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THE MERCER CLUSTER
December 16,192
OTHER COLLEGES
Nearly every college in the State
was. represented at the annual meet
ing of the South Carolina Collegb
Press Association, which met . in
Greenville, November 30 ' and De
cember 1 and 2, as guests of the
Greenville Woman’s . College and
Furman. —Furman Hornet. .
Kmory University won the annual
. cross-country race between 'Southern
Methodist colleges held in Atlantu.
Kmory won both first und second
.-places in the contest.
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Speaking of plans for intercolle
giate debates, the Old Gold and Black
says, “At present, prospects look fa
vorable for a clash with John B. Stet
son University of DeLamJ, Fla., be
fore the Southern Baptist Convention
dn Jacksonville next spring. This
debate, if held, will involve an en
viable trip;. 1 and is well worth the
best efforts of. our-debaters.”
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The Sylvania Hi-Tintes curries a
letter from Lawton Boykin urging
the high schools of the First Dis
trict to establish- school newspapers.
Sylvania High School is' leading the
procession .by getting out the good
little paper, Hi-Jimes. .
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..Lincoln Memorial University of
Harrogate, Tennessee, has a. literary
society named the Grant-Lee Society
thus uniting the names of the two
civil war leaders. The school’s paper
-is the Blue and Gray. ■
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Miss Helen Fraser, Of London,
Kngland, coalition government can
didate for the Knglish House of
Commons, ; addressed the political
science students of the North Caro
lina College' for Women, Saturday,
November 5, on the subject of the
"Knglish Constitution and Politics.—
Old Gobi and Black.
One of the, best articles in the
Kmory Phoenix, monthly, literary
magazine of Kmory University, is a
poem by Richard J. Broyles, entitled
“Ravaged Land.” Its theme is-the
ravaged . and desolate region in
France,where the armies' of, the
world were locked in combat . for
four long years.- ; •’
; Lenoir College,, Hickory, 1 North
Carolina, has recently - observed a
"Better Speech Week,”, in which the
Students Were, lectured and instruct
ed by the faculty on correct Knglish,
according to the iA-noirian.
The" Young Woman's Christian As
sociation of Southern College, Flor
ida, held , arr ‘ important program on
the subject, “Charm,” last Thursday.
Says the Southern, “Charm in all. its
■different phases-was. discussed in a
very thorough manner by several
members, of the Y. W. O. A.”
• Last Thursday, Friday and Satur
• lay i)r. Jlenry Wright, Yale profes
sor of Christian Methods, delivered
to Davidson-students five lectures on
the general subject, “The Processe
of . Friendship in Winning Men t
Christ.”—The Davidsonian.
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- Despite the fact that the cold
wintry blasts wilf .Start within-a
■month, practically 50 per cent of the
nien at Marquette 'University have
.determined to wear, their B. V. D.’s
throughout the cold months.—Mar
quette Tribune. .' ’ " -
Chambers Hall, dormitory at Da-
• vidson College, ■ was 1 destroyed by fire
• recently.' W. A. Gamble, Jr., brother
to. Bob Gamble, roomed in Chambers
HalJ at Davidson and' had , all .his
effects destroyed in the fire. It was
also reported that the room in which
Woodrow Wilson , stayed while in
college at Davidson wds the only
room; that escaped destruction by the
flames. The room of the president
was nuiqjbdr 13.' '
Forewarned.—“Will that hew kind
of collar you advertise, make me look
like. that, fellow iff the ad’??
“Well, it might*' . .
‘Then let me look at your other
styles, please.”—Philadelphia Ledger.
SPECIAL ATTRACTION
Jan. 9, 1922
Auspices Mercer Public* .,
Speaking Class
“Sid” Johnson vs. ■
W. K. “Preacher” Carswell
Finish Fight and a Rip-snorting
Humdinger Preliminary
“Cadillac” Barton vs.
Billie Cochran
A. P. Montague, Ph.D., Referee
The above fight announcement
holds a wide uppeal to everyone in
the sporting world* especially that
portion of pugilistic fans residing on
Mercer campus. Fur sometime it has
has been the hope of the local sport
ing populace to bring the two men,.
Johnson and Carswell together in a
finished fight and "now that this
dream has been realized with the
signing' of the match contract by both,
participants, everyone is rejoicing
over the coming bill which promises
to be fast and fdrious throughout.
"Sid” Johnson, present champion,
Will defend his title against, the‘vic
ious ministerial wallpps of “Preacher”
Carswell. Jonn'son will, weight in at
210 points, this being the weight he
a'rried when doing such damage to
Southern grid teams the past season.
Johnson’s manager, Gus Bootle, an
nounces that his protege is in fine
trim for the coming bout and that he
confident that Johnson will corn,e
through with flying colors.
Carswell it* under, the tutelage of
his brother,- “Preacher” Carswell the
Second, who will manage the chal
lenger and. serve as his second in the
oming bout. The challenger is re
ported to be fit, his lungs being
phenomenally -developed through his
preaching to congregations through- j
out the world and South ■ Georgia. J
The' hard-looking jaw of Johnson's
opponent is made more so .through a
heavy, stubby heard which he fre-]
lu'ently wears. •'
Both champion and challenger have
many friends among Mercer sport
fans. The Ministerial Association
will support “Preacher” Carswell to
man, and "Sid” Johnson will be
bucked by everyone else in order tp
give equality -in numbers supporting
each contestant.
The -coming scrap ' will take place
n the public-speaking , class' room, j
w.here the first intimation of the bout,
sprung up several weeks ago. “Sid” i
Johnson was.critic in the class when
‘Preacher” Carswell delivered him
self of an address. ,
Taking as his'subject, “The Variety
of Appeal;” CarswelL perambulated
around for sometime, and when John
son, critic, commented, he said that
the preacher had reminded him of
the sermon on the text,. "Much
K very where.’ 1 f
, Full details . of the ensuing dis
cussion may be learned from the
public speaking class, but the thing
which holds interest for everyone is
the bout to come off January 91
Tickets for the match may be
bought from “Jerome” Holder,
Holder, ‘‘Booby” Robinson or “Bo”
itailey, there being no added tax oh
this account, nor will there be any
extra charge for the preliminary be
tween .the diminutive Billie Cochran
und "Cadillao” Barton,' the' steam ,
roller.. ■ ‘
Proceeds -will be used for the es
tablishment of a new chair, in For
eign Behavior and for the endow
ment of the .Garner School of Jour
nalism.
our State from Georga to B. Y. P. U.
and have the .counties already organ
ized into- B. Y. P. U. societies wittf
,the-State in its entirety an ideal
B. Y. P. U. union, with all acts and
appurtenances thereunto appertain
ing.- On’ the Leavell now, Mr. Santa
Claus! . 1
If you have any more degrees for
college professors besides what Dr.
Walker has, you might bring him a
few more, ’cause with ah A. B., a
LL. D., a M. A.- and a Pha. D., he
hardly has enough. And bring Dr.
Walker some chewing tobacco and
four Metropolitan Opera male quar
tets, with the Boston Symphony Or
chestra added in so that he won’t have
to . worry about glc*?- club practices
and everything.
And now, Mr. Santa Claus, we hope
you can bring the faculty these few
small items, as the students will ap
preciate them. We may have left out
somebody, but if ,o, just bring ’em
something nice, preferably . high
grades previously labeled “for stu
dents-,"
And that’s all, dear Mr. Santa
Claus. With lots of love for you and
Mrs, Santa Claus, we remain
Your -Good Little Mercer Boys.
‘ P. S.—Don’t forget that elevator
for Miss' GarneY,-’cause we know she’s
tired of climbing three flights 'of
stairs daily, KXCKPT Monday.
And remember Miss Lucy, Miss
Stillje. Miss Goodwin, Miss.Berley and
all the other good women on the
(*aimpus. We might hav6‘put them in
our letter, but women usually prefer
to speak for themselves.
P. S.—Don’t
any kitty-rats!
bring Dr. Fountain
R, H. Smallings Sons
■GENKRAI, CONTRACTORS
AND BUILDERS
Phones 1102-J and 4092-J
Macon, Ga.
CHAS. A. HILBUN
OPTOMETRIST
and Manufacturing Optician
Phone 575 620 Cherry St.
-Macon, Ga.
Loh’s Cafe
Exclusive Dining Room
For Club Dinners
Welcome, Mercer Men!
Phone 122
514 Mulberry
WHAT FACULTY AVANTS
SANTA CLAUS TO BRING ’EM
'• (Continued from, page one)
Henrico. Medallions or things like
that, we Wish you’d bring some to
Pr., FJippin, for we- think he. enjoys,
-the one he has; and bring Dr. Flippin
a horse and Wagon, so that he can
Piggly,-Wiggly and not have to carry
groceries all' the way from town.
Of course we know.you have lots
of other good little. professors to
bring things to and so we don’t ex
pect you to bring everything all at
oh'-ev If you can’t bring Dr. Weaver
all the. ministerial students in the
world, we wish you’d bring The School
of ChUstianity at least twenty-fly’s
more such students so that in num
bers they will surpass the School of
Commerce.- > ' , . '
We like Prof. Frank Leavell a heap
v cause he’s sorter “tone o.’ the boys”
so we wish you’d charge the name of
Hotel Lanier
CATERS ESPECIALLY
TO
MERCER STUDENTS
THEIR FAMILIES
AND FRIENDS .
A horribly hackeneyed
. phrase, blit we gotta
say it—
“Patronize Our
Advertisers 1“
“FELLOW FRESHMEN”
is an old gag, but we hafta
depend on you—Mercer
Men and Friends—to help
us ; make The Cluster big
ger by buying frbm our
Boosters. I .
Mention The
when you trade!
Planning to Buy a Suit? .
Hart Schaffner 6c MarX and Alco Clothes
will give you satisfaction, for they are
stylish and distinctive, combining value
with reasonableness in price • 1
B. H. Jones Clothing Co.
Next to Hotel Dempsey
Cherry Street
We are soliciting your account.on the basis
of SERVICE that has builded the largest
National Bank in Central Georgia.
Fourth National Bank
MACON, GA.
Arcadia Hotel and Dining Room
On Mulberry Street, next to Grand Theater
SPECIAL STUDENT RATES
Straight board $26.00
2 persons, room and board $37.50 each
3 persons, room and board ,..... .$35.00 each
4 persons, room and board $32.50 each
Rooms have steam heat, hot and cold running water
PHONE 280
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j Jos. N. Neel Co.
| Offers to Mercer Boys—
E High-grade merchandise at the most moderate cost con-
E distent with square dealing and fair profits. This policy
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S. .gives the best satisfaction in the long run to college men,
S for they know real values and appreciate them.
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s See our line of Orange and Black Sweaters, Buntings,
£ Pennants and Caps.
E Neel’s is one 6f,"tke truly “Mercerian” Stores of Macon.
E Get the Neel habit. We are easy to locate.
S College days are days of development. Good clothes be-
I speak good judgment, perfect poise.
One Price to Everybody .
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Luther Williams Banking Co.
4'/,% ON SAVINGS
Open All Day from 9 to 6
More convenient for Mercer Boys.
SWEET SHOP
THE HOUSE OF ORIGINALITY
Delicious Ices and Creams
Excellent Candies
. Dainty Lunches :
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