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THE MERGER CLUSTER
Page Four
April 91. II
PRESIDENT WEAVER
IN SOCIETY HALL
GLEE CLUB SINGS
BENEFIT D. A. R.
Gives Brief History of Cicero
nian Literary Society. .
Allured by the sounds of oratory
Mohday ev ^ning,. and,. following his
ear, President Rufus W- WeaveT
strolled into the Ciceronian Society
Hall to find them in the midst of a
forensic combat.
As soon as the ffoor was cleared
of debaters, President Weaver said
that after the present college yeat
the brilliant minds of the campus,
known as the Freshmen and Sopho
mores, will have to take physical ed
ucation so ak to have a strong foun
dation for all their mentality, while
the-more stupid ones, viz., Juniors
and Seniors, will have to take a cer
tain amount of oratorical training in
order to receive h diplomd, or take
extra college work instead.
That the. literary societies of Mer
cer University, established during
the' days ’ of Mercer Institute, are
older Ilian thu charter of this glori
ous <dd' institution itself, was also
the statement of' Dr. Weaver. He
gave a brief history of literary socie
ties .at Merger, showing that he had
a real interest, and that, he was al
Ways in touch with' the societies at
the-present time.
An interesting program was also
rendered. The subject for debate
was, “Resolved, that there should be
compulsory arbitration for all labor
disputes.” The affirmative was
chunipioned by R. 'W. Green, W. H
Odum and C. V. Mattox, while those
exhibiting the reverse were L. W.
Lewis, M. C. Burghard, and B. N.
Herring.
Although the decision of the judges
was not. unanimous the negative se
cured a majority vote.
Capitol Theatre , Will Feature
Mercer Men Neat Week. 1
DR. R. W. WEAVER
MAKES ADDRESS
Shows Relation of Talents
sponsibility in Life.
to Re-
Dr. Rufus W. Weaver addressed
the students of Mercer Thursday
morning. His subject dealt with the
talents and responsibilities of life
which was illustrated by the Bible
parable of the men who were given
ten, five and one pounds to use in the
absence of their master.
‘.‘There is a definite connection be
tween opportunity and duty; a close
relation between talent and respon
sibility,” said Dr. Weaver. "The man
who hid his pound put it away in the
ground bound up tii his sweatcloth
This suggests that lie did not intend
to perspire any and so would have
no use for his cloth.”
The Mercer Cha'ncellor declared
, that he feared Mercer' men were not
having enough to do. He insisted
that a man can do more and better
work if he has more to . do.
“I remember how little t gave the
students in my class to do last fall,”
said the' speaker. .“.I promise you
faithfully that I will do better next
time—I will give you more to do.”
• Dr. Weaver concluded hi,s address
by showing that full success in life
can come only when the life is given
to God. He pointed'out that the man
with ten pounds loved his master
and was anxious to work for him-
The man. who loves God, he said, has
more to live' for, has something
aijpund which to build his life, has a
motive that leads to success.
DR. FUrPIN MADE
MANAGING EDITOR
The Mercer Glee Club, will be the
leading feature at the. Capitol The
atre on Monday, Tuesday and Wed
nesday of next week. The Club. is
altering its services in the.interest of
ihe movement by the Mary Ham
mond'Washington Chapter, D. A. R.,
to raise funds for the Washington
memorial Library.
the- u. A. It. will receive half the
noney raised uuring the throe days
.nut the Mercer Uiee Club sings at
„ne Capitol theatre. This contribu
tion bi the Mercer Gleesters is re
garded as especially helpful to the
jause of the D. A. R. in raising funds
.or the Washington Memorial Li-
jrary. ‘ ' ‘ \
Ihe Mercer Glee Club this year
'under the leadership of 'Prof. Walker
s said to be one of the b e8 t that
fiercer has ever had. One of the
club's shining . lights is Marvin
, ‘Freshman”) Pharr, y/haf has been
spoken of by musicaj^-dxperts as a
•.wonder.” -He-wilt be seen in a lead-
ng part in the club program at thie
Capitol next week.
Other members of the Glee Club
ivho will be huurd at the Capitol are
Robert Gamble, W. A. Bootle,. Sam
Pair, and many other vocal artists.
Macon as a whole is expected to turn
jut to the programs, since the Glee
lub has several local boys on its
coster, and the program is regarded
is unique in many respects,
NEW CHESS CHAMPION
Judge Evans, Mercer Graduate,
Heads Historical Society.
Dr. Percy Scott Flippin, head of
the Department of History at Mer
cer, was re-elected managing editor
of the Georgia Historical Quarterly,
and Judge Beverly D. Evans, of Sa
vannah, was elected president of the
Georgia Historical Society at the
meeting of the organization, held in
Savannah Wednesday, April 12, 1922.
Dr. Flippin also was elected one of
the curators of the society.
Linton M. Collins, now doing post
graduate work at the'university, ap
peared on the program of the meet
ing of the society und read a portion
of his thesis being prepared for his
Master’s degree.
Other curators besides Dr. Flippin
are Judge Andrew J. Cobb of Athens,
Judge Beverly D. Evans, Orville A.
Park, Dr. R. P. Brooks, J. F. Mims,
W. W. Gordon, H. R. Goetchius, Law-
ton B. Evans, Judge A. C. King, A,
C, Newell, T. M. Cunningham, Jr.,
Mrs. A. R. Lawton and Mrs. Gordon
Saussey..
The board of directors of the His
torical. Quarterly 'are Dr. R. P.
Brooks, University Of Georgia; Dr.
Cleo Hearon, Agnes Scott; Dr. P. S,
Flippin, Mercer; Librarian, C. S.
Thompson, Savannah Public Library,
and Mr. L. L; Macall, of Savannah
Following the program at the
meeting, on which MercCr wad rep
resented by Dr. Flippin and L. M.
Collins, the members gathered at
luncheon.
Katherine Morgan played maid in
cunning French attire. The
were Mieeee Savannah Hillla, Ger
trude Millie, Merrle Rogers, Lola
Williams, Esther Rish and Ann Hoff
man. ’ V
Fred Caylor was a visitor in Dal
ton last week.
Harvey Sheppard made a visit to
homefolks in Edison last week.
Allie Thompson was
Eastman last week-end.
T. M. Hart Monday afternoon de
feated. F.. R. Nalls, former Mercer
i'hess champion, in the finals of the
Mercer chess . tournament. Five
l?amc8 were required to settle the
match; as three draws were played..
The match was started Saturday
night, but had to be completed Mon
day, as there was not time enough
then. On Saturday Hart had .won
ane and three draws had been
played. Monday Hart won the first
tame, thereby becoming chess
champion.
TENNIS PLAYERS
SHOW GOOD FORM
BROOME CHOSEN
ALUMNI SPEAKER
C. J. Broome, a member of the
Senior class, hab been invited to
preach the, commencement sermon
for the Flowery Branch High School
this year. He will also deliver the
alumni address at the Chattahoochee
High School commencement on May
11th.
Each year Chattahoochee High
School invites one of the alumni of
the school to deliver one of the com
mencement addresses," and as Mr.
Broome is a graduate of the institu-
tion he was chosen bb the speaker
this year. H. T. Brookshire, another
Mercer man, who graduated two
years ago, made the address last
year.
First
Matches in Tournament
Played Off.
EDUCATIONAL MEETING
Dean W. E. Fatrar and Dr. Pey
ton Jacobs left yesterday for Co-<
lumbus, where they will attend the
annual meeting of the Georgia Edu
cational Association. Dr.-Jacobs will
read'a paper at the meeting.
The committee on high schools, of
which. Dean Farrar- is a, member, will
have before it at this session of the
G. E. A. the important question of
college credits for flve-year high
schools. Kyle T. Alfriend, president
of Georgia. Military Academy, will
preside during the Columbus session.
Mr. Alfriend was at one time an in
structor in Lanier. High. School.
The association is to be in session
three days, the meeting extending
through Thursday, Friday and 8at-
By F. R. Nalls, Jr.
Sixteen men were eliminated from
the' Mercer tennis tournament Satur
day and Monday When the first series
if matches 'was played off. In these
Matches Powell, Evans, Webb, Jones,
J. Adams, McCarty, Herring, Alford,
Morris, Ellis', Small, Roberts, A.
Adams, Buchannon and Fields were
.eliminated, leaving Davis, Haddock,
Jonnell, Lovett, Cutter, Baker,
Graves,- .Wilson, Merritt, Broome,
Vincent, Hart, Jackson, Nalls and
Weaver still in the running.
In several of these matches an un-
isual brand of tennis was shown. In
•the Davis vs. Powell match Powell
piit up a good brand of the racket
sport but was unable to cope with
the placement, hard serving and ter
rific driving of Ed Davis, who is
doped to win the tournament. An.
M-h^r close match was that between
I. W. Jones and L. L. Lovett, but
Lovett had just enough edge on
Jones, to pull but winner.
Three of the matches were lost by
default, Fields forfeiting to Weavei
A. Adams to Jackson, and Roberts
Hart. ' , x f
The second series of..matches u
to have been played off
due to the fact- that rain rendered
the courts unplayable thesy games
had to be postponed. Only two of
this series were played on by men
who beat the Fain to the cdqrts. In
these games, Lovett defeated (Donnell
two straight sets, and Jackson, seem
ing to have Hart at Us mercy, took
two love sets from him.
The schedules for the second series
were Davis vs. Haddock, Connell vs.
Lovett, Cutter vs. , Baker va.
Graves, Wilson va. llerritt, Broome
vs. Vincent, Hart vs. Jackson, and
Nalls vs.
BESSfiS TIFT NEWS
Saturday, April 14th, was observed
as Field Day at Bessie Tift College.
Field, track and swimming events
were staged. The Freshmen and
Sophomores won most of the first
places. Good records were made for
the high jump, the hundred yard
dash and the relay. In the swim
ming contests Misses Helen Foster,
Martha Sanders, Belle Lanier, Ellen
Stakemiller, Lucile Culpepper and
Susie Hammack put on exhibitions
of pretty as well as speedy swim
the afternoon a baseball game
staged between the Seniors and
Freshmen, .the latter winning by
the) score of 21 to 3..' The Freshmen
by winning yesterday are the colleg4
champions. They clearly outclassed
the tipper classmen in every depart
ment of the game; in base running,
bafting and fielding they were far
The Fseshman victory was
largely, due to their excellent battery,
isa Christine Moon, the “Wonder
irl Pitcher,” and Miss Betty Coker,
the classy receiver. Miss Moon bids
fair to rival Walter Johnson as
pitcher. She can certainly put the
“smoke” on the ball. Miss Inez Har
ris was clearly the shining star
when it came to base running, bat
ting and fielding. Miss Hazel Brown
and Miss Susie Hammack must be
given credit also for their splendid
work. The entire Freshman outfit
played a good game.
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■■ A charming Easter affair was
birthday dinner given in honor of
Miss Savannah HilUs by Miss Mar
tha Sanders. Four delightful come*
were served. Toaata wen made to
Um bonora. and she was showered
with
a visitor in
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