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JOE A. McCLAIN, MASTER MERCER IAN
One Northern Qame Is on 1925 football Schedule for 'Bears
FINAL CONFLICT
WITH MARQUETTE
AT MILWAUKEE
Five Genes Will be Played in
Macen, Arrangement
Shows
MEET BULLDOG TEAM HERE
With the exception of two dates
which are yet open Mercer’s football
schedule for IMS has now been com
pleted, Coach Robinson announces.
Five of the games are to be staged
in Macon, while four of them will be
played away from home, the climax
of the'entire season coming Thanks
giving Day, when the Mercer Bears
will take a Jaunt into the far North
to meet Marquette University in Mil
waukee, Wis: This will mark the sec
ond intersectional game in which the
Mercerians have participated in the
history of the institution.
The University of Florida will be
met in either Jacksonville or Gaines
ville next year, it is understood, and
the Oglethorpe battle will again take
place in Atlanta, while the Univer
sity of Chattanooga will feel the claws
of. the Bears in Chattanooga.
One open date, November 14, will
probably be played in Macon. At
least, efforts will be made to schedule
a game here on that date, it is un
derstood. , . n .
For the. first time in yearH, the
University of Georgia will come-to
Macon to meet the Mercer gridsters.
This is one of the Veal, big games of
the year, owing to the keen, rivalry
existing between the two schools, and
students and grid fans of Macon are
more than delighted'to know that the
annual battle between the Bulldogs
and Grixalies will be staged in the
Central City for the first time in
many seasons. This game is sched
uled for September 28. * *'
On alternate week-ends Mercer will
be at home and on the road, ■ going
south to meet Florida, returning here'
to face Rollins, thence to Chatta
nooga. A tentatively arranged game
with North Carolina University will
then follow with-a game with Birm
ingham Southern here on successive
week-end dates. Furman will close
the season in Macon, November 7,
until a game can be secured for No
vember 14. TJie last two weeks of the
season will find the team on the road.
The 1926 schedule is as follows:
September 26—University of Geor
gia, in Macon.
October S—University of Florida,
in Jacksonville.
October 10—Rollins College, in. Ma
con,
October 17—University of Chatta
nooga, in Chattanooga,
October 24—University of North
Carolina (pending).
October 81—Birmingham Southern,
in Macon, (pending).
November 7—Furman University,
in Macon.
November 14—Open.
November 21—Oglethorpe Univer
sity, in Atlanta.
November 26—Marquette Univert
dty, in Milwaukee, Wis.
By Jimmie Jones
Together they sat on the hillside.
The sun was sinking—a round red
disk—behind the dark wall of somber
pines along the western ridge.. A dork
blue haze of swamp fog hovered near
the ground in a long, low line .along,
the willow-fringed borders of the lit
tle creek that meandered through the
valley. A gentle breeze whispered
through the pines over the heads of
the youthful pair, with'a soft, .mourn
ful murmur that gradually died away
among the dense growth of trees
farther along the hillside.
The plaintive-whistle of u partridge
.for its mates, far below them in the
valley; the soft swish of the wings
of a homeward bound dove as it
flashed over the couple on its long
flight, denoted that the end of a
glorious day was drawing nigh.
Sad But Sweet
The'boy, who had been sitting in
silence, resting his chin upon his
bunds, slowly' and sadly turned his
pensive gaze from the beauty of the
Pharr Will Asabt
Alumni Memorial
Marvin Pharr, af Atlanta, and. lo
cally known as Mercer ministerial
student, blackface comedian on tlMi
University Glee Chsb, chotna director
and public npeaker, has barn added
to the staff of the Mereer Alumni Aar
aoclatkn. it was annoanead.
Pharr wW become publicity secre
tory to Baldwin Martin, who to chair-
man of the district about Mb county
to Meteor's Alania! drive to raise
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“The One I Left Behind Me,”
This Student Says Each Day
fading sunset to the head that rested
tenderly against his shoulder. He
(patted the glossy, silken hair that the
breeze occasionally ruffled, and laid
his cheek sorrowfully against . her
lovely head. A lone tear polled down
his cheek, and unashamed he brushed
it away.
“Nina, little girl," he said at last,
tenderly, stroking the shapely' head
that still nestled, dose against his
shoulder whimsically awaiting liis
'caresses, “do you realize that, this is
our last day together, and that I must
go back tQ Mercer tomorrow?’’
Raising her head she -looked long
and lovingly, into the .boyish '.face of
her companion, with-her soul in her
soft brown eyes, as if to say that she
would faithfully await his return.
For a long time they gazed wist
fully into each others’, eyes, until the
boy, unable to,restrain hiniself any
longer, snatched her to him .in the
long clingipg embrace (If genuine love:
I’lnns for Future
“Little one, you have been a great
’ (Continued on page six)
MERCER'S REVISED
BASKETBALL MENU
January 16—Tech, in Atlanta.
January 17—University of Chat-
iknooga, in Macon.- ’ 7,
January. 20—Albany Y, in MaCon
January 23—Vanderbilt Univer
sity.; in Macon.
..Junuary 24—University of Geor
gia, ill Athens, ,, .,
junuary 30— Fort Benning, in
Fort Benning.
January 31—Auburn, in Auburn.
February 2—University’of Flor
ida, ip Macon.
. -February 3—Albany Y, Albany.
. cl Tuary, 6—Centre College, in
Macon. .
• February 16—Tech, in Macon.
February 20—Atlanta Athletic
Club; in Atlanta. •
February 25-28—S. I. A. A.
Tournament, ip Macon.
CLASS GRIDDERS UPSHAW ATTACKS
CLASH SATURDAY: “LIBERAL” IDEAS
Alumni Field to be Scene of ConKres.sman is Principal Speak-
First Interclass er at Founders Day Ex-
Games ercises. Wednesday
Interclass football will .be, a reality
tomorrow afternoon on Alumni Held
when the four classes will clash in
the lirst two games on the schedule!
The «eniors v ill play thy Sophs and
the Juniors will meet the'Frosh team.
Practice ‘has been a daily occur
rence for the four grid teams and
ambitious - amateurs have been
through a- grueling week in an ef
fort t<> prepare for the first two games
of the inter-class season.
And now, with the first two'games
to be played tomorrow afternoon, the
student coaches report that, all squads
are in excellent shape for the' tilts,
despite the recent .floods on Alumni
Field and surrounding vicinity which
threatened to halt practice indefinite
ly last week.
Although no definite line-up had
been made yesterday, the four grid
squads will trot out on the field to
morrow afternoon with a definite pur-
pose in mind—sending all opponen
off the gridiron with a stinging de
feat clinging to them.
The husky and dignified seniors
iwll play the tough and worldly-wise
Sophs in the first game wh-ch will
probably come at 3:30. Another game,
between the “Rats” and Juniors will
follow, enabling rooters on the side
lines plenty of excitement and not a
little amusement, perhaps.
Student coaches of the respective
teams have been busy for almost two
(ContihUed on page six)
Commemorating- the <J2nd anniver
sary of Mercer, Congressman W. U.
Upshaw, of Atlanta, Mercer-alumnus,
was the principal speaker in the Foun :
(lei ’s Day . exercises held in chapel
Wednesday morning.- ",
Mr. Upshaw’s address in the murn-
Lng wus - oiv the subject of “Other
Founders, A Discussion of Christian
Character as a Basis of International
Reconstruction.” • .
The speaker Was introduced by Dr.
Weaver, who gave a brief outli.nc of
the founding and history of Mercer
University since its establishment at
Ponfield, Ga., 1)2 years ago. A half
holiday, wiis given, the students after.
' - ’. (Continued on page six)
MERCER BATTLES
TECH AND N00GA
IN TOUGH GAMES
Play Tech in Atlanta Tonight;
Nooga Five Come Here'
Tomorrow
Merqer’s Orange and Black whirl
wind will face- the Georgia Tech quint
tonight in Atlanta in. what is ex
pected to be one of the hardest fought
games of the- season.- ■ .
The Mercer five' will jeaqe this
morning'for’Atlanta where they will
battle Tech tonight, returning to Ma
con tomorrow morning in order to
I meet Chattanooga Cage team in the
1 Sports Arena here. . -
1 Mercer succeeded in downing the
Teclf team in two successive games
Iasi year, but,despite this .fact CoaCh
ilium's crew are far from-'being over
confident jii the game tonight, as Tech
is said to have a strong team this
year. However, judging from past
rucords of both' teams, the Indoor
Bern s should be able' to repeat the
performance of- last year and chalk
• -(Continued on page six) ’. ■
Buncie Skinner 1 was shaking the.
water out of his car after the Fur
man backetball game, and after la-
i anting the fact that he .did not weur
a bathing suit in the contest, he con
sented to the painful process of be
ing interviewed.
“This reminds me,” said .Buncie,
shuking the last drop of water out of
his dainty ear, “this reminds me of
the time on the trip that Bed Sim
mons did. the most absent-minded
thing I ever saw in my life, 1 can’t
help from laughing at'it every time
1,700 Volumes Added to Library
Dr. J. M. Moon aid Faally sf Prat Carl Steed Make Coatribotiou ta Mercer
Approximately 1,700 books have
been added to the Mercer library,
Miaa Sallie Boone, librarian an
nounces,- as a result of gifts made by
prominent Macon families.
The first gift of some 1,500 books
were loaned the Mereer library by
the family of Prof. Carl W. Steed,
who was head of tho English depart
ment at Mercer some years ago, now
deceased. The books given by Prof,
Stood’* family are of a general cul
tural value. Miss Sallie eaya.
Prof. Steed was head of the English
, department in Lanier high school at
1 the ttose of his death to 1*18. Ha
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Red Learns Bad Habit in Chicago
Skinner Tells How Team mate Becomes Victim of Bad Influences in Metropolis
1 ihink of it even now."
“In the hotel in Chicago, where we
remained for three days, Red and I
were staying together in the most
palatial suite in the establishment.
We hud two magnificent beds, placed
side by side with a small table be
tween us for the telephone to be
placed' upon. .By the way, that tele
phone was one of the finest I ever
laid my ey.es upon. It Was a marvel
ously made antique,, the' clerk told us
that it had been handed down since
before Shakespear’s time.
'■ “Naturally a great many people
were always calling us up for varioua
reasons, ta make Social engagements,
etc., and many times the ringing bell
would awaken us at all hours of the
night. For this reason it became a
habit with us to merely reach over
and answer the phorte without even
taking the trouble to open our eyes.
. “Then we went on to our next
basketball game, and of course to a
new room in a new hotel. Here the
phone waa on Qie wall, but there, was
a table between the beds as before.
“It was 8 o’clock in the morning.
The phone rang; Red raised up, and
without opening his. eyea reached fas
the phone. His hand closed around
the handle of a*^»Hther of ice water,
and the entire contents of the pitcher
■btoshod into kin ear and dewahia
. served with the Y. M. C. A. in France
' during a few months of the war, and
| was a professor af Mercer many
years ago. Hto books, for the most
part, are on English.
Dr. J. M, Moore, of Macon, has
given his medical library to Mereer,
composed of some 200 books. These
books are on medicine and science
and have long been needed at Meieer.
Dr. Moore ia moving with his family
to Pampano. Fla.
A valuation of $6,000 has been put
on the hooka added. The library now
has more than. 20,000 vi
of which arq law books.
WINS HIGHEST
STUDENT HONOR
ON FOURTH VOTE
Voting, Burghard, Poore, Smith
Nominated With Law
V Assistant for Title.
“SCOTTY’’ IS RUNNER-UP
Joe A, McClain, of Ringgold, Ga.,
Was . elected Master Mercerian for
the year 1924-25 by the Mercer stu
dent body at chapel this morning ia
the annual - election to decide the
students’ choice of Mercer’s moot
representative'man.
The title of Master Mercerian to
conferred upon the senior student
who is considered the moat outstand
ing for the entire four yean of his
college career. It is the highest honor
that can be given an individaul stu-'
dent by the student body at Mereer,
and is considered one of the moat im
portant student elections of the year.
McClain, , who wins the honor this
year, was graduated from the law
school last year, receiving the place
of honor as the student attaining the
highest scholastic standing in his tew
studies. He was high point man in
the law school for sevenl yean, win
ning the scholastic prise of a set of
books for his achievements in this
line lust year.
The efficiency of the Master Mer
cerian elect was shown by the fact
that at the beginning of the present
school year, McClain was chosen as
one of the assistant professors in the
law school. ■ He will be . graduated
from the school of Arts and Sciences
in June, receiving the Bachelor of
Arts degree.
In addition to excelling in hia
studies, McClain has been a promi
nent, figure in college activities since
he entered Mercer in 1921, immedi
ately after his graduation from Lo
cust Grove Institute. He was on the
f(Hitball squad for three years, and
has Won prominence as a debater and
speaker of recognized ability. He
was of the intercollegiate debating
team which defeated Georgia Tech
last year, and has scoped many other
victories in the forensic field.
McClain is a member of several
student undergraduate organisations,
including the Pi Kappa Phi frater
nity, the Delta Phi law fraternity,
und the Phi Delta literary society.
The - election of Master Mercerian
this year marks the sixth consecutive
year that the honor has been be
stowed upon individual students leav
ing Mercer. W. A. Bootle, of Wal-
tersbpro, S. C., was the Master Mer-
cerion last year; Gidden Wilkes, of
Adel, Ga., was chosen . for 1922-23,
and Robert M. Gamble, of Macon, was
elected to this office in 1921-22.
COUNCIL GRANTS
BOWL CONTRACT
Smailing’s Sons, Load Firm,
Will Erect SUdiam
For $91,838
As the Cluster goes to press news
was received that the contract for
the erection of the municipal stadium
has been given to R. JI. Smalling’s
Sons, contrary to the statement else
where in thte issue that the bids were
still too high.
The contract was given R. H. Small-
iag’a Sons as the leaolt of a apodal
meeting of the city council Wednes
day afternoon in the conadl rhamtisr.
for the sum of $91,838, after dodac-
tione amounting to $88,74$ had heea
tahea from their ; original Md of
$180*81.
lie contract provides that the weefc
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