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THE MERCER CLUSTER
March 10, 1|
BASKETBALL TEAM
RECEIVES PRAISE
Noteworthy Comment
Each Player.
Given
COMPLIMENT COACH CODY
By J. P. Leggett
The basketball team of 1922 at
Mercer has just complete!) a wonder
ful record which no other quintet
turned out here has ever equalled
The team has won great praise and
has brought honor to the university
Too much praise cannot be heaped
upon Coach Josh Cody; who guided
the team through to success in win
ning the championship, of the S, I.
A. A. When the season began only
two letter men reported for practice,
but Josh - built . around these two
varsity players a great team. This
quintet composed largely of' Fresh
men, came through the long schedule
of, games with flying: colors and then
went through "to the .finals for the
Southern championship. The teiam
that won the championship of the
South was composed of men of years
of experience in basketball, but Mer
cer put up a great fight and won the
name of being “one of the cleanest
and hardest fighting teams in the
South;”
George Harmon, a first? year man,
is everywhere heralded as the, out
standing star, of the tournament. He
was high-point man and unanimous
choice for All-Southern.
Captain. Harper is said'to be the
hardest fighter and one of the best
standing guards in the South.
“Smokey” gave the .best he had for
the team and helped instill -in the
team that “never-say-die” spirit for
which it is noted.
“Consuellp” Smith, lanky forward,
was chosen on one AM-Southern team
for his fighting spirit - and general
floor work, which contributed much
to Mercer’s success during! the whole
season,
Bob Gamble played his second year
at the pivot position. .Although Bob
had pneumonia just before the season
opened, he improved wonderfully over
last- year and his playing has been
consistent and hard throughout the
entire schedule. Bob was elected
captain of . the ,’23 quintet.
Pope has probably improved more
under the tutelage of Coach Cody
than any other man. “Bubber” played
in only one game of the regular
schedule, but showed such improve
ment that his name was found on the
list of regulars and he took part in
every game of the tournament;
Wilkes and Wear worked hard
throughout the entire year and to
them is due much , of the credit for
the victories over Georgia-, Auburn,
and Tech. Each of these men are
always in the thick of the fight and
know the game.
Manly McWiMiamk is due much
credit for the work he did. He played
,in almost every game of the season.
Mac has the “old fight” that will
make him a sure man for the quintet'
of 1923.
Last, but not least, the scrubs de
serve much credit for the 'success of
the team. These men battled- every
afternoon with the varsity, and al
though often hopelessly , outscored,
, learned the slogan of all ' Mercer
teams of the present and future,
“Never Give Up.”
BESSIE TIFT NEWS
“To the victor belong the spoils,”
and the Sophomore class being vic
tors. to. them belongs the champion
ship in basketball for this .year.' Th%
Sophomore team was Victorious in
the. -Fresh-Soph game and the Senior
team was victorious in the Junior-
Senior game, so that on Monday af
ternoon, February 20th, the final
game for . the championship was
played between the Senior and the
Sophomore teams. It was a fast,
clean game, the score' being 7 to 5 in
tavor of the Sophomore team. At
supper that evening .the Sophomore
class entered the dining room singing
a song composed for the occasion and
bearing the championship banner,
which was .placed ut the head of the
table at which the Senior and Soph
teams were having Supper together.
During, supper the Sophomore -cap
tain, -Florine Johnson, gave a toast
to the Senior team. After supper
the Sophomore class served' cream
und .cake tP the two teams- in- Tift
parlors. a , . ’’
The lineup wus as follow;
Soph: ’.’ ’ - Senior:
F: Johnson RF .... M. Hall
C. Beasley: ...... LF M. Sammons
S'. Smiley C W. M. Adams
L. ('handler ■ RG . jv .. ......J. Dyar
N. Sikes ' LG G. Hillis
At the beginning of the second half
(,he .Seniors -substituted ,M. Wood for
Dyar. • • - , .
On .' last., Saturday evening the
Kappa Delta. 'Sophomores presented
a three-act play entitled "A Summer
Day.” It was quite exciting to watch
the development of the plot und see
how deeply in love the friends wore
with the one girl and how at last
honor und. love- for liis friends mude
Philip give the girl to Captain Dick.
The most charming thing of all
was to see the art the.girls displayed
We are proud of the talent we are
finding in Pur younger Kappa Deltas.
What they are doing in the present
gives a brilliant picture of their
future.
Another attractive feature of tfiis
program was a song, “The Land of
I he Sky Blue Water,*’ beautifully
rendered by Miss Myrtle Wear.
ODOM IS SELECTED
CICERONIAN HEAD
Green, Johnson and Atkinson to
Represent Society at Chapel. ’
W. H; Odum was elected president
of the Ciceronian Literary Society at
the election of officers last Monday
night. Paul M. Sayer was elected
vice-president,'. G. A. Jones as critic,
and D. V. Cason as chaplain.
It was decided that- J. H. Green,
A.' S. Johnson and Guy Atkinson
should represent the society, in lead
ing Thursday’s chapel exercises.
The debate, “Resolved, that- influ
ence is stronger in securing promo
tion thun is ability, v afforded a good
argument In which debaters and ora
tors of power were brought to light.
The affirmative. speakers were F. G.
Janes, B-. N. Herring and J. C. Tur
ner, while the negative speakers
were W, C. Lowe, T. C. Garlyle and
R. F. Ricketson, The negative side
won by. the unanimous decision of
the judges.
Whether President Warren Hard
ing achieved the presidency by his
ability to govern or by his ability to
pull the proper' wires was one of the
interesting points.
Two-minute speeches on the sub
ject were given, after the debate, by
W. B. Freeman, Talley Kirkland, G!
A. Jones ami several others.
NEW FRATERNITY
ADDED TO MERCER
: i; i -a
Pi Kappa Phi Frat is Granted
Charter,
“SILK SPECIAL”
$4,800,000
WORTH
Steel Baggage Train Hauled. Up
Cascade Mountains by an
Electric Locomotive.
At the second annual Society Day
at Mercer University, which was
February 22, the- Bessie Tift girls
were the honorees. It proved such
an unusually e.njoyable day that it
will be long remembered. - The day
was fair and about 1:00 o’clock
twenty cars loaded with crowds of
happy college girls started for Ma-
cdn. UpOn reaching Mercer they
were most cordially welcomed by the
reception committee. Miss . Sallie
made herself a firm friend of each,
Bessje Tift girl «.by seeing that’ each
young lady had special company and
not the same one all the time..
At Mercer a new dining hall has
just beCri finished, very complete in
all' its equipment. It was a happy
thought .on the part of the Mercerites
and one-, very muyh appreciated by
Bessie Tift girls that they were to
help in; the dedication of this new
hall. If the report of that evening
bespeaks what may be' expected from
that quarter in the years to- come,
there is one college where the fare
will be beyond criticism. First oh
the program after leaving the dining
hall was on oratorical contest, in the
auditorium. Again it was a ' battle
between the Phi Deltas and Ciceron
ians. It was novel and amusing to
hea.r the young ladies cheer for the
Society to which .their friends be
longed. Many new members, so to
speak, were added to each Society.
Later . in the evening came the
closing, if not, the' crowning feature
of the day—a brilliant- reception in.
the new dining hall! It goes without
saying that with such a crowd of
Four million, eight, hundred thou
sand dollars’ worth of-silk, one of
.. the most valuable single, cargoes of
freight ever, transported over
American railway, has just been sent
qver the electrified lines of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee A St. Paul - railway.
This shipmeiit was contained in the
longest exclusively all-steel baggage
train ever . operated between Seattle
and Chicago. The journey , of' 2,174
miles was made on scheduled time.
The train contained fourteen bag
gage cars and' one coach, the latter
for employees. The weight of the
train was 1,325 tons. This is equiva
lent to 23 express refrigerators and
made it possible for the shipment to
By W. S. Erwin
The Omega Phi, a local fraternity
at' Mercer University, petitioned the
Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity for a char
ter and this has been granted, and
at a recent meeting of the Board of
Trustees of Mercer University they
granted the Omega Phi the right to
establish, a chapter at Mercer.
The charter members of the Pi
Kappa Phi are James Ross, W. B.
McMillin, D. H. Davis-, R. L. Bennet,
Marvin Pharr, P. \C. Muse, W. B.
Coke, Ralph M. Miller, Lewis Cobb,
Joe McClain and L, M. Purvis.
This makes seven national fratern
ities at Mercer. They are: Kappa
Alpha, Kappa Sigma, Alpha Tau
Omega, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi
Delta Theta, Sigma , Nu, and Pi
Kappa Phi.
It is thought that, several other
fraternities will be established at
Mercer in the near future, as the
school is growing fast.
CLEGG IS WINNER
IN MARCH ELECTION
Eagerness of Phi Deltas Defy
Rain.
be made in one special train instead
of two. .
The “silk .special” contained 448
cases of manufactured, silk, and 4,808
bales of raw silk.
This- cargo was forwarded from
the Orient to . New York! and . it
reached Seattle on . the Japanese
steamer Arabia Maru. It was hauled,
up-the Cascade Mountains, without a
helper by one of the powerful 3,OOO-
'volt'General Electric locomotives and
was' lowered down the- heavy grades
on the other side by electric braking.
With the electric locomotive the air
brakes are held ih •reserve, and -re
generative braking is used in de
scend grades.--' ' .
By L. L. Love t' ,
Old Jupiter Pluvius Was crowned
and gOwned in all his glory last Mon
day .night, but even clothed in this
atlirj-he could not drown the everf-
lasting eagerness of the Phi Deltas
to meet-
The'election of officers for March
wai fiist on the program. The fol
lowing Were elected to places. of
honor iii the society: J. L. Clegg,
president; 6. R. Hardin, vice-presi
dent; J! A. Ruffin, critic; B. F. Far
rar, censor; W. J. Carswell, chaplain.
Following the election of officers
the usual debate was called. The sub
ject for debate was, “Resolved, that
intercol’egiate athletics do not pro
mote the best, interest of a college.”
The fighters for th? affirmative were
j. W. Little and L. D. Tyner. The
negative side was represented by R.
E. . Walker and “Farmer” Daniels,
The judges .rendered their decision in
favor of the negative aide.
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merry ..makers, the reception was all
that it should be, and as was said in
the Mercer Cluster each .man- was
given - a last opportunity' to complete
his special welcome to the girls'from
the college , in Forsyth, and -for, the
institution on top of the hill in Ma-
con, as the Wesleyan girls who were
also , guests of honor added to the
occasion. Here’s hoping -that Society
Day may find a permanent place on
the .Mercer Social calendar.
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