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PUBLISHED BY STUDENTS OF MERCER UNIVERSITY AND BESSIE TIFT COLLEGE
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MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GA>, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1924
No. 15
many candidates show causes for
REPORT FOR
BASEBALL
Prospects Bright for Good' Bap-
■ tist Nine.
By Sid Moore
Once more t)ie crack of bat against
horsehide, the swish of bails through
the air, and the. shouts of the players
give evidence. of the fact that old
King Baseball has returned from win
ter quarters and has taken his stand
on Alumni Field.
Considerable interest is being
taken in the early season’s practice
Twenty-seven men seeking berths on
the team were out for practice -thU
week. More will come out it is ex
pected, now that, basketball season is
over. ■ “Bubber” Pope and Bobbie
Pinkston have already abandoned
basketball and are out for baseball
practice.
Those out for the pitching staff are
Bob Swain, Milton Wallace, Clay Ky
als, Louis Hamilton, John Sims, Dean
Blackman, and Clyde .Carson.
Others out for practice are Dave
Rice, Hep Morgan, Speer Rainey
Louis Reese, “Shorty” Poore, Jordan
Shepard, Jim Tom Bush, Presto, “Son”
Summons, * “Kid” Cecil, McDonald>
Owens, Buddie Wade, Mike Herndon,
Julian Maddox, and “Shorty” Free
man. _
According to. a statement of Coach
Mosely, it is too early in practice to
have formed any definite idea of the
prospects of Mercer's baseball team
for the coming ; season, but with the
athletic momentum gained from put
ting forward the first championship
quintet of the S. I. A- A. it is believed
that Mercer will also be a power on
the baseball diamond before the sea
son is far gone.
Heieaiter on the student reports
going out to parents giving grades
utle by MerCerians each term a rea
son us given by. the professor will be
tiled lor each'failure, according to
u piun hunded to the faculty by l)r.
it. yv. W euver,' president.
Attached, to. the letters. “E” and
graues below passing, on the
upon cards will be small letters,
mil representing a personal opinion
of.the instructor , for the failure,
these records are to also go down on
lie Registrar's book along with the
iccord of all work done in the col
STUDE FAILURES
t eachera to Indicate Reasons for
Low Marks on Cards.
icgc.
fhe opinions and letters by. which
.hey will be designated on reports
are: "a, lack of effort and applica
tion; b, frequently absent; c, handi-
cupped by sickness; d, carrying too
neuvy a course; g, too much time
given to sociul activities; i, l am un-
aule to draw a satisfactory conclu
sion as to the'cause of the failure
TRUSTEE MEET
l'» Discuss Many Matters ot Im
: portance Friday. ■
EXAMINATION SCHEDULE
Friday, 7th, 2:30 to 5:30
All sections English 1 arid 3.
Saturday, 8th, 9 to 12
Conflicts, etc. /
Monday 10th, 9 to 12 ‘
Ail'S add 3-hr. classes meeting at
:8:30 except English 1 and -3.
All 2-hr. classes meeting at 8:30
M. A W. • '
Monday, 10th, 2 to 0
All 2-hr. classes meeting at 8:30
T. A T. -• .
Tuesday, 11th; 9 to 12-
All 5 and 2-hr. classes meeting at
9,:25, except English 1 and 3.
AH 2-hr. classes meeting at 9:25
M. A W.
Tuesday, ilth, 2 to 6
All 2-hr. classes meeting at 9:25
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The regular .semi-annual meeting
of the Mercer board of trustees will
be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock,
in the office of President Rufus W.
W eaver. ■
The bourd will take up routine bus-
,ness und will discuss matters that
ertain to the betterment of- the in
stitution. The board only meets
twice* each 'year and many matters
w.ill have to be disesused. The further
development of the University will
be discussed and it is thought . that
the hoard will consider the election
of new teachers for the coming year,
Wednesday, 12th, 9 to 12
All 5 and 3-hr: classes meeting at
10:50 except English 1 and 3.
All 2-hr. classes meeting at 10:50
M. A W.
Wednesday 12th, 2 , to 5
Ail 2 r hr. classes meeting at 10:50
Thursday, 13th, 9 to 12
AH 5' and 3-hr. classes meeting at
11:45, except English 1 and 3.
All 2-hr. classes meeting at 11:45
M. A W.
Thursday, 13th, 2 to, 5
All 2-hr. classes meeting at 11:45
TAT:
Friday, 14th, 9 to 12
All 5 und 3-hr. classes meeting at
12:40, except English 1 and 3
All 2-hr. classes meeting at 12:40
M.-AW.
Friday, 14th, 2 to 5
A11 2-hr. classes meeting at 12:40
T.AT.
Students should, not take text-
hooks to examinations, unless re
quested to do so by the instructor
in charge.
ANNOUNCE NAMES
FROSH DEBATERS
Will Meet Emory Freshmen on
Piattorm in May.
The names of the men who wiU
epresent Mercer University on the
1 rush man debating team against the
Emory* University first' year men was
announced. Wednesday morning by
l)r. J. H. Moore, chairman of the de
bating council. . ’ , ,
These men, G. L. Spratling, C. W.
Howard, . and Hutchinson, principal,
with C. W. Walker and B. J. Greene
as alternates, were selected from
group of sixteen who tried for places
on the team in the Ciceronian society
hail last Saturday morning. Each
speaker presented hia side of the
question in a real forensic, style, and
according to the judges it was hard to
choose three men from the group, to
represent Mercer in the debate.
The debate will be held sometime
in the early part of May, but the ex
act date has not yet been determined.
The question under consideration is
"Resolved, that the Philippines should
now be given their. independence.”
Sw A. Ea GIVES bANQlTET
Championship Quint
ERE are the basketeers
who turned in the best
record ever achieved by a
Baptist cage five, climaxing a
most successful season by win
ning the championship of the
first S. .1. A. A. flopr tourna
ment qver held. This followed
double • barrelled victories over
both Tech and Georgia, the. first
time this was e\‘er done in a sin
gle season. - . ■. -
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The Georgia Psi chapter of the
S. A. E. fraternity, of Mercer,, will
celebrate the sixty-seventh anniver
sary of the founding of the fraternity
with a Founders’ Day banquet to
morrow evening, March 8.
“Scotty” Young will sing old Scotch
ballads and entertain between courses
with his violin. The Hon. W. C. Tur
pin; Jr., prominent Macon attorney
and an alumnus of the chapter, will
act in > the capacity of toastmaster.
Talks from several alumni and from
Robert Cousins, who will represent
the local chapter, will fill the remain
ing part of the evening’s program.
-He: “How would you like tohaVe
pet. monkey?”
She: “Oh, how sudden.”—Cap and
BANQUET ALUMNI
Mill
Elect New Officers
March. 13.
GLEE CLUB PLAYS
AT THE GRAND
TONIGHT
Large Audience Expected to See
Secohd Local Showing.
Mercer alumni of Macon wiU- be
given a .banquet in the Daniel Mar
shall dining hall Thursday, March 13
uccording. to an announcement of
K. Williams, alumni secretary.
.The Macon, alumni have been or
ganized for only a few months and
this will be just 1 the second meeting.
At this time, however, new' officers
will be elected, to be chosen from the
report of. a nominating committee.
Invitations to all Macon alumni are
now going out to be present at the
occasion.
The . committee on nominations is
composed of R. J. Coates,,. Clem Pow
ers and Robert M, Gamble.
By Ayer Hatcher
That one of the largest- crowds ever '
to -hear a college glee club will be at
the Grand Theatre tonight to witness
the "second night” of the Mercer Glee
Club in Macon, is the opinion of the
ott icers of that organization. ' 1
t here are several' reasons why the
Mercer club is giving the “second
night” in Martm. One of these reasons
is to give the Mercer students and
the public another chance to see one
of the greatest glee clubs ever to play -
in the South. When the club played
at Wesleyan three Weeks ago, sev
eral hundred persons were turned
away because of lack of room. The
Grand will afford an abundance of
space, the 'seating capacity being
twenty-two hundred.
The proceeds of this performance
will.go'to aid athletics at'the Baptist
school. This reason alone should bring
out several hundred supports of Mer
cer athletics. : -
Tbe club is hailed aa Mercer’s
Greatest Glee Club ana irom press
reports it has been rightly named.
Dr. Weaver has received numbers of
complimentary letters about' the club
from everywhere they have given a
performance. From Madison the fal
lowing was received: “The show was
one of the highest class, cleanest and
most delightful, ever presented here.
The Mercer Glee Club has the right-
of-way . in Madison whenever it wants
to return, which our people hope wiU
be next season.”
The scenery, stage settings, and cos
tumes of the opening act are very im
posing and starts the show with a fine
feeling of college Spirit. The four
PHI deltas elect
Hoke Green and -Frank Pjptirn, rep
resenting the affirmative side of the
question, “Resolved, that Underwood
is the best prospect for the presided
cy,” won a two to one decision of the
judges at the regular meeting of the
Phi Delta society last Monday even
ing. The negative was upheld, by W.
J. Carswell and G. B. Connell.
- Officers for the. ensuing month
were elected as follows: G. L. Keith,
president; S. T. Crenshaw, vice-presi
dent; H. J. Bivins, secretary; G. E.
Snellgrove, critic; W. J. Carswell,
censor; R. P., Bowen, chaplain; and
J. L. Drake, janitor.
Writer: “I can't think of a decent
Joke.” .
Editor of Riapne Magasine: “Yon
an jnist Mm man Vm lookiag In. 1
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