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THE MERCER CLUSTER
January 6, 192
The Mercer Cluster
Published weekly by the students of
the fourteen schools and colleges in
the Mercer. University System.
George M Sparks, Managing Editor
The Cluster Staff:
C. J. Broome, Kditor-in-Chief; Robert
M. Gamble, A. B. Cochran, W. K.
•Wynne, John P. Rabun, Edwin S.
Davis, E.'C. Hulsey, John C. Vincent,
C. F.- Brasington, Associate Editors;
Romeo B. Morris, Circulation Mana
ger; H. H. Ware, Jr., Assistant.
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ROUND TRIP!
TECH TOMORROW
Most ■ Mercer students made the
round trip home and back to Mercer
without, serious mishap,: for compara
tively few of . them have drqpped out.
Old Man H igh Dife among the friends
at home- has failed to break the spell
i f the Orange and Black allurements.
Also, Old Man Hard-times hus been
grabbed in the Whiskers and made to
yell “calf rope" b>’* the i}punk and de
termination of a flock of real Mercer
men. 1
And many new men have heard
the call of Mercer to an education
and better things, and have gome
pouring irg The winter term bids
fair to break all records in work and
achievement l>y the students. The
courses of study will be entered into
with a new zeal attuned to the pep-
p. ry Southern winter'; the athletic
program is jammed full with a fast
basketball, schedule; intercollegiate
debates- will soon make their debut;
and all the other interesting and
helpful campus, activities will take
their toll of time and. enjoyment.
Studies, athletics, debates, every
thing, come ope, come ■ all—our
. sleeves, are rolled up and our feet
are shod With the preparation of de
termination!
Mercer, we aTe all here!
Mercer’s fast - flying basketball
team will' play host to the: quintet
from Georgia Tech tomorrow night
beginning at-8:30.. The record of four
straight wins made by the Orange
and Black squad on the recent road
trip has aroused worlds of interest
among Macon fans. •
To date Mercer has won five out
of six sfames played, and is anxious
to keep up her winning streak by de
feating the Techites Saturday night.
One of the biggest crowds in the
history of Macon basketball is ex
pected to throng the spacious audi
torium to see the first clash between
college teams of the season.
After the coming of Tech, Auburn,
Georgia and t’lemson . will be pluyed
by the Mercer team. Auburn comes
to Mercer next Friday night,, and is
reported to have a crack team.
‘ The manager' of the basketball
'team requests that the Mercer stu
dents co operate in advertising the
games. It is suggested that friends
be called over the telephone, written
to, and the game talked up in every
way.
by Leo McCall and Martha Nisbet,
are pertinent and timely, while the'
joke section by Martha Lowe and Joe
Taylor is- especially good. ,
All in all we believe that no better
periodical is published by any high
school than the Orange and Greed.
Lanier has several students who will
certainly develop into first class
journalists as the years of training
go by.
BIG FOOTBALL YEAR
OUR LOSS
Poignant sorrow cam,e to Mercer
students , when they learned of the
death of B. H. Jones, Jr., which oc
curred, on Tuesday, December 20.
Many Mercer, men had already . fin
ished their examinations and, gone
home for the holidays, but to those
. still on the campus and in Macon the
loss of our friend, and fellow-student
came as a great shock, and our
hearts united in sorrow and grief
with those, of family and relatives.
His was indeed one of the choice
spirits of Mercer. Coming from
Emory to enter the Junior class
' here, B. H. Jones soon won a large
place in the hearts, of those near
■ him. Tie impressed us with his
straightforward manliness, his un
assuming gentlemanly bearing, and
his Christian virtues.
The editor of the Cluster stood
examination with him on Thursday
morning before he passed away
TUesday; and we remember thinking
of him. at that time as one of the
rpen Who would develop into, a leader
at Mercer,. In-.that examination he
. made a grade of “A" and the high
mark of scholarship is symbolical of
his standing in the estimation o* the
student's and faculty..-. ' ’
In the examination of life he has
stood the test# and we believe that
the eternal Teacher will write down
his grade .as “A.”
MERCER’S “TIGE”
The hearts of the students and
faculty*-of. Mercer,, go out to “Tige”
. Stone because of the • loss of his
father who was killed in a railroad
. accident in Florida, on December 18.
No man has more friends at Mercer
than “Tige.” He is noted as a great
baseball pitcher, but this • is not all;
for he is known by all to be a clean?
cut, ‘modest gentleman, than whom
there is. no finer on the campus.'
“Tige” will forgive Us, we believe,
..for repeating a 1 statement we oijce
heard him make. He said; “If Lean
not w in * baseball game fairly, l do
not wish to win it at all.” '
' Of such men. are the greatest ath-;
letes pf today and tomorrow.' “Tige’s 1
father and mother, who have both
gone to thejr final rest, have left be
hind a son who faces forward to live
. and to work cleanly.
Mercer men extend their sympathy
to- “Tige” and thank him for his loy
alty to Mercer and for his attitude
toward, clean sports.
USE THE I’UMI*
Along comes a scientist who says
that the heart does not pump the
blood’ through the arteries of the
body, but that it is propelled by elec
tricity from the brain. This new
theory may hold only a semblance of
truth, but it gives us ground for in
teresting speculation.
Is the brain a finely adjusted elec
rical machined Is each, cell of gray
matter a miniature storage plant for
electrical energy ? Shall we in the
future discover a .method by which
our brain-power can be increased by
artificially re-'charging our craniums
with hyper-vita-electro-magnetic
orgy ? If this stage of advancement
is ever reached,.we will have a won
lerful agfc indeed! For then we
oiild endet laws compelling every
‘boob” to become a, genius!
In school, and in college every
dunce” and “underhea'd” could at
the first sign of mental mediocrity
be cornered “ and rushed through the
brain-charging process. For the
‘sucker born every minute” there
would be easy recourse to the mental
electrifying laboratory. Suppose
young man showed .alarming tenden
cies toward matrimony before he was
able to support-a wife—then jam his
head into the meshes of the brain-
cap, and turn on. the juice! Suppose
a. Freshman flunked on examination
—a little more current, please, Pro
fessor Bustem! Suppose—but the
field of conjecture is unlimited, and
we desist. . -
The brain is a wonderful thing,
electricity is a wonderful power,-and
science goes marching on!
ORANGE AND GREEN
This seems to be a banner year on
the; gridiron the country over. The
interest manifested hj football in the
Southeast this fall has been espe
cially keen. In the North the largest
crowds in the history of the game
have attended the early and mid-
seasdn matches. The West Point-
Yale game of October 22 was viewed
by 70,000 persons, while on the same
day 41,000 people .witnessed the con
test at Ann Arbor, Mich., between
the University of Michigan and Ohio
State,' breaking ' the attendance rec
ord for the Western universities.
The- South is producing excellent
teams this year, as is also the West.
Public interest is becoming more
aroused in football in every section,
nationalizing the game more and
more, just as its methods are be
coming more and more standardized.
More teams are playing it, and bet
ter; it is probable that more profes
sional coaches are employed than
heretofore.
America cannot help but profit by
the new and lufrger interest being
taken in. the aport. Training both
body and min<K the game is'one that
develops courage, coolness and self-
reliance; and/if America is to have
the rugged /national character that
Roosevelt insisted she must have, the
youth of' today must undergo, just
such, character training as is af
forded on the football field to sup
ply the foundations of national
strength.
When the young man leaves col
lege and ventures out into the life
of the business world, he needs to be
obedient to authority and at the
same time possess an unconquerable
morale. Both of these can be learned
from the game that teaches loyalty
and the value Of team-work and co
operation.
"ANo little gratification is being felt
from, the fact that Mercer has
unusually splendid team this year. It
is .'to be sincerely hoped that the
University will have not only one
good team but as large a number of
lesser teams as can be organized and
whipped into fairly good shape.
—From Macon Telegraph
Lanier’s monthly magazine, the
Grange and Green, is an exception
ally good periodical for a high
school publication. It is written and
published by Lanier students, and
would do credit in some respects to
a college monthly. •
One of the best articles ih the
November issue of ,the Orange and
Green is a short story, “The Lady in
Black,” by Eleanor Carr. This story
is well conceived, cleverly written
and has a surprising and heart
stirring climax. Another article of
merit is a stirring incident• of the
World War graphically told by Leo
McCall. “Girls Will Be Girls,” by
Louise Deadwyler, shows good char
acterization, and has a quaintly hu
morous and wholesome climax. *
An editorial on “The Lanier Li
brary” by Robert Aids is written in
a straightforward, earnest and schol
arly Style. The editor commends the
librarian, Miss Dickey'and is proud
of thq “not pretentious” library, but
concludes by Baying, “If the people
of Macon knew how anxious we weife
to possess a good library and how
essential, one was to the school,
books would, come in each day by
stacks.”
Clever and newsy “locals” by Arina
Weaver arid Charles McCord form a
pleasing feature of the Orange and
Green. The locals haVe as their
heading a smile-provoking cut of
Sherlock With his. microscope out
“deteckativing.” The Commercial and
Music departments have* well edited
articles, while athletics are ably
handled by Rufris Smith and Louise
Stubbs. Comments on the exchanges,
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fellows, in our. store.
Drop itround any old .time,'
whether you trade ,br not.
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
yourself in buying from.
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placed with us.
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What Is a Vacuum
Furnace?
F J an ordinary furnace materials bum or combine with the
oxygen of the air. Melt zinc, cadmium, or lead in an
ordinary furnace and a scum of “dross” appears, an im
purity formed by the oxygen. You see it in the lead pots
that plumbers use.
In a vacuum furnace, on the contrary, the air is
pumped out si that the heated object cannot combine with
oxygen. Therefore in the vacuum furnace impurities are
not formed.
Clearly, the chemical processes that take place in the
two types are different, and the difference is important.
Copper, for instance, if impure, loses in electrical conduc
tivity. Vacuum-furnace copper is pure.
So the vacuum furnace has opened up a whole new
world of chemical investigation. The Research-Labora
tories of the General Electric Company have been exploring
this new world solely to find out the possibilities under a
new series of conditions.
Yet there have, followed practical results highly im
portant to industry. The absence of oxidation, for instance,
has enabled chemists to combine metals to form new alloys
heretofore impossible. Indeed, the vacuum furnace has
stimulatecLthe study of metallurgical processes and has
of metals in quantities. ^
. And this is the result of scientific research.
Discover new facts, add to the sum total of human
knowledge, and sooner or later, in many unexpected ways,
practical results will follow.