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SCHOOLS AND
' COLUMN
PUBLISHED BY STUDENTS OF MERCER UNIVERSIT Y AND BESSIE TIFT COLLEGE
Vol. 4
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1923
No. 7
BAPTISTS PRIMING FOR
LAST GAME OF SEASON
Power of Rood Jinx Broken As
Locals Return to Alumni
Field-
PREACHERS SHOW
UNUSUAL RECORD
Home again!.
That Boonda mighty good to any
body when they have been out of
their own bacqyard for a while—but
it has an even more pertinent mean
ing to members of the Baptist grid
eleven and to the student body at
large. Why ^Because all the hokum
and black magic wielded by the Road
Jinx counts for naugh when he comes
snooping around the home : environs
of a team he has been hounding for
three weeks. He Went right along
with the team . to Florida, climbed
into the Pullman for Atlanta, and
hung like a leech when the Missis
sippi voyage was commenced. Truly,
he is, as has been said, a good and
faithful servant. But his day is over
for 1823. Coach Robinson’s crew iB
home again.
Tomorrow afternoon .the Merce-
rians make their last appearance of
the Beason against the Fighting Par
sons from Carson-Newman, of Jeffer
son City, Tenn., and a real battle iB
anticipated with the team that held
the Centre Colonels to only a two
touchdown lead. The Parsons have
made a good record this season, their
eleven being composed of a number
of stars formerly players at other
colleges, Hutchins, one-time brilliant
fullback for North Carolina State
and who scored on Yale In 1921,. and
Higgins, once the minstay of the
Ohio State machine, beng two notable
examples of the material the Ten
nessee team boasts.
The Orange and $lack squad has
been working like a crew of Trojans
during the week for. Saturday’s clash
Besides the 0 ne football game'to win
the ' local lads are . thinking of the
past also. The visitors last year
nosed out Mercer by a 13 to 7 score
and “Kid” Cecil’s cbhorts are primed
for revenge.
The fact that the Bavtists’ foot
steps have been shadowed by the.
powers of .darkness while on their
recent trips does not mean that the
eleven has necessarily slumped into
poor form. All teams lose more
games away from; home than they
win. tech is wise. The Tornado has
been away from Grant Field only
twice this year—and on these two
occasions occurred their only losses.
The same state of affairs prevails
prevail* with regard to Georgia’s
squad. They know they are likely to
lose a football game as soon as they
Venture .off Sanford Field. Road
Jinxes are on the lookout for a trav
cling team. And that’s why every
body is happy that the Baptists are
home again.
And everybody on the Tattnall
Square campus is determined that the
season be ended with a victory over
the rivals from Tennessee,
5,474 Members Added Churches
by Mercerlans in Summer.
By Leonard Williams
As a result of evangelistic work
done by ministerial students of Mer
cer University over the past summer
there were 5,474 additions to Baptist
churches of the South and 804 addi
tion^ conversions, according to', a
final report of the summer campaign
given out here recently by Ur;,C. L.
McGinty, dean of the Mercer School
of Theology.
Of . this number, 3,979 were by
baptism, 1,414 Were received into the
churches by letter und 81 were by
restoration. ■ * .
Comparison of this report for the
past summer with statistics: as given
in the Baptist Year Book show that
only in twenty states In the United
States did all the Baptist churches,
missionaries and evangelists give a
larger report than that of Mercer
students for the summer alone. One
per cent of all the baptisms per
formed by Baptist ministers in the
world for the past year were per
formed by Mercerites during last
summer, the Year Book shows. Pas
tors for 110 churches in Georgia and
neighboring states are Mercer stu
dents, according to Dr. McGinty’s re
port.
Prominent in the report is the rec
ord of a student who during the
summer- had , 375. additions to his
churches, 350 of which were by bap
tism. Another shows that out of
eleven revival services, which .he held
during the summer there were 326
additions, while another reports.240
additions.
Other items of the statement given
out by Dr. McGinty are: churches or
ganized, 2; Sunday Schoojs organ
ized, 9; B. Y. P. U.’s organized, 21
Bible study courses held, 36; volun
teers for foreign work solicited, 24
churches built were several, but one
with a cost of $8,000 arid another
which cost $6,000; buildings repaired
6; pianos purchased 3; those -doing
work in Baptist aSsociational train
ing schools 4; new financial plans in
stalled; deacons ordained; books of
playlets printed; and a series of ad
dresses 1 on higher education given.
FIRST OFFICIAL CAGE
DRILLS BEGIN MONDAY
FRESHMEN TRIM
G. M. C.
Aerial Attack Overwhelms Vis
iting Gridders-
McKibben Lane, Mercer alumnus, a
member of the law firm of Turpin
& Lane, recently elected Recorder
of Macon.
BESSIE TIFT GIRL
ENTERTAINS LIONS
Miss Annie Barton Sings for
Macon Club Members.
Friday Following Thanksgiving
Is Holiday.
COLLEGE BENEFACTOR
SPEAKS TO STUDENTS
J. M. Williams Hopes Others
Will Give Likewise-
the student body has never before
fell the threb of gratitude it felt
Sunday morning when J. M. Williams
spdke. Mr. William*, a merchant of
Winder, Ga., recently donated $60,000
to Bessie Tift. He and George Bar
well were visitors of the Senior class,
conducted by Dr. Macon. Mr. Wil
lisana stated in hia talk that his gift
was not made on the impulse of the
moment, bat was made after much
deliberation and prayer on bis part
and Ms wife’s. He shrank from pub-
liclty, bat is anxious, that Ms e*Sm-
Pl, war inspire others to doosts to
CLASSES TOMORROW TO
ALLOW FOUR HOLIDAYS
Thought, of turkey, cranberries,
pies, cakes, and the thousand and one
other things that go to make an ideal
Thanksgiving are now filling the head
of. every freshman, to the exclusion of
books, studies and everything else.
Especially is this so since it has
been announced by the faculty that
Friday after Thanksgiving will be a
holiday, thus allowing those students
who live some distance from Macon
ample, time to return home for the
day.
The holiday was granted after the
student body at chapel last Friday
unanimously voted to petition the
faculty for a holiday on that day.
However, in the'words of the poet,
every rose baa its thorn, and this
particular rose ia no oxception.. In
order that no time may oe lost from
the class room and hooka, the faculty
decided, in accordance with the peti
tion, to have' school tomorrow, Satur
day, Nov. 24.
After tomorrow three more days oi
toil , and angaiah and then home and
four long daya of eating much, sleep
ing late and doing in general what
ever Is pleasant.
One of the features of the enter
tainment program offered the mem
bers of the. Lions Club of Macon at
their luncheon at the Dempsey Hotel
last Tuesday was the singing of Miss
Annie Barton, of Bessie Tift College
Miss Barton sang two songs, ‘‘The
Cucoo” and ‘‘Lilac Tree,” which were
enthusiastically received. v
The Lions had also as their guests
about forty boys from, the rural dis
tricts, who are to compete for prizes
offered by the. Lions for the best acre
of com next year. The Lions will
furnish the seed and the boys are to
see who can raise the best und most
corn to the acre of ground.
By C, 1). Tounsley
Revenge is sweet, saith the poet,
and the members of the freshman
■team' agree with him. Saturday af
ternoon on Alumni Field they got re
venge on', G. M. C. for a former game
of the season, in which the first-year
men came but holding tightly to the
■wrong end of the score;
Saturday’s fracas ended with the
fieshmen on the big end of a 20-0
count.,. The game was harder fought
thun' the score indicates, for G. M. C.
contested every, inch of. ground and
t'oqght bitterly to the last whistle.
Forward passes proved to be the
undoing of the cadets. Time after
time, “Rusty” Lawrence tossed the
sphere into the waiting arms of some
teammate for a material gain. The
whole freshman team starred, but
those who deserve mention includes
Lawrence, Stein, Presto and Parks.
Glover, Banks,' Dunn, Davis and
Fleming also showed up well.
. For G. M. C., Bass, Thompson, and
Everidge shone, especially on the of
fensive; and Day .brother of the once
illustrious “Bum,” looked good on the
defense. ■;'
This -game concluded the .freshman
schedule. • Five games have been
played, of which two have been won
and three lost. . G. M. C., Georgia
freshmen, and Auburn freshmen have
been victors over the first-year men
while Mudison A. and M. arid G. M. C
have been defeated.
B. T. C. JUNIORS IN PLAY
B. T- C- GLEE CLUB NOW
PREPARES FOR PROGRAM
\l iss DeAhria Adds Much New Talent
This Year.
irst Practices Show Bright
Prospects for Winning
Quint. ;
The Juniors are to give their play
Tuesday evening, -November 27, at 8
o’clock in the Bessie Tift chapel.
They cordially invite their Mercer
friends—and if there are other Mer.
cerites who do not know; they invite
them to come' up and get acquainted.
Of course all of the Bessie Tift girls
will be there.
But you don’t know what the name
of the play is: Burton Crane tells
Jane Ellen positively to “Come Out
of the Kitchen,” and she comes!
The Bessie Tift Glee Club has
been doing intensive practicing lor
the last few weeks, as the concert
will soon be held ■ Miss DeAhna has
arranged a splendid program, includ
ing folk songs, as well as the more
classical ones. The Glee Club this
year is larger than it has been for
years. The new talent which has
been added is expected to make the
club better than it has ever been,
arid the club is expecting a good
year ahead.
By Julian Leggett.’' .
With the close' of the football sea- -
son tomorrow afternoon, plans for
yfe, development of another great
basketball team will get under way
at Mercer University.. .Couth “Tink”
Gillum has issued orders to the can
didates to report to the. first official
practice of-the year on Monday after
noon, and more than seventy men are ;
expected to be in uniform on that
day. • *
For.the past two wegkx, the aspi
rants for berths on the B/iptist indoor
aggregation have, been drilling hard,
and many of the meh are already in
first class condition. However,, it
will take the football players a couple
of w.eeks to. get into the proper trim
to handle the basketball -in the recog. _
nized style, and the first game, ached;
uled with the Albany “Y” on Decem
ber 14, will find Mercer, ready to go.
. According to Elbert Fields, mana
ger of the cage Squad this year, the
schedule has not been arranged, but
several contracts have been closed.
It is assured that Georgia, Tech,
Vanderbilt, Florida, Trinity, Baylor,
and-Texas University will be encoun
tered, while other games are qow
pending. Manager' Fields stated to
day that he believes that the list of
games will include more than twenty-
five contests, half of which will be
played in Macon. . .
Mercer’s varsity fiev this year ap
pears to be "already "picked, although
there are. u number of excellent play
ers who- will give the regulars a
tough battle for ‘ the plaees on the
quint before the initial game Is
played. “Consuello" Smith," captain
and all-Southern forward of last sea
son, will again be seen in action at
his position; “Bubber” Pope, letter
man who plays forward, will be the
othei- selection for forward, while the
guards will be George Harmon and
Manly McWilliants. “Red” Simmons,
one of the sensations of the Atlanta
(Continued on page four)
WOULD C HALLENGE OTHER
,COLLEGE TENNIS TEAMS
Palmolive soap—5 cents cake.
College Co-Op.
Bessie'Tift would be glad to .chal
lenge any. college for a game of ten
nis, witli .“Bill” Davis’ representing"
her 7 “Bill” is a Sophomore ari l one'
•of. the "best’ afi-rojirid athletes.'. She
holds, a tennis championship, wott in
her freshman year, .is' a wearer of
the “B, T. C." and 'owner of several
stars won-on field day. ’ , '
“Bill” is a member of varsity:
teams in baseball and• ba sketball, be
ing pitcher and . guard. • She learned
to swim and passed swimming test
in- less than one week, Hoi latest
sport is golf, and we are- just Won
dering if she will walk with all honors
in that .sport- as well as all. t he- rest.
So with the .Sophomores let's sing?
“Sing, ho, for '‘Bill’ Uii\ is,. ■
‘Bill 1 Ihmg "Bill" Davis.”
JUNIORS AND SENIORS
B. T. C. IN BASKETBALL
EVERYBODY HAPPY NEXT WEEK BUT THIS !
First Game of Season for Upper
Classmen
Next Saturday, NoV. 24, will be
another day of athletic excitement at
Bessie Tift, for the first game this
season between the Upper classmen—
and it is only a matter of who’s to
win. Each' team is practicing much
this week and also denying them
selves of ail “sweets.”
Mr. Dennis will referee the game
on Saturday and ft i> hoped that a
hard fight will be put up—only “tfane
will ten."
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