Newspaper Page Text
fourteen
SCHOOLS AND
COLLEGES
Vol.2
ME
RGER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1922.
No. 16
MANY CANDIDATES
OUT FOR PRACTICE
•Tige” Slone Dodges Weather
With Battery Men.
Seventeen candidates responded to
Coach Cody’s call for battery prac
tice -Monday afternoon with pros
pects pointing towards the greatest
teapr that Mercter has ever had.
Mercer’s own “Tige” Stone was the
only veteran of past struggle? to
muse an appearance. “Tige” was on
the grounds coaching and instructing
ten candidates for the pitching staff.
Among those who were trying for
u berth on the staff, and those the
dope is in their favor are “Tige”
Stone and Allie Thompson Thomp
son is a south-paw and is from Coch-
fan, where, he showed much ability
lust-season as a pitcher; Clay Ryals,
who is a niffy right-hander, pitched
for the strong McRae team, and is
lollowing a close, third, according to
dope; Milton Wallace, who is from
Douglas, the town which has hereto
fore been represented on the teams
of the University . of Georgia and
aiming those from Douglas were
Hum ’ Day and “Puss” Welchel.
pitched for Douglas last season, also
pitched several games in Kentucky;
Stapleton, from Colquitt, is also
showing great form with his south
paw; Others, were Jack Weaver from
amor High, Buchanan- of Dalton,
Henry Mulligan from Sylvaniu, and
Duu'iels and McKissack.
I"he catchers who were on the
scent- . were “Hop” Morgan, . who
comes here with a reputation; Clegg
from last year’s scrubs who- is ex
pected to pUh some - One for the re
ceiver's place; “Fatty” Lord, a. for
mer Lanier High, star; Daniel, Sid
Ellison, Thomas Vining, Tennille and
Morris are among the lot. t
Manager Clark sai dthat regular
practice would probably start- next
Monday, and that he expects about
one hundred candidates for the vari
ous positions. He thinks that Coach
Cody will have to divide the squad
into two .sections, one to practice in
the morning and the other in the
afternoon. .
livery place on the team seems to
have several competitors. The in
itial .sack is to be a hard fought for
position, with “Consuello” Smith and
Irwin contesting. Other infielders
Henderson, Wilkes, Priritiss,
Scars, Rice, , Newton, Waden and
maiiy more who have not annouened
their candidacy. The outfielders arc
Hammock, Harper and Sheppard,
who were letter men last year, and
Shorty" Poore from Gordon and
who was half-back on. the football
team for Mercer this last season.
T
DR. FOX MAKES WAR
ON ROBIN HUNTERS
By F. R. Nalls, Jr.
Shooting robins and. other migra
tory birds is strictly against the
Federal migratory bird law,” said
Dr. Henry Fox, Mercer Biology pro
fessor, and also United States deputy
pane Warden. Dr. Fox, together
with Scout Executive H. O. Hunter,
h»s declared war on the small boys
who have- for the past few. weeks
been' unmercifully slaughtering the
robin, which makes an.easy target on
•wount of its tameness.
In his list of birds which it is
against the law to kill, Dr. Fox
leaves out very few, the English
•parrow being the only:one which he
••ya is not helpful to. the farmers.
The robin, the bird which has been
to* chief victim, is. .a song-bird in
toe North, and is, very tame. In
•any instances this bird has been
tsown to eat from a .man’s hand;
The game wardens of Georgia are
determined to ■ stop the wholesale
•laughter of these birds, and will »r-
*^at any men or boys who continually
ablate the law. The. police bf Macon
bn been instructed to enforce the
]■* against the shootng of firearms
■ the dty. • .
PHI DELTA’S PEPj,
ISSUES CHALLENGE
Would Fight Ciceronians With
Tongue or Fists. , ,
PROF. JACOBS ON
SCOUT MOVEMENT
Mercer Teacher Speaks to Scout
Boys at Vineville Meth
odist Church.
By L.-L. Lovett • . j
Pep and enthusiasm were very!,
much in evidence at the weekly
meeting of the Phi Delta Monday'
night. The soil spirit of '22 was!
there.
Election of officers and report iif
the committees took the place of tht-
regular program, Plans were also
gromulatcd in regard to Society Day)
which,comes on February 22.
A challenge was made td 1 the f'ice-
ronians' to have a contest ill oratory-
on Society .Day, but they feared the
sting of the defeat which would face
them, so they .modestly declined. A
challenge to a boxing thatch was also
heralded, but once more modesty
prevailed, for the Ciceronians wished
to protect their beauty.
The following officers were elected
at the meeting: .
R. L. Brantley, president.
W. A, Bottle, vice : prcsident. .
J.. L. : Clegg, critic.
R. E. Walker; ensor.
O. E. Bryson, chaplain.
Max Lassiter, secretary.
J. C. Young, assistant secretary.
E. K. Grant, janitor.
L. L'.' Lovett, reporter.
UNCLE BIM’S STUFF
In the discussions which take
dace each day in the. several soct-
dogy recitations, numerous subjects
ire brought up.' Wednesday . Pro.
.’essor “Bo” Railey. entertained the
lass for a few moments with the
bllowing .monologue:
“Yes, she was a good-looking
.-oung lady and I : hadn't seen-her in
luite a while until 1 saw her in'Ma-
,-on the other day. She said, ‘Why,
b-ofessor, I thought you would- be
harried by now.’ ,1 answered, ‘No,
lot yet; it looks like you’ might help
me out.’ "
“The lady.said, ‘Why, no, I would
lot marry any bachelor,’ but we
alked a while and when we parted,
ihe said, 'Well, I don’t kqow whether
I would rrsrry a bachelor or not’.” .
There was a whisk of coat-tails of
mmmadiers diving beneath seats for
oncealment as the train conductor
if the “Mercer Special” entered the
.•bach-to take the tickets. Then some
-nthusiastic rooter crie.d out:
“Fifteen for the conductor.”
“Fifteen what?” a’ passenger asked
“Fifteen years,” came a muffled
oiee under a seat.
By F. R. Nalls, Jr.
“The Scout movement is the only
horoughgoing, comprehensive', move-
dent-covering a large territory,
••’hich attempts to develop growing
if.e according to Nature and accord-
dg to the way God intended boys
ad' girls to be brought up. All of
s should be glad of a chalice to help
ic Scouts,’’ said l’rof. Peyton Jucob,
I’sy.chology instructor at Mercer
University, -Sunday night, in his ad,
dress -to the -Macon el-outs at the
Vineville .Methodist church.
* I’lay is- the best way by which
.uld'ren a he prepared for the prub
le s of after life, -.and the Scout
. ovement is an effort to take advan-
*ge of this play instinct,” continued
‘ r.'Jacob. “Through play he learns
i control his own body, and through
’.ayfuT exploration he becomes ac-
: minted with the many things which
.rround him. •' Most of his play is
imitative-and therefore constructive.
Through this imitative' playing he
le'Urns how to do the .work which he
sees . his elders . performing. -AII' of
us have seen children playing school,
nouekeeping, etc.” -
“Children who’live in. the city .have
not the advantages, which arc afford
ed to those who live in the country,
for they are: not close to nature us is
the farmer boy. They do not come in
contact with productive sources, nor
do they, have the benefit of washing
in close companionship with theih
fathers, sharing in .the labors, of thg
farm. - .
“Why -do we support the Scout
movement? Some men support it be
cause it-'gives pleasure, to hoys,-and
for, that reason only; some‘because
the Scout activities tend toward
greater physical development;others
think there is no great good in the
Scouts but that it gives them some
thing to'do, and thus keeps them'out
of mischief. The moral teaching of
the Scouts, however, causes more
to be done for them than nny other
one thing. Anyone who lives .up to
these teachings is.an upright man
and a good citizen.
MERCER Y.M.C.A. SPEAKERS
CONDUCT CHAPEL SERVICES
CMIDDP, HINEStEY
3 NEWSOME TALK
Considered One of Best Pro
grams of College Term.
Mercer Y. -M. C, A. had-charge of
the chapel hour Wednesday morh-
ing and gave the student body a pe
riod of addresses that were heartily
applauded. ' • . ,
The speakers were W. F. Hinesly,
Josiah Crudup, Bruce Newsome and
tiuy Atkinson, who is president of
the Mercer "Y.” John Henry Green
led the devotional service. .
. . The program w'as one of the sev
eral . that the different student or
ganizations will held at the chapel
.our from time to time. It is saio
■ o' be the 'intention of the faculty to-
•J low the students a larger part in
ile chapel programs than heretofore
tiidents declared it one of the besi
rograiiis of this year.
Freshman (writing to Pop): It was
right-after the game, Dad, that I met
the sweetest girl in the world. She
has promised to lie my bride, ten
yeurs ■ after I graduate and have
bujit up' a flourishing business as a
Bachelor of 'Arts.
VALUABLE STUDENT
Josiah Crudup was one of the
speakers -on the Y. M. C. A.'.program
given at chapel Wednesday morning.
His subject was “The Value of a
Christian .Student , on. the , Mercer
i ’iimpus,’’
The speaker stated that a student
is defined as one devoted to study,
and. drew smiles from the students
by suggesting that this definition
might , not apply to all who had the
name; of students. Mr. Crudup
.stated that in all pursuits of knowl
edge, ■ whether in history, science or
any other line, the study, if carried
to its ultimate analysis would find its
end in -God.- '
“But it is' pot .for - us to depend
upon courses of study alone for oUr
knowc'ldge ■ (if Christ,” said .the
speaker. “For we K n ow God through
Christ. He'is-the one who reveals to
us tlie person of. God. It seems to
me very necessary- for students to
leave out of their lives all profanity
and unclean living."
Mr, Crudup stated that a man can
combine, the characteristics bf a true
student and a true Christian. He
spoke of. the fact that Mercer had
great athletic teams, hut insisted
that to succeed Mercer must not lose
sight of ideals. “These, ideals,” he
said, “might be attained by fasten
ing to Christ ahd opening our
books.”
JACK TAR STICKS
“What the Vesper Services Mean
to Ale” was the subject of Bruce
Newsome, who was one of the
speakers at the ‘Y. M. C. A. program
Wednesday morning.
The Speaker stated that he came to
Mercer first six years ago,- where he
felt homesick and lonely as he heard
mention of “getting rats’’ and-saw
the big sophomores strutting around.
Then he was invited to go to. the
•Y” services vyhere he found a famil
iar atmosphere of religious brother
hood. '
“The vesper service • has been a
dynamo’ ip my. life,” said Mr. New-
some. “It. has charged my life with
something to fall back on in the hard
places. When going overseas during
the.: war a great storm came up. The
captain of the ship'• declared, it the
worst in twenty*years. Alone in the
row’s Nest, being on Watch at mid
night, I thought ,of the Vesper serv
ices at Mercer.
The speaker told how many of the
fellows shot dice while he read and
prayed. Sometimes they threw -boots
and shoes at him, hut his thought re
verted to the poem 1 “Jesus Is' My
Hiding Place.” Mr. Newsome closed
his talk by dramatically reading -a
poem. ;
IRRESISTIBLE FORCE
“The power-of the Cross” was the':
subject of an address by Dr. C. I,. -
Mctiinty, . dean of the Sehopl of
Christianity; to the Mercer students-
at the Y„ M. C. A. meeting Tuesday
night.
Dr. AleGinty in hja'address drew
an analogy between electricity and
the power,.of the Cross. The power
of - the Cross is transmitted, to the
Christian by the invisible- Holy 1
Spirit; even as the power of the
wjrel'esS message is felt from tower
.to,tower though no connection is
visible.
“As the giant wireless tower
stands and sends out powerful waves,
which are caught up Ipy. tin-, smaller
towers at a distance, so the omnip
otent 'tower of Christ oil the Cross
stands, to send power to the tower
-set up py the individual," said the
speaker. “The storage battery on
the car is''constantly giving off power
but it is replenished faster than ijt
loses,’ and tx i-t lias power to cause
the lights to burn when darkness
comes. In like manner, the Christian
life gives off power. Hut replenishes-
itself from the Cross, and has; power
for light iff the dark places, of- life.”
The Dean illustrated his topic by.
Rowing' how the ete.ctric car npist-
keep in contact with the wire, stating
that a man must keep in touch with
the power ffoni aoyp, Again, ho
said, the boy on the bicycle lays
hold of the trolley, ear and' .is car
ried along'by power not. his own. so' •
the Christian .laying hold of' Christ
is carried and kept' by an irresistible
force. '
University of Georgia Basketball Team Plays Mercer Team Saturday Night, Feb. ll,
City Auditorium
DEVELOPMENT V
“A: Mpreer man should stand for
intellectual .development, for a Great
er, Mercer, and for the principles of
Christianity,” said W.. F. Hinesly, '
who addressed the student body as
one of the Y. M. C. A. speakers'
Wednesday morning.
Discussing the subject “What a
Mercer Man Should Stand For,” Mr,
Hinesly told of the necessity for in
tellectual stregnth. He stated ! that
Mercer men should.,, be intellectual
leaders in their respective fields of 1
life. Speaking about the Greater
Mercer;; he urged the students to
realize their responsibility. ' - .
“On our, shoulders devolve a large
part of the work of building and
(Continued on page four)
m
CJ