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PAGE TWO The Gold Bug, Western Maryland College, Westminster, Md. COL Thoughts and "Hazelnut" -v A R I E T.,Y BOOKS, PLAYS, AND LIFE at Random A REVIEW OF By "Hazel" "How am I doin'f-hey!-hey!--" dunt you dare az us, fur we dunt know- KAMONGO whether that the result be good or bad. He says has already the human species wel lets sea wat we hav got fur this time A boolo by Homer W. Smith, P'lLblis7lerj so over-populated the earth that competi- --wat kind ov a weak end did ya hav by, tile Vi'king Press, 1932. Official student newspaper of Western Maryland College, published on Thursday tion and jealousy among its members during the academic year by the students of Western Maryland College, Westminster, last weak ~-personally we think thet leads it to devise better and better means Maryland. Entered as second-class matter at the Westminster Postoffice. , Homecoming' wuz a success from too Reviewed by E. V. Righter, '34. of self-destruction. Will its rapid evolu- SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.00 A YEAR angles; sum ov the studints got a few Kamon.qo is perhaps one of the most tion be accompanied by an equally rapid minutes with there old sweetharts, and we unusual books that the literary world has descent and destruction ~ beat Mt. St. Mary's 33-6. EDITOR.IAL STAFF seen during the past year. One begins to Joel really doubts the ultimate good- Editor-in-Ohie] _. __. . _ M. S. STROW, '33 wat did ya think ov the f'rosh initia- read expecting to find a novel. Soon the ness of things, and wonders whether it is' Associate Editol·s ESTHER V. RIGH'l'ER, '34, WILLIAM G. PYLES, '33 shon last weak '-sum J?eeple didn't like trend of thought changes, and the. reader possible for life to go on indefinitely in News Editors _ELSIE BOWEN, 3'3, ROBERT HIMMER, '35 it, but we thot- it wuz prety gud-- finds himself thoroughly absorbed in a spite of all the obstacles that tend to de- Copy Editors MARY ELLEN SENAT, '33, CHARLES L. WHITTINGTON, '34 "Lightfoot Campofreda" shud git a job most interesting and worthwhile scientific man is but one of He feels that 81)orts EditOI'S H. TROY HAMBSCH, '33, EUGENE WILLIS, '34 with the follies fur thet danse he did-it discourse. In the last part of the book a stroy it. products of evolution, not much many MAKE-UP STAFF wuz exsquizit--o, 0, an thet leediu ' lengthy philosophical discussion takes higher or lower than the rest, but just Managing Editors WILLIAM H. SPARROW, '3'3, C. RUSSELL HERBST, '33 lady (') ov the evening-- place, and the minds of two men are laid more free. The height of his cynicism is Assistant Managing Edit 01' ••..••••••••••••• , •.••••••••• FRANK P. MITCHELL, '34 Hay! haz anyone sean our army yeU bare. reached when he remarks that the only Stenographer FRANCES GLYNN, '35 sumbody sez thet it wuz gonna be gra te In the beginning of the bonk, Joel, a thing divine in man is his" front paws." this yeer, but we dunt beleeve everything BUSINESS STAFF young scientist, and a ,priest are together An interesting argument is advanced Business Managm' DAVID TRUNDLE, '33 we here--paddles--aint them sundae on a ship, riding the tropical sea. In the concerning education. It is agreed that Advel-tising Managers ROBERT CAIRNES, '34, A. NORMAN WARD, JR., '33 evening chapels tu interestin' fur wurds i midst of heat and boredom that are mail- the accumulation of knowladge is a dif- Circulation Manager " LORA OUTTEN, '3'4 -such chapel atmosfear !--" Joe Lip- dening and inescapable, they begin the sky" wants everyone tu know thet he had ferent thing from the capacity to use it. Assistant Circulation Managers conversation that forms the rest of the In this respect is not man a degenerate GLADYSE L. SOMERS, '33 M. R. STEVENS, '35 a date the othur nite-- book. creature? His men tal inertia, destructive OLIVE MAY BUTLER, '35 ARTliUR V. DOWNEY, '34 "J ohn Stallings" had the time ov hiz It is soon evident that the two men are wars, economic instability, innate preju- CARL EVERLY, '34 CECIL H. MARK, '35 life saturday-need we tell you thot opposed in every thought ana word. dice, blind subservience to religion, stu- "Hitchie" wuz back on the hill ~-- REPORTERS Joel '8 is a mechanistic doctrine, while the pid politics, and dead resistance to hay! get out ov thet apple orchard-- Betty Allen, '33; Susanna Cockey, '33; Tessie Cox, '33; Blanche Hurd, '33; aint we got sum futball teem '--" Ha- Padre is in search of a more satisfying changing his way of living cause man to Anne Wolverton, '33; Muriel Day, '34; Martha Harrison, '34; Kathlyn Meller, '34; zel" sed the "Flemming" wuz 'triping philosophy. He feels that science forever wonder if he has reached his own blind Louise Needy, '34; Dorothy Paul, '34; Margaret Yocum, '3'4; Frances Elderdice, explains the How in long physical and alley. '35; Edith Forney, '35; Orpha Pritchard, '35; Dorothy Wicks, '36. the lite fantastic' in the parlor the othur chemical terms, and never the Why of _ Joel's doctrine, whether sincere 01' not, nite--thoze rekwired attendances-- Wilson Murray, '33; Pat Mahoney, '34; Clarence Bussard, '34; James Bobst, things as they are. holds that man is selfish and primitive, '35; Brady Bryson, '35; Carlton Brinsfield, '35; Keithley Harrison, '35; Reynolds we hay been wundering wat haz hap- Joel tells iu detail of his scientific ex- marching to destruction through his de- Simpson, '36. pened in the kitchen; the food iz acktu- pedition in search of the peculiar lung sire to' serve personal ends. He says that ally improving--" Hot-cha-eha ' haz fish, or Kamongo, which is thought to be "life is nothing but a long-drawn-out Worthy opinion; Model management; Correct news. lost hur niekname-"pop quizes"-- one of the links between the animal life battle between matter and motion, and a sez thet their iz sumone try- "Hazelnut" debris." with strewn The in' tu sell christmas kards already-- of sea and land. A discussion of the pros is battle field finally dra,Yn by Joel, and per- Joel develops. cons and of evolution conclusion ya shud ov sean' "Terp Ward' '-he sceptical and somewhat cynical. He haps by the reader, is that man's life has E. D I T o R I A L wuz acktually thankful thet "Routson" claims that evolution is not all upward, no purpose except as he chooses to gi"e it had "Flop Humphries" hear--meat but ml"rely the surmounting of obstacl~s, one. the nue "kapton" ov the rifle team- Here's Our Chance ,'Ie 'Yestern Marylanders have recently ~ad a "Pug Puro' '-luk out gurls, he iz a dead responsibility placed upon us that may be bigger shot (~)--" Chirp Sparrow" sez thet than we yet realize. We refer, of cou-rse, to Doctor "Vard's recent an- he iz fond ov futball, but we think thet Looking at Other Campuses nouncement of the discontinuation of compulsory functions. Changes their ,,"uz a nuther reazon fur goin' t1l we have seen, but never did we expect to sec this one. Now it has Washington, Saturday nite. come, what are we going to do 'with our brand new privilege ~ sum bad boy haz a poleece wisUe-luk Chapel Hill, North Carolina.-:dr. T. ou t or th e de en will be after ya fur dis- every nation's language to be the most Let us review the situation as it was in the past. Every student turbin' the piece--pep meetings-- A. Latum has presented a petition to reliable guagc of its civilization." who enrolled at "Vestern Maryland tacitly gave his or her acceptance hay ya got yom hare cut by thet kute (n Gm-ernor O. Max Gardner asking him to of tht> compulsory church, lectures, et. al. ,Vhether we like this regu- freshman boy ~--' 'Hazelnut" sed thet take steps ill keeping from the campuses Washington-(IP)-Early in October lation in principle or not, we agreed when we arrived, and like the rest their wuz a lot ov 'gratecrashing' at the at Chapel Hill and Greensboro the a "depression uni,-ersity" opened not of the student body, grumbled about it ever after. homecoming danse -- "Himmer", "angels" of darkness," Bertrand Rus- far from here in the hills of Virginia-a "Whittington", aUfI two t)v the elite sell, English philosophcr, and Langston uniYel'sity at ,yhich the faculty will teach Our objection~ have evidently been interpreted as conscientious went to Baltomore the othur nite, and Hughes, Negro poet. '1'he University of for its board and rool11 only. complaint" against unnecessary restrictions, as such. ,'Ie have been found thet they ,,"uz a weak ahed ov time. North Carolina is situated at Chapel Hill, The university plans to haye about 100 deemed ready for the lightening of these heayy shackles, and so we gosh! it luks az if "Joey Kleinman" and the North Carolina College for Wom- students, who will pay a fee of $250 each, stand, emancipated ... free to go to church or stay home, attend con- wun out; "Jones" iz shinin' up tu an- en at Greensboro. The 'petition claims co,-ering all expenses for the year. certs and lectures or be absent, only bound by the slender thread of uther fare co-ed--who sugjested thet tha t these two men, in tIteir writings and There will be no football team at De- two weekly chapels, which are necessary for the integration of the the editor ov the gold Bug hav a sponsed lccture have injured the finer religious prcssion UniYcrsity, but anyone wishing school if for no other purpose. -we think it iz a gud idear--the dirt and traditional feelings of the petition- to ,yin his "D" can do so in fishing. is just getting back frum Huntington, ers. Mr. Russell is accused of preaching Hunting, too, may be a major SPO!·t, Frankly, we wonder whether we are ready for this progressive4 hear iz wat it iz :-" Ferguson" and a new form of paganism, dressed up, but with the idea. tha t after a hard day on step, or not. If all the functions which we were formerly compelled to "Kleinman" sent the following teU-a- more innocuous, and more detremental to the athletic field, the students can bring attend show a great decrease in numbers present, we are obviously still gram tu "Raliegh Brown' '-" We ar civiliza.tion. Langston Hughes is accused home thcir dinners. in the stage when compulsion is necessary. We will have proved the hear in Huntington, West Virginia. of making "insulting rcmarks about thc The university is the result of a pInn administration wrong in extending us this new privilege. Liberaliza- N crtz tu you" and signed it "Stinkey" people of the South." Mr. Hughes eu- eyol\-ed by Dr. A_ C. C. Hill, Jr., profcs- tion wil~ have no point, no justification, if we allow the" mob spirit" and Yutz". "Brownie" rl"fuzed tu pay dea,ored t.o plead the case of some con- sor of cconomics at Springfield College. 01' negrocs. to control and stifle our better judgment. if we do not make our indi- fur it, and t.he collector followed" Yutz" nected University of The daily publication Tile Those connected with the opening of the North Carolina, the no l'evolution- it im-olves vidual decision to participate in the activities which are culturally and and" Stinkey" around all weak end-- Daily Tar Heel, in speaking of M1'. school say that nor is it unduly conser"l- ary teachings, religiously representatve of our college. sum nasty peeple sed thet we wur noth- in' but dirty scandal mongers; all the Hughes, declares tha,t "His poetry 2S tive. No ballyhoo, no emotional appeal, is going to work the miracle of nuze iz a truthful refleckshon of W. :M:. well as Ius speaking is expression of a 'rhe main idea, it seems, is to make use swaying the student body toward. the 'right course of action in this studints, and anyway we haven't predick- clear and sincere spirit." of SOUle unemployed faculty members matter. Let us think of our president's announcement as a personal ted no blessed events as yet, so why Goyernor Gardner has refused to take \\'ho might otherwise be wasted. appeal to our good judgment and sense of fitness, and our response en fuss ~--" Herbst" sez thet he dozellt any action upon the petition, but he bas masse will confirm his faith in ,Vest ern Maryland's student body. belee,e thet we git questions fur our' ad- referred it to the Board of Trustees 0;' Ottawa, Kans. - (IP)-The annual dse tu the luvlorn', because he kant im- the University. class scrap between the freshmen and agin' "Daskam" ritin '-" I 'm in love, In reply to the petition and the com- sophomores at Ottawa University is noth- what shall I do" '-00, shame on you fur ments President Frank Graham of the ing out of the ordinary, but its prelimi- Applauding Excellence School and college experience in physical ten minutes-- University of North Carolina declared naries are quite unique. ed'ucation should help one to recognize excel· too requests ha,-c come into us :-Miss that the university would never close its It seems the entire school is the gue,t lence in performance. It is not always easy to understand that anoth- Shreiner would like to hay the owner or ,yindows to outside light or close the book of the freshman class at a fried chicken er's ideas about economics, history, or science are mistaken, but it is don&tor ov the Old Gold on sundae night of knowledge. In his inaugural speeth dinner after the fight, regal'dless of who readily possible to tell whether another jumps well or runs in good, claim it, az she haz no immediate use fur President Graham declared that "free- wins. Before the fight the frosh get the form. The very objective character of physical activities makes it it--" Terp Ward" requests thet peeple dom of the university meant freedom of chicken and fry it, then put it in hiding. If the sophomores can find it and get easy to admit excellence if one only l~nows what is good in perfor- quit killing hiz squirrels-- the scholar." it away froUl the fros11, the frosh have to mance. The experiences in physical education should enable students since no questions hav come intu the_ The action of the South toward these stand by and look hungry while the rest any advise to know what is good. There is a lack of appreciation or knowledge colyum fur send them we kant answer weak, two men, Russell and Hughes, betrays a of the school fills up on fried fowl. in bye next questions_ of women's activities because students are not able to recognize excel- and we ,dl publish answers in the next is· feeling preyalent in that section. For it If the sophomores don't steal the lence in a girl's performance. What is considered good performance sue- is inevitable that the reactionary econOlll- chicks, the freshmen get ill on the for men in their activities is not necessarily a standard' to measure this time we hay decided tu close with ic forces should clash with the Univer- "feed. " sity's liberalism. good performance for women in their activities. Structural differences sum poetry; bo,Y dew ya like it~- The custom originated back in 1904. necessarily mean a difference in the degree of the performance. we lub our skool with all our harts, we luv thoz chapels, too, Berlin-(IP)-Dr. Tassilo Schultheiss Neat Appearance Counts to the For example, to be able to run the IOO-yard dash in eleven seconds of this city is believed to have brought ~o College Man is an excellent performance for a girl, the same being only a mediocre who ever thot we "ur thet kind~- Germany the world 's re~ord for number not-but wat sez JOu ~ we're performance for a boy. In a co-educational school there should be mu- of languages one person can read, write Try us-and receive a Merchant's tual interest and appreciation of the physical education program the and speak as well as underhtand. Courtesy Ticket to the State Theatre sa?1e as exists in other departments of education. NEWS FLASHES The professJr has mDstered 140 lan- Heagy Bros. Barber Shop guages, which is believed to be all the Opposite New Post Office 'Vhen students are informed' in these matters they will not be so (Continued from Page I-Col. 2) languages there are in the world. helpless in the witnessing of contests. Cheer leaders ask "rooters" to day: Donald Tschudy, president; Char- He speaks perfectly ten Germanic, cheer when there is nothing excellent to applaud. Cheering to hearten lotte Sprague, vice-president; Charles eleven Rom::m, fourteen Sla'-, nic, twelve a defeated team may be in itself worthy, but to confound opponents it is Moore, secretary; Lucile Bork, treasurer; East·Indogermanic, four West-Indoger- clearly indefensible. All other applause should be a recognition of ex- Elizabeth Wine, historian. manic, eleven Finnish-Urgran, fourteen F. W.Woolworth CO. cellence and should be given spontaneously for opponent as well as J. G.C. Asiatic, fifteen Indian, fourteen Semetic, friend. The following juniors yesterday ac- eighteen African, six South Sea Island cepted the invitation of J. G. C. to be- and four American languages. If students get the idea that excellence should be applauded, it is WESTMINSTER, MD. he knowl> all }foreover, artificial hoped they will give expression to' the attitud'e of generous applause come members: Ada Beall, MildTed Bur- languages, of which Esper:;nto the is the best kins, Zelma Calvert, Car- Mary Elizabeth for fineacts in activities other than those of the athletic field. Thus ter, Leonelle Cheyney, ~luriel Day, Lil- known. Says he: phy~ical education activities are not conducted just to exercise one's Ham Frey, Mary Haig, Hazel Horchler, , 'My purpose in learning all these ' 44-46 W. Main Street musrles but to shape .and fashion one'~ emotions, attitudes, and appre- Irene Hutchins, Evelyn Lau, Helen Whit· languages was to get at the- root of the ciations. M. P. craft. origin of the world'lI tongues, I believe