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MERGER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1922 '
PROF. GEORGE W. MACON
IN CHARGE BESSIE TIFT
No. 26
FORMER MERCERITE
SUCCEEDS FOSTER
Only the Brightest Outlook Now
Believed Ahead.
Bjr Robt. M. Gamble
Dr.'George W. Macon, former pro
fessor of Biology and German at
Mercer University, now has entire
charge of the administration of the
iffairs of Bessie Tift College, follow-
ing the resignation of Dr. Joshua
Hill Foster, for seven years presi
dent of the Forsyth institution. Dr.
Macon will direst the affairs of ' the
college until the fall semester begins,
it which time it is expected that the
trustees will have voted' on the per-’
manent head of the institution.
The resignation of Dr. Foster was
submitted to the Board of Trustees
it the March meeting and accepted,
to take effect June 1. Tuesday morn
ing, however, DF. Foster called in the
Forsyth members of the board and
also requested a meeting of the stu
dent body, at which meeting he nn-
nounced his determination to sever
immediately his connection with
Bessie Tift College.
Trustees Relieve Foster
Following the request of tby presi
dent for immediate relief from his
duties, the trustees in consultation
igreed tof comply and Dr. Foster, was
relieved of Ithe office at once, Dr.
Macon, whoj had been the nominal
kead of the college since the March
meeting of the trustees, being elc-
rated to, the complete directorship of
the affairs of the college.
During the administration of the
retiring president, the Forsyth col
lege in the Mercer System of Sec
ondary Schools and Colleges, has
made rapid strides forward, several
aew buildings having been, erected,
and other advances made, including
the enrollment this year of a larger
itudent body.
- Macon Mercer Asset
The elecation of Dr. George W.
Macon to the leadership of the col
lege at Forsyth is said not--only to
be a wise move as viewed from' a
Bessie Tift standpoint but also as
considered from the angle of the gen
eral good of Southern Baptists, with
npecial benefit accruing to Mercer
University. As a professor in the
Mercer faculty, Dr. Macon was
•irmly regarded by the students and
professors of the institution. As a
Wpporter of athletic at the univer-
dty, he did much to improve condi
tions and to put before the students
the better side of intercollegiate ath-
btic competition, it was recalled re
cently by an “old timer.” Having
Wen a baseball pitcher of note, he
•a* in position to appreciate an ath-
bie and to consider , the problems
(filing in the carrying out of an ex
tensive athletic program in the major
forts.
Having bean connected with Mer
•or, naturally tW acting head of
■ouie Tift has tha interests of the
Haem Baptist institution at heart,
lad it is believed that ha will lend
Mi best effort to the fostering of
•loser friendship between the col-
kfss then has existed in the recent
. B. T. Outlook Bright
Under the guidance of Dr. Macon,
inspects for tha future at Bessie
Hit College are said to he exeeed-
My bright. Several hundred giris
W reported already to have applied
Hi admission and it la believed that
•ho college will be filled to its ce-
Wtp at the beginning of the work
* the fall term. It ie anticipated
hat Dr. Macon will have the hearty
tion of nil Georgia and
Baptiste, among whom the
feeling seems to he one of
regarding the changes at
Wt which included the eleva
tion of. Dr. Macon to the helm of the
Forsyth college.
Commencement Plana
With the graduation, exercises and
other features of commencement only
a few weeks ahead, ail eyes at Bessie
Tift are turning toward the tithe
when the Seniors, clad in cap and
gown, will receive their sheepskins.
Elaborate plans are reported in the
making for, this commencement sea
son.
The exercises will begin • Friday,
May 19, with the Senior play. So
ciety Night, looked forward to
throughout the year by Mercer stu
dents us well as Bessie Tift girls, will
be held Saturday night, May 20, and
the baccalaureate sermon will be de
livered Sunday, May 21, 'with diplo
mas to bo awarded Monday morning.
SONGBIRDS VISIT
IN BARNESV1LLE
Glee Club Perforins at Gordon
Institute.
Mercer University’s Glee Club ap
peared in concert at Barnesville last
Friday night before a large audience.
The boys were anxious to giye a
good performance as it was one of
the lust trips and' as they wanted to
prove to the Gordon boys just' how
good a glee club Mercer puts on the
.road. The boys did honor to Old
Mercer as all the numbers were re
ceived With prolonged applause. In
fact, the club was forced to give
nearly all the encores it had.
There was the college atmosphere
in the eh- from the start, and “Par-
son” ( handier put on. the flnishing
touches. Before he finished his
'nigger” sermon he had everyone
laughing. Several of the Gordon
boys weFe heard to remark, “He
surely can preach.”
The club opened with Mercer’s
Colors, followed by the Winter Song,
with "1 Want My Mammy” as an
encore.
Then Dan Davis, the six-foot-three
member' of the club,' shoved that
trombone all over Barnesville and
was forced to encore before the au-,
dienee was satisfied.
Orchestra Goes Well
•Then came the orchestra, and this
party- of Jazz exponents showed
where jazz really started. Although
scheduled-to give only three or. four
numbers," they were forced to stay on
the stage for twenty-five minutes.
Next came Marvin Pharr. Who
could do things like that Pharr boy
can ? He went Pharr enough but the
audience insisted that he go Ph*rr-
ther. “Roamin’ in the Gloamin’ ”
was h<* *ong, with “Dapper Dan” for
pn. encore, but Pharr had to re-
up pear and sing that he was born in
Lithia Springs, Ga., before the au
dience was satisfied. • . .
The program closed ’ with Alma
Mater, sung by the entire club.
The boys returned home on the
2:30 A. M. train Saturday all tired,
and - sleepy but proud that they-had
accomplished what they set out to
do, to honor old Mercer.
W.S.E.
HONOR MERCER STUDENT
At a meeting for special training
for Y. M. C. A. workers held at
Tech, April 14, 16, 16, Mr. England,
of Berry School, Rome, waa elected
president and Millege S. Leach, of
Mercer, was elected secretary. Mr.
Leach also led the devotional service
on Saturday morning, and was placed
on important committees.
The object of . the meeting was
special training in Y. M. C. A. work.
Representatives qf Georgia Univer
sity,. Georgia Tech, Berry School,
Piedmont College, Oglethorpe Uni
versity W Mercer University
in attendance. *
MERCER-FURMAN
MEET IN DEBATE
Radio Will Send Speeches Over
the Country.
Witli the radio sending their
speeches broadcast to the world the
mercer lepresentatives, W. A. Bootle
anu u. J. Broome, will contest in de
bate against Furman University in
the Brenau auditorium at Gaines
ville, Ga., next Friday night. . The
subject of the debate will be, “Re
solved that the several states .should
enact minimum whge laws providing
for the establishment of a minimum
wage for factories and workshops.'/
mercer will have the duty of cham
pioning the negative of this question.
brenau has a radio- transmitting
outfit, and will send out the speeches
of file debaters by this up-to-date
method, it iB possible that the re
ceiving station at Mercer may enable
the students at Mercer to hear their
representatives as they attempt to
convince the judges of the logic, of
(heir cause. ,
Mercer and Furman have not en
gaged ' in intercollegiate forensic con
test against one another in eight
years, apd now that they are to meet
after so long a time each college will
strive to begin with X victory.
The debate against 'Furman takes
place on the night after the tilt .with
Embry at Bessie Tift, givihg Mercer
two debates.in as many nights. Need
less to say the Orange and Black
teams are priming to take both meets
and thus make a perfect record for
the year in debating for Mercer.
Mercer has already won on both sides
rf tne triaiyjular debate, and lacks
only two triumphs next week to have
a perfect batting average.
Mr, T. H. Robertson, a former
Mercer man, of Gainesville, has been
assisting in the arrangement for the
debate. He has bwki Instrumental in
arousing worlds of interest in the
contest among Gainesville people and
a large crowd is expected to be on
hand. In fact numbers of debate
fans and Mercer and Furman sup
porters are coming' from the sur
rounding towns and country; Many
cars of people wilL come from Cler
mont, Flowery Branch, and other
places. ,'
Dr. Pierce, the President of Brenau
College, will preside at the- debate,
and the young ladies of the college
will sing several songs and render
instrumental .music.
It is probable that the debate this
year between Mercer and Furman
will be followed by another contest
next year. These schools are sister
Baptist institutions, and they will
doubtless continue their friendly ora
torical rivalry through the next few
years. - •.
The. Gainesville papers are taking
note of. the debate, and will give it
wide publicity next week. The gen
eral feeling is that debating is des
tined to come into favor more and
more as an intercollegiate test of
literary training and scholarship. .
LAW SCHOOL GETS
LECTURE SERIES
WILLIAMS, SHIRLEY
GO AGAINST EMORY
First Clash Between the. Two
Colleges Will Draw Crowd.
The first intercollegiate debate
ever nelu between mercer university
anu u.nory University will take place
ut l oisyin in me Bessie mi auuku-
num next inursuayuigiii at b
o clout, mercer’s representatives for
me contest-will be John K. Williams
oi loteoa, Ga.', anu n. n. Shirley ol
v-ohiinerce, Ga., both of whom are in
me senior class. , 1
1 he subject of the Mercer-Emory
uebate is, ‘itesolved, that Japanese
.nnmgrants should be admitted to the
united Slates bn the same' basis as
Europeans. The Mercer ' speakers
will uphold the negative of the sub
ject, while Emory will champion the
an ii’Qiative. s'
Each .institution is anxious to- win
in tins contest because it is the first
test of oratorical strength ever held
between Mercer and Emory. Emory
mis a great reputation in debating,
and Mercer’s record is well known,
noth colleges have their hosts of
i riends and supporters who will
watch the-results of the debate with
interest. Many people will motor up
to Forsyth next Thursday evening to
attend the contest.
The men who will represent Mer
cer are regarded as two of the best
speakers on the campus. They have
.distinguished themselves as men bf
clear thought and forceful expres
sion. The names of Emory’s speak
ers are not available, but they will
doubtless send down two orators who
will be hard to defeat.
Young women of Bessie Tift Will
render a musical program in the in
tervals between, the debate speeches
Hon. Ogden Persons will probably
preside at the meeting.
R. A. Daly, of West Publishing
Co, Speaks to Law Students.
A uriea of lectures is given to the
Mercer University School of Law by
R. A. Day on “How to. Find the
Law.” These lectures are given un
der the auspices and direction of the
West Publishing Company. .
The object of these . lectures is
purely as an advertising scheme,
however, It is a grant help to a
young lawyer, to have such instruc
tion .on the Use of law books and how
and where to look for the point at
TWO HEROES GONE
. ; *
• ln the de «th of Winston Cuton,
aptuin-elect of the Auburn football
earn, and “Mike” Davenport, all
round athlete at G. M. C., the South
lost recently two of the most promi-
nent^athJetes find best young men in
Auburn’s grid captain for next
season died in Birmingham following
an operation for appendicitis. “Mike
Davenport, all-round athletic star
and popular student at the Milledge
ville college, died from injuries re-
ceived iri a baseball game between
lech Freshmen and G. M. C two
weeks ago. A Tech batter hit a
Texas leaguer oyer short and Daven
port ran backwards to catch'the' ba.l)
McMiHiri, centerfielder, alsoAunnifig
in to make a try. -
The two players did not see each
other and in the physical impact
which resulted, Davenport received a
fractured skull and was partially
paralyzed, his injuries resulting in
his death last Sunday.
Mercer athletic teams have several
times engaged. G. M. C. in battle and
-four times this college year “Mike’
Davenport has played ■ against the
Orange and Black. He waa on Mer-
cer campus during the Columbus
series and made a good, impression
among Mercer students. . It was deft-
nitely known that he intended to
come to Mercer next year and his
death has robbed the university of a
son of whom Mercer-would have been
justly proud.
In the series Friday and Saturday
between Mercer and Auburn, tribute
will be paid to Winston. Caton, when
for a moment, Mercer'.and Auburn
teams together with occupants of: the
grandstand will stand with bared
heads as the band plays in tribute to
the Auburn athlete.
The faculty thought so much of
these lectures and taw the benefit
and the value that might be derived
by the students from such instruction
that they gave tha entire week to
Mt. Duly. .
YALE WINS GAME;
2 RUNS ON ERROR
“Tige” Pitches Winning Game,
But Loses on Errors,
By Julian,Leggett
In a loosely played game, Yale
defeated Mercer Tuesday morning at
Central.City Park, by the close score
of 3-2. Mallory’s home run in the
second inning was the feature of the
game.
Both .teams seemed to be out for
making jfhe largest npmber of errors
as five miscues were committed by
Yale and five by Mercer. Errors by
the Yale crew accounted for the two
tallies made by the Baptists, in the
seventh frame. Errors also account
ed for the two runs made by Yale
in the eighth inning.
Stone pitched an excellent brand of
ball and deserved better support. A
total of five safeties was garnered by
tlie sons of Old Eli, three being of.
the scratch variety aqd one being
Mallory’s circuit blow in the second
inning. “Tige” fanned eight men
aiid walked . three. 0
Wight, pitching’for Yale,-appar
ently had the Mercerites eating out'
of his hand in the pinches. Seven
hits-were given up by the Yale
twirler while four men were sent
back to the , bench by the . strikeout
route. 7
Morgan got two safeties, Ham-
mack secured one, Henderson one,
Ryals one, Sheppard one and Harper
one. Only one of these hits came in
the pinch and this on e was Ham-'
mack’s double to center field in the
seventh inning, scoring Stone.
Hammack, 1 f
Henderson, ss
Ryals, 3b
Sheppard, r f
Box Score
MERCER .
ab r
4 1
h po
1 2
Harper, c f
4
0
1
0
0
o.
Wilkes, ,2b
4
0
0
4
2
l
Irwin, lb ,
2
0
0
5
0
l
Morgan, c.
' *4
0
2
10
3
l
Stone, p.
3
1
0
0
10
l
•Poore
1
0
0
0
0
0
Totals- 34 2 7 24 16 8
•Batted for Irwin in the ninth.
YALE
ab
r
h
po
a
e
Ingram, 2b
' 4
0
0
3
4
2
Eddy, If
' 4
0
0
1
0
0
Crane, 3b
4
0
0
2
0
1
Aldrich, s ,s
V 4
0
0
' 6
2
1
Mallory, c
4
1
1
4
3
1
Oed, c f
N ! 1
, 1
. 0
0
0
.1
de Sibour, r
f 4
1
1.
1
0
0
O’Hearn, lb
4
0
2
10
0
0
Wight, p
4
0
0
1
5
1
• —
-t’
—
—;
'-Z
_
J ‘ Totals 33
3
6-
27
12
6
Summary: Home runs, Mallory;
two-base hits, Hammack; struck out,
by Stone 8, by Wight 4: walked,, by
Stohe 3, by Wight 3;-double plays,
O’Hearn; stolen bases. Stone, Crane.
Score by innings:
Mercer .1.000 000 200
Yale * ... 010 000 02*
Umpire, Higgins.
Le Mouvement Eatudiantin pour la
Culture Morale of Belgium baa for
mally voted to organize and' conduct
study groups for the inveatigation
of the alcohol problem.
JONES AND ERWIN
TEAM MANAGERS
The Athletic Board Of.. Control -
elected J. W. Jones football manager
and W. S. Erwin basketball , manager
for the next season at a recent meet
ing. H. E. Miller and H. H. Shell
were chosen as assistant football
managers, and .H. M. Fugate, Jr., and
Mike Herndon- were iqade assistant
basketball managers,
J. W. Jpfies .Was basketball mar.;
ager during the past successful sea
son, -and it is said that his energy
and business skill : was largely re..
sponsible for the favorable financial
showing: made in basketball, this
year. Wv S., (Bill} Erwin, who wi|l
manage the basketball team next
fall, is now assistant baseball man
ager, and has distinguished himself
by his untiring efforts in behalf of
the team.-
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