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PAGE TWO The Gold Bug, Western Maryland College, Westminster, Md. iliistory of lIIIIl'stl'rnI ,-_A_:L_~_;_;_\:_~_;_t_:~_OO_EK_S_'_II""':t=~:.~~:::., / jJjJ{urylul1l1 NEW ADMINISTRATION WHY PLAY A PART 1 minded professor that, just before he Reverend ThoDlas H. Lewis, A, M., D. went. to threw lria wife out the D., entered upon the duties of the prest Says Shakespeare, "All the world's a back door the garbage' Official newspaper of Western Maryland College, publtehed on Thursday during deney in July, 1886. Dr. Lewis was stage and every man must playa. part." the academic year by tbe students of Western Maryland College, Westminster, -c-Poly Press. born December 11, 1852, was graduated lie saw things squnrely and arrived at Maryland. Entered sa seecnd-claas matter at the Westminster Poatoffice. at Western Maryland College in ]875; just such a conclusion. But why should Subscription Price, $2.00 a. Year served in the itinerney of the Methodist it be necess.ary for affairs to take such a There is just another name for Popu- Protestant Church tc 1882; appointed as peculiar turn' You play and I play, we Seeking. Beware of it. It is a president to organize the Westminster all play and oftentimes so abominably. fire nnd a dangerous weapon that MANAGING STAli'F Theological Seminary in 18B.'! ~ honored If you like me and I like you, why cnn·'t amateurs should keep away from. And Editor-ill-Chief. . . Casper P. Hart, '29 with the degree of D. D. by Adrian Del- we tell each other and feel all the better nIl lire novices in this regard, especially lege, Mich., in 1885; and elected preat- for having done so, You say to your- t.JIOSO who think themselves proficient. Managing Editor.. . Joseph L. Mathias, Jr., '29 dent of Western Maryland College in self, yourself, understand, "I hate that If you are seeking you arc chasing a Asst. Managing Editor .. Edwin Warfield, '29 1886. man, the way he docs tllings, his n.tti- rainbow and nll your efforts will be ab- whom Business Manager .... '" .Paul Bates, '31 The first efforts 'of the new adminis- tude toward equals, people altogether, he he should con- ortive. is a. very sider his payment Asst. Business Manager .. ....... J. Hammett Simms, '29 tration debt, were By directed to tlle 1887, a four of objectionable eharacter." Do we ever Naturally we all WAnt our worth to be September, the the outright person Advertising Manager .. .......... Marvin B. Sterling, '30 thousand dollar loan was paid. In De say these things concerned' to 'iVe certain kuowu. There is 110 harm in this pro- most intiIllntely nbout l88!}, it Circulation Manager .. . Roy L. Robertson, '29 cetnber, long-standing the last debt notes, of representing ly do not. We keep it all to ourselves, vided Do we go 1I0t tell e,'erybody in tile of right your man college, nero the the rare James A. Stach, '30 were paid, and the college was at last or, which is worse, tell someone else. because they wtn not believe you. Asst. Circulation Managers .. . Thomas Braun, '30 free from debt. This represented R to- RESUME Do work, show good results, and your { tal payment, excluaive of interest, of qualitirs will soon be recognized. As a Leslie Grover, '30 $10,762.18. "Razors pain you, those Art Editor ............ "Pete" Gomsak, '30 To continue the process of develop Rivera arc damp, who brag the most do the stain you Sports Editor .. ........... L. G. Ekaitis, '31 ment, just as soon as the debt was paid, Acids drugs cause cramp, This allort verse, taken from an old And the next years were charaeterized as magazine, will hrlp to convey my mean REPOR1'ORJAL STAFF "the building era." Tn 1886 Ward Hall Guns aren't give; lawful, ing. Nooses was enlarged to double its former size News Editors Gas smells awful; "Mr. 'Meant-to' l'ns a comrade, for students were name W. G. Eaton, '30 Margaret Mar-tignoni, '29 and the rooms refurnished. women In 1887 a wing You might as well live." And his you ever is 'Didn't-do.' to meet him' completely Hn\"e chnnced 104 feet long was added to the main CONCERNING THE MECHANIZED Did they ever call on yout Associate Editors building, providing a new dining hall, a LIFE These two fellows live together Mary WaIzl, '29 Curvin M. Seitz, '29 large auditorium, and a new dormitory In the house or "Necer-wm," Edith Kinkead, '29 Roy C. Chambers, '29 for women. This wing was named Scientists of this twentieth century And I'm told thnt it is haunted Evangeline Lathem, '29 Charles E. Rensch, '29 "Smith Hall," in honor of the presi- have predicted a "mechanized life," By the ghosts of 'Might·have-been'." dent of the board of trustees. Steam which is to descend upon the eivilized Echo. Reporters was flrst introduced peoples of the. earth and turn their emo- -lit. St. Mary's The Mountain Virginia Merrill, '30 Roy T. Edwards, '31 tional lives into mere feelinglcss mao Sara Freeman, '29 Roby Day, '29 chines. Thcso worshippers of the labor- Helen G. Dennis, '29 C. E. Funk, '29 ntory have gone so far as to say that "Speaking of coaches," said Lou Lit- Catherine Reed, '30 Jackson W. Day, '31 before many generations have passed tle, team, eoaeh "tho of fellows Gecrgetown's deserve unbeaten real who the mechanized Thelma Reid, '30 improved by a portico running the en- man will be a thorougl,ly tlle needs credit arc men like Crum at George Elizabeth Clough, '30 ~ftl~~el~!~'\~::dK~2o~hOgey,-'32 tire length. In 1889 Ward Hall was creature, administering to of Dorothy Johnson, '29 Branch Phillips, '30 completely remodeled in the interior. A his body as he would care for some 1ligh· Universtty. Where you have Grace Armstrong, '30 Wilmer V. Bcll, '30 stenm laundry was installed. Four acres powered motor, and utterly disregarding of hundred candidates and a anybody war Helen Wheeler, '29 William Br-own, '30 of were ndded to furnish an ath- the fnct that he is the possessor of erne be able to turn chest, a football team. ought But to out field. This same year the college tiona and desires. The idea of such a possibility is new to the lmmnn race, and Crum-you remc'nber him, 'Maud'Crum received two I'ery generous gifts. The he was called when he played halfback ideas always fascinating. Brothers, Worthy opinion; Model management; Correct news. firm of Baker on the eampusa of Buckeystown, new novclty are of the prospect has worn After off for Priuccton five or six years ago-he the Md., erected president's and tho uewness Df the idea has ceased has hardly enough men to fill up the po- home, alld Miss Anna n.. Yingling, A. to fnseinate, the utter absurdity of the and he hasn't even a field to M., of Westminster, Md., a. member o~ men evident. IE-D-I-T-O-R-I - A -LI the first class graduated from the col· prophecy becomes is truly sympathetie with to on. the tidal He has flnts to nlong take the his Poto- No man who lege, presented to her alma mater the the human race ean conceivo of an era mac nnd work them ont there. It's II gymnasium. PROVINCIALISM COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WINS Notwithstanding these rapid additions wl,en that race will be devoid of all de- public playground. If he wants t" scrim· sires ,md emotions. It is not only highly mage, he has to play one half Df his line to Ihe buildings of the college, the po· "College life is brondening." This tronnge of the next year, 18f10, showed improbable; it is llighly undesirable as against the other. Yet he had a fine statement has been repeated so often Brookwood~our only labor college of the need of stillmore room. It was de well. Wllllt passible IIdvnntage couln team last year. This year it isn't doing that it has very nearly become .Ii. plati- imporlanee----is under fire. Matthew cided to make a final addition to the t.here be in redueing human beings to so well. Bnt I still think lie deserves tude, but nevertheless the theme of it is \Voll, "iee-president of th.., American main building. It was thought best to the state of so many pieces of rna· of and there nre plenty one of the strongest arguments in favor Federation of JAbor is responsible for put the 1\'hole matter in the hands of an chinory' Man is an artistic prodUction, of higher education. We come to college, the deeision of the Executive Council to architect so that all the buildings would the most eomplieated and the most beau· -John Rieran, in the "Ne-w York we say, to form new associations, acquire ask affiliated unions to withdrrw their Ilonform to a uniform style ef architec· tiful of God's wonderful works. To Times." new ideas, and make new friendships. support from the college. The college is ture. The work was given to Mr. Jack- change this marvelous creature into a -The University Hatchet. All very true and worthwhile; but if we being charged with anti·religious and son C. Gott, of Baltimore, wll{) had been mere Jiving organism would be an unfor- persistently, by our .attitudes and a(l- the nrehitect for the president's horne givable sin against the Creator Himself. tions, reveal ourselves to be doing noth· pro-So"iet leanings. But who illl'esti· and the gymnasium. "Au imposing and The evils that would result from such a A problem of which students are more ing of the sort, do we not silently refute gated the institution and upon what evi· beautiful structure, 273 feet front, lI"ith change would be enough to bring cternal or less conscions llOw deal with the our own arguments' dence the charges are based neUller stu- front and flanking towers and ornamen i1amnation UP(lD the head of the origina, new freedom college nffords' dents nor faculty nor board of directors Take, for example, the matter of tal porches running the entire length, tor of the seheme. One wny to utilize this new freedom is friendships. Where is there a student can tell. rises now from the lllost elel·ntcd spot 'fhe first evil that would result from a by letting oneself go, giving reatrained who will not orate eloquently, when oc· FortuMt ly there was a grent deal of on the hill aud i~ surrounded by other change to the meehanized life would be expression to the impulses of the mo· Ilasion arises, upon the value and broad- protest this summary nction and buildings in various parte of the campus. the death of Art. The human machine ment. Counselors are not for to aeew, ening effellt of school associations and President Green has rromised This lnst nddilion, costing $15,000, will (I do not call him man because he would who buttress such advice with friendships, and then proceed serenely Brookwood College that no final action be called 'Hering Hall' in honor of the no longer be a. mnn), would find itself the word, "scientific." Yet any- upon his chosen policy of going around will be IBken until members of the Ex trellsurer of the bo~rd of trustees, J. W. utterly powerless to produce works Df one gives e'i"en a little thought to constantly and exclusively with a partic· ecuti\'e Couneil 118"C had "ample op Hering, A. :!iL, }'J. D." What Mr. Smith Ilrt. Poetry, musie, sculpture, painting, the method of sceince in other realms, ular group of cronies' "But," is the was in furnishing means, and Dr. Ward dnncing~all these things wonld be abo sees that uncabined, nllmodified "letting objection, "there arc of a necessity only porlunity to aequaint themselves with was in laborious execution, Dr. J-l~ring sent from the mechanized life. Art is fl ourselvcs brings no benefieial re- a. few people with whom one is espellially the protests filed." We arc Iwppy to was in making able plans and financing child of the emotions; all artists are sult. so do we lenrn how to profit congenial.' , Granted; but have we ever find Mr. Green so \\"011 over to the thepro,ieets. emotionally sensitive to the beautiful. nil experience in a chemistry Jabora- considered the idea that certain people prillciple of collectiH In 1801, E. O. Grimes and Willinm II. And sinee the humnn machine is to have The method there is to carry for whom we "know" might very probably loeratic eontrol of the life 'no emotioUll, it can have no art either. our indhidual experiments after be doubly worthy of cultiv~tjon from would seem to be Ihe fnrthest f-ollI In· Starr, both of Westminster, gave to the The sellond resulting evil would be the full eDllsicieration to other lessolls the very faet that their opinions are not bor's policy, judging from the faet tlwt college a !i,·e-inch telescope, equatorially denth of Love. Two human machjnca been learned as the result of identical with onr own' Understand, it thc lil.boring IIIil.n continuil.lly fights mountcd, and provided with the latest could hardly bo expected to experience e"rlier experimentation. is not meant that we should attempt agaillst monopoly in distribution of the improvements. lo,'e for elleh cther. The machines Unless growing freedom and power is mass companionship-----far from it-but. material benefits of life. A labor col Tn 1802, the Y. M. C. A. hall was live together for the sake of pro· neeompanied by a growiug restrnint and it might be both interesting and worth lege shoulil indeed be a model of democ· erected. A reading room occupied the and material benefits, but they self·disciplineonlydisastercanresult. the effort to become better acquainted rney in eduration, especially since labor first floor and the assembly room of the could ne,'er show love and the kindred -Prom a quotation from "The Inter· with more of our fellow-students who association occupied the second floor. feelings, compassion nnd mercy. For Collegian" in "The Gettysburgian." often suffers [Ill intellectual eclipse ill seem promising, and note the results in The steam laulldry and eleetric light love is a child of emotion and desire,and the way of increase in good feeling and the regular eollegse. Brook~,·old hns dur plants were located in the basement. the hnman machine is to have no emo school spirit. iug the seven years of 'Is life been such 'l'his great in building was tions and desiree. A Scotchman put green spectacles on Again, with reference to the idea of a dClHoerntic college. Faculty and stu, partly the result the cause of The third and most tragic evil would his horse so he could feed him shaving broildmindedness in sOllial relations: Can dents share in the school's gOI'ernment; the rapid increase in patronage of be the death of Religion. The machine illstead of grass. -PDlly Press. anyone possibly call an attitude Ilosmo- all points or view nrc givcn a hearing, the school. From 115 students in 1885, whose existence eenters around the stnrk politan which apparently cannot recog· and it has been inevItable t!J.at a fe\\' the number inerenscd to 258 in 18f12. renlity of the laborntory, whose life nize the existence of frank, friendly com· Communists should be found within Again tbe dormitories were filled to the knows not the beauties of Art nor the Man hns made wonderful progress in women, radship between men and over it' but Brookwold's wnlls. It will be unfortu· capacitics, and either studeuts had to be comforts of Love, would soon lose its the laboratory; the benefits of this. must wax sentimental There nate if this freedom is eurtailed. A lTefused admission or some new arrange of God and religion. Su- progress nre undeniable. But, tllough he seems to be a generally prevalent idell l-Irookwold ulldrr the thumb of n Mat· ments made. confident in its own power to has delved deep into the depths of the that to have more. than one particular thew Woll will be of no more significance During Ihe session Df 18[l2-'fl3, Presi the secrets of life in its labora- organic side of life, man Dught to reo friend of the opposite Bex is simply out dent Lewis took his first vacation and tcry, it would lose all faith and sense of frain from making the soul an (lbject of of the quesH"n; otherwise, great ccmpli· to truecdueation than a public ntility spent five months in making reverence. For Religion is a ehild of experimentation. Civilization is a very cations will result. Many a mutually course nt tlle Unll·ersity of Pennsylvall IIro,und the world. Art and LO"e, which in t.urn are children fine thing. Knowledge and new discov- agreeable assolliation has been termi- ia.-New Student. of the emotions; and the human machine eries arc indispensable to mankind. But nated through the embarrassing tend· is to have no emotions. knowledge ought never to rule the soul. enllY of fellow students to make nn Unavoidable Accident The havoc that these three evils would Emotion.s are a. necessary part of man'8 "affair" out of the moat casual of Storekeeper: "What, lady, these eggs Teacller-Who was that laughing out wreek in the life of man is beyond esti soul; to refine and control tllcm iJ :prog· friendships. One is reminded of kindn· not fresh' Why tlley just came froDi mation. Man would lose his very soul, ress, to obliterate them is retrogression. garten days when Jack was Betty's the country." Joud' his chances for future life. Cbrist's This fad of the "meehanized life" "bean." Let's refrain from returning r...li.dy: "What countryt" Joseph-1 was, ma.'am, I was laugh· death on the cross would be a mockery! will wear Dff. When men reali!!.e what to hair,ribbons and Buster Brown col ing up my sleeve and didn't know therc God's wrath would justify the extermi will follow in its path they will n~v~r W'o ~Richmond Collegian. was a hole in it.-Washington Star, nation of allli1e. put such an idea into practice,