the grand-
guage for use in her classes. Besides stand overflows, as . is - expected,
his books', Dr. Newman has articles in ; the field will furnish excellent space
two of the most prominent theological for the ones -who are so unfortunate
encyclopedic in Germany. He is the as to be -crowded, out.'
author of ap article in the German ! Watch Mercer win!
Theological Encyclopedia -entitled —•— —— -
“Baptist Biographies of the Nineteeth i
.The preacher's wife.was sewing on
a button when the deacon’s wife Came
over. “That button lopks lik,. one off
my husband’s coat," said the deacons
wife. “Perhaps it is—it was put ; ,n
the •Collection plate last Sunday," re
plied the parson’s better half..
tomobiles of spectators 'came up frpm
Perry to -see the games.
The two teams will'probably meet
'again , :i. the ■ l"rcer court on Thursf
day night of 'n,\t' week,.’ .
. The score.-b.' games:
1'repehvrs . . 15' 'rt 15 '15 15-
I Fort Valley’- ‘ , .13. !.V -8 . H> 'll
Century.” A treatise of his “Protest
antism in North America to the End
cf the Nineteenth Century” will be
found in a German edition entitled'
“Protestantism at the End of the
Nineteenth Century.”
Some of Dr. Newman’s best works
are: “Baptist Church in the United
States,” “Histor; of Anti-Pedobapt-
ism to A. D. 1609,” "Manual of
Church History,” “A Century of Bap
tist Achievements,” “Anti-Manichean
Works of Augustine,” “Nicene and
Post-Nicene Fathers,” department’ ed
itor for church history of the new
Schaff Herzog Encyclopedia of Religi
ous Knowledge Since 1905; translator
and editor of Immer’s Hermeneutics
of the, New Testament
Dr. Newman has been, connected
with s6me of the foremost universi
ties'in the country. v He has held
chairs in Rochester Theological Semi
nary, in McNaster University, in the
Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary, in. Vanderbilt University,
snd in Baylor University. 1 He came
to Mercer from Baylor. .
At’ Baylor Dr. Newman Was an ad-
A LARGE EDITION
“May I print a kiss upon your lips?”
I asked;
She nodded her sweet permission;
So we went to press, and 1 rather
guess .. .•
We printed, a large edition.
Hoke Shirley writing to his best
girl told her that he would wade
through’ blood to see her, he would
die for her,- etc., and concluded by
saying,. “I will be . over to see you
Sunday night if it don’t rairi.”
WHO MISSES OR WHO WINS
Who misses .or Who wins the prize,
lose or conque.r, as you can;
Go
But, if you fall, or if .you- rise,
Be each, pray Go-1, a gentleman.
'* ■ --Thackeray.
She looked with favor on his- suit,
For.why should she evade it?
She was the tailor’s daughter,
And knew her pa had made it.
• • 1 ' " —Pathfinder.
Your sour look or acid speech- may I
relieve your mind today; but they j
may be measured back to you tomor
row in overflowing poison, and bitter- !
ness of gall.
Which can you lie likened to in
your organization, a drop of oil that
helps to make things run smoothly,'
. ; . • or a .grain of sand that tends to hurt
He looked with faVor on her suitr— gears’? ■ -
It fitted very snug, .• i' —— L_ —i—
• M’lady’s; ears- of coral pihk.
Will soon again be seen.
What next .will be uncovered
Arouses interest keen. .
—San Francisco Chronicle.
But needed better pressing—so,
. He helped her. with a hug! •
jj' A defeat may knock the win'd out,
of you,- but perhaps you ,arg too in'-
flaterf anyway. . . >
retired . from, actual teaching
of poor health. He comes to Mer
As often as you lose your temper,
the faculty with .a reason i which we
will give in his own words, “I came
back here because I love I my Alma
Mater and because I want to be a
member of the faculty in the insti-
visory member of the faculty, having tution where I was once a student.”
cer, however, as an, active member of y° u lose your sense. “To be effective,
temper must be controlled, even in a
fight.
More girls win their beaux by flat
tery than the beaux themselves will
admit. . / ' i- - •’
M'lady's calves of. shapely curve
■Have glimmered all about; 1
hey stay “in” .when they are. thin,
But most of them Sre “out.”
W HO THEN, IS FREE?
Who, then, is free? The wise man
Who can govern himself.—Horace.
As Janies J. ’ Hill used to.
1L be no pockets in
“There
Shroud.
say:
your
If .you play the game straight,
business becomes an inspiririg sport.
Be a sportsman.
