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ammarn Vol.2 MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GA„ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1922 No. 18 SECOND ANNUAL SOCIETY DAY BIGGER SUCCESS THAN EVER DBATCS, ORATIONS AND EXCLAMATIONS College Furnished Buffet Sup per and .Reception to All Guests. By 1.1». Leggett f lu> second . annual Society . Day was celebrated at Metcer Wednes day, February 2, with the Bessie Tift Ifirls- ns guests of honor. The debate was won by the Phi Deltas and the basketball game by the Ciceronian*. The debate, Resolved, that the sev eral States should enact minimum wage laws providing for 'the estab lishment of a minimum wage for workshops and factories, was won by the negative side, championed by W. A. Bootle and John C. Polhill A. t’araker and W. M. Marshall put up a good argument for the af firmative but were overwhelmed by the skill and cleverness of the oppo sition.. .. The basketball game which fol lowed ihe debate was hard fought throughput but the Ciceronians were out' for revenge and defeated the Phi' Meltas 26-17. The foul goal shooting of Mike Herndon and the pusswork and field goail shooting of Freeman and Carakei* put the game on .ice for the Ciceronians. John Ra bun and Billie. Cochran featured for the I ’hi Deltas., Louis Lane, . time keeper.- introduced a new wrinkle by using a slide trombone for a timer’s whistle. The buffet supper .held in the hew dining hall was pronounced a success by those in attendance. Although the dedication exercises were held some time ago, it was a fitting occa sion to dedicate the hall again with the help of the Bessie Tift girls. Orations by W. F, Hipesley and L. E. Smith of the Phi Deltas, and E. K Welch and W. H Odum of the Ciceronians, were enthusiastically spplauded by the audience which as sembled in the auditorium at o'clock. Dr. Foster, president of Bessie Tift- College, was present and led the, opening prayer. Many Wes leynn girls we he present and attend ed the reception which was held im mediately after the orations. The reception jn' the new dining halldosed the activities for the day Refreshments were served and each ai»n was given a last opportunity to complete his '. “special welcome” to “the’ girls from the' college in For syth and front over the institution on top of the hill in Macon. Miss Sallie sddeu to the occasion by seeing that the girls hdd a constant change of partners and that all the boys got a chance to tell some “special” lady “Howdy.” 8ocicty Day, judging from the in terest’ in it this year, is destined to become an established and evergrow •ing institution at Mercer, with Bessie Tift and Wesleyan girls adding their presence and beauty to the- occasion, A drunk man, getting on a street c *r, bumped Into another man, who turned around And stared angrily at the tipsy one. “You shink. I’m drunk, don'chu?" Asked the drunkard. • “Yes.”; “You know met" . • “No!" ' “Know my folksh?” .“Noii” “Then how y’ know ish me?’,’„ Orange and Black to Play McMillin’s Buddies. GEORGIA STUDENT 122 “M” SWEATERS WRITES UP GAME ON WAY TO CAMPUS dAm8m STAKT ,N Bl,SH New Editor of Red and Black Likes Mercer Pass Work. By Earl'Watson. (University of Georgia) On last Saturday night, so far as Mercer and the city of Macon are oncerned, the basketball classic of the season took place. It was a bit ter thing for the Mercerites to drink of the cup of ilefeat at the hands of tleorgm five on 'their own court. They drank, howeyer, for they were defeated by the score of 31 to. 24. Throughout the afternoon cars filled Football, Basketball Players and “Tige” Stone Included. By W. 8. Erwin Twenty.two sweaters are on the way from the factory to be given to the letter-, men in football. and bas ketball and will be giveh to the players who were fortunate enough to muke their letter this last- year. In the past few years Mercer Uni versity has awarded their players letter but no sweaters. It is planned py the Athletic Board and the Mer- with Mercer men went about the J ct ‘ r alumni of Maconto give sweaters streets with magaphones urging the to the varsity players in the major people of the sleeping River City to | H P®rt 8 hereafter, see the one basketball game of the Denmark’s Studerende .Ungdoms Afholdsforbund, the Danish students' Asti-alcohol movement, has joined the ”°rld Student Federation Against ^oholism, which was formed last ° rt °ber at Lausanne, Switzerland. year, and they failed not. Three thousand, of the most enthusiastic supporters that have gathered at-the jity auditorium in muny a moon were there to Witness this bloody battle. The stage, wag all set, and David Tates blew his. whistle amid the hundering yells of a Mercer study Jody. During the first minute Geor gia made a free shot thus puncturing the artery for the- first time. .' Mer- came immediately with a field goal and so the big game of the sea son begun. The game went at quite a fast pace for well nigh ail the- half, which in a - measure accounts for the nuihber of shots which were missed. Tied First Half During this first period there was an excellent exhibition of the guard- ng game on the part of Georgia and there was a superiority of passwork by the t ody men. The game took Torn) and it was clearly seen that the two teams were about, evenly matched. Georgia lead the score for the greater part of this period but with the narrow margin of one or two points. When the half ended the -ount was a tie, 14 to 14. While the coaches were spilling their criticisms to the players and jazz orchestra had ushered itself out .nto the center of the court to give an exhibition of musrc, three thou sand people counted- the minutes uiitil the two monsters o/ strength clashed. These were the longest minutes that the Writer has ever seen, for there was not a man,'woman, or child who did not anxiously await the outcome of such an encounter. The thoughts of the- people seemed to weigh in the, atmosphere. At last the much longed-for whis tle was heard and again a‘ .clash was At times it seemed that the game would of necessity be a tie when the final pistol hnd gone, and at other times it looked very much like Mercer, would win by. one point, for the score pointed-in this direc tion several times. An eight-minute period was left to play and the score stood 24 to 23. in Mercer’s favor. The Mercer student body was wild and every spectator was on his Toes Just then the turning point came. P. Bennett Ejected . Paige Bennett lost his head and was put out of the game for slug ging Smith of the Mercer team. This was quite an unfortunate thing for -Bennett.: for the slug was not inten tional on his part and Smith was not hurt in the least. It, was still more unfortunate for Georgia, for cer tainly at a time. like this the Bull- dogs needed every first string man in the game, blit, the referee saw fit to put him but, so Gurr went in as a substitute.* Ed S' ocks ’Em Georgia men sank in the seats The men who are so fortunate to receive the' coveted “M” are as fol lows: Football, Captain Johnson, Welch, Lancaster, Dave Rice, Dasher, Cecil, C. E. Irwin,’ Poore, Felder, Simmons, Harmon, B. L. Smith,-Cow art,- Herndon and Manager Holland. Those in basketball are: Captain. Harper, Gamble,'Wilkes, Wear, Mc- Willian.fi, Pope and Manager J. W. Jones. • ' A sweater will also be given to Captain “Tige” Stone,' the captain of the basebkll team last year and the captain-elect for this season. The, 'sweaters were obtained by a benefit basketball game played by the Mer cer varsity and the Mercer alumni, by which a. nias sum was realised. The most amusing thing about or-. tiering the sweaters was, when Ike Cowart was asked what size he wanted, he said No. 24, and explained that as he already had a sweater he wanted to send his girl his. world it was thought that it was too late for a substitution to be made to help the cause along any. Macon people saw Gurr as the man who-took Georgia’s feet out of the fire, and so far as the writer is con cerned he was, for he started a rally which ended with Georgia having scored a -point a minute, and with Georgia the decided . winner, of (he game.' , Gurr played a wonderful game of ball and so did Sam Boney and. Geo. Clark. The game was. not as clean it might have been.. There was roughness on C,e irgis’s side. Gam ble and Harmon played the game for the Mercer five. * Harmon did some nice work when it came to dribbling the ball and making possi ble- /hots. He also made' seven out of eight trials for free shots. • ' Lineup and Summary Mercer 124) Georgia (31) Wear RF . Itawson(4) Smith(4) ...... LF Boney (11) Gamble(8) ..... C P. Bennett(8) Harmon) 12) .. RG J. Bennett McWilliams LG ..... . Clarke<4) Substitutions: Merger, Wilkes for Wear-; Georgia, Gurr (4) for P. Ben nett. Score end of first half, Mercer 14, Georgia 14. Field goals, Mercer 8, Georgia 12. According to player; Smith 2, Gam ble 4,; Harmon 2, Rawson 2, Boney 2. Gurr 2, P. Bennett 4, Clarke’2. - Fouls, Harmon 8 -out of 11, .Boney 7 .out of 12. Personal fouls, Mercer 5, Georgia 8. Yates, referee. CENTRE COLLEGE FIRST FOR MERCER ‘Bo’ ALBANY Y. EC. A. LOSES TO MERCER South Georgia Champions No Match for Codyites. By Bob Gamble Mercer vs. Centre College! • A hose magic words should stir the (flood of every Mercer man, causing ■us puise to quicken and his pride in oemg a Mercer man to soar, for. in meeting the “Praying Colonels” in the' S. i. A. A. tournament Friday Lite U range and Black basketeers ar» face tnc athletic representatives of tne college Which has been more talked of in recent years . than’ even ong established Yale and Harvard, winch had no “Bo” McMillin. Mercer enters the select circle and the iiuptists are determined to merge irom that sphere in posses sion of the most merchantable side ot the score, t Coach Josh Cody represented the Orange and Black. in the drawing which was held in Atlanta Monday aiternoon, his powerful fingers .-linching the Centre card which de- ided -Mercer’s first opponent, -strange but true it is that in this nstunce the mighty hand of Josh could do no more than the baby fin gers of Winston Wakefield. Walker, the joy of Dr. Clay Walker’s house hold, tor the draw was a “shot in the dark;” where luck counted more than anything else, physical strength included. W“s Josh lucky 7 - Naturally, as the tournament is comparison and elimination affair, team, being permanently out after losing one game* it was hoped that Mercer’s repflfijnltative would draw first'a bye (blaitV card) or an op ponent recognized as being inferior to (he Orange and Black quintet. In stead, the Baptists will ipeet in Cen tre ope of the best teama in the South- The “Praying Colonels” were not. in the tournament last year but prior thereto- had taken Kentucky State 1D20 S. I. A. A. champions in tow. Not much has been heard of Centre in the basketball world this year, but-it, is a safe prediction that the Danville, Ky., outfit will furnish stern opposition. After all, for Mercer to meet Cen tre in the first jjhme for the Oranga and Black, may be a blessing in dis guise. • If nothing more, MeTcer will get much publicity from meeting the Colonels, win or lose. Should the Baptists defeat the Kentucky quin tet. the victory probably would mean By C. E. Baker In the last home appearance of the season and the. final game for the team before entering the S. I. A. A. tourney Friday of this week, Mercer University, defeated Albany Y. M. C. A. in the new city auditorium in basketball by the score of 40 to 21. The outcome was never in doubt, and Cdach Cody made numerous sub stitutes, using eight men during”the evening. “Bubber” Pope and Captain ‘Smokey” Harper were the only Mercer players to take part in the entire conflict. It was a nifty . exhibition despite the score and Mercer might have rolled up. a much larger point advan tage over the Pecan Growers if the first string men had been allowed to go the full route. Coach . Cody was anxious to give his entire squad a workout, however, and also make the scrap qs interesting as possible. The Orange and Black looked good though ragged in spots caused by more than the usual amount of fum bling. The teamwork was Splendid and good passing of the short and fast kind featured. Pope was again started at forward as a runningmate to Smith and showed up well. “Bub- . her” rang a couple , f -field goals, one in each period and proved a nice run ning mate for : :Consuello.” The score at the end of the first half was 20.to 7, Mercer dropping baskets near the period’s close with little or no effo,rt necessftry to avoid guards. Mercer ran 'the count up to 37 to 15 when Coach Cody started in a string of substitutes. Lineups and Summary Mercer(40) Albany (21) Pope(4). RF .....Smith(6) Smith(9).: LF Hardy(7) Gamble! 12) C . Pryse(8) Harmon(13) . RG Rachels Harper LG ,.Malone Substitutions: Mercer, Wear (3) for Pope, Pope for Gamble, McWil liams for Harmon, Ellison for Smith Albany, Holt for Hardy. Hester for Rachels. Score, end of first half, Mercer 20, Albany 7. '■ Scoring, field . goals, Gamble 6, Smith 4, Harmon 4, Pope 2, Wear 1, Hardy 2; Pryse 4, Smith (Albany) 3, Fouls, Harmon 5 out of 10, Smith 1 out of 1, Gamble 0 out of l’, Hardy 3 out of 8, Smith 0 out of 4, Pryse 0 out of 1. Referees, Clement, Eyler. Timers, “Bq” Truner and Dickson. Scorers, Gibson and Baker. Time of halves, You can always tell a Senior By his most important air, You can always tell a Junior By. the way he combs his bait. You clan always tell a Sophomore, He’s forever in a rush, as the change war made, for few (pff I You can always tell a Freshman,; them had seen Gurr in action this But you cannot tell him much., year and were he the beat in the | —Colorado Tiger. advertisement and recognition for Mercef second only to-what Mercer 20 ’minutes, would receive if winner of the cham-.l - . ■ .. - —'• - —. ■ ' ~7~ '—~'-4-=‘ pionship. for Centre’s athletic repu- whereas, had Mercer drawn an easy tation is nationally established and , Opponent for the opening frame and to win from such a team would bring should win by a wide margin in the great honor to the Orange and Black i initial combat, overconfidence might fold. : , •> creep into the Baptist camp and later Reasoning from another angle,- spell Mercer’s undoing against stiffer Mercer will go into her opening game | competition. . realizing that in meeting Centre, | Listening in from ail sides, it one. of the strongest teams is being seems that the first ticket for the faced, and the Baptist cagers will be Baptists, is a good one. .Friday will doubly spurred to do their best; tell the story* ' BASKETBALL RECORD Yrs. on Field Foul . Name Age Weight Hght. Vars. Garmes Goals Goals Glass Gamble 21i 173 6- 2t4 ^2 20 81 0'of 1 Sr. Harmon 19 145 5- 6 1 19 60 137 of 222 Fr. Smith 21 168 - 6-2 1 20 65 7 Of 10 Fr. Harper 22 146 5-10 3 . 16 1 Jr. Wear 19 . 145 6-9- 1’ i 12 24 Soph. Wilkes 18 138 6- 8 1 13 11 Jr. , Pope .18 163 6-11 1 6 8 6 of 11 Fr. McWilliams 20 146 6- 9 ■ i.-l- 16 0 *. Soph. 1 Simmons 21 187 6- 3 "ji- H> 8 Fr. - Average 19.8 155 5- 8 i Total '217 160 of 244 Harmon shot 137 fouls of 222 attempts for average of 6l.7%, Mercer total score, 21 games Opponents . total score 1 646 484 Mercer' avg. Opponents score 31 pts. game . ;23 pts.-game ■ Difference' 162.