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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. RE LF A, (’ . RG LG 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)