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THB MERCER CLUSTER
February 88, IflU
TheMercer Cluster
Published weekly by the studenta of
the fourteen schools and colleges In
tbs Mercer University System.
George M. Sparks ...Managing Editor
Rabun L. Brantley Editor-in-Chief
John L. Hackney Associate Editor
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USE8 OF A STADIUM
The recent proposal made by Dr.
William Russell Owen that Mercer
University have an athletic stadium
is in keeping with the programs out
lined by many universities and
small colleges : scattered throughout
the land. This progressive proposal
must be supported by supporters .of
Mermer until a real stadium is a re
ality somewhere on the grounds of
Mercer University.
The stadium spirit is spreading.
Colleges are either reecting, or have
projected movements for gigantic sta
diums.. Even citie sare recognising
them as being municipal enterprises
Tacoma, St. Louis and San Diego hav
ing already erected stadiums.
The primary use of stadiums is of
course for football games, but there
are many other uses and many other
games that can be played upon the
stadium field. Football has proven
itself to be the King of Sports,
crowned such not. only by the col
legiate world, but by the general
public. Baseball is called “the great
American game,” but there is
doubt that football is coming into
ita awn ■ as the leader. Twice as
many people crowd into the Yale
Bowl for a gib game as attend, the
world’s championship baseball series.
Far more than a million people see
college football teams in action every
Saturday during the season.
The stadium furnishes a means
for community co-operation, not only
in the effort to build but in the en
joyment of its uses and privileges
after its building. Athletic oppor
tunities are furnished with the ex
istence of the stadium that are not
furnished by other means. Great
teams may be - seen in action, with
the great college spirit or city, enthus
iasm - backing their favorites.
Throngs are drawn to the city to
witness these events and the city
business is seen to swell. Prog
ress, enthusiasm, and clean, whole
some amusement are all blended to
gether to make for the community the
most nearly perfect living conditions
ahd social ’progress.
On yesterday the nation paid hom
age to the greatest American leader,
the “Father of our Country.” To de
clare a holiday and not know' for
whom it is declared, is ignorance in
the last analysis. To know the
name, is not enough. A study should
be made of this imcomparable man.
The -occasion of the birthday cele
bration of Washington recalls the
stirring days of his leadership, with
all its trials and hardships—hard
ships bearable only by men who are
spurred on by a glimpse of a faint
spark of freedom glowing in a dis
tant world of liberty. What a com
parison to our progress and civilisa
tion today! The country born out
of all. these days of sufferings is to
day the wealthiest nation on earth
and boasts of many things that her
mother never could boast of, nor
ever can.
What then should be our attitude
to the menory of Washington, the
maker and builder of our common
wealth? Should it not be a memory
full of reverence 1 for this leader ?
Should-it not be a memory -that will
cause ub to dedicate our lives to the
living of the principles for which
Washington stood ? Then let us not
forget to honor his name and like
the Roman Vestals, keep fortver alive
the fires of truth and justice, loyalty
to homelife and love of country. .
RIVALS BUT GOOD FELLOWS
ON YESTERDAY
In celebrating annual Society Day
on yesterday, the literary Societies
at Mercer are furthering a work be
gun three years ago to make the op
portunities for ambitious young or
ators in the university more numer
ous and more inviting.
Did some one say, “Orators are
born, not made”? If we recall cor
rectly, some one .did say that, but
the statement is not entirely true.
What if a man be bom with a tal
ent and fails to cultivate that tal
ent? It seems that he would be bet
ter off, never to have been born with
a gift, for he is a waster and a do-
nothing if he fails to develop it,
The Observance of Society Day not
only cumulates interest in the
cities, bat promotes the social life of
some boys on the Campos who never
would become acquainted with the
“ways of fair women" if it were not
for the prs scuts brought to hear upon
them by the actual presence of the
girls on the campus, his habitat.
After all )a said and recorded,
is the opinion of Urn committee on
that ovary one pres-
tho day and that a groat
-***«**« no doubt will eomo :
of ttn speeches and the
sfMt of the day.
LET MEMORY LIVE
Coach Cody, Coach Stegeman, and
some of the Georgia and Mereer play
ers, the official would have been .un
doubtedly jostled by the onrush * of
the angry crowd. Such actions of
fans , will never help to put Macon
on the map as being a city of fair
minds and builders of the best in ath
letics.
ENLIGHTENING INKLINGS
OF ENGLISH
For Foolish Froeh Only.
By “Cloak” Burghard.
The scene immediately following
the Mercer-Georgia game on last Sat
urday night is one that is regretted
by all lovers of sportsmanship who
reside in Macon. Not so much what
happened, but what might have hap
pened and what some people who
were not there believe did happen. -
There is one consolation and that
—the issue was not between the
student bodies of Georgia and Mer
cer. The feeling came, for the most
part, from the fans who could not
see as the referee saw: Their feel
ing was in condemnation of the of
ficial The spirit between the rival
bodies of students was the best at
all times except once when a high
school kid, who was at one time -a
mascot of one of Mercer’s teams', ran
out on the court and attempted to in
terfere with' a parade being staged
by Georgia students, after these
students had been told by one of
Mercer’s leaders that no bne would
interfere with their parade ahd that
it was perfectly in order. After
this the two schools gave cheers for
each other. , '
Back to the referee. There is no
doubt that he called some fouls that
were questionable and failed to call
some that would never have, been
overlooked by an experienced and
competent official, but it is not for us
to say that he intentionally made
these mistakes. In. opr opinion Mr.
Marshall was attempting to handle
a game that was entirely too fast
and rough for his ability as a ref
eree and that hia tfiiscues came as a
result of his being swept off his feet
as were some of the players.
However it be, there can be found
i excuse for the action of the
crowd after the game. Had it not
been for the massive strength of
LESSON ONE.
Fellow entertainers of belt-toting
sophomores, surround me with your
ears. Illiterate and immature ones,
lean this way. Seedlings, tune your
receiving sets to my wave length.
Did you ever, my yellow capped
lads, stop to consider the significance
of the miniature Word “Can"? There
is much in its tri-letterly, single sylln-
bleness that is deficient in many
larger, but less important words. .
In correct as Well as Walt Mason
English “Can” has a punch. As
verb, noun, prefix, sufllx, or ag ab
breviation it gets results. “Can" is
something we all wished we could do,
—but is a thing which we would hate
to have tied to us.
Observe “can” as to is verbular
propensities, hearken as the oratoric
ally inclined broadcast its glories.
They splurge, “The strength of our
country is summarised'in the dynamic
word “Can”. Just so long as we re
main a people who “can”, we will
never need a League of Natkms, etc.”
So much 'for tout.
Chronicle whole wheaters, the fol
lowing graphic slangiflcation illus
trates the unusual versatility of this
remarkable word:
Cannican, a canny Scot, cornered
Canada’s fishing companies. He
copped the coin, concealed his crook
edness with crisp, crinkly currency.
The poor fish employed by Cannican
to can fish tried to loaf on the job
and were themselves canned. Canni
can, the candy-kid, of the canning
country, candidly told the canned can-
ners that Canada wasn’t the proper
place for them.. They then became
candidates for crepe.
Can you beat -that?
LESSON TWO.
Wearers of your first long psnts,
iraw a moral from this fish story
mentioned above. Hook on to a little
imbition, get a wiggle on you, pull
the scales off . your eyes. Don’t ujw a
Jack, but Perch on the edge of your
book ahd try to reel-ise that the lines
of your lesson mean something. Be
game and fight out of the deep water
up to a “D’„ or , perchance a “D
PLUS”. Unbewhiskered broth
show these canny profs that though
you ean’t raise a moustache you can
conceive a thought.
Follow this advice and you CAN
get a ringside seat in any school of
fish in the vast aea of ignorance. Get
in the swim, my hearts of Gold,—but
don’t be suckers.
Remember Mr. Anderson's motto,
“If you wanna be a man, eat wheat
by the can.”
Class dismissed.
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