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MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1922.
No. 20
MERCER RASKETEERS PLAYING IN INDIANAPOLIS TOURNAMENT
HOLD MEETING OF
MERCER TRUSTEES
J. Henry Burnett Regiftns As
Business Manager.
MERCER’S FUTURE
GREAT-HARDWICK
Mercer Will Fill Need for Great
Baptist University.
Trustees of Mercer University
voted at their semi-annual meeting
this week to direct the Georgia Bap
tist Convention ,in its discretion to.
tender to . the Southern Baptist Con
vention the control of the university.
The Southern Baptist. Convention is
to obtain control of the university
by the nomination of its trustees on
the basis that representation of each
Southern State east of the Missis
sippi be conditioned upon the amount
of money, which each state pays to
ward the development of the institu
tion. This action, carrying out the
proposed . Southern Baptist univer
sity, was regarded as the most im
portant matter discussed by the
trustees. : , .
Acceptance of the resignation of
J. Henry Burnett as business man
ager of the institution, effective at
the end of the present coliege ypar;
the granting of a leave of absence to
Prof. Peyton Jacob, to get, his Ph.D.;
the acceptance of the resignation of
Prof. John W. Kern; the election of
Dr. W; J. Bradley as head' of the
School of Commerce, and the election
of Judge Malcolm. Jones, of Bibb Su
perior Court, as a member of the law
faculty, were other features of the
session.
Would Increase Asse s $7,000,000
The action directing the Georgia
Baptist Convention to tender Mercer
to the Southern Baptist body carried
with it the provision that the school
of Christianity in Mercer shall be
called the School of Theology and
that all funds, now amounting to over
$100,000, 'which have been given to
the institution for .theological in
structioij, shall be kept separate and
the income used for this purpose
solely, and that the $1,000,000 which
Georgia Baptists have agreed to raise
for' theological instruction shall be
devoted to the development of this
school of theology and this amount
together with the $1,500,000. which
the Baptists of Georgia have voted
to raise for post-graduate work in
Mercer University, shall also be ten
dered to the Southern Baptist Con
vention for the enlarged Mercer Uni
versity, thus increasing the assets of
the. institution $7,000,000.
That the Law School of Mercer
University may conform with every
requirement of the Association of
American Law Schools, it was voted
by, the Board of Trustees to eject
four additional members to this de
partment of the university. Judge
Malcolm D. Jones, of Bibb Superior
Court, and . Thomas Marvin Smith
A.M. Mercer 1920, and LL.B. Mercei
19.22, were added to, this school. Two
others will be elected at an early
date. . \ . ■
Bradley to 8«teced Holder
William J. Bradley, A.B., Mercer
M.Ai, University of Chicago, and
now professor in the Bhptist Univer
aity of Oklahoma, was elected to be
come dean of the School of Com
nierce at Mercer to succeed Dr. F. J
Holder, who hereafter will devote his
entire time to the increased duties in
the Department of Mathematics, of
y which Dr. Holder is now the head
Prof. Bradley is • native of Jones
county, Ga.; According to Prof. J. R.
Moseley,, of Macon,, Mercer gains in
Prof. Bradley not only a brilliant
scholar and teacher, but an'outstand
ing leader of young men and Macon
benefits by the addition of a civic
leader who. will be interested in every
civic movement.
Clement T. Goode, A.B., of Wake
Forest College, ‘.M. A. of Harvard
University and Ph.D. of Cornell, was
elected to the faculty and will be the,
bead of the Department of- English.
Prof. Joseph Robinson, who has been
A member of the faculty since 1918,
will be associated with' Prof. Goode
in the English Deportment.
. J. Henry Burnett, buaineaa man
ager and registrar at Mercer since
PRES. WEAVER PRAISED
HARMON, GAMBLE,
SMITH SELECTED
By, H. E, Littlefield
“Mercer will some day be the
great Baptist' College of the South
east,” declared Governor Thomas W.
Hardwick in an Interview last week
ill his office at the capitol. "Before
that time,” he continued, “many new
courses will have to be- installed. But
this section needs a large Baptist
ollege, teaching all courses, and I
think that the future Mercer will fill
these heeds. ■ It Will be due largely
to the work of your able president,
Rufus Weaver. He is. full of pep and
vim and thinks of nothing besides
Mercer. Mercer is indeed lucky, to
have him as its president.”
’ When asked his opinion of the
outcomeof the basketball tourria-
nament, then being held in Atlanta,
he expressed regret that he had not
been able to attend, on account of
sickness, and stated that he was glad
that Mercer had made such a good
showing. .. . . > ■ '.
The governor, dwelt briefly on the
ampus life of Mercer when he was
u student, over thirty years ago. At
that time there were only about two
hundred students here and a great
many of them roomed out in town as
the' present Penfiefd hall was the only
dormitory on the campus.
It was' his opinion that the capitol
removal question would soon be set
tled, since it would have to be settled
before the new governor’s mansion
an be built. He could not express
his opinion on it, having friends on
both sides, but remarked that he had
not made it a plank of his platform
because he did not consider it that
important.
BESSIR TIFTITES
TO COME MONDAY
Bessie Tift girls will come to Mer-
■er and present the play, “Little
Women," next Monday night.
Eleven young , women are in the
cast of the play, which is said to be
highly entertaining in plot and pres
entation. The girls will supply their
own “props" and endeavor to gi.ve
the Mercer men a rare dramatical
treat. The same play was given at
Bessie- Tift a few weeks ago and was
pronounced highly successful
SHERWOOD MERCER BROOME
"The editor of the Cluster wore
broad smile during the past few days
A reporter finally discovered the
reason—a- new Broome, a baby boy
had arrived. The new Mercurian was
given the name of Sherwood' Mercer
Broome. •
GLEE CLUB GIVES
PROGRAM AT B. T.
college year. The trustees passed
resolutions of commendation of the
work of Mr. Burnett, to whom Presi
dent Rufits W. Weaver feelingly re
ferred to as '“our indefatigable busi
ness manager, an active, enthusiastic
Christian man, an untiring worker
with a rich ■ experience in handling
the details of' college administra-'
tion.” ' -
Head of Chemistry. Dept. Goes
Prof. John W. Kern, head of the
Department of Chemistry,, tendered
his. resignation in order that he may
enter the University of Illinois for
the purpose, of securing his Ph. D.
degree.
Prof. Peyton Jacob, head of the
Department of Education; requested
leave of absence 'for the fall term of
1923 in order to begin work upon Ilia
degree. as doctor of philosophy. The
leave of absence was granted and
Prof. Jacob will enter George Pea
body College in the fall of 1923, after
All-Southern Teams Chosen by
Georgia Sport Writers.
All-Southern selections for basket
ball honors by leading sport writers
show George Harmon, Mercer’s run
ning guard, a unanimous choice.
Smith and Gamble of Mercer are
given honorable mention and high
praise by several Writers and placed
on the mythical quintet by one scribe.
George Harmon was the high point
man of the . tournament, including
foul goals, while Smith was. highest
in field goals. Comments on Mercer
players and four All-Southern selec
.tions are given below: ,
Macon Telegraph
Forward:
McDonald, North Carolina.
C. Carmichael, North Carolina.
“Consuello” Smith, Mercer.
Center:
Bill Redd, Chattanooga. ’
Bob Gamble, Mercer.
Guard: ■ '< <
George Harmon, Mercer.
B. Carmichael, .North Carolina.
.Tommy Ryan, Vanderbilt.
Macon News
Forward:
C. Carmichael, North Carolina.
Smith, Mercer.
Perry, North' Carolina.
Center: -'
Redd, Chattanooga.
Gamble, Mercer.
Guard:'
Harmon, Mercer. •
Kyan, Vanderbilt.
McDonald,. North Carolina.
. ' Atlanta Journal
Forward:
C. Carmichael, North Carojina.
Baby Roane, Georgia Tech,.
Center: ' ’
Redd, Chattanooga.
Guard:
McDonald, North Carolina,
Harmon, Mercer.
Harmon Unanimous Choice
“There were marty great guards in
the tournament, but one stands out
in such a mnner as'to make him
unanimous choice for one of • the
guards. This chap, is George Harmon
of Mercer, the most spectacular
figure of. the tournament. Harmon
was lightning turned loose ‘
basketball floor, a whirlwind on two
legs. When Harmon starts dpwn the
floor dribbling the ball, it would take
a pack of dogs to catch him. He
was the popular favorite of the tour-
nament, and he well deserved all the
acclaim. . lie was high scorer of the
meet, and the most uncanny person
in shooting goals from a[ fur-piece
since Hector was a pup. Harmon
wins a berth on the all-Southern
without a struggle.
“Smith of Mercer was another
great forward in the tournament.
The writer leaves Smith off of the
team with a good deal of regret. He
had the misfortune to be eliminated
for' personal ■ fouls in the crucial pe
riod of the crucial game, but in the
others he proved himself a wheel-
horse of. considerable proportions:
“Bob Gamble of Mercer was one
of .the smartest centers in the tour;
nament, but Bob's physical condition,
due to-a spell of pneumonia in the
fall,. was not. strong enough -to stand
the strain of five straight games and
permit this great player and fine lad
to do himself justice. Adkins, of
Kentucky, looked like a million dol
lars in his first gime with George
town, but was clearly outpjayed by
Gamble in the Mercer, game.”. . ’
Mercer “Songbirds” Make Hit
, With Dixie Girls.
Inspired by the sea of several hun
dred upturned taces of the prettiest
ollege girls in Dixie, the 1922 Mer
cer University Glee Club gave its
opening performance at Bessie Tift
ollege r nduy night, the club being
conceded on every hand to be one of
ihe best which has ever represented
the Baptist institution’.
From the opening choral number;
REPRESENTS SOUTH
AT NATIONAL MEET
IN INDIANA TOWN
Gamble Out of Lineup on Ac
count of Illness.
FIRST GAME LAST NIGHT
Mercer’s basketball team left Ma
con for Indianapolis Wednesday
morning, where they are entered as
the representative team of the South,
in. the National basketball tourna
ment. Bob Gamble, Mercer’s denter,
Mercer’s Colors,” to the final songl could not make the trip on account of
oy the entire club, “Alma Mater, 1
1918, tendered hia resignation, to which period ha will return to Nor
sks affaat at tlw c)om of the peasant car.
’ Composite Selectioa
The composite team, and the one
chosen by the Constitution as its own
all-Southem pick, follows; ■
Redd, Chattanooga, , center. V
’ Carmichael, North Carolina, for
ward. .
Wallett, Newberry, forward.
Harmon, Mercer, guard.
„ McDonald, North .Carolina, guard.
Guy Butler, of the Atlanta Geor
he program was received with ac-
.laim, encore after encore, being
.-ailed for by the fair ladies in the
audience who occupied all .available
space und made the ’ Bessie Tift au
ditorium reverberate time and again
«vitli the whole-hearted applause.
“Roaming in’the Gloaming” was
sung by Marvin Pharr: Singing in a
manner characterized to win an au
dience of. college girls, Pharr put on
ihe finishing touches by pjaying his
own accompaniment on the piano.
1. M: Ellis got close to his audience
by his sweet and masterful rendition
of "Smiling Through,” the song be
ing well suited to the clear tenor of
Mr. Ellis. This number was full of
sentiment and Mr. Ellis was forced
to offer an encore.
Dan Davis, in a class all to him
self, pulled-and shoved- that, trom
bone of his'from the Bessie Tift au
ditorium almost to Mercer campus.
“Gaiety Polka”, was the selection,
followed by “Lassie’s Trombone,’
both, qf which were received with
prolonged applause.
Exit. Mr. Davis as a soloist and re
enter Mr. Davis as leader of the or
chestra.. Although scheduled to give
only a couple of numbers, this com
bination of artists, in the orchestra
were compelled to spend almost thir
ty minutes on the stage, so well were
they received.
“Happy” Harvey came to the stage
with a conglomeration of vocal sound
similar tq that used by Farmer Corn-
tassel in persuading a,'-mule to gee-
haw, and through his comedy skit
put the real college, flavor into the
program. .
After the program, the members of
the Junior Class of Bessie. 'Tift,
headed by Miss Sallie Lou Hill,, class
president, entertained the Glee Club
at a reception in the,college parlors
Upshaw Hall. Dr. J. • H. Foster,
president of the college, was most
liberal in expressing his appreciation
of. the visit of the club, declaring it
to be the best which had eVer repre
se'nted Mercer since the first club, six
teen years ago( or more.
The complete program .follows:
1. Mercer's Colors.
The Winter Sonfe.
2. The Merry Boys
Mr. Harvey and Mr. Sloan
3. The Bridge
Messrs. Ellis, Alford, Dean, Bootle
4. Gaiety Polka—Mr. Davis,
5. Dutch ■ Serenade
• Mr. McWilliams and Mr. Lord-.
6. Solo; selected—Mr. Ellis.
7. Orchestra.
8. Come. Where My Love Lies
Dreaming—Club.
9. Roaming in the Gloaming
Mr. Pharr
10. Negro Spirituals—Octette.
11. Mr. Harvey.
12.. Barcarolle. ?'•
13. Medley '
Alma Mater. •' ’
illness.
The Mercer team received the in
vitation to go to Indianapolis the
first of the week, and following ap
proval by the faculty, acceptance of
the invitation was w.ired to the tour
ney officials. .
The team that went to the finals in-
the Atlanta tournament will bC'seri-
>usly handicapped.in the raid-western
games on account of the absence
from the line-up of Bob Gamble, and
also from tlie fact that they wilt.have
to ride more than a thousand miles
to reach their destination.
The class of basketball, played in
the. Nortli and West is said to.be
superior to that in the South, since
the game has beefi popular, there
longer than here. This means that
Mercer may not stay in the tourney
ong before being eliminated, but it is
thought that the benefit to the play
ers from observing the fast style of
play, together With the advertising
accruing to the University from the
trip, will more than offset the dis
advantages.
Prof. George Sparks went along
with the boys and will report the
progress pf the tournament to , local
papers. .
The telegram from Floyed M.
Chafee, of the Indianapolis Chamber ■
of Commerce, tendering the invita
tion to Mercer, follows: “Mercer
University is invited to represent the
South in National Intercollegiate
Basketball Tournament, March, 9, 10,
11. Wire acceptance upon receipt of
this message. Don’t fail me. We
must have you.”
This is said tp be- the longest trip
ever undertaken by a Mercer athletic
team. The men making the trip.are:
“Smokey”- Harper, George Harmon,
“Consuello” Smith, “Bubber” Pope,
Ralph Wear, Manly McWilliams, G.id-
dens Wilkes; . Sid Ellison and “Red'’
Simmons. They were accompanied by
Coach Josh Cody and Prof. George
Sparks. . ;
The most serious operation is hay
ing your pay cut.
gian' and Sunday American, picks an
eight-man team to carry-his pennant.
His pick-;. . ' / C .
Centers: Redd (Chattanooga) and
Gamble (Mercer.
Forwards’; Carmichael (N. €.), Ad
kins (Ky) and Wallett (Newberry).
Guards: Hannon (Mercer)’, Roane
(Ga. Tech) and McDonald (N. C.).
Louisiana State University . •
Department of History
Baton Rouge ....
: March 3,1922-.
Mr. Josh Cody,
Mercer University,
Macon, Ga. /
My dear Mr. Cody: .’. ' . x
Will you allow a former director
of athletics of Mercer, to extend to
you and your good team his hear
tiest congratulations on the splen
did work they did at the tourna
ment just concluded at Atlanta?
As one who did a humble bit to
give Mercer .something of a better
start ip basketball, -1 am more
than pleased to note the greater
reputation her team, has made thjs
year. We all at L. S. U. followed
the daily results most closely and
all' were palling strongly through
out’for you to come through. As
It is, it must be acknowledged
that Mercer has led the S. I. A. A.
in 1922. May -the same success
follow the sports throughout, >
Sincerely yours,
C. C. STROUD,
L. S. U. Athletic Director
