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MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1922
No. 17
GIRLS’
’TRAIN
FOR MERCER
Fair Ones of Bessie Tift to Ar
rive on Society Day.
SOCIETY DAY PRECEDENT
A trainload of Bessie Tift ((iris will
come .to. Mercer next Wednesday for
Society Day, according to an an
nouncement by Dr. Rufus W. Weaver.
The special train bearing the Bessie
Tift beauties will stop at Ash street
where the young ladies will be greet-.
c,| by the whole Mercer student body.
I am anxious -that Society Day
should actually have a social- fea
ture," , said Dr. Weaver. “Therefore
W e have asked the Bessie Tift girls
to celebrate the day with us, It is
important that Mercer and Bessie
Tift have very, cordial and close re
lations.
The .young women will come down
in the morning and stay' until we
tell tne dispatcher to let the train
depart: for Forsyth. It re my desire
that you young men should see to it
that the young ladies do not get lone
some while at Mercer.”
According to the plans - the Bessie
Tift girls will stay until after the
reception, which begins at 9 o’clock
Wednesday night. It is said that the
oming of the young women Will add
greatly to the interest and enjoy
ment of Society Day at Mercer. The
precedent' set by their coming will
probably be followed each year here
after, and the day will gain in pres
tige and importance with the student
body.
Last year Society Day was con
sidered a big success, but the plans
now under way bids fair to make this
year eclipse all former celebrations
of this kind. Many Alumni and
friends of Mercer are expected to be
here at that date also.
MERCER LAWYERS
CONTROL THE BAR
Judge, Clerk, Opposing Counsel
and Litigants Once Students.
MERCER SCHEDULES DEBATE, ORATIONS
AND A RECEPTION
DEBATES FOR YEAR
MARK SOCIETY DAY
Mississippi, Howard, Emory and
Furman on List.
BREN All AND BESSIE TIFT
SHIRLEY WILL PRESIDE
Debaters: Mathews, Marshall,
Williams, Shirley, McRae,
Green, Bootle, Broome.
Three Ciceronians and Three
Phi Deltas Act As Marshals.
By F. R. Nalls, Jr.
Where do Mercer men go after
they finish college ? This question
was partially answered Tuesday
morning when it was found that in
the 'municipal court of the city of
Macon all the lawyers except one
were Mercer graduates, and that this
one has two brothers who have grad
uated from Mercer. .
. The judge, Hugh Chambers, was a
Mercer alumnus; so was the clerk
W. H. Spillers. Over half the jury
were graduates Of that institution
among them being? Prof. Geo. Sparks,
*>( the Mercer School of Journalism.
Some of the lawyers in the court
room who attended the Mercer Law
School were Baldwin Martin, B. S.
Denver, Sid Hatcher, Will Turpin,
McKibben Lane, Judge John P. Ross,
Douglas Carlisle, Grady Gillon, Allen
Elements, Sam Hunter, J. C. Estes,
Judge Cunningham, and Jim -Clem
ents, former all southern catcher for
Mercer, also Baxter Jones, Daisy
fhurehwell. .
Even . the litigants were Mercer
men.
Four intercollegiate debates .be
tween M.ereer and other colleges have
been definitely scheduled and the de
baters for these contests chosen, acc
ording to an announcement by Dr.
A. P. Montague, chairman of ‘Mercer
University Debate Council. Mercer
will- enter the arena of argumenta
tion aguinst Mississippi, Howard,
Emory and. Furman.
The triangular debate withMissis-
sippi and Howard, which. will take
place -on Thursday night, March 9,
Will come first oh the debating sched
ule. The subject for this contest is,
Resolved that the modern tendency
in' government' toward direct action
>y the people is not advisable.
L. B. ' Matthews and Warren
(“Red”) Marshall will, uphold the
iffirmative . of the subject against
(.he Mississippi negative team at
VIercer. Rabun Brantley is their al
ternate. William G. McRae and Rob
•rt Green, with Mike Terrell as alter-
iate,. will journey, over to Birming-
lam to champion the negative of the
(uestion against Howard on . the
mme night.
Mercer will meet Emory Univer
ity in debate at Forsyth in the Bes-
<ie Tift auditorium during the last
veek in April. The subject„for this
Contest is, Resolved that Japanese
immigrants should be admitted to
he United States on the same terms
re Europeans. J. K. Williams, and
H. H. Shirley will uphold the nega
tivef for Mercer, with J. A. Ruffin as
alternate.
Mercer and -Furman represent*
tives will meet in debate at the Bre
nau . auditorium in Gainesville about
.he last of April. On this contest
vV. A. Bootle and C. J. Broome for
VIercer will champion the negative
>f the subject, Resolved that the sev
eral States should enact minimum
wage laws providing for the. estab-
ishment of a minimum wage in
workshops and factories. Guy Atkin
son is Mercer’s alternate.
Mercer debating teams in the past
have made good records, and it is
aid that the teams this yeai are re
garded as futly capable of adding to
the laurels already acquired. Dr,
Montague states that Mercer is espe
cially fortunate this year in having
such a strong array of alternates
T,heae; he said, will he expected to
take a large part in the preparation
I MERCER FRESHMEN
DEFEAT THE B.A.C.
Victory Is Achieved
Bartlesville.
in
for the debates, since they must be
nrepared to speak at a moment’s
notice in the place of either member
of their respective teams
turned victors by a score of 39-33.,
The teams were about equally
matched in. the first half, the score
being 18-18 at that- point of the
game. After Simmons replaced Sam
mons at center the "Rate” gradually
forged ahead- ■
Ellison, Bennett, and Simmons
played the best for the Freshmen
while Kemp, O. Duma* and P. ,Du
mas starred for the Athletic fclub.
Coach Eyler, of Gordon Institute,
refereed the game...
RF
L.F.
C.
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Ciceronian and . Phi Delta So
cieties Furnish Speakers.
An ihter-society debate, four ora
tions and a reception will feature the.
annual Society Day program which
will be h id next Wednesday at Mer
cer. The holiday as usual will be
given over to the activities of the
two literary societies.
February 22 was established last
year as Society Day at Mercer. As
this is Washington^ birthday, it was
decided to combine the observance of
this day with' the special day for- the
literary. societies. The day is given
over to the societies with the idea of
giving every possible encouragement
to their activities, and to promote
greater interest in literary work and
public speaking.
The - committee arranging for So-
ciety Day state that an exception
ally good program has been planned.
The activities for 'the day begin with
debate at 2:30 in the afternoon
Vtween representatives of the tw»
societies.
The subject for the inter-society
debate is. Resolved (hat the several
states should enact minimum wage
laws providing for the establishment
of a -minimum wage in workshops
and factories, const tutionality waiv
ed. For the Ciceronians, Andrew Car-
raker and W. M. Marshall will up
hold the affirmative, while W. A.
Bootle and John C. Polhill will cham
pion the negative for the Phi Deltas.
The speakers are regarded as well
able to produe'e a stiff contest, and
the two societies will be on hand in
full force to back and encourage
their respective representatives..
Orations by four speakers from
the societies will be delivered at 8
o’clock. L. E. Smith, of Grayson, a
Phi Delta, will speak on the subject
“Religion.” E. R. Welch, of Thom-
asville, a Ciceronian, will come next
on the program with an oration on
“The Challenge of the Impossible.”
The-second-Phi Delta orator will be
W. F. Hines ley, of Carrollton, who
will have as his subject “Dreams.”
“The Present Crisis ,in American De
mocracy” will be the subject of W.
H. Odum, of Valdosta, a Ciceronian,
who will be the last speaker of the
day..
A joint reception by the two socie
ties at 9 o’clock. will close the pro
gram for the day. The library build
ing will be the scene of the recep
tion. Music and refreshments will be
provided and nothing; will be left -un
done to make the affair one of the
most successful of the’ college year,
according to the committee in charge
The marshals for Society Day are
Talley Kirklan, S. H. Dyer and Mike
Herndon, Ciceronians; R. E. Brant
ley, E. B. Everett and L. L. Lovett,
Phi Deltas. H. H. Shirley will pre
side, with M. C. Lasseter as secre-
tary..
FRESHMAN SCRIBE INTERVIEWS
COMEDIENNE, LOUISE FAZENDA
Finds the Celebrity Ignorant of
One Subject But Anyhow
“Nice and Pretty.”
Howard E. Littlefield
After supper one night last week
my roommate, Milton K, Wallace, of
fered to carry me to the Capitol
Theatre, where Louise fazenda,- the
famous movie comedienne, was ap
pearing in person, if I would con
scientiously promise to refrain from
horse-laughing.”. This expression
was used to re f er to my occasional
mirthful outbursts which-occur when
I see good movie comedies. I prom
ised, with my fingers crossed behind
my back, so quickly that it made his
head swim. In a few minutes we
had flagged down an auto and were
on our way' to town. Being put out
right at the Capitol we entered and
were soon spellbound in a love story
(Sicture. When the final clinch had
faded away we saw a comedy in
which Miss Fazenda starred. 1
laughed very much and Wallace sev
eral times reminded me of my agree
ment and showed, me “that I had
nearly kicked a brass bar down upon
the audience—we were in the bal-.
cony. . . '
Pig Ttails and All
Then Miss Fazenda appeared -on
the . stage. She was dressed in her
film make-ups b'roques, gingham
dress, striped stockings, and pigtail
curls. She entertained us for quite
a bit, keeping the house roaring with
laughter. Wallace had been so tickled
that he chewed up and swallowed two
or three pages 'from- his note-bdok;
We recovered what Was left and I
noticed our journalism assignment,
suggested that we interview a promi
nent personage as soon as possible.
“Let’s interview Louise!" 1 ex
claimed. ‘
Wallace began to argue that he
needed a shave, shoe-shine-, hair-cut.
mahicuring and many other applica
tions of methods of transforming or
dinary people into Adonises. I told
him that she ' wasn’t looking for a
husband, so it didn’t mUc-h matter.
After many excuses Wallace agreed
to go with me and take notes if I
woiild do all the talking. To this I
agreed, having vague plans o f asking
about Charlie Chaplin, Grace “Cunard
and Ben Turpin. I knew that she.
had probably been pestered with re
porters everywhere and knew what
to say in an interview.
By J. P. Leggett
Mercer’s Freshman basketball team
Journeyed to Bartlesville to do battle
the Athletic Club there last'Matt.
| Thursday night. The Freshmen re- Fouls, Bennett 7, Kemp 7.
Rats(9)
Ellison! 16)
Bennett! 15)
Sammons
Cecil(4)
Roberts
* Substitutions: Mercer, Simmons
(4); for Sammons; B.'A.-C., Pate for
B.A.O.I33)
Kemp! 15)
O.Dumas! 10)
Wootenti),
P.Dumas(6)
Matt
. Five hundred thousand dollars for
a club house for foreign students has
been given by John D. Rockefeller*,
Jr., to the Intercollegiate Cosmopoli
tan Club of New York, Plans call
for the building on Riverside Drive
opposti Grant’s tomb. '-It will ac
commodate fiCe hundred students.
Th's club, the largest of its kind, has
620 members from 65 countries, at
tending 411 colleges and universities
in New; York C.ty.
The Chinese . Students Christian
Association in North America has
about 1,500 members. The student
Y. M. C. A. in China has 174 asso
ciations and 19,000 members.
Expected Harm
We went dpwn and asked for the
manager. He was taking up tickets
at the time for the regular ticket
catcher, who had'stepped out . to .get
a .wienie. I approached him with fal
tering footsteps and told him that 1
was a -reporter from the- Mercer
School of Journalism- and that I
wanted to interview Miss' Fazenda.
I kept my eyes on.'his hands as I
spoke, ready to flee on an instaht’s
notice, if he decided to do me bodily
hrfrm on account of our having
“rushed” the Capitol a week or so
before. But he harbored, no such' in
tentions and asked me to wait a few
moments. I stepped aside and talked
to Wallace , in an undertone, endeaw
oring. to give the- manager -the im
pression that I was an old and ex
perienced hapd at meeting big guns
andxhat. I was probably talking.of
the time when I had' to refuse an in
vitation to dine with Woodrow. Wil
son. -1 just had time to stop Wallace
from shining his shoes with the
fringe of one -of the entrance cur
tains when the manager Was relieved
by the regular I ticket ’ catcher, and
asked us. to follow him. T caught
Wallace sneaking out the door when
iny. back was turned. He mumbled
something about going to- get a hair
cut and bath and promised an early
return. But I looped my little finger
in his button hqle and made him
promise ' to follow me. We' then
trotted down the aisle and went be
hind the stage with the manager.
Really Pretty
He knocked at a door and Miss
Louise Fazepda appeared, with . a
smile on her face. She still had on
her stage costume but it didn’t take
me but a very few seconds to realize,
that she is really very pretty; (I’m
hot saying this merely because I’ve
promised to send her a clipping - of
this and if you doubt me and have
an hour to spare, just ask Wallace
about it!) I introduced myself and
Wallace and began to try to remem
ber some of the questions .1 had been
intending to ask her, which, funny
to say, had floi^h from my mind, She
came to my rescue, and offered to tell
us ‘ anything about her career. We
were surprised to learn that she is a
graduate of Stanford University apd
was a journalism student.
“Then, of course,” I asked, “you
have heard of Mercer through' our
reputation in journalism?”
Upon her saying that she hadn’t I
gave, her an ■ incredible stare and
gasped: . ,. '., '
Hold Miss Garner
. “What! Haven’t heard of Mercer
in the journalism world?! My word!
How strange!”
She seemed terribly ashamed of
her ignorance about Mercer and was
very glad to have me explain to her
that we had one of the higest courses
in journalism in the world.
She told us how she had got into '
the movies: by being acquainted with
a family that were actors, and by
acting a little to get some Christmas
money. She first acted minor parts
ivith Grace Cunard. She knew Eddie '
Polo and most all of the actors of
lx>s' Angeles and .New York. She
said . that Ben Turpin was really
cross-eyed and that, she received -
extra checks when she had to- kiss
him. She told us quite a bit .about
the movie game, but advised anyone
to “keep out.”: When we asked her
if she received an enormous salary,
she replied that she had no cause to.
complain and that it was better than
laundry work.
She Said that she had written' quite
a bit for some of the film magazines
and that writing was her hobby. She
knew several '.big editors and told us
something about them. \
After asking her about everything
from comedies; to spiritualism, we
forced ourselves to leave, as she was
writing her answer , to Johnny Spen
cer’s- letter to her when we first dis
turbed her. She gave us her New
York address and insisted that we
call around to see. her the next time
we happened to be in the city. Wal
lace heartily promised to do so pretty
soon and she told him that she would
introduce him to- all of her friends
when he did• und show him around
the large hamlet. Wallace, whd. had
manicured ■ his finger-nails .with a
stray shingle'-nail, seemed to make a
hit with her and it was with the ut
most diffieuly that 1 could persuade
him to leave.' Even then he kept
talking- to her, until he was ,nearly
out of the theater, walking into , a
column with a force that shook the
whole -building.
Best of Managers
We thanked the manager for his
kindness, who, by the w-ay, hasn’t a
single. -Criterion characteristic, and
thanked' him' for the way in which
he had.received the Mercer rush.. He
laUghed and -remarked that he had
been glad to have us. I just want to
tell you fellows-that he’s a friend to
Mercer and deserves our support.
I was then forced by Wallace, to
trudge down to the depot. and lug
four or five hundred train bulletins,
giving routes to New York, hack out
to our room. We piled them all .over
the beds and desks, but I managed
to cfawl between my sheets and after
tying a pillow-slip over my head to
shut out the light—for YfYalJace was
studying the bulletins—I finally man
aged to drift off ’into sleep, dreaming .'
that a cross-eyed movie elephant was
sitting on my chest watching a billy-
goat chase' Mias Fazenda all over
New York. ■