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THE MERCER CLUSTER
January 20, 1922
The Mercer Cluster
Published weekly by the students of
the fourteen schools and collegeS,in
the Mercer University Systi
George'M. Sparks, Managing Editor
•The Cluster Staff:
C. J. Broome, Editor-,in-Chicf;. Robt.
M. Gamble, A. B. Cochran, W. K.
Wynne, John P. Rabun, Edwin S.
Davis, K, ('.Hulsey,.John C. Vincent,
C. K. Brazirtgtttn, Associate Editors;
Basil -Morris, Circulation Manager;
J: P. Leggett, Assistant Circulation
Manager. . I
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WORK WINS
TIPS AND TAPS
By Bob Gamble
. Hard work wins in every under
taking. This is true especially in
regard to debating. The team that
works the hprd.es will win the' deci
sion of the judges in a majority of
eases.: '•
Mercer has four'intercollegiate de
bates already scheduled, and the de
baters for these contests have bepn
selected.' We must win the debates
. t^iis year. .Therefore, the teams must
get.dowti to hard work on their sub
jects, and be ready to show them
selves master debaters when the
hour of the testing Comes.
College debaters sometimes bc-
c(ime slack in .their attitude toward
debating. They drift along, even on
an intercollegiate contest, without
adequate preparation, and seem to
think that they can fall back upon
their mediocre talents for off-hand
■ speaking 1 if they ure caught unpre
pared. Then they fail. ' Another de
bate is lost for the college. And in
.pine out of ten, cases the worklgss
team has bowed to the workers!
Great speeches are forged, by the
light of the midnight oil—or rather,
the Edison Mazda—and do not spring
full-grown into the brain of the ex
temporaneous speaker. The secret
of debating is preparation; prepara
tion, and mor.'kpreparation.
EMBRYO STATESMEN
Students of Northern and Eastern
Universities arc 'already concerning
themselVes with the coming economic
conference of the great powers git
Genoa. The Conference for the Lim
itation-of Armament has had its
share of attention from the college
men, and now they are anticipating
the next move in international af-
fuirs.
The student' bids fair to help to
. shape the policy of the statesman,
for the opinions of the university
men are to be made known to the
representatives of the United States
from time to time as the economic
conference -proceeds. . - .
The cry has been raised in some
quarters that the college man of to
day is not taking interest in world
affairs. But now he is coming to the
front in full Strength.
Most college- men have passed the
kindergarten stage, and should be
able to offer a fairly rational opinion
about world questions. At Mercer it
might' not be a bad idea.for the stu
, dent body to thoroughly sift these
piutters, and to express itself from
time to time upon the /rfiore impor
tant ones. £
Mercer men must at least be a;
forward looking and as timely, with
their influence as the other leading
university men of the country. Why
not- do a little pace-setting- «cce»
sionally, too? u. . '
PAUL BRIGHAM—
COMMANDER
Paul Brigham, elected commander
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post, is a Mercer graduate, pharma
ceutical department, and when he has
all “squads reared for action” is one
. of the most loyal college rooters and
' athletic supporters in Macon. He is
now associated with the dispensing
of gasoline in carload lots' in and
around Macon.
He was a member of the Fourth
Alabama, National Guard, medical
detachment, on , the Mexican border,
Nogales taector, but when the United
States declared ,watr on Germany
joined the -ranks with the same outfit,
167th Infantry, Rainbow Division. In
• that command he was promoted to
the rank of lieutenant and was in the
four of the five fighting sectors in
France.
Here we are againt
Charitable friends of the colyum
have rushed ipto the C.. and C. sanc
tum from every quarter during the
past fortnight, inquiring as to the
reason for the demise of the colyum.
There wasn’t any demise at all, so
that’s one time we fooled ’em. Nor
was the colyum suffering from the
apparent inclemency of prevailing
atmospheric conditions. In short, the
reason .why ye ed. has been forced
to resist the probable unwelcome
tendency to become intoxicated with
the effervescent exuberance of his
verbosity is attributable • to u condi
tion not hereinbefore mentioned, to-
wit: • • -
* * *
"Red” Delivers a Knockout
While perambulating around non-
chalantiy, as, as Josh says, “laca-
laisu-ally,” on that acre of boards
town at the Barn (Mucon-’s New City
Auditorium?) known as a basketball
court, ye ed. suddenly came into vio-
U nt contact with a ponderous elbow
f one Jarred “Red” Simmons, fort
mo.rly of Bryson College, now eavort-
ng around- us a fellow basketeer
villi ye. ed. 'Hut enough of this
•■Red” person; we will nut honor him
again because through inadvertently,
but nevertheless, enthusiastically pro
truding the above-mentioned pon-
lerous elbow in our direction, he in-
cupaVitated one of our thumbs-, which
resulted in our being unpleasantly
occupied when trying to push the
shift-key. on. our chained lightning
typewriter.
Which, being translated, is to say
that'the reports of the colyum’s de
mise (aS Mark Twain would say)
‘have been very much exaggerated.”
* * •
Night Time
He stood before, the mirror
With his eyes.closed very tight,
Trying to see just how he looked
When fast asleep at night.
Davidsoniah.
All the Time
She stands before the mirror,
Be it early morn or late;
She labors hard with paint in hand
To put her lips on straight.
* * *
The Joke’s on You
Getting out jokes once a week is
no picnic, if I print jokes, they say
I am silly. If 1 don’t they say I am
serious. If I put in original matter,
they say it lacks variety. If I copy
anything from other papers, they
say I'm too lazy to write. If 1 don't
go to chapel, they say I'm a heathen.
If i do, they say I’m a hypocrite. If
I stay in my room,'-! ought to be o,ut
hunting some jokes. If I hunt for
jokes, they say I ought to be. study
ing. If I wear „old ., clothes. I'm
sloven; if I wear new ones, they say
thcv’re not paid for." What am I to
lo? Like as not, someone will say I
swiped this from an exchanege.
So I did! : - ' ’ .
FA,ITH OF OUR FATHERS
John Milton Samples.
Faith of our fathers of the olden
days, .
Are you lost 'mid the maze of our
modern ways?
Desert not this spot of hallowed
earth— . . - .■
Columbia—the child of your travail
birth; •
Enkindle within our bosoms once
more
The spirit, that dared in i ther>days of
„ yore.
Faith of our fathers that conquered
the West,
Spirit undaunted enshrined in the
breast
Of Milton and Cromwell, Washing
ton, Lee,
Those, fearless disciples of fair Lib-
erty;:
Lead onward, 0 Spirit, unconquered
and bold, ,.
That guided our forbears in the
brave days of old.
Faith of our fathers, good angel of
. ■ light,'
Smile' op our homeland encumbered
with night
That hangs like a cloud—the symbol
of doom—
V-nnich our darknesp, let Love’s
flowers bloom;
Come back to Columbia’s blood
purchased sod
Where the footprints of Freedom
lead onward to God.
THE GIRL INBETWEEN
YESTERDAY AND TODAY
Ily Ri L. Brantley
Would-be - poets in college today
Keep crying out in a weary way,
AH about the girl that used to be,
Some about girls that today we sec.
They’re discussed from beginning to
end,
Pray, won’t someone a peacemaker
■tend!
The expounder of the old-time girl
Likes her ways and her genuine curl,
Her simple dress and bewitching
charm,
Fairest complexion, with dimpled
arm;
With innocent srrjlo and grace galore
With some man’s happiness held in
store.
Then the stand of another we see,
Who believes thut girls should all be
free, \. . -
And in their youth, just bo a sapper,
A social fool, a modern “flapper,”
Who drinks the wine that is forbid
den,
Dances the dance that should be'
hidden.
You get both views from reading
above,
Maybe it's jest, most likely it’s lovq,
That brings the discussion pro and
con,
About the fairest the- sun shines on.
We’re not siding with either of these
•For we’ve found a 'Way out, if you
please. ^
Give me the girl that's both old and
new,
Who ciin love and ever cqmfort you,
Who’s combined the ancient and
modern, alas!
Just any old. time.she’s sure to pass.
Give me the girl who’s always a
queen,
I’m speaking of the girl—Inbetween.
Andrews: “The doctor (told me that
if I didn’t stop smoking I would be
a halfwit.”
Pope: “Why didn’t you stop?”
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