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MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GA„ FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 21, 1924.
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ALLIGATORS SURPRISED
BY FEROCIOUS BRUINS
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Reptile Team From Swamps of Florida Ruthlessly T rod
Upon for First Time in 3 Years by Southern Eleven
« The Alligator learned last Friday that he is not the rapacious
reptile he' thought he was.
A Grizzly Bear taught him his error.
Playing one of the greatest games ever witnessed on a local
gridiron, the Mercer eleven triumphed over the Florida team by
a score of 10-0—a score that startled the football world, upset all
known dope, amazed sport writers all over the South, and sent the
Alligators crawling homeward with their scaly tails curled in a
humiliating and bitter defeat. \
Six thousand
MERCER STATION
HAS AUDIENCE
ALL OVER U S.
Letters Come From Eleven
- States, Including Washington,
Wisconsin and Massachusetts
It was a gnat game,
tana who attended that battle will
echo that statement, and one thou
sand enthusiastic,victory-maddened
Mercer students will thunder an af
firmative response, not to mention
hundreds of old Mercer grads who sat
nervously in their seats during the
entire game, anxiously, excitedly
watching one of the greatest games
ever played by their Alma Mater
team. \
, Sweet Memories
The game has been the talk of the
week, and Justly so. Fans will re
member that battle for many a day,
and it will linger in the memory of
most Mercer students until their dy
ing day.'
As Morgan Slake, sports writer for
the Atlanta Journal, remarked, the „
mercer Alumni would do well to
name their children • after ‘Crook"
Smith and Sid Ellison. They both
played a wonderful game, a game
that was replete with brilliant plays
by.. the two Mercer ends. “Crook”
j$5,000 IS DONATED
TORENOVATEGYM
For First Time Theological De
partment to Have Own
Home.
, President Rufus W. Weaver an
nounced the. receipt on last Saturday
of a $5,000 gift to Mercer to be Used
in remodeling and equipping a sepa
rate building on Mercer campus for
the use of the Mercer Theological
That the programs being broadcast
from the Mercer Station, WMAZ. are
being heard and appreciated by the
woild at large, i? shown by the many
letters of commendation received
fiom all parts of America. The radio
department received last week, letters
from eleven States, the farthest away
being Washington,, Wisconsin and
Massachusetts and the neatest being
Florida and North Carolina.
These letters received.are varied in
subject matter .and wording but the
one thing that they agree upon
that, “the programs ate great. Send
out Some more.”
Here is what a few of the letters'
say: '■ . L >' .
. “I ■ received your program Thursr
day,-November 1,3 and enjoyed .it im
mensely.”
Programs Are; Liked
“I thank you for the fine entertain- 1 -''It rcer Songbirds to Give Two
ment and hope I will have the pleas-! iVrf.ormances in Wesleyan
ure of listening to you again.-”^—Mass-J Audjlorijim.
aebusetts.. ■ j . :
“Your programs are very enter-.- ; -
iaining.”—Floida.
“Very fine program.”—Illinois.
Dr. Percy Scott Flippinhas received.
GLEE CLUB PLAYS
HERE ON MONDAY
The Mercer University -Glee and
fns' rumentaP C lub, better, known in
The gift was ipade by B. a letter fri/m his mother .in Lynchburg, t * u * south as. ‘Greater Mercer’s Great-
P. O'Neal, retired Macon capitalist Va., saying that she heard him lyc- est Glee Club” will make its first form-
and philanthropist. jture on Thursday of last week and ill debut for the 1924-25. season in the
It was said by Dr. Weaver that the- th.at she enjoyed the program very ivty Monday ami. Tuesday, evenings
present gymnasium building would much.- •’ at the Wesleyan 'Auditorium,
she re-arranged for the use of the The program for this week- con- .The club is now on its first tour'of
Theological Department, and that sisted of—-Tuesday night the Rover-'the year, taking in te.nof the largest
I plans for this, purpose were already end R* McKay Long, .pastor of. the. cities-of northeast Georgia-. A tele-
£>mith'would Have g neat, niche in the un( | the work , will be Vineville Presbyterian church, gave groin from- - Roy L. Hurst, student
hall of fame if he never played an- girted right away so that the building a short sermon and. Dean Peyton J«- manager of the club, states that they
other game of football for the tv®*- call u'ged at the beginning, of the cob, of Mercer, gave a short'talk- on have played before capacity'audiences
of hia natural lift. “Crook” ia a stor winter term of school.. The new Hr-.the;Sunday School lesson for Sunday,-in every town visited thus far, add
that -it. is ‘the best
preserited by a Mercer
—a player wty>- could live,on the rep- r angement calls-for six class rooms November the 23. that yygryone
utation made in the Florida K* me and six officers in the present gym, Wesleyan Girls Sing program- cyci
for many days to come. Howiever, Husst* to .be used altogether by the ■ ; . ... organization.
••Crook” will do no such thing, butt Theologicul Seminary. . } The J^* 8!c “! p '7 >gr “! T ’ *us-given by .Those who saw the. dub perform
will continue to to play the great The classroom work of the semi- ^ ounK lu ^ es 0 ’ ... ‘‘“'vy-an t o lege |.,, t seto i.n know that this is a broad
football that he played against -the' nary has been done heretofore ih va- Conservatory of -Music, Miss Lora ee slyl( . m ent. Kyeryone. said the same
learned Alligators, who know -aO.rious buildings on the cumpus, but' a lns , an , lss , anic v . ans thing about.the 1923-24- program. The
much football lore, much • to --their 4 ihta special arrangement will giVe ® a «K:“ d “* t >*- t . p,ano comedy-.skit,-entitled “The Glee Club
sorrow. / this department, for the first time in' Misk r.iIUHn 1 udd. A quartet c.pm- ir , Turkey” is proving the biggest hit
A Game of Games ‘ :the history of the University, a sepa- post ‘‘ of *J i88es Kva " 8 ' Ma y“ .of he entertainment. The ten piectf
, - 'Ira* arrangement. Dr. C. L. Mt .. 1 Jonkms. Margaret Hearn and Loralee ,„, lu .- stru an( , the qpartette. as well-
For it was not football knowledge - * the Sl . minary . Watkins, with piano accompaniment as .’ the ehorug a>e in for the ir
.km. that won. the gam. Friday nf-| G1 ^ ha . bln con- f«dd sang several selections. hal ., of th , hoi ' 10 , 8 this Lason; Crit
tortoon. It was not • psychological ^ o£ a gift to Mer-1 , Mrs - . A ‘ J ' £ aW » V ° CB irs who reviewed the program before
game altogether, either. It was just ^ fft “ srtme time He flr8t D , anntd ,*olo y accompanied, by Miss Mildred , h( . tlu ,, ’fcj t for this tour are unani
mous in saying that the’ organization
for the college, but substituted the '* J>^Ming, this season,, the best
balanced program of any preceding
... . , „ „, an alumnus of- the Uni-
waa the backing of the student body vers j ty of Georgia and a contributor7* Ioa ’, 11 lip P‘".The club is playing in. Klherton.fo-
Athens
lunus oi • mm ...- D*r««d on the -object ^urrent 'tomorrow night ...
stltution. Before coming to Macon £ "bich will be the last performance ,be-
he resided in
he was a liberal contributor ti> the ed-
to the endowment funds of that m-
ore coming -to Macon . . _ . , . , . — ,
Thompson.- Ga.', where i, " a80 ': *»**»*; HMn *™ > ec ! Ure ? fore the Macon appealanc,
ne was a uoerul contributor to the ed- [ -® ' sU ' ’ llrK ”, t aj ^ a ^' IR , .! \ "ili. arrive in Macon Sunday
ucational institutions off that city. He r “ tU ,!^ : i u!at ion^sr Pr o- . ^ taik ' nl tickets'for the Mftcon show’s
recently made a contribution \o',the | on 0 ° s . . ’ j.are oft sale’-at the Co-op,,'for the reg-
recently
public schools of Cordele,
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f6r some time. Re first planned ,
a great football team.fighting tor all fhnmto E . Watson Library McGrory at the piano,
it* worth. Perhaps it was partly be- * Allege,'but substituted the Thursday nighL was.devoted to the
««e of the in.pir.tion lent by^ 4h«- prwnt (lonat * 0 ^ Jor thal plan ., M r. regular-lectures m the our Dmver-
presence of the old grade, .perhaps it J >Nea| ' afl alumnU8 „Mhe Uni- courses being offered , the sta- ( ., ub
wee the backing of the student body TOr ., tv nf oiorifla and a contributor 1 tlon ‘ ; Dr ‘. F - p p ,k .®f* The
or perhpps it was just the team Itself,
but, anyway, the victory Is won, and
may now go down' in the annals' of
football history. - 1
Jimmy Glover should come in, for
his mode of praise, for he played a
groat game throughout and was re
sponsible for considerable yardage
gained through the Alligator line and
by hie end runs,
“Kid” Cecil, by a dextrous twist
and Borne of the fastest running sten
this side ef the Olympic games,
caught u pass, turned in the air, and
mead IK yards for a touchdown.
Scaiu'Msiupto to- IK-
Mercer again ecorad when “Rusty
lam sure, the skillful little Bear
quarter, kicked a beautiful field goal
right before the bloodshot eyes of an
angry looking AlMghtor erow, mak
ing the score read 10-0 in favor of
the Orange and Black eleven.
Marii has bam eald of the game
with Florida. But it Is a subject that
■hall never grow stale on thle cam-
pim. Newspapers all over the eonn-
try devoted eotomM teward giving nn
account ot the nphonvpl of dope.
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INVADE NEST OF BIRDS,
SET TO GET VENGEANCE
Seven Hundred Mercer Men Expected to Accompany
Team to See Telling of "Sweetest Story Ever Told”
By Malcolm Johnson
Vengeance is sweet. V , •
In all the category of the baser human emotions, there is none
so delicious, so -self-inspiring and so self-satisfying as revenge.
Frdni the-petty retaliation’ol the female of the species on her
kind, to the vendetta of the feudist gang, it is the “thrill that
comes once in a liietime,” • the pleasing sensatibn that Hows*,
.through one's veins upon getting back at an enemy, an old rival,
or even a football eleven. Whether it be the chance to. “get even”
with the girl who jilted you, or whether it is the age-old longing
to avenge a wrong, there is still that unholy satisfaction which
creeps over us all w hen we behold our.enemy in the talon grip of .
sweet revenge.. ‘ , . , ' ' '
Tomorrow on Spillers’ Field in' At
lanta, Mercer students are to revel in
that grand and glorious feeling of
conquering, of ' attaining a long-
ought revenge on a former trium- ■
phant Petrel eleven. Not only wiH
the Mercerians revel in this feeling,
but will wallow neck deep in it, a»
they watch the Bears march on to
ward another glorious victory on the
gridiron in the Capital City.
: Bears Sharpen Claws
For at 2:30 o’clock tomorrow after
noon, the Bear's, with claws sharp
ened on the scaly sides of the Alli
gator^, are to begin the Mother Goose
stunt of plucking the birds. They are -
going to -start the process of pulling
the plumage from the Petrels and -
leaving them looking like'a moulting
hieken on a rainy day. • i ‘
Tomorrow, let Mercer men not.tor-
get, the Growling Grizzlies from the.
Baptist headquarters face the. Pitied
Petrels, determined to wreak venge-
nc-e for the 7-6 defeat in the game
f last year. •
To watch the hungry Bears per-
orm this' little act of kindness to
ward the d'etre!., eleven, something
like 700 loyal Mercerians or more are
petting to take the breeze for At- -
lanta. after boarding a rattler at the
Terminal bound for Atlanta, and af-
er hanging on as it rushes pust Ash
itreet crossing promptly at 10:10 to
morrow niornihg. .
To . Decide Title'
Coach Stanley Robinson has had
the’ Mercer, gridsnu n hard at work,
ndeed. for the past - few days in
reparation, for this,, one of the-big
gest games- of the season, and prob
ably the game which shall decide the
Chan piohship of the S. I. A.' A. Mer
cer wants it. And that Mercer Wants' •
he is'willing to fight for. Mercer
will, fight for' that title tomorrow
afternoon!- .
Those wildly, joymad students who
witnessed, the great Victory over the
Florida. eleven last Friday afternoon
are conscious of the fact that -Mer- '
cer has a real football team, that
Mercer’s, team can put up one of the -
greatest scraps in .all grid history—
if Mercer, and the Mercer students
want to Win badly enough.
And just as the students were de
termined to win last Friday, so are
they alsa determined- to once more,
watch their team march to'victory
against Oglethorpe tomorrow after-
hoon. ,It will be no easy task. Ogle
thorpe has a. strong grid, machine,
and ('oach Stanley says “we have only
a fighting. chance, to beat them.” But
Mercer only wants a chance—* fight
ing-chance! -• ’•
Mercer Is Favored
Provided the great god of fate who
sometimes watches over the deetfaiiee
of frid elevens is not against the
Mercer team tomorrow afternoon, Mm
Bears should return home with Mm.
proverbial bacon 'stored .away some
where beneath their Griss* hides,
ances. They
morning
l-ula'r student hate of f»0c.'
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