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UNIVERSITY
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FOURTEEN
SCHOOLS AND
COLLEGES
Vol.2
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1922
No. 11
ENROLLMENT FOR
WINTER OVER 500
. 1921-C1
lA'MI
5 I0NSjj]
IN SPORT-1921
422 Already Signed;’Few Fail
io Return. -
Neylans Back From ’Rico; Gil
more Here Again.
That the enrollment for this term
will equal that of the fall term is in
dicated by the fact that when this
issue of the Cluster went to press,
422 students hpd signed up for the
present term. Of this number, 15
are new students and it is probable
llmt the total number of new stu
dents will reach 26. \ '
In view of the continued unfavor
able business conditions it had been
.expected that the enrollmept for the
winter term would be much smaller
than that of the fall term, but it is
said that only a small number of
students enrolled last term have not
returned and that it is likely that
this deficit will be offset by the new
jitudehts.
Among the former students who
have returned is O. S. Neylans, a
Commerce man of last year who has
been in Porto Rico for several
months. ■ Neylans said that it was
his intention to remain out of col
lege and work for one year but that
his interest in Mercer was made so
keen through receiving the Cluster
each week he could no longer remain
away from Mercer campus. Neylans
was quite active in the School of
Commerce and his fellow • ComiUer
ccrians are welcoming him back to
the fold .. In addition to being
consistent worker in student activi
ties, he was an “A” student, one of
Ihe two- highest students' inscholas
tic standing.
Another old student who has re
turned is Ellison Gilmore, of Ten-
nille," another Commerce man.. Gil
more has been working cotton busi
ness for several months. He reports
that after missing the' fall term he is
happy to be again on Mercer cam-
BASKETBALL TEAM
Tech Comes Saturday
Fresh from the victorious trip,
llllklC A I I rt A lire Mercer is priming for the game here
WliNij ALL bAMLy saturilay ' ni,;ht at the city Audit °-
pus. ' •
With
the completion of the new
buildings on the campus, the out
standing* success of the. basketball
team and the continued large en
rollment, a spirit of true optimism
seems prevalent everywhere on the
cunipqs, the one idea in the mind of
every Mercer student apparently be
ing to work unceasingly for the ad
vancement'of his alma mater..
Cody’s Machine Scores Total of
177 I'oitits to Opponents 84.
J. HENRY BURNETT
ELECTED SECRETARY
J. Henry; Burnett, business ■ man
ager and registrar of Mercer Uni
versity, has been elected district sec
, clary of the Kiwanians.
Mr. Burnett’s business acumen has
been recognized in many ways by
different, organizations,' but the elec
tion- as secretary of the Kiwanis
flub for this district is regarded as
an honor of special importance.
Kiwanians of the Macon district
are said to be one of the livest
bunches of business and professional
nun in the South. The Kiwanis
slogan is “We Buj^f”
HILLYER RUDISILL
MACON POSTMASTER
'ather ami Son Are Loyal Mer-
, cer Supporters.
“S. I. A. A, aspirants, wiitch
your step. If you would stay in
the running, steer clear, very
clear of .’this ‘youthful, inexpe
rienced' Mercer quintet. They are
are the fastest, individually and
collectively,' basketball squad
that has paid this town of Sa
vannah a visit in one long time.”
rium when Georgia Tech’s “Indoor
Tornado” will furnish the opposition.
Tech is reported traveling at a fast
clip and with the Baptists running
in form the battle should be a rip
snorting humdinger, with the odds
favoring the Orange and Black.
HEALTH OFFICER
MERCER STUDENT
Dr. C." L. Kidley, of Hillsboro, who
is a graduate of Mercer University,
has been appointed health officer f
Macon by the city council. Dr. Kid-
ley. began h : s duties here Sunday,
January' 1.
■ The Hillsboro physician, now
health officer of Macon, was gradu
ated from Mercer University with
the degree of A.B. He later studied
medicine am) became one of the most
popular and efficient physicians of
Jasper' county, according to . J. J.
said that the holiday tour'Winburn, ordinary of that county
He is also a graduate of several
The above glowing tribute wus
paid the Orange and Black quintet
by Brinson Smith, writing in the
Savannah Morning News about the
Mercer-Savannah "Y” game, which
was played in the City by the Sea
December . Ill', Mercer winning by a
conclusive score, of ,!><> to 2d, and
making a -clean sweep of the four-
game road trip taken by the Bap
tists
It
was the most successful .ever under
taken by a Mercer quintet..' The "<>»«> medical schools..
Baptists defeated Albany 30 to 18, 1
Jacksonville 63 to 27 and Wayeross MINISTERS MEET
X-RAY APPARATUS
NOW DANGER-PROOF
FATHER OF STONE
ACCIDENT VICTIM
Dr.
W. D. Coolidge Contributes
to Science.
Mercer Organizations Repre
sented at Funeral.
38 to 1.3, which, with the Savannah
win, gives the Mcrcerians a clean
sweep over spmc of the strongest
Y. M. C. A. , indoor teams
section:
Elimination of the v 'clanger from
contact with high voltage wiring in
the use'of modern X-ray apparatus,
has been accomplished recently by
Dr. W. D. Uoolidge. Jhe'X-ray tube
and transformer, are enclosed in an
oil filled metal case within .which
the . ordinary household cut-rent is
“stepped up" to n pressure of 1 be
tween 40,0.00 and 0p,000 volts. The
X-rays then pass through the Cover
of the case and are used in the reg
ular way for making photographs.
The case which contains the high
tension elements • is. grounded • and
swung from a folding arm or bracket
allowing the rays to be directed at
any.angle 1 . Only a low voltage lead
of 110 volts is exposed and this
comes from the lighting circuit.
The apparatus is .suitable, for
dental work or general radiography.
Its' development is said to be a big
forward step towards ; making X-ray
apparatus -safer to handle .than at
any other time in the past.
The entire Mercer student body is
empathizing with "Tige” ' Stone,
wnose father was killed' in a railroad
| accident during the holidays. Most
I of the students had gone to -their
homes for the holidays hut those,
j who were in the-.ci(.y expressed their
: sympathy to "Tige" and sent a
tloFul offering as an expression .of
their' feeling.
I Every Mercer organization .was
represented' at the funeral of Mr,
Stone, the following mein, attending
the service -us- art honorary escort ‘
from Mercer: Alumni. 1 m Clements;
Sigrtia No fratern'ity; i harli.t- Mor
gan; < : J. Brooriu*; student -body; E..
K. “Red" Welch, athletics, and Prof. '
I George M. Sparks. from the faculty,
and the Board of Control of, Ath
letics. - ! . • ' * .
HERE IN JANUARY
RESEARCH BELOW
ZERO PRACTICAL
The science • of cold—of extremely
in this It was announced yesterday by 1 ,IW temperatures may be regarded
President RufUs W. Weaver, of Mer. by many P* r8ons from
Wherever the Mercer aggregation Univcriity . that the — ' * • ,n<,U8try ' Cryogenics, ss thm science
performed, the press paid high com-
team which hp has developed.
Statistics on Road Trip
On the road trip, Mercer scored
FIRST TRY-OUTS OF
DEBATERS ARE HELD
'
Hillyer Rudisill, a former Mercer
n '«n, hay been appointed postmaster
st Macon by Preaident Harding.'
Mr. Rudisill has been assistant
postmaster at ' Macon during five
presidential administrations. His
business efficiency has been such
Hist, although a democrat in polities,
be was appointed postmaster of Mn-
Con by m Republican President with
out opposition.
, He is the father of Hillyer, Jr* one
of the most loyal of Mercer’s sons,
uo* studying medicine.
Ministers nevertheless hns become a
pHment *to (WhXsh’Cody aml'^h'e Mid-Winter Conference will be held practical subject, particularly the
IL.JwMeh he has develoned. at Mercer in January. Dr. Weaver characteristics of ghs mixtures in re-
said that more thpn 200 of the lead-, lation to liquefaction and. separation
ing Bqptjst ministers from Georgia of gases for industral application
and other States are expected tlo at- • purposes. Liquid oxygen has a prac
tical application as Sn explosive. If
Other speakers on the program an absorbent pad is saturated with a
announced are Rev. Emmett Steph- liquid hydrocarbon, it cani, in pres-
nrBis ., Further, recapitu- ens, Mercer student recently returned ence of liquid okygen, be exploded
1*. Ch.,l„ B,.y Wi !r :.w, ,»hnc. Tta combfe,.
that Bob Gamble led in total number | liatns, and Dr. Albert Henry New- tion is used at the present time in
of field goals' scored, racking up 22 man. additions this year to the Mer-
in the foiir games. Smith tallied 20.
total of l77 points t? opponents’ 84, tend the conference,
the Baptists averaging. 44 points per
game,'which is satd to be a recor-
Wear 3, Simmons 2 and Pope 1. Geo
Harmon tallied 19 field goals and 31
cer faculty, and President Rufus W.
Weaver. ’ . •
The Mercer president said that the
new dining hall at the university
in foul- j shooting giving' 1 him
margin in points scored, over
teammates, Harmon scoring a.,
of 09 counters. ' '
mines in France and Germany.. The
only commercial use of liquid air is
as a source of liquid arid gaseous
oxygen. Other uses may be devel
oped. Knowledge of cryogenics aids
in separation of 'pure helium. Sub
fouls of 44 attempts, his proficiency, . .
kin. . wide would be completed by opening date
his of the conference and that Mercer ■ stituting helium for hydrogen re
total ! would be able to care for the visit- moves many dangers from airships
I ing pastors; land balloons
First tryouts for intercollegiate?
debates were held in' the ■( .veronian '
Society hall last night, and'- the re
maining speakers' will be selected "■*
tonight when the tryouts, will be,
completed.' " '***'
Mercer has scheduled five debates
with other • colleges and ■ universities
this year, with the possibility that
ope . other- debate may be' arranged.
In .the* triangular, debate th s year
Mercer sends a team, to Hovyard to
uphold the negative, and a Mercer
team will remain here- to espouse the
affirmative of the subject, Resolved
that the modern tendency in govern
ment toward direct action of the
people is not advisable:
Other debates .-will be held with
Wake Fobest, Davidson and probably
Emory. The- subject for these con
tests have not been selected. All the
debaters on the campus are urged to
engage in the . tryouts,, according to
Dr. A.- P. Montague, chairman of the
Mercer .Debating Council and Secre
tary .of the Triangular Council.' '