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TD MERCER
UNIVERSITY
SYSTEM
FOURTEEN
SCHOOLS AND
COLLEGES
Vol.2
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1921.
No. 5
BESSIE TIFT BEAUTIES
HOLD MASQUERADE
ISS WEBB STARS
AS ENTERTAINER
lercer Boys, New and Old, Are
Highly Entertained.
OST1IMES BIG FEATURE
WELCH POUNDS AT
STETSON LINE 410
FRESHMEN RAIDERS
VIEW FAIR SIGHTS
Arabian Nights and Headless
Woman Visited.
Mercer Team Thunders
’Gator Flayers.
Over
Winning for the'second time in as
many weeks, the Mercer football
Whistling Girls, Acrobats ami *' thun<u '^ d the.'reprcsenta-
m ’ . | tives of Stetson University, over-
Confetti Battles. whelming them to the count of 41-0.
' V., ' ' | “Red” Welch, star fullback and one
Ity Robert M. Gamble j <if the hardest working candidates on
An’ the goblins will Ret you, ef you ' ( "^y’ 8 machine, Was- .the sharpest
Llon’t watch out! dagger that penetrated the worried
Howard Littlefield
The night ■ of the MercOr-Stetson
game the road in front of Sherwood
MERCER STUDENTS INVADE
FAIR GROUNDS AND CIRCUS
OLD “BRICK HALL”
DATES FROM 1872
To have been appropriated by such of the Stetsonites. This young-
harm dig “goblins” as those at the ster rushed, Hurled and drove his way
lallowe’en Masquerade at Bessie across the enemy s goal line for three
ift College last Saturday flight, I touchdowns. He was easily the shin-
however, would have been a pleasure j ' n K l>pbt in the hbme club's camp.
hrimt thrills to the hearts of the
luany Mercer students who went to
Forsyth to join with the B. T. girls in
the party.
Umg before the'word of welcome
gas ready to be announced,, the Mcr-
t-rians were hovering close by the
tumpus of the college, eagerly antici-
|iating the signal to “Come on, boys.”
Finally, after whiling away the.
long hours, “which seemed to have
Vhe length of five long winters,” the
toys were allowed to assemble on the
tarn pus and then to invade the par
lors of the several halls, where there
vaited for each Mercerian a charm
ing lady faire.
Arms Full
Masks were the order of the even
ing, and almost without exception,
I he fulse faces were declared to" im
prove the appearance of the Mercer
nys, the exceptions being the upper
passmen! (Ahem.)
With a lovely B. T-. girl on his arm
knd some of the boys with lassies on
lither arm, the Mercer horde hast
Vned to the brilliantly lighted recre
ation hall, where the festivities were
eld.
The first thing to greet the Mercer
boys (after the girls had been Ifiven
Ihe several 'times over) was an iin
broviseil cafe, made of trellis Work,
Ipvered with smilax and decorated
vith palms, 0 affording a delightful
Place for refreshment- The cafe,
cautifully made and made even mere
beautiful by the. daintily dressed
rirls, seemed a miniature cabaret,
pretty girls were everywhere, and
lot a stop to think!
Not only was the cafe cleverly
armed but some educated dietitians
|vidently had been planning and ex ;
luting their plans (along with the
Itgredients), for there were served
|y the petite and charming wait
esses (dressed apropos to the "occa
lion) most delicious sandwiches
|unch, salads, and cither things rcl
filed by the 'appetite of. man.
More Fluttering*
In addition to. their fitting cos
ames, the B. T. waitresses' were
|there” in every way, playing the
ole in perfect style. With goo-goo
yes and other optical contortions
ulculated to produce undue flutter
beneath masculine coats, they
jmn their way. into the hearts of the
|guests” whom they served.
Another touch of cabaret style was
liven by the Junior orchestra which
jras all jazzed up for the occasion
Katherine Webb, dancer ex
aordinary, whose luppleness might
exceeded by a rubber' band, enter
»ined the diners with several dances,
he pure art exhibited ’ in them and
he charming coquetry , of Miss Webb
ginning genuine applause from nil
nd prolonged applause from the
lercer boys.
After enjoying the contents of the
^enu, the entertainment afforded by
musicians and graceful Miss
febb, the college, girls, sii.ll accom
shied by the Mercer boy*, strolled
‘ Frequently the “midway" Wes
structed by the form of some lovely
teg* of President Foster. All the
nes of the pretty damsels were not
Only straight football tactics were
used by the home team. Cody, evi
dently believing that hiB team was
being Scouted on, together with the
fact that the game from the very
outset Was Mercer’s own, instructed
his proteges- to use nothing but line
bucks und end runs. From the count
could be seen that the Mercer men
tor knew just whut he was talking
about. No fakes, double passes and
very few forward passes were, at
tempted throughout the entire con
test. The. true status of the eleven
was not shown Friday as C«dy did. didn’t catch his name, so I used the
not request them to strain them
selves. .
Both the Mercer backfield and .the
line played jam-up ball, the backs
seemingly making gain after gain at
will while the line held the plunging
Stetson backs so that they were un
able to penetrate the line for any’un
usual gains. ' “Red’ Welch, fullback
for the Mercer eleven, was the hero
f the backfield. Only once was this
youngster unable to gain when his
signal was called, and that time the
fault was due to a bad pass from
enter. In fact, it looked as if the
entire Stetson team at times would
have their hands, feet or boilies on
Hall was filled with a seething, im
patient mob of boys, “rearing to go”
to the Fair, I was a rather gleeful
member of this mob, as 1 was to go
to. the Fair despite the fact' that I
had made a had investment by buying
a- stamp to send, a touching letter
home. •
Louie Lane, who could not accom
pany Us on account of a law lesson,
gave us some good advice’'.and got
permission for us to enter the fair
gates free, provided we would not
“cut up” or rush any shows. This
relieved quite a bit, as J have'had an
abhorrence of climbing fences every
since the time J left the bosom of my
trousers hanging on one. ■ • „
•We finally got started and after a
march to stop at Wesleyan (as usual)
we proceeded on to town. , It.stirred
up our ire to see the manager of the
Building Has Served as Dormi
tory, Chapel and Dining Hall.
Penfield Hall, formerly known as
the Old Brick Hall, once served Us the
main dormitory, and cha|>el. building
for Mercef students.
This building was built in the year
1H72, At that time it was a structure
twice its present size. It had facili-
-ties > ,accbmmodatfng about fifty board
ing students. The arrangements of
.this building was soniewhat unusual,
the dining hall was in the front, from
which a hallway lead to the rooni, in
•which chapel exercises were. held.
This was a room something like fifty
feet’square.- On each side of the hall
were the. rooms where the-business
manager nml his family Lived. In the
QUARTET TAKES IN
SIGHTS AND SHOWS
Upperclassmen Have Trouble in
- Controlling Freshman.
SOPHOMORE IS SWINDLED
Circus Employee Short Changes
Soph Out of Two Dollars.
C riterion hastily close up- the doors | " f this WPVe the ro6ms
and peep out at us. 1 suppose he-! D> the students.
suppose
thought we were go'ipg to kidnap the
heroine or lynch Fatty Arbuckle.
We reached the fair grounds, but
were' halted before the- gates until
they could be opened and then passed
on in. We gave a yell for Julius
Otto, president of the hair Associa
tion, and for some-other fellow who
was responsible for getting us in. I
The Old Brick Hall was the only
building'on the campus at that time
except the Main Building. It was
used for the above purposes until in
the ‘JO's, when it, was torn down and
reconstructed into its present shape.
name of a lady friend of mine in the
yell, We had been urged to stick to
gether and we did. We walked around
the midway ground^ and gave sonu*
yells for Mercer.
We were first attracted by the out
side exhibition of a show called
"Arabian Nights.” An Arabian
MERCER UPHOLDS
USUAL STANDARD
F. It. Nalls. Jr.
We went to the fair, - the four of
us; an ignoruiit Freshman, a high
and mighty Soph, a cautious Junior,
and 'a benign, .watchful Senior. The
said Senior, being a scion of a well
known and influential family, - had ob
tained passes for four to the Fair and ”,
to the .circus, which was .to be held
inside. Unfortunately for our pocket-
books he did not have passes to the
shows. However, we put on our glad
rags and started out with fullest, ex
pectation of having the time of our
young and innocent, lives—and we
had it, decidedly. .
'When first we reached the inside,
We Strolled around to see what was
what, and where it was. ■ We walked
arqund through the “Merry Land,”
and wouid have enjoyed ourselves ex
ceedingly but for the fact that the
Freshman was continually getting
lost. Soon we came to a candy shop,,
one of these places where you lay
down a nickel about ten times and
| maybe win a box of candy. We ail
Mac,pn and Mercer
Red” when he had been forced to [ collector was borne down und tram
leave his interference; but not u sin-
University Students Complete
Elberta Prograpi. - ltried our.luckf.and aftp.r hkving spent
, .> enough to pay fdr the man’s stock of
' . . candy, the Freshman. .wun a half
University, pound box. The rest of, ,us,'realizing
ns not good
him of the
shot, polish) shot a pretty presenta*1 '‘’-nvention, now; in -session in El-1 box and divided it equally, disn-gard-
ble line for us. He performed a magic ! ,H ‘ rt ‘ ,n ' Dr ’ Wlll,am Kus / p11 0wen - j Ln * h,s I'laintiye plcast
trick with some dice. After muijh! ,,f Macon.-.is president of the state. After having disposed of the eon-
bartering with our leaders he decided | <,r Ka n, Z a t ,o n^ arid attended. He de-1 tents of the box in a suitable manner
to let us in the show for ten tents
|>er head. He. was - immediately
swamped, with dimes, and the ticket
(whose nationality 'was probably i an [important part in. the sec-1 that too much candy was
created with a light application o{ j-nd Northeastern Regional B. ). 1>. f for a l reshman, relieved h
gle time was he forced to fall back
ward, always fulling to the front,
thus adding additional space for his
teammates.
livered one of the ,most masterful ad
dresses of the. session.
Marvin I’harr, president, a student
of .Mercer, leud the singing. Colonel
pled upon by the influx of boys—so V\ " al * uwSH |?> Hartwell, re-
much, in fact, that I couldn’t find «> unal 'ice-president, is presiding.
. j j. He is. also u Mercer man. On the
, „ ,, „ ... . program were Rev. .John Webb of
After the fighting over the front ,, }
seats had somewhat subsided, we-
Monroe,- Prof. W. T. Smalley of Lo
om!
Poore' und Cecil ran Welch close o U ve a yell for the snow. The same iust i
r v , , i l worker for the B. i.
bull-slinger came forward and per- ... . , ,,,
. , - , . , . . Mercer mert. Key. Emmett-Stevens,
formed some tricks which were cal- . . . . . .
collated to arouse our wonder—iis to
onds for the high- yard gainers,
although the flashing fullback was
playing a supreme gume. Cecil at
piarterback seemed always to - know
just- where the largest holes could be
made and directed his attack at that
strategic point. He not only gener- pulent, maiden begun to prance over
aled the game to perfection but led the boards to the tune of an Arabian
nis comrades onward with gain aft j flute. (I reckon it was a flute: I
H. L. Batts, field
|‘. U., all three
"missionary - -to China, addressed the
i body and at the sunrise exercise Ur.
how he. had the colossal gull to pre- . _ , ,,
J. Ellis ' Sammons,-of Rome, was the
sent them to us! He was applauded , : : M _ ot ; . V,. o,.... ’
awuy and a dusky, but somewhat cor.
peaker. Mr, Stevens and Ur. Sam
mons were classmates and room
mates at Mercer; ■
gain. • Poore, stellar halfback, was
also one of the thorns in the Stetson
rew - .. He fought," squirmed and
twisted his way through the line with
wonderful skill and accuracy. The
tackling of Cecil and Poore was of
exceptional order . Of the touch
downs made, Welch scored three,
Cecil two and Poore one. Irwin
kicked five out of the six goals after
touchdowns. J ' - ' ,
The entire ‘ line played superb ball..
Johnson (captain). Smith, Dasher,
Simmons, Lancaster,'Irwin and Rhea
played excellent ball throughout the
.entire game. Each man, busted
through the forwards of the opposi
tion time after time, .hurling the Stet
son ground gainers for loss upon loss.
GEOMETRIC PROBLEM
Given: Me. . • . ;
To prove: That you love me*
Proof: “All the world lovx
didn’t- look to see!) She was sue*
eeeded by • another maiden who also
had the ague. A few colored lights
were thrown on the shivering dancer
.and we wcrC informed that the big
show was out. and over and that we.' lover.” 1 love you, therefore you love
should go to the “Autodrome.” ! nix;.—Agonistic.
It was with a feeling of relief that
I arose and fought my way out, for
I hail been really alarmed-for. fear-
the last dancer was going to throw
some bones out of place or shake her-
.self apart. 1
The “Autodrome” promised a thrill
so I pressed up the gang plank, and j
went in, giving my “Arabian Nights"
ticket to the ticket collector in the ,
confusion occasioned by my discover- j
ing that I had forgotten to get a
ticket. - A young man, by the riding
strolled on down the: line. There,,
we fame to a mail on a jda.tforni, wfia
was spouting about ' the' unheard of
wonders which' we could -see by .sim
ply paying, him one "quarter, five
nickels hr two dimes And one nickel.”
He claimed that he had inside the
teijf a fire-eating mini, the -shortest
man, the .'tidiest- man,'- tile ' fattest
Woman, .and. the choicest bevy of
Turkish dancihg girls" iii the. world.
Quite \lluring ’
i Intluenoed by these lilhiring fasti-
nations, vvi, - .- deposited . .“.two bits",
apiece with the man ail'd .entered info
wonderland.. Imagine ‘our consterna
tion. when vxe found only a. nigger
.band playing. "Arc - V"ou -from tlixie.?"’
,Our fears, however, "are soon al
layed. for the fireseiitvi’u - demon*canw.
in and. performed for us. lie fright
ened" ami astonished us by. putting
into his mouth time’.after time burn-'
ing pieces of wood. The Freshman
C ontinued pn jmgi si\ i
SHIRLEY AT SAVANNAH
(ContimMd on page ill) >
Rev. H. H. Shirley, while visiting
"friends” at Savannah, preached at
the First Baptist chiircli for Dr. R. L.
Christie last Sunday
Following Mr. Shirley’s trip to Sa
vannah and his supplying for Dr.
Christie comes the new* that Dr.
"Christie has resigned the . pastorate
of the Firtt Baptist church. It is
believed that there is no'connection
between the event* except a very re
markable Coincidence.
Mr. Shirley reports “a fine time had
by all” on hi* trip, especially while
out on the beach, with “friends.”
n'ame o.f “Irene Dare,” was scheduled,
,to ride an auto around a large x-ylin-
der until she was horizontal. We were
at the top of this cylinder trying to
figure out how many would be killed
if she were to run out the top, When
a. man mounted a motorcycle and
rode around it. Another fellow got' on
one and raced with thp first. We all
got cricks in our .necks by watching
him- and it was rumored that Fresh
man Lansdell- discovered a bowknot
in his neck at the end- of the act.
Several had their eye* out of focus
by trying to watch both riders at
once. But they got them back in
(Continued oii page four)
Calvary Baptist Church, New York City’s biggest Protestant church.
.(Insert upper right) John Reach Strstou, Pastor. Mercer alumpns and
new a uatkmal religioas and preas figure. •
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