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TO HAVE TALLEST
RADIO ANTENNAE
Mercer’s 175-Foot Aerial To Be
Highest in South.
School of Journalism Is Rated
High in South.
What will perhaps be the highest
attennae in the South is now under
construction on the roof of the chapel
building at Mercer in the form of a
radio autial tower.
The aeriul when-completed will be
175 feet high. Work started on'the
itower Wednesday afternoon under the
supervision of Or. Fountain, and the
.tower will more than likely be com-'
plyted Within three of four days. ■
Hillyer. Straton, who will be in
charge of the station this year, says
the attennae will undoubtedly be the
highest in the South. The erection of
this tower-is the first step in the
plans to make Mercer University one
of foremost and best equipped' broad
casting’ stations'in the country.
Dr. Fountain, who is behind the
plans, gave out no: definite informa
tion in regutd to the broadcasting
station that is to be at Mercer, but
he hinted that the -building of the
aerial tower was only the first step in
the installation of one of the best
equipped stations in the ' Southern
States. ■
An entirely new radio set is-to be
built also, it is "thought, if the .plans
now under consideration warrant
such. The tower will be connected
with the tower on. the Administration
building.
Pop
e’s Flivver Now
Acclaimed Best Bus
All Brands of Cars Now Found
on Mercer Campus.
There are flivvers and flivvers, but
Mercer students, always out for the
best, have an array that would make
the well-known Henry feel absolutely
Unnecessary. There are flivvers of
every make and description parked in
and about the Mercer campus every
day. Some are rather scary looking,
and have to be noted carefully in
order to distinguish them from other
vehicles of more common types.
The Fords that grace our campus
are for the most part “cutdowns”
Bubber Pope’s famous “Git fer home,
Bruno”, is perhaps the best known.
In addition to the cutdowns, there
are' coupes, sedans,, roadsters, and
miscellaneous combinations of all
Other styles, together with some we
have never yet heard of.
The fact that so many flivvers have
made their way to our campus proves
that Mercer students are either get
. ting very prosperous or else somebody'
is leaving their garage unlocked. We
wouldn’t dare decide the matter,
Anyway, here they go, rattling,
creaking, banging joyfully about the
campus, little guessing the envy they
arouse in the hearts of less fortunate
students who have been unable to
' “locate” their means of transports
tion yet. ■ M. M.J.
That the Mercer School of Journal
ism is one of the best in the country
is shown conclusively by the record
of the men who have attended it and
now successful figures in the
newspaper world.
Otlicial recognition of the standing
of.Mercer among journalism schools
of America was! made in u recent
issue of a journalism magazine when
rolice W. .Murphy of the Uni ver
ity of North Dakota placed Mercer
class "A," the highest possible
utirig. Mercer is the only school in
the. South to be placed in- this class.
Only a partial list of former jour
nalism students at. Mercer is uvail-
bie, but tiiis list includes many men
f prominence who . received their
training in newspaper: work here.
• Following are a few: W. IVWright,
ity’ editor of. the New. York Tele
gram; W. C. dories, editorial writer
of the Atlanta Journal', Koy Warwick,
feature writer for the Atlanta Jour-
ial; Mark Etheridge; feature writer
the New York..Sun; his wife, Mrs.
Willie Snow Etheridge, also attended
Mercer and i-s how a writer for na
tionally known magazines; Nelson
Shipp; tormerly with the Atlanta
onstitutidn, and at present editoriul
writer of the Macon Telegraph; L. B.
Newton, editor, of the Christian In
dex; Frank LeavolI, editor of the
Baptist Student; Malcolm Ainsworth,
ty editor of the Macon Telegraph;
K. "L. Clifton, managing editor of-the
Maco.n News; C. E. Brown, editor and
publisher of the Cortlele Dispatch;
Ralph Meeks, formerly editor of the
Calhoun Times, and at present a pub-
ily manager of a nationally known
corporation;' William Space, of the
Savannah Newsy Tom Hamilton, of
th
PREACHERS ELECT
OFFICERS.
•- Officers for the winter term were
elected by the Ministerial Association
at its Tuesday night meeting,. They
were: A..B. Couch, president; J. H. P.
Thomas, , vice-president; N. , Hoyt.
Adams, secretary-treasurer, and Wil.
lis E. Howard, janitor,
Dr. H. M. Fugate, pastor' of the
Tattnall Square Baptist church,, ad
dressed the association on the-Minis
ter and the Book, He spoke at length
regarding the minister and his money
and also emphasised the need of more
study of the Bible by ministerial
students.
Irate Citizen (from his bedroom
window): “Say, you down there; who
are yob talking to?”
Several Sheets in the Wind: “No-
buddy *n perticerler. Jesh broad-
CMtinV* '
; The steeple that overlooks Macon
from the mein tower of Mercer’s Ad-
ministration Building is not tbe origi
nal one, the eld one havlnjr
blown off and been replaced during
the administration of Dr. Pfckari.; T
ORMER MERCER1ANS
ATTAIN SUCCESS AS
NEWSPAPER SCRIBES
CLASS THEMES SHOW
WHAT MERCER NEEDS
Papers of English Students Sug
gest Campus “Needs-”
By T. Ayer Hatcher
“What does Mercer need most?”
Thai is the question on which all of
the students faking Freshman Eng
lish have been asked to write.
The demand for more dormitory
space .seems to tuke. the lead. As
one freshman points out, if we had
the dormitory space we could get
•fifteen- hundred students for next
yeur.. . This muy be so, but as an
other student points out,-"What about
the elass ' rooms to accommodate
them V” , 1 . ' .
The question of class rooms ranks
a close second in the question of
“needs.” "The boys will find a place
to live if they can find room for . the
classes to irieet in. We have the
gieatest faculty in the Southland; all
we need is the class rooms- for them
■to teach in,” is the way one freshman
expressed it- -
Only three freshmen found fault
with the dining hall. One is.in favor
of. more religious courses being re
quired of the students in the School
ul Arts and Sciences. He says-
'"There is not enough old-time religion
mi the Mercer campus. We need more
ul' it.” .The need of a gym-is the
dark horse of the needs.
.Several students found that the
laboratories need new equipment.
One paper writes the following:
.“Mercer’s greatest need is new lab
oratory equipment, A great amount
of the equipment has been broken.
To, uphold Mercer’s reputation in the
field of science we must have the
necessary equipment in the labora
tories.”
A large number of freshmen com
mented on the spirit at Mercer, Sev
eral said that the.spirit was fine; but
large number found fault on the
GARRETT NOW HERE AS
NEW BUSINESS MANAGER
Furman Man Takes Over Duties
of Business Administratioit.
S. W. Garrett, formerly business
mu auger of Furman University, and
recently elected to that position at
.ii.ei.cer, took over -the duties of that
on ice December 1. L. F. Biggs, for
mer manager, is now holding a simi
lar position at Tennessee College,
Murfreesboro, Terin.
Mr. Garrett has been for. a number
of years a figure in educational cir
cles in 'South Carolina, having been
principal of un industrial high school
at Hartwell, of that state, for a long
period. During his ten years service
at ( oker. College, as dean" and busi
ness. iiK.iuigcr, he - also acted in the
cavacity of president for two years.
He has had long experience-with the
business administration of the school
and. college. He is a graduate of
Furman with A-.B. and M.A. degrees.
Mr, Garrett’s family will arrive in
Macon on or about the first of the
new year, and will muke their home
her?. 1
FORMER GRID CAPTAIN
TO BE WED CHRISTMAS
Carl Lancaster, ’23, Will Many
Macon Girl.
A rum°r. is goiqg the founds of the
campus that Gur| E. Lancaster, -of
Gainesville, captain of the football
squad for the 1923 season and brother
to R. A.. Lancaster, letter football
man of this year, is to be married to
Miss 'lhclma Kay, of Macon, during
the Christmas holidays. Miss Ray is
said to huve verified-.the rumor.'
Curl ’ Lancaster, or “Lank,” as he
| was better known, wus one of the
'best known men on the campus while
ivalinuh News; Tom Hamilton, oi \ r ’~ here. He was a member of the S. A.
Savannah Chronicle; .0. E. Baker,' R.ounds tha the upper classmen did; |t , ^ 6rnity ldent of the wni6r
sporting editor of the Jacksonville not support the earns as much us fhe , and th , gtudy body ; and t6ok
Journal; Malcolm'Paige, city editor rif * l ”*| 1 un e sopionunes. ne j n tt u athletics. He graduated
of the Dawson News; Harry Stillwell-' " sa,a - 'How can the Upper classmen with the lu23 e | aSB taking a B. S. C.
Edwards, one of the greatest short «*- to do: things that they will I g
story writers of the present day; nt > 1 do m,t do themselves ?', They j
John-T. BoifeuiLlet, formerly with the must set the example for us.
Macon News and now writing for the' The need of an infirmary was de-
Atlanta Journal; VV. G. McRae, „f clai-ed by a numbe-r to be the greatest
the Rockmart Artcruft. : j at lht * P rC8Cnt time. One upper class-
These men and women are all for-. dl:lr ' sa ' < ). We need an infirmary
met students of journalism at Her- , W than anything else at Mercer."
cer, -and there are many others who
DR. WEAVER
MERCER AT
REPRESENTS
CONVENTION
Ould be mentioned Who owe their
success wholly .or in part to the
training received while here.
There are besides these men others
who are at present at work on Mac-on
lailies, -some of whom are attending
school at present and ■ all of them
known on .the .campus. Among them
are Julian Leggett, spotting editor of
the Macon News; John Hackney, Mil-
ton Wallace, Taylor Glenn, and W. C.
Cobb; reporters on the staff of the
Macon' Telegraph, and' Linton Bur
kett, feature writer of the News. .
“By, their fruits ye shall know
them.” So be it. With the above
formidable array of newspaper
luVun,t and. others not mentioned here,
Mercer stands ready-to be judged.
Representing-.Mercer and the Aso-
socialion of Secondary Schools and
• Dormitory space, class rooms, and '( -Hcges Of . Georgia,- Dr. Rufus W
the need for-fin infirmary are in the Weaver is this week attending the
lead. The -other needs are chapter
annual. convention o ' th? Southern
houses for fraternities, gym,, s-tadl- AssoliaUl,n of Secondary Schools and
um, better food, better school spirit,! t olh'gek^' in Richmond, Va„ December
better heating plant; science, build- 1 and 8.
i'ng, moi'6 old time religion, better The possible acceptance of the ap-
kept grounds,, odd band, educational ; > luajibn for^membership of the Mer-
mo'tion -pictures, and a law building.
CICERONI ANS
FEATURE DEBATE
Law School into the Association
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Mon. Tubs. Wed. Dec. 10,11,12
Special Cast in
“THE LIGHT
THAT FAILED”
Thur. Frt. Sat. Dec. IS, 14, 1$
JACKIE COOGAN in
“LONG LIVE THE KING’’
CAPITOL
Mon., Tue«., Dee. 10, 11
“DRIVIN* FOOL”
Wed., Thurs., Dec.' 12, 10
“JEALOUS HUSBANDS”
Fri., Sat.,. Dec. 14, 15
“THE GUN FIGHTER”
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
For Students
the cake.
-Calmolive Soap, 5 cents
Buy the Best—Palmolive Soap at Col-
lege Co-Op Club.. 6 cents cake.
College Co-Op Club is busier ever;
day . Students buy from student*
for students.
Remember the apples at the Collect
Co-Op Club. .
Candies at College Co-Op Club are
always fresh; also the cakes and
crackers. They : change every few
days; New stock of everything.
But the biggest bargain anywhere is
’ ~ ‘ >li - -
the Palmolive soap for 5 cents
JUST ARRIVED—New fancy Mercer
' University stationery. At the Col
lege Co-Op Cliib..
A NEW barrel of apples every da;
at the College Co-up. Club. They are
‘ ‘ «Jtb r
for sale for your health’s sake.
FOR SALE—A new lot of law school
note books in folder sise. College
Co-Op Club.
ANNOUNCEMENT—The College Co-
Op Club is run in the interest of
Mercer Athletics.
KEEP FIT—“Two apples a day keeps
the doctor away.” Grimes' Goldea
can be bought, at this price at the
College Co-Op Club.
THE VICTROLA, with new records,
is now - running for your entertain
ment at the College Co-Op Club.
BUY the kind of theme paper with
loose leaf holes. File your themes
and journalism exercises. Some day
you will need - them in teaching and
writing. Co-Op Club has the double
purpose theme paper for sale.
YF-S—wanted all to know the College
if American Law Schools, progress ' ^ neW ®Hff-b*cl
, , , • . V, . notebook for 10c.
Y. M. C. A. NOTES
The vesper services have been un
usually usually good during the past
three weeks, and have been thor
oughly enjoyed • by the largq number
coming, out each -evening..
In order to stimulate interest in
the meetings, pins with the Y. M,
C. A- emblem were ordered and will
be-given to the regular members at
the next meeting!
Tuesday evening a musical pre-
Tuesday ssoci ationSstringy.sra
gram was the main feature. Wednes
day evening “Red” Milford gave an
extemporaneous talk on “Service to
Mankind.”
Roy Davis, president of . the "Y,"
has been confined to his bed on ac
count of illness. In his absence,
Buck Liach, vice-president, presided.
“Scottie” Young, after trying for
several times to extinguish the light
in his berth, cried out to the porter:
“Come here and blow out this lamp.
Fire baen blowing at it for a long
time and ft just won’t go out.” ,.
Resol ved, that, all bachelors -thirty
years old and over should be com
pelled by taw either to marry or pay
a tax for the support of an old
n aids’ home”,, was the subject of de
bate at the regular weekly meeting
of the Ciceronian literary society this
week. ."
McWhorter and Freeman, cham
pioning the negative side of the
question, lost the decision of the
judges to Caudilie and Starr, debating
for the affirmative,
Officera elected for the new term
were: Guy Welch, president; Herbert
Bradshaw, vice-president; Lon Day,
chaplain; T. R. Harville, reporter;
ElkinS, janitor, and. Andrew Carra
ker, ; critic.
Dealt Blackman: and Harry Mau-
gans ware received into the , society.
of secondary education in Georgia,
and work of the Mercer system at
schools and colleges will be reported
by Dr. Weaver at the educational
convention, which is the standardiz-
irig agency-of'the. education system
of the South.
Mfercer’s first dormitory was Pen-
field Hal), still standing. That hall
and the .upper floors of the Adminis
tration Building afforded ample ac
commodations for both students and
professors twenty year* agor.
The conductor on the Central of
Georgia came through the .coach cry
ing “Atlanta! Atlanto!”
BUI Everett: “Sir, will you. pleaae
toll me which end of this train stupa
first?. . I what to hurry and get out
to the football grounda.”
Flournoy & Keroigin
570 Cherry St.
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for mother, father, sister, brother and
sweetheart. You will find just what
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