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rAW!) 'I'WO The GoJd Bug, Western Maryla.nd College, Westminster, Md. I ArnUlllt tIll' illumpu1l I ijHl' a nh WI1Hl' llturil'il1 B. a. PllILLIPS A REVIEW OF BOOKS, PLAYS AND LIFE When looking for Captain wnrd wh!!n MYTHOLOGY AND LIFE she is not in sight be sure to remember What is more fitting for this column to look beneath the table. It seems that jjnny people consider mythology from thau a brief review of a popular movie the Captain has nequited the agility of the I'icw point of the myth, or the un- andup(lpulurb(lok' Otnciul .o.tI\·spoJler of Western Maryland College, publtehed on 'I'huraday during a cat for springing under tables at the real aud the imaginar.I', rather than fr{)111 u.e !l.Mldemie year by the atudenta of Western Maryland College, Westminater, slightest provocs nen. No, she wasn't that (If the logos, or the reason; and that ANNA CHRISTIE .Maqlalul. Entered as aceond-claee matter at the Westminster Poetefliee. trying tc escape frnm a. fire, but the is a chief reason why man~' ueither un· The Garb(l ma~acs are raving again r Subscription Price, $2.00 a Year whole situation arose when the Senior derstand nor appreciate mythology, The Garbo's eduptatlon of O'Neil's .ihma Hall girls were dining in the Hitcben common concept of mythology is tha t, it Christie nae tbut el'en before the l\LANl.\GING S'l'AFF ette and were surprised by visitors In is a series of false yrrrus eenterfng about "mic," she remains suprelliB as nn EDI·l'OR-IN-C]-llE~'.. . .William G. Eaton, '30 the persona of Dr. Ward and other gen- false g(l(!H and advocating false prin· actress. Those that thrilled at her sil- Q conception, Ward not MANAGINGEDITOR .. .Wilmer V. Bell, '30 t.lemen. she looked Cuptain presentable did and graceful- feci etplea. Such i~ lIll.(ll)' perl'erted. although gods nuld- of ent fore presenee, picture were somewhat dubious Those be- Thc ly true, that 'released, was the Assr. UA.!."AGINGEm-ron. . . .weldon G. Dawson, '30 ly slipped beneath the table to escape no- thenncientsncI'crcxistedinreali'ty,of that were less interested naturally W(lU- tree. Good going, CUptain, but watch course, but. they were rea! lleiugs in the dcred whnt would be the outeome. The .BUS.INESS l\1AN AGEl!: .• .. , Paul L. Bates, '31 Tour head. minds of their adherents. If the gods inevitable has been accomplished, and A DVEItTISINO MAN AGleR. . Joe C. Newcomer, '31 were real, then the stories concerning those ·who have witnC!l!!cd her perform- Dr. Ward told the girls that they made more feel Cmi:i'-JJI,A'!'TON !I-[ANAGElt. ...... James A. Stach, '30 ulmost as much noise !;'lItitlg as they did them men were of true, and does means our aa much us. to anee iu Anna of Chri.sti-IJ ability can only as au actress. nppreclative old ue the Bible,to her " Josiah D. Stillwagon, Jr., '32 in Chapel. Come to think of it, he Though sen-ing "inlse didnities", the The Garbo lIlnniac~ ha,'e a right to rave! ltSS1'. dmCULATIONl\IANAGEms.. , . Joseph '1'. Addison, '32 might ha,'!;' bc~n referring to thcir eat· ancients held EIODle principles that were Anna Christie, liki all of O'Neil's { ing soup. Wayne IN. l\Ioore, '32 by uo means false. The Greek iileal of plays, is extremely pesshulstie. The SPORTS ·EDITOR. .. Alex. OLeair, '30 When asked who wall praeUre-tenehing perfection, beauty, nnd harmonious bal plot concerns the eonfliet between mall with him this week, "Rip" Engle an· nn~e cun n(lt be looked upon as faulty. nndthesea,and inthcend,onefeels ! HEPQR'l'OB.IATJ STAFF swered, "Bunce, Mias Hamblin and Misll Certainly the religious principles of othcr that "the dac.yel, the !rea," hilS couquer- Notorious." lie meant of course, Sar· days I]ad their (lefects and. fallacies as ed, as always. How the lives of fonr: ~ ASSOCIA'I'E EDITORS but torious. The questioner repliBd that he lI'ell as their g(lod points, so, also, people nrc bronght together, how the sen: Vil'gini~ C, lUel'rill, '30 C. IV. Koocl,ogey, '32 wanted the name, Il(lt a. description hll\'C our o\\'n beliefs; for who can say has its mighty control oyer eaeh, ho]'" without u doubt that a th(lusand year.s eaeh struggles, bnt in vain, ~gaiJ\st itB' I COpy EDITORS "Dick" Harlow's ",Vonder Boys lire hence our Bible anil our eoneeptiOll of grasp, makcs a story which leaves one,. Calherinc E. Read, '30 \'1. C, Reill, '31 Bru~kcr, Gealey, Brown and Hunter. dil-inity \\'ill n(lt be regarded in the same after he has seen it unfolded on the' He is always "'on(lering what they will REPORTERS do next. light as we IlOW look upon the myths /luil screens, S(lmewhat exhausted nnd with a, Grace .hrmstrong, '30 Harry O. Smith, '30 thegodsoftheul\cients' rQth~r ncrid taste ill his month. Pow Rlizabqth Clougb, '30 John TJ. Wfltli:ins, '30 Owings' Hall is a regular pest house. Zeus \\,~g liS real t.o the Greeks as is erful drnma, ana typicall.l' O'Neil. Arvalrme Hitchens, '30 Roy 'r. Ed\\'a~'ds, '31 First scarlct fe"er, llmong alld now tho mumps have God 10 U~. In liim they saw inc.nruated Miss Gnrho's supporting cast was per reeruit!J (lcenpants. found Eyely"'l I\'father, '30 Howard A. BOitOll, '32 Wlwt next! the "isd(l1H which the C(lsn]Oll f~et. George F. Mariou playing Old Isabel Douglas, '31 Charles R. Etzler, '32 a],d \l'hieh m(ln. Him they cn- ~rott, n part whie], he crJ'ated in thc 'rll1::hna Reid, '31 Starllord L Hof1', '32 Thanks tu the extremely inclement thr(}ncil npon Olympus, the loftiest twd stage present.ation of the pla)', was ex· Evelyn Cullison, '31 Duncan C. l\Iurchison, '32 weathcr la-st Friilar night, the Senior most ;uaecessnble lHountnin thcy knew. eeeilingly pathetie, as the seaman who. Winifred Bush, '32 Smnucl O. 'l'owllscnd, Jr., '32 Speech $tudenls had a sOlllcwhat larger Likewise each of their dil'initics WIIS a rclliized the ]lower of the "ole daevel l\la\'~ [.Jee,shipley, '32 Catherine W. Cockburn, '31 audicnce thau wns expeeted. CX[llunatiOILeilherofaforeo sell," btlt who eould never egeape its in· nature or or 11 trllit of human behay fluenee. :Marie DrBssler, aB the sea hag, The "Powers that Bc" el'idently l.fnrthu, waa dramatieally superb. Her 11:'0rthy opinion~· Model management; Correct news, ehanged their minds and wc hUI·e on the ior. fury, Thus if a storm g(ld Inshed of the the Sl'a iuto expression, her speech, her gestures-. Posciden, the sea, had A -LI first puge the anllouneemenb of WiUI re a ~,et at of sOllie irrel'erent. or mor· an- Charles Bickford, both as temperamentally y(lung and Ule bruti~h t.he Popularity Contest-along eent was unthinking some IE.-D-I-T-O-R-I- few othor remarka. and \\'as perhaplI at thllt I'CI':;' mo- suited to his part. An all All those that were in Baltimore to .'lee ment punishing him by (lestroying his Greta. GlIrb(l in Anna Christie raise th!;)ir Had Clarence Br(lwn's directiOlleqnal· A Letter By personal request the following letter was written hands. ship up(ln somc jagged rOek. Olll-i.stil: for the Gold Bug by Professor J. B. Ranck, former Ovcr both imm'ortaJs and mortnls tIle led his cast, AU1la lI'ould have professor of history on the Hill. Tt is with the greatest pleasure that Spring is eomingl ·What, a. giorioull Gre~ks placed IJlc Eumenides or }'n1es, proven well-nigh perfeet. the letter is here published for the readers of the Gold Bug. feeliug to realize that we will h.we a per· three :rinister sisters to whom e\'en the:lil fectly legitimate exeuse for n{)t study- but omnipotent Jove- WI1S subservient; CO:Ul!'A .."n)O "b.'I Denf!']Js ElJitll My dear ?lI1'. Eaton, ing. Spring fel'er! CiMho, who Spilll the fragile thread of "Here;8 the book" suys G~neral John .J.'L ilil't'Ue,'t lrpOll gr,l(fliatlOn cann~"'1l5T rOlg(it -rfre-l1feJi:oof"nele £fW,lt:~rlq\l'~() Ct.~,\y Jlil~!nro1'tm~~I\r ms 1)I·",l,c" ,0 ;5bluilluud" • h~ llas Just spent foUl of the most valliable and tlanSltlonal rems of It has been suggcste;l that~ the namG length; nu,] Atropos, wl,o se"ered "for which I lmvc been waiting for lhe: lllS hfe. Neither can a teacher easily pnt out of his mind the SCllOOl Gettysburg, bc changed to Phillipsburg, it when it h~d run its destiued l~ngth. past twerly!il'e yenrs and more." where he has spent his fil'.~t five years in college teaclling. Certainly Prof. Hendrickson: "'Miss Raugll1ey, SU(lh is the myth I'iewpoiut of myth- And here is the book whieh your reo I cannot. 1]1 a very t.rue sense, lYestel'll l\[aryland CoUege is my alma what is a metaphor'" ology. .Following is the logos point of vicwer Ilns bccn almost as long. mater, and I welcome the oppOl'tunity to write which yon so kindly Anne (uneonsei(lusly): "}'or cows to I'iew. Amcrierlns kuow I'ery of tho Boer give me. gruzc." Through sludy and Iuwwlcdge of WUf, I wager to Bay, espe(lially tllOse I have been following events at 'Western l\'[al'ylancl this year with A woman's umbrella IY1IS recently no- one call gam a mOI'e spupa· Ameri"eans whe hal'\' been fortunute or the closest interest. I heal' frequently from students and teachers, bnt tieed reclining in one of the rooms dowu under ullforluflate enough to lun'C been born df'perrd most upon the weekly Gold Bug which yon send me. I ·have at the Uuiversity. Ahll, !!Candal! No, within the present century, followed closely the greot victories of the football team, but mllst con- bad weather. lig-ions tllld But th" war InlS so like our own ReI" fess that my enthusiasm wos much dampened by the thorough Carnegie timell; for has eontribut- olution in JUllny ways, that any accurate FOlllldation Report on college athletics. One of the freshllH'11 meu r:1ll all the ed not a liUle to modern thought and ree(lrd of itscnrrying on should be(lf Your articles on the honor sy>;tcm were an excellent addition to Il'ar lip from down tOII'n because it was cil'iIizolion. One ~an t~aeh hinlself to intense interest to u~ nil. yom' paper. '1'he whole series of problems centering around' the stn- too f:lr to walk. scc. the. :lllcients ns human beings strug· Dencys Reitz, whoso father was onee drmt,-faclllty control of discipline are, I am convinced, never finally "Huppy" Rickards beau mallY scnra gling toward whatever ;denlll they mny Pre$'hlcnt of the Or:mge Free State, and solved because of the ever-chlll1ging stnclent body. And yet, by means from thc lsst illter-(lk1.s~ basketball game have held up. One c.·ui. better iuterpret later wa~ of stare for the of the exel'cise of patience and an abounding faith in the students, an in which she She CI'idcnt· lind bctter enjoy their lit.erature. One Transvaal, II'IIS ]7 yeUfs of age esp'it de eorps can be built up which will eomm,md allegiuTlce of in- Iy met np smue strong opp(lnent or can marc cnsily and more satisfactorily when the out, :md he jeined coming Fl·cshmen. one of the many pill1)rs, S(l promiJlent in CI'alnate their contributiollS to one'~ 011'11 the Boer fcrees immediately. You a.'.k for my comments on nationAl or interllational pI'obIems. the eonl'erted Dilling Hall. She hns all age; for what is with(lut I doubt if any Illorc. exciting or praise- [ am most interested at present in the London Disarmament Confer- theappeaf(lflces of the "Wreck of the its Bibl~. and what is the without wortllyreeord uf 11 aoldicr's experiences ellce. and am llluch saddened' h.ecanse the Kellogg Pact, apparcntly, is Hesperus." its Hebraie background and foundation' c\'crhnYcbeeu.writtcn. l1(lt being uscd as n basis fol' negotiations. l!"cw of I1S realize, I think, It was re\'l~alcd iu a speeel! gil'en in For what is modern gOl'ernment without licit? saw the war in Ill! of its myriad '\']'at n 1'e\'oluliol1 in our tllOUght and acwons is demanded by the out- Webstn by "Tod" Routson that thnt its. fllnd.1mentals of Homan aud forms and lie was with the tirst lu,,:ry of war. The rule-of-force psychology will die lHlrd. What the the girls from LOLRconing were not whnt is ROlllan jurisprudence ita flghting ill Natal. Ho saw llis fel- new agc demands preemillelltly is u feeling of moral compulsion to wholly com]llimental'y in their remarks. "(Iil'ine inspiration'" FM what is low 13oerl! beaten ut rl'cry turn, [lnd theu tl'ilill fol' peace and to tUl'J]aside fl'om dependence upon the mechanism The que$ti(ln is, hOI\ ilid {)ne partieular e(lntelllpor,1ry nrt anil beauty without its he entered into tlwt lllOst interesting ant1 of an outlawed, a.nd' thercfOl'e crimiuRl institution. girl have an. opportunity to recede from Grecian background, and wlwt is Grecian ordinar.\" C~lInpaigu which WIIS e(trricd on 'rhanking ,VOUagain for this oppol'trtnity to write for the Gold her ecstas~' to glance at a. mere passcr· art ant! beauty without its sourC~B of in- l:!.r Gencrnl Smuts in the CApe Colony, Bug, Il'emuin Yours Yery truly, by, when "Tod" :from tlle depths of Ius spiration' whore a, band of three or four hundrcd JA?lrRS B. RANCK. luminiferous orbits (just like Bo1)by's) :Modern art is so dependent npOll the men nnderwent el'rry' hardship imagin· was gazing at her; when "Tod" with bis classical for models .'lnd technique that nllle, to gain glorioua yietories over eupid-bowed lip!' (just like Bobby's) it is difficult fully to ilel'clOll the former 13ritishtroopsl)yguerilluoperarions. was murmuring sweet nothings of love in "'1'he Boer war," writes General The What is the most useless thing in the world~ Probably independent (If the latter. The so-ealled Smuts, also in his preface t(l the oook, Editorial everyone ,I·ho is asked this question wOllld offer a dif- herhirearl modernistie art is an attempt in that "was more than a Ulere war. It was a ferent answer aud probably each would be correct, to Why should Rn)' girl in Education 6 dircetion, but. how crude, hoI\' I!t.iif: ex· vast Iroger1y ilt the li.fe of a pe(lple some extent. Ask ally editor of a college paper and, if hc is still con- fear loneline6S WhCll Denton Bowers in aggernted pcr~pceth'c nel'rt C(IlI convey a who~e 1mman interest, far &llrpussed its scious enough to he logical, he will answer, "A college newspaper edi- the bold strain (If a Galahad exclaims: mental picture or !In irleal without eon illt~l'est. " toria 1." And rightly so! "Whither I was, JOu can bel" tortion, convnlsion, and disfiguTution. is the reeord of this pC(lple dur- Of course, it is a comparatively easy task to sit Clown and berate For Sale: Rocks. Very eheap. Apply "1tube, nobles! of Ullin's expression of ing a timc of great stress that Reitz t.he college and all its prillc.iples. One may attack that venerable cus- to "Jimmy" Staek. himself, had ita I)egillnings ill tho (lim· writes. tom of morning Chapel; OIlCmay express dissatisfaction for the Dining IICSS of antiquity wheu Apollo and Pa.n Y(lU will be illterestcrl in the general Hall fare; one may not l.il{ethe idea of beillg forced to remain at a Someone suggested that "Jimmy's" were young. who would ntlt pursue the ellcmy nfter certain tahle; the cooed may ohject to observing 10 o'clock curfew; theme song should he "Rock of Ages," N(lt (lnly do modern religion, gOl'ern· a victory becnuse he believed 1I0t in tak· the young man may sel'iolls]y balk against "bulling" in the dM'k aftet' Feedllhal'e be~n Iheorder of thedllY- mellt, and arts intimately tie up with ing t(lO mueh from God at one time. cleven o'clock; a combinat.ion of forces may petition for dancing. But or rather, night---on Senior Hall (girls) aneientC(lnecptions, but equally sodocl! You will be interested in the manner what's the use? rceentl~'. "Ginsy" Merrill gal'e one last litcr~ture. Present dlly literature i~ so in which Bocrs uhandoned their injured On the other 113nd, while writing, the conscientiolls editor may Weilnesday night, 11nrgarctLconard last inextrieabl.l' linked to the classical that and siQk sol(liera to the British in the cha.mpion the college and all its principles. He mily say morning Fridoy night, and the entire Rail had if one does 110t h[lve nt least it funda ~nre knowlcilgc that thcy would be well Cnapel is the mnillstay of education; he may maintain that too rich supper in the kiteh,enette on SMurday m~utnl smattering of the aJlcient ellissics takencnreof. food in the Dining Hall would mnli:e tiS dyspeptic; he may nl'gue that night in honor of L(l~lise Shipley's birth· aud, eonsequently, (If nJ)'th(llogy, {)ne is You will be inlerellted in the lessonll in fIxed table assigrunents agree with tile strict.est rulcs of etiquette; he day. Some unexpected callers made tIle at 0 decided disad\'autage in interpret· South African Geogrnphy. Illl!.y philosophize that immatlli'e co-cds should be in hed by ten 0 'clock; last oc.casion one to he long remembereil. ing !lOme of its noblest passages (lr in You will be interested in t.he person_· lle may agree that daJ'lmess is appropriate to the "bull-session" dis- Margaret Leon~ril has dise{)vered that fnthomiug some of its profoundest ex a1;t;e& of m~llr of tile soldiers, who came course; he may reas('ll that daueing is both morally and' physically de- iodine is helpful in preserving that school pressions. from all parts of the w(lrld t(l join in the generating. Bnt wh:ilt's the nse? T~et us not, thorcfore, be unappre(lia- fight 011 one side or the other. The editor may leavE'.the campus problem and IV]'ite encrgetically girl complexi(ln. ti\'e of mythology which holds the key You will find little of what started the on probJems of jl1iel'llatiouul propensity. The average I'eader would Can some botanical student enlighten t(l the garilen (If a. more balaueed eul· war, but yon wililcllrn that had Smuts think he was bordering on megalomania-aIld we agree with him. So Hannah Reeht liS to puc speciell of plalJts ture lind of a more perfeet understand had his way, it probably would have whitt's the use? to which decoys beloingt ing of mankind. ended in fal'or of the South Afrieall!l. I