The Mercer Cluster. (Macon, Ga.) 1920-current, October 14, 1920, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextIk Mercer University System. Fourteen Schools and VOL. I. Maictr University, Macon, G*.., Thursday, Oct. 14, 1920 f'z ORGANIZATION OF BEGINS ¥ SPIRIT SHOWN Dt FORMATION COLLEGE LIFE LITERARY SOCIETIES, BANDS, ORCHESTRAS. CLUBS AND ATHLETIC TEAMS DEVELOPING. — ■■■— ^ ’ to hard work and' with a determination for derive from mnch colleges s'nd schools Of system report they are their 1920 fall. work. Ih- from every institution is only are their enrollments personnels of the sev- schools have quick- enthusiastic spirit of more than ever before, from the routine of study ... , of literary societies, hands, orchestras, clubs and athletic ♦—»■«» have all been in process dur ing the first weeks of school until MW they are developing into perfect of the student body. Reports the' different schools is to the effect that literary societies, glee clubs and atheletic teams are the most popular althibugh societies for the promotion of work in many spe cial lines of college work is looming as quite a factor. Happy Over Message. Students of Mercer University are organising their literary socie ties as efficient bodies while Bessie Tift girls are featuring their hap piness over messages from foreign field* detailing the wonderful orient as pictured by former Bessie Tif . girls now missionaries in China And Japan. Nomination by the voters of Geor- gov- state house officers and many other county office holders, all of whom were at one time members of either the Phi Delta or Ciceronian literary socie ties while at Mercer has put more spirit' into their fall*beginnings and increased their membership consid erably. Invitations to sbme of these men now prominent in the affairs of the state and nation for an early visit to Mercer have already been sent by both the Phi Delta and Ciceronian officers. In Foreign Lands. The meeting of the four Bessie Tift girlhCwho sailed on the “Em- preai of Japan” as missionaries to the orient with other Bessie Tift girls, is given in letters from Japan and pictured in such a spirit of stu dent' devotion as to bind all. the graduates of the college into a de voted fellowship. Letters from Mrs. Harvey Clarke and Miss Alvada Gunn (printed in this i.sue of the Cluster) tell of the’ fellowship of Bessie Tift giria in foreign lands. Locuat Grove Institute is awaiting | the completion' of the annex to the Boy’s Dormitory so thatt RED HEAD GIRLS IN COLLEGE CLUB Bessie Tift—The Red Heads of this school, according to those in close touch with the campus hap penings, have formed a club, the exact meaning and purpose of which the organizers have not given Out for publication. Klegi— bility to the club is a question which is also worrying those ac quainted’with the local situation. Whether the hair has to be real, red, dark red, light red, brown .red or just plain red-red is to be quite a question for-argument by the charter members. • V MERCER’S AUDIT TOTAL ASSETS FOR LAST - MONTHS INCREASES $416,000 11 MERCER FOOTBALL TEAM WINS 59 TOO CAMP GORDON’S RECRUITS DO ATLANTA TEAM LITTLE GOOD crowded condition’ will be' somewhat . relieved while Norman Park advo cates advocates believe'the prospects for a* big year with them Was never so- bright. Piedmont and. Gibson- . Mercer with the other schools of the Mercer Syatem are quite as con. fideirt of having a big year in every 'school activity. • . Lanier Uinversity’s ,‘shpck troops’ from Camp Gordon, which numbered eight strong, one full squad, .were .not able to strengthen the Atlanta University eleven sufficiently to (hold the adbressrve Mercer team and the Baptists snowed them under with a 59 to 0 victory. ’ ^The Mercer team started off with a rush. Lanier with her eight sol dier assistants, wan the. toss and elected to defend the north goah Weekley kicked off forty yards and Lanier returned it fifteen. The Baptists held the Atlanta team for down. Gr. Mercer's first down, Captain Ri ntz took the ball over right, tack.e for twenty-five yards. Weekly went over left tackle'fcr five >ard^. Rehtz went around" left end for fifteen yards and had to leave the game with a gislocated shoulder. Mercer Touchdown. Weekley went over right guard five yards and a touchdown. Cowart Licked goal. Mercer’s next two touchdowns in the first quarter came v>a the ■ aerial route Weekly to Whitehead. • Sodre end of first quarter,: Mercer .'20; Iainier 0. . Th the second, quarter, Mercer’s offensive riddled, the Lanier line by line plunges until' White went 25 yards around left end for touch down.'. Ellison scored the next touch down in this period by- a forward pass from Weekley, and the third came when Garison, who took Rontz’s place at right half, got the hall on the kickoff and raced ninety- yards through the entire I.anier team for-touchdown. - Mercer -fecored two touchdowns >•’ the'third quarter. White sco-ci the first one when he broke .-through the Lanier defense for a pretty 75 yard run. Weekley took the. ball -over for the second tally. - The last touchdown was’ scored in the final quarter when Weekley took the pigskin over Lanier’s goal line after the Mercer backs had worked the ball to within striking distance hy. pretty line plunges. Garrison un- tbe | corcked another pretty exhibition, COLLEGE MASONS SEEK CLUB ROOM Holding one of the upost unique places of any club on the campus, the Masonic Club will begin its new- year's work next Thursday night when they meet iii the library build : , a( j ing'at 7 o’clock for a short business ■ ( - ain( . s meeting. The club, which is one ’ of the youngest on .the campus, wtU enter its second year with much enthusi- SSm. Among the newWli there are. a~nuhaber of Masons amk^Jie^e un expected to be present at the first meeting. It is likely that arrangements will be ihade in the near future to fit up a room for the benefit of the-club. -Plans are on foot to get some furni-. thre and by the end of the year they Whekley—fpr . Sears; Lafii are expecting to be in a well equip- f,„. wilk ped -club room where all the members j Score by quarters: on the campus will be glad to bring. [j, n j e r . . . .-. ... 0 0 0 •friends. I Mercer ..... ’ 20 20 J 2 but the work of Garrison, Johnson, W’hitehead -and Weekley furnished the thrills. The Baptist team completely out classed the Atlantans by playing in side football. throughout the gao <*. Coach Cody gave every man on his squad a chance in the game and th'ev all showed up. well. r The heavy soldier line for I.anier -coUld not make their .weight -count as they were ablRto make only two first down against!the Baptists.’Only once was the M-m-er goal in danger and that in thef last few minutes of play. Mercer plays Ht^ard College’ in Macon next Saturday. .• The following are the Jineups-: ercer (f59V P osition Lanier (0) . L. E’, . ... Kingdon I.. T . Chappell L, G. Billard . . C . r. Holland R.’.G Walton R, T. ;.. . I. . R. E. ........ Stffne Q. B. . . .'Chamherlain L. H. B - . King . . R. H. B. Wilkes . F. B Peppers Mercer: ' Lancaster Lord. . Johnson .... He'rndon . A Cowart . . Ellison Stokes, . . White .* Rehtz fCapt) Weekley . . Substitutes f« Mercer University, according to the audit report of J. H. Drewery, certified public . accountant, shows that for. the year ending Juno SO, 1920. has no-debt, no deficit. Reports’ from other sources are that the Un-i versity has. no division within the faculty,-the Board of Trustees, or in the denomination at lfcrge, the first- report of its kind in twenty-eight 'years. The total assets during the last twelve months have.'increased $416,- 000, not including a legacy of $50,- 000 from which the institution re ceives income, or the remaining un paid accounts in the office of the Georgia Baptist Convention, With this added the total increase for the year would be nearly half a mil lion dollars. $500,000 Macon Realty. Mercer University has property in the city of Macon with the buildings standing on it valued at over $500,- 000 worth of additional property, thus uniting all. of the property hold ings of the institution so as to form a solid block’. Owing to certain le gal complications, certain pieces of property are still in process of trans-. fer. This gives the institution seven ty acres of land fronting on Tatnall Square, which contains sixteen acres more. The institution has ample grounds for its future development. Ten years ago there was added to- the assets of the institution a certain sum based upon the increas ed: valuation of the property. The past decade has been marked by the rapid rise of property values in the city'.of Macon. A committee of un prejudiced and impartial real estate experts, not connected With the insti tution, reported upon existing val ues, and their report was 'reduced by • the Board of Trustees in order that the most conservative figures might be used. It is believed that the Mercer property is worth $216,- 000 more than it waiter, yqars ago. Therefore this amount has" been ad ded, - The holdings ’in.Macon include thirty-five buildings and seventy aeres of.-land. The unearned incre ment oil So extensive a property dur ing the past ten. years is large and the figures agreed to by the trustees are doubless too small, according to (he friends of the college. Endowment Reitored. The endowment ha„ been restored ., i’ entirety. Every fund is now : - j.e.rly allocated and the income- of each separate fund is known to a ;.enny. » The general endowment fund, ex clusive of campus and buildings, is $424,105 The student aid and loan funds, not including the Hardman bequest, are $195,338. Special funds the income trf which is available^ for definite purposes, add $110,300 more. The present productive v funds of Mercer University amount to $785,- 000, while the total resources are over $1,275,000. It is intimated that the income available for current support-during the next year Will exceed $25,000. WESLEYANAND BESSIE TIFT ALSO FlW BOYS BESSIE TIFT GlfeLS GREET EACH OTHER IN FORIEGN LANDS ‘ • * * : . r# alvadjT "" MERCER OVERSEAS CLUB EN TERTAINS. GIRLS FROM MA CON AT FORSYTH GE. works. greatly im gave the the peo- their work. n teachers ■umber of the HOWDY FRESHMAN! (By G. J. BROOME) You’ve come from the land of the laurelled hills. From the deep, sweet vales, and the mountain rills That dance to the music of the grinding mills— i- -Howdy Freshman! You-’ve come from the Piedmont’s mart and field, * Whose fertile slopes with their beauteous yield Are alike to our land a lance and a shield— Howdy Freshman! « You hail from the hip of the South’s Empire Where the buxom peach with its blush of fire Allures to the lips of sweet Desire— Howdy Freshman! You’ve treked from the wiregrass" plain and pine, .From the corn,'the cotton and the “goober” vine, The “tatei,” the melon and-the muscadine— ... Howdy Freshman! From the winding’trail of the Tesnantee To the laving swell of the breathing sea You’ve, come, and lo!—Opportunity!— ” Howdy Freshman! . missionaries^ 30 NEW MEMBERS FOR QCEROEANS NORMAN SENIORS ALL IN GEORGIA FOOTBALL RESULTS. At Aala'hta—Mercer University, 59; Laniet University, 0. _ At Atlanta—C< orgia Tech, 66; Davidson 0. At Columbia, S. .CV—-University of Georgia 37; University of S. : C., -0._“ At Knoxville; Term:—Vanderbilt, 2G; University of Tennessee, 0. 4it Charlottesville, Va.—Virginia ^Military Institute, 22; University of iViyrinia, 6. • At Auburn, Ala.—Auburn . 14; Camp; Banning 2, At. cientson College, S. Clem- Ron, 13; Wofford College 7. At Houston,'Texas; Rice Institute I 28; Baylor University 0. j At Dallas, Texas-^-A.’& M., 3; Lee' So'uthern Methodist University 0. At Austin—Texas University, 41; ‘Howard Payne T-. At Dahlonega, Ga.— Presbyterian College of South Carolina, 34; North Georgia Agricultural College." 7„ At Birmingham, Ala.—Centre Col- That mixing tie beauties of Wes leyan and Bessie Tift makes a most enjoyable .entertainpient was proved by the Overseas Club Saturday nigh* when thfey staged tne first reception of the season in Jthl society halls of the library. The energy oflOqpar Brewer, who planned and 'qnghi^c*ed the ertire affair, was-the -entertainment due. When it comes teft. putting things over in good*ahape^jacqording to his college friends, he i$ right there. It seems to te j'profound secret how he managed trfpick such pretty girls but they were utere galore and every man;.was supplied. -The enter tainment consisted d|f games, proms, speeches, etc. Thefltrip to find all the towns of any prominence on cither side of the- jfpond” was en joyed. After they |i8d been found each member of theidub waa called on to tell something of his experi ence in his travels. A poem read by J. W. Jones on how things Jiave changed -since coming back wha lis tened to with deep igtoreat. McRay gave a readig on thq lighter side of how the income tag Miss Lillian Whit pressed the Club short talk on soi boys experienced p=e at home app; She is one of the and came-to know Meicer boy* while beaching during the summer. '; " f . Those from Wesleyan: Misses Gui- neave Broome, Rarah Roberts, Agnes Richter, Edith Bay ns, Emma Kate Mansfield, and Katheline Davidson. Those from Bessie Tift: Grace Lig- gin, and Roth ScarJmr6. The town girls were Elizabeth .'Barnes, Ruby Hilly, and Thelma Ray with Miss* The meeting was called to order Lillian Whitman and Miss Harris for by president Newsome and after ; chaperones. ' >' ■ 1 ! some preliminary remarks “Uncle The members of the club present, John” Faulkner was called on to make j Oscar. Brewer, McRay, J. B. Odum, the address of welcorhe. “Let no man” P. E. 1 Murray, H. H. Shirley, W. W. -aid E; ulkner, “go through Mercer Sinclair, O. B. Newsome, J. W. Jones, wjthout km y.-ing how to think and H. C. Haynes, Wayland Hanly, Bry- express himself on his feet. And to -on-arid Matthews. 1 l:.>ow parlihientary low is to possess i —— 4-r —^—:; the key wh.ch v. ill cop-’rol many pub- F-urman University, 21 iic .nc tin^-.” 1 .- < .nt’-iued by show- At Lexin’Vton.- Va.-—Washington I ir.g some of the ii.-. *.ti. "t the literary far away Spain, entered Sopha- .1 1 A 27; Wake Forest 0; -societies had accomplished in the At. Washington. D. C—George-; past and. some of the men whom Grace Ligon, Mildred and Gladys, other with a warmth, and *-"vn, 27; North Carolina State 0. -they had turned out to become the | Jordan and Lucile Norman At Lexington, Ky.— Kentucky J greatest oratoTs of our state. . J Bessie Tift college. , . . State 31; Maryville, 0. j Following “Uncle John” came R.L. Mamie Lanier is at her home in I ■Ulfilt Carter who added to some of the [ Cuthbert, Ga. great thing which had been afd of Ruby Vandiver is to teach school things accomplished in the past and j at pjtzgerald, Ga. ’’’ “ Deborah Joyce is at ber home in Barney, Ga. - I.udelle Registers friends wlil be Bubbling with enthusiasm and overflowing with,-new men the Cicer roneqn literary society of Mercer held -its"first meeting in the society, hall last Friday evening at 6:46. The new men came with a rush, anxious to join and get into the things the Ciceroneans are going;to* do this year. After listening with rapt attention to the "speeches of welcome by some of the old members the visitors pledged themselves al most to a man to become loyal Cice; roneans. The final count of the sec-- - retary showed a list of mere than 60 new members. The 1920 Senior class of Norman Institute is scattered about all over Georgia but, according to faculty and students, are still keeping up with Norman Park affairs. Tom Mbrphy is making good at the University of Georgia. Leon Scruggs is at Barney, Ga., but is to later Jake a course in the Atlanta Schoo^*of Pharmacy.. Arian Giddens -is in the United States Navy. g Albert Berwick is . at his home ipi Thomasvil: test Gaskins is continuidR Studies at Georgia School of logy. Marcus Evans is at his home iq Ty'Ty, Ga., but is to attend school soon. - Frank Willis holds a position in the’ Second Bank at Ocilla, Ga. Lavelle Barwick is doing stenogra phic work in Atlanta, Ga. Clarence Smith is at his home in Nashville, Ga. Fred Martinez, the classmate from - & HUG EACH OTHER IN OLD TIME CAMPUS FASHION. Bessie Tift Girls* wri' from the -orient to at the Forsyth college great work done- by- i< Tiff girls, now way that has inspired every' as well as all others who hove their interesting messages. Ia own enthusiastic way Mist Gunn has described the meeting these Bessie Tift girls on tile fields. - - Miss Gunn’s letter ters follows: “Yokahama,.Japaa, “Just oat, Aug. $1, 1M9 “Girls, dear giria I loot: v . “So unique and taatffoU occurred this menftag that I M t must write yon m it. I ahaB trrtla you much—later,-bat { fstt yea must feel the thrill of thle Incident . with me or I waald be so keealy grateful for its occorraaea. “Miss Evie Campbell, oar eera. - Mist Evie, once spoke to Rseeis Tift " % girls o^thoir an parallelled heritage. It was never more forcefully brought home , to my own heart thou aaJhia rrempmhle afternoon. * Yofcahama Ha "The Empress «(* ingf our Beotia Tift girla l Mh^r in the Orient, ehor hr the Yokahm of the pesi timh visit Tokyo, Tift girl. Mra N.1 curious interest through shops of the Oriental city. V “Upon our return to the faoat -we found Miss Sarah Frances Ful^mm* and Bessie Tift’s 'big sister ia Ja pan,’ His Lucile Daniels Chris, waiting on deck to greet us. White uniforffied officers stsred po litely, brown-faced' Chinese (members of the ere#) around in open-mouthed ment, while curious passengers stbod st a respectful distance and envied more class at Oglethorpe University, the six Bessie Tift girls who greeted At Bloomington, Ind.^—Indiana 24, Mississippi A. and M, 0. At Ohio State, 37; Etherling, O'. ' At New Haven, Conq,—Yale, 21 ;i to show that It was not all flowery l niversity of North Carolina, 0. ! t>ods of ease he told of some of her At Cambridge,.. Mass—Harvard; j defeats. He predicted the : greatest 21; Valpraisff? 0. ‘ i vea r in the history Df the society. , .. . . • At Philadelphia. Pa.—Pennsylva : | i; ome of t h c things which he men- * )ad tp kn ° W that * She recovenn « nia, 31; Swarthmore.O. ■ | Honed was- the four public debates At .Princeton, 36; Maryland . whitrh will be- held between the two State 0. | soc j e ties and at least one and very n ''’ ^ a - I from a recent operation. Louise Whitaker is at home, Ber- At Pitsburg, Pa.,—University of Pittsburg, 34: West Virginia, 13. At Penn State, i4; Dartmouth, T. At New York—Columbia, 14; New York University 7. Wisconsin,. 27; Michigan Aggies, 0. Brown. 34 ; University of Maine-7. Lafayette 7; Navy 12. Chicago, 30; Purdue, 0. Army. 27; Middlebury (O.)’, 0. At Bethlehem, Pa.—Lehigh. 9; Rutgers, 0. At- Gettysburg, Pa.—Gettysburg, Doerun, likely four or five inner-collegiate de- Irma Story is at home, bates for Mercer will furnish men. Ga. It was left for Jimmie Tresi to, Norris Overstreet and Clifford take the house off it's feet with his Belle are studying at Mefcer Univer- flights of oratory. He opened-by ex- sity. . 'j . plaining how necessary it was to be; ■ ; J ■ •able to speak in public. The recent’ NEW SCHOLARSHIP) campaign -had carried the state by : . . Commendation is due to Miami storm he said simply, simply by the ! University, Oxford, Ohio, for being | forqe of one or two great speakers Cn- pioneer in establishing a new i His conclusion’ was an illusion to the ( ^j nl i 0 f “scholarship.” This institu- griat orator whom the society -irrii-1 tion has.given Percy MacKaye a t:\tes and he admonished-the new men studio on the edge of the campus, i to set -their stages high and walk in He will have a professor’s salary 68; W est Maryland, 0 -a i - i- i -n ‘ rv- , ■ the. illustrious footsteps of Cicero. an( a rent-free house.for his family, At Carlisle, Pa.—Dickinson, 19; - . . _ . . .. St JohzKT 0 j During the course of the program- but will teaenmg. His time will 2. the work for the coming year was be devoted to work on his plays and • | tapped out to the new men. The pageants, and in his leisure there four regular inner,society debates Will -be informal gatherings with will be. held and there will very like- :speeial students in the English ly be several.debaters with-other col-! courses. leges. At the next regular meeting . : , ; . speakers will be elected for the fall (erni debate with the Phi Deltas. It was explained' that all the public, prog- ram Would be published before the debates -aso to take olace.. ThC speak will .-elect a-subject in-the near the debating council will At ’Hamilton. N. Y.—Colgate, Allegheny, 7. At Pittsburg, I’a.—Carnegie Tech.. 21; Westminister, 0. At Allentown, Pa. y— Muhlenberg, 14; Albright, At Washington, Pa.—Washington and Jeff., 67; Kalamazoo,, fl. At Baltihiore—Washington Col- lege, 0; St. Marys 19. At. Chester, Pa.—Pennsylvania^ Lord; Jarvis foe Stokes; Garri-| 120;, Howard College, 0. for Rentz; Sears for Weekley; 1 At Tuscaloosa. Ala.—University f- Ri Ids of AlalKima, 45; Birminghanj-South- -; ! ern, 0. ... • . Vt _ Gainesville,'-- Fla.—^University 0 0 ■ (>f: Florida, 21 ; Newbery College, 3. 7__5q! At Charleston, §, C.—Citadel, 6; of Cincinnati, 6. Military College 13; Villa Nova, 6 At Harrisburg, Pa.—I.ebanon, 1-4;! future and Susquehanna. -0- ,'piepare a program r.ad a date for ■ At HaverfoTd, Pa.—-Havered, 3- the !* eba,,? as ' soon ,!S P“ s ? lble - ‘ "'Hi Walhington, d/ C.—Delaware, ’ There art; about 12.000 lepers in 14; George Washington, 7. , the PhilLi,,pines. . ■ At Washington, D. C-—Richmond. ——e—: — 10;'Catholic Univeraity 7. . The hair of the head grows much j NotreDame, 4; Western Normal 0. faster in summer than in winter. j. Northwestern 17; Minnesota,. 0. j ———j ; --7- University-of Ohio, 0; University! The majority of workers in copper minee are immune from typhoid. GOOD NI&HT, PETE! WOMEN WILL COACH FOOTBALL ELEVENS ..Philadelphia.-—High *chools in this city or* facing the alternative of women football coaches or no professional coach at all, accord ing to William A. Stecher, direc tor of public school physical edu cation. Unless professors volunteer to coach the football teams, Mr. Stecher said Wednesday, two schools will have to take a wom an coach. are at | J®y seldom seen among staid old mar ried women and dignified old nuddo. To think that so far orit in the world We hud corns I to find the fulfillment of the Junior's song: i ■ s - “Where* oh where, are the grand old Seniors? “Where, oh where, are the grand eld Seniors? , “Where* oh where, are the grand old Seniors? “Safe now in the wide, wido world. “By and by we’ll go out to mast them; “By and by well go out to meet them; * ; * “By and by we’ll go out to mast them; “All safe in the wide, wide world.” “Remarks came spontaaeouslF-aad all at once, it deeded ! “ ‘Why, there are six of $0 here!* “ ‘Yes, and two others very near P “ ‘Why Bessie Tift ought to have - a service flag!’ v , “ ‘Let’s pray for more Bessie Tift girls!’ - ^ “These and similar remarks earn# quickly and heartily, but for swot, sweet minutes at intervals wo sim ply stood and looked at each other. y I don’t know who’s arm was arouad who, but aUrttfms were busy aad sB eyes and tongues spoke eloquently of the dear girls back in the dear college. The eyes of the mother of a Bessie Tift girl, Mrs. Clarke, filled at the tought of her girlie apart from her, but her lips'smiled, as she said she was glad--Josephine could be there.. ..Miss Perkins, Mrs. West brook, Miss Knight, Miss Fulghum and I joined in a, general chorus of praise of the dear Alma Mater. Could anything, dear gills, make you love the Master’s work in far away lands so much as having those of your own family there? We are parts of your family representing, you until you can get here. Four -of us in China, four-in Japan that l (Continued on page 4)