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FOURTEEN
SCHOOLS AND
COLLEGES
Vol.2
MERCER UNIVERSITY, ^MACON, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1921
No. 10
BAPTIST CONVENTION
INSPIRES DR. WEAVER
GREATER SEMINARY
AT MERCER SEEN
publicity Campaign Next Step
in I'rogram. .
WEAVER CONGRATULATED
The' realization of the complete
program outlined for the Greater
Mercer University is not many years
in. the future, was the conviction ex-
I ressed by President Kufus W.
Weaver to the. students and faculty
i t chapel. According to Dr. Weaver,
the next step in the program will be
ii. publicity campaign and other work
leading toward converting all South
ern- Baptists to the enlargement pro
gram which calls for a larger univer
sity in Macon and the addition of a
Baptist theological seminary, in this
city' for all Southern States east of
the Mississippi. • ’
Dr. Weaver returned Saturday un
known to the Mercer students and
the boys evidenced great surprise
when the Mercer president walked
into chapel just.as the daily exercises
were beginning. Simultaneously with
his appearance on the stage, the .en
tire student body gave vent to pro
longed cheers of congratulations upon
the achievements made by the Mer
cer president at the Georgia Baptjpt
convention last week at which time
the entire program for .fiercer Uni
versity was almost unanimously- ap
proved hy the convention meeting in
Savannah.
Dr. Weaver. acknowledged the
cheers and following the .devotional
rvice led by Dean C. L. McGinty,
WHAT FACULTY WANTS
BY PROF. LEAVELL S ^ NTA T0 BRING ’EM
Faculty Member Goes to Larger
B. Y. P. U. Field.
MERCER DEFEATS
VOLUNTEER FIVE
All-Star Team and Champion
Athletes Beaten 33-26.
. Exhibiting an unexpected harmony
in team -play und profiting somewhat
by an element of hard luck working
ugainst their opponents, the Mercer
University basketball team opened
the season with a. 33 to 26 victory
over the seasoned Macon' Volunteers
at the City Auditorium. With only
one or two candidates assured of
regular positions on the eve of the
game every player sent in by- Acting
Coach. Jim Clements displayed splen
did.ability.
Boh Gamble, last year’s varsity,
center, was the principal point getter
for the Baptists in the first' half
when Smith, u Freshman sensation
on' this past season’s football string,
showing up fine in the-second part.
Harmon Shot nine out of thirteen foul
goals; Even in its - initial start the
Mercer set shows gqod form and af
ter individual players learn more
fully what to do with the. ball when
they control it, the Baptist quintet
of" the School' of Christianity, which K° f “ r > Southern collegiate
bus an enrollment of 118. ministerial ML The guarding was very good all
students, addressed students and! l b e ' ..' , _
faculty , | Referee i^an Yates Phased Bruce
“‘\fter the address of the president. | to the shoWers on. account of alleged
Dean C: L. McGinty led the student' unnecessary roughness but laU-r pet-
body in three rousing cheers for' «"'tt«i him to replace A ns ley
Weaver, Mercer and Macon.” ..- fo “ ls appeared . to be a
The program of enlargement for »'»»*“ wi,h « few of the players on
Mercer University will be submitted >M* There was an absence
to.the Southern Baptist Convention at range attempts .to fled goals
the annual session in 11)24, Dr. '»"‘ f 'many dear chances for close-ups
... . * flivvered.
( aver sa . The Mercter squad, appeared in only
- • ' a'part of their new and .natty, orange
and‘black uniform^.
Summary:
Pos.
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Speaking from the stage in the
historic old Mercer chapel for the
last time as a member of the Mercer
faculty, Prof. Frank H. Lcavell ad
dressed the students Wednesday
morning in’ the final chapel service of
the present year.
Professor Leavell, who has been
teaching Denominational Ministries
at Mercer and also giving courses at
Bessiu, Tift for two. years, has been
called to a larger’ field ami will im
mediately enter upon his ’ new duties
as secretary of all .student work-for
the • Southern Baptist - Convention,
having charge of all Southern Bap
tist territory.
It Yf-as said to be appropriate that
in his farewell address Professor
Leavell should have selected a sub
ject Which is characteristic of his
work and of what he has sought to
impart to Mercer students through
out his connection with the’ univer
sity. Bigness in all things, although
not announced by the speaker as his
subject, seemed to sum up his entire
talk as he plead with the students to
think in world-terms and not to allow
their thoughts to be hemmed in by
narrowness.
“Immensity- is a magnificent medi
cine,'’ declared the professor, telling
f the manner in which doctors han
dle certain high-strung, nervous pa
tients, who are sent far away to
view the beauties of nature und to be
nabled to think in large terms in
order thut their petty worries may
be forgotten in the inspiration of
such n scene as is presented by Ni
agara Falls or 'some other beautiful
sight.” ‘.
Following the conclusion of.Profess
snr 'Leayell’s address, v h .-h ■ he em.ed
with these words, “Immensity ' is a
magnificent medicine,”, the students
gave expression to their devotion for
the speaker and their appreciation of
his work at >lcrcer through their
prolonged, genuinely sincere ap
plause. '
CHRISTMAS LETTER
DESCRIBES WANTS
Each Member of Faculty Will
Be Provided For.
LAST MEETING OF
PHI DELTAS HELD
Interesting; Talk on History of
(the Society Given.
With an enthusiastic alumnus pres--
nt, and with the spirit of the. true
1 Phi Delta meeting, the last session
I'for-the fall term was held in the sp-
j ciety's hall on Monday evening.
I Prof. George ..Sparks was the
| speaker of the evening. And he was
there with .the "dope”, about old Phi
Delta and her carrying-ons in the
days when he was a student at Mer-
cer and a • loyal member of the so
ciety. When Prof. Sparks began his
speech With some ancient - Latin
phrase, which was “Greek” to the
members of the society, he-revealed
the fact to most of us that once the
society was a secret o> ganization.
Functioning behind closed doors, the
two societies, wberi, they did “meet
on the green,” ’fought terrific physical
Dear Santa Claus:
Please tiring the faculty lots of nice
things for .Christmas and chocolate
candy, too. We wish you’d bring all
the professors iota of high grades for
the students. Don’t brihg ’em any
low grades ’cause they've got enough
of . those now as they haven’t giVen
quite all of them to the students.
, Bring Dr. Weaver a "Southeastern
Baptist University arid a seminary
with a permanent and adequate ex
pense account for both”; and bring
him all . the Baptist preacher boys in
the world “including all nations, and .
races.’-’ , . — ■ *.
And. for Dean Farrar, we wish ,
you'd bring u record system which
always will be free from the use of
the Fountain slide-rule:
Dr. Fountain wants a new bicycle
’cause he rode this ,one all over the
world and the Western States. And.
bring him a solid slide-rule that won’t
slide, so that he can't disfigure our
credits. But don't bring Dr. Fountain
any kitty-cats ’cause he got so many
two years ago that he never will need
any more. And we wish you’d bring
I) r . Fountain some more things that
need to be invented ’cause he’s in
vented ’most, everything else. But
don't bring him any kitty-eats!
And for Dr. Ragsdale, our affable
treasurer, w.e wish you’d bring what
he wants, ami this is a one-way cash
system, 'cause, he's - always in a rer
battles arid thereby put themselves in
shape for a big debate scheduled to j eeptive mood.' But if you can’t-bring
conic off at some early date. Flour- him this, bring him lots of dimes so
MUSICAL COLLINS
NOW PIANO MOVER
Exit Captain Seth and New
“Strong Man” Appears.
Vols.
. Ricks
...-Fuss
Whitehead
Bruce
Ansley
I Mercer
Ware
Smith
j Gamble
Harmon
Harper
Substitutions: Mercer, Wilkes for
Ware, Ware for Smith, Smith for
i ... . , • „ f . . Gamble. Volunteers, Hanson for
A diploma from Mercer already, ^ for Hanson! Hanson for
framed, a post-graduate course now j An8 , AnsU . y j or Bruce, Bruce for
occupying his-time, and with all this, AnsU , y Fiel( , Koa i s , Smith fi. Gam
a piano mover. ble 5, Ricks 5, Hanson 3, Whitehead
This is Linton Collins. ii | 3. Harmon 2. Goals from fouls, Har
1 an " mon 9 out of 13, Whitehead 4 out of
One of .the features of the
Hellenic reception was the decoration
of the fraternity rooms and the spa
cious corridors.. Determined that
nothing should be lacking, the boys
decided that an orchestra should be
employed to furnish music-at the re
ception.'/
“Musical” Collin's doped this out.
NutUrally, -there could be no'real, up-
to-date orchestra without a piano, so
Collins figured some. more.
Gathering a hunch of Freshmen
•*nd fresher upper classmen,. some
with' heads of the same material 88 v
the piano keys, .“Musical’' Collins,
post-graduate, took some forty of
them over to the chapel to get the
piano.*
."• After much tugging aud lifting, in
terspersed with a greater degree of
xjx’sting and grumbling, the crowd
prilled and lifted the piano up eighty-
five steps in the Administration
. building, finally depqjdting the object
of -their lift on the fifth floor. ' |
The several hundred gusts at the
reception who enjoyed the orchestral-
music during the evening" are indebted
to ‘'Musical” .Collins, graduate, post
graduate almost, and piano mover! ,
FRESHMAN WRITES
A LETTER TO PAW
Interesting" Information
veyed Home. •
Con
7. Referee, Yates.
TRIBUNAL IN SESSION
The Mercer student tribunal held
several special sessions during the
week, this organization was estab
lished to enable students to take care
of all student conduct affairs.
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
* —:—r~-
Sept 23: * Piedmont College at
Macon. , • u ' -
Sept. 30: Georgia at Athens.
Get. 7 : . Open. , k
Oct, 14: Birmingham Southern
at Birmingham. , . .-
Oct. 21: . Auburn at Auburn.
Oct. 28: Vanderbilt at .Nashville.
N<iv. 4: Furman at Macon.
Nov. 11: University >f Chatta
nooga at Chattanooga.-
Nqv. 18: Oglethorpe at Macon.
Nov. 26: Mississippi'College at
Macon or Camp Benning, Colum
bus,- VV
. • . Nov. 9, 1921.
deRe ,paW
IT will Su.ne be cRismus woNt it
eye shore WiLl B glad WheN it tis
crlsmus 2. say pAw, yew want me
2 bring u & m A & saAllie- a xMus
present dqnchu fldo eye will Hav 2
hav sum munilY & then i wanT to
caRRy a presuNt to Mary 'uNN. eff
u karit git me npne eriny.uthur way,
u kin- sell mi shote & sen irie- The
iiiunnY.^ tHa ihoreis a lot uv waze
fer a ffellor to spen hiz mutiny here,
Sum felleRs hav got sum Liddel white
squair things with bLak dots ori
them, an u put sum munny on the
floor, shAik them in yore han an sa
Cumseberi, an thro urn down, sum-
Timbes you git yer munny bak &
sumtimes you dorit, i didn las nite.
wE R goin to git outer here deC.
20 instid of the twenti-thurd. suM
feller hopt up in ChaPle & sed he,
mister presidunt, eye moves that we
Petishun the fackuLtie 2 let us go
home the 20th. everybuddy hopt up
an yelled, so i did 2, an the nex da
the man • sed that our moshun car-
ryed. sUm more boys tride to
change it-the nex da, but that cuddn
do iU thA didn. want to ?ea their
piiWs liKe i did.i gess. u rote mri
in your las lettur to .give you mi
grades. I maid F in all the xams but
!,, i made E* on it. f menes’ fine, e
menes exulunt. so eye gess yore
ole Boy is GiTTin alrite in skule. •
weLL/biidby, ml trane leaves here
at 2koklok the 20th., ah i shore will
b on ' it dont wurry. sen JaiK an
the teem after me,, i aint use to
walkih enny more.' sen me as much
munny, as u kin in yore nex letter.
tpLL the fokes hello. '
yer pergressiv suN,
V ; BILL.
ishing banners of the societies were
in evidence at every. atHletic game,
and often brought about ‘friendly’,
scrimmages that proved to be nearly
us interesting, as the main athletic
event. 1 The speaker declared that he
always had hope for the freshness of
the Freshmen, and. he called over the
names of some.of his classmates; who
were the personification of freshness-
in their youth, but who are now lead
ers’in the world of affairs. Professor
Sparks attributed their regeneration
to the rebuilding qualities of the Phi
Delta Literary Society.
Throughout the . entire meeting,
hilarity and constructive enthusiasm
reigned suprepie. When-the roll was
called practically every member re
sponded With a snappy speech • of
thankfulness fop the success of. so
ciety through the fall term. “Keep
faith and carry on" was the theme of
the speakers as they rallied t>
forwarding of old Phi . Delta.
By R. I,
the boys won’t have to pay exchange
on their checks. And bring him a
book ori "A Thousand Different Ways
to Let Students Havb Money,” 'cause
we think lie's forgotten all the ways
he used to know.
Sock Darner
We wish you'd bring. "Bo”- Bailey a
first-class sock darner, ’cause you
•know he’s tired of mending socks;
and bring him a private Non-Such
Dairy Lunch stand so he won't have
to go to town when he doesn't relish
| the dormitory hush-house tri-daily
I disappointment.
| You know vye've all been good boys '
at Mercer, so we want to ask a spe
cial favor; Please .bring-Dr. Holder,
| the C'omnveTce dean’;'.art ,pltra-rapid •
' dictaphone-’to slow' up his conVersa-
1 tibn-enough for' us to understand
\ whaf lie’s talking about.. ’.And- wake'-
thcjthfcpevdlv detachable so we van get .
I his verbosity in. broken d--bs, .’cause
I we’re tired of being, late’ to, classes
fdlldwing. a monologue.
And bring Prof. Jacob all the Edu- >
'cation he. wants and make Ins living--
robin the psychological .'research lab
oratory of- the world so that he pan',
revel in psycho-analysis,
Daisy Churchwoll and Grady Gil- If you have any Saxon two-passrn- ‘
Ion,, lawyers; Mercer graduates, have ger filvyeripobiles We wish you'd
dissolved partnetahip. The former bring'one to Prof. Whitehofn, so-that
remains- iri the old office itl the Wash- j he can. take Mrs. Whitt-horn to all of
ington- Block and the latter will go i his classes, ’cause'now, we think she
B.
PERSONAL MENTION
to the Hardeman building.
BASEBALL SCHEDULE
March 31-April 1: Georgia at
Athens.
!April 7-9; iTech iri'Atlanta..
April' 14-16: Camp Benning at
Columbus. '
April' 21-22: Auburn at Macon,
April 26-27: Vanderbilt at Ma-.
con.
May 1.-2: Unive.rsity- of Mis
sissippi fct ’ Macon; .
May 6-6:. . Camp Behning at
V
Macon.’
May 10-11: • Kentucky State at
Macon. t...
May 19-20: Georgia University
at Macon.
May 22-27: Proposed trip tcji
. Alabama and Miaaissippl.
has‘to, miss one;
We wonder if you have what we
want for Mr. Burnett.-,We wish you’d
make him food and fuel administra
tor for the world, efficiency expert-in
the League of Nations, dining hall
supervisor at Y ale, Harvard, Prince
ton, and all .the'.Other colleges in
America having 'more than fifteen
students; ’cause w.e know he’d, be the
beat-one in. the. world. Arid bring him
a D. D. to use -when. he tkaches his
Sunday School class; and Bring hijn
a dining hall store-room coated with
milk arid honey; and ri large amount
of human understanding, at ’least
enough . for him to know that college
boys get hungry sometime.
Horae a ad Wagoa
Now, we : don’t went to ask lor too
much, but. if you have any mope
(Continued on phge six)
