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PUBLISHED BY STUDENTS OF MERCER UNIYERSIT Y AND BESSIE TIFT COLLEGE VoL 4 MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GA., FRIDAY* DECEMBER 7, 1928 Np. 8 ANNUAL OF PAN HELLENIC SET FOR SATURDAY ’Sight Fraternities Combine la Gala Event. 4ANY GUESTS EXPECTED The Pan-Hellenic reception, which will be held' in the Fraternity Halls on December 8, at 8:80 o’clock, will be one of tlie most beautiful and elaborate ever held according to of ficers of the Pan-Hellenic. Instead of the individual fraterni ties serving refreshments as they have done before, this year they will be served as a whole from one of the halls. Each fraternity will . decorate its own hall in the fraternity colors. The sponsors will be in their fraternity’s hall to receive their guests. Committees have been appointed to Complete arrangements. The. invita tion committee is composed of Manly McWilliams, Henry Schell, and Gene Massey ; decoration committee, Daniel Merritt, H. J. O’Barr, and Gene Mas sey; refreshment committee, Pat Gil len, Harvey Clark, and Rabun Brant ley; music committee, Joe McClain, T. G. Janes, and Manly McWilliams, The Pan-Hellenic is composed of two representatives from each fra ternity. The members are: Harvey Clark and Henry Shed, S. A. E.; Ra bun Brantley and Manly McWilliams, K. A.; Fred'Caylor and Dan Merritt, Phi Delta Theta; H. J. O’Barr and Frank Stone, Kappa Sigma; Pat Gil len and Neiivelle Poore, Sigma Nu; Gidden Wilkes and Gene Wilkes, A. T. O.; jOe McClain and Baxter Goke, Pi Kappa Phi; Jared Simmons and T. F. Janes, Alpha Lambda Tau. - Among those invited are all fra, teraity men on the campus, the foot ball team, the Mercer faculty, and about two hundred Wesleyan and town girls. -Mercer’s only connection with Ma con proper was once a wagon road and a horse car line which came as far oat as the present tenni; court on the campus adjoining University Place. VARSITY GUARD THERE’S ONE IN EVERY CLASSROOM By Goodwyne BAPTIST CONVENTION OF MERCER INTEREST Many Topics Relating to College To Be Discussed. Matters of vital interest to Mercer University will be discussed at the 102nd annual session of tho Georgia Baptist Convention, to be held in Macon, December 11-13. Students have been asked to attend the vari ous meetings to be held during the three days of the convention. Discussion of the status of sec ondary schools of the “Mercer Uni versity system,” reports of the Hold ing Commission, a committee entrust ed with the titles to all properties of the convention, the distribution of funds with regard to all interests of the denomination in the state, and other, matters of importance will be featured in the business sessions to be held during the coming week. Election of all' officers of the con vention for the new year wjll also be effected. Dr. B. D.. Ragsdale,' treas urer of Mercer, and for- twenty-seven years general secretary of the con vention, will be re-elected to that of fice,, it is thought. Dr. John D. Mell, for twelve years president of the or ganization, is also a likely candidate for re-election. ■ Various committeescomposed of Macon Baptists are to work out local plans. An entertainment committee hus been name! to superisc the as signment of quarters for the dele gates and to investigate hoM rates, Five hundred deleyatas are expected by local officials. BASKETBALL RECORD-FOR 1917 The Cluster will publish each week from this .time on, the season’s rec ord of some Mercer athletic team of years past. . Only six basketball games .ware played in 1917, due to ‘war time conditions, and athletics were in a state of disorganization all over the South. Of the games played the Baptists split even for the season. The record follows: Mercer 46, Oglethorpe 3. Mercer 64, Columbia College 13. Mercer 40, Grant Park 9. Mercer 19, Georgia 61. Mercer 14, Georgia 66. Mercer *6, Augusta “T” 80, Co-Ed: What a pity it is that Itariy McWilliaaw, I | J Macear cage araad tor the last two handsome men are always conceited, ytaw, win Md down his aid bsrth] He: Not always, little girt. I am tMa mm. CAGE SCHEDULE ’23-’24 (To be completed) Dec. 14—Albany Y in Albany. Dec. 21.—Albany Y in Macon. Dec. 20.—Baylor in Macon. Dec. 31—Greenville Country Club in GreenVille, S. C. 1 Jan. 1—Spartanburg Y in Spar tanburg, S. C. ‘ r Jan. 2—Charlotte Y in Char lotte, N. C. Jan. 3—Statesville A. - C. in Statesville, N. C. • • Jan. 4—Richmond Blues in Rich mond, Va. Jan. 5—N. C. State in, Raleigh, N. C. • • ’• Jan. 7—Trinity in Durham, N. C. Jai\. 8—North Carolina in Chap el Hill, N. C. Jan. 12—Chattanooga in Macon. Jan. 18—Tech in Atlanta. Jan. 19—Tech in Macon. Jan. 24-—Vanderbilt in Nash ville, Tenn. Jan. 26—-Chnttanooga in Chatta nooga, Tenn. Jan. 26—Tennessee in Knoxville, Tenn. Feb. 2—N. C. State in Macon. Feb. 4—Mississippi Aggies in Macon. •Feb. 11—.Florida in Macon. Feb. 13r— Sewanee in Macon. Feb. 16—Georgia in Macon. Feb. 16—Georgia in Macon. ANNOUNCE RULES AND SCHEDULE FOR EXAMS Xmas Holidays Begin Dec. 21; New Term Starts Jan. 2. MACON IS SELECTED FOR CAGE TOURNEY EXAMINATION SCHEDULE 9 to 12 (mornings) Monday, Dec. 17 All 6 and 3 hour courses meet ing at 8:30. Tuesday, Dec. 18 All 5 and 3 hour courses meeting at 9:26. Wednesday, Dec. 19 All 6 and 3 hour courses meeting at 10:60. Thursday, Dec. 20 All 6 and 3 hour courses meeting at 11:46. Friday, Dec. 21 ' All 6 and 3 hour courses meeting at 12:40. BASKETEERS NOW HOLD CENTER OF SPORTING PAGE But Few Letter Men Missing From Varsity Lineup. FROSH HAVE GREAT QUINT By C. D. Tounsley 2 to 6 (afternoons) Friday, Dec. 14 All sections of English I. Monday, Dec. 17 All 2 hour courses meeting at,8:30 Tuesday, Dec. 18 AH 2 hour courses meeting at 8:26 Wednesday, Dec. 19 All 2 hour courses meeting at 10:60 Thursday, Dec. 20' All 2 hour courses meeting at 11:46 Friday, Dec. 21 All 2 hour courses meeting at 12:40 Football season is past and basket ball is slowly appearing on the hori zon. For several years Mercer has been able to boast one of the strong est basketball teams in the South and this season is to be no exception to the rule. Monday was the first official cage drill day and over thirty candidates reported to Coach Gillam. They were quickly put to work by the Mercer mentor who believes strongly in the efficacy of hard work. Short passing and shooting at the goal occupied most of the time and some of the men are already handling the ball in mid-season form. The schedule has been completed and a look will convince anyone that the Mercer basketeers will have to put in some hard work between now and the beginning of the seaaon if they are to emerge at the close of the. year with a good record. However, there are enough letter men back in. school to insure the team which rep resents Mercer this year will not be below tho standard. Letter Men Return First there is Captain “Crook” Smith, forward for the past two years. Last year Smith was unani mously chosen by sport Writers for forward on the mythical AU-Southern team. “Crook” is now playing his third year at Mercer and has been chosen captain for the. coming season. Another player whose career at Mercer has been bright is George Hannon, diminutive guard. George was All-Southern year before last and only an injured hand kept him from being picked for the'team last year.- Atlanta sport writers have called him a wonder man, and certain it is that (Continued on page eight)' FROSH STAR Mercer’s basketball- team-will be able to contend for championship honors of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association in its own back yard next February, for the annual tournament, is to be held in Macon, Thursday, February 21, to laft thro’ Saturday, February 23, according to a statement issued after a meeting of college representatives in Atlanta this week. ( ' Teams of the Southern Intercolle giate Conference will not participate in the S. I. A. A. tournament this year as heretofore, the annual tour ney for that body being scheduled to be held in Atlanta beginning Friday, February 29, aa deoatinutng through the following fuse jay. It is not yat kaowu bow many nol le gee of the ELLA, will ml teams tocompata la the annual tour ney, but of tho sixteen sMukm af that body,a largo reprsssutsrioawll probably com to Mam The: first official examinations of the fall term will begin on. Monday -iqorning, December 17, continuing throughout the. week until- the fhl lowing Friday when, the schedule la completed, according to recent an nouncements by Prof. J. L. Bailey, < hairman of the schedule committee. The regular Christmas holidays will begin December 21, though students who have already finished their ex aminations before that date will be at liberty to leave the campus before the scheduled time at dosing. Registration and matriculation tor the winter term will begin on. Janu ary 2. 8tudeBte>ara exported by the college authorities to be on the « pus by that date for this work, which, according to mmnbam of the daesHl- catkm committee, will teqaire ah sat two days. Prof. Bailey baa aanouaced the tol- to ba sbeervsd by aB Skinner, last yuar on, ABJQ. L A. A. quint as forward. Ha wfllperform far Manor , | ■ , \ ■ fin