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PUBLISHED BY STUDENTS OF MERCER UNIVERSITY
Vol.V
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GA., FRIDAY. DECEMBER 13, 1924.
No. 11
STUDENTS GIVE GYM $40,000 BOOST
Pigskin Dessert Last Course as Class Uebens Clash Next Year
CLASS FOOTBALL
TO GET STARTED
AFTER HOLIDAYS
Each Class To Be Represented
by a Gridiron Team This
Winter. '■
Immediately following the lull -in
college activities after the Christmas
holidays, students at Mercer will again
be given a taste of gridiron sport as
well, as a chance in which to partici
pate, when the class teams once more
clash upon Alumni Field. Each class
from the Freshmen on up are to'pro
duce a team, these teams to play one
another in rotation until the. elimina
tion declares one team champion.
Coach Robinson’s return from the
S. I. C. meet in New Orleans brought
about the perfection of plans for the
opening of the second season of class
football at Mercer. The custom was
started last year, and considerable in
terest was manifested in the sport—
enough to warrant another season of
' the pig skin sport for the benifit of
students' who' are unable .to go but
for the varsity team.
Team managers have been named
by all of the classes, coaches have
been appointed, and the managers, to
gether with Coach, Robinson, have
decided upon a. set of six engage
ments to' be played off' on Alumni
Field , to decide the 1926 champion
ship;' . , • . */
.Coaches for'the Senior team will
be -Jowers, Poore, Rice-and Simmons;
. all letter men'. The juniors arc to be
piloted by Lancaster and McDonald,
while the sophmores will be coached
by eight latter men from the varsity,
composed of Parks! Glover, , Dunn,
Fleming, E. B.' Smith, Adams, Law
renceV Teaseley.
- Managers for the team ,as they have
been named by their classes are;
senior class, “Scotty” Young, and Jeff
McKissaCk, assistant; junior class, J.
B. Deariso; aophmore, Gerald Teasely
and Gharlie Walker, assistant; fresh-
MERCER AT S. I. A. A.
TO DISCUSS CHANGES
Coach Stanley Robinson and Dr.
J. 6lay Walker left Thursday for
Charleston, S. C., to attend the S.
I, A. A. conference on Friday, and
Saturday there. .
,One item to come up Is the fresh
man, rule, the coach said. . This was
made two years ago to apply as a
two-year trial measure to apply
in the playing of. freshmen in
games between members of the S.
L A. A. It stipulated that teams
in the p association could play fresh
men only by mutual consent of
both teams.
Another question is that applying
‘to the playing of college athletes in
summer baseball. A rule is pro
posed' which would prevent a col
lege player from playing during
the summer on. any club under con
trol of the National Baseball Board,
which supervises the National,
American, Southern, South At
lantic and. other such leagues.
South Georgia clubs do not come
under the control of this- board.
AUBURN QUINTET
TO MEET MERCER
ON WEDNESDAY
Bear Basketeers Begin Schedule
With Next Game on North
ern Jaunt.
Mercer Musicians
With the opening game of the sea
sononly four days off, Coach ‘Tink’
Gillum has been putting his twenty
odd basketeers • through strenuous
practices for the past week. The Au
burn Plainsmen' will pry off the lid of
the season for Mercer Wednesday
nM“ College or^tblyrsWe dnesday
December 17, at the Macon Sports
Arena. This will be the only chance
to see the basketball team in action
before, the return from the Western
trip toward the middle of January.
Coach Gillam has a formidable task
1 to mold a smooth working quintet this
j year, due to the loss of Harmon, Mc
Williams, and Lawrence. In addition
-to the loss of these men, Captain
, “Crook" Smith will not be able to don
the abbreviated athletic uniform until
after, the Christmas holidays. A
: wealth of material has come from last
To Leave State year’s Freshman squad, which will
. , take a long step forward toward solv-
Next Tour to Take Glee Club, '"xh? nraltic^’ so far have been de-!
Into Florida and Tennessee, , p . . ’ . . ,
'noted mainly to passing pivoting, and
shooting. -Especial emphasis is being
EX-EDITOR WILL 8TUDY
WHERE CAESAR FOUGHT
Hugh Rainey Awtrey, who hails
from Franklin, N, C., was last
year's pilot of The' Cluster and at
present sponsor for Mercer news
in the Macon Telegraph, is to in
vade staid old Europe single-hand
ed while the rest .of us participate
in Christmas festivities.
He wll sail December 30 from
New York on the good ship ‘Roch-
ambeau,” to land in Avignon, an
ancient town of France built by
the Romans of Caesar’s day. Awt
rey is to study the French language
there and later will enter the Al
liance Francaise, of Paris.
After his six months of French
schooling, Hugh is to be joined by
Dn J. Clay Walker and a group of
Mercer students for a tour of
France and Germany. He hopes to
return at the end of that time and
have enough credits from Mercer
and the French colleges together to
receive an A. B. degree here.
In continuing his study of
French, Awtrey plans to forsake
the unsettled life of the pen-push
er for that involving a dignified
professorial career. After taking
the A. B. degree upon his return,
he will begin work upon his M. A.
THURSDAY BRINGS
OPENING PLEDGES
IN BU1LDINGDRIVE
Next Move of Organization Will
Ask Alumni to Raise to
$150,000.
Says Director
ATHLETIC BOARD
DECIDES POLICY
An itinerary.which will carry Mer- P ,a «‘d on pivoting, because of the;
certs glee club over North and South new rule which broadens its possibili-
Georgia and into two outside states is ti'ei. The candidates have not been 24
being planned by Roy L, Hurst, tech- P ut through a severe scrimmage as
nical director of the songsters. . but 'V i» expected that battles!
Following the recent road trip between the first and second varsity ,
when, twelve performances were given will occupy an important place in the Monday night the Athletic Board of
by the club, such n number of requests practice schedule for. next week. Control voted letters to twenyt-four
for showings was received by the "Red ’ Simmons and Sid Ellison, football men and one cheer.-leader.
Gridsmen to Receive Gold
flails or Black Sweaters'
This Year
management that it has been difficult after a short rest, have reported for These men will receive in addition to
to. restrict the. future tours to - the practice and are makihg rapid strides the letter, either a black sweater Or
two which had been formerly decided toward mid-season, form. Burns, Skin- a guld football inscribed with the
upon, it was indicated. ner. Long, Green and Dicks, from the score of the Florida game.' Those
A featurp of the personnel of the Freshman team of ’24, are reported to
club following Christmas will be the have a start on the other candidates
return of “Doctor” Marvin Pharr, because of practice through the fall
tyho is to star again as blackface ar- at the Y. M. C. A., and are making
tist, and “Sleepy” Wilson, drummer strong bids for varsity berths,
deluxe, whose nntics while on the The other candidates out who are
man' class, Courtlandt Gilbert and of last yeur, brought added pres-' showing excellent early season form
Jack Craft, assistant. *' |tige to the club, are both to be on are: “Kid” Cecil, John Parka, Pinks-
Practiee is to start Monday, Jan- hand again., '. ton, Cadenhead, “Bubber” Owen, who
uary 6, is was announced, The games Friday, January 23, will begin the comes with a big reputation from
are to be played off in pairs, and will ft r8 t trip, the plan has it, Barnesville Emory; Dunn, Wade, Phillips, Ben-
slftrt on Saturday, January 17, After ^ to be the .first showing place of this nett, Averill, Connell, Alf^iend, and
the schedule is played off and the win- tour. Following will, he, .Newnan, the Heyward twins. Andrew and
net declared, some form of medal Rome, Chattanooga, Tenn., Dalton, Emory.
will probably be given the top class. Cedartown, La ranee and Columbus. Coach Gillam has not yet decided as
. The schedule, as announced by i | n March or April seven other en- to who will .start the fracas with Au-
Coach Robinson, is as follows: jiageraents are to be, booked, starting I burn, but. is planning to use. as many
January 17—Seniors Vs. Freshmen with Augusta and including Waynes-1 of the candidates as possible so as to 1 vestjgation will be considered and the
and Juniors Vs. Sophomohes. i boro, Statesboro, Savannah, Waycross, test the strength of each new man' best features wll p'robably be incor-
January 24—Seniors Vs. Sophmores, [ Jacksonville. Flm, and 'Valdosta.
and Juniors Vs.' Freshmen.
who have already made letters will
get the footballs, and the new letter
men will receive sweaters.
R. E. Chandler, otherwise known as
“Parson,” is the first cheer-leader in
the history Of Mercer, to receive a let
ter. Chandler has been head cheer
leader ior two years and as this is
his last year, he haS been awarded'
this honor which speaks, for the rec
ord that he has made.
At this meeting a committee was
formed to investigate the policies of
other colleges in regard to awarding
letters, and report the various meth
ods at the next, meeting of the board.
The information gained fi'om this in-
January31—.Seniors Va. Juniors, and
Sophomores Vs. Freshmen.
STAGE THREE-MILE RUN
under fire.
(Continued on page three)
Snaky lingers Reheat Future for Studes
Prophet Predicts Great Future (or "Crook” in Restaurant Business
By Humbert Ray
He was here last Wednesday. He
had long snaky fingers, cold White
voice he told the future of “Crook”
Smith; “You would make a good
restaurant man, or a hotel keeper. You
could make a success by feeding peo
ple. No, you had better not come out
for basketball or any other sport; you
won’t make a. good athlete- It's not
in you.”
The old man' passed his harids over
the cranium of Malcolm Johnson- and
squeaked in his cracked voice: “Ah!
In further completing Mercer’s
program calling for parcipation in
organised athletics by all-the student
body, plana ware formulated this week .
for a cross-country run to be staged fingers, finders that reached into the
January 81, with between 100 and 800 future and touched the Unfathomable
Hercerites expected to take part. Mysteries.
Coach Robinson has announced- ^ flncerR could glide over the
The run is to be put on between the , • . • . , . ,
last two claps football games that are “ Iid ' vor V « * freshm " n " Aome and
tq be played off, according to schedule, discover the secret talents, traits, and
iho on January 81. Any student is instincts of the Youth Hopeful. By A good engineer. You will-be good
ol fcible ior entrance! and no restrict- caressing that ,, vast Uncultivated in any science. You are a good math-
ions arc to be placed on training for Region above one’s ears this man of ^ cm Rician, and should make high
the sprint. mystery could tell exactly whether
However, to those who wish to en- one could make a success of keeping
ter training instead of My> usual Phy- light-housea—-for twenty-live cents.
lical Education - college credit He stood by the stove in the Co-op
in Physical Ed Will be given to thorn dub and revealed the future and char-
who regularly train for the three- actor of anyone who cared two-bit*
Mile event. worth about such things. A group
ju-u ciovar halfback ct the quickly surrounded him, and soon
torsity foctlmll mi wto mad. myrterio- secret. and .upprmmd
• mark In fraaknua etoder circles toienta were berad to the edidcattoh
tmining, sad iacaaetho daaa bacomaa of W* ^ .
-U1 old Shaking kb white hair from aids to
side, and talUag jerkily in hie shrill
fellow to play .against.”
“You are a good father to your
children,” he said ■ t Red Simmons,
“but you should treat, your wife more
kindly.” Upon this unexpected dis
closure, Red blushed fluently and fled
to-his room: v ‘ '
The next on the program was Julian
Proving their loyalty to their Alma .
Mater, students of Mercer. University
pledged over $40,000 to the War Me
morial drive being staged* by the
alumni association in honor of the.
alumni who fell in the Civil War, the
Spanish-American War and the World
War, Thursday.
Tt was one of the most enthusiastic
campaigns ever staged on the Mer
cer campus, and authorities say that :
this is one'of the first great steps to
ward a movement for expansion for
the University. Many prominent stu- ■
dents spoke at a chapel meeting on
Thursday morning and urged that
every student pledge his quota of $106
toward the erection of the war me-'
morial in the form of a gymnasium
that shall accommodate the needs of
Mercer athletes in the future. Among
these were, W.. O. Dorough, president
of the Senior class. Bill Freeman, W.
A. Bootle, Kerieth Pray and others.
The campaign among the students
was a success from every standpoint,
authorities in charge of the drive say,
and even more than the $50,000 first
asked for among the students is ex
pected to be raised, it is thought. At
noon Thursday thg. committee in
charge of checking the pledging of
students reported over $36,000 with
still more reports coming in. '
John K. Williams, alumni secretary,
said that this number covered’ pledges
of $1.05 each from approximately 335
members, of the students and faculty.
Upon continuance ’of the drive
throughout today, it is believed that
the goal of $50,000 from the students
will be reached.-.
Members of the varsity football
team, the Presidents Club and other
students were guests of the alumni
association at a banquet held in the
Hotel Lanier last Wednesday evening
when- the first organization' on the
campus was perfected. Upward* of
.4-1000 was raised at that time.
January. 3;-L3'has been set as the.
time when an appeal will be made to;
the 500(/ alumni over the state -and
elsewhere to subscribe the remainder'
of the $150,000 which the students
fail to .raise. For some mohths an
organization has ' been worked upon
which ogives directors of the drive in
each district of- .Georgia. Adjacent ,
states- where there were suffeient
alumni have also been organized, ac
cording to reports. A tour of the en
tire state has been -planned for the
next few days by John K. Williams.
Already letters explaining the drive
have been sent to the alumni of Mer
cer over, the entire state'of Georgia,
and it is expected that no trouble will
be incurred -in raising the. required
amount of $200,000 necessary to erect
the new gymnasium. ; -
Mr. Williams announced Thursday
afternoon that- the drive would be con
tinued among .the student* after, the
I
mrrksin chemistry and physics. Yon
have the ability to make great inven
tions, and should become a good musi
cian.”
W. O. Dorough decided to see what
fate had in store for him, so he step
ped up. After collecting the two-bita,
the “phrenologist” did his stuff and
announced: ”1111* man is a good
poker-played, he knows well how to
maqipulato the cards. AM, kings,
and all high cards just naturally get
into his hands. He is a
Upshaw. Mr. Upshaw sat grace
fully upon the bench while the sooth- Christmas holidays in order that every
sayer fingered his scalp. Suddenly ! Mercer student might. be given an op-
the man stopped deathly , still, as portunity to contribute to the cause,
though.'astounded, he bent , over and The-Alumni secretary expressed • his
whispered something, in Julian’s ear; pleasure at . the manner in which the
Mr. Upshaw .eras so surprised that he students had proved their loyalty to
fell ol( the bench. Then, tucking his Mercer thus-far and said that he did
head under his arm in shame, he fled not believe there would be any trouble
from the campus. in raising even'- more th*n the aeras-
The mysterious flight of Mr. Upshaw »ary amount when the alumni throogh-
is puzzling the best brains of the out the South learned of how the stu-
achool, and many -theories hsve been dents had so,. splendidly responded to
advanced to explain his hasty disap- the call for funds. Mr. Williams said
pearance. No information can be that he .did inot see how the alumni
gained from the sooth-sayer, in fact could possibly refuse to lend their aid
ha refuses to talk for lees than two- lin view of the; feet that the students
bite—and the thing to not ao very ha- themselves had already pledged their
pioctaat anyway. I (Continued on page six)