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UNIVERSITY
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FOURTEEN
SCHOOLS AND
COLLEGES
Vol- 2
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, (LA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1922
No. 15
MERGER PULLS
EFFECTIVE RALLY
DOWNS GEORGIA
By \\. <'. MI'NDAY, JIL
of (ieorgin Student
VI'IIENS.-e-As our ancient friend,
i, nel Aesop, said: “You can't tell
wl ,!'s gonna happen within'a sjie’ci-.
li, . T time until said specified time
expired." And Colom'l Aesop's
il,, ry certainly was clearly ilemon-
i ired in the Georgia-Mercer name
i,i ihe . Moss, auditorium; Friday I
Yu i i, when the Baptists w.ith eleven
j mil i|cs . to tro and the score stand |
IS to Id apailist them staged a
n , spectacular come hack, shot live !
m',.. | from the Held in succession and. |
; M . IchtaUy downed the Bulldogs, 27
to. H. ■
_’|: was the first home gahie for the
i:> and Blackers and >vas witnessed
t.\ - .j it exceptionally lame crowd, in-
, lading » number of fans from neigh'
. Ii'm’inn towns. The visitors jumped
..il to. an early le d and scored five
1 . i ts'before the homeliligs had rung
tlHloops a single time, h rankly, at
il, . stnine of the fraras.it seemed'
'tlf,it; tile Stcgcmites Would hi * 1 downed
la a large score. ! However, that old,
jic\i r say ilie spirit . of eGorgia’*
■,\ a -null ill evidence and iit the ter-.
• mil of the first half the ,Ythen-
as were, trailing their''opponents by
wo points, the count being 111
m favor, of. Mercer, Georgia
lin k with a vim in the soconu
li-alf atnlvin short order overtook the
king the iead by three
Georgia's hopes were at'the
ia la-t point . aC this juncture of the
-i t t j and it appeared that a Bed and
Black victory wasU-imminent. But
tl . n. like a bolt from, a clear ky,
niita Mercer’s .great conhpbayk. Five
.tiiii* s In rapid-fire order dm the vis-
ttoi . ring that basket,” and when the
Inals finally repained their biMancu
tin score was 2t> to Hi against them:
Tin n they shot a . basket hut the*
iiita y .two points didn’t pain a
thmp. as the game ended soon .after,
.follow mp the shooting of a foul poal
hv Mi rcer. Mercer entereil the value
under a hip handicap. "Smoky'' Har
per the Baptists’ star guard, was
out f the pame, havinp been. strieken
early Friday morning with' an attack
of influenza.
I iambic and llarmon Star
It never, he,:•wasn’t missed so
min li after all, since the defensive
•%ork of .the' winners was wonderful.
TV' heat Georgia with the same
mu' 1 no . with which Georgia tivcr-
f,anm jliem in Macon last year',, a
poii• fu! five-man defense. Georpia
Usee ner live-man defense in the em
niuMef but it failed to pet going.as
Will is did .Mercer's. The Mercer
bo;- tiVcred the floor in an excep
tion My fln<? style, rendering it ex-,
.m-dmgly difficult fpr the Georgians
to -v 'i;k the ball near their oppo
nent ■ •’ poal where they -could take
easy tries for goats. To Robert
Gan. - .e and "George Harmon, ,, center
anil 'upht guard for’ Mercer respec
tively must be handed the laurels
for Mercer's victory, although » on-
sue!. . Smith, one of' the forwards,
should- be given a portion of the
honm-. Smith with six field goals,
was ijie high scorer of the pame.
Gamble and .Smith shot a little, too;
blit their best work was done in cov
ering the floor and in keeping' the
Bulldogs from - shootinp. They, ex
hibit!- rare passing and side step
ping ability, and were two thorns in
, the Georgia scoripg machine which
Pierced to the bone.' • . >.•
The Lineup and summary:
Mercer (27)
Wilkes (2)7 ,
SmiUni2)....
Gamhi,i(,6)
McWilliams
Harm o n(7 )
Georgia (18)
Boney(4)
Boney(4V
.P. Bennett(4)
. Clark (2)
Murray(2)
Referee, Hotchkiss. .Substitutions:
Georgia,. Murray for Boney, J.' BeP-
ne tt for Murray, Boney for Murray.
Mercer, none.' Summary; Field goals
Smith fi, Gamble 3, Hurmort 2, Wilkes
M Kawson 2, Boney'2, R. Bennett 2,
Glark 1, Muprayl. Foul goals, Har
mon 3 out of 6, Rawson 2 out of 8.
THIS BASKETBAI.I. SQUAD TOOK GEORGIA IN TOW AT ATHENS, 27-IS
PULITZER PRAISED BASEBALL DIAMOND FACULTY MEMBERS
BY OLIVER HART RAPIDLY IMPROVES GIVEN ONCE OVER
Episcopal Rectors, Emphasize Candidates . for Orange and Dr.
Accuracy in All Work. Black to, Work Oul Soon.
talking to the‘students* at chapci
XercisVs Wednesday morning. Oliver
.1. Hart, 'n-ctnr of Ghrist's Church',
advised thatNlhey: secure aii tact urate
knowledge, of YvTiat they read. lie
dlus.tra.ted. ins. |>Nnt.hy giving a
brief sketch of tile Hfyuf. Kdit
lit/.ei, 'selected from 1-iYJa.nd'
ventures’W ith a Genin'
He stated that Pulitzer «:
Believer in .accuracy; that in
even the iitinor details and Tcm.env-
bered them-as'well us filii imp'jititnt
phases.' Ire,land; in his hook., tills'of
several exjierivnoos that Pulitzer lupl
with lii-s secretaries. . Pulitzer I"
caiiie blind - twenty- live years before
his death. During this: .time..lie.cm
ployed live' private, secretaries., 'Knelt
secretary 'took - his'pin tat
sweretl his queriep-. ■ for
•ach <|ay.'
The see return—- sefevted- By Ptl-llt-
zer 'were all ollcgc graduates'. All
wore.able.' to speak in., several:.differ
ent tongues.' In'dand teils'of The test
Pulitzer held for choosing his set re-
tar ies. Pulitzer- , was t.iice, ;o.i ■ an
island with, one of his :TfipIic:Vnt-. 1Ie
asked 'that ■ the apldioaiit describe
everything that • he could see. - The
man :wns to t.el-l even ’the' denseness
of the atmosphere, the wrinkles in
the faces of the people , he .could see,
the’ hills liriij trees, desiri.be every
By J...P. Leggett .
Work Bn. thi; basebu.ll ’iliainl.nd .at
Alumni I n Id has BeCii pn.gi'essiiig
lapnlly for tin* past' nnm.tli. Fla ilk
Hunt, w.liu was ground-keeper at
t entrirl <'11y. l'ui'k for. fifteen .years.
r
is in charge-o
f till
\Vurk
. lit' s
t'atcs
"AM-.
that sixty |oai
s’ of.
i* ill* U*
•s havA*
been
-
placed on t-lic
lie l,i
and
u'\ fl’VtJ
>iith
i firm
enough ’ dirt ti
raisi
tlu*
.surfat »•
seX -
■ i al• inches. Thi: "infield has been
cleaned off and’ is now' iii/thf process
of Be in'g rolled'. .The out’fit i'i i as'Bi'eh
-ntlili t| and i.< S i./g ,K ■■'.G.■■ i V. . 'The
diamond .showpi'ospi . ts Gf Being I Be
fastest iti l,hc South li..-.tTc end of the
j ..Batfery pra
| t>t'l-r. am]’ nuBip
iUr ‘ l * .""-'[Be ten- |iip"lit.r-
1 . hours | f ()r , | 1U |i| S t se
i t ice begins February
tins it "thatytheru u ill
and live catchers out
ssitfn. , Captain ,"Tige"
Stone. A Hit* Thompson; flay, Kyals,
U Kr .Wallace, Stapleton; Haimnatk,
Siiii-moiis . f lardematv, and several
otlnT.s. wiir constitute, the list*of con
tenders for pitching staff. “Hop’.'
Morgan* Sid' Kllison, t lcgg, Morris
a ini Tciinillc will tight dt out Tor
i atc-hcr.' t., " . '• • ■
Wilkes, . Si ■ars and Henderson had
better look out for themselves on thy
infield. .Harmim, • Wasden, Purvis,
Bolton, Prentjss,, DashC'r, Me Rue and
Wear are.goiijg to furnish plenty of
opposition. .Smith, Simmons and Irvin
.will tiave ii Battle.oven first bast'.
■ox N ieknunied “Mabel’
His Fellow Students.
by
By F. IL Sails, Jr.
"W by , ye.-. I have had apgond 'many
nickname- in my life," stu'.l Hr. Fox,
Mi leer* Biology instruct'or,' '-'but tile
only ope which J kept for any length
of time was .'Foxy.! They gave ine'
■that when' 1 was still a Buy, and it
Inis stayed w .Tli, me ever since. I
have Bad several other names, how-
•ever. It <ias. customary at. the prep'
school w h if lx* I attended' for the''boys'
JO ■ gave the ' hoys . the names of atiy
."f Hjc girls- who sho'w.cd' a marked
preference fur them. 1 , reifi'ember I
took- inut girl; to ’ several' commence-'
incuts'', aiuf they started 'calling me
.M.aBc!.’ 1 didn't, mind it vi-ry much,
tijougii,»
v "1 was Born at Gcriiiantown, which
1 11)ink ,.'s now a part of Philadelphia.
1 dpn't. fememBcr. evactly 1io\v'I made
Illy tii-si : dollar. - But 1 think it must
h.aye been-By'selling newspapers. 1
know 1 didTthat for. a pretty 1'ong
while When I Was a- boy..”'-
l*n. Fox's '. htihfiy has since' child-,
hood been IVioTogy,',,r some other line'
of nature study. He has ma.de a t+ior-
oiigh .study erf the natural sciences;
.and is known throughout the scion :
title World' for. the research work He
.is tile, author rtf. tnorc- than tyvvtit'y
artfclcs ,-puldishcd by. tin Cn'tcd
States government in their, scientific
magazine.. • !
I|1 his early .chil'dhpiid I)r. Fox. hail
a Tliilihy for cidlecUng. railroaii ndips.
Before he startetl tti College he knew
the'nanus of all the railroads''of any
importance in the. country, and had
acquired ii fairly accurtite knowledge
of the -geography of, the Country by
studying his failroad maps.
'If I hail kept up- that’ intV'rest’ in
WHISKER-PULLING
ETC. AT ATHENS
Mercer Student Has Bis Time,
(iuesl of (ieorgians.“ •
| lu; basketball team -had just fin
ished bearding' the Athenian "Bulf-
M"c . in- -Iii.s- ow n '.backyard anil we, '
having Been present at .this whisker
pulling, felt as 'if wc were called -
.ujnoi to do sfime parallel* feat, if sucl.i
. .wijre, possible.'
... Af.tcr .the. auditoriuni! cleared, we,
'ill-company with ,a couple of GcBrgia'.
.men. were' isitndling' thi- streets ,,f'
At Bens. Il'pip we received news iff
grunt doi;i.gs at .the Ag.' bpild'irig, out '
oil Ag Hill. -Wy were promised,
' ph'id-v nf cuts , arid a good time in
- g.i'ticral of wi■ would go. There is no
'.'bod tu .ask us whiit, we did under
■ these - particular 'Circumstances.'*
.lire first assault 'was delivered
upon, a line of ice. crekm churns
.'"tinned by. several ambidexterous
-i pons. These boys slung a wicked'
com and wc consumed said article in
-D'c .-'iiiri'. manner'it was sjung.. Here
we iingeryii f r a few minutes much
.to the diminution of the cream sup
ply; Acute internal strife finally
dr-vc us away When we .climbed to
tin third floor.where a song-fest was
in progress. .Just as we arrived the
orchestra' swung into “Glory to Old
Georgia. .Now' it is quity natural
[for a Mercer man to agree with-
j (leotgia in . everything in this ditty
save one word. Of.course, we were,
expected to -sing. We weren't .hang-'
ing-anybody to sour apple trees and
so agreed nicely, until we .reached, the
fourth' wiiril pf the chorus. We just
couldn’t say it, but it -isn’t on record
that w< tried. So,. While,the rest of
the assemblage was allotihg ghiry to
old.Georgia, We entered Mercer’s
requisition for the .same .article. ;
Scarcely had the - name, ’of our
Alma Mater clipped from .our Bps
when we - .received . a crushing biow
upon the left shoulder.- fasting a
fearful glance in that direction to
deterininc the origin of the. cuff, we
Beheld a co-ed. It was' the- first- 'turn*-'
wc had Bien-facc tu face with one of
tin species,- especially one With'mur
der'm her eyes. .This vvas the termi
nation Of our activities.' Wc. couldn't
sing w hat. they wanted, \ im undcr-
stl'tnif vvhy, and. wc ■ couldn't . sing
what we wanted, we trust you 'will,
understand that alsu. ' I'nder' these'
circUhistanee.- w'i" had to subside.
Fverythiing taken, into .considera
tion. that is. aside from •'the. incident
"f tlic fistic co'-A'd., we 'had a fi'ne
time./ ' Georgia student® individuai' ■
ar if colliVtively put themselves out
to show us a'gum! time. The fine, .old
tradition*,of- Southern hosj itality 'arc
well observed at thi- I’nivi riity.
By One of tlu ’Bunch"
PSYCHOLOGY TEST
IS BIG SUCCESS
living, stationary arid 'moving object. , Hiiiriniack, Harper-anil Sbcppanl,
Ireland says that Pulitzer .uld'tell; last year's oiitfiejd, are- in i|ni* Gt
although blind, when the liian- ndide some: hard \gork before they have'
a mistake, lie said thm lie eould i their i.ldhplaees, cinehed; ,A'. few- of
have-a .mail quoting a play or .slory | the prospective outtii'Iders are-Toore,'
arid- when, the man nuule ii mistake. I’ettevvay, tiain/'s, O Quinii, Lovett,
he could correct him. I 1 * * ecil and Rice. , .
“this,” said the speaker, „'">hows , _ R'gUlaW pract iee w ill begin within,.}, ’be- a"railroad , plx-si-
earnest applicatiim: study of. the. thrl'e weeks and .the t.rst ganre .ci.mes | (|( , ht fl - d (| mi j., iotlair - q, V . now, I
Closest type. ' A .thing, winch every- the 21st of March. AB , I.“^ A. A;, sai , f :p r ; FoV . w ithi a , la ggh
one should fry tg do. ' More espe-; aspirants will please-fake notice, that ' • ;
ciajly should the college hoy apply Stone .& ( o.. are rathpr Desirous ’ of- t .■■■;■. . 7' 7
himself and-, try to remember thy ex- finishing first pn tin list <>f lit22. and She: ‘‘Dp unto -others as you w'ould
act details. \and not have ■ a.A'ague: i'titend 'to’ give, somcbmly a .fight be- have ..them do uiito you.”'
idea ,of ’things..’*" " i fore the; season i.s over; . ; \ He .kissed. her.—Purple and White.
I’rof. Jacob’s Efforts Recognized
.With Columbia and Brown.
That Prof, Peyton . Jacob'- eff ' rt'-
tfi establish a'suitable Psychol- giral
test at- Mercer have, been crowned
with success was -shown when the .
chairman of the college -section of the
Pennsylvania Educational Ahsogitt-
tio'n classed Mercer' among . the .four
best prepared schools'; psychbi'ogU
cally, in The country. ;!
-The chairman, of .this a'ssiiciatiun
has been touring' the United States
inspecting the psychological depart
ments gf the various schools, and his
report was that the four best were
Brow,'n, Columbia, (iouchur and Mer
cer: . ’ : •, . :
This report sh6,ws the. result of $he
■Hard work of Prof: Jacob, for in'the
short spaeC of three years- he has not
only installed : a, Psychological course
at Mercer,, blit has done his work so
thoroughly that .Mercer has been
ranked among the best* "• ' ■