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Page Two THE MERCER CLUSTER November 4,1921 ’I 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: ■ ('. J. Broome, Editor-in-Chicf; .Robert M. Gamble, A. B. Cochran, W. K. ■ Wynne, John 4 P. Rabun, Edwin S. Davis, E; Hulsey, John C. Vincent, <F. Brasington, Associate Editors; Romey B. .Morris, Circulation. . Subscription Rates, one year, $1.00 Advertising rates on request. COMMENDS STRATON . The Mm'on Daily Telegraph in an editorial of more than .a column eoni- phres John Roach Straton with Brym-’s Marco Polo, who as ambas sador of Pope -Gregory ’set odf to-con quer Asia far -Christianity, but Was, caught in the magic spell of the littl Oriental [irineess Golden Bells, for getting his exalted mission to lan guish and .adore at the shrine of the "little girl in flic Chinese garden, ;ns warm as. the sun in early June, and 1 mul-h more beautiful.”. ' The Telegraph’.s comparison is highly favor;ible to Ur. Straton, who is a former Mercer man and now pastor of the rich Calvary Baptist church of New York. For Straton, unlike Marco Polo; "has boon one of those who. have not .forgotten their, ‘Venice’- the birthplace of his won derful dreams" of conquering for the - Cross. , . • 4 . Says* the Telegraph, "How many young embryo-ministers have there been-who, in-college or before they went to college, dreamed of blar.ing the .why for the Cross in the tilth- filled alley-courts of life! . . . Bril liancy and determination, send the young Marco Polos of to-day up the ladder to large and larger' churches,, until some of them find themselves in charge of such great institutions as, Calvary Baptist Church of .New York, known the world over as ‘the Rockefeller church.’ The Wall Street Stock Exchange and the ‘Four Hun dred’ sit in its pews: Stock magnate? and social lions gather before its altar.- It. is. , . . a princess’ in the garden of New York.” "But,” continues the, Macon daily, "every one of these Marco Polos must choose between Golden Bells and his mission—between -high honor, .popu larity and- joy in the garden of the princess,, and the burning heart and high purpose of his younger days’.” The Telegraph says that Dr. Strat um *n “refusing the demand of 200 of his members' either .to resign or alter his exposures of 4 New York’s social activities and underworld, has cre ated. a sensation by attacking the ‘Bnl Bk-u! charity ball of the New York ^Fqur. Hundred,' and wounding the sensibilities of some "nationally* known families. . . ., Dr. Straion is 'undertaking the. crusade at the risk • id his own life, for he has invaded the tenderloin -and Broadw’ay's ‘gilded palaces’ with i'CswPrd that is editing away heavy curtains; that screened them . from the outside world. . "Risking life - and position,”, con cludes the. Telegraph, “Straton is lighting a bold tight, He is up against a: great deal, and ... no one can say what, the future nifty ‘hold for'him. But whatever' comes, it-can be said that one Marco Polo set his face, against . the. age-old, soft, lulling, tempting appeal”, .of riches, ease.and honor. ; The editorial-of the Telegraph is unique as well as illuminating. Its high literary tone, ’ flavored with the wholesome allusions of romance, is peculiarly fitting for the setting forth • of the situation as regards young ministers 4 in general and John Roach Straton in particular. Also, it shows the trend of thoughtful minds con- cornihg the increasing susceptibility ■’ of the ministry of to-day to succumb to the influence of ease, wealth 4 and power,- to tho forgetting of .“the first love” of flamipg zeal for Justice,' Truth, Righteousness-—the 4 Cross. May Mercer in the future send’ out many men who, like John Roach Straton, have a power in their hearts stronger than the lure' of Golden Bells, whose arms are as softly en.- 1 ticing as they are zeal-blighting. Mercer tnake a clean sweep of the remaining contests? This afternoon we tackle Furman who lust Saturday overwhelmed Cita del to the tune of 41 to 0. Furman undoubtedly has a strong eleven, but so has Mercer, and we believe that tlie Orange and Black has a good chance to win from the South Caro lina institution. After the Furman fracas Mercer meets in turn Oglethorpe,' Chattanoo ga and Camp Benning. Last Satur day Oglethorpe defeated Chattanooga 7 to 0, but this score gives nothing definite concerning the' comparative strength of the two elevens. Aiiywuy we have a- hunch that Mercer is destined to win from both Oglethorpe and- Chattanooga, provided our boys eriter these contests free from the handicap of serious injuries. Also, we should take the Camp, Benning game, though the soldiers Wilt un doubtedly have li strong voice in de term ininfr the outcome-of this strug gle.- . - ■ ' . , A dean sweep of the four remain ing guinea would be a wonderful rci-ord for-a new tcum like Mercer’s", but it can be done. ' Let’s du it, Mercer! FRESHMAN CAPS Macon, and especially the Mercer campus, is dbtted with the Orange and Black colors,' for the Freshman caps have come! The caps are a good advertisement for Mercer wherever in the city the Freshmen roam. In the parade down town Friday afternoon the winding line was topped for the most part with the Mercer colors, the caps shiningly new saying "Mercer” to the throngs, who smiled their apprecia tion. ■ . ■ It is an honor to wear a-Freshman cap for Mercer, even though the "rat" does loom conspicuously in the foreground. As that j^reat Georgian, Dr. Joe Sharp, of F.moi*y Academy; (inec said, “It is great to be a Fresh man, it is tolerable to be a Sopho- mqre. it is bad to be a Junior, and it’s awful to be a Senior.” Wear your caps with pride, you Freshmen, while' the Jay is good, for soon- -your, state will be only "toler able," then, “bad,” anil finally "-awful” will be your condition, as. you mount the successive steps of collegiate progress'. GEORGIA-AUBURN GAME Macon is the logical place for the Georgia-Auburn football game, and we hope that the city and , Mercer University-, will leave - no stone, un turned to secure the contest for next fall. , ‘ Mercer especially would 'be dated if the game could be brought here, for it. would be . played on Alumni Field, arid would prove a great stim ulant for gridiron activities in these parts. Mercer students on last. Fri day endorsed unanimously ' the move to bring this Southern foothall classic to-Macon, and they will be dated if the contest is landed. We believe that for ruilrqad con nections, hotel accommodations, and general accessibility to the myriad hosts of both Georgia .' and Auburn >ypportcrs Macon offers the solution to-the-whole problem, of staging the nn.nial clash between- these two in- -titutioris.- A whale of a crowd would assemble in Macon from all points of the com pass to witness this big game, and Macon, Mercer, Georgia and Auburn would all |m" gainers, we believe, by making this city the permanent meet ing place for the- Georgia-Auburn battle. ‘ . /■ {. UNDER COCOANUT TREE TIPS AN I) 'TAPS y Bub Gamble CLEAN SWEEP Mercer - has four more games of football to play before the -curtain goes down on the 1921 season. Will Last week, when this part of the Mercer Pod answered to the name of "The 4 Taurus Tosser,” our extin guished distemporary, Mr. Robert Gamble, indulged in what we. in our saner moments, call "bad business.” The thing that is resting so heavily between our shoulder blades is this: lie, the Chauffeur of the “Taurus Tosser,” insisted on doing what he called “giving the jievil his dues," and at the same time calling said person "devil” to his. face. What we have been trying to say for the last four (lays is, “Robert, if you are going to ‘gamble’ for good ness’ sake-pick -on somebody you can keep up with.” " . Continuing our harangue, we say:. “Lay off Mr. Spencer, he’s an 4 octo pus,. No, we don’t mean that his home town -is somewhere 6n the bot tom of the Pacific ocean, but hg can punch you in the ribs seven times per week and you haven’t but one day to get back at him.” (Confidentially: ‘.‘This is Friday, Robert. What do we generally have for dinner that day?" “COLLEGIATISM?” Dr. William Russell Qwen has sug gested that the word .“collegiatism” should be used by collogc men to take the places of such- phrases as ^“col lege patriotism" and “college loy alty.”- Now, the w6rd - “collegiatism” is a nice, long mouthful, and smacks de lightfully of academic Resourceful ness, but we rather doubt its useful ness as a qynonym for “college loy alty.” .In fact the word "cqUegiat- ism” is somewhat ambiguous, 4 for it may be taken, to mean the state of being enamored of. college life as a whole, or it may mi an love of one’s own college. To the public generally the word would probably carry the former meaning more often than the .latte*. “College loyalty" needs no defini tion,, for it covers' the,ground, no more, no less, and will probably’not he bucked off. the boards by even the imposing “collegiatism.” st^nPek ^e colyum did not make nppearu Alas! Many were-the renders who walked into the.t ow and Calf sanctum to ex press their keen disappointment,, and it made our old heart glad to kno.w that our debut colyum had touched the deeper being of so marty thou sands of. readers who know a good thing when they see it:.- Where was the colyum? It was in existence but in the rush «>f the past week, the governor’s ad dress, the exercises' at the laying' of the cornerstone, the feetball game, the Bessie . "fift Hallowe’en function Saturday night, and all acts and-.ap purtenances thereunto appertaining, made it compulsory that the eqlyum chaperon resist the temptation to be come intoxicated with. the, efferves cent exuberance of -'his verbosity. But never again will we disappoint our readers, for we realize that-the type writer is mightier than the dagger, and lilat it is our duty to make our weekly, contribution to the public- opinion-influcncirig power of the press. We thank you! * -V * ( , We Aliqost Get Married . . Last week, or some time, we re ceived an invitation from somebody in Schley coqnty, Georgia, asking, us on bended knee to be a "broomstick” at their wedding oh' November 21). Our heart just went pit-a-pat, we were so thrilled. They told us all about the trous seau. We mean OUR trousseau, of course. We were in a perplexity, or something, but finally our never, failing imagination tame to our res cue, and we will be dressed in style when two heads are made to think as one. We will dye our green suit blue, ditto our.white sox black, the same to our tan shoes; and then we will be fixed for the. occasion, except for the pretty gloves.' An idea! Our “affable and highly- spoken-of professor,” George Sparks, was an qsher once in a wedding and we will surreptitiously purloin, the affable one’s gloves. Aint that grand! All aboard for the Matrimonial Special, and three jerks of the bell- cord when we near ' Kllaville. • * * Misinterpretations Once there were two- plotters, and they plotted. Each sought to win the hand of a lady Taire, and the hope of the twain was one. Finally, one of the twain won the ONE and the different twain journeyed somewhere on a honeyspoon. The other half of the first, twain was left behind to drink the dregs of disappointment. or something. . , *' ... > Soon, there'came a post card from the newly matrimonied, and the card was like this:' On orie side there was a picture of an old cemetery, .which was not so old that ita real (ndentity could not bd recognised. On the side .for the address, the address was; and too, there were these words: “We wish you were here/Vpined by the newlyweds. - FJ: bo you wonder that when the re cipient of the suggestive card entered a cafe after receiving the lard, he ordered liver and onions when the waiter told him- the special that day was “steak as tender as a woman’s heart”?. Aint love grand? Our Weekly Special The Macon Telegraph for October 36 listed) in its announcements of weddings the following: . ' . “MAY-DAY “Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. May, of Adel, announce the engagement of their daughter, Lois Elizabeth, to Mr. Asa Lopaz Day, of Douglas^the Wed ding to take place the latter part of November.” . Do you suppose it is to be a holi day affair? Too, if for the first -let ter in the ladjr’s name (M), there had been substituted the letter *‘H,” it might have been the Hay-Day (hey day) of their careers. O, well, some fellows say this matrimony venture is H—, anyway! (We already have our passports, girls.) * *. * Commercialized Comedy One day -we went into the “co-op store over there in the Mercer Y. Smiling a genial smile of expecta, tions and with our left hand on our belt buckle, we addressed Virgil, the dean of 4 all “co-op.” clerks, as fol lows: “Virgil, old fellow,-we sho are bun gry and we want the biggest apple you’w* got, for this is our last nickel.” The Dean of the co-op. crowd fished around in the. basket and producing a large red apple, said: '-‘I think this is the biggest one. Another Commerce fellow had it out looking it over a few minutes ago.” (Take notice, Dean Holder,'for we are practicing what you preach about getting our money’s worth.) - • • ■* Y The Idea! .(Original Ode to Olivia) We know a young lady named Bayne Who says her charms are on the wayne. This may be quite true, But I’d advise you Not to say so as long as you’re saync. 1 This lady's always dressed in style, And wears a most winning smyle, - I She’s .p peach of a lassye, £jjl say she is classye. And growing more so all the whylc. • ’* . * * Rubber Anticipates '■ ' Atwood Beauregard Cochran, jour nalist extraordinaire, announced last night that he some day expects to re organize the'Camilla Gimlet. • '*-■*• . I Steady Ike - • . Isaac Cowart, of Moultrie, the 1 dainty ■ little 240-pound tackle on the Mercer eleven, who last year, in the. Erskine game, “raced” forty yards for touchdown, thereby furnishing the thrill of the game, is reported now to be emulating the example of •the butcher, by “making ‘ both ends meat.” , > ■ J • Never mind,'Ike, for we are still with you, little boy, and we are be hind- (not under) you in whatever you do for old Mercer. Something New Everyday »■'. . ;; New and Attractive gifts for all the family are being added to our stock. Greeting Cards ani Book-; lets will be more popular this year than ever. We carry the largest assort ment in the South. Quality Goods Only Trade With Us J. W. Burke Co. 406 Cherry Street Macon, -Ga. Georgia Industrial Home Printshop 258-260 Second St. Phone 1671 Equipped | for | Efficient 1 Service I fliiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiin Raymond E. Boyles Charles S. Jones Boyles & Jones Printers c School Work Solicited Close Price Given 411 Broadway Macon, Ga. REAL ESTATE, LOANS INSURANCE We build homes and sell them on the most reasonable term3. We place your funds on in vestments secured beyond possi bility of loss. We give your .Rent Accounts . our personal attention. Our service is the result .of twenty year?’ experience. . CITY REALTY COMPANY 565 Mulberrys^t. ' Phone 421S Macon, Georgia R. H. Smalling s Sons GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS Phones 1102-J and 4092-J Macon, Ga. A Good Place to Eat NEW YORK CAFE Best Coffee in the City S14 Second St. THANKS- To ALL Mercer Mea! You are backing The Clatter to the limit! You are patron izing Cluster advertisers. Mer cer Men are saying “Mercer” arid “Cluster” when they trade .—helping us to secure ads— aiding us in making OUR paper larger and better. RAH FOR*MERCER! THANKS- T. OUR AdtaftMn! « i . . r- -i You are backing Mercer by using The Cluster aa a trade- pulling medium. You art mak ing it possible for us to get opt one of the beat college weeklies in the United 1 Statee. ■ ’ RAH FOR ADVERTI8EB8! , . . . . ; " . T; .