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I-ye Two 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. 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