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THE MERCER CLUSTER
April 14, 1922
The Mercer Cluster
Published weekly by the student* of
thq^fdurteen schools and colleges In
rfe- Merced University System.
Cicorge M. Sparks.
C. J. Broome .....!.,
Managing Editor
.... ..Editor-in-Chlef
' - Associate Editors:
Hubert M. Gamble, F. -R. Nalls, Jr.,
K. F.'Hruzington, J. P. .Leggett, I. G,
Wilkes, F. M. Holland, H. E. Little
field, R. B. Morris,
•Circulation Manager, H. 11. Ware, Jr.
Subscription Rates, one- year, $1.60.
' Advertising rates on request.
800 FOR MERCER
Will Mercer have an enrollment of
tfou iiekt year? Will President Wcaer
realize .his hopes in this respect?
\\ ill he with his corps of assistants
»be -oble to, successfully ge( this num
ber of .men through a campaign?.
The answer is, “Yes, if—”
If the present student body plays
its pure Che 800 men will be here.
How can the . students play their
parts-?' .Of course, there will be an
organization similar to that of last
summer, to campaign throughout
Georgia -and the South. But this or
ganization cun not alone bring Mer
ger's” enrollment up to Dr. Weaver’s
. goal. _ . . .' ’
During the ■ rest of this ' school
year and throughout the summer the
present .student body will have to
"sell” Mercer. - They must not miss
an opportunity to talk up Mercer.
As salesmen for Mercer, they will
have more good'points to present
than is ordinarily necessary to clinch
a new customer for an automobile.
There is the coaching staff of next
year-, Josh and Everett) the cham
piori basketball team of the South;
prospects for an excellent football
record next fall; the growth of Mer
cer during the 1 last few years; the
plans of- a greater Mercer in an
other fe\v years; iri addition, to all
the wonderful- traditions -and the
spirit of Mercer.
•All these things can be presented
to win men. But the one most im
portant thing in left. That .is the
personal conduct, of every Mercer
student toward his alma mater; the
"spirit he demonstrates - before the
world. The way a student actually
feels will tell the secret of success
or failure for Dr. Weaver's plan. It
is up to every student to prove his
metal, to prove that he is a 100 per
cent Mprcer man. This alone can
bring 800 men here next fall.
Do your bit! Glory to Old.Mercer!
. ' J. L. Hackney.
.UP-TO-DATE SELECTIONS
FROM THE POETS
By r. M. HART
After Longfellow
Ti ll me not-in mournful numbers
I ha.ve Dunked another course,-
For my soul is sick for slumber*
And my voice is growing hoarse.
• Lives of smart men all remind us
Wo can also make an A, ■ .
. If to study we confine us
From .nightful! till break of day
After Browning
As J ride, as I ride.
At 50 per*, speed cop spied ,
Me, now he rides at my side
As I ride, as t ride.
“full up her6.” he quickly cried;
Told me I would have to ride
To the station at his side,
As I ride, as I ride.
As I ride, as I ride,
- Then his charge I denied.
To him cried* “You have lied," .
.As I ride, as I ride, 1
With.a speed cop for my guide
My thoughts now dwell on homicide
Other courses have'I tried.
As I ride, a* I . ride.
After Omar Khayamm
The professor’s finger Writes (an F)
and having writ.
Moves - on, nor -■ all your bootticking
'or wdt - ',
Can make him think that you deserve
• V) A ; .
No argument may him convince of it.
After Shelley
I fear thy klsaes, gentle maiden
And with good reason too.
For they an sorely danger-laden
When they come from you.
STUDENT POWER
MEND YOUR SPEECH
What is wrong with the student?
Why is he not a positive factor in
the affairs of state in America? Why
he content to loll and swagger
along through the collegiate years
without finding himself, without im
pressing himself in a constructive
way upon the thought and activities
of society, economics and politics?
Do college studepts. do Mercer stu
dents luck self-confidence? Are they
still infants in the arms of the times;
carried on the none too healthy
bosom of a soft, age; suckling the
pule milk from the flabby breasts of
diseased body-politic? Why do not
the students of American college
project- their energies, their thought-
strength, into the world of practical
affairs to the upbuilding of cleaner,
saner; more constructive social, eco
nomic, moral and political pto-
rams ? •
Why. not have in Georgia an or-
unizution, a union, of college stu-
■Icnts, both men and women, for the
rurposc of exerting an influence in
the affairs of the state. Why should
not the students of such institutions
>s Emory, Georgia. Tech, Shorter,
Wesleyan. Oglethorpe, Bessie Tift,
Mercer and other colleges form a
State'-Collegiate (Jnion functioning
nergbtically for the betterment of
our State ? - ’ "" . ' ,
Here at Mercer we should have
ach week, perhaps at the chapel
hour, a student program for the dis-
ussion of current affairs. One good
tudent speaker could address- the
student body oh some big question
f the hour and the body could then
ro on, record as to their attitude on
he subject. :
This editorial was suggested by a
letter Written by a student at Ox
ford to the Mississippian. Louis M.
liggitts, a former student of the
University of Mississippi, asks this
question, “Why is it that the student
>f.Mississippi occupies such a rela
tively . insignificant place in ' the
thought-world of our State?" The
writer further shows that “in Europe
the student is one of a powerful
body active in affairs that concern
the-nation.” It is brought out that
a student. army successfully opposed
the attempt of Carl to regain, the
throne of Hungary. Says the writer:
“High officials of state
'England do hot consider it be
neath their dignity to debate
with' Oxford undergraduates.
I' wonder if the , Governor of
Mississippi would seriously con
sider. debating with unedrgradu-
ates of the University. . . You
know best!”
After urging the students of Mis
sissippi to participate, and co-operate
AS STUDENTS in the vital affairs
of the State, Mr. Jiggitts says:
“The goal cannot be reached
in a day; but it can never be
reached until a beginning
made. One. of the South's great
est .problems at present" is the
question of’ cotton production
and diversification;'yet while a
few enlightened men wage bat-
tie against overwhelming odds
of ignorance and tradition. We
stand idly by as though the af
fairs were not Our very own
When our Centers of Learning
(and Culture. perhaps) are
dragged into the mire of Missis
sippi politics, as they have been
- for the past fifteen years, our
only protest is a subterranean
murmur. Who can defend our
method of appointing Trustees
, for the State Colleges?”
The Writer evidently is aware of
the indifference of the average stu
(lent, for he concludes by saying:
“And now I wonder if there
are those among you who have
the .courage .and wisdom to act
.or whether, having read,
thought will strive vainly, for
.birth, but failing, leave -its
would-be progenitor in his usual
hopeless lethargy.” ’ -
Perhaps a few students at Mercer
will read far enough in this rather
long editorial to get ' these last
thought's: real college life, is not
breeder of “snobs’,” but a builder of
society:. A real University is not
sponge but a spring from which
flows living waters for national
vivifleation. Knowledge dormant or
indifferent is power worse than wast
ed. Knowledge in - action and that
action finding ita motive in Christian
concepts of State and World- service
is what we need today,
In a certain sons# the college stu
dent finds the World on Ms ihool-
ders,—will he sink in sleep or stand,
in strength?
While reform movements are now
so popular and everybody is trying
to reform everybody else, why. not
let us Btart a new reform movement
here at Mercer, and be in style?
Why not stop washing time and en
ergy iti trying to mend the ways of
the “Flapper” and the “Flopper”
and launch a movement to mend the
ways of ourselves—‘in out manner of
speech. This cannot be d*ne by
starting on the other .fellow first.
Reforms, like charity, must begin at
home, and to be successful- each in
dividual must better himself before
seeking to better any one else. Let’s
make this a silent campuign to en
courage the correct' use of English
at Mercer by each student improv
ing his own speech.
College students everywhere , seem
to .have the idea that to speak cor
rectly is a thing of mjnor impor
tance, They . seem to think : that as
long as they can make themselves
understood they need not hother
about cultivating a correct style of
peaking. ft is so much trouble,
anyhow, to look up words in a dic
tionary and to bfc careful of one’s
grammar. It is so much easier to
use the first word thnt comes to
mind. As a result of this wrong
thinking there has grown up among
students the tendencyi not only to be
careless in the use of good words,
but to coin slang expressions and
words that arc vague and Indefinite,
and often coarse and vulgar. Why is
this true ? Surely in. a college, above
ull places, the use of good English
should be admired and encouraged
and striven for. Surely college stu
dents, who are supposed to be above
the average in intelligence and edu
cation. know - better than to use the
speech of negroes and illiterates. The
answer-' must be attributed to indif
ference or laziness. To indifference,
or they would wish to improve them
selves. To laziness, or they -would
improve themselves.
“By"a man's speech is he known”
is one of the truest expressions ever
coined. Wherever you may go you
will be judged by your speech. Peo
ple get their first impressions of
other people by tehir appearance;
the second by their speech. Every
time we speak we advertise our
selves and when we use in correct
English in the presence of educated
people we are classed as bores; let’s
all ■ resolve to improve our diction
If we do, people will have a higher
opinion of us and of Mercer. Unless
we do we,.will find ourselves barred
from good society and from success.
‘Mend your speech’ lest it mar your
fortune.” W. M. Space
Hold Her, Neat! '
T mid Youth: “Could you learn to
love me ?.”
Country Lass: “Maybe so, I learnt
to milk a cowl”
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Support Mercer’s baseball team.'
Boost Mercer, and keep on boost
ing;.
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How’s Z*t?
Cheek-to-cheek dancing has its
virtues at-that; it keeps the fellows
shaved.—Sun Dial.
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Boy. You Must Know Somethin’
He: “Would you call a girl with
Radiolite lips a shining light?”
Tee Hee: “No, an Ever-ready!”
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All together for Mercer!!
Hold ’Em, Yale
Speaking of radio kisses, gimme
contact, brother, gimme, contact!
Emory Wheel.
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Think This One Over
A college paper is a great invention;
The college gets all the -fame,
The printer gets all the money,
And the staff gets nil the blame.
^Spectator.
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Your Move, John!
John (lingering in the hall): ‘‘And.
dearest, we shall grow old together.”
Father (upstairs): “Well, you
needn’t start doing it down there,
need you?”—Technique.
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12 of Them
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HOLD ’EM , THERE
A tabernacle, modeled after revi
val tabernacles.. as a temporary au
ditorium is uniter consideration by
the trustees of Ohio State Universi
ty. The present auditorium is not
large enough to hold even the men
of the Freshman class and the build
ing program does not include an au
ditorium for some years.
Tuxedos are worn . by ushers at
basketball games at Columbia Uni
versity' and the University of Penn
sylvania, according to news reports.
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Boost Mercer, and keep on boost
ing. ,
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“Git fer Home, Bruno!”
Boys, leave Oakview immediately
when the 7 o'clock bell rings, or you
will be deprived of your social privi
leges.” The foregoing warning (?)
was taken from the weekly paper of
Lenior College. ,
... • *. •
Tulips '
Your lips are just too sweet for
Words; .
This fact is my excuse and reason,,
Why, so often, I
Suggest their better use.
(Atta, Boy!!)
Boost Mercer, all the time, every
where!
• .• • • •
We Feel for You. pid Man”
He was standing in the parlor.
And he said unto the light:
“Either you or I, old-fellow,.
Will be turned down tonight.”
—Agwan,
„ Everybody get behind that
team and boost,
ball
Among the Frata
He: “Er-er won’t you take my
pin?” ,. ’
She: “Goodness! don’t tell me I’ve
popped another button,” .
- —Technique.
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Boost Mercerl
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that arises. You are wrong, it’s
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