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CER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GA., FRIDAY, MAR. 4, 1917
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CHAMPION ‘LIMKRICKJSR
SCRAP
Main Trip to Oral
11. A. A. Crown
GAME
: 8Wan
Parka
«o. Song to Saakat-
ball Carter
Si
LLYINC from their den; eight
attar Bern went Chmrleston-
ird last Tuesday to engage the
reseniatives of Birmingham'
hi'the. second game of the
IS. I*.A V basket tut il iounsauiaht.
' The executive committee .of the ath
letic board of control decided fait Mom
that Mercer should enter the tour-
cat, Up until ilirn it was Uticcrf
that Mercer would cuter. A phony
row
♦w
tior Rhymer Declared i
King of Limerick Contest
at* i«
John C. V.ouug, poet laureate of the.
campus, who wilts fame end the title
of ‘Exalted f .imerlcher’. by submitting
- information
ijeston resulted - 'the winning rhyme in the Senior lime
that the Bears
of the big drawing cards,
/titan dissanooint fans who.
bought tickets with' expdetb-
i bf seeing Mercer play, the Mef-
authoritiCs decided to participate
the’ meet. ;
Tire men who made the trip are m
llhyws: centers, 'Captain Malcolm;
her Owens: forwards.
Sam Guerrv, Harold
feWItllams;
add. Job*
i ^hsams have entered the
are as follows: Louisiana
»: ■ Birmingham-Southern,
of Chattanooga^ Mercer
Missisaippi. Georgetown
ege, .Kentucky Western Teachers
the CHadcl, Futman, Nvw-
ry, Wofford, Preshyteriau College.
«e of Charleston. :
Finals of the. tournament
be rtagaff tonight amt the finals
turds? night. The coutesu are be*
1***1 She Citadel Alumni Gym-,
am. This .is the first time that an
A, A. tournament has .bent staged
Charleston.
pit will close the
cers of two of Mercer's
.'.Captain Malcolm Green
1 games'.under the Orange
rick contest. He ia.thinking.of dos
ing a vaudeville contract.
FOOTBALL SQUAD
TO RESUME WORK
;-member of the freshman
t his first year at Mercct-|‘
Lanier High’ School
: starred with the’Poet five.
; Sophomore year at Mer-
fronv his regular- posi-
nter to'fill a forward's place. 1
ntinued on Page 5)
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Spaing Practice to Begin Again
When Bears Return Freni
Charleston w ^
VERY man' oiit," says poach.
Spring football practice for the
Mercer Bears, which was bald
up a week while Coach Moors
look his ha'*ketba!l team to the S. I.
A. A. basketball tournament in Char
leston. will.start again on next Monday.-
Under the tutelage -of Coaches
He nice M lore, Sid Johnson and-J. D.
Blair, the Hears have made rapid prog
res* in the spring drills.
. Coach Moore stated before he left
for the fournament that he expected
to hold a scrimmage by the latter part
Of next weak...
Approximately thirty men have re
ported to the Mercer coaches for prac
Hce every day' hr two : weeks. Be
sides several-varsity men. all the mem-,
hers of Major Blair’s JF’reshm'an. eleven
of. last- Fall have been taking part In
the workouts. ’ ■
FINDS THEY ARE
CRITICAL SNOBS
AND UNFRENDLY
Miss Sallie, Sitting in Judgment* Awards John C.
Young First Place* and the Two Rocks ,
The WltWier of the two dollar prize in
the Senior Class limerick contest, held
thiii week on the campus, was John C.
Young, a.Senior, Both the second and
third places were taken by the same
man, Tom Cobb, While the fourth was
WOit-by'John Gilbert.
Miss Sallie .was chosen, to Judge the
contest, And, Tuesday morning after
some deliberation' she announced the
winners, raying that the - limerick-by
Young was by far the best.*
Snou after the announcement of the
contest, the whole school began lime-
ricking. To and from classes, the fcl-’,
lows began rhyming to themselves. Uy
Monday night, when-the contest was
closed, the campus was so scattered
with little scraps of Paper • that it
looked; like a anow. .
The one talcing second plarc follows;
My hopw .letter came and brought
money;
- That evening the -train brought my
’’honey”; ' j. • " .
She didn’t stay long..
.But I sing my swain-song: ,
I’m a wretched and broke little son-
hy. : ' ■ .’ ' ’
The immortal Cobb;.«sed this., verse
to. hook off third place •
-All boyf-Tmowthat Mfro—smps—r*
All joyl—-even dates with the las-
»**•: '. - -rtf" '■
But for one horrid nils 1 ■
That ruins the blame school:
And that was the rule startn' classes.
John Gilbert, bounded by- a wreath of
smiles, rocked over with that long
stride of his and presenter! one written
on the inside of a chewing gum wrap-
pee.- This illustrates the carelessness
of genius for the- same little verse got
fourth place:
There Was a young lady named Le-
WINS THE .TWO BERRIES
good 'prof, we
Now - we have
call Jacob,.
Who spent all the cash hr coubl
rake-up.
To buy a Dodge carl ’
'But he didn’t get far.
for the bloomin’ thing burned.all
his gas-up.
Remarks on Clothes, Jeer at Hat,
and Then Move to Other ; '•
Seats
IS TREATED LIKE LEPER
Who bought a new vacunt clean*;
But she got in the way
Of its -suction cine day
(Continued on Page •),
NEW FRATERNITY
INSTALLED HERE
Thirty Members. Initiated Into
Alpha Epsilon. Chapter of
' j» Urn
AH of Which. Surprises Imperso
nator Who is Friendly “CHrl”
on Stage
R
D
MIDIRON ADDICTS
MAT PLOUGH SOD
IN GOLF TOURNEY
Triangular Meet Planned by Em
ory With Mercer and
Oglethorpe w
N,
'Coach Mohr* intends to. coniiuue the
spring workouts until the first of June,
he has announced.
Expose Columnists
ular 'Rogues Gallery’
taken ape*
our and efcpose
attsfer rdaders,
d 'Thby put ex-
Colfh hhwfsH. The b6ok was skip
ping t»kn into tbs' right form .to put out
a set of'words-that’.WbAld break the
jawbone of most asses. Cobb’s picture
appears jirfore hi* pofuimt.' Note’ the
up»*>4itd rj i ess. in which- lie is. ’all
XMsf.'.
OW for a novel tourney
Suggest that MercerUni-.
versity enter a new field of athletic
competition,” wrote John Wilson, Cap
tain of-the Einory University Golf
Team He has written Mercer to. send
a golf tean; to Atlanta, on May 7 to
meet Icains from Emory and Ogle
thorpe Universities on the' Druid Hills
CnUrSe. ; '
Oh .the same.date mentioned Merr
oer, Emory, and. Oglethorpe will b*
engaged in a track meet in Atlanta,
and- the suggestion has come that a'
golf match be added to the activities
of the day. This will be; a Hew de
parture. for ’ Mercer as. there ha* pever
been a golf team to represent the Uni
versity .in match, play'.
The. matter bat been taken, tip by
Prof. Folk and other members of the
Merger'Golf Chib,, and an eftprt. grill
Clcciiten .wits iesuid at. work h* made tp organize a.team to seitd tt»
isi buaitteiw. She is 4Bh’ thfc the Atlanta meet., University officials
effort, to arrange with
fofthe
lhat
such
around >.
LD orders changer giving place
to the new. Gamma Alpha, local
fraternity of Mercer Universi
ty. was installed last Saturday
at Alpha Bpsilon chapter.of Sigma Pi
fraternity oil-the thirtieth' anniversary
of the national fraternity.
Two grand chapter officers, -H. S,
Sidcncf. .'of Tiffan, O., and TA nts K
Palmer of ,the .University of Illinois,'
together-with members Of Psi.chapter.
Emory: University, and Alpha Delta
chapter. Auburn, and T. Ayer Hateji-
er, Xfacon realtor and-alumnus'of Pal
chapter, had charge of the installation.
The initiation ceremonies and installa
tion of the new-chapter required the
entire day, and Saturday night the vis
iting Sigma Pi’s, the sponsor of the lo
cal chapter. Miss Mary Baldwin, and
other guests were entertained- with a
banquet at the Lanier H-otel, by. mem
bers of the Mercer Chapter. .
Thirty .mere including active mem-
pledges, and alumni.of Gamma
bees.
Alpha were initiated during (he day
The list included: Theordore M. Ox
ford. - Dawson: Hansell ’Jennings
Thoinatvfllc; Pro. Edgar'E. Folk, Ma-
(Continued on Page 6)
ECENTLY Hal Harris dressed
as a girl, tripped down to the
City Auditorium and heard
the Cleveland Orchestra white
surrounded liy s bev^ of college girls,.
he quit -his usual feminine, role of Misa
Maliet Jackson, which he. takes for the
Dramatic Club,, and, for th« Senior
Clasa, played the part of Misa Eve
Dropper. , .1
There were two purposes behind
this. First, Hal wanted to get the
latest fads in feminine-mannerisms in
order to improve his acting the part, of
a modern young girl. TJie second pur
pose (both s were suggested by Riley
McKoy) was for. Harris, disguised, to
get a sfo*y for the Senior Cluster on
what Mercerian was the most-talked-
of by the young ladies, on how they
reacted to inspiring music, and points
fish gestures and expressions.-
i*f» Wp
McKoy thought he planned perfect-,
ly. He secured a ticket'.to a reserved
seat for Harris among the college, girls
and a ticket to the adjoining seat.
This last one was to be taken by one •
of McKoy's; numerous girls. She was
to he llaf’s companion. Harris was to
be driven in a car . to the auditorium
half an hour, early, by Hab Casson, ahd
take his -seat- before the crowd gath
ered. ", -
But all .this is as planned. In reality.
Casson could not be found until twen
ty minutes before the curtain, and
then he was unable to take Hal down.
Harris; dressed like a girl, walked—
wearing * pair of killing, stilt-like high
heel shoes. , ’
.On the way he -bogged up in mud
and changed the peaceful color of
these beautiful sky-blue -pumps to an
angry red. H« was further annoyed
bjr a couple of thicks in. a Ford, who
rode by several times, blowing their
‘‘horn#". . -
Highhats Kenneth
, \V Heii Harris reached the auditorium
his girl companion had- not arrived,
but a bunch of college girls, was enter r
jng. lie hurried in' with. them. Never
had he .felt so uncomfortable in (emi-
(Continued- on Page S) '
She Was His Heart’s Captain
■Hud The Boat Got Torpedoed
O CsiiUln • MrCsptsIn ! OOf Jayeua trip's be-
Jpin.
Our tov? Dab anchored afs and mHiM. our
rui»e )■ (u41y run ■’ *
Tb# a«y I* nmr, th« b«l)fi 1 au4 tAurfU!
gr# bt-Amtn& ; .
Wbllo pRruntH cry, we rtuljf «if|h im»4
.If iMU’Tt drtoniln|. I .?•.
**Oh, boy r HaW Hugh
plng^lrtto a chair. ”That’s
wrote to the only girl in
My Captain!'Shy can be my
righi UO. tool I'm sifting pretty
She called me dp
blackbird voice
girl's home. Two hour* later he. re-
turned. lie just did get-back, though.ta
He drug himself into the • room and '
dropped into a chair 'again, but much
thore heavily.
“WhM’s tfie mauerr bughf” .
Bye Blackbird”,'ha moaned.
