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January 27, 1922 Georgia Maid Syrup ia used by Mer er -University and other leading edu- ational institutions throughout the South. This is a high tribute for the quality of our jyrup. fttE MERCER CLUSTER Q PageThm DR.0WEN TALKS TO DR. CLARKE MAKES Every Drofc Filtered— Made by Bums Syrup Co. Macon Georgia MERCER STUDENTS e Bibb | | Printing | I Company | 258-260 Second St. Phone 1671 Equipped | for | Efficient | Service | hiiniiiiiiimiimiiiimiiimiiiiiiiimiiin Football Playing Pastor Wel comed in -Chapel, By J. P. Leggett Dr. William Russell Owen, pastor of the First Baptist church,. ad dressed the Mercer students at chapel hour Tuesday morning, on “The Cowardice of Compromise.” The speaker is popular with the student body' and is always welcomed at Mercer. ' ' - “Go on with the fight even when all hope is gone,” said Dr. Owen, and continued: “Little Belgium fought valiantly to hold back the soldiers of Germany, even though knowing thgt their struggle was vain. There was absolutely ■ no compromise. ‘No com promise’ is the message , that is re sounding throughout the world today and if we are to be true to Cod', there must be no cpmpromise:" The speaker showed that if life at college, is dominated by the coward ice of compromise, then the. after life will be a failure; but if the life is dominated by the courage of consent, the after life will clje placed on higher plane and will be a success. CHAPEL ADDRESS Says “The Best Preventive of Disease is Good Health. at More Than a Florist's Shop A FLOWER SERVICE A complete, fresh stock of } the flowers in season Nutting & Carswell FLORISTS Phone 1776 414 Second Street . Macon, Ga. ALUMNI— keep in touch with . Alma Mater - Mercier Cluster, $1.50 Apply to the circulation manager at opce Copy sent weekly t any address ! Jr.IL SPRATLING OPTOMETRIST * OPTICIAN 'Specialist ia Relief of Ryeatraia 9 a. m. to 0 p. m. Sunday by appointment «62 Cherry S*. Phone 986 HOLD ’EM RIGHT THERE! Linea by Milton {Wallace) If I were blessed - with a facile tongue, and a leather bag instead of a lung, and a line of bull that couldn’t be beat, I’d make a' speech so dog gone neat that the world would stand in silent awe; they’d think me the best they.ever saw! But as I can’t, I’ll content myself to sit me down and wait- on. the shelf, until Old Father Time comes skipping along, and puts an end to my woeful song. But sometimes I wonder if it ain 1 best that after all I wasn’t blest with line of bull and a facile tongue and a leather bag instead of a lung. For it’s tiresome to me to have to sit and listen to these birds who are so wisely lit, with all the knowledge of this here earth, as they reel and roar like the angry surf. I’d rather sit and read, you bet, in a shady place with a Police Gazette; I’d rather play the Barn-Yard Blues on the fonygraf if 1 could choose, than to listen all night to W. J. Brine and his grape-juice speech, though they say it’s fine. 'd rather be a friend to man than to walk at the head of a big brass band, and bore the folks with my line of talk, until they'd pray for me to balk; I’d rather receive the silent cheers than the tiresome yawns and the hissing sneers behind the speak er’s roaring applause of the folks who cheer him just because. In Nubibus I scorn at death and drink the fire Of unassumed disdain. I laugh add, laugh, I cannot cease, , I try, but all in vain. The slimy serpent hi the moss Shrinks off , in mortal fear. I stand upon the water’s edge And sneer and sneer and sneer! Wild cries of condors’thrill my soul With unknown horrors of the night While fighting apes curse in the frees ^ And add burdens to my plight. What means those gleaming eyes above ? Ill- omens to- my wretched soul! •They pause, they spring and wicked fangs Are fastened deep in their death hold. I feel the pain, the rush of blood, . I struggle on my knees. “Wake up there, John, you sonofa . „ gun! You ate too much cheese!’’ By F. R. Nalls, Jr. “The best preventive of disease is good health,” said Dr. M. A. Clarke n his' a'ddress to the Mercer students chapel Wednesday morning. There is no excuse for anyone, hav ing typhoid fever now that medical men have perfected a serum which can prevent it. The day will come when there will be no tuberculosis, although 1 do not expect to live, to see it.”’ Dr. Clarke urged all men who had not' taken the serum for typhoid lever to go down and o so as soon as possible, and said that everybody should be required to take this injec tion. “Some people,” said the doctor, think the doctors tell them to ta’ke the serum just to drum .up trade, but we get more money out of one case of typhoid fever than' out of a hun dred cases where we give the injec tion to prevent it. The primary pur pose of every true doctor is to pre vent sickness. When there is sick ness, of course we try to cure it, but 1 would he happy to have no more disease. I could find some other way of working.” Dr. Clarke is chairman of the ex ecutive committee of the • Mercer Board of Trustees, and has been member of this board for a number of years. His earnest, plain-spoken talk reached the hearts of the Mercer men, and quite a number of them stated after Chapel that they intend ed to take the typhoid serum. BESSIE TIFT NEWS 90 ENTERTAIN MRS. EMMETT STEPHENS The Woman’s Missionary Society of the Tattnall Square Baptist church will .entertain Mrs. Emmett Stephens and the wives, mothers and sisters of all the married students of Mercer, Monday, January 30, at 3:30 o’clock, in the Sunday School auditorium. There will be no cards so this is the invitation, ladies, and remember , all .are invited. It has been very , quiet at the col lege the past week owing, to mid year examinations that are now progress and extend into next week. There is but one topic of conversa tion and but one thought pervades the atmosphere—examinations. An event transpired last week in which the college takes a just pride. Dr. Foster was away' on business,, of which we knew nothing until on the first morning after his return he an nounced in chapel that Bessie Tift College had been taken-in the Ameri can Association of Colleges. It then developed he had been in Chicago at tending a meeting of this association. The announcement was received with hearty applause. * • • No club at the college has pro voked • more widespread interest among the students than, the Inter national Relations Club, which is ex pecting to extend its work by intro ducing a series of lectures on citizen ship to the students. The need for a study of this subject was made nec essary by the passage of the Amend ment. It will be very instructive to young ladies to hear well' known speakers on this subject. . • •' • ‘ • One addition has been made to Bessie Tift that all feel is a great improvement. “The Little Store’” has been moved into new and far more commodious quarters. It is far more attractive, as another room has been fitted up as a tea room. Dainty cur tains at the windows, stands of ferns and the small tables placed about the room give them a splendid oppor tunity for small social functions! Those in charge will take orders for these functions and they have been enabled also to greatly increase their stock in the- store. It is a great con venience and promises to be ' very popular. One of the best student programs of the semester was given on Tues-, day night in college chapel by mem bers of the Senior class in. Expression and Music, pupils of Miss’ Ulmer in Expression and . Miss Dora Brinson and Miss; Madge Books Sanders in Mush:. Their work on the rostrum bespoke ’ splendid instruction oh the part of their teachers and faithful endeavor and earnest effort on their part.. It was a Varied program, giv ing wide rahge for their talent, end received as it - merited a sympathetic response from the audience. There was nothing butt praise from the listeners for each number. Severe Treatment Can't Harm It Herewavambh that you canine anywhere on anything—inside or out—with the assurance that it will not turn white nor lose its lustre even under the most un usual conditions. Lucaspar Varnish fully lives up to all the claims made for it. The many changes in weather and temperature cannot injure its finish when used out side, nor will contact with hot dishes or liquids mar ita beauty when applied to table tops or other surfaces. Just the thing for canoes and motor boats . Buy a can today and give it a trial. Edwin S. Davis, President E. W. Lipford, Secretary PLANTERS IMPLEMENT CO. . Farm Implements of Every Kind Phone 1094; 512 Third St. Macon, Ga- MRS. G. E. ASBELL Fresh Meats and Groceries Mercer families can get Good Groceries at “live and let live” prices at our store Phone 2677 1156 Edge wood Ave. Remus Danforth Shoe Shop , , IN WALL STREET ALLEY Up-to-date Shoe Repairing by one of the best workmen in Macon. We use only the best leather, and oftr prices are right. Mercer boys, bring your old shoes and let us save you the price of a new pair* EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT? Milk, Cold Drinks, Ice Cream, Candies, Cigars and Tobacco SANITARY MILK DEPOT 200 Forsyth Street AN ALUMNUS • “Say It With Flowers” Idle Hour Nurseries The South’s Leading Florists Ries & Armstrong Watches, Clocks, Diamonds, Jewelry and Silverware Reliable Goods Only Phone 836 315 Third St. D. A. Warlick & Son PHOTOGRAPHERS WE DO THE COLLEGE WORK OF MACON 117 Cotton Avenue Telephone 767 HARDWOOD FLOORS Laid and finished anywhere in the Southeast HUFF & MAUND Phone 3731 Macon, Ga. Watchmakers McNELIS & BARTLETT Jewelers DIAMONDS, JEWELRY, WATCHES AND CLOCKS 462 Mulberry Street. Phone 4133. Opposite Post Office, Macon, Ga. ,