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The Mercer Cluster
PUBLISHED BY STUDENTS OF MERCER UNIVERSITY AND BESSIE TIFT COLLEGE
Vol. 4
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1924
OBSERVE ANNUAL
SOCIETY MEET
TODAY}}
Many Young Lad? Visitors for
Fourth Annual Celebration.
CHAPEL PROGRAM
Oiation, “The Place of the Dream
er”—Roy W. Davis, Ciceronian.
Oration, “I Am Ready”—William
A. Bootle, Phi Delta.'
Piano Solo—Ralph Tabor, Toceoa.
Debate, “Resolved that immigra-
gration, to the United States
should be prohibited for a pe
riod of ten years" Affirmative;
Ciceronians, T. A. Dyer and H.
O. Hughes, Negative: Phi Del
tas, Eugene Cook and William A.
Ingram.
Vocal Solo—Miss Mary Bennett
Cox, Wesleyan.
Oration, “Peace—T.- A. Caraker.
Oration, “The Challenge to Young
Manhood"--- William Otis Do-
rough.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
MEETS HERE TUESDAY
Today Mercer observes her fourth
annual Society Day celebration, .and
with a full holiday at their disposal
the Phi Delta and Ciceronian literary
societies are to stage their yearly
contests in oratory, debating and ath
letics, beginning in the Mercer chapel
about 2:30, where the strictly literary
exercises will be held.
In keeping with custom, the stu
dents have invited many fair visitors
to witness the forensic events of the
day and to back the respective socie
ties. Special invitations have been
extended to the Wesleyan and Bessie
Tift girls, and from all reports that
poured in up until today, a large
number will attend the gala festival
to be staged on the Mercer campus
today. With the only day in the whole
year that is set aside for contests be
tween the two literary societies keen
rivalry and hard-fought contests will
characterise the activities of the day
from the orations .to the basketball
game tonight Backers of both so
sieties are on hand in full force, and
the preparations of the past week are
to be fully realised today.
The program for the day begins in
the phapel building St 2:30, where
four orations,, interspersed by a de
bate, will be given, which, with two
musical numbers will complete the
literary part, of the program.
Last weak it was undecided as to
whether the basketball game between
the two societies would be played in
the afternoon or as a preliminary to
the Georgia-Mercer game tonight.
Now, however, it has been definitely
announced that the Phi Delta-Cicero-
nian game will, take place in the new
Sports arena at 4:80 as a preliminary
to the Georgia-Mercer game. The
teams have been practicing all the
week and a good preliminary has been
promised by the society authorities.
Immediately after the society game
the Georgia Bulldog quintet will meet
the Orange and Black. This
will complete the progntae for the
Ray.
ORATORICAL 13. MEETS
THEY FACE GEORGIA TONIGHT
The Mercer Baptist cagers conclude their regular season this week end’ with two clashes with the
Georgia Bulldogs. Next week they are expected to be among the high bidders for the S.-1. A- A.
COMMITTEE PICKS
ALL-CAMPUS
ELEVENS
Seniors, Lead for Places on First
An executive meeting of the Mercer
Alumni Association has been called
by President Hugh M. Willett, of At
lanta, to be held in Macon, Tuesday,
February 20. Important issues con
cerning the association work will be
taken up at that time. •
Selection of a speaker for the June
alumni banquet and preparation for
the attendance, rewriting of the by
laws and constitution, appointing of
an editorial board, plans for inter
esting high school graduates in Mer
cer, the setting of an objective for
Mercer alumni bodies, and discussion
of better support of the Mercer ad
ministration are to be taken up at the
Tuesday meeting.
Members of the executive commit
tee who will attend the meeting which
at Hotel Lanier are, Dr. M. A. Clark,
Macon; Dr. Aquila Chamlee, Forsyth;
Charles E. Brown, Cordele; Dr.
Claude Gray, Locust Grove; Ralph
Newton, Fort Valley; Dr. W. G. Lee,
Macon; Dr. R. W: Weaver; Edwin S.
Davis, Macon; Hugh M: Willet, At
lanta; T.C. Ryals, Macon; and George
M. Sparks.
Fifth Master Mercerian
Great College Record.
WESLEY-ANNES IN
VALENTINE PARTY
That tha labor unions as they now
exist, ate on the whole beneficial to.
the American people, was negatively
decided Whan G. E. Snellgrove, C. S.
Crenshaw, and C. C. Courvon won the
judge’s decision over W. R. West, Bam
Welch nad D. M. Johnson Inst Thurs
day evening it the regular meeting
ef the Oratoricnt IS. This was one
of the hottest debates the dub has had
.this year. -;
Two new members were voted la at
oetfag: Ed
Miss Lillian Whitman, Dean of
Women at Wesleyan, entertained the
Wesleyan seniors at a Valentine and
Leap Year party in tha college par
lore last Saturday might A goodly
number of Mercer students were for
tunate enough to be invited over to
participate in tha fun.
The very-near-graduato young la
dies didn’t let the knowledge of the
vastness of their knowledge,: or any
unnecessary show of dignity keep
them from getting real enjoyment
from the entertainment Stately
seniors seemed to taka as much de
light in chasing np and down the
halls looking for hidden candy hearts,
or in “trying to pin the heart oh the
girl,” rt in taking past in the various
guessing guinea played, aa tha live
liest of their freshman sisters.
The singing of Mias Anna Morri
son and Mist Mary Bennett Cox, and
the elocution of Miss Mary Van Val-
kenburg and Miss Winifred Rosser,
sad the playing of Miss Madge Jen-
k'ns furnished the brightest part of
the program.
Among the Mercer boys pi
were E. A. Tipton, John Weaver, Otis
Dorongh, Bale Lancaster, Raymond
Walker, Bill Redmond, August Bur-
gherd, W. H. Snrroney, O. T. Cren
shaw, Boh Eubanks, L. H. O’Barr, L
E. Dewey lowers, Luka Arnold, -Bev
erly Gaines, H. C. Haddock, and A.N.
Alford.
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W. A BOOTLE GIVEN
HIGHEST CAMPUS
HONOR
SHORTER GLEE CLUB
WILL PERFORM HERE
Hu
William A. Bootle, of Walterboro,
C., was chosen “Master Mercerian”
at the regular chapel exercises Thurs
day in the annuad election to decide
the “representative” Mercer student.
This marks the fifth annual election
of the student to hold office of Master
Mercerian, and is said to be the high,
est honor in the power of the college
body, both students and faculty to be
stow upon an individual student. Can
didates for the office are limited to
members of the senior class and de
termining qualities for the honor are
excellence in all possible branches- of
student activity.
Bootle is a candidate for degrees
in both the School of Law and of Arts
and Sciences. Among the' school
honors he has received in the four
years spent at Mercer are: vice presi
dent of the senior class and automati
cally of the student body; president
of the junior law department; member
of the student governing council for
three years; intercollegiate debater
for two years; “Society Day” debater
and orator; winner of the Gamer
medai, offered in the Phi Delta liter
ary society; president of the Phi Delta
society; member of the Glee Club for
four seasons, and president of that
organisation last year; member of
class ^basketball, football,. and base
ball teams.
Bootle is also a member of the
board of athletic control, composed of
facult emmbers and three chosen stu
dents, directing athletic activities. He
holds membership in the Dukes Club,
organisation promoting campus
The Shorter Glee Club, said to be
the best that has ever represented the
institution, will appear before the
students of Mercer University at the
chapel Auditorium on March 29, for
the first time in the history of the col
lege.
As well as one of the best college
Glee Clubs in the state, Shorter Col
lege boasts of one of the best looking
contingents of girls representing
female college. The club has not made
any road trips this, season but from
all reports it is a club that shall never
be forgotten by anyone Who sees it.
The Mercer Glee Club is co-operat-
i.ng ip every 'way with. Shorter, and
the success of-the Macon performance
is assured. ■
activities; of Sigma Delta Rho, local
law club petitioning Phi Delta Phi
the Pan-Hellenic Council, composed of
delegates from all Greek letter fra
temities at Mercer; and is an active
March 29.
, ■ Selection.
COMPOSITE SELECTIONS
First Team
Player
Pos.
Class
Teasley ’
end ••
Freshman
Hanson
end
Freshman
Clegg
tackle
Senior
Ward
tackte
Sophomre
Bailey
guard
Senior
Dantzler
guard
Sophomore
Moncrief and
Sophomore
Freeman
center
and Senior
• Newberry
half
Freshman
Johnson
half
Sophomore
Welch
fullback
Senior
Gordon
quarter
Senior
Second Team
Awtrey
quarter
Junior
Napier
! end
Sophomore
Maugans
end '
Freshman
Simms, John tackle
Sophomore
Weaver, John tackle
Junior
Davis, Pap
guard
Freshman
Davis, Roy
guard
Senior
Moncrief and
Sophomore
Freeman
center
and Senior
Lawrence
half
Senior
Redmond
half
Junior
Maddox
fallback
Sophomore
CATALOG IN PRESS
To Be Printed in Two Editions
This Year.
(Continued, on page six)-
A first edition of the Mercer cata
logue is now in the hands of the
printer and is expected out within
month, according to Dean W. E;
Farrar. The catalogue' committee of-
the faculty has been at work on-copy,
for the issue for several months. Dr.
C. T. Goode is chairman of that.com
mittee. ‘
. The catalogue this year will be is
sued in two editions. The first which
is to come out'soon, will contain only
courses; .of- the various schools and
other announcements which are likely
nqt to be changed between now and
September.
,In the second issue will be a roll
of all of the student-body, for the
1923-24 session with a corrected list
of the faculty for the year of 1924-26.
Such other announcements as are not
yet definite will come out at that
time. This latter edition of the cat
alogue'will-probably not appear until
sometime during the summer session.
MASTER MERCERIAN
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■t thfi OaEfiB* OMJp. Ch*.
WILLIAM A. BOOTLE
MEET GEORGIA TONIGH
What is probably the greatest of
fensive -basketball ..machine in the
South will match forces With the
Orange and Rlack cagera tonigkt
the annual floor ftaaalc of the two in
stitutions. Much baa already
written about the two games Friday,
and Saturday,- and that they will bn
high calibre floor contests is a
taiaty. ‘ • • -
“We HOPE to musicthe Bulldog”
said Captain “Crook” Smith in chapel
“Georgia students and
are predicting a DECIDED victory,”
said the “Bod and Black,” Georgia’s
-We'
bo thorn to ana what
non,” said the Men
By Sid Moore
The dispute as to which data on the
Mercer campus boasted the best
football eleven was definitely settled
last Friday when the Seniors took the
Frosh into camp by a six point mar
gin. The dispute as to the personnel
of the much vaunted All-Class elevens
settled' today with the announce
ment of the committee who haa been
working on this since the deciding of
the championship last week.
The Seniors lead for places on the
first selection with four choices. The
total is boosted to five with the se
lection of Freeman for the pivot po
sition along with Moncrief,. Sopho
more, in on even number of votes. In
consequence, both Freeman and Mon
crief are listed as centers on each of
the elevens. The Sophomores and
Freshman both supply three men for
the first team, when Moncrief’a name
is eliminated, giving the Seniors four
men, the Sophomores, three, and the
Freshmen three for positions filled.
No Junior player was given a place
on the composite selection for first
team, although three of these received
mention; on the second team.
Judges for the selection of the men
for the two teams were: Mike Hern
don, Senior; Shorty Poore, Junior;
! (Continued on page six)
MANY TRY FOR PRIZE
Winner of “The Alumnus’’ Story
Contest To Be Announced
Soon.
A large number of replies to the
contest for articles on the work at-
ministerial students of Mercer' was
received, according to J. K. Williams,
alumni secretary. Announcement of
the winner of the contest will be de
ferred' until . the publication of: the
March issue of .the Mercer Alumnus,
Air, Williams says.
It' is understood that the judges,
Miss Sallie Boone, Prof. Geo. Sparks,
and Dr. C. L. McGinty, have already
reached a decision on the winning
story. The reason for tha delay in
the announcement is the fact that
the March Alumnus is to ha strictly
of a canipus nature, containing many
such features', ' and . Mr. Williams
wishes tha winning ministerial story
to be one of the features.' ' .
Hie success of this contest loads
him to think that another similar one
will be aummueed si
of students hi asm
