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I sp »>*31 ' ■* •* ■ SCHOOLS AND COLLEGER Vol.2 MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1922 No, 24 ALLIE THOMPSON WINS » SS GE 0RGtt BAPTOTS WILL HARD-FOUGHT GAME Wilkes Bangs Home Riin and RUG HOPPERS ARE Starts “Wrecking Crew.” TO PLAY FOOTBALL With Allie Thompson, of Cochran. BIG COME-BACK Tech Wins First Game 9-3 and Last 1-0 by Home Run in Eighth Inning. the box, Mercer University base Much Sweet Stuff Scion Going ball team • yesterday defeated the | • . to Waste. Vale Bulldoga 8 to 7. While not the • •. *•. » . best played game the two teams , have already staged this season It Hyl.G. was cram full and running over “Ye 'Lovers of Wesleyan.” take with, about every feature of the Old heed, for something must be done Ball Game. land that at once, is an expression. The Mercer players did their share thut has. been rumored about over of the bad playing but with the good the campus for some time. Spring pitching of Thompson and the Heavy football practice has started, and it swatting of Wilkes, Shepard and ■ has brought forth not only the var- Thompson, Coach C-ody s men out- sity men of last year .but about generated them in a fashion that just thirty-five others, who. are desirous of winning an'"M” at -Mercer.. Some suited the biggest crowd of baseball fans gathered this season at Central. City Park. Bad decisions by Bob Higgihs were, responsible for .at least three of the runs made by Yale. Infield errors also did considerable damage to the Mercer hopes in the early Stages of the game. • ' -. I Peterson, who was knocked out of the box in the seventh inning, re cently pitched a four-hit gaipe against Fordham. South Carolina lost to Yale 8 to 1 Wednesday af ternoon.. , • Score by innings: R. H. K. Mercer Yale ... 000 210 401 - 8 010 231 000-7 of these men have caused the above statement, being madp. Glenn Webb, Charlie Parker and several .others, of. the notable lime- hounds who pay their respects con stantly to Wesleyan, have been working hard bpt .they are handi capped because of continually losing their powder puffs, combs and the like. They state-that Coach Cody is ru<;l to them and it. seems that he just likes to throw them down It is rumored that the Wesleyan girls are getting a petition 'Veady so that this (.-ruled treament of .these boys will, cease. If it does not cease it means that they will not get' their NEWTON OFFERS PRIZE TO POETS Writer of Best Sonnet Wins Copy of Lanier’s Poems- By offering as a prize a do luxe edition of Sidney. I-anier’s poems to the student in any Georgia college lubtiiitting the best sonnet by May 1, Louie D Newton, a graduate and forn er instructor of Mercer Univer lily, is endeavoring to encourage the poetic talent of college students. Mr Newton is now editor of the' Chris- tisn Index, Atlanta, Ga. His offer, is to ull students of all Georgia col leges. The Emory Wheel of last week cirri' - * the' announcement of the prize offered by the Index editor. Be low Is the details of the sonnet con lest as given by Mr: Newton in i letter fo the Emory paper, “Professor of English, Emory Uni versity, Atlanta. Ga. “JHy Dear Sir: 1 “F am convinced that we do not call on the poet among Ms as perhaps we did when there were not so many de tails in our every-day life. I think this is particularly .true in our col leges—I know it was when. I was teaching at Mercer University. I do not indite tb« other activities, but I do want to see the young man or the .young woman who may have the gift ®F the Muae to have-a chanco—a cor dial inducement-. “I have thought it might be a'sug- yestive thing to offer the columns of the Index to the English Depart Kents of our Georgia colleges for *«*h a high end. I therefore make W'» proposition: “I will give a de luxe edition of Sidney Lanier’s poems to the student ® any Georgia- college submitting the best sonnet by May 1. The Index publish, the sonnets.-offered in *k order -of the rating given by the Mges., I hope your institution wilt 5 e 1 at least one student who will nit a sonnet for this contest. “Cordially yours, “LOUIE D. NEWTON, ’ i “Editor Index.” CELEBRATE CENTENNIAL JUDGE GEORGE, OF 1900 CLASS, HERE By Julian Leggett Tech defeated Mercer in the first game of the series in Atlantn 10-3. The Baptists were able to get only four bingles off Collins, while “Tige.” Stone gave up a total of nine hits. “Red” Barron had on hist batting clothes and touched Stone for a home run, a triple and a two-bagger out of four - times to bat. Bratton -and Ingram also connected for a couple of. safeties I each. . .Sears, Irwin, Harper arid Sheppard i accounted for -the four hits credited to Mercer. Three of these came- in the ninth inning 'when all hope seemed • gone, and two runs wore brought across the plate. - ' The fourth inning was the bigj frame for Tech. Six Hits, two walks and five of Mercer’s errors yvere " ’raises Basketball Team aqd Expresses Hope for Still Better Athletics. By John I,. Hackney "A few old buildings, the same name and Lee Battle are about all of .he Mercer i knew that now remain,.” said Judge Walter F-. George, when asked about his alma mater by an amateur interviewer. “Mercer is one of the great schools of the South,” he' continued, "and deserves the high ( lace it holds.’’ He, expressed the opinion that the Courses given at Alerter. are not surpassed in any Southern institution. .This much was easily drawn from the -dignified interviewee, but when MANY PROMINENT BAPTISTS TO SPEAK Barbecue Dinner Will Be Served Visitors at the University. biinehed in this inning and a tot^l of l i ul ‘ st ‘oiis Were asked about the nine runs was chalked up bcforiKfte^f *<-'« Personalrecord, stern glances i>nd an occasional smile were the only replies.- However, when sports were mentioned Judge George, manifested third ninn was out. Barron got- his home, run ,and triple during this heart-breaking session, ■ while- In gram.. Bratton and.Baum secured one bingle each. - .... Wilkes and Sears were the out- tournament in Atlanta.. I was never standing stars for fielding, honors in j 1 basketball player, but have- always this game. The • little second base- l‘ ,kcd th *-‘ Baseball was my man was at the best condition of the :avor,te « ame and J us » d to P 1 *** «e season and Sears showed up better ^field occasionally in my college Ten thousand Southern Baptists are .expected to be in Macon June G to celebrate the centennial of the Georgia Baptist Convention and the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding, of the first Baptist ‘church in Georgia. The- university will serve a barbecue dinner to the visitors on that day. - ’ ’ • In making this announcement in chapel President Rufus W. Weaver said, "The decision to hold this, cele bration at Mercer is but another step in the plan to 1 make . Mercer University the Mount Zion of the Baptists of Georgia.” . • Although the ■ program is. still in' the making, it is certain that Dr. George W. Truett, declared to be “the most popular preacher in the much interest and congratulated j South,” will deliver the prinyipa^ ad- Alercer on her showing in the recent drcss- It is p’iai.ned' that this ad- Sunday treats as often and they -state than any man tried out on first base da *V suid the Judge. But again fie that they, could not stand for them! g d f ar . . , stopped talking, for other questions to be tut short. Oh, what a cruel \ Batteries: Mercer. Stone and Mor- wt ’ r ‘ ! usk ^ ‘hat he modestly ignored old world it is anyway. At- least' Kan V Teth> Collins and Bratton. Um-1 and our second, attempt .to find out there are some who will agree with j |re?> Cochran and Harville. that statement.-. . - - Score by innings: R. T. E. These petitions must be partly ,. MeK . er 010 000 002— 3' 4 7 ignored. however if Mercer is to fe-|' Tech . -. ©oa 900 10*—10 9 2 main in the S'. 1. A. ,A, According: ’ ruling made by that body ho . Freshmen will Vs- allowed to play on. Stones Comeback any varsity team representing the- Tech made -it two straights Satur- echuol and these spring practices -day when Mercer lost 1-0. Palmisino may bring forth some athlete yet un- connected with a fast one of Stone’s heralded, but who may become fa- deliveries for a home run in the inous before leaving the university, eighth innipg for'the winning run. Stone, who pitched Friday’s game, CAPTAIN ALDRICH Leader of Yale baseball team, now playing here. came back and pitched, a three-hit game. Tech supporters expected to see the “little man" murdered .be fore the game was half over, but -to their surprise. “Tige” held Tech to two hits up to the-eighth frame and had the same men Who had practi cally knocked him out of thfe box the day before, eating out of hi* hand. The mighty “Red” Barron was unable to hit the ball in the right place. All the Techites except Palmisino, the I little catcher from West Point, looked like high school players at the bat. One sport writer stated that what “Tige” did . that second game took not a Man of Iron but a Man of Steel of very high tension. ' , ‘ “Hop” Morgan deserves just a word of praise for his. part in Satur day's game. “Hop” bad the hard luck to get one of his fingers broken in the first game of the Tech series, but the boy from Ashburn went right into that game and caught, in fine style, even though every ball caught was an agony. Men like that will be the type that will put Mercer in the, front .ranks in all branches of sport3 in future years. -. “Kid” WilkeS and “Consuello’’ Smith played a stellar, brand of . ball in this , game and won a reputation for themselves. - In these two men, Mercer has good prospects for a couple of the flashiest and most, con siatent infielders in the South, is the opinion of Morgan Blake and other well known aport mentors in Atlan ta; Besides fielding ' in excellent fashion, Wilkes got one of three hits given to the Baptists. Allison,pitching/for Tech, put up t a good exhibition of ,mound work. something of the man himself failed. Blit we were not to be stopped there for we had to learn something of the man. We therefore returned to the dormitory and sought out his son, Heard’ F. ■ George; a member of this year’s Freshman class. “Papa graduated here in 1900.” said Heard, “and won’t even talk about any school but Mercer. He’s the hottest Mercer, man : 1 know.” Through this source we learned that Mr. George ndvanced rapidly in his chosen profession. After practicing law for a few years;in Vienna, hi- was. elected solicitor-general’ in his home-district and later became judge of the -Superior Court. From this position he became a member of the Georgia'. Court of Appeals and then* member of the. Georgia Supreme Court. Mr. George resigned from the Supreme Court the first of this year and is now engaged in a gen eral law practice' in Vienna. dress be .given in the open air - at Mercer if a suitable gathering place call be arranged. . The following speakers will also appear on the program: Dr. John'D. Mell, president of the. Georgia Baptist Convention; Dr. E. Y. Mullins', president of the South ern Baptist Theological Seminary, of Louisville, Ky.; Dr. Rufus W. Weav er, president of Mercer University; Dr. H. W. Battle, of Virginia; Dr. T. W. O'Kelley, Of. North Carolina; Dr. Z, T. Cody, of South Carolina; • Dr. W. L. Pickard, of Chattanooga, former president of Mercer; Dr. Arch C. Oreo. secretary . Georgia BaptistConvention; S. P. Brooks, president Baylor University, Texas; Dr. L. R. Christie, Mi ssissippi; - Dr. A. B. Vaughn, LaGrange, Ga.; Con gressman William D. Upshaw; Rev. C. A. Stokcly, of Alamaba; and Dr. M. Britain: of Florida. W.ith such men as those orv the program, the : celebration could hard ly be other than a huge success. The BACHELORS TO TREAT The East-r egg,. Hunt for . the chil dren of the Mercer campus, given by Dr. J. L. Railey and Prof. George Sparks, will start this afternoon at 4:30. The egg hunt will take place on the campus at Magnolia Dell just below the main building toward the tennis courts. -■ ■The two bachelor members of the faculty are . determined to do their part in making the' day one to be long remembered in the lives of the kiddies, Refreshments will be served after the eggs have all been found. Every child on the campus or all the children of the Mercer students and faculty are invited -to be present. The lanky ■ southpaw allowed ’ only three hits, walked one man and sent four back to the bench via the strike opt route. - Score by innings: R. H. E. Mercer 000 000 000—0 3 3 Tech 000 000 01*—1 3 2 Batteries: Mercer, Stone and Mor gan;' Tech; ' Allison and Palmisino. Umpires, Cochran and Harville.’ (Cninued on page four) CAULDRON ON WAY The Cauldron, Mercer’s annual, is Well on the way to being a fin ished product and may : tie deliv ered as> early, as May 13, accord ing to an announcement by the editor and business manager yes terday. - ' Editor Johnson and Business Manager • Haweit have ■ recently read'and. returned every page of the proof of what promises to be one of the'greatest annuals ever produced. The Cauldron this ■ year- will contain twenty pages more of matter than the book of last year. This results from Che fact that the editors .have suc ceeded in getting in more recent material than ever before. The Master Mercerian picture, the new buildings, the individual pictures of the entire football team, full length cuts of “Tige” Stone and “Smokey” Harper and many other "features are shown ip this year’s Cauldron. The editors this year ‘ have dedicated the Cauldron to “Our Mothers," which is regarded jas giving" a peculiar interest to the book. ■- ■ i i