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November 4, 1921
THE MERCER CLUSTER
Page Five
FOSTER TALKS
ON AMERICANISM
‘Fighting Parson Makes Ad
dress; Affirmative Wins.
CONFESSION MADE
BY EX-SONGBIRD
‘Three Years ‘It’ Grew ini Sun
and Shower.”
“Every young man should have his
heart Ailed with pride to be called an
American, and surely he would, if
only he knew how much foreigners
think of an American,’’ said “Fight
ing” Chaplain A. I. Foster, speaking
to the Phi Delta Literary Society
Monday night.
“Americanism, of which I am to
talk, is as broad as the land which it
represents, extending from the At
lantic to the PaciAc, from the Great
l.akes to the Gulf of Mexico. I love
every bit of America, from the storm
swept coasts of the East to the sunny
shores of the West. Can we who love
this country, stand idly by and allow
our liberties to' be trampled upon by
foreigners who arc not and never will
be thorough-going Americans? We
have no room for these people, and if
they are unwilling to abide by ' our
laws an'd work for the upbuilding of
this country, theh let them take de
parting ships back home,” said the
speaker,
“Is America American ? Of the
110,000,000 people in the' United
States, there are 30,000,000 Who
neither speak nor read the English
language. Foreigners have not been
assimilated in America and until this
is done they can not make desirable
citizens,” concluded the chaplain.
Debate Follows Address
Representing the. affirmative side
of the question, "Resolved, that the
United States should grant to the
Japanese the same rights accorded
all other foreigners wi,thin its bor
ders," O. K. Webb, Floyd Cantrell,
and B. D. Finch presented convincing
argument, which won for them the
decision of the judges. R. M. Gam
ble, J. A. Space and Broadus F. Far
rar did excellent work on th.e nega
tive side of the subject, but failed to
triumph over the affirmative orators.
Hroadus Farrar brought smiles, from
the audience with his witticisms and
comical mannerisms while speaking.
Phi Delta Rooming
Interest and enthusiasm are grow
ing in the society every day, being
fostered to a great extent by the ef
forts of Dr. A. P. Montague, to se
cure a more deAnite program for the
literary societies and, too, his pro
posed creation Of Junior literary .so
cieties for the Freshmen.
Freshmen are taking- A great in
terest in oratorical training this year
and have already shown that there is
real ability among the Arst-year men.
, ‘ ■' R. L. B.
By Robert Gamble
“Y” NOTES
By M. S. Leach
“Abraham’s Faith” was ‘ the sub
ject of a talk by Ralph Moore at the
Y. M. C. A. service Tuesday, October
25. The speaker showed what a heart
rending sacriAcc it was .for Abraham
to offer his son in obedience to the
commands of' Go<l. He stated that
God to-day calls for men to offer
themselves for the furtherance of
His kingdom. -
When the big red .bull owned by
Farmer Corntassel treed Joe Dykes,
the barefoot farm boy, Joe had a
tickling sensation of the heart that
he could not scratch. In other words,
Joe was scared. <
Surely the emotion which Joe ex
perienced was no different from mine
on another occasion. The only differ
ence was one of position.
It wus ih the spring of 1919 that I
first participated in a program given
by a Mercer Glee Club. My; debut
concert was scheduled for G. N,
I. C., Milledgeville, where there were
1,000 of the prettiest Georgia girls
in school, and some girls from other
states, who were “easy on the eyes.”
“In the spring a young man’s
fancy . : .’’ was all 1 could think of
as the slowly ’moving Georgia rail
road train crept over the intervening
landscape between Macon add Mil-
ledgeville. The dusty -train, with its
hard, well-worn seats, seemed to me
as comfortable as the highest priced
Pullman, for my thoughts were al
ready where the concert was soon
to be. : ,
After disembarking from the “cin
der-beater” at Milledgeville the group
of Mercer harmony exponents sought
the hotel and there encased them
selves in whaf to me, the initiate,
seemed a relic of the Inquisition,
namely, a full-dress suit!
The stage was set. The thousand
girls in the audience seemed in good
spirit and appeared to be in a recep
tive mood. Cheers for Mercer were
heard. Everything was set for the
occasion. The songsters lined up;
"Sis” Collins, pianist, decorated the
piano stool with his Adonis-dike
figure and two long coat tails.
Gee!'but we wefe happy (especially
my part of the we).
Suddenly, and without warning,, the
curtain , went up! Just as suddenly,
and with as little advance notice, my
courage went down! It. was my first
experience as a . singer (?), and to
make my debut before such an au
dience. My!
But I was there and could not get
away. -
Did apyoone ever.feel so unneces
sary as I did? It seemed that some
one had spent my week-end for me.
I was quite sure my pumps were
dusty. 1 knew that.my tie was not
on straight. Of course my White
vest was soiled, despite the fact that,
it had just been taken new from the
box. My hair' could not possibly be
presentable, and worst of all,.I knew
I could not sing!
These were some of the thoughts
which passer! through my mind dur
ing that first song. My mouth seemed
to be locked. Perhaps it was best,
for I could NOT sing.
Why were all those girls looking at
Me, when I so longed to crawl into a
hole .somewhere and die? Wcren t
there enough other boys on the club
for them to gaze at without singling
out ME just because 1 was a novice
at the game and felt so unnecessary ?
Why did 1 ever go, anyway? 1 had
much rather have been studying ot
OTHER COLLEGES
Read the exchanges, fellows. They
will be found on the' corner desk in
The Cluster office.
The Lenoirian, organ of Lenoir
College, Hickory, N. C., carries a
“fetching” picture of six charming
co-eds on the front page in its issue
of October 28.
Oglethorpe is now completing a
new library building, and has im
proved the campus by planting shrub
bery and ereting a flag pole.
* * * .
The Rollins Samdspur, published'by
the students of Rollins College, Win
ter Park, Fla., say that Rollins has
installed a new program of business
administration in the institution.
, . * * *
. Carson-Newman College of Jeffer
son City, Tenn., has a live semi-!
monthly paper called “The Orange
and Blue,” The Carson-Newman foot :
ball team is dubbed “The Fighting
Parsons.”
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“The Wild Cat,” student organ of
Louisiana College, takes the place of
the, erstwhile “Messenger” of that
college. The editor says that as the
institution has outgrown its old
clothes, the paper should have a
“name that would more fittingly por
tray the spirit of the institution.”
“What A Charming Home!”
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painted. You not only add to its beauty, but more import
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The students of Lincoln Memorial
University of Harrogate, Tenn., have [ ;
a paper of merit in the “Blue and \ j
Gray.” It' has a literary tone, and I
carries . a good display of college j 1
news. I |
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Furman is lining up her Alumni in j
dubs over the state of South Caro- [ [
lina, according to “The Furman Hor-j |
net.” This paper has recently pub- I
lished a numher given over in the I
main to news of Furman Alumni. ! |
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According to “Old Gold and Black,'
Wake Forest. College is to have a new
athletic field, the gift of Claude Gore,
one of her Alumni. An editorial in. I
the same weekly tells of the - Wake 1|
Forest literary societies having a :
compulsory attendance rule, and I
states that “some means must be ar- j “*
rived at which will create more in- | ~
terest in the societies and engulf the
interest of all students.” N. B.—Note
the word “engulf." (Ed.)
* * ' *
“The Red and Black” of Georgia is
giving much space to literary society
news. One issue features the Har
vard football game and the War Me
morial Drive, to raise funds for the
university.
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Southern College of Clearwater,
Fla., will enter the Florida State
Water Meet ,to. be held in Winter
Park some time next spring. This
meet is referred to by “The South
ern” as; “a new phase of the athletic
question,” ■ > r '.
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“The Mississippian,” of Mississippi'
■University', is running .a- comic• fea
ture called “Hayseed Letters,” which!
purports to be the letters written by
“Hiram” at college to his “Pu” back i
home. The letters are more or less'
humorous.
Mr. Glover Johnson was the speak
er for Thursday •night, Mr. John
son’s talk was along educational
lines. He emphasized the importance
of good bodlts in education. Said the-
speaker: “If you are graduated with
out having spent some time in the
library, your education is not of. the
finished .kind. The books that we
find there interpret what we see and
experience in every day life.”
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The committee of the “Y” met
Wednesday night to plan for the
year’s work.' Among other things, the
committee decided that one night in
the week would be devoted ■ entirely
to singing. Suggestions were offered
as to how to Increase the attendance
at the Vesper services.
The “Y” program for next week
include singing Tuesday'night; slide
pictures of the life of Christ given
by Captain Foster. Wednesday night,
and speaking Thursday night by Rev;
Gower Latimer.
Emory students are making a
strong bid for inter-collegiate ath,
doing some parallel reading. ,Darn ^
the director for ever letting me get Wheel” of Oeto-
on the club. Oh, gee. Why was ^ 27th, carries the “streamer”
headline, “Faculty Strong for Inter
collegiate Athletics.” Atta- boy. 'Bin-
. Hit the line!
Whan trading in the city remember
The CluaUr advertisers.
ever born ?
At last, after, five long minute*
which seemed to have the length of t
five long winter months, “Sis,” the!
piknist, struck ;the last chord. The
singers wheeled und were oil the
stage in a jiffy (all except me, and I
was off in half a jiffy)! .
That miserable encore! We all
went. trooping to the stage again, I
and myself bringing up the rear. The
encore, in reality, was quite short,
but it seemed to me that it would
have “put in the shade” the longest
sacred anthem, Again, we wheeled,
and( happily for me) were lost in
the maze of Improvised dressing
room*. • ' • .
After what seemed an eternity, the
program was brought to a close with
a vocal number in which there was
wonderful harmpny. The other boys
furnished the harmony, my contribu
tion, being silence, resulting from the
stage-fright Which had not worn off.
r The concert over, the Glee Club
boys went to. a reception given by the
G. V. 4k l.C. Senior class. Dr. M. M.
Parks, collega 1 president, announced
“The Cumberland Echo” of Cum
berland College, Ky., has aB its “ob
jective” to arouse Worthy student as
pirations and to give expression to
all . that is pleasing and honorable in
our college life.”
that there were 239 girls there and
that the Mercer boys would have only '
eleven minutes before train time. Oh!
Imagine my surprise, after I had I
thought all the.girls 1 had watched ME
during the concert but to. laugh, and
criticise, to hear so many ; times ad
dressed to ME these sweet words, “Oj.
you. I suppose yon are one of the
fywh boys!" ■' s •
Life was not what; I thought It. It
was better, MUCH better, and I felt
happy again to learn that none of the
girls had seen ME during the debut
concert.
G, boy, ain’t it a grand and glori
ous feeling?
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