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August 18,1922
HOLD ’EM THERE
THE MERCER CLUSTER
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Pate Five
By J. L. Haekaey
- Judge Andrews and his wife are
again on the campus and Judge says
he’s anxious for the Fall Term to be- 1
gin so that Mrs. Andrews can meet
some of his law class buddies, includ
ing Kid Cecil, Luke Arnold, Bubber
Pope and Sergeant Jones.
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Strange, but Judge Dasher’s • prize-
winning squad was the home of a lit
tle feud all its own. Charley Parker
and Trot Ware carried on a verbal
war the whole time they were ab St.
Simons and thel other boys expected
. to see a scrap but they managed to
pull together enough to carry off the
honors.
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. Dan Davis has announced that he
has secured two well known clarinet
players for the band next year, Fur
ther proof of Mercer’s progress.
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Dean Holder still has a commerce
class in spite of the fact that Bob
Gamble is not. in school this summer.
Julian Groover and Cleo Elrod get
their college degree this summer.
P. E. Murray, J. W. Jones and John
W. Coleman will graduate with A.B.’s
at the end of the summer term.
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Two Casualties
Mercer’s only summer casualties
have both come at baseball games.
Julian Leggett hobbled around on
crutches for about two weeks and Ed
Irwin has carried his head in a sling
for about the same length of time.
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“It’s unfair,' says Dan Davis, “Dr.
Montague’s class in public speaking
gets credit for what they do and the
band doesn’t get anything. 1 know
it takes just as much wind and makes
as much noise.”
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Strange how men get headed to
ward Mercer. It has just been dis
covered that three men now in sum
mer school got their start through
unusual mediums. One went to a
dance, at a Tennessee summer resort,
one bought some Fort Valley peaches
in Kentucky and the other heard the
song, “Everything is Peaches Down
in Georgia,” in Scotland. Maybe the
Goddess of Coincidence is a reality
after all..
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Due an Apology
Miss PerkinB asked Doctor Flippin
in one of the History classes, “Why,
Dr.' Flippin, in assigning topics for
themes, did you assign the Holy Al
liance and all the other Alliances to
the old maids in your class?”
Al Jennings and Julian Leggett
have succeeded John Rabun and Bob
Gamble as Mercer reporters for the
News and Telegraph.
J. W. Jones, manager of football,
W. B. Freeman, P. E. Murray and Al
Jennings have been making frequent
trips to nearby swamps and rivers in
quest of fish. Several good stories
have been brought in but not many
fish have been put on display by this
clan of Nimrods.
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Samples of the new Freshmen caps
have arrived and there are. two or
three very’ attractive ones in the lot.
The most popular One ahd the one
most'likely to be selected is made of
orange felt with a black button- and
letter “M” in front. It is made in the
same style, as the famous Georgia
red cap.
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Reports coming into student, cam?
paign headquarters indicate that suc
cess is on its way for two prominent
Mercer men Have reported. that in
stead of getting the 800 that “all of
South Georgia is coming to Mercer
en masse.”
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Members, of that. champion basket-
i ball team are Wondering just where
Sid Ellison has been. They passed
through JelUco, Sid’s home town, and
remember that It Is situated not hori-
zontally but almost perpendicularly
because of the mountains, and now
Sid writes, “I thought I lived in the
mountains but after this little jaunt,
thank goodness I live in the plains.”
George Sparks has a new office and
says he expects to run the Cluster as
Usual from it—but space is limited,
and George is wopdering just what
he’s going to do with his “indoor”
“JUDGE” DASHER NOW
IS SOME COMMANDER
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Prize Winning. Squad With H.
'. “Trot” War*.
WHERE THEY LIVE, AND MOVE, AND HAVE THEIR BEING
football team that gathers around the
tire to play over ail the games. Some
one. suggests that Mercer build a'
Bull Pen. I
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The Overseas Club now can boast;
of a “Lady From Hell” among their
number. Ronald Young spent two
years with a Scotch Highland regi
ment in France.
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“Smokey” Harper and “Consuello”
Smith learned some Greek (?) down
at Moultrie this summer. They at- 1
-ended a negro baptizing, and thc^
minister stopped during the ceremony
long enough to explain the deriva
tion of the word “baptism.” His ex
planation was that the word came
from two Greek words, “bap” and
.‘tisio” both of which signified the
sound made by the person being bap
tized. When they 'go down they hit
the water with a sound like '“bap”
and coming back up -they make thd
Hound “tisio." -
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In the Mountains
Charley Morgan, after a successful
season as manager of the Moultrie
mseball team, resigned and is now an
nstructor in Camp Brevard, N. C.
harley says he expects t. repeat
arith the Lanier basketball team in
the G. L A. A. this season.
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Surgeons at the Middle Georgia
Sanatorium, who recently made an
X-ray of Allic Thompson’s .arm, have
inhounced that it has completely
lealed and Allie will be. able to turn
oaek Tech und Georgia next- Spring.
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Professor “Cat” Smiley has lost
learly forty pounds, he has almost
quit eating' and sleeping, on moon
light nights he doesn’t even go to bed
but roams at large until time for'his
4 o'clock Spanish class. “Cat” also
keeps his hair beautifully stakomed
ind his trousers creased to a razor
>dge. He says he’s troubled over his
-onditioa and has asked advice. He
was advised to go on and marry- the-
girl.
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“Red” Simmons says he’s afrqid
the brains of the football squad Will
be late in reporting for practice this
tall. He’s going to Tennessee to visit
his folks.
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For probably the first time , in the
history of Georgia the head of a de
nominational institution has: been
placed on the State Educational
Board; The Baptists of Georgia have
been honored by the appointment of
Dr. Rufus W. Weaver, president of
Mercer University and a member of
the Educational Board of the South
ern Baptist Convention.
-nee ; ,
R. C.- Young, of the Clan of Gor
don, Scotland,, is to enter the School
of Theology of Mercer University
thi" fall- This department of Mercer
has grown so much during the past
few years that notice has been sent
out limiting the number of .entrants.
The faculty has been added to until it
is now one of the largest of its kind
in America, but other facilities are
limiting the number in this depart
ment. Young was reared a Scotch
Presbyterian but is now a Baptist,
training for mission service in Japan.
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Mercer University is challenging
her sister colleges in the belief that
she has the oldest living alumnus in
Captain A. F. Williams. Captain Wil
liams attended Mercer in 1836 and
has several times been honored by his
Alma Mater. He will next year cele
brate his 103rd birthday.
Several new names have joined
places of fame and with the mighty.
Among those of Mercer’s, faculty' in
Who’s Who in America, just pub
lished, arc Farrar, Felton, Grice, Ja
cobs, McGinty, Flippin. Montague,
Sparks, Weaver, Williams, Newman,
Holder.
“JUDGE” ANDREWS
PROVES VERSATILITY
In Addition to Other Things, is
Now Husband of a Wife.
• By W. J. Weaver
Judge Bernard Andrews, ex-chap.
Inin U. S/ Army, well known Cicero
nian debater, law student de luxe, re
nown. singer of Southern melodies,
expert peanut farmer and a candi
date for the Georgia Legislature; has
further proven his versatility by
playing the leading role in a.romance
that ended Sunday P. M. ‘
With the gallantry and dash of
soldier he went to the home of Miss
Louise Wilkinson at Brown’s Cross,
ing, Baldwin county, Georgia, and by
using the persuasive powers that
gave him fame as a debater, induced
this fair maiden to elope with him
to Shoals Bridge. On the way they
picked up Rev. Tom Farmer, who of
ficiated at the beautiful ceremony in
the shade of the spreading boughs of
a blackgum tree.
Immediately after the ceremony
Judge and Mrs'. Andrews Jeft on
their honeyntdon for Macon. • The
honeymoon trip was routed so as not
to go via Brown’s; Crossing because
the couple feared the wrath of the
bride’s parents, whose consent had
not been given.
Upon his arrival in Macon, Judge
said that his wedding would have lit
tle effect upon his race for the legis
lature, since his new family connec
tiona and former rivals resided in
Baldwin, not Jonea, county.
^udge and Mrs. Andrews are now
•i home, 8S1 Coleman Ave.
By J. L. Hackney
“Snap out of it,-you bums!” .
That’s a familiar command to all
the ex-gobs, leathernecks and dough
boys on Mercer campus, but recently
it has been sung to a new set of
victims.
At St. Simons Island, where the
Georgia National Guard had its an
nual encampment, a prize was given
to the best, squad in the camp. There
were many former service men there
competing for the honor, but it.was
left to a squad led by a Mercerian
and having two other Mercer boys in
its front rank to show just the proper
vuy in which a squad of infantrymen
should conduct themselves.
The squad leader was Corporal
Richard H. (Judge) Dasher, an ex
marine, whp spent twenty-eight
months Snapping in and out of it
during the. recent cohtroversy' and
later became a football player par.
excellence on Josh- Cody’s squad. He
was ably, assisted by Private First
Class Charley Parker, who handled
the other pivot. Some place between
them, was Buck \ Private Henry H.
Ware, better known to Mercer stu :
dents as “Trot.”
Corporal Dasher explained how his
men made their excellent record in
words ■ something like this: ^Friend,
I’ve been commanded by all kinds of
men, from old General LaJeune .to
Josh Cody, ami I know how it’s done
Listen, Friend, I just told ’tm once
and Showed ’em once and when they
did anything wrong T.madc 'it hard on
’em.”
The corporal again demonstrated
the fact that his soubriquet of
“Judge” is not a misnomer. He served
well as Judge of the Kangaroo Court
of. his company and is proud that
only one man from his- squad was
hailed .before . him. Unfortunately,
this man was “Trot” Wart—or at
least “Trot” says it was unfortunate.
“But,”, added Judge, “Friend, they
were all proud to be calk'd one of
Dasher’s men.”
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
There was. once ‘ upon a time a
slave, a very' poor .but Worthy Yoting
man, Who worked us a Weaver until
he was caused to Neel before the
king where he was made a Freeman.
The king had many . Powers and this
was Easley done. To keep np the
Stiles he soon made the; freeman a,
Duke and in time the duke became
quite a Hunter. He went forth on a
quest one day in search of game and
fish. He killed a strange Talbird and
then stopped at-the Brim of a Stream
for fish. Not long after he caught
many Bass, and sqme Herring but he
wanted Sammons. Hence he went
further, into the: Fields and being
quite a Walker had soon crossed a
Hill and was deep in the Woods.' He
lost his way and as darkness was
approaching' made Camp for the
Knight. .In the morning he resumed
his search and soon came upon a
Hightower that he' had never seen
before. He entered the long Lowe
Hall which' led to a Chappell where a
Redman was holding Sessions, teach
ing . his Greene tribesmen' how to
Gamble. The red man was a-Muse-
ing himself in a Ham mack where he
was surrounded by a Lott of Persons.
The. tribe did not like: this intrusion
and at once threatened to Lynch the
duke. One man with a Broome
jumped to the duke’s side to help
him. . The duke quickly sprang away
from his captors An-drew his pistol,
but it was of r.o avail, his cartridges
were all Blanks.
“Oh, please don’t Tyua!” he shouted
as the tribe' brought forth A rope, but
the red man would not Grant , hi* re
quest and began to Pierce him with
hie sword. {
“We Kent let ’em -off. .We must
Killiam (kill ’em) ” cried the chief—
We would like to re-Veal Moore,
but this Oliver, type miter la White
hot and the Spafka are .fling from
our epeed and we haven’t an Uhder-
wood to take its place—besides if we
go on we might be dubbed the Cham
pion liar of Mercer.
. J. L. Hackney.
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