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Decembei 2, 1921
THE MERCER CLUSTER
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LOUIE LANE LEADS
LUGUBRIOUS CHANT
Max Lieber and Student Star in
'Julius Caesar at Grand.
Dr. Montague First One Inter
viewed “Close Up.”
- Max Lieber and Louie Lane! .
These two great tragedians, show
ing their arts in Shakespeare’s Julius
Caesar, made a sensational hit with
Macon theater-goers last Friday
night. ' Max Lieber was the star of
the cast, while Louie Lane, yes, Mer
cer’s own “Louie,” w£s the Leading
Groaner in the scene where Brutus
started the brutishness by brutally
stabbing a guy named Julius Caesar,
because Brutus “loved Rome more.”
According to the Macon daily pa
pers, which gave a thrilling account
of Mr, Lane’s acting, Louie’s groans
were perfectly planned and marvel
ously executed. As the crooel dagger
pierced the quivering flesh of the
suffering Caesar, Louie with, superbly
dramatic and blood-curdling effect,
emitted the groans which his role as
, “super’’-groaner demanded.
So realistic was the acting of Mer
cer’s great artist that cold chills
flickered up and down-the back of the
uudience. until some of' the more im
pressionable men hastily put on their
overcoats. Many critics averred that
Louie would make a capital ghost in
a graveyard scene, apd suggested
that Hamlet’s father’s ghost be re
quired to groan, and that Louie be
given this part in Hamlet.
Mercer is indeed fortunate' in haV
ing as one of her alttmni a Shakes
pearean actor of suqh consummate
skill and dramtic talent. HatB off to
. Lane and Lieber!
By F > R. Nalls, Jr.
“Dear Brother, 1 am always de
lighted when I find I can be of any
help to any of my friends. 1 will be
glad to answer any questions you
may ask mo" said Dr. Montague,
professor of Public speaking and
Latin, who loves and is loved by
very Mercer man.
“Where was I born?- Well, dear
friend, I was not born in a large
town, or even in any town at all. My
father, had a farm in Essex county,
Virginia, and I was born and roared
there. I remember my father gave
me a small plot of ground to culti
vate. I plowed it and worked it; then
planted it in corn and raised a
pretty good crop. My father bought
it from me, and let me keep the
money for my own. This was the
first money .1 ever earned and I never
UP-TO-DATE SELECTIONS
FROM THE I’OETS
By T. M. Hart
1 After Wordsworth
My heart leaps up when I behold
A bcekstcAf on a dish;
So was it when I was a kid.
To it I’ll always doff my lid,
For, it I’ll always make my bid,
What m'ore could mortal wish?
The smell is father to the taste,
And I could wish my days to be
Hound each to each by fun and jollity
After Tennyson
Broke, broke, broke,
I'm on the rocks you can see;
And my tongue would not dare utter
The thoughts that arise in me.
After Poe
Once upon an evening splendid,'when
my mpney I had upended,
That my .feet I did turn homeward
and 1 .walked by the drug story
Anti a thirst then qvercame me, and
who, indeed, can blame me?
So I asked a friend who stood there
there beside the open, door,
If he n dime would lend me; for
, drink my soul was sore.
Quoth the scoundrel, “Nevermore.”
. After Kipling
.A fool there was, and he bet his cash
(Even as you and 1) .
’That Ga. Tech through ' Penn; State
would smash.
And when the end came with an aw
• ful crash, . 1 ‘
The loss of it stung like the. stroke
of a lash.
(Even as you and I.)
After Gray
The whistle tolls the knell of parting
hope,
The. losing team winds slowly o’er the
field, .
My , bankroll northward flics. Ac
cursed dope!
And leaves me not a cent for my next
meal
They’ll Need To,—On one of. the
tombstones in an old New , England
cemetery .appears the following 'in
scription: •
Here Lies Jonathan Steele—Good and
Upright Citizen/"
Weighed 260 Pouiias
Open Wide, Ye Golden Gates
; .—Leader.
bath-
my
Brantley (walking into the
room): "Here,you niH, that’i
toothbrush you are using.”
Herndon: “Oh, is it yours? I
thought it was an old one someone
left hers.”
ACULTY MEMBERS
IVEN“
MERCER PLAYS
The tentative basketball sched
ule as announced by Coach Cody
is as follows: ' .
Dec. 10, Macon Volunteers.
Dec. 17; Camp Benning in Ma
con. . . . \ • : .:
Jan. 7, Tech in Macon.
Jan'. 13, Auburn in Macon.
Jan. 14, Georgia in Athens.
Jan. 19, Clemson in Macon.
Jan. 20, Tech in Atlanta.
Jan. 21, Chattanooga in Chatta
nooga.
Jan. 23, Bryson College in Fay
etteville, Tenn.
Jan. 24, Vanderbilt in ‘Nashville.
Feb. 1, Florida in Macon.
Feb. 2, Auburn in Auburn (pen
ning) .'
Fob. 3, Camp Benning at Camp
Benning. , .
Feb. 4, Chattanooga in Macon.
Feb. 11, Georgia in Macon.
• Feb. 18, Macon Volunteers (pen
ding).
FRESHMAN OVERDOSE
(I)avis & Slona)
•will forget how I did it. Everybody understands that we
“As a boy I don’t think I ever had ] havp completed or rather cussed and
nickname, nor did-1 really have one discussed the most important division
in college. It was not till I came to of. the human race and now we- have
Mercer that I received one which—if decided to write about some of our
will pardon the expression:— most esteemed collegemates.
stuck to me. Tht 1 students here.have, “The shades of Shakespeare" re-
nicknamed me-“Monty,” and I am cently ushered into the limelight one
just as proud of it as a’ rooster; yes, of our most mportant characters at
sir, just as proud as a rooster. Dr. the Grand. . In the cast of the play
Weaver himself congratulated me on we found some, local talent. ..Max
the narik- which my dear friends, the 1 Lieber showed himself to be a man
tudents, have given me.” ' j of ability,' he chose, as his co-stars
Dr. Montague's hobby -is public “Capt. Jasper” and his crew,
speaking and he has made a wonder-j The fight scene proved to be one
ful record in this line. He has been of the most realistic events staged,
>n intimate terms with many of the' duo to the fact that the crew became
bremost orators of the past twenty ■ mutinous, but “Capt. Jasper”., ap-
ears. While in Washington he was peared on the scene and his trusty
the private instructor to the sons ofj sword was seyn waving victoriously
’resident .Garfield, and. enjoyed many l over the battlefield. The remark,
ntimate conversations with tihe pres- from one of the crew, that Capt. .las
dent -himself. The two sons of the
resident, one of whom was fuel ad-
ninistrAtor duriing the great World
War, were very fond, of Dr. Mon
tague, ns are all boys who have ever
taken a course, of instruction under
him. If there is ever any doubt in
mybody’s mind about some rule of
mrlinmentary law or public speaking,
lie may be sure that he can have his
mint cleared up by taking it to Dr.
Montague. ' . - ‘ „
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Macon, Ga.
per ought to play baseball, as he
could fall down at home plate and
still touch the initial sack. The Cap
tain rpscntqd hotly this remark and
a battle royal'resulted.
Said "Capt. Jasper” at times was
invisible to.the human eye, thjsi Was
due to the fact that he wore tights
arid the audience got a side view of
his lovely form. The Captain and his
motley crew composed of four Fresh
men, burst forth with a melodious
cry, “Huil, Caesar.” " At one instant
. the crew remained silent as if spell-
QUOTES AND MISQUOTES | ;bound , un( , c ,«,r as a bell rose the
IN CICERONIAN HAI-LS j voice of the Captain, “Down with
Brutus, touchdown Caesar..”
Near'the triid of the play the cap-
Ye shades of I’lato! All the great- ! tain strutted to the end of the stage,
ost philosophers of the world were ! ikt> a vain peafowl and exclaimed in
either quoted or misquoted at the,*! t ra K'c voice, like a muw eating
Ciceronian Society debate Monday fliers, Imagine me a Roman sol-
voning, November 28th. Improihptu, <li6r ” In response a small voice piped
lebate was on. ' - .up from the intellectual audience with
The subject was, “Resolved, that these words, “You look more like a
there is greater pleasure in anticipa- roman candle to me L Pande-
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was impromptu'' and Captan Albert
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teered to affirm, assert, prove, chani-
pion and otherwise defend thfe affir
mative side of this philosophic ques
tion and would defy anybody, either
present or absent, of any race, color
or previous condition of servitude, (o
refute, rebut or deriy the premises or
conclusion of his matchless logic and
forensic oratory.
A howl was immediately 1 raised,
-ailing upon a meek, shy and modest
crimson-topped lad, “Red” Welch by
name, to come forward and give
mortal combat to this oratorical Go
liath. The aforesaid , lad protested
rather weakly for one so modest and
retiring, but finally arising he was
greeted with prolonged cheers and
.•ries of “bravo.”
And thus proceeded the first im
promptu debate of the term.
monium reigned supreme..
The Captain and his crew deserve
milch praise for their noble work apd
it is rumored that the school of arts,
at Mercer, will be changed to dram-
utic arts, the head instructors being
a dual combination of Prof. “Georges”
Sparks and “Captain Jasper,” in
tights.
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