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THE MERCER CLUSTER
April 7, 1922
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The Mercer Cluster
Published weekly "by the students of
the fourteen schools and colleges *ln
Hie'Mercer University System.
(ionrgo: M. Sparks Managing Editor
<J. Broome Editor-in-Chief
As~ >ciate Editors 1 ;
Robert M. (iambic, F. H. Nalls, Jr.,
K.F. ltraxington, J. Pi Leggett, I. G,
Wilkes* F. M. Holland, H. E. Little-
.lielcl. • '
('iivulntioii Manager; II. H. Ware, Jr.
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“CLIPPED AT GEORGIA”
YOI R MESSAGE?
• Voting man, what is y«ur message ?
Every mail has a message for the
world. Vour message may be good
or it may be a bail -one. You have
often heard the slung -phrase, “I’ll
■tell the world." Well, you will tell
the world, In words, that all may
Iv ar, in letters as tall;as. the pillars
of time, you will tell the world your
message. - ,
What is “. your message to . the
world.? Is yours the message of
jaSfis" We do not mean jazz piusic,
but jazz life. The philosophy of. the
fast life, has gained wide currency.
Is this your philosophy? Do you
say', to the world .by your activities,
"Speed, speed is the thing'.’? Are
you calling'the world back to barba-
riiiniSm with a call to the passion'-,
hot. trail of primitive . impulses and
selfish abandon?
(io to. the small town, the big city,
the, country, anywhere. See that
. sixteon-yea.r-ohi.-girl ? Her face , is
covered with paint and piiwder, but
it is not enough to hide the drawn
look of age that- has already seized
her countenance. She has lived too
' fasti: Her- nerves will last a few
years longer, anil then she will be an
old woman. There are many like, her
among, "the .rising generation. The
young men ' are dashing from one
high- stimulant to another. Nothing
satisfies hut for a moment. On with
■Hie .dance! Is that your message?
Are you adding to the confusion and
the ailnless whirl engendered by' the
philo'soj hy-of-the-fhjit-Jife ?
Is y«>Ur message jazz Or pessim
ism? Or optimism? Faith? Cour
age? • Hate? Love? Accomplish
ment? Analyze each of these. Then
look at yourself and say “What is
my message to the world?”
TOO MUCH GRIIMNG
. By I. G. Wilkes
“Doc” Clarke, the baseball mana
ger, received a new name while at
Athens, one that seems to be appro
priate and one that .will stick with
him for sometime. No one knows
who gave him the name nor why it
was given to him. However, by ask
ing him you may find out the straight
of the whole affair. He is now
known by all who made the trip as
“Sailor JoC.”
* * •
“Battling” Irwin, a football star at
Mercer the past- season and member
'f the present baseball team, made
bis debut' before ti e fans as a wres
tler, boxer and fighter in the fifth
lining of the last Mercer : Gcorgia
game. Many congratulations were
showered upon him as a result of his.
splendid showing in his first bout.
Captain Stone ought never be
troubled with sickness of any kind as
long as he continues his present
method <>f taking exercise in the
nrly hours of the morning. Upon
awakening he <•' grabs the pillow
‘around the neck," as he calls it, and
then there begins a terrific scramble
.villi first' one and then the other
getting the best. Sometimes he is
thr.owp off the bed, but he never’
gives up. He creeps around and
finally takes’ the pillow by surprise
anil then it is that he. becomes- its
master. No wo.nder that those who
sleep with him get up first. Safety
first.
* * • *
“Three oranges and a little sleep
are better than .getting up for break
fast any time,” . says “Consuelo”
Smith. He.fiever acted contrary to*
his statement on the recent trip, but
he did request that the oranges be
brought to him at once.
* * *
‘Irwin, move your feet over this
way. Maybe that will offset the
amount of weight on the other side.”
Several of the boys were speaking
to him at the same time, for they
were all in earnest, being seared., The
reason for all this was the fact that
there had been a wreck in the yards
at , Athens in the early morning and
it had not been cleared away by the
time our train arrived. The Georgian
bus was waiting at the place where
the trajn had to stop and as it was
being hilly and sloping it looked for
ii while‘as if it might turn over. No
wonder that such a -remark was
made. .
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The habit of continually griping
anil talking about some play that one
of Mercer’s athletes has made is fast
becoming a 'nuisance. ‘ Some of the
students seem to think that each man
on the various teams should be per
fect -and that no errors ought to be
made. If the ' athletes 'were perfect
it would be only a matter -of time
Until they‘would be in.the big leagues
in all, branches of sports.
Every time a misplay was made
by some Verier player in the games
against the Columbus Americans, a
'continual stream (if adverse criticism
was;-heard from all parts, of the
grand stand. It could not be ex
[ c< ted of the. team that th-y 'should
be in-'mid-season form in the' first
games i.'f the year.' While the team
is. still in- the initial. stages of its
development, and all-the other'.time
•as well, the entire student body
should give them its support and en
fburagement.
Every true Mercer man will get
behind the teams in all branches of
sports, and will boost and encourage
them all the time; * Let’s get to
gether and help Coach Cody .put out
a championship baseball team and
give the team the same kind of sup
port that was. given the’' basketball
squad. ...
By Julian: P. Leggett
UR, FOSTER AT MERCER
Dr. J, H, Foster, President of Bes
sie TifilGCollege, addressed the ■ stu
dents of Mercer Tuesday morning,
Thd speech.of Dr.- Foster dealt with
some of the'priniplcs brought put in
the hook of-Genesis. The speaker de
clared that there is no conflict be
tween the Bible and true science. He-
stated that the 'book of Genesis had
meant more to him than' any other
part of, the Bible because it unfolded
fundamental ■ principles, beginning
. with the words, “In the beginning
God,? |nd also showing that man is-
made in the image of God;
DEATH
By T. M. Hart
'Tis said that death is an adventure
great, .
.Or, that it is an everlasting, sleep.
And, some have said it is ordained
i by fate
When death shall come, and bring
us slumber -deep.
And- thus riien think and think, alas
who knows?
For none who’ve passed away come
• buck to tell
Of . sleep, unending, or the Styx that
’ -■ flows v
Between‘two worlds, of heaven or
of hell. >■-.
Some men seek' death as ending all
their woe, .
As ending all their earthly cares
and strife,
But does death end. it, or must then
* we know •-
More pain and ‘ sorrow than, we
knew in life?. ’ r ■
Away, these doubts! Death does end
life, ’tis true, .. ’ . .
But what is life beside .eternity ?
And what are thes conceits we
struggle through .
To joys—or griefs—that we’ll know
.presently?
BILLY IN WASHINGTON
“Billy” Griffin, Mercer ’18j is now
operating in Washington, D. €,, one
‘of the swellest Cafeterias - in the en
tire United-States, according to Lin
ton Collins, who was in .-the capital
city last week, and visited the.!*As
You Like It” cafeteria operated by
the former Mercer man, on Vermont
avenue. “ .
Some beauty is only rouge deep.
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at the
lowest possible prjees
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quality of our uyrup. ‘
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Man-Made Lightning
F RANKLIN removed some of the mystery.
But only recently has science really explained
the electrical phenomena of the thunderstorm.
Dr. C. P. Steinmetz expounds this theory.
Raindrops retain on their surfaces electrical
charges, given off by the sun and other incan
descent bodies. In falling, raindrops combine,
but their surfaces do pot increase in proportion.
Hence, the electrical pressure grows rapidly.
Finally it reaches the limit the air can stand and
the lightning flash results.
And now we have artificial lightning. One
million volts of electricity—approximately one
fiftieth of the voltage in a lightning flash—have
been sent successfully over a transmission line
in the General Engineering Laboratory of the
General Electric Company. This is nearly five
times the voltage ever before placed on a trans
mission line.
Much valuable knowledge of high voltage
phenomena—essential for extending long dis
tance transmission;—was acquired from these
tests. Engineers now see the potential power in
remote mountain streams serving in industries
hundreds of miles away.
Man-made lightning was the result of un
grudging and patient experimentation by the
same engineers who first sent 15,000 volts over
a long distance thirty years ago.
“ Keeping everlastingly at it brings success,**
It is difficult to forecast what the results of the
next thirty years may be:
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Company