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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