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THE MERGER CLUSTER
January 20, IS
STUDENT OF CHINA
HEARD IN CHAPEL
Rev. Emmett Stevens Interests
Mercer Men in East.
FACULTY MEMBERS
GIVEN ONCE OVER
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Was Boy Nickname
t'rof. €» B. Wray.
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ABOUT MERCER MEN
J. W. Littleton, of' Quitman, Ga., is
one of the new men on the campus;
He is making his way through col
lege by shining shoes. Step up, fel
lows, you are next!
By' F. It. Nalls, Jr.
■Rev. Emmett Stevens, graduate of
Mercer and for seventeen years mis
sionary to China and now taking a
special course in theology here,
A, Wednesday morning gave, the stu
dents of Mercer one of the most in
teresting talks they have ever heard.
He. took'as his subject “Realities,”
pntl illustrated freely the importance
of believing in the reality of the
things of the spiritual world by tell
ing of his experience among the Chi-
■' nese.’ .
lie kept the boys, interested, tell
ing of the effect, of his attempts to
convert the skeptical yellow race. In
one case a mandarin had' prepared a
huge coffin, as is the custom among
the Chinese, in preparation for his
death. Mr, Steve.hs asked the man
• where he expected to go after he had
died, and the old fellow Was unable
to answer. Mr. Stevens then told him
• of Christ,' of Heave.n, and of Hell.
.The. Chinamhn. refused to believe in
suchj.a religion and' scoffed at Mr.
Stev.eris for doing s.o.. Several days
later relatives of - the unbelieving
'Chinaman told Mr. Stevens that th/e
sick man had died and that he had
i suffered the most horrible visions of
devils, who had eonie after him. He
had raised- up in bed," given a shriek
of terrified anguish and fallen back
dead. ■
Mr. .Stevens, begged the Mercer
meh to believe i(i the- reality of
heaven and a hell, because they..Were
• realities. He said that unless they
controlled their passions and' their
habits they would . lie controlled by
then).
Mr. Stevens was burn, at Ball
C,round', (la., and graduated from
Mercer in 1900, receiving an A. B.
degree. From Mercer he went to the
.North Georgia Baptist College, and
was president of that institution for
two,years. The next two years of his
life were spent in the Louisville Sem
inary,'which he left to go to Chink,
where he has been a missionary for
Hie last seventeen years.
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PIEDMONT INSTITUTE
Piedmont reopened Wednesday
morning, -January 4, at 10:00. Rev
Harris, Of the First Baptist' 1 church
conducted the opening exercises
1’rof. Carlton made a short talk on
the “Duties and Work of the New
■ Year.’’
Prof. P. L. Tollison, athletic coach
and history teacher, .has returned
fr.om his home in Belton, S. C:, where
i he had been spending the .holidays
Miss Mary Davidson, of Russell
■ vjlle, Ky. r directress of’ business de
partment, and Mlss .LaRosc McGuire,
.of Atlanta, teacher of china paint
trig and art, have arrived with more
. determination, than evOr to see that
respective! students piake great prog
loss, ■
‘Practically all of the 1921 student
are back', with a few new students
.Tester Roberson, of Blaekshear, and
Sail) Oduit), of Wayeross, are new
hoarding pupils, while, Miss Burnic
Sweat, of' Wayeross, is taking
. business .course here. :
Student government has been of
fe.red the student body. The girls
have accepted blit the boys have de
c-lined;
The following. programs were ren
dered by the Literury Societies Sat
unlay, January 7: '
Mu Delta Phi
r - Song, society; prayer, . chaplain
roll call and minutes, secretary; vio
iin sold,' Lewis Donaldson; Life of
Thonias Jefferson, Kirby Smith
quartette, Valentine Paschal, Stew
art Haworth, Florence Grace Carl
ton, Buster Findley.; campus conver
sation, Chauddin Carlton, Lois Me
Cool; jokes,.' Effie Mae Pittman
wants, Odella Bates; report df critic,
t adjournment, ■; •
. Hesperian Society
!Song, society;- prayer; chaplain;
■ roll call and minutes, .secretary; vocal
solo,. Roy.' Bethune; reading; Keith
, Lewis; piano solo; Hazel Crutcher;
Value of Truth, Lilly Mae Priswold;
Violin solo, Herman Parker; reading,
Oza ,E- Davis; vocal Solo, William
Taylor; declamation, Teddy N. Ogles
by; adjournment.
• By E. A. Wuolwine
"101” was the boy nickname
grot. v. b. wray, wno is known to
il me Mercer boys tor teaching ac-
ouiiu'ng, mathematics and Lnglish
ot commerce. ijie jntormatioh wiis
ixtructed dy the * luster reporter.
W hen i rol. W ray- was a mere lad
n years old he weighed 101 pounds
,o lus melius gave him the name ol
101."
was born in - the large city ol
euartown, Ga.,” declared Professor
vVray.
“by paekfflg. pouches. 1 eurne,d my
rst dollar, ', lie . said. "When I
out to college at the University of
eorgia, ■ wo. had u yell that started
vitli'ivajl, Ray, Kiiy, which was my
leknuiiie through college,” explained
■fotessor Wray.
'Toy chief' hobby is -accounting. 1
ke- lu teach it better than uny other
ubject, tie replied. 'No man should
tuny accounting with a, position us
oo'okhccper as goul. Any nupi who
tortUnute enough to get u eollege
ilucatidn should look on accounting
s a stepping stope to something
router. . 1 do not mean to suy that
io one should aspire to be u profes-
ioiiaf ‘accountant. A professional
ecCountunt is. well puid and there is
ilenty of loom for certified account-
ills. 1 do not think that every man
>y hard study can become a success
ul accountant, but there are many
ther .requisites,” explained Profes
sor Wray. •
"Why do 1 think .every man
hould study 'accounting?” he re
peated. . “Every successful business
man handles money. To be uble to
Handle or invest that, money wisely
ior himself or' for those for whom be
holds it in trust, it is necessary for
him to know -how to invest it. As
the greatest field of . investment is
thut of stocks and bonds, it is abso
lutely necessary to study accounting.
1 contend thut a person cannot cor
rectly interpret a balance sheet un
less he understands the underlying
principles involved," he continueed,
Lust but not least-, the' student
feels dad Can see that he is Studying
a subject that-he cjih .put into practi
cal application when necessary,” Pro
fessor Wray concluded.
Edward B. Everett, Mercer’s first
amateur boxer, suffered a Blight ac
cident Monday by having his lip cut
through in a friendly bout with W. A.
Bootle. “Ed” seemed inclined to
laugh the matter off, but the pain of
the cut lip prevented anything more
thun a comical smile.
...
Forest T. Jones, of Winter Haven,
Fla., is- buck ut Mercer after missing
the fall term. Forest says that he
intends to stay this time till he
finishes.
Mercer students Were' glad to see
J. T. Slade buck upon. the campus,
Monday to take uj- his work for the
win.ter term., Slade Ijves ’way down
in Cordele and i,t" took him a long
time to get back after Christmas.
* * * -
William G. McRae, of Rockmart, is
again at MercOr after skipping the
fall term. McRae spent several
months in California during the
slimmer anil fall, hut was. lured' back-
across the ■ continent by the call of
Mercer.
Howard Littlefield . had ■ the mis
fortune to have his purse stolen from
him a few days ago. The purse con
tained twenty-six dollars in cash and
a check,for seventy-five dollars.
As a preliminary exhibition of
basketball to the Mercer-Florida
game to be played on the new City
Auditorium court, February 1, the
Mercer Freshman team will wage
battle with the quintet-from Locust
Grove Institute. The Mercer-Florida
game will be the first game to be
played in Macon by the local club,
following the Tennessee road trip.
From Locust Grove come reports
that the team representing that in
stitution is one of the best prep
teams in the State. Judging from
these rcports .it would seem that the
first year “basketeers” will have
their hands full to register a defeat
to their prep opponents.
EDITOR’S 0—0
LOST
By T. M. Hart
The-years roll by, youth passes away,
As 1 wait, yet, my hair grows grey,
I’m waiting for that far-olT day,
When 1 shall sec her fucc again.
She’s left the.ways and paths of men,
She’s fled as flees- -the passing wind,
Beyond the. touch of grief and sin!
h knew her when she was a girl, .
To me she seemed a radiant pearl,
Each smile so fair; each ,gi>|den curl,
Art now gone ever from this world,
And laid into the grhve away,
l'he summers pass, arid too, the frost,
We play the game and damn the cost,
Of joy;,and sorrow, make the most;
; ”Tis better to have loved and lost
Thun never. to have hived at all.”
CAPTAIN JOHN T. ZELLERS
Captain John T. Zellers, former
star football, basketball and baseball
,ilayer and Mercer University coach,
is (low stationed at Washington, D.
V., with the headquarters depart
ment of the United States Army, ac
cording to information reaching his
friends on ;the Mercer campus.
Older Mercer football fans will re
member Jake Zellers as the captain
of the team that swept' Georgia., in
cluding Bob McWhorter ami Kid
Woodruff, Timon Bowden, off their
feet, did the scoring that caused the
severance of athletic relations for
several years. He later cciached La
nier high' school and then Mercer
University. '
Jake writes that' he is still keep
ing up with- Mercer. University and
is endeavoring to secure a transfer
to Camp-Benning next fall so that he
may visit his alma mater, . '
AN EPITAPH
Here lies a man
(Not much to, see)
Who parked his plane
In a hickory tree.
Furman University will give let
tors to-the men making the debating
teams. . This seems a fair recognition
of important service rendered a col
lege. Furman's team that meets
Mercer this year will receive ’’gold
block ‘F’s.” Mr.'Chairman, we move
you, sir, that Mercer.speakers in all
intercollegiate debates receive each
coveted “M.”
Dr. George W. Truett,. of Dallas
Texas, began a revival meeting at
Baylor University January 11.
Baylor University has adopted
new system.of. grading known as the
Biological Curve System. .We hop.
thut ‘Mercer will ’continue to use the
‘-Tige” Stone Curve.
Freshman Flunky Flings a Few
I ironed a middy suit today,
And made a bed and shined a shoe
(And it’s not much fun, I’ll say).
Tell me, whose flunky arc you?
I come at my Senior’s beck and call
And as to jobs’ they think of ’em all
But say, whose flunky are you?
:—United Statements of
Baylor College.
Wake Forest has abolished the
rule for compulsory attendance upon
literary societies. Literary societies
throughout the colleges seem to hav
hard sledding competing with ath
letics, commercial training and social
activities'. But the .inestimable ben
efit of training in public speaking
still realized by many students, and
the societies will continue to func
tion.
The Furman Hornet says, “On ac
count of a lack of funds the staff
compelled to omit a few issues of
the Hornet.. The Hornet will appear
twice a. month for the next month or
two.” The successful financier of
college paper should be able to do
almost anything, including unscrew
ing the inscrutable and perfecting
perpetual motion. .
LOCUST GROVE TO PLAY
CAUTION
“Papa says that if you ever con
to see me he’ll kick you down stair
Are you coming?’'
“Er—er—what floor do you livj
on?”—Judge. ,
A. H. Fetting
Mfg Jewelry Co.
BALTIMORE, MD.
Represented at Mercer by
GEO,. B. CARTER
20 -Cynthia Holliday Hall
Loh’s Cafe
Exclusive Dining Room
For Club Dinners
Welcome; Mercer Men !
Phone 122
514 Mulberry
NASH’S
MEAT MARKETS
12 of Them
Alt in Rogers Stores
The best in meats
at the
lowest possible prices
—but quality is never
sacrificed to price.
SEE-
—what you get
—where (t comes from
.—how it is weighed
CONVENIENT
TO MERCER
NASH’S MARKET
739 College St.
MEAT MARKETS
re
planning to Buy a Suit?
Hart Schaffner & Marx and Alco Clothes ;l
will give you satisfaction, for they are
stylish and distinctive, combining value
with reasonableness in price
B. H. Jones Clothing Co.
Next to Hotel Dempsey Cherry Street
| Jos . N. Neel Co. 11
| Offers to Mercer Boys— '
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High-grade merchandise at the most, moderate cost con
sistent with square dealing and fair profits; This, policy
gives the best satisfaction in the long run to college men,
for they know real values and.appreciate them.
See our line of Orange arid Black Sweaters, Buntings,
Pennants and Caps. ' ; v
Neel’s is one of the truly “Mercerian” Stores of Macon.
Get the Neel habit. We are easy to locate.
College days are days of development. Good clothes be
speak good-judgment, perfect-poise..,,. -... ,
One Price to Everybody
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Georgia’s Red and Black saya
Georgia debating teams have won 22
out of 34, debates with other insti
tutions-since' 1901. Thisx is' a great
record; and nre hereby register ap T
plause.
• RIGHTO
’22 (soulfully): “Ah, what is more
tempting than to behold a beautiful -
.girt?”'.' • ■ '/C 'I
*23: “A live one to be held.”
. —Gargoyle.
Luther Williams Banking Co.
. 4'/,% ON SAVINGS; ‘
■r • Open All Day from 9 to 6
More convenient for Mercer Boys
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Delicious Ices and Creams
Excellent Candies
Dainty Lunches