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PUBLISHED BY STUDENTS OF MERCER UNIVERSIT Y AND BESSIE TIFT COLLEGE
Vol. 4
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1923
No. 6
IMERCER OFF TO
BATTLE CHOCTAW
MANY CANDIDATES
FOR DEBATE TEAM
|pefrela Nose Oat Baptists bp
Lone Point.
The Mercer Baptists entrained late
I yesterday afternoon for Clinton, Mis-
[lisssippi, and will reach that town
•ome'time today, where they will try
to work off Pullman car stiffness in
preparation for tomorrow’s clash
[with the Choctaws of Mississippi
| College.
The Mercerians, after suffering two
Inverses in the last brace of starts^
ire on the warpath this week, hungry
1 (or a victory to svlice into the two
[week’s slump. The Choctaws have
accounted for themselves well on the
grid this season, having beaten Bir
mingham-Southern, Ole Miss,- L. S. U.,
Louisiana College, and it is assured
toh proteges of Coach Robinson' that
they will have plenty to keep them
busy when the Indians open up with
a war whoop and reach for an Orange
| and Black scalp.
Petrels Nose Out
The hectic battle at Grand Field
| last week in which Mercer was trim
med by the Stormy Petrels’ one-man
aggregation by a lone point, has long
| «in.e been relegated to history by the
[University campus.. For the benefit
I of somebody’s scrap book or “forget-
[me-not album,” here is an excerpt
from O. B. Keeler’s story in the At
lanta Journal after witnessing the
| struggle:
A Great Game
"The game, - starting with a break
I that came with all the bewildering
smash of a dynamite explosion in
[rose garden, was one of the greatest
I ever played at Grant field. Every
I clement of the dramatic was there at
la stretch that clamped on the roaring
1 spectators a tension almost unbear
I able. It. was anybody’s game for
I every minute'of the embattled hour
| of play,
“And the game started with one of
I those spectacular things you hear
I about and read about and so seldom
[see—like a home run with the bases
full in a world series ball game, or
a horse trotting his mile under two
minutes. Catching the Oglethorpe
I kick-off on his own fifteen-yard line,
I ‘Kid’ Cecil was confronted with
[eurious split in the rush of the Pe-
| trels* line, a sudden, sweeping out by
[bis own interference—and before a
| breath could be drawn he was on his
way.. Straight out he came, as it
I emerging from the mouth of a fun-.
| aei; and bjr the time he reached mid-
| field, with only a half reversement
land not a hand laid bn him, he was
Jin the clear and pausing the Ogie-
[thorpe safety man, who seemed to
| have run in too close for safety. •
“Then it was a matter of legs, and
I the Kid had the legs. Maurer and
iGordy were after him; Maurer was
DONATED $100,000
Strong Teams to Be on Intercol-
. legiate Schedule.
By Leonard Williams
Answering the call for those who
wished to enter the inter-collegiate
debates for the 1923-24 season, twen
ty men responded Wednesday at a
meeting of the Mercer Debating
Council. A large number of. others
have signified their intention of try
ing out - for places on this year’s
teams and the number it is thought
will finally reach fifty.
Contests for elimination and . choice
of the debating candidates will not be
held .until the week following Thanks
giving. The men were only called to
gether to assign subjects for the try
outs and for instructions as to prep
aration for the final .meets, with other
Southern colleges,
As yet, Mercer’s debating schedule
is not definite. There will be a tri
angular debate between the Univer
sity of Richmond, Furman University
and Mercer,, it is known, which will
be held about the first week in April.
BESSIE TIFT ALSO
GIVEN LARGE SUM
Stetson University will be met in De-
land, Fla., at an undecided date, and
with these -exceptions the completed
schedule is not yet known.
Emory Challenges
The Emory University freshmen
have challenged the Mercer freshmen
to a debate for late in the season,
and though this is not a regular in
tercollegiate contest, Dr. J. H. Moore,
chairman of -the Debating Council,
states that the council will follow the
matter up and that the Emory first
year men will probably.be met.
The following subjects were given
to the men entering the tryouts -to
work on for the competition after
Thanksgiving: -
Resolved, That co-education should
be adopted in American' schools.
Resolved, That state judges should
be appointed by governors of the sev
eral states.
Resolved, That the United States
government sholu have a larger par
ticipation in world affairs.
Resolved, That taxation of incomes
by the Federal government should be
discontinued.
Resolved, That the following amend
ment to the Federal Constitution
should be made: Men . and women
shall have equal rights throughout
the United States.
Resolved, That the United States
should abandon the policy of a pro
tective tariff.
BESSIE TIFT GIRLS IN
FRESH vs. SOPH GAMES
Frank S., Ethridge, Atlanta
business man, who recently'
pledged $100,000 to higher
education when he gave Mer
cer University the . largest
single gift it had ever re
ceived. ’
This was followed a few
days later by a gift of
$60,000 to Bessie Tift by Mr.
and Mrs. Wilkinson, of Win
der, Ga,
KITCHEN PLAY FOR
BESSIE TIFT GIRLS
PLANNING FOR SECOND
INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN
Mercer Students Invited to An
nual College Event.
Delegates From All Over State
at Luncheon Wednesday-
The Junior class has recovered it
self from the exertion in behalf of
the Halloween party and is planning
another evening of enter ainment for
their friends.; And this time it is to
be a dramatic effort—a play—-and is
said to be a delightful play, and
since it has been greatly enjoyed on
Broadway.
The Juniors are to give heir play
Tuesday evening, Nov. 27th, at 8
o'clock in the Bessie Tift chapel.
They cordially invite th'eir Mercer
friends—and if the other “Mercefr-
ites” do not know he girls they are
invited to coriie up and get. acquaint
ed, AIT the Bessie Tift girls will be
there.
But you don’t know the name of
the play and so the class tells you,
und' then all will want to come. Bur
ton Crane tells Jane Ellen positively
“Coiiie Out of the Kitchen”—and
she comes! ' '
SECOND ISSUE OF
ALUMNUS NOW OUT
New Organ of Alumni Associa
tion Is Success. '
The Bessie Tift Freshmen and
closing the gap—bat the supply of Sophomores arc preparing for a bat
white lines was running low and ale Thursday that promises to be a
lower, and the Orange of Mereer went mighty one. It is something of
serosa the goal line four lengths to struggle for the Freshmen because
the good, carrying six points and a the Sophomores hold last year’s
staggering wallop foil in the face of championship and even a “Fresh”
the Robertson crew. needs courage to buck up against
“It was that rarest of • feats, a such odds. However one can hardly
touchdown from the kickoff,- a run say . which, team has the. dope. The
sf 85 yards. Freshmen have more good material
On the heels of the first tremen- to pick from than the other classes
dous break came another, almost un- and should have a non-stop team while
so ted at the time. For as the game U goes without saying that the Soph-
tariied out, the point after that touch* omofo’s team is a crackerjack the
down meant all the difference between game promises to be a dose one and
• tie and a defeat for the Merest intensely interesting, but it remains
team, and a tie and a victory for the to be. teen who the winner will be.
Petrels.” ' This is the first game of the season
And he concludes the write-up: and there is excitement in the air,
- “It waa a giant game between two All the classes are Interested and
of the greatest and hardest flitting- class spirit rises higher and higher as
I ever saw.” the .day raws nearer. The Junior vs.
How Chilton W. Coleman, Mercer
alumnus, built a modern community
out of the regular type of mill settle
ment around the Muller Callaway
mills of LuGfange is told jn the N<5 ;
vember Issue of the Me reel Alumnus,
monthly' magazine of the Mercer
Alumni Association.
This is the second issue of the
Alumnus, which is published under the
direction of John K. Williams, alumni
secretary. , A permanent feature of
the alumhi organ is. the sports page
by Robert M. Gamble, former Mer-
cerian. Other permanent pages and
columns are to be added with the De
cember. issue, it is understood.
The Mercer School of Commerce, by
Dean W. G. Bradley, and Progress, of
Mercer University Toward Financial
Independence, by ,Dt. R. W. Weaver,
are other articles of interest. Roy
Davis, president of' the senior class
also comes in- or, a share of this
month’s news in an article, The Mer
cer Spirit,, in which he is chosen as
typifying the spirit of the 'student
body.
MERCER MEN INVITED
Everybody at B. T. C. is looking
forward to the Freshman-Pophomore
reception which is to be this Satur
Sophomore game is to be.the twenty-jday night. All the FrOlhmen and
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Mercer University was host at
luncheon given in the Mercer dining
inll Wednesday- at noon, given in
honor of the Georgia Federation of
Women’s Clubs, representing 25 city
and state organizations.
This organization, which, is for the
purpose of training women in civic
leadership, took courses last summer
at Mercer under the auspices of what
is known as the Mercer Institute for
the Training of Women in Civic Lead
ership.
This school will open again about
June 16, lasting for the period of two
weeks, or more. Classes will be held
both in the morning and the after
noon, it was decided Wednesday,
Members of the Mercer faculty will
give courses in adolescent psychology,
political science, public speaking, and
probably other courses. Men and
women of national prominence will be
engaged to give lectures every night
during the school session.
Dr. Rufus W. Weaver, presiding at
the meeting Wednesday, was author
ized to appoint a committee to ar
range the courses and schedules for
the school' this summer.
Every delegate representing the 26
organizations pleded her wholehearted
supportan dcooperatio n emf cmmmb
support and co-operation in further
ing the plans and purposes of the
school to be held this summer. .
An endowment of $50,000, the sec
ond large donation to be made- a Bap
tist, institution of higher learning \
within the last two weeks, was .re
cently announced , by Dr. Aquila
Chamlee, Bessie Tift president. The
donor, J. M. Williams, cotton mer
chant of Winder, Ga., is the father of
Miss Essie Lee Williams, a member
of the freshman class at the Forsyth
college.'
The gift is the largest ever made
by any individual to Bessie Tift, and
is the first of the half-million endow
ment fund Which Will be raised to en
dow the college and used in this edu
cation of young women of Georgia. .
This gift, coming close on the heels
the $100,000 donation recently
given Mercer by Frank S. Ethridge
of Atlanta, brings the total to $150,-
000 given the two colleges of the
Mercer University System in the past
two weeks. The two donations,. it la
believed, are the first of what prom
ises to be a number of endowment
funds which the Baptists of the state
will raise for their schools and col
leges.
The immediate cause for the dona
tion by Mr. Williams, it is said, was
his visit to the Forsyth campus in
October when he was much impressed
with its management and ideals.
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JUNIOR BAPTISTS
WILL MEET CADETS
Frosh Determined to Wipe Out
Old Scores.
those who attended the Btn- fourthfourth and much interest cen-1 Sophomores and a few Juniors will
Volunteer convention as the tors around this game for there has be present. The Mercer student body
Of Mias Lucy ware always been the sharpest of rivalry ;is invited and most of them are.ex-
. HhA Roberts, Kedrin* between these two classes. The final, pec ted to come because Bessie Tift
I Boom. Marry Phillips, Marjorie Ja- game to determine the championship girls all know that they all love a
Into Anastraag and Both is to bb played December 6th by the good time and try not to miss having
ISJ winntrs of times two pmtous fames. | one every chance they got
Mercer's aggregation of, junior
Baptists will have an opportunity to
wipe out old scores with the cadets
from G. M. C. here this afternoon
when they meet Coach Dowis’ cohorts
at Alumni ’.Field, in a battle, unto-the
dhath. - -'j
The Frosh did not fare so well
against the cadets several weeks ago
w)ieri the gridsters met in the shadow
of the old capitol at Milledgeville, the
Rats receiving a 19-6 setback. That
was early in -the . season, However,
when the first year men were not so
well.drilled as they now are Under the
tutelage of Coach; Barker. Moseley,
and every member of. the team is out
with blood in his eye, and determined
that the score, today will be a reverse
of the other one.
The Orange and Black freshmen
have a squad, which, though not
heavy, baa fight galore and not a lit-,
tie experience in the pigskin pastime.
From this team. it. is believed a num
ber of recCults will next season
strengthen the varsity, although there
will be feir vacancies here and the
ones who fill them will -have to move
about like they nsenn It.
M. Williams Donates Forsyth
College $50,000.
STUDENT VOLUNTEERS
MEET AT BESSIE TIFT
Dr.
Owen and Dr. McGinty
Make Addresses.
The Student Volunteer Convention
of Georgia was held at Bessie Tift
College from Friday, Nov. 9, until
Sunday, Nov. 11. There were ‘ dele
gates from all over the state at this
convention who were Student Volun
teers. During the convention many i.
talks' were delivered by returned
missionaries, Which helped to deter- .-
■pine the minds of many Bessie Tift
students to be missionaries.
Many girls have given their lives
for foreign work. It wss a great
convention for the young Volunteers
of the state and the next meeting at
Mercer is looked forward to for the
good that the Volunteers expect to
receive.
During the- Saturday morning serv
ice of the convention at Beatie Tift, -
Dr. William Russel Owen spoke on
‘ Blessed Are the Meek.” He told in
a graphic way how the meek had
truly inherited the earth. He told of
how he stood amid- the ruins of the
Parthenon and thought of the glory
and beauty of Greece, now past and
gone, and he realized that only one
thing had lasted and that is the in
fluence of .an Apoatie of Jesus Christ,-
Paul,' who once stood on the steps
and told the people of an unknown .
God* He told of hew Napoleon had
learned the lesson -that might was
-not right' and could not' rule in this
world, for God had said that. the
meek should inherit the earth.
- One of the'most interesting serv
ices of the convention waa the sun
rise service conducted by Dr. Me-'
Ginty, of Mercer University. After
an earnest address on the questions
in Genesis, Dr. McGinty called for a
consecration service, and every ver
son in the service offend their Ufa
to go anywhere Christ would havu
them go.
It was a touching scant and as
every one came .forward to taka tka
speaker’s hand thay stood in a group
around the platform whlla Dr. Aquila
Chamlee delivered the. consecration
prayer.
. The Y. W. A. of Beasts Tift Col
lege gave a reception to tho . fltuiMI
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