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MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GA., FRIDAY, FEB. 4. 19*7
No. 16
BEARS TO MEET BULLDOGS OF H ]^927 E SEASON
MERCER PLAYERS
HE-LADB5 TTALL,
HERE WEDNESDAY
A
Campus Acton to Prownt Fare#
in Auditorium at
Wadoyan
CLUB NOW AWAY ON TRIP
Itinerary of First Tour Includes
Cedar town. Nownan
and Romo
' The Herder Player*, who ere away
from the campus this week-end od
their first long trip of the season, will
appear next Wednesday night in the
Wesleyan auditorium in their three
act 'farce “Nothing But The Truth”.
The performance, the actors' .Macon
debut, will begin at 8:30 o’clock.
The comedy by James Montgomery
is said |o be oiu of the best plays ever
presented by the Dramatic Club. It
had a phenominal run on Broadway
with Lynn Harding in the leading
male role which is being. taken by
Wink Walker, "another great ac«F7*
in the local production
The Mercer actors have been com
plimented so far for their clever inter
pretation* of the roles in the play. The
female Impersonators, which are said
to be the best in any dramatic club in
the South, have come in for: a great
deal of prslae everywhere that they
Ancient Veteran Students
Form Mutual Aid Society
Sole Survivors of ClaBs of 1898 Organize Club to
Protect Selves and Other Grandpas
And, aged Merccrians, let’s make
this an organisation which stinds for
the protection of ignorant college men
who have been here at least six years”,
concluded Grand Dragon Bill Free
man, bis solemn voice echoing through
the dusty hallways of old Penfield.
Slowly eighteen men rose and 'filed
out of the ancient dormitory. Silently
they ambled to Sherwood Hall, their
robed figures attracting much atten
tion.
No, this was not a meeting of the
K. K. K. It was the founding of a
new organization, which bids to be
come fhe largest and most, influential
on the campus. This organization is
composed of men who have aided Mer
cer University financially and other
wise for more than the collegiate#’ al
lotted four years.
This new organization is known as
the- "Antique Club." A. glance at the
names of the members enrolled will
show why such an ancient name was
adopted by thedub.
It was understood before the meet
ing that seniority would determine the
choice of officers. There was some
discussion as . to whether “Judge”
Evans or BUI Freeman would be
Grand Dragon. A glance through the
records of .the university.for the year
1898 showed that Freeman signed his
name to the college records one hour
before Evans.
The following is the complete organ
isation of the club: 1
Grand Dragon—Bill Freeman.
Assistanf to the Otand Dragon-*-'
"Judge” Evans.
Club’s Answer to a Maiden’s' Prayer
—Charlie Stapleton.
Continued on Page 4)
PRESIDENT BACK
President Rufus W. Weaver re
turned from Vero, ■ Florida, Wed
nesday, wham he and Mrs. Weav
er, have been visiting their son, H.
P. Mason Pmyna. Mrs. R. 1. Mason
and Charlaa Mason, brother and
sister-in-law of Dr. and Mra. Rufus
Weaver, accompanied them on the
trip. .
During the trip, the party viaited
other points in Florida, including
Miami.
have keen especially complimented.
Harris, who played for the first time
last year, gives a fine interpretation of
a modern girt. Caaaon, who plays for
the last time this year, has gained
Mate-wide reputation for his acting the
parts of aristocratic old dowagers. He.
dime into prominence in his freshman
year when he took the part of the
maiden aunt, Mias Raison, in "Mrs.
Bumpetead-Leigh” the play given In
1923. It io singular that he plays the
pert this year of a Mra. Ralston.
The latest "find” of the dramatic
dub is Hal Harris, of Americua, Ga.
Harria has gained praise for his acting
of Mabel Jaclceon. William Jordan at
Ethel Clark,' and Harold Raymond, as
Sable Jackson have ahown tip unusu
ally welt in the performances given
this year.
Mail Wa> Flayed
Wink Walker, who made a name for
himself , last year as' Chet Binney in
"The Whole Town’s Talking”, needs
to farther praise, for his acting, last
pear was described as being almost
perfect Jim Patti Evans, one of the
old meni alao takes a leading part and
this year he has ahown up well. Henry
Slolcea and Lawton Boykin have im
portant parts in the playing of which
they have shown a gnat deal of abil
ity. J. F. Kendrick and Hugh Scon-
p*rs are new men on the east this year.
The dresses, for which the Mercer
yers have always been famous, are
I (Specially beautiful this year and ware,
several instances, made especially
the pfayen. Others war* bought
one of Macon’s leading women’s
letto Lane, manager of the
has said that no expense has
•pared to make this on# of the
finished productions ever put og
The players phfaai in Ctdartown
night and are tq ptay in Newnan,
tight.. Th«y have beeu entertained
both places to for. To-morrow
\titoy flay at Shorter la Roam.
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SONGBIRDS LEAVE
ON TENDAY TOUR
Orchestra in Good Condition for
Winter Term Trip'
to North Georgia
Club teevee today for At*
•ns, its first stop in their annual ten-
day winter term tour. Other stope
trill include points' over north Gear-
tie.
After weeks of practice all is in
readiness, to put over an even more suc
cessful trip then the fall term trip, if
such is possible, was the opinion of
officials early thifc week. The orches
tra that was at first thought to he shot
to pieces, has reorganised and after
over a week’s practice, is in shape to
play all the Juz that ran be desired.
Bob Lee, the orchestra leader; has
recovered from injuries received at
New Year's, in an automobile wreck
that fatally injured John Murray, the
glee club drummer, and la again, at the
helm of the Collegians. Armea, Ben
ton, and Mlddlebrooka also have re
covered and will make the trip.
In fact the whole orchestra is back
(Continued on Pngs 8)
CLASS CLUSTERS
BEGIN NEXT WEEK
Ffeshmen to Put Out First Issue
in Competition for •’
Loving Cup
In which of the four classes are the
liveliest and most original journalists
on the campus? Are they freshmen.
Sophs, Juniors, or Seniors?' >
This will be determined in the near
future after all the classes have put out
pn edition of the Cluster. The four
editions will then be compared by
three judges, most likely Bob Clifton.
Macon News, Ben Johnston; Macon
Telegraph, and Wilton Cobb; Secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce. In mak
ing their decisions the judges will
consider the liveliness and originality
of the issues. The class whose editioh
embodies these qualities more than any
other, will be awarded a silver loving
•up. ■
The freshmen will begin the contest
next week when their edition will ap
pear. The Sophomores will have
charge the following week and so on
until all the classes have edited the
paper.
I
Studes Will Pay
Bigger Fee in *27
Those exceptional atndenta who
are accustomed to taking twenty
hours of class work instead of fif
teen, will find, next year that their
tuition feee ere |«0.00 per term
whereas they wage 84040 this year.
On the other hand those students
who take lees than fourteen hours
work will pay less tattion than
heretofore. ■
Tuition feee for the average stu
dent who takes fifteen hoar* , work
will he increased 35.00 per term but
this will be offset by * reduction of
other fora from 14000 per yenr to
|S840 per year. This will make
taHfoa fees for thego-taktag fifteen
kours work fatal 8100.00 for next
8ML80 for thfa
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LOSER ELECTED
MERCER’S ADONIS
Star Quarterback on Gridiron
Team Chosen Beat-Looking
Man for Wesleyan Annual
L. Buchannan Loser, star quarter
back on ^Mercer's varsity football
team, who toils-from Nashville, Tenn..
is the best looking man of Mercer
University, according to a recent ba>:
lot that was cast to determine the n.an
who would .represent Mercer in the
beauty section of the Veterropt, Wes
leyan’s annual.
Bill Freeman ran Loser a close race,
but was beaten for first place by »
few votes. Pierce Bradley waa third
and Charlie Stapleton ran fourth.
The ballot was taken at the request
of the fair editor of the Veterropt, so
that Mercer’s best looking man could
grace the pages of the annual,-together
with pictures of best looking men
froth Georgja Tech, Emory and Ogle
thorpe.
It was emphasized' by the editor of
the Veterropt that one of the reasons
that the annual 'was running pictures
of best lookers from various universi
ties over the state was for. the girls to
see the type pf' men that other men
thought handsome.
Loser is a member of the sophomore
clast in the school of Arts af Mercer
and is affiliated with the Sigma Alpha
Epsilon fraternity. The picture of
Loser will be taken from that, one
which has been on display at the Metro
Studio for the past few days, and has
caused so much comment from mem-
Continued on- Page 4)
The freshmen elected their editor
and assistant last Wednesday. Editors
and assistant editors of the Junior and
Senior editions were chosen last Tues
day. June Ellis will be in charge of
the Junior issue with- Tom Cobb as
Sssistapt. The Seniors elected J. H
Reddick as editor with Julian J'.-Up
shaw as assistant.
The Sophomore class won the cup
last year. Their a was-a flaming red
edition. The freshmen had their edi
tion printed in green ink, the Jnniors
chose bine and the Seniors purple. The
epp is not a permanent possession. The
judges of last year’s contest were: Dr.
Weaver, Mark Ethridge, managing ed
itor of the Macon Telegraph and R. L.
Clifton, managing editor of the Macon
News. •
SALTER ELECTED -
BY OCERONIANS
Fred K. Salter was elected president
of the Ciceronian Society at its regu
lar weekly meeting last Monday night.
Other elections were: W. K. Settle,
vice-president; 'Dewey Bearden, chap-
faint Frank Jordan, reporter; W. R.
Smith, critic; Gene Henna, Janitor. The
new officers are, to , serve for one
month. ••• ''.'SI' >•
The question for debeto was: Re-
Con tinned on Page 4)
Jacob Buys Gar;
, Studes in Panic
Mercer men see the need of step
ping lively on the campus since
Dean Peyton Jacob’s new car ar
rived.
Dean and his car scatter students
like a hawk scatters chickens. Not
that he MEANS to run oyer yon.
The learning process Just hasn’t
taken control yet.
Trees aren’t scattered to easily.
Dean tried it. Roy Hale, sitting
near, wouldn't let him. This Hale
need* another intelligence test to
see what’s wrong. Dean measured
his own learning ability. Figures
he will learn by—bat let that go.
But Dean’s learning just the
same. Ought to; he practise*.
Twice a day he makes a round trip~f
from home to office—a distance of
soma ninety yards. Parka it by the
office window while he’s in the of
fice. And V the classroom while
leeching. Mixes education with au
tobus. Sleeps fn the car at night.
■vttraeee of gra nted day.
Dean went to New Orleans leet
week to mehe the wecM aaffa for
MERCER QUINTET
IN FIRST FOREIGN
CLASH OF YEAR
Result of Georgia Contest Will
Have Effect on State Baaket-
ball Championship
BRUINS OUT FOR REVENGE
Mercer's Bears will be opposed Sat-
pjrday night in Athens by the Georgia
Bulldogs as the Brain bssketeers at
tempt to keep their supremacy in the
indoor sport. The Bruins Will enter
the tilt remembering the defeat by a
■one-point margin that Georgia ad
ministered last season. The Bears will
be out for revenge. . .
After a week of strenuous prepara
tion, the Bruin eager# should be in the
best of shape and ready to gain ven
geance, In a close game fast season,
Mercer was defeated bn the Athens
court by a 37-36 count. At the half,
the Bruins were trailing 31 to 19. In
the closing period, the big guns of
Mercer began their work and eighteen
points were tallied by the Bruins
while Georgia annexed only six.
In that game both "Phoney” Smith
and' Captain Malcolm “Shorty" Green
tallied twelve point# each. The varsity
then was composed of Smith and Cap
tain. Jalde Dunn, forwards, Green, cen
ter,- Oscar Long and John Parks,
guards. The game played in Athens
was the only tilt staged between the
Bears and Bulldogs last season.-
The game Saturday nigkt will be
the only one to take place between the
two teams this season. Two consecu
tive defeats at the hands of. Mercer in
the season of 1925 has placed' Georgia
in such a position that they will not
accept basketball games to be played
here. .
According to the Mercer authorities,
innumerable attempts have been made
to bring Georgia to MACON to meet
Mercer. The Bulldogs prefer to play,
the Bears on their home court. To
the offers made by the Mercer athletic
heads, Georgia makes no answer save
to refuse to meet Mercer here.
Mercer’s* stock has risen steadily
sfinee the beginning of the season.
With only three letter men back about
which to build a quintet,;the future. Of
t'he team was an unknown quantity. A
defeat by a three-point margin at the
hands of Vanderbilt, and victories
over such teams as the Albany “Y”,
Oglethorpe and Chattanooga, coupled
with an overwhelming defeat of Milli-.
gan, proves that Mercer has a danger
ous team and a capable coach.
The same line-up that downed the
Albany “Y” will start against Geor
gia, according to Coach Moore. One
forward position is in doubt and either
Sam Guerry or Harold, McCart will
fill this. Eight men will nuke the trip
to Athens.
Coach Albert Sidney Johnson's
freshmen have borne the brunt of the'
Brars* attack throughout the past
week. Scrimmages have marked prac
tically every drill and the rough spots
in the varsity’s performance will be
smoothed out in readiness for the
Bulldogs. Especially notirable has
been the improvement in the Bruins'
pasting game.
Grain will present a team that has
fast several games, yet it will be the
strongest qniutet which Mercer has
faced this season. The Bulldogs have
dropped a couple of games to. Tech,
one of which was played on the Dog
gies’ home couyt. Furman has been
among the teams which Georgia has
beaten. ■
A hurge majority of the student body
I' be present fa Athens Saturday
night as the referee blows his whistle
for the beginning of the hattiu Mer
cer. no doubt, wQI he represented by
a large delegation. At who attend
gray expect g tariffing kettle ra oom-
' Continued on Pqge 4)