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Jgnotry 16, IMS
THE MERGER CLUSTER
PafeTto
TRAGIC MISHAP
WRECKS CAREER
OF “DOC’PHARR
Golf Game With Alabama Gov
ernor Blamed for Shattered
Romance
Feminine Visitors to Barber
Frighten Mercer Men Away
“Mercer boys ere easier to please Waiting for them, they aay, “I’ll be back
than'moat folks, after we'know what later” and they wait until the coast
they want," said R. Bennett, owner is clear before they venture into the
and manager of the Tattnall Square shop again.
Barber Shop. ' | “We cut hair a nickle cheaper than
“When they. first come here they it costs down town but in the ma-
have to tell us just the particular way ojrity of cases that is not the reason
they ..want' their hair cut,” said Mr. why the Mercer men come here,” said
Bennett, “but after that we get; to Mr. Bennett. “It is much more con-
know them and /emember' and the , venient, and then too, - the boys all
boys know that we are going to do know us in here and' we know them
the Job right. They talk msotly of and they realise that we will do the
- “It was a mere oversight on my
part,” said ‘Doe” Pharr as he wept
copiously over the sad memories that
flocked before his troubled eyes. “Just
an unintentional oversight, an On,- __ ____
avoidable oversight that might hap- j Bpor ta while they are in the chairs job just the way they want it,, and
pen toi anyone, and now my life >• and we sometimes play over a whole again, we don’t insist on'a tonic or a
pvercast by the dire sorrow that fol- KB me while I am working, on. them.” massage as some barbers do- . The
lowed in its wake. ^Ah, woe is me! I- Mr. Bennett is very much interested boys, can come here during their va-
Ah, woe is, Marvlni” | in sports and all of the Mercer’s ath- cant periods and have their work done
Marvin had just returned to the |«tics and it is his boast that he has and as a result that leaves their af-
U'niveraity of his nativity from u'not missed a local game in which ternoons free so that they can study
brilliant evangelistic tour of Ala- ( Mercer has played in the two years j or attned the games,
bama and Louisiana, Where he carried that he has run the barber shop. He is !• “The majority of the work, though
the fame of Mercer to heighta that a “hale fellow, well met," and it is a is done Friday or Saturday,” said Mr
have never been reached before. With'pleasure , to have him work his ton- Bennett, “fbr the. boys sometimes go
his marvelous eloquence, his un- soriai artistry on your hair ' and a whole week without shaving until
equalled stock of adjectives, and his beard, ' they have a “date” or get ready to
fluent imagination, he lit the beacon' “Some of the boys are a little wary go to church. . They are especially
of enthusiasm in these two mighty | of having, their work done when leery of u shave or a hair-cut during
States, for the unexecelled teachings there are any girls in the shop. We examination time for the boys feel
that he gave to them. " ' have u number, of'the fair sex who that it will bring them bad. luck to
STADIUM BIDS I BROOME OFFERED
STILL TOO LOW
CAMPAIGN POST
No Contracts Awarded Toward .Louisville Baptist Seminary Of-
Erection of Bowl at Council fers Mercer Official Man-
Meeting
Contract for the building of the
agership of Georgia
C. J. Broome, at present publicity
municipal stadium.in Alumni Field is M . . . . .
mi . . .. , , .. i director of the Mercer alumni drive
still unawarded. At the last meeting , .. . , .
. ... w . . to raise $2U0,000 to erect a gymnasium
of the Macon City Council the second .... , , • . r , .
• , auditorium oil the campus in honor of
set of bids were opened, and still the Mefcpr . g war deadt has been offered
lowest bid was considerably over the thp managership of Georgia of , cam .
amount appropriated for. the construe-; pai(fn by the Southern Baptist Theo-
tinn of the stadium. However, mem- logical Seminary, of Louisville, Ky„
bers of the council are of the opinion to raisc a miUion and a quarter dol .
that the remaining funds should be ' lars it was Jearned the other day .
taken from the city treasury. | Mr . Broome is’ an alumnus of Mer-
The Rust.Engineering Company, of cer and of the Southern Baptist Semi-
Pittsburgh, Pa., came, lowest with a nar y also, and recently has been as-
bid of $119,240. The Griff in-Hodges soeiated with John K. Williams, alum-
Company, of Atlanta, was second ^i. secretary at Mercer, in the work
lowest with a bid.of $125,000, apd the on the war memorial drive being stag-
Sputhern Ferro-Concrete Company of ed by Mercer alumni.
Atlanta was'.third with a bid of $126,- ^ Mr. Broome left for Louisville Tues-
'^■*2. 'day morning to attend a home com-
Remaining bids were: West Point ing event of the seminary alumni
Iron Works, West Point,,Ga., $127,- there and to confer with alumni of-
000; A- K. Adams & Co., Atlanta, .fleials regarding the proposed drive
$128,000; Gould Engineering Com- j p Georgia. Although nothing has
pany, Nashville, Tenn., $129,677; R, been heard in regard to the result of
H. Smalling & Company. Macon, this conference, should Mr. Broome
: Bntera Life j.come here regularly to have their tie shorn of their whiskers until after
: „lhair trimmed or shingled as the case'the Anal exam.. They come in here,' $130,581; A. R. McMiurray, Knoxville, accept the proposition offered by the
•It began in tlw Mriy^ramnunr, may be,” continuedMr. Bennett. “They I just the samp whether they, want any- [ Tenn., $167,524. , * Louisville institution he would have
■ elated Marvin tearfully, ■ in a tiny i — mueb more trouble than the boys thing or not, for we most always have At present, there is only about charge of the entire work in Georgia
Louisiana town of about forty thou-' . n rtiif Ihoir hair tiiat the a “Lull uoauinh" irntnir nn and nil (Via'
and after.you cut their hair just theja “bull session” going on and all the $96,000 with which to build the sta-'of. seeing . several hundred alumni
about their pledging amounts to aid
n greater seminary plan, . . ■
special bond election last spring.
sand souls. I was leading the serv- way tbey gay they want it, they take*scandal and games are re-hashed to dium. These funds were voted at
ices of. a congregation of well. over the rolrrol . and flnd that it is too' our mutual pleasure,
four thousand, and working with a abort or too long—it. -is never all “It is a pleasure to wait', on the
zeal that I had never worked wRhj r |ght. Most men feel that a' barber Mercer boys and J. like to see them
before. Every thing was ffb>ngl Hbop j n a place for men only and the come in and hang around for it makes
smoothly, until the second Sunday. Mercer students are no different in our work so much easier,” concluded
morning when ” Here Dr. Pharr, this regard. Sometimes when they f Mr. Bennett , as he called the boy to
pulled out a large bandana handker- He(1 a gj r | j n the chair next to-the one brush me off. .
chief! ami mopped his streaming 1 . I • \ , . -V
eyes. .
‘Yes, it was the second Sunday. I
was leading the singing in my chorus . nnrrmct
of three hundred lovely young girls, I LtADS LAWYERS
when my eye fell upon a sweet young
thmg that made me gasp for br ** th -'Makes Hl £ hegt Mark Ever At-
^ was the most beautiful girl U tained in Mercer School With
ISCOTT RUSSELL
She was the most beautiful girl
have ever seen in a pink silk dress,
and the prettiest girls I ever saw
were in pink silk dresses. She was
like a dream of peach blossoms on
Mount Olympus, and she had eyes as
clear as a crystal lakes,in Paradise.
•We were singing ‘Love . Lifted
Me,' and I held the highest note in
‘Lifted’ for ten minutes. The con
gregation of course followed my ex
ample, and—well, after the fire de
partment went back we resumed
services. -
Vision Weaves Spell
‘Of course I walked home with this
youiig vision, and she soon fell for me
of course. 1 was very kind to her,
making love when I felt in the mood,
and spending a little money on her
at times. At last her spell over me
became so great that I actually prom
ised to marry her. She was overjoyed
at this announcement, and we set the
date of our wedding for the twelfth
of August.
“However, I am not the kind. to
force a .woman to have tp go into
marriage without some understanding
of her rights, which every woman is
entitled to, Of course 1 promised
her that I would never let her go
about the streets hunting a job, why,
I told her that I would always see
to it personally that she had a. good
| job. If she should ever get out of a
job, I promised her that I would get
her. another. •
“Dec” Offers Axe
told her that I would always see
that she had a sharp axe if it took
every cent of her bank account to
buy it. You know, that ia one thing
that Mercer did for me. Before I
went to Mercer I could stand out In
the yard and see a woman cutting
wood and it never bothered me in the
least. ' But since my training at Mer
cer I cannot stand such n sight, I
have to go in the houae where I can’t
ee it.
“So our marriage waa set, but in
the midst of everything came my re
woval to Montgomery. Bach is fete,
well is life. After I had recovered
bon the sorrow and shock of part-
1 ii«g, 1 made a noble effort to regain
■ay- old happy self, and succeeded to
tome degree. Bat this led to dlsas
trous remits, as I will soon show.
“It waa the awning of August the
twelfth, aad I was playing golf with
of Alabama. » I
ay aad had not token
that to think oa the woigkty matters
Bat constantly demand my attention,
I had neglected to
■Nr that fMa waa tha date ai mg wad*
89.4 Average
Scott Russell, F. R.- Anderson, and
A. Pender made the highest aver
ages during the 1924 fall term of
school thaJt hiivc been attained by uny
students jn the Mercer Law School
since its re-organization year before
last, according to Dr. R. G; Harris,
Secretary. All of this trio were mem
bers of the first year law class. Their
averages were: Russell, 89.4; Ander
son, 88.9; and Pender, 88.6.
I)r^ Harris alao.gavC out names and
averages Of the five students in each
law class making highest grades as
follows: ■ • •
First Year Law Class: Scott Rus
sell, 89.4; C.. R. Anderson, 88.9; G. A.
Pender, 8.8.6; R. B. Jones, 86.1; and
W. B. Freeman, 85.3.
Second Year I,aw ciass: K. E. Bray,
8.5,3; S. A. Miller, 83.0; Berto Rogers,
77.6; W. T. Lane, 76.6; and P. M. Low,
74.8. '.
Senior Law Class:' W. A. Bootle,
88.0; W. E. Bartlett, 83.2; C. L. Hart;
well, 81.9; W. D. Hamilton, 78.9'; anii
R. MeCrackin, 77.0.
Attendance, at the Law .School,' Dr.
Harris said, had increased from twen
ty-five to. forty per cent each year
sin^e the school’s, reorganisation. Since
September, 1924, ninety-one have en
rolled in that department of the Uni
versity. This great increase over last
year, he said, was an indication of the
rapid progress being made, in every
way'by the Law School.
It was also said the two-year rule
will go into effect with the Opening
of the fall' term of school next Sep
tember. Any students Who do not
enter the law school before that time,'
will' be required to have completed
two years of college work before they
will be permitted to register in the
law department. This requirement is
one that is imposed by the American
Association of Law Schools, of which
the Mercer Law School is a member.
Dr. Harris and Dr. D. H. Kerchner,
of the Law faculty, attended the meet
ing of the American Association of
Law Schools, which was held during
the Christmas Holidays in Chicago.
No More *Salui(lays,‘
Swears K: Johnson,
Gassed, by Heater
A broken glass is not a handy thing'
to have in a bathroom window when
the wind blows c°ld, hut Ralph John
son, a member of the 1 Mercer Glee
.Club and band says that one prob
ably saved His life the other day .when
he was gassed.
Johnson went in and turned on-the
heat preparatory • to taking his week
ly bath. The heater was one of these
gas burning instantaneous affairs, and
something being the mutter with it,
it let more of the gas escape into the
room than it burned.- When Johnson
went in to take his buth the room was
full of gas atid he was overcome and
remained unconscious for about two
hours before 'he,, was discovered.
When first aid was given t ohim he
revived but was ill fbr the remainder
of the day. “
. Johnson says that he has never
fought fhe Germans but if any person
has curiosity enough to want to know
how it feels to. be gassed just to call
on him and fie will furnish the in
formation free of charge.
PRESIDENTS CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS
Election of officers for the term
and plans for sponsoring the lecture
delivered by Congressman W, D. Up
shaw in the Mercer chapel Wednesday
night, featured the meeting of the
President’s Club, composed of the
heads of all of the campus organiza
tions; in the Ciceronian literary- hall
Monday night.
“Parson” Chandler was elected
president of the organization for' the
coming term, and‘William B. Free
man -waa named - vice-president. Gene
Cook waa chosen secretary -and treas
urer. • ,■ , >.
Pullen to Organize
Boy Scout Movement
Alfred Pullen, ministerial student of
Mercer and .Field Scout Executive of
the Central Georgia council will leave
Macon January 90 for a six-weeks tour
of towns of Georgia to organise Boy
Scout movementa there.
The place* Pullen will visit are
Milledgeville, Barneaville, Perry, For
syth, ’ Thomaaton, Gray, Fort Valley,
After his return from the
will make
ding. About S o’clock in the after-
t oon 1 happened to remember, but it
waa .too late.
“And now, oh now, ako has given
.me the air. Even me, the famous Dr.
Marvin Pharr. She has quit writing and Byron,
to |ns, and I a an sating my heart out! organisation tour
in sorrow.” Pharr; shuffled aimlessly I monthly visit to each place to aid in
across the campus with hit hsed'the work. Hs will resume Ais minis
to his troubled brasst, and tarial studias when the organisation
dty to k tonal# work U completed.
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