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Page Two MERGER CLUSTER February 24, 1922 The Mercer Cluster <■. \ i, % I:-' Published Weekly by the students of the fourteen schools and colleges in the Mercer University System. George,M. Sparks, Managing Editor The Cluster Staff: C. J. Broome,'' 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- ini'ton, Associate Editors; Basil Mor ris, Circulation Manage/; J. P. Leg gett, Assistant Circulation Manager. Subscription Rates, one year, $1.60. Advertising rates on request. THE CAULDRON The staff of the Cauldron,, under the leadership of Editor Glover John son. and Business Manager Foreman llawi;s, has put forth unusual effort this year to produce an annual that will be a- credit- to Mercer. It would be hard to describe in de tail tfie vast amount of painstaking labor required to produce the Caul dron. The average student who. sees ,(\o li,ttle of the Cauldron staff, be cause they arc hard at work, can .not fully-appreciate the complicated task tl-.at devolves upon the annual ed itors. But the 'Cauldron staff has the in terest of Mercer at heart; and' they gladly- labor to get out a work that will maintain the. Mercer standard. For "the Cauldron is an institution in itself. It is just as necessary to Mercer as any other activity, and in mapy ways more necessary. It is a permanent compilation of the best . things of student life. It will be .read' and appreciated when many other things are forgotten. The staff of the Cauldron will shortly have its labor rewarded by the production of one of the best an nuals ever compiled. The Cauldron, deserves and will get the support of the . entire student body. • The Caul dron, is ours, the Cauldron staff should command us, we should re spond with our heartiest co-opera tion.. ' , The two Literary societies of Lo cust Grove Institute are publishing monthly newspaper called The Logrin. It is an eight-page paper, attractive in • appearance and well edited. ' In publishing a good monthly paper the students of Locust Grove are following out the policy of that institution of being in the forefront in progressive activities. The paper will doubtless serve to stimulate greater interest in literary work, and will also be an organ for the'expres sion. of all the best features of the tUdent life. In another column we'carry some lews itehis taken from the first issue f The Logrin. NO ARMAMENTS I’OOR PATRICK HENRY! interesting and sometimes aston ishing fact's are discovered from time to time by the student of Political Science. For instance, Patrick Henry : of “ Liberty-or-dcath” fame ' is gen erally thought of as having been.one of the foremost exponents of the fundamental principles of American democracy. It is true that he was an extreme advocate of liberty,' but this fact did not deter him from op posing the. adoption of the American Constitution in 1787. Listen to Patrick’s fulmination against the adoption.of the Consti tution. He. said: “Is this tame relinquishment of rights worthy of freemen? I 8 it worthy of-that manly fortitude that'ought to characterize re publicans?- It is said that eight states have accepted this plan. I . declare that if twelve had adopt ed it, I would, with manly forti tilde and in spite of an erring world, reject it.” . Other facts disclosed from one of the textbooks used by Dr. Flippin in the department of Political. Science are a*j follows: In the Constitutional convention of 1787 the berft .work was done by the younger members. , James Madison, “who contributed most to- -the daily labors,” was 36 , Alexander Hamilton, ‘-‘who made the greatest single argument of - the whole, summer;” was only HO.. Goyerncur Morris, ' “who put the 'fine, finishing touches to the' docu nient,” was just 35. “The constitu tion, accordingly, reflected - the zeal and optimism of these - young, men chastened to moderation by the ma ture judgment of their older col -leagues:” Benjamin. Franklin,, the oldest member, was 81. The makers of the constitution were opposed to party government, One of their' aims Was to draft a document that ' would Make political , parties unnecessary.. .But today po litical parties have become necessary' and practical, factors in. the Ameri- can government .system, These are facta taken at random from a Political Science textbook and serve to show the interesting and profitable field 'offered at Mercer in the study of the Science of Govern meat. V V ; THE LOGRIN THE YEARNING HEART The influence'- of American stu- Icnts in support of sustained- efforts f the United Stu.U's government for ontiriued reduction of armaments will.be assured'President Harding at i conference at the White House, londuy, February 20th, by the rc- ;iorml chairmen of the National Slu- lent Committee for the Limitation, of Armaments. . Charles Denby, Jr., of Princeton, icphew of Secretary Denby, as hairma-n, will head the deputation o’ the White House, Three hundred hous ind young men and women in two hundred and twenty-five colleges .vili-be represented. .. American participation at Genoa and ratification of - the Four-Power Pact will, be recommended in many if the resolutions, which have been inssed independently at the various •olleges, and which will be presented to the President. This is the first lime'a united expression in An at tempt to influence governmental pol icies has been given student opinion this country. Observers see in next Monday’s deputation the begin ning of such n -student movement as has already won recognized power England, China, Japan and many of the countries of Europe. , The National Student Committee fo rthc. Limitation of Armaments originated at Princeton at a confer ence in November of astern colleges and was developed at Chicago to in- iude the universities and colleges of the entire country. During the Con ference it has sought to-cducatc stu dent opinion upon the issues, and has upplied to all college publications weekly articles on the Conference by recognized authorities including ■’rederick J. Palmer ' and William Hard. , The regional chairmen of the com mittee now on their way to Wash ington are: Brainerd Dyer, Pacific oast; J. C. Mardis. Western; John Welsh, South-Central; H. C. Her-' ling, South Atlantic; Miss Elizabeth Vincent, of Bryn Mawr, Eastern; Horace Ward, North Central. There will also take part in the deputation several state chairmen and students who have been partic ularly active in the movement, in cluding Mis* Eleanor Phelps, of Bar nard; Eliot E. Overdorf, Penn. State College; JFuller Spoerri, of George Washington • University; Robert Wormscr, president of Harvard Stu dent Liberal Club; Paul R. Rountree; state chairman Wisconsin; Alvin D. Blieden, state - chairman Ohio, and lohn Rothschild, executive chairman. Mr. Rothschild, who graduated from Harvard last year and is giving his ntire time to the work of the com mittee, is one of the few persons, ac tivc in the movement who is not an undergraduate: • BESSIE TIFT PLAY John Milton Samples My spirit is restless as the restless sea .' . That chafes its shores unceasingly; It yearns for freedom like a bird that flies Through the boundless space twixt the earth and skies. . While circumscribed by flesh and form It frets itself like a bird ’mid a storm; In a mortal maze its futile flight Is spent in the tempest’s blinding might; . - .. \ It writhes in pain and discontent, Though akin to ear.th, ’twas never meant . .... To abide in a realm of flesh and sod For the soul of man has its Bource in God. - i, • Although I plod in this world below, Assurance tells me this is so: In a few brief years my house of clay Will crumble, fall, and pass away. But. 1—myself—the ego—soul— ’ death defy as the cycles roll; am a spirit immortal, and I Am a .spark from God, and can not die; O wondrous visions that greet my eyes, ’ V Ye lure to lands beyond the skies! There the home of God is the home of man And life’s unmasked by the human span! , There Death’s unknown and Time is not, And sorrow and pain are all forgot; There joys are real and the so.Ul is free To dwell in peace eternally. ’ There effort is free from the greed for gain And the duty of man to God is plain; There toil is free from the taint of sin,, And its sweet reward is His blest “Amen.” Little Women" -will be presented by the Junior class of Bessie Tift on the evening of February 28, in the Bessie Tift chapel, according, to an announcement made by Mjss Bailie Ix>u Hill, president of that, class. The play is to begin at 8 o’clock and it is especially urged that all Mercer men attend. ■ The play- is taken from Louisa M Aleott’s novel of that name and the Ressie Tift Jumora have taken spe cial pains to prepare themselves to present the play so that it will accord with the story given'by Miss Alcott. One drunk man on a train asked another pne, “What time ish it 1 The other took out his watch and after looking unsteadily at it, said, “Thursday." * “Shtop the train!” said the first. “Thash where I get off!" FROM THE LOGRIN THE YESTERDAYS By R. L. Brantley Georgia Maid Syrup la used by Mer. I cer University and other loading edu. I cational institutions throughout ths-| South. This is a high tribute for th« f quality of our jyrup. O, to have lived in the bygone days, .When the-world wasn’t made up-of fools; To have sailed a skiff upon the bays,- Where fishes swam about in great schools: To have lived and spent my time out doors, On nature’s great playground, she had lent; Just the broken woods, with no dance floors, - - A life lived then was a life well ' spent. O to have lived when the world’s motto Was, “Help n friend ere you help yourself,” All was peace in the ancient grotto, Man and the world wasn’t filled with pelf. Folks had not heard about “greed for gain,” Nor- did they swindle their fellow man, ’Cause love ruled strong over- this domain. Composed of. a great free-loving band. ’ O to have stood on the ocean’s edge, With a youthful, yea, innocent girl. My! what a great and rare privilege, An odd contrast with life’s modern whirl. , ' Just to have lived when Wars were unknown, ■ When nations didn’t r.ise up arms, Folks lived right, with no wrongs to atone, Unknown then were our present- ■ day alarms. But alas! wo find a change today. And it’s not for the best we’ll admit, But why do we knock and jeer this way, Why not wake up and all bad outwit? We reckon it behooves none of us To' write a long and silly essay, So we’re going to hush all this fuss And cease mourning the gone yes terday. IIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII! || Bibb 1 Printing |j Company 258-260 Second St. Phone 1671 The highest honor that can - come to a. student was conferred . upon l’rof. Highsmith recently when he was given the Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford.' l’rof. Highsmith was grad uated from the University of Georgia last year with honors in practically every -phase of school life, and since he has been at Locust Grove he has won 'other laurels in coaching foot ball and in teaching, ' . ' « * * t . L. G. I. was given a very interest ing program' a short time ago by. Mr. Tom Corwin'e of the Piedmont Lyce um Bureau. His “Polyphonic Imita tions” was certainly no misnomer, for'he imitated anything that makes noise better than the thing itself could make the noise to begin with, .’whether it be a rooster, amateur singer, or a” Chinaman trying to learn the Psalm 4 of Life, • • • *• ■Foreman Hawes, 1.918, is a senior at Mercer University, and is busi ness manager of the Cauldron. • * ' ; - - ■ Dan H..Davis^ l921, formerly band director at ’L. G. 1., is meeting with great. . success as band director at Mercer University. * .• V A few minutes before The Logrin went to press Prof. Gray announced that the War Department has die tailed Capt. Moses T. Barlow to Lo cust Grove as Professor of Military Science and Tactics. •; • •' The following was put in the mail box unaddressed: My Dear Ma and Pa: i aint had nothing two ete but. hash ap'd grits sense i ben here, and they suapeck us to studdy alL the time, send me sum muney cause i got to pay sum more on my chaple seet. i jued a’ feller down oh my radiator fee, but ! baft to pay . my showerbath rent-be sides. ' ■ a ■' ■ : Locust Grove's basketball schedule for. the rest of the season: Feb. 24—Fulton High at Atlanta. ■ Feb. 29—Central. High *t Locust Grove. , ■ ■ „ March 8—Griffin at Griffin. March 10^-Cpmmetcfal High at Locust Grove. Loh’s Cafe Exclusive Dining Room For Club Dinners Welcome, Mercer Men! Phone 122 514 Mulberry Mercer Men Should suport men that sup port Mercer. R. 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