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THE MERCER CLUSTER
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THE MERCER CLUSTER
Published weekly by the student
body of Mercer University
PROFESSOR FOLK
Harry Maugans
Ton Cobb
June Ellis
Charles Cork
Robert Ware
Hab. Casson
V. V. Harris
Bill Stevens
Oliver Custer
-Editor
J. H. Reddick
Alfred Pullen
George Hulme
Paul Stevens
Riley McKoy
Austin Gilmour
Frank Jordan
Jack Bright
Faculty
Riley B. Plymale...
R. B. Anderson .....
—Editorial
— Business
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Henry C. Jones .;....
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E. M. Turlington ..
L. A. Smith ...
Business Manager
...... Adv. Manager
— Assistant
— Auditor
...Collection Mgr.
Jim Haymore Circulation Mgr.
Assistants
Eugene Eller Howard Green
Charles Cox Charles Vaughn
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Entered as second-class matter. Sept.
8, 1924, at the post office at Macon,
Ga., under the act of March 3, 1879.
JUNIOR CLASS STAFF
June Ellis Editor-in-chief
Tom Cobl>-..Associate Editor
Assistant Editors -
Robert Ware, Jr. Wiley M. Jordan,
V. V. Harris. Jr.
W. J. Stevens, Jr.
Paul Stevens
Frank Jordan, Jr.
Fred Kendricke
Jr.
Robert E. Walker,
Jr.
Milton Hardy
Oliver Custer
MASTER MERCERIAN
We deem it not inappropriate, for
the students to be reminded just after
the tenseness and excitement of the
Master Mercerian election that the
award of this title should be and IS
more than nominal and a mere empty
honor.
In the first place no man is seriously
considered by his fellows unless he haa
conducted himself uprightly in his col
lege contacts vid has been an assidu
ous toller, making exceptional endow
ments count for something. It is not
likely that any man would be named
Master Mercerian did. he not possess
native capacities of superior quality
and had he not applied his talents ef
fectively and diligently. So the hon
or is, in effect, a recognition of and
formal salute to work well done.
Not only does the title and the award
rise above being merely nominal—in
that It represents a tangible and an
uncertain past—but also it has no
small influence upon the future of a
man receiving the honor. It causes
him to realise—as few would take time
to realise otherwise—the confidence
which he has built up in other men. It
vests him with a consciousness of bind
ing responsibility and charges him to
acquit self always as one meriting the
faith placed in his stability. The ap
praisal possibly, shocks into activity
thoughts of introspection; he begins
to study himshlf; and he is challenged
by Hie standard to which he knows he
must adhere. -
The Master Mercerian election,
therefore, Meets to AN OFFICE one
who must serve in a larger sphere
than doee the ordinary office holder.
It confers a badge of honor that bears
duties inscribed on its face. It i
a representative who b directly re
sponsible to an exacting constituency.
If any OFFICE should make a man
fear the smay Arties that he
swim in, the OFFICE of Master Mer-
eerian should loom to its holder as a
grisly, arduous, testing—but ever chal
lenging office.
The student body does wsQ, thea,
to be ooaearaed about the type of ama
into whose character it iatnuts
good name. The student body has just
elected the ama whom it adjudged ths
.moat debarring of its author,
front page bean a story sheet this
l sad Ids type of
The recent resignation of Professor
Edgar E. Folk from active service as
faculty supervisor of The Cluster
| brought-a deal of regret to every one
who knows Just whet pert on* profes
sor of Journalism has. had in making
our weekly publication a success.
It is seldom that the value of any
one or any certain work is able to be
estimated or properly appreciated be
fore that ene or that work is removed
from the function he or it is perform
ing. At no time during Profi
Folk’s service an The Cluster have the
members of the staff failed to recog
nise his ability and the fact that he
was a great asset, to the publication.
But no one except thoee who learned
by experience can appreciate the in
creased difficulty of getting the paper
ready for the press—since Professor
Folk’s resignation.
It has been the idea of the majority
of the students that the staff members
were doing all of the clever work that
has made The Cluster the superior col
lege weekly that it is. If all the facts
were known, however, one would be
surprised to learn how much of the
work Mr. Folk haa done—not just rou
tine work, but he la the author of moat
of the original ideas and makeups that
freshen and make our paper attractive.
His place as supervisor has not been
merely nominal;.he has been the mind
behind the scenes; he has been an un
recognized toiler.
It must be said in all justice to our
retiring faculty leader that what of
questionable subject matter that has
been published in some of this year’s
editions has “slipped in”—not with his
approval, but despite his conscientious
efforts to kill the spirit of the extreme
risque writers and his attempts to keep
all questionable eubject matter from
going to press.
We are nonplussed as to how to put
out a paper without him. If we do
carry on successfully until his dutiss
allow him to rejoin us, it' will be due
entirely to what he has taught us while
with us in the office and In the claas-
STUDENT SUICIDES
their Idols from among the mature
men of the world,.and like paqrote,
quote them ream upon room —.al
though they are without a back
ground of thought and knowledge,
professing as their Own the conclu
sion* which their idols themselves
claim to b# nothing more than their
personal opinions.
“Even Mr. Mencken, who is regard
ed as ths idol of the young intellectuals
of the colleges, said recently in an ed
itorial that he sometimes had the feel
ing, In the cold and clammy watches
of tho night, that the ’young revolt’
was as superficial a thing as tho civic
club movement to him.”
Mercer possesses only a few who
might be catalogued as exponents of
“high intellectualism." The very fa^t
that the few youths in that category
do not concede that they are too im
mature for real intellectuality proves
that their type of “high intellectual
ism’’ is half-baked. Just because we
come away from home and become dis
illusioned abont a few secrets'of life
that have been guarded from us, just
because we discover that all is not
pure and perfect in the earth, Just
because wa have seen a small surface
of an insignificant segment of life
with purblind eyes and have found
that it is not entirely good to look
upon, we <|ash to tho conclusion that
everything is rXtm at the core; and
we become disgusted and cynical and
see little reason for living and no pur'
pose at all in the Universe.
It is true Chat “who never doubted,
never half believed;” but it is equally
true that youthful eyes cannot take In
the entire picture of life at a single
glance—nor can man comprehend the
mystery of the Universe in two de
cades. Live and learn.
BAD TO VERSE
3 -A-
Ben Your Vote*
The annual cigar giving and “poli
ticking” period has passed. Tbs Mas
ter Mercerian election was bald Toss-
day. Every organisation inn their
man Even the Ministerial Association
and tho Antiqne Club war* represent
ed.
Heard the Latent College Rems net?
It is rumored that ana of tho most
esteemed members of the Latin fac
ulty who Is also Grand Goblin of tho
most ancient organisation, Tho An
tique Club, has been showing unusual
interest in the sponsor of the club.
Burlesque on Justice
The student tribunal as. it is now
is not a tribunal. It is nothing moro
than a ‘rat’ court If a freshman is
brought before this august body, which
s supposed to be composed of represen
tative students of tho campus, ha la
quickly found guilty, fined and ghron
a severe lecture by the honorable ( ?)
Judge. If an upperclassman (slid
that is seldom) he is usually turned
loose, unless his case is an extraordi
narily serious one.
EXCHANGES
Loyola University of Chicago .dedi
cated last week a new four story build
ing which is to house the schools of
law and commerce. In the building
will be classrooms, rest and club rooms
with several drinking fountains at
tached to the walls.
A One-Act Triumph .
Ye scribe pauses in his criticism to
offer the following as a soothing salvo
'for those whose'feelings were hurt:
The scene is in Rome (Ga.) Two
members of the Mercer Players are
eating supper. Likewise is a gawky
country maiden, long on stature, hut
short on brains.. They are in a private
home. _
She commences to ask the blessing.
“Oh, Lord,” she sighs “Give us
good hearts,” (she looks at Frod Ken
dricke, then cellingward) “give us
kind hearts,” (then with sin anguished
look at Hab Casson) “give us sweat
hearts!’’
We draw the curtain of mercy on
any further embarrassment for the
two males. 1
An editorial that appeared in “The
Telegraph" a few days ago bore the
above akptioh. It is true that ss yet
Mercer has been so fortunate as to es
cape what The Telegraph terms an
"epidemic” of self-destruction; but the
plague of student suicide has been tak
ing toll all about us, and it is not amiss
that we give a thought or two to what
may become a problem of our own.
These excerpts from “The Tele
graph” give one an idea of the situa
tion :
“Within the past few weeks, eleven
young students -have destroyed them
selves, Their ages ranged from 14 to
21 years and their methods from bul
lets through the .brain to the hang
man’s noose. In all cases except one,
the suicidee have left notes that were
bitterly cynical.
“All manner of theories have been
and,are being advanced aa to the cause
of what appears to be an epidemic^
There are thoee who say that the ad
vanced knowledge of the younger
oration is. creative of a materialistic
outlook that offers no hope and is cal
culated to develop cynics who find ho
value in life. Others say that the
‘high intellectualism’ of tho day cre
ates a sensitiveness that la not suited
to ordinary contacts and ordinary life
and that saeks its relief in adf-de?
struct ion.
“It is The Telegraph's belief that
half-baked Intellectualism is moro re
sponsible than anything else. What
ean a boy of 14, «r even 18, for that
matter, know of the sweetness or bit
terness of life? Cuddled and coddled,
ho doesn't even know what it la all
about; whether it ie good, bad, or in
different. Ho is like tho rooo which
is Just budding and hass*t oven started
to open to the fplL Ahoy off 14 han't
even begun to unfold/ At BO, ha is
still moro or ion in his sdoloseen
At that ago, ths aeangs boy not only
has not Head sufficiently long to hays
xporieneod oorrows that would pismgt
him to suicide, hut ha hasn’t oven rand
A to die earn ths tons from ths
ths tail ffnus ths saperitataL
M which
la •
The Technique advised ail Atlanta
girls attending the dances in Athens
last week to get water-wings if they
intended to get their dates home. One
student undertook to provide a limited
number of non-swimming. girls with
dates for the small consideration of
$4,98 per head, satisfaction guaran
teed or money back. We appreciate
the information that there are some
non-swimming girls, even though they
are limited in number.
COLLEGIATE EVOLUTION
Freshman: “All that I am I owe to
my mother.” .
Senior—“All that 1 owe is paid by
my father."—The Davidsonian.
The glee clubs of the University of
Alabama, the University of Tennessee,
North Carolina State College and Fur
man University are to compete in
Greenville for the Glee Chib which
ia to represent the South in the na
tional contact-to be held in New York
in March.—The Furman Hornet
All chickens do not run across the
road—some of them try to sit on the
driver’s lap in the front seat;”—The
Blue Stocking.
OPEN FORUM
The above represents—
Games won by Mercer in the recent
three-game series with Citadel.
Number who enjoyed chapel talks
by returned missionaries.'
University appropriation for The
Cluster (the little speck in the upper
corner). ' .
Votes cast for mathematics in the
contest for the most popular course.
Number of students who enjoy “com
pulsory -worship;’’
The combined brains of the Ft ash
man, Sophomore and Senior editors.
Mr. Editor:
Two waaks ago there appeared in
the freshman edition of The .Ouster,
a well-written and a generous-spirited
editorial, headad, “Mr. Cobb, 8tand
Up.”
Do not' mistake this for a hot-head
ed answer to the fieehman editor who
was only half serious, half-rcprtmahd-
ing in his gentle rebuka off Mr. Cobh,
I am a ware off tho fart that mash off
his editorial wan written la good aa
toned irony tm example, “oratory a
la Cobh“—aad I shall art ho so fatu
ous ao to taka tho trifle sariinriy.
Ths rtflff aaswar that I have Is that
ths rtrisas pertha off Mr. Start edi- * the
taria) was torttarir teas aad thirty
tttaa. The potato npoa whlsh ha
iltt fnM tipon Wm
m vrtsdma ia WOE
by the writer I realised a .vary short
time after 1 made that speech In stu
dent chapel that I had taken an unwise
stand; and in justice to myself, I must
add that I realised that fact before
Mr. Rice gave me the rebuka that I
deserved.
There is no necessity of explaining
why I made the motion that cauaod the
editorial. I might any that it
not an idea of mine, hut was bora In
the minds of more than om faculty
member. Those men convinced me teat
their idea was for a got
and I mads tho awtioa eon
—believing R to be for the hart Inter
ests of all concerned. I made 1
in npt mIMi
to think it out property for
After tho whole thing was over, I dU
think it tkrough aad haa
ant of my error. I ds art ears to ridft
ths blame to another! I staqfly ehoald
not have boon taflaanood by
without tMefcteg ths matter
I ham nothing hat approval aad ap-
ledarioa for Mr. Mart editorial—
►prowl for his frir awirniftlia off
y mar, apprrotation tor Ms dooku
champion what aaoassd right to him
This ia art aa aarwar to tha oflUsp
aaasditer. It is
than awsrdoff
tion ii stMNsfc fct^Re
SHIRTS
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