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THE MERCER CLUSTER
Tri4#y»^ebruaryjM^227
Mercer Students Do Anything
From Surgery to Life Saving
.Anything from operating on animals
as vetinarv surgeons to saving lives on
the beaches of summer resorts are the
means by which Mercer boys eun
their expenses through college, jpe
number of working students is increas
ing every year, while the number of
. non-workers decreases. ' The students
undertake many kinds of occupations
including bus drivingi oiling trucks,
waiting in restaurant’s, working as in
ternes in hospitals, and selling books.
•The age-old. book agent- is disap
pearing and the magazine salesman -is
taking his place. Each summer some
thirty Mercer boys w-ifk with the pic
torial Review Company. They earn
university scholarships and "see the
world'’ at the same time." The boys
lia«c various experiences, seeing wom
en day..and night,, In most places
they are well treated, but it others
they are called crooks,, fakers and
other such complimentary names
Sometimes a woman will get “hard
boiled" and set a dog on the innocent
peddler. You know the rest ...
Probably the most enjoyable of all
summer work is that of being a,life
saver bit somt beach. Imagine being
there, all da.y with nothing to do but
watclf the bathing beauties and others
stroll up and. dowti the sands. Occa
sionally some cry of “Help” is heard
and the hero rushes to perform his du
ty. When he gets to the scene he finds
his favored one pining for him. She
knows that this is the only way in
which she can see him. Of course he
tenderly brings her to shore. And
they call that work!'
During the school term thf workers
are still busy, for more than sixty boys
are employed by the university. They
.. work as secretaries^ assistant librari
ans, . dining hall boys and "soda
skeets.” The average, amount earned
each term for university work is .$60;-
00, while the amount for the summer
work varies. As an average each buy
makes around $150.00 during his vaca-
. tion.
SH-H- BOLSHEVIK
DEATH BLOT IS
FOUND,
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aVouse the ' spirits of any lagging.
Mercer-fan:The whole student body
rallied arounij the orange. and black
standard, and as the hand played “do
ry, -Glory," to Old Mercer" all pledged
their support to Mercer first, last, and
forever, - . :
“What, worijes us”,, said’ Lieutenant-
General Raily, commander of the -field
Artillery, in an’interview las-t night, “is
the. fact .that the microscopes Were
stolen about two weeks ago. . .1. am
afraid the enemy are carrj-mg oil ex
tensive. research work and-that they
needed, these instruments in their
study’. I fear a gas attack but every
thing in the field artillery is prepared
for instant, action. , We have 1,000
boxes of reserve axle-grease stored in
the s.adium with the field pieces.
“EvetHL-a-gtrs^attack i» made by the
enemy, we ca’n use the same means to
attack them. Major Richardson has
discovered a new gas which not only,
kills the victim but instantly decom
poses him., I think that wc will be
able to cope wifh the enemy in any
field.” ,■''/ o' - ’ ’»/.
. General Weaver said last night that
■ if the campus was invaded, he would
■ repel the enemy at first from the’cam
pus.; but, if the enemy presses the
MCrcerians too closely. he plans to re
tire to the’ stadium, where Lieutenant-
General- Raily-will already be stationed
with the artillery. There the army will
fortify itself for a last stand.
Now, gentle reader,- don’t become
alarmed. This is all merely supposi
tion; but .honest, some one really did
leave some cartridges in a coal box in
the Theological Seminary Building.
Who- do you suppose that if etas?
MACON MINISTER
CONTINUES TALKS
An instructive program-was enjoyed
at. the meeting of the-Ministerial Asso
ciation, Tuesday evening.
Dr. Martin A. Wood, pastor of
Vineville Baptist -Church continued
the message which, he - began at the
previous meeting on “Pastoral Duties.”
The association was favored with
the presentation of the Gospe^ through
song, by R. L. Barksdale, an evange
listic singer of the city.
FOOTBALL PRACTICE
STARTS FOR
1927
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crs, will fight for places on the regular
quad.
With-a hat’d schedule of ten games
to be played with some of the hardest
teams in the South, the Bears will have
to hustle. It was thought at first that
two or three practice tilts with other
teams might be arranged, but Coach
Moore has decided that a number of
games among the candidates will be
played instead. The spring practice
will last about six weeks.
BRUIN DEBATERS
MEET FIVE TEAMS
'Mercer's debating team will meet
Oglethorpe and Georgia Tech here
this year, according to’ Dr. Rufus C.
Harris, chairman, of the debating coun
cil. Subjects for the debates have not
been selected yet, and the dates of the
meetings are-still undecided. The team
also has three - out-of-town engage
ments with Wake Forest, Furman, and
the University of Florida.
In the last three years Mercer has
engaged in some nineteen debates, and
of these eighteen have been chalked
up to the credit of the Bear orators.
For many years Mercer has been out
standing in the Forensic field, since the
days when Senator George, Tom Wat
son, John Roach Straton, and others,
were here, and . if the Orange and
Black has a good season this year it is
probable that next year.-some large
Eastern university (perhaps Yale or
Harvard) will be debated.-
Prospects for another winning- team
this year are excellent. From last
year's team we have Gene Cook,
Frank Twitty. Robert Gunnels, Char
lie Walker, Charles Martin, Roy Hale,
and'Tom Cobb, as well as three grad
uate debaters, Fowler, from Furman,
W. E. Smith of Tech, and Pollard
i.jent.. ' ’ .
TO THE MAN WHO
SMOKES THREE
PACKS A
DAY
'These are the days' of record-
breaking stunts. Kids are dashing
across Catalina Channel. Mothers,
are swimming the English Channel.
Golf scores are shaved down to 65.
And : the Prince of Wales hat rid
den a horse Without being thrown.
; But the greatest, stunt of all has
been put over in the tobacco'field.
-A manufacturer has actually suc
ceeded in making a cigarette that
hasn’t a cough in a Carload. It’s
as smooth as cream to the throat
. . yet thrills like a soft kiss iii
the moonlight.
O. G. . . . short for OLD GOLD
. . . that's the name of the new
cigarette. It's being whispered
from room to room . . from fra* to
frat'. . from college to college. In
fact, O. G.’S are now as popular
as banjos, raccoon coats, vacations
and junior proms. And the slogan,
“Not a Cough in a Carload", has
become as famous as, “So's Your
OIV Min.’! j -’
You can smoke O. G.’S until one
o'clock in the morning and not a
throat tickle will mar your- extem
poraneous dissertation on religion,
philosophy, old yrinei. or royal
flushes. And no ’ after-taste will
linger tq remind you that you
smoked three packs that day.
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OLD GOLD *> friendly
to my tongue and throat
“I used to have to go easy
with my morning smokes ...
for fear of that ‘heavy feeling'
or that morning ‘tongue-tickle’.
,,e But that was before 1 met O. G.
“Here’s, a cigarette
as easy on the throat as a
Scotchman on his wallet. .
Yet with all the punch a
he-man-smoker hankers for.
“Smoke ’em early.. .smoke ’em late.
They’re O. K. all the way .
without a K. O. to tongue or throat.’’
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