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THE MERCER CLUSTER
November 17,1922
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The Mercer Cluster
Published weekly by the students of
the fourteen' schools and colleges in
the Mercer Univtysity System.
. George M. Sparks....Managing Editor
Rnbun L. Brantley Editor-in-Chief
Associate Editors:
John L. Hackney Milton K. Wallace
<*'runk K. Nalls Julian P. Leggett
Giddens Wilkes A1 Jennings
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SHALL THE METHOD BE
CHANGED?
■ A distinct sign of progress was man
ifested among the student body last
wick, when forty-four men reported
for the annual intercollegiate debat
ing tryout, this being the largest
number of entrants on record here.
Debating is gradually coming Jnto
, its own; More and moye college offi-
eia'ls and .students are realizing the
real need -of men who are' ahle to
speak well before an audience. This
realization is coming not a day too
soon. Already .. much valuable time
has been ..lost that can never be made
up, but that is history. We must look
to the future now. The saddest part
of the delay is that America has
shown less’ interest heretofore than
other countries.
In America, debating is overshad
owed by athletic-contests, and it is
very Often difficult, to get the stu
dents to attend inter-collegiate de
bates except on the ground of loyalty
to their college. In England the de
mand to attend is so great that ad
mission has to be' by ticket. The
American method of debating has
tended towards dryness and artifici
ality; the English method is full of
life and reality. The American
method works for the preparation of
: case lawyers and ex-parte advocates;
the English method strives to train
parliamentary debaters and speakers
with a literary finish.
Then does the American lnck of in
terest lie in the method? The method
that seeks fo win the decisibn of three
'judges, with the speaker upholding
either side of a. debatable subject in a
lawyer-like manner,- and the judges
rendering their decision, not for what
they thihk is the right side, but for
the* side that they believe has made
' the abler argument. Should we
adopt the English method? The
method that seeks to thrash out the.
question and arive at the truth, where
the contest is open for all, where
sometimes the best speeches are made
from the floor instead of from the
platforb, and where, instead of hav
ing judges tp decide the victor, the
whole audience decides it by the dem
ocratic method of voting.
The interest in debating is lacking
herp in America. Probably no one
knows the real reason why. Proba
bly no' one. has the right solution of
Much is being said at present con
cerning, the limitations American col
leges are bringing to bear-upon the
foreign born youths of this country.
That is, those seeking to eiiter Amer
ican institutions of learning.
The fact that our colleges are ex
acting of those desiring to enter, a
higher standard, a more highly de
veloped mind, and, at least, some
conception of American ideals, is
causing a lot of criticism,-from unin
formed critics, to be directed toward
colleges carrying out these limita
tions. The officials are being styled
as un-American, undemocratic, and
guilty of confining the ideals of this
country to this country's people
alone.
’‘The modern American college has
threefold problem in admitting stu
dents,” says The Outlook. “It must
maintain its proved standards, it
it must prove the capacity of the
students' for its standards and for itri
distinctive service in accordance with
the new circumstances.”
Despite the , criticism, college ^au
thorities-must rule with an iron hand,
for they will either jeopardize
build up the intellectual, moral, an<T
cultural standards of our colies by
their actions. This condition is mere
ly one of the results of the immi
grant tide. ' It has been felt every
where and must be coped with by en
forcing stern measures, Racial preju
dice is bad enough when taken as i
national problem, but when it. leaks
into academic environments, where
the future ideals of our nation’ are
molded, then any measure intended
to suppress its progress should not be
onsidered harsh and undemocratic. It
is up to the colleges to maintain high
standards by requiring all those ap
plying for admission to.be prepared
to take up immediately the ideals of
the particular college and .to live
them through to graduation.
(his problem. In England -there
interest in debating, and the differ
ence in American and English debat
ing is in the method. Then,, should
we adopt the English method?
OLDEST LIVING
MISSIONARY
‘ Student volunteers for the mission
field from the Baptists of the South
while in session here at Mercer last
week sent a telegram of greetings to
the oldest missionary of that denom
ination, J. S. Murro, in Oklahoma.
Mr. Munro graduated from Mercer
in 1856 'and began his teaching among
the Indians of Oklahoma. He
been with , them ever since. He
founded the first Indian college and
the first orphanage ever established
for orphans of full-blooded Indians.
Keen rivalry should exist between
the Freshmen and Sophomore class.
Not only should this be so, as it .usu
ally is, at th«t beginning of the term,
but throughout the scholastic year.
The spirit usually manifests itself
fine at the class .ruch and-in the inter
class basketball games. It is regret
table that this friendly rivalry does
not display itself more than it does
on Mercer campus.
For many years there has been
held annually at Mercer, the Fresh-
Soph debate. This usually commands
the attention of the Sophomore for
ensic champions and the orators of
the Freshman class. This debate has
not been held for two years. Shall
we continue to. neglect this all-im
portant contest, or shall we have
real Ffesh-Soph debate with all the
spirit that can be put into it?
Fellows, let’s have the debate.
• , W. O. Dorough
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Bringing cheer and good-will to the
Mercer University, campus in the
form of some twenty females, Dr,
Aquila Chamlee, president of Bessie
Tift College, made himself famous in
the eyes of the Mercer students withr
in the period of three short days.
• Of course the girls didn’t come the
whole distance from Forsyth just to
get a gaze at a Mercer boy, although
this was probably indulged in on the
side. Their express purpose was to
be in attendance at the Volunteer con
vention, but they showed themselves
up in the eyes of Mercer studes as
being quite versatile.’
This jolly group of damsels were
the first spectators to put in their ap
pearance at Alumni Field Saturday
afternoon; when the Mercer Freshies
were about to enter into their hardest
game of the season. Banded together
in a little group they helped the
Freshmen of Mercer fight, not with
their physical selves but with their
peppy" and lusty cheers. This was
a queer sight for the fans attending
the game. Probably reflections into
the future, when Mercer will be a
recognized co-educational school, came
to many.
That women rule the destinies of
the land is easy to believe since the
visit of the girlies from “Ole Bessie."
A new life pervaded the campus,
causing-men who had just heard from
a disastrou mid-term to forget their
troubles and smile.- Others took on
genuine cases- of homesick blues,
nr emories of the sweetheart, back in
the village being stirred up by the
presence of creatures who resembled
the “finest girl in all the land."
When ail is said and done, not
enough thanks could possibly be
given to the girts for the good mis
sionary work they accomplished while
tarrying this short while, on our
campus. We say come again, girls,
and WELCOME.
Something has been said among
the officials and patrons of Mercer
University, concerning the possibility
and advisability of re-establishing the
School of Pharmacy at the Univer
sity.
It will be recalled that this impor
tant school of the university was dis
continued during the war, when it
was deemed by the officials as a wise
move. With the calling to the front
of so' many of the country’s young
men who largely composed the phar
macy school, and with the lack of
efficient instructors.and materials for
the proper furtherance of the depart
ment, this particular branch of in
struction was necessarily discontinued
for the time being. ’
The Struby School of Pharmacy of
this city, which was connected with
Mercer’s school, has assumed the task
of preparing the young men of this
section for’ this line of work, since
the discontinuance if Mercer’s phar
macy department.
It seems that now would be the ap
propriate time for the re-establish
ment of this important school and
that the School of Pharmacy be added
to the growing list of various schools
on the university’s.program. The re
establishment would surely mean
more students for Mercer.
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The first annual meeting of the
Georgia Baptist Student Volunteers
convened at Tattnall Square Church
last Frida'y and continued through
Sunday.. 1 -
The Mercer Volunteers were hosts
to about seventy-five delegates, who
were entertained in the college dining
hall. The delegates came from -all
over the State, mostly from the Bap
tist colleges and secondary schools.
Considerable business relative to
the furtherance of the annual 'meet
ings of the. Volunteers was attended
to. It is the plan to have a yearly
gathering of these girls and boys who
have dedicated their lives to the' for
eign field.
Dr. Aquila Chamlee, president of
Bessie Tift College, together, with
about twenty -of his girls were much
in evidence ■ about the campus, Dr.
Chamlee making a short address to
the students in the dining'hall Satur
day at supper.
Among the speakers on the pro
gram at the meeting were Dr. Rufus
W. Weaver, Dr. Aquila Chamlee, Dr.
F. J. Love, Dr. Arph Cree and some
returned missionaries.
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