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THE MERCER CLUSTER
FORMER MERCER
STUDENTS RECALL
COLLEGE YEARS
The Capital City Club' was the
scene' recently of a banquet of col
lege ' men in which good fellowship
ruled and .the traditions of earlier
(iay.s were made to live again in the
aspirations of busy 'men for the fu
ture of Mercer University.
Prank A. Hooper, well known local
attorney, was toastmaster. A fea
ture of the banquet was the fact that
every man present' made a speech.
Mr. Hooper insisted that every man
stand and give his name, his year Of
graduation, his present residence and
his occupation. In this recital of the
personnel of the banquet the range
ran from Judge George Hillyer, who
graduated in. 1854,; to men who re
ceived thejr diplomas in 1821.
Governor Thomas W. HardVick
was the drat speaker of the evening.
Introduced as a graduate of Mercer
in. 1892, the governor delighted the
hearers with a review of the mem
bers of . the faculty when he was a
. student; paying especial .tribute -' to
■Dr. Willet; Dr. Brafrtljv.and Dr. San
ford. The governor declared that it
was his belief that college men stand
for the majesty of the law and he
.appealed to his fellow collegians .to
stand with other good cUisens in the
enforcement and observance, of every
law of our state and nation.
Dr. Brittain Speaks
Dr. M. L. Brittain, an honorary
. graduate of. Mercer University,- fol
lowed the governor in emphasising
the need of. trained citizenship and
declared that the Christian college is
One of the great factors in the uplift
of civilization. Dr. Brittain spoke
cordially of the relations of Mercer
uhd Georgia Tech, and expressed the
belief, that there ,, was mutual benefit
in this felicitous relation.
"Dr. J. F. Sellers, dean of Ogle
thorpe Uuniversity and for twenty-
five years a professor at' Mercer, was
the third speaker of the evening. He
delighted his listeners with many
pictures of the life of the institution
und appealed to every man to give
his full support t6 the enlargement
of Mercer..
Judge R. C. Bell, recently appoint
ed to the court of appeals, and a
graduate of Mercer in 1903, called
forth hearty laughter with a number
of stories and increased the interest
of the alumni in the traditions with
■an appeal to live true to the ideals
of Mercer’s long career.'
Coach Josh Cody . greatly pleased
the Mercer men when he told of the
bright prospects for a scrappy foot-
bull team this autumn and of the as
surance of a brilliant basketball out
fit this winter. .
Tells of Mercer’s Growth
The closing address-of the evening
was by President Rufus W. Weaver.
He recited the rapid growth of Mer
cer in the last few years and called
attention to the fact that every indi
cation points-to the greatest year in
her history with the approaching
session.
Among the prominent out-of-town
alumni who attended' the banquet
were Senators Cone and Childs and
Mr. Wimberly, Mr. DeFoor, Mr. pal
mer; Senator J. B. Jackson and a
number of other ^embers of the gen
eral assembly. *
John T. Boifeuillet, Congressman
Upshaw, Dr. H. L. Grice, Rev. Carl
DeVane, Dr. B. D. Ragsdale, George
M. Sparks and Dr. Arch C. Cree were
among - the other outof-town
present.
At the.close of the banquet officers
for the Atlanta chapter of the Alum
ni Association were elected for an
other year. Judge George Hillyer
was elected president; John 8. West
moreland was elected rice president
and Carlton W, Binns was elected
secretary.
Mercer University was founded
in 1883.
' Thousands of active alumni in
clude some of the most prominent*
men in America.
Nearly a hundred acres are in
cluded in the college campus with
a five hundred feet frontage on
Tattnall Square Park, one of the
most beautiful recreation centers
in Georgia. On the college cam
pus Aluihni Field offers the ath
lete a playing field for outdoor
sports.
In addition to seven large dor-
‘mitoiles for new students several
streets of the campus are lined
with cottages for married stu
dents. The Men’s Commons, new
dining hall, seats six hundred
students and for’ convenience and
modern equipment is the best in
the South.. New management and
better fce&ice has during the sum- 1
mer mYnths convinced the stu
dents tlntt the coming year has
much.in store for them.
Six new class rooms have been
added to the already wellydquipped
university plant apd—nruch prep
aration is being made to care for
the Junior and Senior 'co-ed pro
gram of Mereer University. Nine
new members are to be added to
to the faculty this year running
the total faculty number to 62
professors and instructors.
MERCER MEN AGAIN
CONTROL CAPITOL
About Five Times as Many Rep
resentatives as All Others.
Mercer now holds a majority of the
college graduates in the Georgia
Legislature. According to a recent
census taken in that body, .42 of its
members were found to ’be former 016 * row ‘ h * ftudent-roll; no I at pregen t , re $1,600,000.
Mercer men, while only six are Geor
gia • graduates, three are from - Emory
and one is from Vanderbilt.
Mereer has long been famed for its
law school, than which there is none
better in the. state, and it is found
that alt the judges in the City of Ma
con, save one, are Mereer graduates.
Judge Will Gunn, recently reappoint
ed to the City Court,' is a Mercer, man.
The same is true of Judge Malcolm
D. Jones and Judge John P. Ross.
The former is now judge of the Supe
rior Court and the latter a candidate
for that office. Judge Chambers and
Judge Cochran are also Mereter men.
The president of. the senate, Steve
Clay, is a graduate of Mereer Uni
versity.
Besides forty-two legislators, Mer
cer is also the alma mater of the
present governor, Tom Hardwick, and
the senator, Tom Watson; Who knows
but some day h. Mereer man will be
in the White House?
A PUZZLING QUESTION
THAT’S NATURAL
Grace Darling, aristocrat of the
equine world aai a $10,000 race scare,
was found recently in nee as a plough
homo on a farm near Dalton after
having boon lost by her Indiana own
er. Grace probably didn't agree with
the net .of ue that "It’s groat to ho
a''Georgian." *•
”1 am a thorough believer that
men's clothes should match their hair;
A black-haired man should wear black
clothes, ■ brown-haired man should
PRESIDENT WEAVER
AT THE BANQUET
v
By John T. Boifeuillet
A few nights ago I attended at the
Capital City Club a banquet given by
the Atlanta alumni of Mereer Unl-
vereity.
The keynote of the occaekm was
fellowship—the fellowship of broth
erly love, of \cheerfulnees, or cordial
ity, of fidelity, qt humanity, of wit
and humor; the fellowship that makes
bright and attractive the paths of men
with roses of kindness and the for
get-me-nots of fond remembrance;
the fellowship that “clothes the face
with light and mellows the voice with
music.’’ - •
I always feel about my dear old
alma mater like Goldsmith’s Trav
eler: .
“Where’er I roam whatever realms
to see, •
My heart untravel’d fondly turns to
' thee.” -,\ '
FREED OF DEBT, MERCER
■STARTS BUILDING PLAN
Growth of cities and their educa
tional institutiona generally parallel
each other, but, according to Dr. Ru
fus W, Weaver, Macon will have to
hustle considerably in the next few
years in order to' keep apace with
the active growth of Mereer Univer
sity and Its many community phases.
Increasing its student body 200 or
800 each year the last few years and
preparation for nearly a thousand for
the coming sessions is not the only
asspt Mercer University is producing
for Macon for in local assets it is
the second largest business in Macon.
The actual financial growth during
the last three eyars has been as much
or morethan an concern in this sec
tion. • . . (\
■ College Out of Debt
Three ears ■ ago the college was
$260,000 in debt, its endowment whs
practically dissipated and t)ie over
head and current expenses running
the succeeding administrations into
, yearly indebtedness. Today Mercer
One of the speakers at the alumni Univergity ig out of debtf itg endow _
banquet was President Rufus W. ment restored to $750,000 and in ad-
Weaver f Mercer I have often heard dit|on to tw . ce ag much workjng
this distinguished .divine, accom- «q uipment and three times as many
plished author, eminent educator and facplty memberg MePcer University
unsurpassed collegiate administrative jg ghowing a net gain of | 10 ,000 or
official in public speech, but never be- |j 2j000 every year,
fore has he been more earnest, more T ’ hree yearg ago pnly $ 87(000 wag
interesting, more informing and more expen(kd fo , the benefit of the ma _
eloquent, with reference to Mereer, triculanU of Mercer University while
than On this’ occasion. . the past year, according to the recent
As I listened intently to him, my of the j. H . Drewry A Co,,
bosom swelled with emotions of pride audltorg( tbe gum of mfi00 wag ex .
and gladness in the knowledge that I pended For the coming year the
am an alumnus of the institution of budget of expenge ig $, 20i000 . i te
Comes
Co-Eds Romp and Play
In Fine Kiwanian Pool
which he is the superb head. Mercer
is splendid and peerless. She is filled
with the proud swelling music of life
and hope and joy. .- ;
Mercer Bounding Forward
Under President Weaver’s adminis-
loari fund is approximately $125,000..
.. Courses far Business Men
In the completion of the new din
ing hall $200,000 of the $2,500,000
permanent building plan Was ex
pended 1 Turing the past ear, while the
tration, no man can mark the.limit of actua i agge ts of Mercer University
man can foretell to what great height | For the gpec i a i benefit of the busi
the rising tide of her prosperity will j negg men „f Macon, Mercer Is this
reach; no man can foresee how far
will spread the vitalizing powers and
influences now at work in all the ave
nues of her activities.
In glowing colors President Weaver
in his banquet address pictured Mer
cer bounding forward "with mighty
strides for the first position in the
tanks of Southern Universities. He
spoke of her as “A true University
in the Heart of Dixie.” He graphic
ally described how she had grown
from the modest college planted at
Penfield in 1833 to a university offer
ing work in the School of. Law, the
School of Commerce, the School of
Journalism, the School of Education,
the School of Theology, the College «P ot on all tho earth if it could not
of Liberal Arts,” Pro-Medical bourses | point men to God.
and Pre-Engineering Courses. He| “This is a day demanding trained
unfolded a panorama, as it were, of. men and above all men who can ap-
the beautiful campus with fine mod-,’ proach the problems of., life in. the
year adding a night curriculum in
the School of Commerce. Thirty
courses will be offered business men
of the city by this school. Law
classes will be held both in the day
time and at night.
Mercer’s representatives take a
permanent part iii the business life
of the city.
Miss Pell: “Young man, the lights
of this house go out at ten-thirty.”
Al: “That suits me; don’t delay on
my account.” > .
ern buildings and an excellent ath
letic field.
What the Times Demand
Impressively and eloquently Presi
dent Weaver exclaimed:
tpirit of Jesus Christa I appeal to
the .thoughtful young men to enter
Mercer University this September
and fit themselves for a life of high
est usefulness.”
In a voice, clear and ringing as
■ “The towering steeples of . Mercer the note of a silver trumpet, Presi
point her sons to God. The towering dent Weaver uttered this truth:
men who have stood through all the “The first century of organized
years in the class rooms of Mercer Georgia Baptist work brings us to see
wear Brown clothes. Don’t you think have pointed to God. The friends of the wisdom of the fathers when they
' | Mercer through all this land join early planted their' schools for'the
“That may be, but suppose a man hands in pointing men to God. Av training of men and women in a
is bald?” 1 Mercer University would' claim no Christian atmosphere.”
Once a “grown-up” and twice .a
child! ’
That old adage has been proven
out on MeVcer campus by none other
than some of the girls of the Sum
mer School. After begging their
chaperone' for days and days she
finally consented, on a recent balmy
moonlit night, to take her girls out
to the new Kiwanian wading pool for
a dabble in the cooling waters;
They were granted this privilege
on the condition, that the were i
wade only and not try any high div
ing stunts nor indulge -in any of the
various acrobatic mannoevera which
are so common today among the fair
sex. But a promise made is hot al
ways kept and just to be natural
girls they aH stumbled and pulled r.
make fall, which was not exactly
graceful but served the purpose all
O. K. The commands of the vigilant
chaperone, however, were to be heard
even above this tumultuous uproar.
After a merry hour of such carrying-
on, the mischief-makers were round
ed up and home again was the pro
gram, with a “never again” utter
ance from the. captain.
This is merely one of the enjoy
ments Mercer students derive from
the hospitality of the Kiwanians. The
presence of the wading pool will-no
doubt turn many of Macon’s sons,
and daughters too, for that matter,
to favor this university when they
grow up and are contemplating en
tering an institution of higher learn
ing. This will be naturally ao since
they will have been roared in the en
virons and culture of Mercer. Too,
students who are studying modern
poetry, delving into the construction
of some water fantasy or verse,, can
appreciate it more apd better- under
stand by gazing simultaneously at
the’ circle of water.
Thanks, Kiwanians! ;
By Rabun Brantley.
Lynch: “What’s the matter with
your hand; been in a fight ”
Judge Dasher: “No, just a bad
case of crap-shooters’ knuckle.” -
A pair in a hammock attempted, kiss.
When all of a sudden,
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