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THE MERCER CLUSTER
Nor—bar 81,1984
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The Mercer Cluster
Edgar E. Folk: Faculty Supervisor
Malcolm M. Johnson....Editor-in-Chief
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FAITH IN TEAM
Slightly wide of the truth is the
declaration that Mercer defeated Flor
ida by psychological force. Yet the
.victory was due largely to such pow
ers. No, psychological impetus car
ried “Kid” Cecil over Florida’s goal
ljiie, nor'did it give accuracy to
"Rusty” Lawrence's too. But under
lying the enthusiasm leading to vic
tory was a- mental complex that ig
nored defeat. Coach Stegeman of
Georgia is alleged to have stated that
no -Southern team could have with
stood Mercer's fierce onslaughts last
Friday. 1 • ■'
Why? What caused the determi
nation to win? The most optimistic
hoped only for'-a close score. The
dope was against Mercer. No Flori
dian doubted the outcome. , Mercer
was supposed to have a “tissue paper
line and a' tissue paper backfield.” It
was the difference between bear-skin
and ‘gator-hide—with odds favoring
the hide. , '
Was it Homecoming? Many Old
(irads cheered on to victory. Was
there a revival of spirit among up
perclassmen ? Allegations have been
launched against them, declaring they
lacked the fight of the lower classes.
Was it the perennial optimism of the
Freshman ? Surely these,, and other
forces, combined to bring victory. The
team was inspired to win.
- The Freshmen! Unstinted praise is
due the hew men. . Freshmen are in
herently optimistic. They ignore dope.
They have unbounded FAITH IN THE
TEAM. “Defeat” is not included in
their vocabulary. What’ class con
tributes the largest percentage at
spirit meetings? What class bought
sign cards to advertise the Florida
game? What "class' furnished 'the
largest number of clowns for the pa
rade?
It is customary to look on Fresh
men as being deficient . in college
spirit. Gave we upperclassmen made
a mistake? Can’t we learn something
from them?
Coach Robinson’s team, OUR team',
has a game Satuvduy. It is an im
portant gpme—in many respects more
important than, the one with Florida.
Oglethorpe is an olden rival. . She
occupies a peculiar place in our af
fectionate animosity. By defeating
, her We add to our personal elution. We
may not gain' as much universal -pres
tige by the victory but we derive more
self-satisfaction.
Florida wus over-confident. Let’s
ltewnre of their mistake. Let’s follow
the example of the Freshmen, having
an implicit; faith in our - team. . Not
merely an apathetic faith, but a faith
surcharged with determination to Win,
The Bear’s teeth are affixed in the
juicy S. I. A. A. Championship. Let’s
keep them there until all opponents
have been shaken off. Steeped in
faith, charged with fight, steeled with
determination — let’s defeat - Ogle
thorpe. What say you, Feilows? ,
Emceebee.
_ change. Mark him, well nigh
buried beneath papal anathemas. Wit
ness a Columbus demanding a revision
of the theories concerning the shape
of the earth. Harken to the jeers and
jibes of his contemporaries. History
is replete with examples of contra
riety. ' * .
Such men were contrary. They
scorned adherence to the doctrines and
theories of their day. They set up
new ideals, and attempted to livfc
them. Many died, with mobs yelling
at their heels. Paralellism is blood
thirsty. It is sense-hardened. . It is
over-bearing.
Contrariness signifies perversity,
obstinacy and Waywardness. To a
Pharisee of the first century Christ
was an example of extreme perverse
ness. Luther's obstinacy precipitated
ex-communication. Columbus was
deemed a fool-hardy adventurer. But
the contemporary authorities were
mistaken. Time proved that contrari
ness was a virtue.
With many such examples in the
past it behooves us to be chary of
criticism. Our mass-ideals may be
wrong. Cross ■ currents are' often
beneficial. -Friction purifies streams.
And-all know the causes of sparks.
Emceebee.*
PARALLELLISM
“All praise to Paralellism!” thus
sing the peoples. And woe to him who
attempts to change either-the tenor
Or the time of the melody. For ben
tunes the mass of mankind-have be
lieyqd in the doctrine of Similarity,
The goal of human perfection is in
terpreted to mean a. state in which
everyone moves forward without
touching his neighbor. Paralellism!
Progress is the result of contrari
ness. From the masaea some asan
rises up tike a traffic officer, and
demands h halt. A few pause to hear,
te laugh, or to believe. The majority
tramp on, crushing him to earth.
Witness a Christ demanding a halt
800. the asoh surge over him, mani-
fsstiag their dfaagprobntlen by
ning him to a cross. Witness a Lu-
. ASSOCIATION
Tipplewits’s Weekly Letter
Dear Papa: Send me railroad fare
to Atlanta and back. Everybody ie
going to the Oglethorpe game Sat
urday and I know you don’t want your
little son to.get lonesome.
Tewmach Wants to Know
Has the Ark of gMr. Newton come
back out of the sWamp yet?
Adolphua Gives Thanx
That forward passey are hot given
TUESDAY
Beat Oglethorpe
Thought: “The thing we need to
fear moat, ia fear.”
The speaker for Tuesday night Was
Claude N. Coalaon, post graduate
student, end an assistant professor in
the university this year. The gen
eral theme of Mr. Coalson’a talk was
that one should judge no man until
he has come into that nun’s plan.
One is not capable of judging another
man’s motives or plans until he haa
first been able to see these from the
point of view of the other man.
away
The Poet’s Spasm
The Gators crawled out vyith grin so
vast,
The Bears came growling and rushing
fast. .
Now in the haunts
- . Of Florida swamps
The flags all hang half mast.
Even a brief and summary recourse
to the biographical sketches of any
library will disclose one thing: few
men develop powerful capabilities
without direct influence of' their
friends.
One reads of the intimacies between
the Lake Poets, between the Elisa
bethan Literati, between German
Philosophers, between Grecian Ideal
ists, between Latin Jurists, etc. Great
men seem to have been stimulated by
the interaction and inter-relationship
of their thought with that of their in-,
timate contemporaries.
What does this signify? Such in
fluence must be valuable in producing
thinkers. Nor is this intimacy con
fined to literary realms; it has been
universal practice among men seek
ing for elusive -truths. Last week the
Cluster had a picture of Steinmetz
and Edison studying some ' electrical
problem'. •• -
The formation of clubs engaged in
the common search for' knowledge is
ancient. The historians of olden uni
versities are replete with such or
ganizations.. They were the forbears
of the modern fraterity, the debating
society, and civic organizations. Their
descendants huve, in many rases, de
generated, receding further and far
ther from the idealistic search to dis
cover truth, to revive politics, to
reform religion, to mnster philoso
phies, or to investigate the realms of
literature.
Such organizations are fundament
ally selfish, since they must exclude
all but those who are vitally inter
ested. But the intimacy, the personal
contact, the .divergent views of its
membership can scarcely be magnified,
and the result of such groups men
striving to develop personal thinking
would some day bear fruit for. hu
manity.
Emceebee.
•„ Sox Saya
Yes, I love them both. They have
snuggled, next to me oh many a cold
ni£ht. In the summer afternoons I
have walked down the long winding
lanes with them. They have stuck by
me thru thick and thin, nothing could
part us. . I would feel very embarrass
ed without them, I would feel lost, os
tracised, and forlorn. I never have
any trouble with them, they are al
ways ready to serve me to. the limit
of their .endurance. They are a bit
old-fashioned, but I love them now
and always will until they reach an
age where they will no longer be of
any use to this world. Yes, I shall
always have a deep regard for my
suspenders.
WBDNBSDAY
Beat Oglethorpe
Thought: “Hard work ie the teat
which determines whether dr not am
bition is really ambition or just a
wish.”
Miss Mozelle Fuller delightfully en
tertained the “Y” crowd on Wednes
day night with vocal music. Miaa
Fuller is well known by Mercer men
and she has entertained several times
before this occasion. She was accom
panied this time by Miss Marjorie
Jacobs, daughter of Prof. Peyton
Jacob, who is an accomplished pian
ist.
THURSDAY
Beat Oglethorpe
Thought: “Truat in Jehovah with
all thy heart and lean not upon thine
own understanding: in ,all thy ways
acknowledge him, and he will direct
thy path.” Prov. 8:5-6,
The Thursday night speaker was
Alien C. Johnson, a member of the
senior class.
She saved all her kisses for the
right man, and then married the
wrong one.
The Girl Acroee the Street
She’s such a marvelous thinker that
she has the idea that camp-sites are
taken with a telescope. That Kin
dergartens have to be sprinkled. She
labors under, the delusion that fra
ternity pins are made of rails.
Silver thnsada among the gold—the
henna didn’t work.
Bozo’s Diplomatic Dots
Don’t try to raise a flower-garden
on any part of the foptball field.
Fashion Notes
Gold teeth are still in favor with
the elite of the campus. It ia con
sidered' bad form at the present time
for one to wear zinc, copper, or even
galvanized iron teeth. This style has
a firm hold on the more fashionable
students and very likely ' will con
tinue thruout the winter season.
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Today's Advertisement
■FOR SALE: One Mercerized 'Gator
skin. Apply to Captain Simmons
Mercer University.
Dave Rice threw the Gator’s scales
out of balance.
Horrible Thought for Today
Neither one of the rabbits oh the
Ark was afflicted with halitosis.
Schemes for Getting Rich
Selling pink steam-rollers to Mex
kan jail inapectora.
Each falling leaf
Augments the gripf
That wells within my heart;
The blasted, blooms
With lost perfumes ,
Their sorrows all impart:
My verdent life “•
Hath felt the knife •’
Of pain's keen-cutting frost;
For love hath failed
Since gloom prevailed,
And joy’s forever lost.
Emeceebee.
HOUGHT8
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