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THE MBRCER CLUSTER
April 28, 1928
The Mercer Cluster
Published weekly by the students of
the fourteen schools end colleges In
the Mercer University System.
George M. Sparks....Managing Editor
C. J. Broome... Editor-in-Chlef
Associate Editors:
Robert M. Gamble, F. R. Nalls, Jr.,
K. F. Brazlngton, J. P. Leggett, I. G,
Wilkes, F. M. Holland, H. E. Little
field, R. B. Morris.
Circulation Manager, H. H. Ware, Jr.
Subscription Rates, one. year, $1.50.
Advertising rates on request
WHAT OF MORALS?
The younger generation of society
today seems to be undergoing a rad
ical revolution^ in manners and
morals. In the matters' of dress,
dancing, familiarity and freedom as
regards questions of sex, youthful
society seems to be rapidly disre
garding standards of morals and per
sonal conduct established by the wis
dom and experience of civilized peo
ple. .
But it can perhaps be said that this
tendency toward lax morals is per
ceptibly halted at this time. Iii other
words, the revelation in morals and
in manners seems to have spent its
force, and now a reaction is seen in
softie quarters. , This is not to say
that conditions in this regard today
are better than during the' last few
years. It means that the marcli;«f
sexual license seems temporarily
stayed by a revulsion of public opin
ion. It appears that the reason we
do not hear so much about these con
ditions as formerly is because the
public has become accustomed to the
great change that has taken place.
Dress, dances, manners that would,
have shocked us a few years ago are
now taken as • matter of course.
As to the causes of the low moral
standards prevalent in many quar
ters, one can hardly more than gen
eralize. But one of the leading fac
tors in moral disintegration seems to
be the breakdown of home life as
social stabilizer. This breakdown,, in
turn, may be traced to various 2nd
manifold social and economic influ
ences, which cannot be briefly defined.
As a remedy for perverse social
conditions, our suggestion' would be
that we try the Christian religion.
With the press, the moving pictures,
the pulpit, and other powerful agen
cies devoted to the task of transfer
ring from destructive activities to a
constructive program based oh ideals
of service and fellowship to human
ity, it would be possible for us to
emerge from this era of unrestraint
into an era of real culture.
The will to service must be devel
oped instead of the will to self. Mak
ing men must be placed before mak
ing money. Culture must be brucifled
with Christ before society can be re
deemed from the slough of sensu :
ality.•• . .
at all. We will neglect to re
peat his opinion on this,’
“Your friends and admirers
here wish to know if you pub
licly reflected on a team you had
that afternoon defeated. They
believe you were misquoted in
Telegraph. We wonder how
strong opinions must be if can 1
not be published. Wire our ex
pense.
“Mercer Cluster.”
In reply to the above telegram,
Coach Donahue wired as follows:
“Only statement made ‘Mercer
pitchers and outfield very good,
infield not up to Mercer stan
dards,’- w*
“M. J. Donahue.”
Thus Coach Donahue is shown to
have spoken very highly of both the' never saw a street car until they
pitchers AND THE OUTFIELD, C ame‘to Macon and now they put on
merely adding that the infield was'that refined look and say, “The team
“not up to Mercer standards.” This js no good.” A tru»- Mercer man
is the “opinion” that could' 1 not be won ’t let anyone say before him that
published. i- ' ] the team is not doing its best; if he
Furthermore, by playing up in the does, he is not entitled to be a Mer-
headlines- such expressions as “Bone- 1 cer m an.
head Baseball,” “Another Thrown) The student body as a whole is
Away” and “Misplay by Misplay” ( i oya)| but there are a f ew w h 0 do all
th<v“Telegraph left the impression the knocking. Let’s all stop knock-
that the Mercer team was a bunch of' frig-and BOOST,
dubs. The sporting editor must have ' jf the ghoc fits YOU wear it!
been afflicted with a sour stomach, I
or else he would have remembered'
that college players are not all big
weaknesses, but when a team is lo«-' In the desert a fountain is Springing,
ing then it the time to bbost harder |n the wide waste there still is a tree,
and make the players feel that the
student body is behind them.
If you can play ball better than
they can, why don’t YOU get a glove,
chase out On the field * nd show your
wares? YOU will get a chance. If
not willing to try out, yhy not keep
YOUR mouth shut and let the coach
do the talking? That is HIS job,
and he is paid to do that'.
The players are doing their best
and you must remember that, no col
lege team plays errorless ball. If
they did, the players wouldn’t play
college ball long, for they Would go
to the major leagues.
It-is'chiefly a bunch of drug store
hounds who never saw a big league
game who are doing all the knock
ing. The majority of these “gripers”
W. S. Erwin.
league timber. If they were they
would hardly be playing on' a college
team! Our team -beat Auburn on
Friday, and had previously won one
game from Yale. ' •
The Mercer team is not perfect j Mbther( tonifeht Pm thinkinK of you
They pull bad plays sometimes just wjth a - , ove that ever is ' true;
as the sporting editor of the Tele-
MY MOTHER
By Lonnie L. Fleming
graph makes serious blunders on “off
days.” .
2000 HIGH SCHOOLS
To my heart you are dearest of all,
And your love will evermore call.
And a bird in the solitude'ia singing,
Which speaks to my spirit of thee.
MEMORIES
By F. T. Jones
In the springtime in the evening
When the sun sinks in the west,
When the breezes come a stealing,
That’s the time'I love the best.
Then it is I’m always dreaming
While the birds are in-their nest,
When the moon comes rising, sailing
Slowly, calmly from her rest.
Then my thoughts are ever .weaving
Memories of my own love nest,
And your arms around me creeping
As your heqd lies on my breast.
Seems to me you now are calling
While the birds are in their nest,
And my heart to you is answ’ring,
“Lay your head upon my breast. 1
Oh, I love the shades of evening
When the sun sinks in the west,
And fond mem’ries come a stealing
Of the one I love the best.
My star
John Milton Samples
JUST “OFF DAYS”
The sporting editor, of the Macon
Daily Telegraph handed the Mercer
baseball team a well-shaded black
eye in his write-up Sunday morning
of Saturday’s game against Auburn.
The sporting editor of the Telegraph
said:
“Last night Coach Donahue
hiul wordf of praise for Mercer’s
two pitchers. ‘Allie Thompson is
the best man we have faced this
season. He is big league timber,’
according to Coach Donahue. The
Auburn mentor was -of the opin
ion that both Thompson and
Stone , are of the class of South
ern Collegiate baseball BUT AS
FOR THE REST OF. THE
MERCER TEAM, THE TIGER
COACH WASN’T IMPRESSED
AT ALL. WE WILL NEGLECT
TO REPEAT HIS OPINION. ON
THIS.”
The capitals are oar own. After
reading in the Telegraph this sug
gestion that the Auburn coach had
spoken rather harshly of the Mercer
team, the Cluster wired Mr. Donahue
as fallows:
“Coach Mike Donahue, Auburn,
' Ala, .
“Telegraph quotes you in Sun
day's story as praising Thump-
son and Stons but Onlahed thus:
<hnt as far the rast of tha taaa,
IS THIS YOUR SHORT
There is a good deal of disloyal
talk on the campus about Meicsr’s
baseball team. That is- the worat
thing that a student body can do. tt
the team is winning consistently it is
all right to tell the players of their
Your life has known deep pain,
Akin to death, as mist tnC’rain;
And may my life sweet comfort be
Emory University is doing some To One who suffered thus for me.
super-advertising.' Instead of spend-1
ing so much money on booklets and Your care for me wjll ne’er depart,
bulletins which»are seldom read and Our joys and sorrows are heart to
merely tossed aside, Emory is adver-1 heart; ■
rising the great Methodist institution As your mother-love, so- near Divine,
by broadcasting her weekly paper, May I be true to all with mine,
the Emory Wheel, over the state and'
in the high schools of the Southeast.
Last week they produced a twelve-
page paper which was sent to two
thousand high schools and junior
colleges. This is SUPER-ADVER
TISING.
The Emory Wheel, according' to
their own statement made a few
weeks ago, is receiving more than
$1,300.00 from their community, chest
fund. This amount, together with
their subscription rate- of $2.00 per
year, enables the Wh£el to‘get out a
paper that advertises the university
to the nth degree. The -high school
issue sent into two thousand schools
over the country will do more to turn
students to Emory than a-carload of
bulletins, in our opinion.
The superb college weekly of-eight
or twelve pages put out by Emory
also, develops the journalistic talent
of the student body in a way that
is impossible with a. smaller paper,
In a few years we will doubtless see
many Emory graduates holding im
portent positions in the journalistic
world. Already the school is pro-
during writers who evoke the admira
tion and wonder of other institutions
as well as of the public at large. This
journalistic development would not
be possible without the strong finan
cial backing given the Emory Wheel,
which enables the paper to enlarge
with the progress of the institution.
The printed page is probably »
greater influence in moulding public
opinion than any other agency to
day. Therefore Emory is putting the
emphasis in the right place by giving
so much support to journalistic activ
ities. It is an endeavor by a Chris
tian college to ’ develop Christian
journalists who will be equipped to
step into the news and magazine
world, and contribute to the world’s
progress by keeping journalism on a
high moral plane.
It is regrettable that qora of our
colleges do not put greater emphasis
on journalistic training. They should
surely in the future use to a'greater
extent than in the past the power of
the press.
Throughout the long night
Though the journey be fair'
And dim glows its light,
I follow my star.
When the sky is o’er cast
And the cloud demons frown,
When loud blows the blast .
And the tempest sweeps down,
Still back- of the clouds
Like a beacon afar
Through the. slit curtain shrouds
I see there my star.
When the lightning’s red lash
In twain rives the oak,
And loud thunders crash '
With the weight of its stroke,
Although I
With many
I trust in the
Of my
AURURN-MERCER GAME
REPORTED BY RADIO
Radiograms reporting the progress
of the baseball game between Auburn
and Mercer at Macon Saturday after,
noon were received by, W8B, the
Atlanta Journal’s broadcasting sta
tion. At the close of the game the
Anal score, 6 to 4, in Auburn’s favor,
was “radiographed” to the Journal
twenty minutes earlier than the re
port by wire was received. The re-
ports were broadcast each inning by
the Tech radio experimental unit,
under the supervision, of Captain J.
L. Autrey and Prof. A. J. Miller.
This is probably the first -time in
the history of baseball in Georgia
that the results of a game have been
broadcast by radio. It indicates one
of the many practical uses to which
radio may be put Radio enthusiasts
throughout Georgia interested in the
game were able to learn the outcome
of the contest as soon as it was fin
ished.
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