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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.- V i.l •- VA;:'"?' V'Ai ; v- ' •• ; ;■