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HTHE MERCER CLUSTER
janouy zo, 1924
The Mercer Cluster
Published weekly by the students of
the fourteen schools and colleges of
the Mercer. University System.
George M. Sparks, Faculty Supervisor
Hugh R. Awtrey Editor-In-Chief
August Burghard......Associate Editor
Assistant Editors
Charles Rogers W.'O. Dorough
' .Malcolm Johnbon * Mattin Burghard
Leonard Williams ‘ G. E. Snellgrove
T. Ayer Hatcher C. D. Tounsley
Advertising ' \
C. N. Coalson Dewey Jowers
T. A. Hatcher F. G. Janes -
vnrsity games, he is better able to
appreciate a tumble or an awkward
pluy by the. varsity man. Instead of
complaining that the player should
have done .belter, the tendency is to
instill new courhge by laughing the
rror aside and urging the the player
10 greater efforts. '
VV hatev'er interests the college man
in his class interests"him in his col
lege. Greater class spirit is but an
other way of saying greater college
spirit. Scars and school 'spirit in
crease in the same proportion.
~ Martin C. Burghard.
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ON INFLUENCES
.here are only a few who realize
,w 'lur-feaching' their influence is.
c. \ ery one of you Mercer men is
probably a,hero to some little fellow,
und his aim, when- he grows up is to
be like you. : To him you arc the big
gest fellow he knows, and when he
finishes school, at.home, he wants to
go to eollege like you do. It is true,
lots of little fellows have choosen
most every one of us a model by
which he is going to measure himself.
Many of us will never know that we
have been choosen by some little fel
low, who is going to be just like us,
and perhaps we never will. Don’t you
think we ought to feel proud to be
elected as' the wonderful man he is
going to be like". . Would you want
any little fellow you loved to be just
like you when he grows up? Do you
suppose we would, do a lot of things
that ure not just exactly right if
. we knew there was a little boy .watch
ing us with a fixed purpose to be just
like us? If we would only hesitate
and think of the child and its faith
in us, the act would not be com
mitted.
A word of kindness or encourage
ment to a little fellow from a man
he loves means more to ■ him than
most of us know. If you will remem
ber itow thrilled you were when some
man you held in esteem spoke to you
in a nice way, then you will have an
idea how good it makes him feel.
The Big Brother Spirit is not a
new.thing. Suppose one tenth of the
Mercer men would give an hour a
week to- encouraging some boy whose
opportunities in life ure naturally
limited, to higher' things arid ideals
that otherwise he may never know
about. Give him his first , ideal nnd
show him that there is more in life
than so many people are able to see.
Win him for a friend and then you
can accomplish more than you think
Be a big brother to some little fellow.
You will never forget it and neither
will lie. J* S.
CLASS GAMES DEVELOP
SPIRIT
Bruised noses, black eyes and game
legs have become- campus’ f ids. It
lias well nigh reached the point where
e man whose face is unsciatched,
whose walk shows no inftrni'ty, is
considered disloyal- and. unworthy of
his class.' Such stories of explana
tion, as “How I got kicked in the
rionth,"- or “l- skinned ifc»eFn<.i»-'ftyi*lg
tackle" arq prevalent. These various
abrasions and limps give- visual evi
dence of the scrimmages between the
\arious class football teams. .
' Several noteworthy points might be
shown in favor of interclass fkih
letics. In the first place the partici
pants themselves are benefited. Many
students have not the time nor the
talent to make the vanity teams
. They can enjoy the class games which
aid not so exacting. That a regular
college course softens one is evi
denced by the lame' men oh the
campus.
Class spirit, a powerful campus aid
is strengthened. There -is ifo better
way of cementing friendship than, to
lino up side by side with other mem
bers of your class Who an drawn
from otheT departments, and strive
to attain the objective. The law stu
dent and the theolog, the commerce
atodent and the journaliat rub elbows
hi a friendly contact otherwise im-
ALL-SOIJTHEUN GLEE
CLUBS?
For muny years it has been the
practice among athletic authorities,
such as coaches and newspaper men,
to select.a’composite team represent-
ng the pick men of all the contesting
players in the conference, whether in
toolbull, .baseball or busketbull. Later
by compiling the votes of sport
writers all over the country u coul-
ioHitO- All-iimorican team is chosen.
Ibis selection is -difficult, but the fans
delight - in it, and the possibility of
eing selected oil the mythical team
serves us an. added incentive to' a
player, to do superlative work.
Granting, ihch, that the custom is
good; granting that it stimulates ad
ditional interest in the games in both
patrons, und players,* the. quustion
arises,Ky; confine it to athletics?”
’allege glee' clubs ure now making
heir unnual tours of the South. Why
not choose an All-Southerp .quartette,
or an all-conference orchestra, or a
pianist? In othOr words, select' a
oniposite glee club which would be
composed of the'pick gleemen of all
he - various clubs. Mercer lias two
bass singers and other ‘performers
who would deserve places on any' all-,
stur selections, made anywhere.
Caruso, of course, would be-placed
on the A11-1 tal iun and would be sure
of the All-Time All-InternuMoiml.
Rockefeller and Morgan would make
the .All-Wall' Street, and go on'
through, all the vurious, p|insus of
fife, ’
itgain our question: If.the. propo
sition of selecting the composite best
is good for, athletics, then why nbt
for glee clubs, authors, debaters, und
ail the lines of human endeavor
Why, not?
TEXT QF HERBERT BRAD
SHAW’S ORATION TO
CICERONI ANS
All days.are not alike. , As we turn
the pages of the calendar some dates
stand out,-symbols of sacrifice or sig
nificant of past achievement. They
om'e in annual visits, sweetened with
the sweetest sentiments and radiant
with the magic touch of memory. Not
all of these dates are marked upon
the calendar. Most bf them have
messages for only a few ofua; they
speuk to an individual, or to a family,
or, perhaps, to some charmed circle
of comrades. These are personal
calendars of men. They are dates
written in thy family ' Bible, jotted
down in a dingy diary, 01; marked by
u faded flower or toy. - -
i lien there is the nation’s calendar,
whose dates throb with the passion
of u'people's patriotism, and speak of
their pride in past achievements in
wur und. in peace. July 4, 1776, and
November 11, 1918, will be forever
dates of pride to tfie soul of America.
Then there are world dates that re
call quines-and deedA o^ these persons
whom no nation or era can claim for
its own. It iB of such a day that 1
wish to speak—a day that has a pe
culiar significance for our society.
In order to get a true conception
of the picture, let’s for the moment
dwell in the land of “make-believe.”
Our memory carries us back over .the
intervening centuries, and in fancy we
are borne'back to the little town of
Arpinum in the Roman Empire. The
year 'is the Iplith before the Christian
Era, und the day is January 3rd.
.There, we find in u humble Home a
noW-borh babe:—a son who in after
life is destined fo bring both joy and
sorrow to his parents. We watch him
as he approaches boyhood—a youth
of -precocious talent's but weak of
btaly. We wonder at the ease with
which he masters the Greek classics
and rhetoric.' Next we see him as he
goes to Rome, to study law and phi-’
losuphy under the greatest teachers
of iiis. day. In the year 81 B. C.,
when only : 25 years of age, we find
him beginning a forensic career,
whit h ■ perhaps has never been sur
passed and few times equalled in
brilliance, in all of the annals of his
tory, by delivering an address of such
value that it has lived' through the
centuries, and is today extant in its
entirety.
■ We then follow him as he plunges
into the political life of his day, fol
lowing principles that served at once
to bring him into national prominence
and later, into exile. We see him as
he is recalled within a year, and is
overwhelmed again with a deluge of
state matters. . We eagerly trace his
footsteps as he attacks Catiline, Rul-
lus, Mark Antony, and other leaders
of' his day—ever optimistic—firm .in
the belief thut he was right, and that
the principles-for. which he fought
would eventually prevail. Then we
•see him—now. an old'man sentenced
to die-^offered un opportunity and
Urged by his friends to escape—take
Iiis final gallant Stand, and reply to
them, “Let me die in the country
which I love and have often saved.”
Then we look on ■ with unbounded'
horror and indignation at. the un
speakable cruelty of the wife of Mark
Antony as she thrusts a sharp pin
through his tongue, and of other per
secutors as they wring, his hands from
his wrists, and leave the unflinching
statesman to die.
Thus ended the earthly existence
of mighty Cicero, but his work and
influence did not end. They affected
each succeeding generation and linger
persistently until this day.
Again we must resort to fancy, and
arc borne oyer the 1900 years follow
ing the death of the brave Roman,
and find ourselves again on our na
tive soil, at old Penfield, Georgia, in
the days of Mercer Institute.- There
we And a group of men gathered for
a purpose. Every heavenly message
has its earthly Blgn, and every divine
truth has its human way of expres
sion. The artist who sees a vision of
beauty must carve it intp marble or
express it In Color. Re who is thrilled
with a great thought or possessed
with u splendid passioh must find an
utterance for his passion and a vo-
cabulary for his thoughts. He who
hears mingled melodies from a {g
off spiritism! must translate them
into tone.
' Thus these men sew the need of aa
organisation which would aid them ig
translating their thoughts into words.
Searching, throujgh the literature and
history of all ages, they Anally de
cided that the ideela end accomplish
ments of the Illustrious Roman, of
whom we have been speaking, tars
the moat worthy of emulation. There
fore, they selected the “Ciceronian
Literary Society” as the name of tht
new organisation. These pioneers
have biased the way. They have
thrown to ns the torch of progress.
Let it be oars to hold it high. Let m
carry on the worfc to heights yet un-
attained, and when that time comes—
aa come it must—-when we must leave
these sacred helle, let us be prepared
through our service here to face the
battles of life with the seal, confi
dence, earnestness and enthusiasm
that have always characterised Mer
cer men.
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