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December 16, 1921
THE MERCER CLUSTER
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'ROM PART Y GIVEN
lOR MERCER CLUB
Vaphington County Club Enter
tained by Mrs. Harrison.
HART TO HEART LINES
C TWO SONNETS '
► By T. M. Hart
CICER0N1ANS HOLD
WEEKLY MEETING
One of the first clubs organized on
he college campus was the Wash-
ngton County Club composed of the
>ys from that county who are en
ded in the university. A social was
taged Friday night at the home of
J. G. Harrison, celebrating the
u-ganization of the Club. Miss Lucy
larrett and Mrs. J. G. Harrison were
hief hostesses to the members. The
ntcrtainment was in the role of
trom party, with suffcient intermis-
ion for the attenders to partake of
punch, ice cream and cake fur-
hed by the club.
The members of this group are
A. Thompson, Jr., Benton Evans
Ihert Fields, Robert McCarty, Hor
■ Smith, Herbert Vickers, Elridge
Icly , Claude Joiner and Charles
Knpx. At their opening session N. A
hompson was elected president
Benton Evans, vice-president; Elbert
ields, Becyetary and treasurer. The
members of . this club announce that
they are. progressing in a splendid
iegree and that they challenge any
iinilar organization to any combat
which is for the development of , the
ntal' or physical powers.
Some of the prominent Mercer
gradiiatea who were from this county
are: -Judge Beverly D. Evans, Presi-
ient William Holmes, now president
Gordon Institute at BarnesVille,
; Charles Jackson, former presi
dent of both Mercer University and
Bessie Tift College; Dr. John G. Har
rison, now professor of educational
psychology in the university; Gov.
Thomas- W. Hardwick, now governor
of the State of Georgia.
One of the things that this'-club is
loing which- should be of interest to
other clubs is the collecting and writ
ing of the various items of interest in
reference to the members and sending
the reports to their county paper.
This is in keeping with the request
>f President Weaver that we keep in
touch with our home papers in order
to better advertise our own institu
tion. . . •
Those who attended the reception
were: - Misses Mary Hardin, Christine
Ailkins-,. Sarah Mims, Eunice Herring
ton, Roberta Howard, Rennie Harrell,
Martha Farrar and Sue Chambers.
The boys were:- Benton Evans, Robert
McCarty, Horace Smith, Herbert
Vickers, N. A. Thompson, Jr., Elbert
Fields, Eldridge Peddy, Claude
Joiner and Charles Knox.
You sing with ardor of the running
brooks,
The Uky, the trees all hold a lovely
thought
For you, but-these fair scenes delight
me not; • ^
I love far more the pleasure found in
books. ,
For 1 prefer more than your shady
nooks i
A tale of Dickens, Thackeray or
' Scott,
A poem of Shelley or Keats to me
allot,
And I’ll not envy you your babbling
brooks.
Speakers for Evening Are New-
some, Mosely, Morris and
Ricketson.
Yet I mean not to scorn fair nature’s
joys,
I love to be among the birds and
trees,
And sit beside, a glistening mountain
stream 1 ,
With pleasure that the restful sense
employs, •
Among the humming of the honey
bees,
To lie upon the summer grass and
dream.- • ■ 1
II
Sing yon of bookish pleasures such
as this?
Nay, Muse, .these pensive joys may
not me move. .; .
A sparkling eye, a dainty hand, a
kiss— ‘
These arc the joys I crave, th? fruits
of love. ,
Take then your books, your nature,
and all else,
Give me the eye, the lip of her I love.
When hand in hand we stroll through
leafy dells.
No pleasures can compare With those
of love.
But soft! Why rave I thus of love’s
delights?
What may 1 ever know of them
again?
My eyes will ne’er again adore those
delights: ,
Her eyes. Each thought of her brings
added, pain.
Sleep, Muse, my foolish fancy’s song
is done.;
Sleep thou, and leave me with my
‘ thoughts alone.
Featuring the knowledge of George
Washington Harrison Stanley’ con
cerning parliamentary law,.the Cice
ronian Society held its weekly meet
ing in the society hall Monday even
ing. Vice-President Stanley had
charge of the meeting owing to the
absence of the president. An added
feature of the program was the origi
nal jokes pulled by Howard Littlefield
as an introduction to the debate,
Resolved, That a greater participation
in World affairs by the United States
should be encouraged by tho people.
The negative won the decision of the
judges. ,
Many members remarked that Stan
ley presided over the business affairs
of the society in a manner which was
true to Ciceronian form. An-amusing
incident was when he asked Member
Kirkland to take his seat after ruling
him out of order on a proposition
which bad no parliamentary founda
tion. This created a laugh, us the
Englishman would say.
The speakers for the evening were:
O. B. Newsome and T.'T. Mosely for
the affirmative; Rv B. Morris and R.
Ricketson represented the winning
side. In criticising the program, Guy
Atkinson, critic for the society, said
that the program was one of the-best
rendered this year; that the debate
was full of pep and sprrit, and spoke
highly of the training accorded the
members of the society. “Red”' Mar
shall, now acting president of the so
ciety, said that he sanctioned every
word in the critic’s report.
RECEPTION HELD
BY PAN-HELLENIC
Mercer Fraternity Halls Scene
of Gala Occasion.
Eclipsing all. joint fraternity social
entertainments of .other years, the
annual Pan-Hellenic reception was
held at Mercer University Saturday
evening. December 3. More than 300
guests and students,including the
members of the football team; to-;
K«'ther with the Mercer faculty gath
ered in the beautifully and exten
sively decorated fraternity halls . and
enjoyed every moment of the gala
occasion.
Wesleyan girls, Macon girls and
seemingly girls from everywhere
were present. It is probable that
: never has a prettier group of girls
gathered on Mercer campus and the
entire Mercer' student attendance at
the social basked in the sunshine of
the smiles of the attractive maidens.
No expense had been spared in
decorating the fraternity rooms and
spacious corridors, the greenery used,
presenting a woodland scene beauti-,.
fid. in each detail, the rows of vari-
colored lights suspended from the
ceiling casting it soft-tinted glow iri
the corridors and completing the at
tractive beauty of the scene. !•
' In the receiving line with the fac
ulty members and their wives stood
the fraternity representatives to the
Pan-Hellenic council.. Sponsors for
e *ch chapter also stood in the receiv
ing line; Miss Frances Solomon,
8. A. E.; Miss Eugenia Lowe, Kappa
Sigma; Misa Harriot Adams, A. T. O.;
Miw Katherine Willingham, PM
Delta Theta; Miss Anna West, Sigma
Nu, ud Mias Margaret Wise, K. A.
* . R.M.G.
THE BUILDERS
While it is expected that the
Southern Baptist Convention will be
quick to accept the opportunity of
fered by Mercer University and join
in making it a big university for
large section of the South and South
cast, it is gratifying to know' that
Mprcer’s growth is so rapid, and sub
stantial tjvut even independent- of this
expected co-operation it is already
on the way to becoming a great col
lege with real university depart
ments and opportunities.. Even those
who have kept in rather close as well
as friendly touch with Mercer are
•surprised with delight with every
new bird's-eye .survey of what is go
ing on all about as well as on the
old college campus.
•In President Weaver, Mercer and
Macon have found the man they were
looking for, and the whole-hearted
and intelligent devotion that such
men as’Dr. W. G. Lee and Mr. Alfred
Willingham and ‘ other members of
the Building Committee are giving to
the college compares favorably with
the best service ..the best friends of
institutions like Harvard and Yale
hive given to education and to their
alma maters, It is said that Dr. lee
apd his associates are even more de
voted to the building up of Mercer
than to the increase of their own
personal fortunes. This putting of
the things .of public concern and of
public welfare first is what const!
More Than a Florist’s
. Shop
A FLOWER SERVICE
A complete, fresh stock of
' the flowers in season
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FLORISTS
Phone 1776
. 414 Second Street
Macon, Ga.
Mercer Men
Should suport men that sup
port Mercer,
R. S. THORPE & SONS are
supporting Mercer until the-
last whistle blows.
Help' your school by helping
/ourself in buying from.
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& Sons
A. S; JOHNSON
Mercer Representative’
tutes true greatness of .personality
and what insures success of public ,
causes — political, educational, phi
lanthropic.
Macon is to be congratulated upon
the number of her public-spirited
citizens, of which Dr. lee *nd other
Mercer builders are such splendid
types. As we go forward, there
must be an increase of public-spirited
men and women all along the line,
men and women more concerned in
■.Hnf life and means of living bet- ]
ter. for everybody; than in seeking
the furtherance of their own personal
fortunes.—Macon Telegraph.
Your Printing
will receive prdmpt atten
tion when your orders are
placed with us.
Good Printing
Conservative Prices
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Company
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6M Cherry St. Macon, Ga.
How Many Treasures Does Your Attic Hold?
Many folks have discovered lathis day efUgh prices, that AitakuZs,
bog silica discarded because scarred and scratched and of dingy
games by rafia
Lucas epaints and Varnishes
As ssnggesrinp, look over the cosuantstrfvoor attic. YouwiDprob-
ably discover some chair or table, perfectly sound and serviceable,
that a small investment fat L VCAS products would place in use again.
Wei be glad (» show you what to use and how to tb k.
Edwin S. Davis, President
E. W- Lipford,’ Secretary
PLANTERS IMPLEMENT CO.
Farm Implements of Every Kind -
Phone 1094
612 Third St. Macon, Ga-
mm$ Fkmfcl#®,
MRS. G. E. ASBELL
Fresh Meats and Groceries
. Mercer families can get Good Groceries
at “live and Jet live” prices at our store
Phone 2677
1156 Edgewood Ave.
Remus Danf orth Shoe Shop
IN W ALL STREET ALLEY
Up-to-date Shde Repairing, by one -bf the best workmen in Macon.
We use only the best leather, and our prices are right.
Mercer boys, bring your old shoes and let us save you the price of
a new pair.
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Watches, Clocks, Diamonds, Jewelry and Silverware 1
Reliable Goods Only i
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