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Page Four 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. Planning to Buy a Suit? Hart Schaffner 6c Marx and Alco Clothei I Vol will give you satisfaction, for they are stylish and distinctive, combining value with reasonableness in price I B. H. Jones Clothing Co. Next to Hotel Dempaey Cherry StreeC II Macon’s Popular Amusement Centers CAPITOL Gi “THE THEATRE THAT INVITES COMPARISON’ FAMOUS ORCHESTRA ‘THE THEATRE WITH A REPUTATION TO UPHOLD” NOVELTY ORCHESTRA We are soliciting your account on the basis of SERVICE that has builded the largest National Bank in Central Georgia. 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