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THE MERCER CLUSTER
The Mercer Cluster
Publish«d weekly; by the student* of
the fourteen schools and colleges in
the Mercer University System.
George M. Sparks Managing Editor
Rabun. L. Brantley Editor-in-Chief
' Associate Editors:
John L. Hackney Milton K.'Wallace
Prank K. Nalls Julian P. Leggett
Guldens Wilkes A1 Jennings
Circulation
.Julian P. Leggett Manager
Benton Evans Hugh Awtry
Advertising
■A| Jennings Manager
Ma^ Lassiter W. Cecil Dowling
.WELCOME NEW STUDENTS
,.\Iereer University and the Cluster
is. glad tft see all the' old students
Imek again and. to welcome the new
students as one of us.
Ip selecting Mercer as your college,
yoii' have selected a school that is
mb in the Wealth of', tradition: and
wide in its scope of knowledge. Mer
cer University . has, during the past
three years, risen from a college of
secondary importance until she is- now
recognized as one of the foremost
I'niverSities-of the South., If she con
tinues to take the rapid strides that
she has. dn the plist, it depends on
. YOU and. YOUR spirit.
We welcome you' to Mercer and we
know that you will be benefited. The
different states and foreign countries
represented are ample proof .that .the
reputation of Mercer is spreading
^gmrljV^iind with your Co-operation
we are going to have the greatest
University in the South.
To one and all, Mercer University
and the Cluster wishe you a happy
and a'profitable new year.
. M. K. W.
SACRIFICE AND VICTORY'
FIVE CENTS PER, FOR
PLANTING 100 TREES
Old Uncle Edwin Lives 52 Years
on College Campus.
5 cents apiece! To plant 100-trees!
How would you like to make your
fortune this way?
Fifty years ago Bessie Tift College,
under Dr. Hillycr, paid Uncle Edwin,
ground keeper, fi cents apiece to-plant
all the trees shown in these pictures.
This' is Uncle Edwin’s !>2nd year on
the college campus.
lie laid the foundations' ’for Tift.
Hall, and also planted the hedge. He
cuts about twelve inches .off this
hedge four times a year. If it grows
I feet per year, and were allowed to
grow uncut for ,!>0 years,, there would
lie it Wall around old Bessie so high
hiit olily tlic girls that live on fourth
door UpshoW.Could see the ti'Hiii,
The.’ Infirmary was built by Dr.
I’n'well in view of his ' iippiimdiing
marriage. For the time, this \vns it
handsome domicile for. a bride.. It
was a residence until about twenty
years ago/ when they decided to use it
as an Infirmary,. ", -
The. front-.wjiik, instead of being in
front of I’oiidcr' Hall',, ns it miw Is,
led frfiln Tift Hall, in a I'oiiinl-iibout'
and -crooked' path tip what is now
used as the freight depot.
The Bessie Tift buildings have been
destroyed and rebuilt', remodeled ami
added .to; her sidewalks have bee’ll
changed anil her light for existence
has been hard, but not once have her
high and lofty ideals been changed,
not ortee has she swerved from the
right path anti now is well on the way
to be one of the largest and most in
fluential girls’ schools in the South.
MERCER GRADUATE
IS BLIND CORONER
Atlanta is Proud of Paul Done-
hoo As Leader.
Atlanta.—, Paul Donehoo, Mercer
graduate, prominent Atlanta 'attorney
and Fulton County coroner, nationally
knoWn as the "Jilind coroner," has ac
cepted front the Committee for Light
houses for the Blind the appointment
Its chairman of the southern commit
tee mi information, it was announced
today: -
lira campr gn to cover nine south
ern states, thi Commjttee for Light
houses for the /blind proposes to- raise
the South’s share. of> "the $2,0)10,000 to
lie asked of the nation. The moneys
thus contributed to the Committee will
lie used in extending the work -done
by blind institutes hroughout this hml
EuropeanCountries, where the sight
less-may lie taught to be independent
and’ self-supporting.'
Mr. Donehoo ha,s fdf many years
been one of Atlanta's forempst citi
zens and a leader among America's
blind men. Though totally bliml, Mr..
Donehoo since childhood practised his
theory that the sightless should min
gle as freely as possible with so-call-
Rialto Theatre
Mon.-Tues.
VIOLA DANA
• in
“LOVE IN THE DARK"
Mercer University's fast-flying bas
ketball team has not been .overrated.
The team has proven to be worthy of
all praise,- and has emerged victor
over the best in the land.
Three of the hardest.games on Mer-
eer!s ’23 schedule were played during
the Christmas holidays. After the
•team had won ovef the Baptist’Col
lege of the Southwest (Baylor) in a
hard-fought struggle, they met the
National College champions of last
y.ear (Wabash) and defeated the In-
dianians in the last game of a two-
game series. ;' .....
The members of Mercer’s team de
serve a lqt of (iraise. Did you ever
stoji to think that while you were at
home eating all kinds of Christmas
goodies,-your basketball team 'was.
here keeping training, missing the
joys of going home, and winning vic
tories for the school that you attend?
They ‘.deserve all your praise. Let. it
be forthcoming. •.
WORTHWHILE
Do you ever make resolutions at
Die beginning of the new year?
it seems to be the custom of a
large majority of people to take new
oaths and vo'ews to turn over a new
leaf with-the. first day of a year that
(s in its‘beginning. - If ten these reso
lutions to do better during the year
.that, is just commencing than one
has-i|oiie'during the year that has
Htjly- a few hours been history,' are
taken in -the form of jest and insjn-
‘-verity, • and' are never meant to be
ones leally to be lived tip tit.
To take upioi one’s’' self new re
sponsibilities and goals to- strive to
ward is well and good, if. a person
thinks this, necessary to their attain
ment, but to be . promiscuously vow
ing to do things-that one never in
tends to earnestly, endeavor to ac
complish is merely a lowering of
one’s own standard of honesty and a
waste of time.
■ Resolve'’ to - do something worth
while arid do it. The phrase “hitch
your wagon to. h star” is trite and
forever quoted, but the world lacks a
lot of both' being overcrowded with
people who. are aiming high,
r. b.:
VAIIGHN-CARTHRON
It is with much interest that Mer
cer students note the marriage of
Mr. Glen Carthron to Miss Emma
Mae Vaughn, of Macon. The wejidmg
took place at the home of the bride’s
parents on the evening- of Friday*
December 22rid.. -
Wed.-Thill’s.-Fri.-Sat.
BERT LYTELL and
BETTY COMPSON
in
“KICK IN”
A Paramount Production
DRCHESTRA
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Capitol Theatre |
Mon.-Tues.-Wed.
All-Star Cast in
“WHERE IS MY
WANDERING BOY?”
ii n
Thurs.-Fri.-Sat.
WESL Y BARRY
in
“HEROES OF
THE STREETS’
Palace Theatre
AL JENNINGS’ COMPANY OF MACON AMATEURS
Every Tuesday and Thursday
Matinee 1:00 Night 9:00
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January 5, 192)
ed “normal’.’ people and the result is
that, Mr. Donehoo, besides enjoying
the confidence of a widf 1 clientele
whose legal representative • he is, is
also coroner of Georgia's most popu
lous.county:. - | * .. ■ \
“I believe that the blind should not
isolate themselves,” stated ME Done
hoo yesterday, “and that they should
choose a - profession and practice it
the same n.s the sighted. Loss of
sight most certainly does not mean
loss of mental capacity and ambition.
The work of the Committee for Light
houses for .the Blind Will tend to buoy-
up the sightless amt restore their con
fidence in themselves: It should be
supported by all.” '
Watch for Mercer’s basketball
schedule at the Capitol.
HEY—CAPTAIN SETH
Seth Weekly, A. B. Mercer, 192]
was op the campus a few days th
week. Since leaving Mercer Seth
opened up an athletic club in Ptyl«
delphia, Pa., and operates it hims«]
While at Mercer Seth was a m«|
her of the varsity football and bu
ketball teams, being captain of t|
’21 - basketball team.
SWINDELL-SHIRLEY
Of interest to all students of Mo
cer University is the recent announce
ment of the engagement of Rev. Ho|
H. Shirley; graduate Btudent at Mo
cer, to Miss Edna Swindell, of Si
vannah. The wedding is to be to
emnized in June, immediately aftc
Rev. Shirley’s receipt of his Must*
of Arts diploma.
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SPECIAL ATTENTION TO BESSIE TIFT TRADE
Just received by express—a brown satin brocaded Louis
heel pump, and a brown kid with Otto swede back (both
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