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MERCER MEETS PANTHERS
OF BIRMINGHAM TO-DAY
Locals Art Vidors Over Chatta
nooga in Third Consecutive
Win.
By Julian Leggett
Mercer University** Battlin’ Bap-
MERGER TO HAVE
TRACK TEAM FOR
SEASON OF 1924
tUt brigade of football artists will WiU AUe|ld Three Meets,
strain do their stuff on the gridiron
whe i they meet the eleven hailing' Schedule Tentative,
from Birmingham-Southern College, 1 ,
of Birmingham, Ala., this afternoon Mercer University ‘will have a track
at Central City Par|t. The game will team this spring,
be a feature of the Georgia State Ex'* For several years because of lack
position which has been in progress of coaches the university has neglect-
throughout the week, 1 ed this branch of college activity..
Coach Stanley Robinson has had Coach Robinson is authority for the
the players had at work since the statement that a real team will be
tilt with Chattanooga, and the condi-' placed in opposition to other colleges
tion of the squad appears to be well- 1 in the South.
nigh perfect. The (Inal drill, consist-1 The team will prepare at once for
ing of a light workout, was held yes- the state track meet at Emory in
terday afternoon-at Alumni Field and April. In addition to the state meet,
the Mercer eleven is ready to tackle members of the Mercer University
the Panthers from Alabama' today. ! team will enter the S. I. A. A. meet
Chattanooga University, boasting and the Georgia Tech Relay meet,
one of the best football teams in the | There are many prominent track
history of the institution, felt the
power of this Baptists’ attack last
week when the Moccasins were forced
to bow to a superior team by a Score
of 18-3. Few times in the game did
the. visitors threaten to score, and on
those occasions the Orange and Black
defense tightened up and threw back
the invaders.
The lone scoring done by Chatta
nooga was the result of two beauti
ful passes which carried the ball to
Mercer’s 26-yard line. Given, quar-l
terback, Standing on that chalk mark,
booted the pigskin squarely through
the uprights. This play featured the
work of the .’Noogans for the after-
noon, although Cate, captain and
half, did good work until taken out
with an injured knee.
Poem, Reese Feature
Stars for Mercer are easily picked.
The entire bunch of men used by
Coach Robinson that afternoon did
excellent work at all times. There
were a few who' stood out promi
nently on. account of being able to
tear off yardage when needed. These
were Poore, Who scored two of the
three touchdowns for the Baptists;
Reese, half, who took .the ball almost
single-handed for some fifty - yards
for the other counter of the contest;
Coot Lynch, fullback, and Jack Bate,
half, who contributed several
athletes how registered at the uni
versity.
tist line, and most of the yardage
secured was the result of some pretty
passes, Cate to Given. The local col
legians tried but few times to gain
ground through the ozone, and all of
these were of the short variety, the
ball being thrown directly over the
line. Passes completed by Mercer all
figured in the scoring.
Today, another eleven is coming to
Macoh for the express purpose of
taking the Baptists off the high'and
estal they are reposing on as the
result of having played half their
schedule and not yet lost a game to
an S. 1. A. . A. opponent. Centre
College is the only other institution
in the same athletic association which
has a clean sheet, and it is with
pride that Mercer admirers point to
the fact that Mercer and Centre are
leading the S. I. A. A. in football.
In four contests played, Mercer has
won three and lost. one. Go—gia’s
grid machine was founght to a stand
still and the lone score of the game
came when a Baptist punt was
blocked and a Georgia player fell on
it behind the goal line. Furman sur
rendered to Mercer by a 6-3 count
after having beaten Virginia the week
DR. M ACON
Dr. Macon was for many years head
of Mercer Biology Dept, and now
professor at Bessie Tift. He was a
Mercer campus visitor last Sunday.
NUMEROUS FEATURES
MARK CURRENT WEEK
HELEN TOPPING MILLER
GIVES CHAPEL ADDRESS
Students Given Part Holiday to
See Fair — Halloween Jubilee
at B. T. C. for Mercerians.
Says Eyes of World Are on the
South.
MERCER CAMPUS
IN RECEIPT OF
HISTORIC RELIC
Original Pulpit Stand Sent from
Penfleld.
nice before. Camp Benning journeyed to
gains to Mercer's total number of ■ Macon and did well until the Baptist
yurfl! ,j varsity was sent into the fray late
As is usual, the visitors found itj in the final period,
impossible to gain through the Bap- . 7-0.
The score was
PRESIDENT AND MRS. CHAMLEE
Any of the hundreds of Mercer
University alumni who are expected
to flock to Central City Park in the
celebration of the annual “Alumni
Day” today, may be treated to. some
thing that will bring back fond mem
ories of a yesterday long since past
when they view the University’s ed
ucational booth at 'the Fair grounds.
College authorities are in receipt of
a historic relic of Mercer when it was
not a university but an “institute,”
over ninety years 1 ago at Penfleld,
Ga., before its removal to Macon. The
congregation of the First Baptist
church of Penfleld last Tuesday
shipped President Rufus Weaver
crate containing the original pulpit
stand used in their church. It was
in this building that the Baptist in-
stitution held its daily chapel exer
cises (at 7 o’clock in the morning);
and from behind the same pulpit
countless speakers ministered to the
intellectual . needs- of former Mer
cerians. , •
The article of furniture measures
about nine feet in length and is
nearly four feet high. The material
used in its construction was pine
pine wood over which a coating, of
veneer was placed. The stand
though dating from about 1830, .ac
cording to Dr. B. D. Ragsdale, Mer
cer’s treasurer, is .in an excellent
state of preservation, and though con-
siderably out of date, as to pattern,
seems to be ready for use for another
ninety years.
Mrs. Helen Topping Miller, noted
Southern uuthor and a member of the
Mercer faculty, was the principal
speaker at chapel. exercises Tuesday
morning.. ,
With a story taken from the World
War to illustrate her remarks, Mfs.
Miller showed that Americans .and
Southerners can .compete .with' any
country in the world in the fields of
art, science, and literature. She de
clared that the eyes of the'world are
on the South as never before and that
but of the South is to come new
ideas and new enterprise.
The writer stated that 76 per cent
of present day writings come from
the pen of the college graduate, and
that it is the duty, of Mercerians to
prepare themselves to contribute
their quota to literature.
Dr. Chumleejmrmwlr eecuped death Tnead^r night 1
ear esnehed into « ***** 00*
FRESHMAN HEADS SPEAKS
G. L. Spratlin, of. Washington, Ga.,
president of the freshman class,
spoke on the subject “Dreams” a.t the
meeting of -the Phi Delta Society last
Monday evening. He took as the basis
of his speech the quotation frbm
Kipling’s “If”: If you can dream 'and
not let dreams be your master, then
the whole w.orld will be - yours and
everything that is in it. The speaker
declared -that people in every walk of
life dream, from the farmer boy be
tween the plough handles to the man
whd. holds the highest position in' the
land,
The Cimeronian society accepted
the challenge that an inter-society
debate be held between the freshmen
of th two societis some time in the
near future and ' arrangements are
now being' made for the debate.
Prof.:.“What is corn?”
T-houn:- “Something that chickens
eat and men drink,”
The current week at Mercer Uni
versity has been one chock "full of a
variety of features, football this af
ternoon at Central City Park, a part
holiday in order to see the State Ex
position during “College Day,” hun
dreds of alumni from all over Georgia
here to be present at the annual
“Alumni Day” celebration, and a Hal
loween carnival at Bessie Tift to
ward a full program for every Mer
cer student’s attention.
Mercer bas been represented at the
fair during the entire week with an -
educational exhibit showing in detail
the products of all the departments
of the University. Prof. George
Sparks, in charge of the Exposition
booth, declares that much favorable
comment has been showered on the
exhibit and it has been a success
from every standpoint. On this after
noon especially will -Mercer’s quota
of the limelight be flashed on, Friday
bejng set aside by officials of the fair
as “College Day,” and by authorities
of the Alumni Association as annual
“Alumni Day.”
Hallowe’en Tomorrow
The Junior class of Bessie Tift col
lege is giving a Hallowe’en carnival
Saturday night on the Forsyth cam
pus and a large delegation is expected
.to attend from the University. Mem
ories of the great good times had at
Bessie Tift at this annual event dur
ing past seasons is sure to cause a
big representation ’ of Mercerians to
join with the spooks and goblins in
defrauding the deans and presidents
out of nil the time possible as re
gards dates and proms and other fix
tures of such carnivals.
This afternoon will see the Bap-
fists go on the gridiron for the fifth
game of the 1923 season when they
meet Birmingham-Southern at Cen
tral City Park. A crowd of 10,000
is being anticipated by -members of
the Exposition Board, and officials of
the University athletic association
have arranged special seating accom
modations for the banner attendance.
This event is discussed with attention
to de.tail elsewhere on this page.
GEORGIA COLLEGIATE FOOTBALL STANDING
Team
Wpn
Lost
Tied
Points
. Opponents
Tech .
3
0
1
65
37
Mercer > «
3 ■
1
0
31
13
Georgia m-..
3
r
O'
44
46
Oglethorpe
0
3 ~
O'
19
. 77
CAMP BENNING COACH
FORMER MERCER STAR
.lake Zellars Was Player and
Later Coach at Mercer.
By..Ayer Hatcher ■ .
“Grefei meets Greek”—.no, “Mercer
iran meets Mercer man,” That’s
what happened last Saturday after
noon when Mercer played Fort Ben
ning. The meeting was in the form)
of Capt. Jake Zellars. Capt. Zellars
is now Camp Athletic Officer at Fort
Benning. He was captain of Mercer’s
greatest footmall teami n ’ll. That’s
the year that Mercer defeated every
thing coming and going. Tennessee,
Clemson, Alabama, Auburn, Florida
wer among the .downtrodden.
. Not only was Captain Zellars a
football player of note, but basketball
and -baseball also claimed his atten
tion. He was one of the greatest
moundstoen Mercer has ever pro-
produced, and Mercer has produced
some great ones, and on the basket
ball courts "Gap Jake” was a terror
to Dm opponents
“Shorty” Poore, Mercer’s cloae-boilt scoring demon, who just Ionia
... posing linesmen.
PUBLISHED B1( STUDENTS OF MERCER UNIVERSTT Y AND BESSIE TIFT COLLEGE
■CMOOLS AMD
Vol. 4
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1923.
No. 4