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PUBLISHED BY STUDENTS OF MERGER UNIVERSITY AND BESSIE TIFT COLLEGE
Vol. 4
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1924
No. 9
JUDGE H1LLYER,
OLDEST GRAD,
HONORED
Mercet-s Oldest Living Alum
nus Honored in Atlanta.
MERCER CAGE RECORD
derccr
- Opponent
The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
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Albany Y
28
has made a “Founders’ Roll” con-
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Albany Y
29
tribution of $1,000 to Stone Moun-
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Baylor
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tain Confederate memorial and by
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Spartanburg Y
25
unanimous vote, of the board of di-
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Statesville A. C.
26
rectors has decided to make it in
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Greensboro A. C.
25
honor of Judge Georga Hiliyer.-
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Richmond Y
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No man in .Georgia has a more
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N. C. State
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distinguished record of public service
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Trinity
29
in peace and war than this venerable
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Univ. North Carolina 35
jurist, soldier and citizen who-today
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- Chattanooga
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at the age of -89 years enjoysSrobust
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health and takes an active interest in
306'-.- .
Totals
277
public affairs.
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Game average
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. Born in Walton county of an old
GeorRia family of hiRh' standing,
Judge Hiliyer was educated at Mer
cer university,, then located at Pen-
field in Greene county, and is the
oldest living graduate of the institu
tion, having receicel his degree early
in the fifties. When 21 years old he
wzs elected, from Walton county to
the Georgia house of representatives.
He I iter became clerk of the house
when Milledgeville was the capital.
He was u delegate to the stormy
Democratic convention' irt('harlestoi)
jn 18(53, when the party broke up
into two factions over the slavery
issue.
At the outbreak of the war. he or
ganized a company of volunteers in
Walton county called the. “Hiliyer
Rifles” and mustered them into the
Ninth Georgia regiment, • Entraining
’ut once for Virginia, they arrived
just too late for the first battle of
Bull Run.
Saw' Hard Service
In all of the long campaigns und
furious fighting, of Lee’s army, the
“Hiliyer Rifles”..conducted themselves
with bravery and distinction, in the
buttle of Gettysburg they went in
GAME MAKES IT
SEVEN MERCER VICTORIES
“ALL-CLASS ELEVEN”
IS TO BE SELECTED
Team Managers and The Clust
er To Make “Mythical Pick’
' (Continued on page four)
MERCER TO HAVE
A NEW MAGAZINE
A monthly maguzine designed
clung lines similar , to those Of other
colleges and universities, is to make
its appearance on the Mercer campus
sometime in the month of February,
according to recent announcement*
from students promoting the publica
tion.
This project has been agitated on
the campus a number of times in the
past, but no definite action has ever
icsalted. ft- is the intention of the
pit-sent organization to start the
mugazine on a modest Seale, gradu
ally enlarging if it • meets with ap
proval.
The monthly, while not under the
control or supervision of either facul
ty or student body, will devote the
majority of its space to the interests
of Mercer: It . is to be published by
an independent group.
Among those promoting the Journ
al are Rabun Brantley, editor-in-
chief of The Cluster last year and
the first graduate to take major
work in. the . department of journal
ism while a candidate for the M, A.
degree;, and Milton K. Wallace, who
ha i held positions in the sport de
partments- of both The Macon - Tele-
•: a h and The News. Frances G
Jar.es of the advertising department
of The” Cluster, is business manager.
Assistant editors are being chosen
and the full staff will be announced
soon, it is said. The new publica
tion-wfQ be in position to draw from
a number of students for art work
as there ia considerable talent of this
nature on the campus.
The name of the magasine has not
Vet been decided. The managers
ny tier are Id the market for any
toward this «nd.
Simmons Star As Baptists Trim
’Nooga 37*22.
By Julian Leggett
‘‘Red” Simmons, Baptist pivot man,
ably assisted by his team mates,
smashed through the far famed five
man defense of the University of
t hattanooga basketball team at the
sport arena Saturday night and Mer
cer chalked up victory over the Moc
casin quint in a 37-22 melee. The
largest crowd of the season witnessed
the contest.
Any spectator will bear witness
to the > fact that Simmons was the
most sensational player on the floor.
.The big Tennessean passed, guarded,
CELEBRATE FOUNDER’S
DAY AND ENROLLMENT
OF THOUSANDTH MAN
Lanquet to Commemorate Rec
ord Registration.
With the first games of the new
inter-class grid competition looming
near on.the calendar, interest in this
department is becoming heightened
with each practice. Something over
sixty' men are reporting to Alumni
field daily in preparation for the
coming clashes.
Line material seems to be abund
ant und each of the four teams will
doubtless be able to - present fairly
heavy forward, tiefenses. There
seems lo be a comparative dearth of
Dacklield material, however, and the
varsity players engaged in coaching
the class elevens are going to be
uLlig.-d to work over time in order to
pertect smooth working backfields
before the actual competition begins.
1 he general opinion of’ the students
seems .to -be to the effect that the new
branch in the athletic program will
be helpful, both to individuals and to
liic sports authorities of -the campus.
c w material for the varsity may be
uncovered to serve on the reserve list
the strenuous schedule that faces
ilic Baptists in the 1924 season.
An “All-Class Eleven” will be
selected by coaches and managers of
the several teams following the
championship games here in Febru
ary, and - these will collaborate with
writers on The Cluster, in which - the
“mythical pick” will Be published.
It is probable, that these selections
will-also be used by the Sports edit
ors of the two local daily papers.
In any event, all aspirants for the
teams will conduct themselves as
fpotballistically as possible in the
games with a view to gaining places
on the “pick team”, added to the
natural desires' to. win over the op- 1
position in the first place.
Managers for the various teams
have been-elected as follows:
Mike Herndon, Beniors; Louis
• Buchanan; juniors;- Clyde Carson;
Sophomores; and Kay Tipton, fresh
men. Varsity players have been as
signed each class eleven to serve in
the capacity of coach.
Founder’s Day, an annual event
commemorating the anniversary of
tile genesis of Mercer Institute at
t enfield, Ga., is being observed on
t-.fc campus today, marking the nine
ty -first birthday, of Mercer Univer
sity. Mercer has been at Tattnall
Square since its removal here in 1871
... , ...... .i half holiday was declared by-
slipped und slid, and evert dribbled J „ sident Kufus Weaver last week to
bis way through the ’Noogans time ,- , liow the regu|ar ch , iod at
ufi?i time.to wind up the play with »< 1J;15 Monday morning* and class
two-point counter dropped squarely wofk was not rdgumed after thig
through the hoops. Nine field bask-' houl . Both students . and faculty
ets-were credited to this performer, J jointed ifl the exercises commemorat-
wh.le he rounded out three four goals the growth and progPe88 of Mer
f° r “ to ta]- of twenty-one a8 she pear8 a cenlury mark of
point8- ' usefulness in the South.
But all the praise shoulfl not, and 1Joubly gignificant weru the exer-
,an not, be.heaped-on this star, -. 1808 ; thlg morning( a qd likewise will
lur he was. given valuable ass.stance lhe exercises at the banquet tonight
by several other Mercer players. - have a two f(jjd meaning . Mercer, in
aptain-Smith did his bit by display- lla , ninety-first year of her existence,
ng a brilliant floor game, and tossed was tender ed a record enroUment as
u birthday gift when the thousandth
student placed his name on the re
gistration books last Thursduy morn
ing.
John K. Williams, editor of The
Alumnus, enrolled for work in- the
post-graduate department last Thurs-
DARTMOUTH WILL
PLAY MERCER
IN SPRING
Tentative Diamond Schedule Is
Announced.
couple of field goals during the
melee, ' Pope also did his share of
the work at forward,
Mac Guarded Closely
To Manly McWilliams is due much
glory- for the airtight guarding he
did for the major part of, the con
test. Mac allowed the Moccasins few ,la 5' after waiting for something over
second shots, and most of the bask- 11 wce ^ * n ort Icr tha.t he might be the
ets secured by the visitors were drop-, thousandth student for the college
ped through from beyond the foul •' eal ■ ^ * ew minutes later A. A.
line. George Harmon aided Manly -Marshall, of Atlanta, brought the
wonderfully, while “Red” Lawrence, 1 u,lal to « oal toward whlcn
l ecil Cadenhead, and Sid Ellison, sub- j l ! le administration has been direct-
stituted late in the second period, got, ,n k * ts energies for the past, few
in enough work to place their names > L ‘ ars was at last reached.
on the honor. roll.
Dyer was the outstanding figure
on the Chattanooga five, although he
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STAR PIVOT
QUARTET OVER RADIO
The M.rcer University, Quartet will
give a copcert over W- 8* B., the.At
lanta Journals radio station, on Wed
nesday evening at 10:45 o’clock, ac
cording. to E. Powell .Lee, Director of
the University. Glee and Instrumental
Clubs.
This is quite an honor for the quar
tet and will give Mercer a considerable
of publicity.. This ia the first college
quartet to be invited to sing over
W. S. B this year.
It was, also learned that the entire
Glee Club will give a concert over W.
S. B- on Monday evening, Februa(ry
4 at 10:45 o’clock. This concert will
be broadcasted over the. entire South
and Into the Central States.
The exercises at the banquet Mon
day night are accordingly planned to
commemorate both the _ anniversary
of Mercer's founding and her record
enrollment. The total is computed
from the school period which has
elapsed since the close of college last
Commencement, and duplications are
not reckoned the second time.
• .2,061 students have enrolled at
Mercer since Dr. Rufus Weaver took
over the reins of its administration
not quite five years ago.
DR. WEAVER SPEAKS
By Hugh Awtrey
That the Mercer Baptists will have
a highly interesting baseball program
for her supporters this season was
made apparent last night with the
announcement of a tentative schedule
with some ten-or. twelve games al
ready definitely billed.
The official schedule, while already,
listing a number of diamond clashes,
both tentatively and definitely, is
still in skeleton form, and judging by
its present proportions the menu will
be formidable before final negotia
tions.
. Mercer’s only intersectional foe ot
,he season, according to present ar
rangements, will be Dartmouth. This
team is ,lo be played in Macon in a
brace of contests, April 2 and 3. The
lilts are • definitely billed,
Among the old. timers whose con- '
tracts are' already signed for games
are the Oglethorpe Petrels, the Bap
tists meeting them in Atlanta for a
two-game series on April 4 and 5,
the Atlantans coming here for a cou
ple -of games May 9 and 10. Ala
bama will appear in Macon, on April
16 and 17 for two frays with the
Mercerians.
The Georgia Bulldogs are sched
uled to face Mercer in Macon for a
brace of diamond encounters on May
23 and 24. These games round out
the “definite lists.”
Florida Trip Planned.
A Florida trip is heing contem
plated by Mercer authorities, accord
ing to Mike Herndon, student base
ball manager, -and efforts afe being
made to secure games with the three
principal' colleges- of that state. None
of these games have been finally bill
ed,. but the schedule now stands in
tentative' form as; follows: Stenson,
March 19; Rolling,' March 20; and.
Standing behind thig first pulpit
ever used in a Mereer chapel, the re
cent gift - of the Baptist' Church of
Pehtield, Ga., President Rufils Wea
ver made, the principal address Mon
day morning at 10:15' commemorat
ing the pinety-firsf anniversary of
the founding of Mercer , University,
i Dr. Weaver spoke of the Mercer of
the past, its traditions and customs;
the .educators connected- with its
1 genesis, and of its growth and de
velopment. into one of the most not-
. able of Baptist -institutions today.
Student customs of bygone campus
; days were contrasted to those of the
twentieth century college man!
, “We shall be compelled to limit the
enrollment', of the college^ term pro
per”, stated the Mercer executive, “to
one thousand .-students, next year.
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INTERCOLLEGIATE
DEBATERS ARE
SELECTED
Zero Weather Is Evident ir
" Grimy Faces.
. Announcement of the 'winners in .
the tryouts for place on the inter
collegiate debating -teams were made •
this week by DrV J. H. M yore, chair- ■
man of the debating council. .
All- plans have been completed for,
the debates this year with the except •
tion of Emory University, which lias
not accepted the challenge from
Mercer University. A challenge has
been issued fpr a contest between tlje
freshmen of these two universities'as
well as one'for the regular schedule
of intercollegiate debates, and i,t is ■
probable that both will be-accepted.
W. A! Ingtam and Joe McClain,
With G. -P Bowen as alternate, will
meet .the University of Richmond, ip
Richmond, Va„ in April: The subject .
is yet to be announced.
Roy W. Davis -and C. N. Coalson,
with Parker Highsmith as. alternate,
-Any students’, above this number- coh wi ,l3ne* t -Stetsoh University at - De-
not be properly accommodated with| Und, Fla., in May The subject is
, .the present facilities of our college j.y et fo ’^ anriouncbd
W. A. Bootle, Marvin Pharr, and
i plant, which is now taxed to its capa
city.”
“Red” Simmons, sorred-topped
center, boosted his personal scoring
to 84 for the season when he shot 21
points against ’NoogS Saturday.
PUTTING ’EM THROUGH
(Individual Scoring of Baptists.)
Simmons 84; Smith 68; Harmon
6; Pope 46; Ellison 16; McWil-
iams 14; Cadenhead' 4; Lawrence
; Parker 8; Pinkatpne 2.
M. C. Townsend, will meet William
Jewell college, Liberty, Mo., in At
lanta -during the session of the South
ern Baptist Convention’ in May. S. V.
Cofield has been selected as alternate
for this contest. The, subject is,
“Resolved, that the United States
Should enter the’ permanent court; of
International Justice.”