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JUNIOR
JABLOID
wrii TELL
THE WORLD!
VoL VII.
MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GA., FRIDAY, FEB. 25, 1927
No. 19
J. EUGENE COOK
NAMED MASTER
MERCER1AROVER
ELEVEN RIVALS
BEST LIKED
Given Mercer's Highest Honor on
IglM
Third Ballot In Annual
Election
SENIOR IN LAW SCHOOL
mporta
sitions on Campus; Was Ed
itor of 1926 Cauldron
Eugene Cook, senior in the Mercer
|Law School, Vras elected Master Mer-
Icrrian by the university student body
■ last Tuesday. Twelve other students
Iwrre nominated on the first ballot, but
lall except the three highest, Cook, Kay
lTipton and Charles Walker, were clim-
linated from the race.
(*)n the last ballot the two highest
I men. Cook and Walker, were in the
[race with the result-that the first nien-
Itioned received the honor.' The elec-
Ition was one of the features.of Society
|Day.
Entered in 1922
KNIGHT ELECTED-
MOST POPULAR
PROFESSOR
1’rofessor' Knifcht, elected the most
popular instructor.
phideltatriUmphs
IN SOCIETY CONTEST
Defeats Ciceronians in Inter-So
ciety Debate for Second Time
; in Twenty Years
Cook came to Mercer' in 1922'and
as been prominent iii student activi
ties. During his freshman year he
aas a member of. the Cub baseball
tarn. Throughout his four years he
played both class baseball and
otbail. \
He has taken, an active part in stu-
rm organiaa-
ons and ia a
ember of the
>) lowing:
Tan
fraternity]
(c
>1), Phi M-
i Literary So
fty and the
lltrcer Debating Council.
During his Junior year. Cook was
esident of his class while last year
held the place of cheer leader and
editor-in-chief of The Cauldron,
Kercer’s year book. He - was also
sident of the Mercer summer
oLY. II. C A. last year.
For the second trine in twenty years
the Phi Deltas won a decision -over
the Ciceronians in the annual inter-so
ciety. debate which was held Tuesday
evening in the. Mercer Chapel. The,
decision was unanimous. George Roll:
efts and Robert Gunnells represented
the winning society, while John Gil
bert, add Roy Hale were the Ciceroni
an debaters.
Only once before during the last
twenty years’have the Ciceronian de-:
haters been beaten. The only other
defeat suffered by the Ciceronians be
fore Tuesday was in 1922 when Gut
Bootle and Gus Polhill, representing
the Phi Deltas, won a close decision
from thrir representatives. ,
Debate on ProhMlton
The Phi Deltas upheld the negative
side of the question, "Resolved, 1 That
the Volstead Ac! Should Be So Modi
fied As to Legalize the Manufacture
of Light Wines and Beers Containing
2.75 per cent Alcohol By Volume”.
W. G. Bruner, president of the Phi
Deltas, presided at the debate as well
as at the orations which were held in
the morning and Fred Salter, president
of the Ciceronians, Was secretary. This
(Conttnnad on Paga S)
| Cook has been most active in de
aling, having been on Mercer's fdren-
teams during his four years here,
will receive two degrees, B.S.C.
LL.B., at the.. June graduation ex-
rs. Tie received his A.B. from
lerccr last summer.
I Cork’s home is in Wrightsville. The
candidates in- the . election,
.ties Walker and Kay Tipton, are
Kaionton and Sylvester, respect-
fly Walker hat held the presidency
I the student body during the present
ar while Tipton has taken an active
in Mercer athletics and is editor-
chief of the Cauldron this year.
| The title of “Master Mercerian" giv-
Cook is the eight which Mercer
ents have bestowed upon one of
: number. The honor is the'highest
a Mercer student may attain.
Wy seniors, who will receive a bach-
r> degree are eligible for election,
> the entire student 'body may vote,
iundreds of atudenta Crowded the
building during the election
ay.
SOPH PLOT
DIES IN BUD
Buford Boone and Tiny Roberta
are Foiled in Scheme to Steal
Ballot Box
ilL TO THE JUNIORS
This it an All-Junior Cluster,
ke the other daaa editions, the
t work of editing and planning
i edition was done by Juniors. In
half of the stal^ were Juniors
' name as well as hyf Class.
| This feat efpubUshlng an edition
•n exclusive all-clast staff is
ethiag of which the other con-
nu'caaaat boaatl
The room was Crowded' with
sophomores. Some of them were
typing stories via way of the hunt
and peck method. A careless ob
server would have discovered that
these typists were for the moat part
novices. Other softs were wander-
big about with apparently nothin!
to do, “gentleman of leisure," to to
•peak.
In one corner “Tiny” Robert!
and Buford Boone were busily en
gaged in conversation. Yea, fel
lows, yon guessed »*• Aplot was
brewing in the Cluster office.
Because of their inability to scare
ip newt these two polls, were plot
ting to steal the ballot box placed
ly the Juniors in the co-op and
thus ruin the “big” Junior story.
They chuckled to themselves
ith great satisfaction as th4y con-
i.mplated how they would “steal
be Juniors" thnnder” byhdtag the
irst to tell the world about how
Such Loser was elected “nwat con-
r and May McOy the “big-
vest Bar”. Yea, h would ha a great
joke upon tba Juniors.
E to the co-op to get the box.
they arrived R waa gone I
-tbs Juniors became aware
k ia£. tofoa their plan* tiw
Jf. have never, known. Hern ia
the little secret. Ia the dark of the
MgfctouttUe The Chmter office,
the koff
eoatkmtd to
§HE RATES
Miss Virginia Bracey, most popular
Wesley-Anne. 1 .
Virginia Bracey Wins|
Oyer Wesley-Annes
BEARS TO PREPARE
FOR S. I. A. A. MEET
Quintet Returns Today After
Playing Three Strong Teams
. on Road Trip .
The contest, the first of ita kind I
•r undertaken at Mercer, waa fori
the purpose, also, of selecting five!
other superlatives which are aa fol-l
lows: public speaking won by al
landslide aa the most popular!
course; “Phoney” 8mith, a member!
of the Junior class and Mercer’s!
greatest halfback, waa declared the]
moat popular athlete. I
Pour hundred Mercerians auf-|
fered palpitations of the heart
(hey ardently voted for’ certain]
Wesley-Annei with the result that|
Miss Virginia Bracey, of Gunners-]
vUle, Ala., was chosen as the moet|
opular among Mercer boys. Miss|
racer ia the daughter of Mr. and|
Mrs. M. Bracey, and ia a freshman]
the Wesleyan Conservatory of]
Muaic.
Loser Gets Title
By far the most exciting race'
that in which the most conceited]
student was selected. Many were|
the sentinels posted at the ballot]
box by certain parties to keep their]
names from the public. After a
bard contest in which he waa vig-
After a four day road trip during
“which time they played three of the
strongest quintets' in the South, Mer
cer’s Bruin balketeers returned today
to begin preparation for the S. I. A. A.
tournament next wreck.
.According' to Coach Moore, the
Bears will be given a rest Friday, but
Saturday a light practice will be held.
The Bears will entrain for Charleston
either Monday night or-Tuesday white
Wednesday they begin the tight for
the basketball championship of the S.
i. a. a. . .
Bean Rated High
The tourney will continue four days,
the finals being played next Saturday
night. It is the belief of Coach Moore
that Mercer will be ofie of the four
heat tenders in the meet. Together
with . the Citadel. 'Furman, and Mis
sissippi College, the Bears will be the
ones to begin the -playing in” their
respective brackets.
If Mississippi does not enter the
tournament, the Chattanooga Mocca
•ins under the guidance of Coach Bill
Redd will take their place, in the ear
iy part of the season, the Bears de
feated Chattanooga here by a wide
margin.
Eight men will be taken' to the tour
ney hi Charleston. This is the maxi
mum number allowed under the tourn
ament rules. Coach Moore will not
name the men to make the trip until
the final practice for the squad.
Three Letter Men
■ The stock of the Bears has steadily
risen since the beginning of the season.
Three' letter men; Captain Malcolm
(Continued on Page 6)
LOSER TRIUMPHS
In a contest conducted by the|
Junior Class staff of the Cluster!
more than four hundred students!
polled their votes to elect Profes-]
sor Otis Dewey knight, instructor]
in the school of education, as the]
moat popular professor in the uni-]
discuss the plot.
In the dark of the night nearby
was also standing Courtland Gil
bert, staunch supporter of the Jun
ior clam. On hearing the whispered
conversation. Gilbert Mad Mmaalf
to thoao ifi charge of the ballot box.
Though ha was sisetod by a Mad-
this ttane aa ha told of tbs rabbity
plot goon afterwards the ballot boa
waa atoahhfly tahenfromthaco-op,
but it was by a JUNIOR and not
Thnai tha judora' Mary was
and the plot of the toffs waa
orously opposed by Jack Bailey and|
Frank Twitty, Luton Buchananj
Loaer, lowly sophomore, won out
The Junior class points with
pride to the fact that it boasts aa]
me of its members, Courtland Gil
bert, who automatically becomes
president of the Ananias Club by
virtue of his election as the bigg
Undent JUr. Mr. Gilbert is fn
Brunswick (Ga.) and is the eon of
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert
Interest waa rife in this election
and many aspired to the honor. A
notice was posted on the ballot box
toon after the contest began. It
read as follows:
Three Big Candidate*
“Notice! I believe in open poli
tics absolutely. Therefore . I an
nounce myself as a candidate for
this office. All votea will be ap-l
It was signed with .the]
names: “Courtland. Gil-
McKoy,” and “Dr.
■er'\ Mr. Gilbert, however,
by a wide majority though
“ Red” Nightingale was second, and
Riley McKoy came third.
In the election for the most pop-
ilar professor, twenty-four mem-
of the Mercer faculty received
votes. The runner-up in the race I
Professor Riley B. Ply male. in-|
■tractor in mathematics, and Pro-
Edgar K. Folk, of the jour-]
naliam school, won third place. A
ikeness of Professor Knight, taken
mmCdiately after he was informed
)( his victory, is shown elsewhere.
(The smile is genuine.)
Others' Honored
Fourth, fifth and sixth places
were won by Dr. A. P. Montague,
Professor Fred Caylor and Profea-
■or Bill Freeman, respectively.
Though no doubt many students
bad public sleeping in -mind wher
they wrote “public speaking
their ballots, the subject appeared]
to have the. odds. No other course
was so popular though'twenty-nine
different courses offe
ser received votes.
In the runners-up, law, English
bed close]
and
“HERE I AM’
Buck Loser, who won a place in the
Junior contest.
I PI K. A. TEAM WINS
FRAT CHAMPIONSHIP
| Defeats Strong Defensive Team
of S. A. E. in Decisive Game
of Tournament 30 to IS
. The Pi Kappa . Alpha quintet solved
I with little difficulty the famed defense
of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Monday af
ternoon and won the fraternity basket
ball tournament by the decisive score
| of 30 to 13. ’, » .
The yietprs broke'a 3-3 deadlock
|early in the game and were’never se
riously threatened thereafter. The
strong defense that had brought the
S. A. E. team to the tins! game was
, unable to withstand the powerful at
tack of the Pi K. A.’s.
CLUSTER ALL-FRAT TEAM
Stuhhs. right forward! -K.A.
Cone. left, forward,^:..... I’i K. A.
Bell. center^r-^rT!_ .. Pi K. A:
Bridges, running guard, ...Pi K.A.
Lockerman. standing guard.-S. -A. E.
eked by B. Ware
I The defensive work of Lockerman.
however, who played standing guard
for the S. A. E. five and the -offensive’
-work i f Bridges. Who -played r.ight for
ward for the victors, were of the sort
that has. made their work the most out
standing in the tournament. ,
Locktrmari’s guarding was great
I 1 Hail it not been for him the Pi K. A
j score would have'*heen much larger
! than it was. .
I 'Bridges scored 14 points, all by the
field goal route, which was one point’,
more'than made by the entire S. A. E.
team. In addition to this he played a
brilliant defensive game.'breaking up^
passes time after time,.
j Bell and Cone also-played, well for
(Continued on Page 61
ychology were ran!
together. The very, very popular]
(?) course in orientation and even
physical education received votes.
Hero Worship!
Every Mercer man appeared to
worship's different athlete. Seven
teen were in the race. 8mith wor
by a margin of thirteen votet
(lucky aamher!) over John, Perks,
who cagpod second place. WaWe
Butte jg “Little Bh* Pierce, both
Juniors, were separated for third
place bjr a margin of ana vote. (It
^othaea cast. htwMgata the
Though the names of the voters
{KartCSl aaAgo 4)
THE
MERCER
CLUSTER
guarantees that it has
100%.
more circulation than any
other college newspaper
published on the Merear
campus. It ia both a morn
ing and an evening paper,
reaching Subscribers some
times ohe time, aomatimso
another.
NOW, SHUT UP!
(MiwM to tlM Iwl W,
graph gaff Macon Noam)
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