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THE MERCER CLUSTER
November 26, 1921
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The Mercer Cluster
is that IF Mercer is to have a society
called “honorary;" it should base its
membership strictly on merit.. And
Published weekly by the students of merit can be decided only on a sys-
the fourteen schools and colleges j n tern of comparative accomplishment,
the Mercer University System.
George M. Sparks, Managing Editor
The Cluster Staff:
C. J. Broome, Editor-in-Chief; Robert | be ^K ra nted. .
Gamble,. A. B. Cochran, W. K.
In this way the club would have
the backing and endorsement of the
student body and the faculty, and
each man could strive to attain the
society with the full assurance that
if membership was earned, it would
M
Wynne, John P. Rabun, Edwin S.
Davis, E. C. Hulsey, John C. Vincent,
('. Fy- Brasington, Associate Editors;
Romeo B. Morris, Circulation Mana
ger, H. H. Ware, Jr., Assistant.
Anyway, it seems worth trying, IF
Mercer is to . have 'an “honorary
society.”
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TIPS AND TAPS
By Bob Gamble
AU Aboard Matrimony Special for
Ellaville, Georgia .
As the Thanksgiving season draws
Rates, one year, $1.50.1 near, one is reminded of the many
differences between the spirit of the
lay this year and in the years 1917
and 1918. ?
In the year 1917, the Thanksgiving
season (fid not witness the prepara
tions for celebrations which were to
take place, but rather there was
spirit of solemnity and suspense
everywhere. The greatest war in the
world's history was. raging at its
worst. Instead of having all kinds of
festivities there were held prayer
services for the end of this war.
The following year presented quite
pleasing contrast. Exactly two
weeks before Thanksgiving there was
the signing of the armistice. Every
where the spirit of happiness and
thanksgiving spread .throughout the
entire land. People had something to
HONORARY SOCIETY
Does Mercer need a real honorary Ithankful for. The thoughts and
society? . '. burdens of. war were over and once
We believe it would be a good thing again it could be said that there was
for our. University to have an hon-'| Peace on earth,
orary .society or club if attendance to Good will toward men.
that society was made oh a basis of This year there is still existing
merit. I this spirit of . peace and brotherly
There are dubs on the campus sup- love ; > but there is still that suspense
posed to be honorary in nature, and| that characterized this season
these are good in their way, Butl lul7 - However, this time it is over
their weakness is that membership is the- outcome of the Conference for
not based upon a systematic basis of I the Limitation of Armiments, which
merit. An honorary society to com- ls now in session at Washington, for,
mand the confidence, of the student the purpose'of insuring the future
body anil faculty must base admis-1 Pehce of the world—which is sorne-
sion to its membership on nothing I thing that everyone should be thank
less than, a well-worked-out system I 7u l for.
As November 29 draws nearer, our
courage' draws up and we shrink with
fear as we wonder how we are going
to get along in that wedding in which
we are scheduled to make our debut
groomsman, And speaking of
shrinking, we worry more as we re
call that our green suit is in the
laundry being dyed in order that We
may have a blue suit to wear in the
Wedding.. And if our suit shrinks
cruel thought, it’s all off. Of course
the suit is all off‘anyway,, and .if it
shrinks it will be so permanently, but
you know what we mean. If our suit
shrinks there will ( be no wedding for
us, and you know, We never did like
to have Weddings postponed because
our suits shrank when- they were be
ing dyed. Our friend Johnnie Spen
cer, of the grandold ' Macon Tele
graph, says, “After a glance at. the
price of turkeys it’s a hopeless
grouch who can’t be thankful they
are not compulsory.” And we say
that same thing of a Mercer student
who can’t look at his grey pants and
black sweater while his green suit
being dyed and be thankful that dates
with ladie faire are not compulsory
But never mind, some of these days
We will have our diploma and when
we earn fifteen or twenty dollars
month we will buy a new blue suit
every time we are asked, to' be
“broomstick” in a Wedding; that is
if our credit improves ad interim
We Win and Lose for a Dime
of merit.
Let. the 1921 Thanksgiving be one
And this merit must'be such as j's I of trite thanksgiving in deed as well
plainly apparent and easily recog
nized by ■ all. No one man, nor sev
eral men, should have the power to
keep a deserving man oUt of the hon
orary club.- Privilege, of membership!
should accrue from 'a general stand
ard of worth and scholarship, which
could he easily decided on a basis of
points for the different honors con
ferred. by the students and the fac
ulty.
The foregoing considerations * lead
us to take the liberty of suggesting)
the following plan for an honorary
dub at Mercer University.
(1) Let the membership in the
By K. F. B.
COSBY CARLISLE
parting
spring has drawn
breath,
The summer sun hus vanished from
the sky,
November with ifs cold and wintry
winds
Has come, and with it has come death
honorary club be limited to a certain O Death! Thou'art unjust, unfair,
number, say 12 or 15.
(2) Let these members be elected
by a system of "points,” the points
to bo earned by honors from the stu
dents and by degrey of scholarship.
.(•'!) Let vacancies ip the honorary
body, of say 15 members, be filled by I Death wins her game of chance with
selecting the “high-point men” of Life,
the three upper classes. | And takes unto ■ herself the
To take uway the 1 flower ' of our
,youth,
And leave unworthy ones the gifts
of Life,
| Of health, of Jove and joy to share.
One day last week we, went into
the student barber shop over in the
Y to have the tonsorial artist “beard
the lion in his\len.” We took our
seat in vthe chair and then followed
the usual assortment' .of- hot towels,
whisker softeners, etc., world without
end. To make a long story short,
the barber did our whiskers: When
the razor wielder had dc-bcarded us
said the job was worth fifteen
ents. He didn’t Say how much more
We paid him the fee for the close
shave and then leisurely strolled
to the business office, where We dis
covered W B. Hamby printing “ten
cents” on some checks, for the barber
shop. The printer informed us that
shaves had' gone down to a dime and
that the new price was to go into
effect immediately Our heart
our waistline with a sickening thud
to think that we had been the last
Ustomer to pay the fifteen : ccnt
for a shave." Being a Commerce
student, however, we determined to
alculate and see if we copld not
prove that we had out-figured the
barber shop after all, and so here
we are:. ' ' .
We paid fifteen cents for - a close
shave, which we got beyond question,
facially speaking, and we w:ere the
last one at the fifteen-cent fare, get
ting in on this rate by. a “close
shave.” Therefore, we got three close
shaves for. fifteen cents, and Com
merce wins again! Q.. E. D.
most
desired * ■
Apd noblest, leaving Life the other
ones, -
To carry on his. toil and strife.
Few days ago; thou moved and spoke
And lived and loved, and worked
with us,
How hard it is to think of thee as
dead!
•.(4) Let the following honors earn
■ points as listed: president of the
Senior class, president of the Minis
terial Association',' president of the
Y. M. Cl. A„ editor-in-chief of The
Cluster, editor-in-chief of the Caul
dron, business manager of the Caul
(Iron, each 10 points.
Students averaging a grade .of B
for two years, 10 points; students | It seems to be a fearful joke,
making all A's and B’s for t*vo years
15 points; all A’s for two years, 201 And what is Death, that we fear so?
points. ' '.. '* 1 Is it more .than a slumber of the
Managers of Glee Club and athletic] soul?
teums, 5 points each; 'captains of Great Shakespeare said: “To di
team, 3 points each; members of Glee I to sleep, no more.”
Club and athletic teams, 2 points [ Sleep well,, while flowers o’er thee
each. blow.
Members of Cluster and Cauldron! —T. M. Hart,
staffs, 2 points each
Intercollegiate debaters, 5 points I The . Newest Freedom.—Texans are
each. I just naturally partisans. ‘A man from
Members-advisory council, 5 points that State called at The Journal.of-
eaeh. ' . I flee the other day. In reply to
President Junior class, 5 points; I question, he said: “Yes, the caounty
Sophomore class, 3 points.- I where Ah live went- Republican at
Minor offices in the student or-.’lection, but it’s so’y now it went
ganizations, 1 point each. Ithat way. Hodding ain’t so pop’la’ as
It must be remembered that these I he was,' Ah hud a fellow say some
are only suggestions. Doubtless I remawks ’bout that today right here
many adjustments could be made in in Tulsy. He said ‘Some great lib-
this schedule of points, and some of- erato’s have lived in this, country
flees that should earn points may not Lincoln, he freed the slaves; flfenry
have been mentioned, but it seems Fo’d. freed the hosses; Thomas Edi
approximately fair for a genesis for son freed the tire d piano playah
an honorary society—if | Mercer is to Hodding freed the woTcing-roan from
have one. hahd labaw. . Ain’t no 'Vrork now bnt
Many of the students may consider If o’ va’y few*."—The .Oil and Gas
such a chib unnecessary, but our idea I Journal.
COLLEGE THRIFT
The college tightwad and the col
lege spendthrift!
We have all seen them .both, and
neither appeals to us. The ..wise stu
dent is not stingy, but he is careful.
The average man has only a limited
amount to spend while in. college.
Therefore he should see that his
purse strings are not too loose.
Students are called upon for money
for dozens of causes'^ such as club
dues, dinners, presents, 'and other
things. Then, too, the temptation is
great to spend freely for luxuries,
tdbaccpi drinks, carfare, lunches be
ing some of the ways in which our
cash kisses us a swift and final fare
well. . ' »
Most of the causes to which stu
dents contribute are worthy ones.
But a watchful eye is needed in finari-
cial affairs if one ip to get through
college without- serious embarrass
ment to the pocketbook. ; Worry about
money matters has probably, caused
some students to' fail to do them
selves justice’in their studies and in
activities of the Campus.
This line of reasoning may not ap
peal to the man who has never had
to scheme and plan to meet his finan
cial obligations as a student, but to
tho&e of us who have for a long time
been hitting, the trail of . financial
difficulties, the idea of thrift is.taken
a matter of course.
One who has the ability to be
thrifty in college will doubtless prove
to be a successful man' in the busi
ness world after, leaving school, for
thrift saves money, shows good judg
ment and develops the capacity for
organizing one’s resources.
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STUDENT GOVERNMENT
•The uction Friday in establishing
a' student's tribunal was undoubtedly
a step in the right direction. It lays
the foundation at Mercer for a com
plete self-governing system -in the
future. “ .
The plan ad adopvcd is capable pf-
great expansion in principle as well
as improvement in detail. It seoms
well for student government to grow
on. us rather than to try to create the
whole system at once. By gradual
evolution the system will be better .in
the long run, and Will not foist upon
us the total of the hew tasks and re
sponsibilities "ab initio.”
We believe that the main principle
to keep in mind in the development
of the plan for self-government
among the students is to muintain
^democracy. That is, the offices, du
ties ami responsibilities of the -gov
erning system should be spread ovpr
the- student body as much as possible.
It should , at all times be . so organ-i J
iZed as to huve a broad base of sup
port from all the students
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To deny this fundamental piflnciple !:,
is to court disaster in the end. For Ji , , ■
. ■ J. We want you to feel at home,
coterie or clique, no personality-.1,
nor limited number of personalities, fellows, in our store,
no matter how strong, will succeed IL
permanently in smoothly adjusting j £ Drop around any
the complicated affairs of an inher-1whether you trade or not.
ntly democratic student body | jjj. '
We believe that this’principle will ill
Imaginative Opportunity Immor
talized
Can you imagine:, • '
240-pound Ike Cowart racing thirty
yards for a'touchdown? ) ,
Wm. Shelverton chewing Brown’s
Mule?
Post-grad. Linton Collins wearing
a Freshman cap?
Dean F, J. Holder talking through
an ultra-rapid dictaphone?
Dr. Percy Scott Flippin wearing
his hat. indoors or eating- English
peas with his knife, to say nothing
of eating soup with a fork ?
Prof. Joseph Robinson wearing N.
A. Thompson’s dress suit?
“Red” Simmons preachirig a ser
mon?
Coach Josh Cody eating only one
biscuit at a meal and refusing fried
chicken?
Bobby ; Burnett refusing an ice
cream cone?
Romeo Basil Morris taking Mix*
Garner to a boxing match? >•
NEITHER CAN WE.
Sharp Reply. —Tourist: "What’s
that beast?”
Native: “That’s, a rasorback hawg,
snh.”
Tourist: “What’s he nibbing him
self on the tree for?” ,
Native: “Jest strapping hisself,
suh, jest stropping hisself.”—Widow.
old time.
be recognized by all at • Mercer, and
that the plans of student, govern
ment, as they grow and expand, will
be in line with this basic idea. •
LEARNING STRATEGY
The Literary Digest for November
19 carries a long story under the
heading “Football as a Fighting
Game.” This article is in the nature
of a summary of an article in Leslie’s'
Magazine by Charles D. Daly, for
merly “All-American quarterback”
of the Harvard football team
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being a substitute for war, as involv-
ing the principle of strategy common
in war, and as football has developed
from the time when it was invented
and played by the Chinese “long
before it was ever heard of in Eu
rope.” Many interesting incidents of
great gridiron games are related, ac
count being given of surprising tac
tics evolved arid the necessity of
changing the rules from time to time.
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