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Vol. 8 MERGER UNIVERSITY. MACON, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1922 No. 3 MERCER MAN SUCCEEDS MERCER MAN IN UNITED STATES SENATE CAMPUS LIFE AN INSPIRATION; DEBATOR, ORATOR, EDITOR, STUDENT lass Prophecy Has Just About Materialised in Last Few Years. By Geo. M. Sparks Judge Walter George, successful andidate for the nomination of United States Senator, so impressed his fellow classmates while sit Mercer University that he was not only prophesied as a successful member of the legislature in 1914 bqt was to later enter the halls of Congress and the "Atlanta Constitution threatening to run him for vice-president of the United States.” That was the prediction in the Kinetoscope, the college annual, in 1900. ( In the history of the class of 1900 fotind this line about Walter eorge: “Honors have rolled down upon our heads In boundless confu sion. Our admirable Crichton, Wal ter George, together with his famous colleague, Mark Bolding, ‘The Trib une of the People,’ many times van quishers of our inveterate foes, are resting quietly on their oars, having ilefeated everything in sight." College Editor While editor-in-chief of the Mer- erian, the college publication, Wal ter George is found to have written on such subjects as “Edwin Markham The Man With the Hoe,” "A Summer Trip,” “The Unveiling . of Zolnay’s Bust of Poe,” “College Journalism," The Hon. John Temple Graves,” The Visit of Dr. Brantley,” “Christ mas Good Will Towards Men,” “The Story or the Essay—Which?” and Clean Athletics.”’ Ih 1899 Mercer . University was represented in Atlanta at the South Oratorical Contest by Walter George and Mark Bolding. Like Stra ton and Moncrief of the years before, they were easy winners over every ollege and University in the South. Governor Candler, a Mercer grad uate, presided and an entire train load of Mercer, students were in At lanta to- cheer on the victors. Blase of Glory The following appears in the Mer erian of that date: “Those students who had remained at home had already heard of the vie tory and by way of celebration and welcome had budded, such bonfires as the old canjpus had never known be fore, and held high carnival around its blase. "In thsir. search, for combustibles some of the boys wept in. Dr. Pol lock’s - (president of college) back 1 ard, and having' found a fowl house, were engaged in serious,discussion as to whether it was‘right and proper that' it should be the president’s con tribution to the'celebration, but finally deciding 1 that it should, not be dis turbed, were about' to retire peace ably, when someone who had heard from within the noise on the outside, and gathered from fragmentary re joicing that Mercer was still on top and had also heard the conversation about the chicken coop and as to whether Dr, Pollock would care seri ously—moved the blinds gently, at tracting attention, and a feminine voice, from Mrs. Pollock’s window, said, “Young gentlemen, this is my < oop. Use it if you like.” It was of course “uspd” and the chickens are row wandering homeless about the campus, with a look in their eyes a* though they remembered -well the night when everyone went-wild but they, and when dawn appeared on the campus at an unusually early hour. And then follows in the next issue an editorial about that Oratorical Contest by Walter George,’ showing the real bigness ef the man, the mod est manner which swept him Into the senate: Medeet Always •The « latercoUegiats Oratorical Contest is now a part of the history of-highar education iti Georgia. Mer cer. and her friends have again had the pleasure and satisfaction of wit nessing a great victory far the col lege. While (he exultations of the' victor are oftentimes objectionable, Mercer’s friends should feel a just pride in: the achievements of her stu dents. There is something worthy of Support in a college so well adminis- ered that her young men never fail •id win in these high intellectual con tests. Since ’97 Mercer has engaged in three outside debates and four con tests and has not a single defeat to ner account. * 1 ndeed gur, history prior to that date is unbroken by any rec ord of defeat in contests indicative of an institution’s true life and work. “The contest just held measured up 4.0 any standard heretofore set by Southern colleges and our representa- ive won easily and fairly. Every stu dent understands the cause of this victory—the cause of all our tri umphs. Let us not forget that one man, one set of men cannot win' our allies. Let us not forget.” From “The Mercerian” of March, 1899, when he was termed one of Mercer’s triumvirate”: JUDGE WALTER GEORGj IS GIVEN BIG MAJORITY OVER ENTIRE FIELD EASTERN BASKETBALL TRIP IS SCHEDULED Mercer Champions to Flay Many Big Teams. \ Received 4 to 1 Majority Over Entire Field- Senator-elect Walter F./George, who during his college dayB was ’debater, orator, and editor. MERCER’S FOOTBALL TEAM VICTORIOUS WALTER F. GEORGE Just twenty-one yeasr ago, in the historic county of Webster—a county .iamed in honor of that great orator ‘whose Lead was a temple .of wis dom,” and whose tongue .was as a dan o of Are 2 —another orator was born. Not content with the mere fact .that he first opened his eyes to the world in the county named for Webster, hose entrusted with naming this new andidate for fame decided, we sup pose, to link him to other sons of fame—and with the eye of a seer— xnowing he would grow to be courtly in manner and somewhat pyrotechnic ih speech, they named him for - that romantic courtier, Sir Walter Raleigh, and also that American philosopher and wizard who played among the .tars and caught the lightning with his kite. And so the subject of this sketch, whether cooing in long dresses or afterwards in knee pants riding a stick, became kpown to the wondering villagers of Preston Walter Franklin George! And thus January 29 takes its place along with February 22, January 19 and July 4 Eo mote it be! At the age of ten young George, Varsity Defeats B’hani-Sou. and Freshmen Beat Aggies. By J, L. Hackney The “thrill that comes but once in a life time” was felt by. the entire Mercer student body the Arst of this week when Coach Josh Cody and Prof. ^George Sparks made the. an nouncement that the Mercer basket: ball team would meet the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia January 25th. ■ For the first time in the history of Mercer athletics a team representing this college will make an Eastern trip. This' will prove tb be. one of the biggest events of the basketball sea son in. the entire South for such journey is somewhat unique. ’ That - part of. the schedule already made public indicates that Mercer’s opponents for the year are to be for midable ones since the best teams of the South, East and Middle West have been given dates. When the season was over last year Josh did not cry for more worlds -to conquer, but. got busy to. show the world just how he thought the game should be played. He was , assured long ago Mercer’s two football teams were victorious, last week. The varsity played Birmingham-Southern-in Bir- i that the usual excellent team would mingham, while the .Mercer Fresh-[he oh hand for all of the famous 1922 men took on. “Slap” Rentz and his varsity has returned to bid for places Madison Aggies for a return game. | °n the team of next winter. The let The varsity went to the. Smokey. termen who have returned are Cap City in a badly crippled, condition, f tain r elect Bob Gamble, ex-Captain Sid Johnson,' 210-pound center, had an "Smokey” Harper, “Consuello” Smith attack of the dengue fever a few. days “Bubber” Pope, “Lucy Cobb” Wilkes .before the game and vyas unable to Manly McWilliams and George Har make the trip. Several of the other n on. There are several men in school regulars were not in shape to play, who huve excellent • records from and gloom- settled over the Mercer prep schools and who last year were campus the night before the battle, ineligible. Most notable of- these Perhaps the loss of some of the Sid Ellison who has-a reputation as best players put more fight into the a forward. that can well be compared rest of the team. When the final with anybody’s, score was announced, Mercer was on- It.will be remembered that it was the big end of a 17-13 count, “Cpn- j this hand of boys who made' Mercer suello” Smith, end, had saved the'the champions of the S. L’ A. A. game by catching a forward pass fought.it, out in the finals with North from Ed Irwin, also end, and running Carolina for championship Of .the half the length of the field for the South and. S. j, G. and who then went final touchdown, which also proved to to the national tournament at Indian apolis and finished third. As suit of the" wonderful showing hiade in Indianapolis a game was asked for Judge Walter George, graduate of Mercer University, B. S. in 1900 and •' LL.B. in 1901, was this week nomi nated United States Senator of Geor gia for the place made vacant by the death of Senator Thomas E. Watson, also a Mercer man. He received a to 1 majority over the field. The junior senator-elect from Geor gia was opposed in his race by Mer- yer graduates, Governor Thomas W. Hardwick and Hon. Seaborn Wright— John R. Cooper not being a Mercer man and running last in the race. Hon. John T. Boifeuillet, who with drew from the race the day before the election,, is a Mercer graduate as is also Judge Gus Howard, who was at first entered as a candidate. Her bert Clay, president of . the senate, and Carl Hutchinson were prospec- . tive candidates and were also Mercer graduates. Sim in College Judge George has a son at Mercer now : , Heard George, of the Sophomore Class, The young George’s father and grandfather were graduates of Mer-# cer. University. Judge George is now a Mercer trustee and one of the Fftost active members of the Mercer Uni versity Alumni Association. He has also been given a LL.D. de gree by the university and. has often addressed the student body. While at Mercer he was an orator of ability, a debater of much reputation and the editor-in-chief of the Mercerian, the ollege publication. Congressman Upshaw; of Atlanta, said that Walter. George while at Mercer “modestly but strongly held the student body in the hollow of his hand.” 1 . CICER0N1ANS ENJOY FINE ORATION-DEBATE Mike Terrell Praises the round Student. All- MERCER-COWETA CLUB be the winning tally. Final Period • Birmingham-Southern had a better by Wabash College, the present team than the Baptists expected to tional champions, and a date was having learned to “read, write and meipt > aml the Alabama players piled given them. Wabash vtrill oppose ipher,” was carried by his fond par- “P' * l:J ‘ 3 "‘ore in the first three- Mercer in Macon this winter. •nts to the piney woods metropolis, quarters. Tne final period was all The schedule of the Eastern trip lordele, in whose public school he Mercer, for Coach Cody s clan tallied as announced is as follows: Atlanta was - a promising and performing “ tou P le of touchdowns, , | Athletic Club, January 19; Georgia pupil for several years. In 1893 Wal- Smith. Erwin, "Red” Simmons and Tech, January 20 in -Atlanta; Clem ter (not yet old enough to be called Reese, captain of the Freshman team, son College, January ?2,-iri Clemson Mister) entered the splendid new were the outstanding players in th* S. C.; University of NorthCarolina school at Arabi, now known as-the varsity games. I January 23,. ih Chapel Hill; Uniyer Houston Public School. Some eigh- The Freshmen, minus the services s j ty „f Virginia, January 24th, teen months of assiduous study there »f three of their best men, beat the Charlottesville; University of Penn lifted him upon such a pedestal, of Madison Aggies by a 20-9 score. The sylvania, January 25th; in Philadel- learning that he, feeling that it would visitors put up a splendid fight, but phin> am i either New York Univer- be dangerous to confine any more ‘he drive of the ’‘Rat backfleld was si.ty 0 r College of the City of New knowledge in his head (which Is too much. L. E. Reese, Geechee | York- on January 2(Uh ; ' somewhat small), decided to yield to Chapman, Red Ad.^, .nd J«Hser»| the natural law of self preservation, P«t «P probably the best playing for and began to give out what he knew the first-year men. in a flourishing country school. I n „ - . M . ... pi_„ 'AUBURN TEAM TO FACE ' The boys, from Coweta county met He Caught Ike Music oi me rmea ( MERCER’S CRIPPLES in the Y. M. C. A. hall on Wednes It was while he was teaching this, I day night-and formed the “Coweta school at Patesville that the writer • | County Club.” This club has grown flrpt found him—“monarch of all he Mercer’s next football opponent to nine members this year. The orfi surveyed”—a modest youth with a will be the Auburn Tigers in Auburn oeri ate; Stonewall Dyer, president; natural and distressing economy of next Saturday. Last Sunday’s paper Harry V. Smith, vice-president, and words, unintentionally and uncon- broadcasted to the South .that Centre .Milledge S.' Leach, -secretary 'and ciously teaching the girls under his and Auburn- were the strongest offen- -treasurer; The other members are tuition, and in the community around, sive teams in the South, and on the g. O. Bailey, Turin, tia; E. F- Baker, that test well-known rule of school, saipe day told the pathetic story of y. a. Dyer, T. J. Glover and Hamil : to “love the teacher." Mercer’s misfortunes. With two- ton Hall of Newnan, and Luther A dream of Mercer University was thirds of the varsity linesmen out Drake from Senoia, Ga. already living in his heart The with dengue and • star backfleld laid ' , s^igtisy of Merceir hope- was begin- up with the same malady, Mercer ning to sing in his bosom, and as we with more sheer nerve titan anything talked briefly together of what the else will meet the stramfollihg tigers t at home. The reeult—well, Mercer (CottiMod on psige thrae) # wUI >• Ira there flghtin* anyway. “The Advantages of a .Mercer Boy” were well presented by (Mike) J. H. Terrell in an oration in which he divided the training one may receive at Mercer into three classes: scholas tic.; physical and social training.-. He spoke of the great faculty and urged all to take advantage <jf the C'riviWge of- being under their instruc tion, and 'called attention to the fact that, there can not be strong'mintis without t-frorlg bodies. Therefore, all must look after the physical'■ man. Social training, the true' aim of all education,, he stressed,; saying that re sponsibility. to fellow students wes not' to be neglected. “No man liveth unto himself.” The question for debate: Resolved that hazing in all forms should be ibolished in schools'and colleges, was- al ly championed by M.. C. Newton and C.’M. Coalson, while G. A. Jones and T. A. Dyer defended the negative in an . able manner. ■ It was a good debate. The judges’, decision was in .favor of the negative, Several new men were taken in, and short speeches were heard -from them. "They are. as- follows; John Morgan, L G. Wilkes, . J. W. Smith, L. G. Blackwell, B'. B. Sanders, A. J.. Moncrief, Rogers, Sid Wingfield, Tay lor, McWhorter and Waldo West. Thp • “PI? Ciceronian” spirit ia. booming and It is-bountj to*win.. Benny: “Why did you let that' young officer kiss you ?’’ Jenny: “Well, it is against the law to resist an officer-” —Burr. A Promising Boy; First Prof.: ^.‘There’s a lad with good stuff in him.” \ Second Prof.: “{Let’s follow.- him; maybe we can Apd pat where he got itl” ! —Punch Bowl