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MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1922
No. 27
10,000 VISITORS EXPECTED
ON MERCER CAMPUS DURING
89111 COMMENCEMENT SESSIONS
GEORGE TRUETT
FEATURES RIG
DAILY PROGRAM
Barbecue and Alumni Banquet
For Tuesday.
JOHN D. MELL PRESIDES
WHO’S WHO AT MERCER FOR 1922-23
The' eighty-ninth annual com
mencement exercises of Mercer Uni
versity will begin Sunday, June 4,
with a sermon by Dr. P. C. .McCon
nell, of Atlanta, who is an alumnus
of Mercer. The exercises will extend
through four days, Sunday; Monday,
Tuesday; and Wednesday, being ob
served simultaneously with the Cen
tennial celebration of the Georgia
Baptist Convention. ‘
Dr. McConnell's sermon will be
the opening gun of the Commence
ment and the Trustees of Mercer
will meet ip their spring session <pn
Monday, June &th, at 2 o’clock.. At 6
o’clock on the same day the Senior
class will hold its exercises from
Magnolia Terrace near the Admin
istration building.
Centennial Day will be observed
on Tuesday, June 6th. Dr. John D.
Mell, of Athens, president of the
Georgia Baptist Convention, will pre
side during .'the Centennial program
Chancellor Rufus W. Weaver, of
Mercer, will deliver an address of
welcome to the hosts of Southern
Baptists gathered, to take part in the
celebration of the one. hundredth an
niversary of the Baptists of Geor
gia. Dr.\ Weaver’s message «ef wel
come will be responded to by repre
sentative I Baptist leaders from the
Southern States east of the Missis
sippi.
Among those who will speak are
Rev. Henry W. Battle, D.D., of Vir
ginia; Rev. T. W. O'Kelley, D.D., of
North Carolina; Rev. Z. T. . Cody,
D.D., of South Carolina; Dr.. W. L.
Pickard, of. Tennessee; Dr. A. C.
Ctree, of Georgia; Dr. E. Y. Mullins,
president of the * Southern Baptist
Convention, Kentucky; Dr. S. P.
Brooks, Texas; Dr. M. L. Dodd, of
Louisiana; Dr. C. A. Stakely, of Ala
bama; D«r. L. R. Christie, of Missis-
sippi. - .
Dr. George W. Truett, of Texas,
will deliver the mail! address of the
day, and the Centennial' celebration
is expected to reach high water mark
at this hour. Dr. A. B. Vaughn and
Hon. W. D Upshaw will be among
the principal speakers of the after
boon session. At 4 o’clock in the
afternoon the Mercer University
baseball team 'will meet the team of
Georgia Tech from Atlanta
Alumni Field near the campus.
The Alumni- dinner,' which is
annual affair, will be held at 7:00,
ar.d Dr. Solon . B. Cousins, of Rich
mond! Va., will be the principal
speaker. 1
Dr. Truett will deliver the com
mencement address, of Wednesday,
June 7th. At this time the diplomas
wilf be awarded the graduates and
Dr: Rufus -W. Weaver will deliver
the baccalaureate address. The an-
Dial evangelistic conference begins
in the afternoon add extends through
two' days."
And BarbeCne, Taa
Have YOU heard all this:
That there will be lOflOO visitors
at Mercer during Commencement and
the Centennial Day celebration
That the university will serve
barbecue to these 10.000 visitors and
(Contbrnod on page eight)
President-elect of the Study Body and Senior Class—Carl Lancaster,
■ Hoschton, Ga.
Master Mercerian—Robert Mann Gamble, Macon, Ga.
Editor-in-Chief of Mercer Cluster—Rabun. Brantley, Sylvanin, Ga.
Editor-in-Ghicf of the Cauldron—L. E. Smith, Grayson, Ga.
Business Manager of the Cauldron^-R. M- Coleman, Mjtchcll, Ga.
President of the Ministerial Association—C. W. Pope, Tallapoosa, Ga.
President of the Y. M. C. A.—Josiah Crudup, Jr., Dalton, Ga,
Student Members of the Athletic Board of Control—W. A- Stone, Ma
con, Ga.;-Mike 'E. Herndon, Canon, Gp,, and James L. Clegg,
Good Hope, Ga. •
Manager of the Football. Team—J. W. Jones, Maeon, Ga.
Manager of the Basketball Team—W. S.■ Erwin, Johnson City, Ter
Manager of the Baseball Team—Mike Terrell, Greensvoro, Ga.
President of the Junior Class—Charles H. Berryman, Royston, Ga.
President Of the “M” Club—Robert M. Gamble, Macon,- Ga.
President of the Masonic Club—C. E. Bryson, Gainesville, Ga.
President of the Sophomore Class — R. E. Walker.
Best All-round Athlete—B. L. Smith, Fayetteville, Tenn.
Captain-elect of Football Team—Carl Lancaster,'Flowery Branch,.Ga.
Captain of Basketball Team—Robert M. Gamble, Macon, Ga.
President of the Pan-Hellenic Council—L. J. Lane,. Macon, Ga.
Intercollegiate Debaters—L. B. Matthews, W. ,M. Marshall, W. G.
McRae, R. W. Green, John K. Williams, H. H. Shirley, W. A.
Bootle, C. J. Broome.
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SHRINE POTENTATE
MERCER GRADUATE
Ernest Allen Cutts, Imperial
Shrine Potentate of North America,
an alumnus of Mercer and now a
prominent lawyer of Savannah, will
begin his pilgrimage to the Imperial
Council ’ at San Francisco tonight.
He . will be escorted to the City of
the Golden Gate by the Alee Band
and Patrol of Savannah and the Al-
Sihah ' Band and Patrol of Macon.
Among the Shriners in the Macon
Patrol who will cross the sands of
the Western, deserts is J. Harry P.
Thomas, who is the only Shriner
Who has his residence on the Mercer
campus.
Imperial Potentate Cutts will make
the trip to San Francisco aboard his
Special Train DeLuxe and will make
numerous stops to reeeivC the hom
age and greeting of the. Shriners of
the leading Western States. Steps
will be made at such cities as Kan
sas City, Denver, Grand • Ganyon, Los
Angeles and Santa Barbara.
After- the meeting of the Imperial
Council, Imperial Potentate Cutts
with his retinue of bands and patrols
will sail for Honolulu, Hawaiian Is
lands. Harry Thomas, the Mercer
member of the- Macon Patrol, will
accompany the Imperial Potentate on
til his journeys both to San Fran
cisco and to Hawaii.
The journey to the land,' of the
“Setting Sun” is expected to be one
continuous trek of, triumphs from
city to city. Receptions and ban
quets will be encountered at almost
every, step of the trip.
MERCER TO PLAY
GA.TECH TORNADO
Commencement Series First
Institution’s History.
in
Mercer students of yesterday and
those of today will unite with the
hard fighting Baptist baschall team
an endeavor to even the series
with Georgia Tech, the first game of
which will be played here on Tues
day, June 6, and the second in At
lanta.on the 10th of June. It is to
be recalled that early in the season
two games Were dropped to this
school after a hard fight and re
venge is the thing desired most by
everybody connected with Mercer.
Ten thousand visitors, most of
whom will be alumni' of the institu
tion, are, expected : in .the city
Tuesday of next week. Every year
large, numbers have been coming -to
the commencement exercises and
they, have always voiced a desire to
see a baseball game between their
Alina Mater and some worthy oppo
nent. They will be given this oppor
tunity this year and if -only five
thousand alumni come for that day
then no moi;e will be expected to at
tend but. certainly there- will not be
a single slacker, in that bunch.
Mercer University should be proud
of the fact that this invitation was
extended to her. This . is the first
time in the history of athletics at
Ti±Jj--that a post-season series has
beeh arranged with any school, al
though she has had numerous offers
especially from teams claiming the
football championship.
Hard practice is being indulged in
by the Baptist's in preparation for
this series. Rain has caused many
days to' pass without a workout and
the Mercer mentor is getting them
out early and letting them come in
late so as to have them in the best
possible-condition,.
ORGANIZATION
FOR CENTENNIAL
Ushers—J. K. Williams, chairman
Senior Class. ’ .
Publicity—George M. Sparks.
Information-^-Peyton Jacob, J. G
Harrison. Eight girls to,each infor
motion tentr
Speakers’' . Stand and- Banners—
Prof. Robinson and Prof. Wray,
Water and Flowers (25 barrels of
water,. 5,000 pounds of. .ice)—Prof
Haskins.
Reception Committee '*— Dr. Wil
liams, Dr. Flippih, Dr. Fox, Prof
Farrar, Dr. Montague.
Auto Parking— Dr. Walker,'. Dr,
I Holder. .’
|';' Aceoustips (amplifier)—Dr.. Foun
I tain. ,4 ,,
I Homes'—Dr. Ginty.
j Photos—Prof. Railey.
I. Programs—Prof. Railey, Mr. Wel
born, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Batts, Rev
; Eden, Dr. Chamlee.
I .Men’s toilets, located in chapel
Sherwood Hali, Cynthia Halllday
B. L. SMITH
who was voted to be the best all
round athlete at Mercer, having made Hall,
a letter in three branches of sports— Women’s, tjilets, main
football, basketball and baseball. Y. M; C. A., Science Hall.
building.
CLASS OF 1922 ■
MAKES HISTORY
Many to Get A.B. or B.S.C. De
grees Wednesday.
Of the. Seniors to be ' graduated
from Mercer University this' year
thirty-three will finish with either
the degree of Bachelor of Arts or
the degree of . Bachelor of Science in
Commerce. This number is in addi- .
tion to the. men who will get diplo
mas from the law school and other'
departments of the institution. .
The Seniors finishing this year; will
get their diplomas under circum
stances the most inspiring that could
perhaps be imagined. The. com
mencement comes' this year, simul
taneously with the Centennial cele- .
bration of. the Georgia Baptist . Con
vention, and t-hiS' will attract thou
sands of people to Macon. The mas
ter array of great' speakers‘who will
address the throngs in attendance,
the inspiring historical setting for
the celebration, the hosts of Baptists
present, the steps in the' develop
ment' of the Greater - Mercer pro
gram; "all these facts wil) furnish the
background for the awarding of the
degrees this-year and send the grad
uates out with the knowledge that
they have 1 been connected with a
mighty and far-reaching movement
in the history of collegiate education'
in the South.
It is felt by the leaders in the
Baptist ranks that this commence
ment at Mercer University will be
one of the history making events in
the life of the Baptist people as a
whole. It comes at a time when the
institution together with the whole
denomination is making the. most
wonderful strides of . all its career. .
The present Senior class, are said
to feel themselves very fortunate in
finishing just at this time, and it is
believed that in years to come they
will be felad to look back at thi^
back at this time as the fullfilment
of their own ambitions as well as the ;
time of greatest - advance by their
Alma Mater.
The following men .will get either
A.B. or B,S. C. 'this year: K. F.
Brasington, Macon; Guy Atkinson,
Hartwell; Francis .Everett Barron,
Boston; Alexander Carswell, Macon;
Carl Jackson Brpome, Macon; Geo. ,
Byron Carter, HazlehUrst; J, G.
Cheney, ' Carrollton;' Milledge A.
(’lark, Maeon; A. B. Cochran,- Camil
la; W . B. .Cochran, Thomasvilje.
Edwin S. Davis, Macon; . Bruce
Lubberly, Glenville; F. B. Easley,
Dalton; G. Cleo Elrod, Lavonia; R.
M. Gamble, Macon; John Henry
Greene; Bowman; James F. Hanson,
Macon; Foreman Hawes, Locust
Grove; ,W-. F. Hiriesley, Banning;
Warren F. Holland; Byron; j. Glover
Johnson, Macon;- -Forrest T-. Jones,
Wint'erhaven, Fla. - .
j- W. Jones, Macon; L. B. Mat
thews, Tifton; P-. E. Murray", Abba;
Bruce Newsome, Eatonton; William
J. Shelverton, Maeon; Hoke 11. Shir :
ley, Commerce; T. E. Smith, 1 Gray--
son; George W. Stanley,' Thomas-
viile; Ei R. Welch, Macon; Forrest
(’. Williams, Eatonton; John K. Wil
liams, Toccoa; William J. Wood,
Rhine; James M. Woodall, Mai-on;
William - Kelly - Wynne-, Washington,
Ga; .
GROUP OF SENIOR LAW CLASS
SPORTING EDITOR „
IS FROM MERCER
Robert M. Gamble, captain-elect of
t-he 1923 basketball team and 1922
Master Mercerian, is concluding his
first month’s work as sporting.editor
of the Maeon Daily Telegra'ph, to
which' position he. was appointed on
May 1, aftjer having, been Mercer
correspondent far the Telegraph for
two years.
The accession of .another Mercer
School of Journalism product to a
position - on a leading daily paper is
but'a-further tribute to the work be
ing done in this' department of the
university, Mr. Gamble was circula
tion manager of the Orange and
DlaCk in 1919 and for the past two
years has been'-associate editor of
ilie Mercer Cluster. V