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PUBLISHED BY STUDENTS OF MERCER UNIVERSITY AND BESSIE TIFT COLLEGE
Vol. 3
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1923.
No. 2ft ^ ‘
NEW MENTOR IS
LEADEIt OF MEN
Starred hi Backfleld While At
tending Colgate University.
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PRIMARILY FOOTBALL MAN
Newspapers Say Robinson One
of Cleanest Men in South.
DEBATE ON WAR
DEBTSMONDAY
Mercer Team Will Be in Trian
gular Affair Neat Week.
By John L. Hackney
When it waa learned some time ago
that Josh Cody had decided to leave
Mercer and return to his alma mater,
Vanderbilt, as full time assistant to
Ouch Dan McGugin, Dr. Rufus W.
Weaver, president, promised that
good man” would be'selected to carry
the large program planned for
rcer. Last week'it was announced
that S. L. Robinson, a man of whom
little was known, had been chosen.
Yesterday Dr. Weaver received Some
thing of the new mentor’s record and
immediately it indicated that Josh’B
stiecessbr had been wisely chosen.
l oach Stanley L. Robinson is a na
tive of Michigan, but received the
greater part of hiB education, in New
York. In 1911 he graduated from
Buffalo high. school after making a
prominent record in athletics. That
fall he entered Colgate University
where he graduated in 1916.- During
his four years at Colgute, Robinson
was awarded four letters |n football
four in baseball and two in truck.
twice, in 1913 and again in' 1914
he was selected as halfhack on the
American football team. It was fitH
reported that Robinson hud pluyed
tnd in his college days. In 1913 he
was one of the stars of the Colgate
team that defeated Yale, 16 to 6, and
in the same season he was the hero
of the Colgatc-Army gume in Which
he ran seventy yards through the
Army team for a touchdown. It has.
been said of him that “his literary
record is scarcely less brilliant, for
he was both a scholar and an ath
lete,”
SUrtod Coaching Early
During the college year of 1910-16
Coach Robinson was Director of Ath
letics at the; University'of Vermont
In 1917 he coached Mississippi A. &
M., Whichl won the State fouthul
championship. 1 Immediately, after the
dose of the football season he en
tered the Naval Aviation Corps ami
lerved until the signing of th» armis
tier. He was discharged with the
mnk of ensign. He returned to Mis
disippi A. * M. i nthe lutter part
of 191ft and in. 1919 won the State
fool ball championship for that col-
hge again.
During the summer of 192.0 he Was
Ph\ sical Director of Southern Y. M-
C. V. College at Blue Kidtte, N. C.
In ’he fall of 1920 Robinson became
birector of Physical Education, at
Mississippi College, where he has
Krved since. HiS contract there ex-
»ires at the end of this school year
ind he will come to Mercer this fall.
In a sketch of Mr. Robinson, the
lisMRsippi College annual says of
Urn. “Although he is proficient .in all
■sjor sports, he is primarily a foot.
ill man. He has that rare quality
of judging just how much a man can
itand, and he certainly drives the
foot Dali squad to the limit. Yet he'
kies. it in auch a way as to make the
aen like the game and love hint. He
ins the players mentally us well
physicaiy.l He places confidence
s par with skill, and in doing so,
puts football in the mental as. well
the physical realm. His favorite
.to is, ‘A man can do anything if
wants, to bad enough.’ Coach has
t characteristic which makes a
leader of men. He does not im-
, but goes ahead and does
>gs, letting others inmitote him.
inMntive is shown in everything
undertaken.''
Praised by Newspapers
The official student publication of
issippi A. * M. said of Robinson
he was coaching there, “The
(ball mea wars the first to appre-
his worth. They recognised him
(Continued os page six)
MEETS RICHMOND, FURMAN
WILUEPEARLDAVIS MASTER MERCERiAN i SHELBOURNE OPENS
1923 TENNIS CHAMP
Douglas Girl Leads in Bessie
Tilt Tournament.
The debating .teams' of Mercer Uni
versity, under the direction if pr. A:
Montague, will open their program
for the year when they meet the Uni
versity pf Richmond, of Richmond,
Va., and Fiirman University 0 f Green
ville, S. C., in a triangular debate,
next Monday night; The subject of
both debates is . on the cancellation
of inter-allied war debts. ./ '
W-, A. Bootle and Rabun L. Brant-
icy will represent Mercer against
Richmond. This debate will be staged
n the university chapel on Mercer
ampus. On the 'same night W. M
Marshall' and John C. Polhill will op
pose the Furman team' in Greenville,
S.C. . ; .
The men ' representing Mercer in
.his meet have been at work on their
arguments for some time and during
the week will be pitted against each
other in practice* debates staged be
fore the debuting council, of the uni
versity. The judges who will serve
Monday; night, have not yet been se
lected. . ■ - / • :
Three Others Scheduled
Mercer’s teams have three other
schools on their schedule for this
year. On April 26 Howard College,
of Birmingham, will send ,a team to
Muc'on to oppose L. E. Smith and Joel
R. Terrell on the subject, Resolved,
that all inter-aillied war debts should
be cancelled. On the .same night a
tean/composed of C. M. Coalson and
vY. A. Ingram will meet Mississippi
College in Clinton, Miss., to argue the
same subject. .
This will conclude the triangular
arrangement with- these two colleges
and wi|l decide the winner of the
contest. In thu past two years Mer-
ce'r defeated Howard once and Missis
sippi twice. The only loss of the
local institution has been to Howard.
The lust debate of the year WilH'bc
against Stetson University, of De-
Land; Fla., on the subject, Resolved,
that the United States should enter
the League of Nations. Mercer’s rep
resentatives are A. B. Couch and
H. O. Hughes. It■ will be staged at
Mercer on May 10. .; .
, "Willie Pearl Davts—-1923” is the
nsenption ot the beautuul silver
loving-cup awarded to Miss Wiuie
eau Davis, ’26,' of Douglas, Ga., by
.lie Bessie .ilit. Athletic Board, as
winner of. the fall tournament ol
tennis. . • ' . -
the presentation took place at
chapel hour. • The members ol the
ntmetic Board, sportly dressed, were
o. nine stage. , .
Bessie lift” was sung, and Dr.
vhamiee made a few opening re
marks concerning tne girls, as well
as 'their intellectual advancement,
Alter this, the Freshman t lass, ol
wmch Miss Davis is a member, arose
and sang' two songs written lo Miss
navis, praising her merit and ex-
pi easing' their gratitude and pride.
The members of the Athletic Board
arc:'Lois Summerall, president; Sara
■smiley, vice-president; Susie Ham-
mac-K, secretary and treasurer; Mary
i’ranees Johnson, head of tennis;
Ciistie Beasley, head of basketball;
Willie l’earl Davis, head of baseball;
tne* Harris, head of track; Mary Lee
Ayers, head of swimming; Helen
ower and Essa Lee Jordan, senior
representatives; Josephine Clarke and
i-lurene Johnson, junior representa
tives; Evelyn Wright- and Lavonia
Bee, Sophomore representatives
Charlie Watson and Edna West,
Freshman representatives.
GLEE CLUB NOW ON
TOUR SOUTH GEORGIA
Lot of Variety and Spice Sprin
kled with Classic Numbers.
MERCER TEAM OFF
TWO ROAD GAMES
cresKmen to l'lay G. M. C.
Squad Here.
Mercer’s squad of baseball per
formers will open the 1923. season
this afternoon with the ■ Auburn
IMainsm'cn in the “loveliest village.”
Final practice was held on Alumni
Field Wednesday afternoo and the
team left for Auburn yesterday. The
Orange and Black Freshmen will op
pose Coach Hub Dowis* G. M. C. ca
dets at Central City Park Saturday.
The letiermen making the trip are:
. apt. "Tige" Stone, Clay Ryals, Char
tie Stapleton, pitchers; Hop Morgan,
-atcher; . Crook Smith, Sid Ellison,
“Rabbit" Prentiss, Gid Wilkes, in-
fielders, and Dan Hammock, Harvey
Sheppard, “Smokey" Harper, and
“Shorty” Poore, outfielders.
Judging from reports reaching
Macon from the Tiger headquarters,
that outfit is suffering from the same
weakness that is troubling Mercer.
“Slick” Moulton is just about all the
Auburn pitching staff, just like u Tige”
Stone is all that the Baptists can
claim who has been thoroughly tested
and makes the grade.
Coaches Cody and Mosely are op
timistic over the chance of winning
the opening games;. Auburn has al
ready opened her season, breaking
even with Fort Banning in a double-
header last Saturday,
The team hat been hanicapped dur
ing the earlier part of tbe week on
account of the rains and a muddy
field, however tbe Mercer mentors
drove the players hard during the
time the wu» waa '
After playing to -capacity houses
in Montezuma and Dawson on Wed- ter force,
nesday and' Thursday nights, the
Mercer Glee and Mandolin Clubs will
perform Untight at Americus for the
third concert on their road trip'.
A good show” is the comment
made by those who have heard the
performance up to date. A lot of
variety and spice is sprinkled here
and-there with the classics, all going
to furnish fun for the most particu
lar fancy. Musical numbers by the
entire club, the quartet and the man
dolins, ' together with Dan Davis’
Seven Shufflin’ Syncopaters, go to
make up the main features.
Ronald Young, from Edinburgh,
Scotland, creates a “Night- in Scot
land” with his violin. Young plays a
series of Scotch folk songs and prop
erly interprets music that was writ
ten as an accompaniment for the
highland fling. His act is intersperced
with comments in his natural Scot
tish brogue.
The feature act of- the club is the
minstrel skit of R. E. “Parson” Chan
dler and Eari “Fat” Lord. -The act is
original with the two stars, except for
their songs and dances.
Dan Davis’ Orchestra is said to be
escotid- to none in the South and as
exponents of up-to-date syncopation
are th equal if hot the peer of any
similar college organization in the.
country.-'-
Prof. E. Powell Lee is in charge of
the clubs with Paul Perry, business
manager. ■ ‘ -
ATHLETE-SCHOLAR NEW SPRING TERM
While Playing on Team He Former President of Howard
Leads Classes. | College at Convocation.
Isben Gidden Wilkes, of Adel, was I Dr. James M. Shelbourne, formerly
elected Master Mercerian over four- president of Howard College and now
teen other candidates at the annual >astor of the First Baptist church of
election in chapel Friday morning. Danville, Va., opened the spring term
This is the highest honor the student at the convocation exereises Thurs-
body can pay a student of the uni- day morning with an address on the
versity. The Master Mercerian is re-1 ‘Honor System, or the Way to Lib-,
garded as the one who most nearly I erty.”
approaches the ideal student in all-1 Dr. Shelbourne, who during the
around ability. I world war was director of. educa-
W likes is a Senior in the School ofltional and social work at Camp
Arts and Sciences and will receive the Wheeler, is recognized as one of the -
A-B. degree in June. He entered I foremost educators of the South, an<T
Mercer three years as a member of I his talk oh the Honor system was con-
the, Sophomore class, coming from I sequently of ^peculiar interest,
i.ocusl GroVe institute. He is the son I “There has- been a universal ntrug-
of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Wilkes of Adel. I g]e since the beginning of time,” he
In his first year at Mercer, Wilkes I said, “against authority; the author-
nade the varsity baseball team and I ity of church, school, convention and
played on his class basketball team. I the business and professional worlds.
Since then he' has made his letter in I We have always thought it to be some
baseball for the second .time and I thing, that limited our happiness and
, layed two years as a regular on the I crippled our activites. This is not the
basketball team. During the past I case, however, for there can be. no
season he was player-manager of the I 'reedom without authority, paradoxi-
basketball team. V leal as this may‘seem.” , -
lh addition to his athletic activi-1 “And in order to be free from the
ies, Wilkes has been associate editor I bonds of authority.” Dr. Shelbourne
of the Cluster, and was elected to the I continued, “some of us are inclined to
Quill Club, an organization of. stu-j rebel against its dictates. Others sulk
dents of journalism'. Last spring helabodt it.- It has been found, though,
was elected secretary of the “M” I that neither of these methods is suc-
t'lub. He is a member of the Alpha 1 0 essful. The only way of securing
Tau Omega fraternity and of the I the ‘larger freedom’ is adaptation,
Ciceronian Literary Society. He island the co-operation with authority,
at present treasurer of the Pan-1 “The honor system,” he added, “is
Hellenic Council. While 'playing on J humanity’s intelligent efforts to be
two teams he made all “A’s” in his I free. It is our protest, not against
Btudies. I rightful authority, but against that
Wilkes is the, third consecutive I suspicious authority that is always
-member of the Cluster staff to be I‘watching’Us; By this system we are
honored with Master Mercerian. R-lnot really rebelling, but are co-oper-
L. Carter, a member of the staff, wasl a ting with the dictates of convention
elected in 1921, Robert Gamble re- and our -own consciences.”
ceived the unanimous vote last year, I An interesting feature of the ex-
and Wilkes this year, all of whom I e . r cises yesterday lay in the fact that
were Associate members of the Clus-1 three former presidehj!? of Howard
WEAVER TO ADDRESS
EDUCATIONAL ASSO.
Mercer President, State Super-1
intendent and Head of Tech
on Convention Program.
| College were seated'•n the platform,
they being Dr. Shelbmirne, the speak
er, and Dr. E. P. Mlmtague and Dr.
[Charles B. Williams, faculty members
of the-University.
NEW LAW FRAT
Sigma Delta Kho. Announces Exist
ence at Mercer..
FACULTY DINNER
Dr. Rufus W, Weaver, president of
Mercer University and president of I Thl . existence of Sigma Delta Rhq,
the Association of Georgia C olleges. I ( | 0 a ] ] e ‘gal fraternity," at Mercer
will be one pf the principal speakers 1 ti n ; V t-rsity. was announced yesterday
at the meeting of the Georgia Educa-L A r, Gilmore, Jr . who said the
tion Association to.bejheld in Atlanta r jr a nization had been on Mercer, cam-
on April 19 through April 21. I pus for more lij^tn a year, but had
Besides Dr. Weavor, other promi-1 been kept secret .until definite plans
nent speakers on the program are Dr. becoming allied with a national ,
M. M. Parks, state superintendent I fraternity could lx- formulated-
of schools; Dr. M. L. Brittain, presi- Sigma Delta Kho is the second or-
dent of the Georgia School of Xeeh-1 jj. an ij. a t,i on Q f its. kind in >thc. Mercer
nology and, other speakers of a na- )uw ,| e p ar tmenL the other being
tional and international reputation. I Adona F’irpipma, wbieH is now; in its
Prof. Walter P. Jones,, principal ,of I st , COIM j year at th” institution.
Lanier High School, is treasurer of I • Gilmore expressed the opinion,
the Georgia Education . Association, I t bat the new fraternity plans to-peti-
and those who expect to attend the| t j on ,, hi pei ta phi. considered- the
meeting should write^■'tp ,fi' m to ’'' Be * [ largest • legal fraternity in'this coun-
cure reduced r»iir»>a<i rates. I tr .._
Many social features have bi’en ar- ' Th£l mem bers-'o( • Sigma Delta Rho
ranged for the meeting,in addition, to-l, are H. Craven, Macon; W. E.
the business sessions, I Swihson? Blakely; Frank ' Bi Stowe,
Je'sup: A. E.' Gilmore, Jr:, Tennille;
BESSIE TIFT ADDRESS, | H , A. Bodtle', Reidsville; E. B. Ever
ett, Jr'., Americus; W. D. Hamilton,.
R. P. Lane, who has recently [.Vienna; John C. Parker, Rnultrie; J
turned from Europe, where he repre-1 R Walker, Jr., Patterson; S. F. Mad-
One of the most successful social
affairs, of the'year was the dinner
given by the Seniors in honor of the
Bessie Tift faculty and their wives
on Saturday evening, March 17. .' The
8enior “Round Table” was attrac
tively decorated in the green of St.
Patrick’s day—shamrock and “The
harp that once through Tara's halls
the'soul of music shed.”
HONKf HONK!
Dr. Flippin (in English History):
“Now listen, while I run over Queen
sented the Junior Department of the I ()ox ^ Du bi,n; J. W. Smith. Carters-
American Red Cross, lectured to a viUe; Sam ^ Mathews, Macon; L.
large audience in Bessie Tift audito- M Coijj ngi Mat-on; A. H. S. Weaver,
rium Thursday evening. His subject M a C on. ’
was, “Present Conditions in Europe” Dr. H. L. Thompson, of the Mercer
and he stoted in a comprehensive way facult y t an d a member of Phi DelU
the present conditions of the leading j g an honorary members of Sigma
European nations. Mr. Lane Ulked Detto Rho! Other hbnorary members
to several history classes the follow-1 >re Douglas Carlisle and Lanier An-
ing morning and in addition held con ' I derson, of Macqn.
ferences with any who . wished to get
2 ts directly from oen who had re-
tly made a study of affairs in Eur
rope. . .... , ? ' .
Mr. Lane is making a lecture tour
under the auspices of the “Interna
tional Relations Club,” to aid the
Southern colleges.
WHERE SHE LIVED
Girl: “When a man bores me I al
ways tell him that I live in VinervUle.”
Davis: “Clever idea, and where do
you live?”
Girl: “In VineviUe.”—Emory Wheel