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THE! MEfcCER CLUSTER
December 16, 1922
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The Mercer ClusterI
CHRISTMAS
Christ, our Savior, was nailed to
Published weekly by the students of I the cross because He taught what
the fourteen schools and colleges in wa8 heretical in the sight of an ig-
the Mercer University System. norant and barbaric, race. An egotis
tical race that believed too much in
George-M. Sparks. .Ifsnaging Editor | them8elveg a „ d in their teachings.
a man has no place in college life.
The greatest aim of colleges is to
create true manhood.. The old adage
that it is impossible to make some?
thing out of nothing holds remark
ably true.
By M. K. W.
Rabun L. Brantley......Editor-In-Chief But w uiihgly Ho died and willingly
Associate Editors:. did the Father give the life of Ris
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and sinful world might be redeemed
from the miry pit of wrongdoing.
What does Christmas mean to you?
M . Does it mean the tiipe set aside in
. *nager | , he caie„ da r of man for riotous and
sinful living?. Does it. mean only a
few days’ rest from the harrowing
outine of life? Does it mean to you
the passing of a disastrous and lin
ering twelve months, or does it point
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A HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALU
LUCK TO YOU ON THOSE EX-|
AMS NEXT WEEK!
new year, when you are to endeavor
o change your life for the better;'to
turn a new leaf over and write' there
on the word “Hope” ? Hope that is
iased on one’s aspirations and .one’s
villingness to aspire.^
Surely Christmas time should in-
DON’T EAT TOO MUCH WHILE N* « y ° u the ablest thoughts, the
AT HOME. YOU MUST BE ABLE 1 do good, and the worthiest
,; D „„„„ , 4 vYl ,» DV o I >f ambitions to show your apprecia-
ion to God' for the gift of the life
TO MEET US HERE JANUARY 3
0 4
Begin Again With the New Year
There has always been a tendency
on the part of college students to
drop out of school after the Christ
mas holidays, and usually it develops
that they never return to the class
rooms. Some-'seemingly important
job probably looms up as a great fu-
>f His Son, that the salvation of
iin-cursed world might be assured.
,Vhen you feast, do so in honor of
lim. Pap homage to the Father of
ill. being.
MOST CAUSTIC
One .of the most caustic and
hoiightless remarks that we have
ture for the reluctant student and he I heard from a Mercer student was
decides to make some money before
going to college longer. Probably
spirit of discouragement’ begins to
prey upon the working student’s-
mind and he decides that he has no
place in college, beside that of the stu-
part of a conversation that we over
heard several days ago. These were
the words: “I wish my old man
.wasn’t such a tight-wad,” whereby the
speaker flecked some cigarette, ashes
from his immaculate coat '. with
SQUIRREL FOOD
By Milton K. Wallace
EGGS-ACTLY .
It’s a sad tale, mates!
Ye chauffeur of Squirrel Food
Has been thrawed with a sick- •
Ening thud, and as our, old
Colleague, Rud Kipling, would
Say, we learned hbout wimmen
From herl . We had planned to
Jump off 5th St. Bridge and.
Give the cat-fish a treat, but
We ain’t. We ain’t even going
To wear sackcloth and ashes
And adorn our picturesque dome
With a bolt of crepe. But,
Gentle- reader, we leave it to
You; We ain’t worried a bit,
But pin’t it a shame for all
Of this, as Rabun Brantley would
Say, hot moon, tq go to waste
Without someone to -quote
Shakespeare to? It’s s crool,
Crool woil, mates!
* * *
Fields: “Something funny happened
here a year ago.”
Muse: “What was that?”
gnashing of teeth among the Petrels,
and Maurer,, who had been heralded
by the wise men as the conqueror of
the Baptists, airtote himself upon the
chest and cried aloud In anguish.
5. And there was much noise and
blasting of trumpets from the hordes
of aBptists, and Daniel led the music
with an instrument of brass.
6. And in the third quarter it came
to pass that Cecil, whom the Baptists
called Kid, rose up from the horde
of warriors and chanted, "Formation
B, yea even B formation; six and
eight and eleven and verily four?
teen!” •
7. Then, even as he chanted, there
was much noise and battl.
8. And Smith, a Baptistite who
had; come from .the distant land' Of
Tennessee, caught a.' fleet pass like
unto lightning from Irwin, atid with
quickness of foot like unto a hare,,
rap swiftly down the field and there
was noise in the bleachers not unlike
to thunder.
9. And the Baptists made a joyful
noise and were glad, and the Petrels,
Wiping the dust of Alumni Field from
their foreheads, departed from thence.
BOY, PAGE DOCTOR NEWMAN!
The First Chapter of the Book of
Games
dent who has nothing to concern him sweep of his Hly-white Angers.
while at school, except the prepara-1
(Apologies' to the Lampoon)
.1, And it came to pass that in the
next to the. last game of the season
in the year of the reign of Soach
Joshua over Mercer, that a halfback
of the Baptists did break through
| line' of the Petrels, Who-' had come
1 from the North, and did run for,
We do not know how the “old man”. touchdown . And he ran swiftly, even
tion of assignments. Various things referred to is fixed, but the average ag |j g htning.
might have a bearing on whether one (father must sacrifice to'send his boy, g And they who were j n the de
returns after the holidays or no.
to college and it appears to us that
fense girded their loins and ran after
and
Don’t be a quitter! Most of the the burden of the obligation rests on
obstacles that present their hindering he son. t j , , . v
powers before you are not really as If It was a lack of gray matter 3 - But thi * mtghty halfback whom
great obstacles as your imagination that occasioned this remark, then the Joshua gave the name of I-elder
would lead you to believe. Don’t im- j speaker is td be pitied. If it was the wbo wore upon his head “ “
, agine that you are down and out.(true sentiments of a responsible per-
You’re not. Believe in yourself, for son, then that person’s mind is so
self-respect is a trait we must culti- rotten that all appreciative qualities
Not con- are lost. In either case this kind of
vate in order to prosper.
j ceit; not egoism, but the sincere and
.humble belief that you can do things
if only you will put forth the proper
kind and amount of effort.
Remember that you owe some one
a debt of gratitude for your present
state of progress along educational
lines and that it is your duty, your
unpaid debt, to make every possible
effort to continue to go forward and
build yourself up intellectually.
.Don’t forget that you have been
are'here now and have been here this
Fall and you have seen- the college
part in making the.great school. You
at the height of her- career. The
, school has just experienced the most
prosperous session in its history, rel
ative to the number of students,
financial status, and this greatly en
larged faculty, together with im
proved college equipment. Stick bq|
yOur school in her periods of pros
perity as well as in her stages of
retrogression. You have done well;
we expect, you to do even better.
Meet us here after th holidays. Bring
along a friend.
headgear
that was like unto steel and weighed
twelve talents of brass, dashed sev
erjtl cubits for a. touchdown.
1 4. Then there was much wailingand
Are you looking for an attrac
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A TOAST
By Bid Wingfield
You may talk of your monster elev.
era, and praise ’em each in their
But give me'the. "Fighting Baptists”
and I’ll back ’em with money to
burn. ■ -
Oh, I’ll bet on their pluck every time,
sir, they’ve fought in mud and
in sloth*
Shall I te)l you why they do it?—
They’re coached by "Big Maa
Josh.” .
He treats them, with kindness, yoq
bet, sir; yet they mast stick to
each rule.
They must do "just so” as he telli
’em, or else they’re false to their
school.
Do they.mind him? You ask me that,
sir! I’m sure that you are aware
That they would die for “Big Man”
if he were harmed of a hair.
Ail praise to Coaches Strapper and
Moseley, who’ve helped remark,
ably too,
All praise to our Captain “Lank” who
led as all Mercer men do.
Let’s end with a toast to the team,
sir, I’m sure you’re, seeing my
way.. 1 ■
Hero’s to the “Team of ’22”! Here 1
to old Mercer, Hooray!
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For years there has been a demand
for a college song at Mercer that
would express the true Mercer spirit.
Many attempts have been made and
some have been creditable, the col
lege student body.using the song fori
a few years, then discarding it for
what was believed, to be something
better. It is true that Mercer haS
now an -alma mater song with the
tune of many other College alma
mater songs, but the tune is trite and
the words might be better and more
comprehensive.
On another page of this issue ap-.
pears a song tor your approval. It
is written by Dr. William Xus
Owen, pastor of the First Baptist
church. Tbs words in expressive of
the sentiment of Moroor and they arc
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