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THE MElkCER CLUSTER
Deoambtr 18, 1924
The Mercer Cluster
Edgar E. Folk........Faculty Supervisor
Malcolm M. Johnaon...,Editor-in-Chief
August Burghard....Associated Editor
- Assistant Editors
Kay Tipton Martin Burghard
Cecil bowling A- V. Howell
G. E. Snellgrove Leonard Williams
W. O. Doruugh Edge Reid
Hillyer Straton Alfred Pullen
M. C. Townsend C. b. Rountree
Courtland Gilbert Humbert Ray
S. Dewey Jowers .Business Manager
Shi Goodwyne Asst. Bus. Manager
Robert K. bunwody....Circulation Mgr
Assistants, J. E. Tribble, G. W. Hulme
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Advertising Raton sent upon request
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Christmas. Greetings, fellows!
This being the last issue ^ The
Cluster before the Christmas holidays
begin, the Cluster staff wishes to ex
press its best wishes for. a merry
■Chiistnias and a happy new year to
every student oh the campus, and it
is sincerely hoped that your wildest
dreams of the joyful times in store
for you may be realized.
With the Christmas spirit already
i in the tfir and with the sound of
sleigh bells already being heard in the
distance, it is exceedingly, hard for
any of us to pull through the remain
ing week of hard work. ■ However, all
work must have a just and fitting re
ward, therefore, a thought should be
given the exams next week. We hate
like the deuce to dampen your ardor
one bit, but there is still one iqore
gruelling lap to run.
Then freedom! For two blissful
weeks students are to be allowed ab
solute and controlled freedom from
even the sight of text-books. To many
of us, Christmas means a great deal,
and the Yuletide spirit has already
been instilled into our blood.
“Merry .Christmas!” the words are
as old as Christmas itself almost, yet
they signify a great deal to all of us.
For it is in the observance and com
memoration of the spirit of sacrifice
that leads us ^o lay aside all woik on
that day.
Mercerians, The Cluster wishes you
the happiest Christmas you ever
spent—may the holidays be full of
joys for each and every one of you,
and may St: Nicholas once more visit
you by way of the chimney and the
fill! stocking just as he did years ago
when you were the barefoot boy long
ing for a gun, firecrackers and red
stick candy. May- your holidays be
full of joys, and here is hoping also
that all of you will find The Girl as
• eager to see .you again as ever. Best
Wishes—from the Cluster! •
M. M.J.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
Fire! Fire!
Your dormitory is burning!
What are you going to do first ?
Will you dash around trying franti
cally to. find a fire-alarm box, or have
you already thought about what you
would do in such an emergency and
figured out the nearest route to the
nearest call-box'?
Following the disastrous fire at
G, 3. C. W. recently, students might
well give a, thought to the Value of
suoh preparedness and the danger of
not being able to do the proper thing
'• at the proper moment.
This article is in no wise meant to
suggest' that any building on the
campus is in any way a dangerous
• Are hazard, but is’meant to give ad
vice as a matter of general precau
tion and common sense. This sugges
tion will apply to anyone, anywhere.
When the. dormitory is burning
, every, minute counts. Flames do not
• wait for one to sit down and formu-
late .plans. While you were chasing
around hunting an alarm-box the
building would be going skyward in
clouds at smoke, incidentally carrying
with, it aQ your more or less valuable
belongings.
If you have not already done so,
why' not look around and And the
exact location of the nearest alarm.
Maybe it will aavo some precious min
utes sometime in . the future. Re
member, “A stitch in time
“At Northwestern
our regular euaplnatiem'
as aif at presru
principle Jsutures ef the
MEMORIAL PROG!
The Ares burn. The spirit ffames
forth as brilliantly as ever in the
breasts of Mercer students. Witness
the splendid student spirit manifested
in chapel Thursday morning.
If any doubt existed as to the atti
tude of the student body toward the
institution it was dispelled by the re
sults of the requests for Anancial aid.
No one is more cautious than a stu
dent where finances are concerned.
His pocketbook is aB valuable as his
soul. This is due to his having abun
dant spiritual power but little .Anan-
cial force.-
But a student can took forward. He
is optimistic. He may be penniless
now, ut he hopes to gain material
substance later. His love for his
school irini present thing. So when
he can-combine his present love and
his future prospects the result must
be fortunate;
Mercer men are as good as other
college men. Better—well, at least
not below others. Other schools have
done what we are going to do,. Other
men can htkve no greater love for their
Alma Mater, other men can not turn
brighter with a desire to perpetuate
their love for their Alma Mater.
Sentiment, Love, Ambition, oHope.
Optimism, rounded off with the jubi
lance of Mercer Men—these accom
plished in a hour one of the greatest
strides forward in • Mercer’s history.
The War Memorial Building is as
sured. Emceebee.
GRAVE ROBBERS
How many graves have you robbed ?
How many tombstones have you lift
ed, releasing ghosts that for years,
for. centuries have lain in dusty
chambers ?
If you have been a prowler among
cemeteries, what types of tombstones
appeal to you? Are you a connois
seur of sepulchres ?
Every man, whether he wills or not,
is a grave robber. He may disbelieve
in ghosts, yet he walks amid a multi
tude of invisible spirits. Sleeping,
eating, waking, he is attended and
governed by spiritual inAuences over
which he has no power. \
The college man should be adept in
this art. He should be an excellent
judge of mortuaries. He should re
lease a choice group of companionable
spirits. For a college is a comprehen
sive cemetery.
The works a man leaves behind are
the tombstones of his life. The higher,
the more beautifully adorneo, the
more artistically embellisheu, the
purer and more chaste in outline, then
the more soaring, beautiful, artistic,
and pure the spirit buried beneath.
Our task is, then, to take part,
piece by piece, the intricate mosaics;
to tear down, tower by tower, the
lofty superstructure until, Anally, we
discover the hidden, spirit. Once re
leased, the spirit joins us, accom
panies us, and at last becomes an in
tegral part of us. We are merely the
sum of the spirits of others.
It is no sacrilege to overturn and
analyze the monuments of the dead,
nor do we desecrate their tombs by
liberating and appropriating the en
closed spirits. It is a duty incumbent
on every man.
Study the sepulchres of history,
know the tombstones of the ages, be
on intimate terms with ghosts of for
mer periods that you, on your demise,
may leave a beautiful memorial above
an enriched spirit.
WITH OUR EXCHANGES
According to an announcement
from thie college- officials of Trinity
College, the purchase-of a seven-acre
tract of land has been completed and
plane are now under way for the erec
tion of a large concrete stadium.
Exema said -that when he Anished
school he was going to be a dental
engiheer and build bridges for his
living.
• *. *
Sox said: '‘You couldn’t make
money with a counterfeiting ma
chine.”
* * *
Exema told Sox that Jno. D. Rocke
feller took lessons, from him.
• * *
Sox said: “Yes, but^he never used
them."
Exema said: “That’s all right, you
didn’t have to make out two checks'
to pay your income tax.”
* • *
Sox said: “I spent my income tax
for improvements.”
* * *
Exema said: “What’d you do, buy u
liox of shoe polish?”
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Tewmuch Wants to Know
Were the. Hanging Gardens of
Babylon full of scaffolds?
* • *
The Poet's Spasm
Breathes there a man with - soul sn
dead,
Who never to himself hath said.
“What the heck is a.three-letter word
Meaning a cross-dyed dog-faced
bird?”
* * *
Adolphus Gives. Thanx
That cat-boats don’t have whiskers.
. , • • • ;
Bozo’s Diplomatic Dots
Don’t get the habit of smoking in
your sleep.
• • •
> . . - Sox Says
A ropd is something that’s used to
build the detours around.
* * *
Weekly Fable
Once there was a large brick wall
on the side of the street, and it didn’t
have' a Coca-Cola sign on if. ' j
Fashion Notes . |
According to the latest information
received from the social leaders of
the campus, shoes will be- worn On this
feet this season. Few fashionable
students will wear their shoes sus-l
pended from the ears for ear-rings,
and still fewer will use them for
watch charms. ■ , 1
* * * |
The Girl Across the Street 1
She has such a warped cerebellum [
that she thinks boxing matches are
sold in packages. That vacuum clean
ers go on strike.
* • •
Wander If She Succeeded?
Miss Minnie May Sweat Was the
week-end guest of her aunt, Mrs.
Fred Benford, at her home- on Success
Avenue, — Item In ' thq. Southern,
Southern College. -
’ ’a *
Horrible Thought for Today
JuliUs Caesar never used four-
wheel brakes or balloon tires.
•' . , ' -j* * .* • •
' Sox:'“They arrested poor old Bill
fo> being in the wrong state.”
' Bozo: “What state was thatj”
Sox: “The state of nature.” .
' * * *
Today’s Advertisement
You should see our new pink silk
umbrellas—ask. the man who owns
one,
- ' l*. * *
Schemes fur Getting Rick
Selling mud-guarda for airplane
Xmas Sale of
Suits and O’Coats
‘ $29-5° - $35°°
for $40 and $50 value*
A special purchase from
our Clothing Manufac
turers at a 25% savings
enables us to offer these
■ values.
They are made of all-wool
cheviots, cashmeres and
worsteds, nicely tailored
in the new 2 and 3-button
English models.
Dempsey
Haberdashery
Hotel Dempsey, Macon, Ga.
CREATIVE WORK
“And lastly, Colleges stress original
efforts,” said the principal to our
High School graduating class. With
this thought deeply imbedded, we en
tered College. There we expected less
emphasis on form and less stress
placed on authority.
Our first year in College and our
Senior year in High School differed
only in matter of time. Professors
appeared just as didactic, just as au
thoritative. Our first humiliation was',, the lbt of a'chUdto imii’e7~amil^
OPTO-PESSIMISM
Now that the temporary exubi r-
ance of Thanksgiving is over, let- us
direct our thought to a more sane
attitude toward life. Such periods
are, of course, beneficial, since they
lift us from routine of mediosity and
place us in the exotic realms of the
fanciful.' The exhiliration is, how
ever, euheiperal—gaping in death
throes ere its conception..
Anyone can.be jubilant, anyone can
become saturated with happiness. It
due to a divergence of opinion we ex
pressed. - The text, we thought, was
wrong. We were reprimanded for our
disagreement. But we were a fresh
man! More latitude would follow. •
smile. The “I-should-worry” optimism
is too easy, entirely too easy. It is
also exceedingly trifling.
Pessimism, carried to. the opposite
extreme, is just as useless. The Bour-
The observance of a universal .day
of prayer by the students of Wolford
College on Sunday afternoon proved
quite n success, according to, the
school paper.
In recent editorials, the students at
Columbia University have been eem-
ptaiaing about tha use of "naughty”
jokes in tbs hameroua monthly pub-
ed by the aeheoL These students
that the fHn( nee ef *>ex
I gin” as enbjerta for jokes has be-
Sox tells this one:
A man can e into a tailor shop and,
said hurriedly, “I want you .to sew up
all • my'pockets, padlock my overcoat
to my back, glue my shoes and socks
to my feet, rivet my watch to my
belt, and put a burglar alarm on my
pocketbook.”
The tailor , was. surprised, “What>
the matter ?” he asked.
“Oh, . Pm just going up to Atlanta
for the
From Freshman we passed on faced creature whose eyes are focuss-
throqgh the Sophomore'period to that ed only on evil, whose ears are atuned
of the Junior.: Still no appreciable only to inharmohious sounds, whose
change. Analyxation, interpretation— taste is glutted with bitterness, is as
these were stressed. But originally— much a misanthrope as the ebullient
never! . 'j optimist.
No profeasor ever suggested that a j To the Pessi-optlmist falls the task
member of the class attempt the poe- of carrying on the world’s develop-
try of a Keats, the drama- of a ment. He is sympathetic and under-
Shakespeare, ■ the. history of a standing. No glorious, albeit nebu-
Greene, the biology of a Darwin, the tods, ideal, lures his thought away
theology of an Alexandrian. Is the fri>m humanty. No putrid emanations
glory of .creation; the Are of. origi- tram mankind cause him to walk stiff-
nality a thing of the past? Ours but Lackly by.
to interpret, analyse? Ideals are held ^he Opto-pessimist knows that hu-
up.to be admired, not striven for. j "unity thrives in and on error. Sin,
In classea of poetry we deeired to * r ime, and pain are just as natural,
be a poet; in biology, a biologist; in *" his e F e f* *» ffoodness, purity and
history, a historian. Wh were en- p, * ,uure - Re recognizes the two-
grossed in whatever we studied. But Redness of human nature, recognizes
never were we urged to specialize. ' “* e “'‘-powerful laws of heredity and
Excepting themes and parallel read- w, ^ ro " ment • '
ing. no effort was made to develop'.. 1kno 1 w * » impotent force,
positive pursuit in the various *«>*»••• «• "ot riw*y. aupreme.
courses. 1 ( To him, ignoring evil is as fallacious
' Everything ie studied objectively. • “ * ***"**‘1"*
.... . _ u „j ^ i"term., When a man has fallen he
Emphasis is placed on interpretation. doo , ^ “Cheer up » « H e'»
It seems presupposed that there are i,.^.. . , . . . .
. ■ .. .. , "opaleaa, he extends « hand and says,
no potential literati, theologians or n
Here are the rsuuiaa
Of Freehmaa Crass.
He awuka fear i
scientists in college. The works of
the gnat thinkers, an studied, not
with an idea of producing such mas-'
terpieces, but simply to see what they
contain.
Imagine our delight when the in
structor in Psychology suggested that
some member of the class write a
book on om of tha many psychologi
cal problems. He actually suppoeed
that than was a potential James or
Plllabory in tha data. A rash pre-
samp tion I
Interpretation is excellent and nec
essary, hut' wa anticipate tha time
Will ha placed an
We despise puerile optimism, scorn
acidic pessimism, but we honor and
praise the ever-diligent Opto-pessi
mist.
A CORRECTION
Mr. C. M. Coal son was listed as as
alternate on on# of the debuting teams
in the Hat announced in last week’s
Cluster. Mr. Coalson is not an alter
nate, but ie a Ant string member of
the team that is to debate the Univer
sity of Florida. It ia regretted that
this error got into the story last week,
for it was not intended end the Cluster
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