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SCHOOLS AND
COLLIOHS
Vol.2
MERCER UNIVERSITY,
GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1922
No. 14
ditor l. d. newton spends
THIRTY MINUTES ON CAMPUS
Z.
MERCER SPECIAL
RIDES TO ATLANTA
LOYAL SUPPORTERS
PRAISE UNIVERSITY
By L. D. Newton
At the close of the meeting of the
committee, held in Macon last Thurs
day, to arrange details for the Cen
tennial Convention, we found that we
had an hour before the late after
noon trains would leave: At once
aonieone suggested that it would be
tine thing if we could spend that
hour out at Mercer looking at the re
cent improvements. President Weaver
telephoned Mr. Alfred Willingham
and Dr. W. G. Lee, two of the local
trustees, who gladly give shy hour,
and many hours, any day of the year
to Mercer, and In a few minutes they
were at the hotel in their ears to
drive the visitors out to the college.
We had thirty minutes on the
campus, and we pause here to say
that we saw more in that thirty min
utes that we had never seen before
than we did the first time we went
to New York City. Things are mov
ing on Mercer campus. The writer
turned;to Dr. Mell to exclaim that
there were at least four buildings
that .had gone up since we were at
Mercer last June for the evangelistic
conference and the annual commence
ment and Dr. Mell had to be con
vinced by President Weaver that it
was a fact that these buildings had
gone up in that short time.
Mercer men and all friends who
have.ever seen the campus will re
member the old Seymour property
which occupied a block at the north
end of the campus. That whole block
hss been purchased and in the place
of the dilapidated residence that once
stood there may now be seen a beau
tiful brick apartment house, with six
apartments for professors and the
elegant new home for. the president.
And there is room left for elfective
landscape plans already ' under way.
It will be a beautiful plot when fin
ished. That one section of the cam
pus was enough to justify going
across the state to see, but they
called to us to hurry on to see other
improvements.. .
The Atheltic Field
Really, Mercer has an athletic field.
Right now. Not a promise, but a
Add. They walked Us up to the top
of that hill back of the dormitory
and there in that natural bowl is a
beautiful athletic Held with a grand
stand seating 2,600 people. A sub
stantial wall is built around the field,
and work is going forward at the
present time sodding . the Held for
baseball work this spring. ^Without
any effort to get up enthusiasm, one
may say at once that Mercer has one
of tlje most attractive athletic fields
of any college in this part- of the
courtry. Of. course, it is not as well
equipped as Tech’s- Held, but it is
beaded in that direction.
It is to be called Alumni Field and
wfc must stop right here td remind
Mercer men and Merfcer friends of
the great work of Dr. W. G. Lee and
George' M. Spnrks in carrying for
ward this work. They deserve our
heartiest support and appreciation,
The Common ~
The wind was whistling over that
bill at a rapid clip, but- time was
passing more rapidly and they said
we would have to hurry. (It is awful
for an old Mercer man to be hurried
when he is back on the cantpus for a
visit.) .
They marched us back to Edge-
Wood avenue and there on the slant
that hill is another beautiful dor
mitory, called' “Gambrell Hall.” The
dormitory back up there on. the
Seymour property is called “Holli
d»y Hall.” And. by the way, the
Armitory that most of u* dwelt in,
Arrive Early, Washup' and Wel
come Team.
. L. D. NEWTON
fedit’or of Christian - Index,, Mercer
graduate, professor, former secretary
and treasurer of Mercer Alumni As
sociation. .■
The Mercer “Special” composed of
flatcars, tankcars, coalcars and side-
door .Pullmans, was the means . of
transportation for. some twenty-five
or thirty embryo “hoboes” Thursday
night on the way to Atlanta and the
Tech-Mercer basketball game. In
spite of the .rain . and. cold weather,
the trip was enjoyed by the “bravest
of the brave” who finally' reached the
Capital City early Friday morning.
The team came, in at 4 o’clock and
the eptire crowd of “hoboes” turned
out to give them a “fitting” welcome.
And the rest of the tramps came into
Atlanta in automobiles and on foot in
time to see the muchly talked-of
game. . V
But who, said- that Mercer boys did
not possess college spirit . And the
crowd wishes to thank the Emory
and Tech fellows for so kindly ten
dering Us a bunk for the night.
PLAN FOR CHAPEL
EXERCISES GIVEN
Interesting Programs Prepared
for Next Two Weeks.
ourselves in an open space out there
where a cluster of negro houses used
to stand. . All that line of negro-
houses is gone. Thanks. And stand
ing .down there on the southwest cor
ner of that block of the campus is a
beautiful new building, a picture of
which is used for a calendar—if you
have not- received one, ask Dr.
Weaver to send you one. It is the
new dining hall. They are going to
call it “The Commons.” It is after
the English designing in architec
ture. We were trying to 'stop long
enough to look at it, but they yanked
us on the inside to see what was go
ing on. (They didn’t have anything
to eat, then.) In that building they
are installing the last word in kitchen
equipment. Of course, they . could
not have proved by that committee
whether it • was the best kitchen
equipment, bqt Dr. Lee said so, and
we all gave our assent, .Anyway, it
looks like more kitchen equipment
than we ever expected to see. The
dining room will seat 600. now and
when the two wings are built, which
it is hoped may be done in a year,
the building will seat 1;000. And it.
is beautiful on the- inside as well .as
on the outside. They laid the corner
stone of that building a little while
ago. Governor Hardwick made the
speech. - And here is what you will
see chiseled on that marble slab:
“To the Glory of Him Who is the
Bread of Life.” Satisfying, isn’t it?
The Library
-They issued the third and last call
on us, if we expected to catch our
trains, and we served notice on Dr.
Lee to go get his Buick and stop at
the back of the Library Building;
which is to say that we had to see
Miss Sallie before. we left. As we
dashed up across the campus, Dr.
Weaver halted us at the Y. M. C. A.
building where they showed us a
modern book store, a barber shop, a
social room and the regular assem
bly auditorium upstairs for the twi
light prayer meetings. Out there on
the' campus Dr. Weaver pointed' out
Where the .tower is to stand at the
entrance to the campus and of the
wings that are to connect the pres
ent buildings with new . buildings,
forming a quadrangle. As we were
going to the library we passed the
old “gym” and. had the twist o* de
sire to dpu)h in there and see the
championship basket-ball team ring
a basket or two, but that last three
minutes was nearly gone. By the
way, Mercer h*» got a basketball
team. If anybody wishes further in
formation refer them to the five-men
composing the basketball team of the
Georgia School of Technology.
In that same spot in that reading
.room we found the same Miss Sallie.
She ha* a new desk, but it was not
“8herwood Hall.” Let It be said in
E***ing that this is a fine thing that
Weaver Is doing. He is linking
tradition* of the institution with
*8* present And- right along side of
“Gembrell Hall” is another dormi
‘"7 called “Trion HnlL” .
They called for n left-hand torn
JNwhw along thine and we found
HOBO NOTES
." Only complaint to make about the
accpmmodations on the Mercer “Spe
cial” is that the box carq do not ride
very.'comfortably. In the future the
request is made of the railroad com
panies to please provide all cars on
the 11:46 freight with springs.
' * * *
A champion sleeper was discovered
on the grand.and glorious trip to At
lanta Thursday night. One of Mer
cer's second year men. was found
sleeping in the middle, of a box car
using a tomato can for a pillow.
* • •
Everybody enjoyed the .trip to the
Capital City last -week-end, but we
know of at least one who: will never
choose hoboing as his life’s work.
-And some fe wwould no lfiger re
semble the white race if they had to
ride much farther in a coal car. '
. • *
. Playing tag with the. flagman
around the tafik cars and over the
tops of the . box cars 'should be placed
in Class A in th» realm of ' sports
which furnish a thrill. Just ask some
Freshman who hqd the novel experi
ence. •_
* ’• *
East Point is a pleasant' place to
swing olf a freight train, provided it
isn't running thirty miles an hour
Then it is a good place to land on
your neck if you happen to. step off
the (rain backward. ¥ '
The rain which began about ,2
o'clock- Friday morning was ensured
but not enjoyed, especially by those
“hoboes” that happened to be ridipg
in coal cars. The road although six
inches deep in mud, was a wonder
ful (?) place for walking Saturday
afternoon. The man who picked us
up certainly has oUr everlasting
gratitude. . . J. P. Leggett.
By F. R. Nalls, Jr.
Dr. A. P.'Montague, chairman of
the Mercer chapel committee, Mon
day afternoon announced some of the
plans for chapel exercises to take
place during the next two Weeks."
The literary societies are to have
charge of the program on one day.
There will 'be a regular program as
it is held in the society, several of
the members making short, snappy
speeches.
Athletics are to take up one exer
cised some of the propdsed speaker*
being A. S. Johnson, captain of this
year’s football team, Robt. M. Gam
ble, star basketball player, Josh
Cody, Mercer coach, and some repre
sentative of the baseball team, pos
sibly J. L. Clegg.
The Y. M. C.-A. and the Glee Club
are to be given a day each also. The
Y." is one of the most constructive
forces on the campus this year, and
will undoubtedly give the students
very attractive program. It is un
necessary to say that every student
ill be delighted to have the Glee
Club go through their repertoire of
music, jazz and fun.
Besides these events it is the inten
tion of the chapel committee to. have
number of good speakers, as has
been their custom throughout the last
term. Under the leadership of Dr..
Montague they have brought to Mer
cer for chapel exercises some of the
best speakers Mercer has ever seen.
the one built about 1908, is called) the furniture that we Were concerned
in—-it was the spirit of the. house.
Miss Sallie Boone is a great woman.
That is a very -unsatisfactory, ex
pression of Miss Boone’s meaning to
those who know her. Dr. Lansing
Burrow* once remarked, as she was
taking him to town from a trustee
meeting out at the-campus: “I want
us to confer tbs degree of D.. G. C.
EMMETT STEPHENS
DELIVERS ADDRESS
Former Missionary Impresses
Mercer Ministers.
ON THE BIG ROAD
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 24.—
Only the margin of a single foul goal
held the Mercer five off a victory
over Vanderbilt in the Y gym here
tonight, the game ending 18 to 17 for
the Commodores. Either Mercer or
Vandy may be given the honor of
the game, according to the allegiance
of the reader. The first half ended
with the score 11 to 9 in favor of
the Commodores and the Mercerites
were able to close that gap only a
single point during the latter period..
Harmop’s miss of a Y6ul shot that
would have counted one point for
the Cpdy clan was the turning point
in those closing minutes of a battle
that raged fiercely without the bal
ance of power moving to either side .
during the entire struggle. In those,
late periods of play Ryan hacked
Smith on a goal shot which cleared
the basket for two points and also
gave Harmon a chance for two foul
shots— ! he missed one of them and
Bell threw his three chances for
Vandy. The most spectacular shot of
the game was credited to Gamble
when, he tossed a line shot from his
position at center, the ball touching
neither backboard or hoop on its Way,
to a two-point home that set the
Cody team one point in the lead. It
was Gamble in that first period also
who gambolled off with two of the
three field goals registered. Gamble’s
all-around floor work was the out
standing feature of the brilliant play
of the Macon team.
Vanderbilt (18) Mercer (17)
Thomas F. ..V.....Wilkes
Bell . . ... ... F. a..:... Smith
Embry C. Gamble
Brown... ■ G. Harmon
Ryan G Harper
Summary: Field goals, Thomas 1;
Bell 2; Brown 3; Ryan 1; Smith 1;
Gamble 3; Harmon 1. Fouls, Hart
mon 7; Bell 4. Missed fouls, Har
mon 2; Bell 1. Referee, Cunning
ham. Umpire, Blair,
on Miss Sallie—Doctor of Good
.( heer.” It was fine to see the read
ing room of the library filled with
young men. There were hooka every
where and- men using them, •
The Spirit is There
They are building. fast and they
are building permanently at Mercer.
Every brick they put down now is to
stay in its place in a master plan.
And . it is most encouraging to say
that one is deeply impressed that the
greatest thing at Mercer today is the
spirit-which pervades the , campus.
After all that is the greatest thing
about a college. ’ :
If you ever hiave an -hour to spare
while you are in Macon, do like that
committee did (he other day and you
will- go away like we did—‘grateful
for the' day that brings our people to
see such marked progress at Mercer
University. - Let iis thank God for
the president and the faculty and
the trustees and . the students and the
parents of the students and all the
friends everywhere who are helping
to forward the Work of the ihstitu-
tton.
Rev. Emmett Stephens, for seven
teen years -a missionary' in China and
now a Mercer student, spoke to the
Mercer Ministerial Association Tues
day night. His text was Timothy
2:7, 8, “The Lord shall give thee,un
derstanding in all things. Remember
Jesus Christ.”
The speaker showed that amid the
perplexities and problems of life God
would give understanding to those
wht» remember Him. He stated three
prime requisites for the Christian.
These, he said, were* first, remember
Jesus; second, cleave to His word, the
Bible; third, pray. '
Rev. Mr. Stephens deplored the,
fact that women in many instances
dress so immodestly, stating that the
Chinese women cover themselves
from the neck to the shoe-tops.
He mentioned incidentally that- he
is writing a series of artcles for the
Chri.stan Index. The first, which will
appear in *n early issue, is entitled
“Jazzy Baptists.” The second- article
will be on the subject, “Short Cuts' to
Shame.”. ■
PROFESSOR LINN
LEAVES MERCER
Mercer (18) Chattanooga (21)
Wilkes RF Winger (2)
Smith (6) LF Barnes (14)
Gamble (2) C Redd (5)
Harmon (10) RG Guthrie
Harper LG .Cate
Summary: Substitutions for Mer
cer, Wear for Smith,' Simmons for
Gamble, > McWilliams for Harper,
Gamble for Simmons; Smith for
Wear, ,
Score end of first half: Chatta
nooga 11, Mercer 10.
Fouls: Harmon 6 out of 13; Redd
1 out of 3; Winger 2 out of 8, and
Barnes 2 out of 5. • ‘ ;
Personal fouls: Mercer 12; Chatta
nooga 9. •
Officials: McGauhy, -referee, and
Schrock, umpire; Jones, timer; Smart
(Chattanooga) and Baker (Mercer),
scorers. Time of halves, 20 minute's.
Will Go to Mt. Pleasant, N. C.,
as Pastor of Church.
Charles Adolphus Linn, assistant
professor of English at Mercer Uni
versity, tendered his resignation td
the trustees of th« university, which
has been accepted.
Professor - Linn is also pastor of
the , Lutheran church of the city,
which he leaves to take charge of a
well organized, church of the same
belief at Mt. Pleasant,. N. C.- This
has been a college town for the past
fifty or sixty years with two junior
colleges, one for .men and on* for
women. He has been offered work, in
connection with the departments of
English of both, and if his pastoral
duties are not too heavy .he witlprob-
ably consider this work. He plans to
leave thia city about the first of Feb-
wy- ’• a
Mercer (28)
Wear.
Pope(11)
Simmons(6)
Harper(2)
McWilliams
Summary:
Bryson (11)
Roberts ( 6)
Nelson-
Tinkler(5)
■... . ..Boyce
Ar Faulkner
RF
LF .
C
RG
LG
Merc’er substitutions,
Gamble (4) fo,r Simmons, Smith (5)
for Wear; Simmons,- for Gamble
for Smith. Bryson none. Score end
of first half, Mercer 8,. Bryson 4
Field goals, Mercer ll, Bryson 4.
Field goals by players: ' Pope 4,
Simmons 3, Gamble .2, Smith 1, Har
per 1, Roberts 3, Tinkler 1. Fouls:'
Pope 3 out of 7, Smith 3 out. of 5,
Tink)er 3 out of ,.12, Rpberts 0 out of
1. Officials: Bagley, referee; Allen,
timer; Baker, scorer. Time.of halves
20 minutes.
Mercer (32)
Wilkes(2) .....
Smith(lO)..”.,
Gamble(4).
Harmon(lO)
Harper (C)..
Summary
Clemson(9,)
Schillete-
.Day (fti
..Thornton (4),
Dprr
-.Bryan
substitutions,
.. RF
.. LF ..'
... C. ....
;. rg'..
LG
Mercer
Simmons , (4) for Gamble,, Wear (2)
for Smith, Pope for Wilkes, McWil--
liams for Hannon, Gamble for - Sim
mons, Smith for Wear, Simmons for
Gamble, Wear for Smith. Score .end
of first half: Mercer 11, Clemson '6.
Field goals: Mercer , 12, Clepisdn 2.
Foul goals: Harmon 8 out of 10; Day
(Continued on page four)