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THE MERCER CLtJSTER -
April 21,
The Mercer Cluster
Published weekly by the student* of
the fourteen schools and colleges in
the Mercer University System.
George M. Sparks....Managing Editor
C. - J. Broome ..Editor-in-Chief
Associate Editors: . •
Robert M.' Gamble,. F. R. Nalls, Jr.,
K. F. Brazington, J. P. Leggett, I. G,
Wilkes, F. M. Holland, H. E. Little
field, R. B. Morris.
Circulation Manager, H. H. Ware, Jr.
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FORGET YOUR TRAINING?
Every Sunday afternoon from a
hundred to a hundred and fifty
•FRESHMEN park out on the front
campus and yell at the passing auto
mobiles, or make fresh remarks-
about the pedestrian, loud enough to
be heard a block away. Right now
is ‘the time for all of us to “chip-in”
and buy some beefsteak for this big
' blacke-eye this practice is giving to
Mercer.'- - '
When the term “Freshmen” is
used,.please do not restrict the mean
ing to the first year men. There are
a few “Rats” in the crowd, but is
made up mostly, of fellows who have
been here long enough to know bet
ter; Not oniy do these “funny” (?)
.-remarks lessen the. public’s opinion
of 'Mercer, but it also teflects dis
credit on your earlier trainihg.
Save all this surplus energy and
conte out to the spirit meetings and
help Chenncy, Caylor, Hogan and
Harvey with the.'yells. In this way
you will be helping Mercer.two ways.
Boost ■ Mercer “stock.” Let’s be
“Every man for Mercer, ALL the
time.”-.
Just Freshman.
GREAT POSSIBILITIES
Now that radio is so broadly rec
ognized its future usefulness offers
much speculation.
It was Arthur Brisbane that said
that the rich man’s hobby today will
be the poor man’s necessity tomor
row. This is true of the wireless.
People realize that the wireless is a
wonderful invention.. But they look
at it as only a novelty; as only an
' instrument' by which to hear con
certs,
If you were an American ranch
owner in • South America wouldn’t it
be a comfort for you to sit' in your
parlor and talk' to your parents In
Georgia and in a few seconds be coh-
versing with your brother or friends
in New York ? Wouldn’t it be a great
help for you to sit back in an easy
chair and get the market reports
from East Pittsburg? Would it ben-
. cfit .yo'u to be able to give orders to
your managers, hundreds of, miles
distant ? Of course you would ap
preciate the concerts, too, but that
is only one phase of the wireless.
Now let us look to the future pos
sibilities of the wireless. The send
ing of a photo by wireless is noth
ing new. What . really happens is
.this: a photo is not really sent by
wireless but another photo is made,
at the other station, by the elect'ri-
. cal impulses, caused by the different
shades of the picture. If a man
escapes' from' the penitentiary his
picture can be wirelessed to all near,
by stations and the police can be
waiting for him, with his picture in
their hands, ,twenty minutes or less
after - he has escaped. Does it not
seem probable that a movable pic
ture, occasioned by the shades of a
reflection of a person, could be wire
lessed in 4he lame manner as the
picture is wirelessed? It will only
be a few years until the wireless
mirror is perfected.
Wireless-controlled vehicles are
already perfected. An airplane has
recently be;n flown across the Eng
lish Channel with, no pilot in it: it
was controlled by radio. A small
ship' has been sailed around in a lake
performing, various maneuvers by
wireless.. An automobile hks been
guided through a busy street by
wireless. •;
Contemplate the power of a nation
. whose, army and navy could' be
equipped with radio controlled , air
ships or dirigibles! Especially so if
the -wireless mirror were perfected.
One man could sit in an office, thou
sands of miles from the Mne of
battle, and actually see and direct
the shells from the manless craft. A
fleet of these craft, say about ten
feet long, could bomb Berlin while
their director sat in an office in New
.York City.
AflMNu. from ; war purposes they
would be useful in different ways.
How would it suit you to sit in your
, arlor, send your radiobile out the
window, look, steadily into a mirror
on the table and see the traffic of
the streets, as you flew your radio-
bile up and down the streets. You
could send it down to look over the
news posted on a bulletin board in
front yf some newspaper. Probably
you would see something of the re
volt in India.'
‘.‘Ho! Hum!” you would, yawn. “I
believe I’ll look into this . Indian
question!”
■So saying you would bring .the ra-
diobile back home, fit a compass be
side the altimeter so you. could see it
with the movable mirror, start it
across the ocean and settle back to
smoke or read, glancing into your
table mirror to s-ie that all was well,
or moving the mirror on the radic-
bije to see how many ships were in
sight, or probahly to ascend and read
the name of one. Finally you would
arrive in India, look over the place,
give Ghandi the oned-over, and start
back, probably intending to stop over
in 1 London to chat with a friend by
means of the telephone on the radio-
bile.
Of course this article is imagina
tion, founded on facts and possibili
ties, but it 'will 'set the readers to
thinking of wireless and help, them
to realize its great possibilities.
H. E. Littlefield.
HONOR LINTON COLLINS
., Linton M. Collins, a graduate stu
dent at Mercer and applicant for the
Master of Arts degree,-read a paper
on “The Activities of the Mission
aries Among the Cherokees” before
the Georgia Historical Society at its
annual meeting held recently in Sa
vannah.
The paper read by Mr. Collins is
only one phase of the thorough in
vestigation he has made along the
line of historical information on the
relations of the Cherokee Indians
with the State pf Georgia.
In addition to research work done
in Macon, Atlanta, and the Public
Library and the De Renne Library
at Savannah, Mr. Collins has spent
some time at the Library) of ..Con
gress in Washington, EL C. The
thesis required for. a Master of Arts
degree is being prepared upon this
subject by Mr. Colljns.
BAD PRACTICE
A ■ member of the faculty at Mer
cer has suggested , to the -Cluster
that "an editorial be written relative
to a- pernicious practise engaged in
ay many Mercer students. The prac
tise is that of congregating in front
of the university On Sunday after
noons and shouting at young ladies
passing by. .The Cluster thinks that
the suggestion is a good one and
that it deserves some comment.
The drive' out through Vineville
and back by way of Ash street is
one of the most popular in the city
for automobilists, and on Sunday
afternoons there is a continuous
stream of cars passing in front of
Mercer. Many of these cars have ip
them young ladies dressed in their
Sunday finery, who ride around to see
and be seen. The samp desire to see
and be seen is probably the motive
that prompts Mercer students to oc
cupy a vantage position where these
cars with their fair occupants pass.
And this is not to be censured;- in
deed it is perfectly natural, and if a
young man sees a young lady of his
acquaintance it is no more than
proper that he speak to her. But the
practise of shouting and making per
sonal remarks tb ladies, most of
whom are strangers and many of
whom are married, is certainly to be
condemned. . ' . -
The . ladies are frequently not only
annoyed, but really embarrassed by
being made the target of these re
marks. They look upon them as be
ing rude and discourteous and: they
have a tendency to resent them. One
prominent Macon lady was recently
heard to say that the Mercer student
body at .tihies acted in a very un-
gentlemanly manner, io say the
least. This sort of criticism hurts
Mercer. Macon people are Horn more
squarely behind Mercer than ’ they
have ever been beforeh and wewant
to keep them there and do every
thing we can to increase this feeling
of intimacy.
If - the boys would only change
viewpoint they could understand why
these remarks are resented. Suppose
that you were out riding with your
mother, your sister, 'or some very
good friend, and a crowd of boys
shouted at them in loud and boister
ous tones; would you like it? The
chances are that you wouldn't, and
that those boys would • fall several
degrees in your estimation.
So let’s all try to understand how
the people in the cars feel about
this, and then goverh ourselves ac
cordingly. We do not want to bring
discredit upon .Mercer.
W. M. Space.
HOLD ’EM THERE
College life is really getting seri
ous when a student has to study be
fore going to classes. Something
must be done to Vop such imposi
tion on the poor ..“chaps.”
, * *•
The reason that girls are not' cold
in winter even though wearing short
sflirts and silk stockings, is the num-
r of hot remarks everybody makes
.about them.
Camp Benning 1; Mercer 11.
» * . *
She: “You have been drinking!
You can’t kiss me—”
He:. “I’lease—”
;She:' “Until you tell me where
you got it.”
* . * -*
Keep up the good work, team.
SEZ WHICH?
He: “I know u 'man who has been
married twenty years and who slays
at home every night.”
She: “Ah, that' is true love!”
He: “Nope; rheumatism.”
* • *
His girl goes to the opera house,
Mine goes to the movie show.
His girl wears silks and satins,
Mine wears calico. ,■■■'.
His girl is gay and frivolous
Mine's demure and good.
Do you think that I would change
with him ?
You bet your life I would.
. —Mercury.
SHE HAD HIM DOWN
“This is my water, Lou,” gurgled
Neptune, as he dodged his mermaid
wife.—-Juggler. ■ *.
• * *
Mercer’s baseball team looks good.
“Why did they arrest the blind
man ?”
“The cop saw him blush when the
co-ed passed.” , - . ..
, '• * * • • *
YEAH?
Scientists claim that sleeping out
doors makes one beautiful. That
must account for the hobo’s charm
ing appearance.
Boost Mercer all the time, every
where.
A GAY LIFE
Kitty: “Can a girl live ,on love?”
Cat: “Yes—if she. stays single.”
* * *'
DOES THIS APPLY TO MERCER?
. “Any school will go to.the dogs if
it has too many social hounds.”
We hope not! ■ •'
NAW!
“Wonder . why she reminds me of
a California orapge.”
“Must be that she is *Son-kissed’.”
* • * *
SO SAY WE ALL ■ -«.
Ye Freshman sUtes that if party
dresses become any more abbrevi
ated, sorority pins will have to be
worn in the form of stickers.
*.*'•
If you can’t boost Mercer, don’t
say . anything at all.
... Be loyal tb Mercer even though
you did go to another college first.
OUCH! THAT WAS A FAST ONE.,
She: “But you will admit that I
have a pretty face'.” *
He: ‘‘Even a barn looks good when
it’s painted.”
;• \ ' . • > . *
Madam Rumor, has it that due to
the advent of long, skirts. in Paris
some two hundred college comics are
going to fail for lack of material.
YEA TO WILKES
“Mercer Cluster,
“Mercer University,
“City.
“Gentlemen:
“Please convey' our. congratulations
to Mr. Guldens Wilkes, and inform
him that a $6.00 rebate on any suit
in our store awaits him in return for
the home run he turned in in Thurs
day’s ball game.
“Sincerely,
“DAVID J. WACHTEL, JR."
THE SLEEPING CITY
John Milton Samples
I gaze on the sleeping city.
Still under starlit Sky,
And I think the God of pity
Looks down from His throne on
high.
Does He weigh amid the slumber
The. deeds of the parted day.
Docs He count the sins without num
ber ■
And what does the verdict say?
1 know He knows the sorrow,
The joy, and alike the pain;
.Ie :scgns the coming morroW
And sees the loss and gain..
I wonder oft as I ponder ’
On the city's slumber deep
if the.angels fair up yonder
Their nightly vigils keep.
Do they shield each care-worn
■ sleeper . / . ’ 1 ’
From the terrors of the night,
Till the voice of the God world-
keeper
Proclaims, Let there be light!
I gaze «n the sleeping city
Still under the starlit sky,
And I’m sure the God of pity
Looks down with a kindly eye.
MY PRAYER
John Milton Samples
Lord, let me lift the burden
.That my fellowman must bear, '
And; let me with warm sympathy
His load of buffering share. •
Let Love forever be my creed
And may 1 always show ■ * '
An humble, contrite ' spirit- while
I journey here below. - r • ■
Lord, let me speak the cheerful word
And may I not refrain
From giving joy where’er I go
To soothe life’s siege of pain.
I do not ask for riches here,
•I only beg Thy love
To k<*ep me always calm and sweet,
Like Him who reigns above.
And when at. last my form I lay
Beneath the sod to sleep
Feel sweet assurance without fear
That Thou my soul wilt keep.
WESTBOUND TROLLEY
When the westbound trolley’s stop
ping
At the end of Cherry street,
And you're tired and almost hopping
From th’ pain’that’s , in your feet;
And you hear th’ joyous ringin’
As th' bluecoat rings your -fare,
Ain’t it a grand and glorious feelin’
When the trolley leaves from
there? V
O you’re tired from endless tramping
On the bumin’ hot concrete,
Of an evenin' you’ve been aspending
, Aloafing in th' street,
Awatchin’ all th’ ladies,
And th’ girlies as they pass; v,
O when you take the trolley.
It’s a joy you can’t, surpass.
Some day when life’s long evening
Is a drawing to a close,'
And your body’s tired and aching
From all these earthly woes;
You’ll be. takin’ of th’ trolley ,
That heads , out towards tb’ west,
And you’ll heave a sigh of pleasure,
For it means eternal rest.
By Milton Wallace.
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