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THE MERCER CLUSTER
February 17, 1922
The Mercer Cluster
Published weekly by the Btudents of
the fourteen schools and colleges' in
the Mercer University System.
George M. Sparks, Managing Editor
The Cluster Staff:
C. J. Brnomc, Editor-in-Chief; Robt.
M. Gamble, A. B. Cochran, F. R.
Nalls, Jr., John P. Rabun,' Edwin S
Davis, John C. Vincent, C. F. Braz-
ington, Associate Editors; Basil Mor
ris, Circulation Manager;. J. P. Leg
gett, Assistant Circulation Manager
higher intellectual and moral level.
Members of , the association run a
column weekly headed “Intercollegi
ate News,’' which contains notes pre
pared' from the papers of the other
members by a special member of the
staff. The column is designed to
bring the various papers into closer
contact and provides also a gist of
the principal events of all the South
ern colleges for readers of the
papers.
Mr. Millican is to be congratulated
as this office to which he has just
been elected is filled from all the
five States named.
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Advertising rates on request.
FOOTBALL PLAYERS
“Po”. McMillin, writing in th«
American Magazine for ’February
gives some inside facts concerning
the great football team that Centre
produced lgst year.
“Bo” tells in details of the first
time the Centre squad prayed before
a game. It was just before the fa
mous Centre-Kentucky game, whirl
the Colonels won , 3-0, a lone dro;
kick being registered by a “man whe
had never tried a drop kick in i
game in his life.”
McMillin says, “You never heard i
stranger or more striking prayer. .
We stood still or bent forward on tht
rubbing fable, or sat on the
with our shoes in our 1 hands, oui
heads all bowed and our hearts full
It wasn’t 'a prayer for victory, I»
was just an honest, whole-hearte<
appeal that every man that da>
might give' the best he had in hin
for Old Centre; that he might plaj
a clean game. . : . So we went oui
on the field and fought as we hac.
never fought before. .. . Since that
afternoon, no Centre College footbal
team has gone onto the .field for . i
'game without that word of prayer.’
It seems that prayer and brotherly
love have both been great factors ii
the success Centre ■ has experiences
on the gridiron, for McMillin quote. 1
“Chief” Myers, the athletic director
as follows, “I want to say to you
that brotherly love and teaifi-spirit
‘made’ us more than anything else
Now, if each of us was toq times a:
good, we wouldn't get anywhert
without that spirit.”
Centre with her system of prayer
and brotherly love went.,to the to;
in football'. These are practically thi
only roads to the top, anyway.
SOCIETY DAY
The second annual Society Day
which is to be celebrated next
Wednesday, should enlist the. inter-
est and support of every man on the
campus. All should attend the pro
grams and give encouragement to
the speakers and representatives ol
the two literary societies.
All of us whole-heartedly give out
support to Mercer’s athletic contests
and the other activities of the cam
pus should have the same measure
of support. The men. at Mercer in
dined to public speaking and literar>
activities are always on hand to' yell
for our teams when we meet other
colleges. The men who prefer ath
letics to literary achievement, should
be.just as ready to cheer the speak
ers in society and intercollegiate
programs.
A whole-souled .support of all Mer
cer’s college activites by all the stu
dent body will make ub able to grow
along all line? of endeavor, and w<
will thereby unitedly meet all tasks
and challenges. Society Day should
be hailed as a real-feature in the life
of - Mercer j and all should, get be
hind it.
EMORY HONORED
C. B. Millican, editor-in-chief' of
the Emory Wheel, has. recently been
elected vice-president of the South
ern Intercollegiate Newspaper Asso
ciation. The office now held by Mr.
Millican is that of vice-presidentcy
’over the States o f Georgia, Alabama,
Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana
!, The Southern Intercollegiate News
< paper Association,, was-«, formed
1921 by representatives from all the
better college papers in the South
The purpose is 4b provide a spirit of
co-operation between the liVest col
lege Weeklies' in the South, to link
them into a chain-like system willing
and-able to help one another, and to
raise the status of the papers to
My soul is full of the beauty
That Nature lends lavish to life
And my heart is attuned to her music
And the world is at rest from all
■ strife.'
I’ll sing you a songlet of sunshine,
I’ll waft it on wringlets of air.
May it find in a lone heart a lodg
ment
And banish its burdens and care.
A SUMMER IDYLL
TIPS AND TAPS
» By Bob Gamble
Our dearly beloved Ruth, who
as fair as a star when only one is
shining in the sky,” whose sweet,
pretty face is soothing to the eyes,
whose voice- is as soft as a summer
breeze, whose smile sets the heart
at rest, and whose—(Pardon us!)
Ruth says:
"If you love a man, he isn’t
worth it;
If you don’t love him, you don’t
know what you want;
•if you lead him on, you’re a flirt;
If you ignore him, you are heart
less ; v ’
If he has money, you arc mer
cenary;
If he hasn’t money, you are
• foolish;
If he’s old you’re robbing the
grave;
If he’s young, you’re robbing the
cradle;
If you stay at home, you're an
old maid;
If you don’t, you're a rounder;
So:
For the love of Mike,-
What IS a poor girl to do?”
That one gets us. Of course now,
if we knew lots about girls we could
answer, but being timid and shy
when among the ladies, and almost
invariably experiencing that tendency
to be backward when wanting to go
forward, we must pass it up. If any
reader of the colyum. can tell us a
good bit of soothing balm we could
pass on to Ruth, we’d be obliged
But Ruth doesn’t need any balm, we
figger, and furthermore, she doesn’t
need anything else, ’cause she’p all
to. the merry just plain so, the plainer
the merrier, ’cause Ruth was abun
dantly blessed by Nature.
On The Sea of Matrimony
When it comes to marrying .’cm off
we claim we get the candy; not that
we want any candy, for under such
circumstances ’twould be a bitter
sweet as well as a bit o’ sweet. Rut
when “love runs smooth” for the
other fellows (and rough for us), we
just sit and wait and wonder whether
we’re lucky or not, for among other
things,
Our Married Friends Say:
“Concerning men* women are illog.
ical; to believe all men knaves is iin
just, but to believe any of them
saints is just nonsense.
“A woman’s chief weapon of of
fense is her tears . . . and decidedly
offensive they are.
"When a woman aims at original
ity, up pops gossip. ■
- “Any woman will- pardon a charm
ing man who marries for money, pro
vided it is not her money.
“God forgives, man forgets, but
woman remembers forever.,
“The only really contented people
are usually to be found in lunatic
asylums.
“Marriage which makes two one is
a life-long struggle to determine
which .is that one.”
Ho huml Wonder who’lb be. next
A SONG OF SUNSHINE
John Milton. Samples
Night with, its veiling shadows,
Its sorrows and grief are flown,
The sunlight is flooding .the hilltops,
The world’s tit the cradle of dawn-
My heart is full of the glory
That gilds the fair face. of the
"morn, ...
The sunshine is- hiding .life’s sorrows
As the bloom on the primrose thg
.,thorn. ’
As songbirds in sweet-no ted carols
Exultant are rending the-air,.'
I’ll .sing you. a songlet, of sunshine
And breathe the sweet presence of
-.prayer, . \ .. > '
PERSONALS'
M. K. Wallace visited homefolks
in Douglas last week.
E. B. Brown, graduate of last year,
was in Macon to see the Mercer-
Georgia' basketball game.
Victor Graves spent two days
Dublin during the past week.
By T. M. Hart
THE NATURE LOVER SPEAKS:
Whence comest thou, bright stream
of wa.ter fair ? •
From mountain cre«t, or lofty hill
side, where
The nearness of God’s Heaven stills
the earth ?
Or did the lowly woodlands give thee
birth?
The silent bits of forests in between
Those mountains, ' \( hose high sum
mits now are seen,
Now hid by clouds, the wand’rers of
the pkies. , '
O tell me, stream, where doth thy
waters rise ?
THE BROOK:
Out of the depths of the forest,
And over the mountain top,
Leaping the dangerous cataract,
My glistening waters drop.
Coming from regions of fairyland,
I bring ajl their beauty to , men,
Filling their souls with enchanting
dreams,
I come with the swiftness of wind.
THE NATURE LOVER:
Thy ripplings are like music to my
ear,
That drives away each thought of
grief or fear,
That fills the heart with unreproved
joy,
And brings each hearer bliss with
out alloy. 1
PHI DELTAS BUSY
Debating the subject, “Resolved
that several stabes should pass
minimum wage law, providing for a
minimum wage in factories - and
workshops,” B.’ F. Farrar, G, L
Keith and E. B. Everett, upholding
the negative side, won over O. K
Webb, W. A. Ingram and J. A. Ruf
fian, who championed the affirmative
viewpoint. -But as usual Victory
wasn’t awarded the victors until
verbul battle had been waged. Much
interest was shown in this subject,
because it is to be used in the con
test on Society Day between the two
societies.
There has been considerable dis
cussion' here of late among the so
cieties as to the advisability of form
ing a new and-third literary society
the campus. The question was
voted on by - the society on Monday
evening and - failed to be approved
the argument being to. endeavor to
build greater societies out of the two
already functioning, and postponing
the forming of a new one.
The question, who’s to be our
guests on Society Da, was before the
society for consideration. Bessie
Tift’s inability to be with us on. that
day was reported to the society and
cauped . many a downcast look to
creep over', the society’s personnel
However, Wesleyan College -and the
Junior and Senior classes of G. N.
£ I. C. are to be invited, and it is
thought that girls galore will be with
us on that day.. Let ub hope so.
. . By R. L B
We are glad to see W. J. Wood out
again after being sick for several
days.
T. B. Twitty, who has been sick
for the past two weeks, went home
Saturday to stay with the homefolks
Until he completely recovers.'
Ned Warren, graduate of 1920, was
in Macon Saturday and Sunday r or
the purpose of seeing the Mercer-
Georgia basketball game.
BALLOONS BY HELIUM GAS
SPICE OF LIFE
Soph: “What will we-do?”
Senior: “Let’s spin 'a coin.. - If it
falls heads, -we will go to the movies.
If it falls tails, We will go to the
dance, and if it stands -on edge, we
will study.” ' . .*.
• . * •
At The Meet
The student, in hie track suit stood.
' The maiden’s laugh was rippling,
And turning to her friend she said,
“That’s what they, call a stripling.”
.. v. ~
“Yessir, this certainly is fraternity
leather.” -
“Howxat?”
. “Gives everybody the grip.”
•V J. P. L.
Georgia Maid Syrup is used by Mer
cer University and other lending edu
cational institutions throughout the
South. This is a high tribute for the
quality of our syrup.
Recent tests of Helium as a non-
inflammable gas for balloons. calls
attention to this strange occupant of
the air We breathe.
Helium is in the air in the, propor
tion of one part in 185,000 by vol
ume; neon, one part in 60,00;. argon,
one part in 104; krypton, one part in
19 million, and xenon, one part in
190 million. These , gases are all in
ert, do not react with other elements
and for this reason probably more
than for any other they have excited
great, interest among chemists. Next
to hydrogen helium is the lightest
gas known, having twice he density
of hydrogen.
Helium has been liquefied by Pro
fessor Onnes in Leyden. The liquid
boils at 268.75 degrees C,, which is
very close to absolute zero, that is
3. degrees C. Onnes is the only
one who has liquified helium and he
used the . small amount of liquid ob
tained to determine some of the prop-
ties of matter at this extremely low
temperature.
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The. Mercer Cluster last week put
into effect one of the most unique
plans that has ever been known When
it published the pictures o f the Geor
gia basketball team without men
tioning the fact that Mereog had
already won one ganie from.them.
Never before in the history of the
school has Mercer shown a visiting
team such a courtesy, nor has. any
other school, as far as can be deter
mined. Usually when a team has lost
on its home court and then goes to
visit the winning team, it is custo
mary for the- team which has won to
play up that fact in the college paper
that “the team which we beat last
week will play here.”
The Cluster, by. not mentioning the
fact that Mercer had already won
from Georgia, established a prece
dent of which' it has a right to be
proud.
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