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PAGE TWO The Gold Bug, Western Maryland College, Westminster, Md. COL Thoughts and "Hazelnut" The American Red Cross---Join I at Random By "Hazel" romantic the Red 'iznt it ~.. dum, To the colleges of the country dum, dum, By act of Congress, da, da, da, da, da, da, da," .. we'll say it Cross looks for its trained leadership. charge of the distribution the Red Cross has of a total of iz .... what cha say, let's go places I .... The real importance of enrolling college eighty-five million bushels of government We got quite sum dirt this time, so here students as members is not merely to ob- wheat to the needy, handling its conver- Official student newspaper of Western Maryland College, published on Thursday during the academic year by the students of Western Maryland College, Westminster, goes .... tain memberships from among a particu- sion into flour and its shipping and dis- Maryland. Entered as second-class matter at the Westminster Postoffice. pleeze tak not OY the fact thet the lar group but to spread a knowledge of tribution. Again by federal law, it has SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.00 A YEAR goldfish club iz increasin .... "Jane the aims and objects of the Red CTOSS added cotton to the milling business to Wine? ' scortched a hole in an automobile and to arouse the lasting interest of the satisfy clothing needs of the people in EDITORIAL STAFF sea t the othur day .... hey! hey! young men and women who are soon to want. Editor-in-Chief M. S. STROW, '33 "Charlie Williams" came in forth in the become actors in the public life of their During the year the Red Cross respond- Associate Editors ESTHER V. RIGHTER, '34, WILLIA11 G. PYLES, '33 preaiden tial straw vote .... wat a bunch communities. ed to the call of 62 disasters. Chief News Edito1's ELSIE BOWEN, 33, ROBERT HIMMER, '35 ov betters their iz around this campus The Red Cross now plays a prominent Copy Editors MARY ELLEN SENA'l', '33, CHARLES L. WHIT'rIKGTON, '34 .... thoz grean jackets .... we herd thet part in the activities of pupils of the among these was the $2,266,000 relief Soorts Editors H. TROY HAMBSCH, '33, EUGENE WILLIS, '34 program in six of the Northwestern "Hamey", "Cockey", and" Andy" ar high schools. Without intruding upon States, giving aid to 266,000 sufferers. MAKE-UP STAFF takin up 'ping pong' seriously, aint thet the regular curricula, it encourages a 'I'he Red Cross also handled the relief and ManagiJng Edit01·s WILLIAM H. SPARROW, '3'3, C. RUSSELL HERBST, '33 nte~ .... wats the ideal', givin all the sense of citizenship and, through an ex- rehabilitation of 2,906 families suffer- Assistant ManagiJng Editor FRANK P. MITCHELL, '34 krodit fur this colyum to "Mitchel", change of correspondence with schools of Stenographer , ,FRANCES GLYNN, '35 "Strow", and "Righter"~ .... we aint the insular possessions and foreign na- ing from the March tornadoes in Ala- Georgia, Tennessee and Kentucky. bama, BUSINESS STAFF triplets .... tions, a broader interest in knowledge. Altogether, the Red Cross expended Busimes« Manager " , , DAVID TRUNDLE, '33 "Draper" tuk "Hump" down tu The introduction to Red Cross work thus $3,597,000 in administering to the needs Advertising Manage1'S ROBERT CAIRNES. '34, A. NORMAN WARD, JR., '33 , 'Royer's" the othur night, then he received in the secondary schools is car- of 77,500 families who suffered from Circulation Matnager LORA OUTTEN, '3'4 sneaked out an got himself sum ice- ried into the colleges, where the annual natural calamities. Assistant Circulation Managers kream ; she caught him and did he Roll Call offers an opportunity for be- In the relief of the unemployed, par- GLADYSE L. SOMERS, '33 M. R. STEVENS, '35 blush ~... .everybody agred thet "Goose coming acquainted with the program d ticularly in the min.ing areas and indus- OLIVE MAY BUTLER, '35 ARTHUR V. DOWNEY, '34 Doughty" shud hav had wite pants on the society. CARL EVERLY, '34 CECIL H. MARK, '35 fur thet frosh game .... c 'Sparrow" sez As readers of news events, college stu- trial communities, the Red Cross gave THOMAS EVEJ..AND, '36 SIMEON MARKLINE, '30 free seed for vegetable gardens to 300,- thet he iz gonna thro all lo-f'ers out ov dents know that the Red Cross has been 000 families. REPORTERS the G. B. rume .... " Yutz Klineman ' IZ active everywhere in the past year in Betty Allen, '33; Susanna Cockey, '33; Tessie Cox, '33; Blanche Hurd, '33; slinging trays around now .... "McNai- promoting its general peace-time activi- In considering this relief work, one Anne Wolverton, '33; Muriel Day, '34; Martha Harrison, '34; Kathlyn Meller, '34; ties and especially in relief work. It should not. lose sight of the steady serv- Louise Needy, '34; Dorothy Paul, '34; Margaret Yocum, '3'4; Frances Elderdice, ly" beleeves thet inteligents iz catchin ', ice given by the Red Cross in other lines. '35; Edith Forney, '35; Orpha Pritchard, '35; Dorothy Wicks, '36. so he haz been travelin around with" Dot now may be worth while to speak of the Wilson Murray, '33; Pat Mahoney, '34; Clarence Bussard, '34; James Bopst, Paul" .... goin' tu the Black and White part taken by Red Cross in alleviating Among these services is the teaching of '35; Brady Bryson, '35; Carlton Brinsfield, '35; Keithley Harrison, '35; Reynolds Hop~., .. we dunt know if we ar goin' ... misery due to disasters and to economic first aid and life-saving, which has been Simpson, '36. causes. gi'en at many colleges over the country 1-2-5-3-no, we ar not lernin tu kount, it iz just thoze ministers playin a game In those communities which face unem- as supplemental to athletic work. Worthy opinion; Model management; Correct news. .... one soph gurl thinks" Robert Hall" ployment problems, the local Red Cross Let it be remembered that the Red iz wunderful bekause he haz too automo- Chapter is either the center of relief or Cross annual Roll Call opens on Armis- biles tu run around in; 'member it wuz is. a leading agency in the relief organiza- t.ice Day, November 11, and ends on D I T o R I A L "Engle" last yeer t .... "Tun" and tion. Thanksgiving Day, November 24. "George" git overheated oncet in a wile; they wuz keep in "Earle's icebox warm Student Pep The spirit manifested by the student body on Wednesday the othur nite _... who sed thet we wuz evening at the departure of the football team for Boston rong bout "Ranklin Fruzeafeldt" ~.... Looking at Other Campuses College should be gratifying both to t he team and to the students. The we wud sugjest tfiet sumcne start a 'beer storm failed to dampen spirits-in fact, the pep meeting was better than garden' now .... " Paul Berger" goes most of those held in Smith Hall. into hybern~:;!;:1li '/every weakend .... got A subject which at the present time to demand that the old ways and means ''p 'Draper" he sez haz thet d Too many of those weekly gatherings, held to pep up the students, . Wine" in the palm ov hiz hand .... is a very sore one at Western Maryland of fraternity and sorority rushing be are little more than semi-hysterical efforts to ,,-ork off excess energy. now we bot 'three moanin' sisturs' in is being discussed in most of the abolished, and a more moderate method Given the opportunity to yell, many of the students seem unable to t10 colluje .... 'Turp Wald" haz been doin' collegiate,ne"ispaper,s wjth which the be installed. any even that according to the directions of the cheer leaders. Unless the a terrible lot 01' drivin' lately .... hey! GOLD BUG has that it relations and It In line with this thought, it is gratify- seems GOLD therefore iE; the team is on hand at the pep meeting there is continual chatter and an un- doz an~-bod:v know ,,'at the sun luks like ~ BUG'S duty to present as accurately as ing to note that Western Maryland Col- necessary amount of foolishness. The quality of the spirit that prompts .... "Lucas" thinks thet it iz pretty possible the opinions which are being lege, in, a small way, of course, has al- and acted the noise, is doubtful. It is very true that often there is no tangible in- rotten fur a gurl tu giyc him the bumps put forward ill yarious colleges in regard ready present upon this problem, rushing :It is deferred the time centive to glory in the power of the Terrors. If the team is out of hear- after he haz bin goin' with hur fur fore to the kin subjects of hazing and frater- praoticed by both the women's and men's ing, we can't show off and tell them ho,y great we think they are. If the yeel·S .... we de\'! two .... wat happens tll nity and sorority rushing. The following clubs. students can't go to the game, there is no need to practice yells_ the practicing housekeepers aftur they are two excerpts from some of the GOLD go tu sea Miss Love 1. , .. sumthin shud The editorial opinion voiced at George- Nevertheless, if the greater part of the student body of \Vestern be dUll for them .... BUG exchange : town in regard to freshmen, however, Maryland can stand out in the "'orst storm of the season and give thc , that probishonist sez thet he hadn't "If never before, student opinion has seems to be in contradiction to the gen- team one of the peppiest send-offs we have seen this :-ear, as was done sean anyonc drunk ill a mUllth .... " Ster- crystalized sufficiently this year in favor eral trend of campus opinion upon the toward of making rush- deferred when the Terrors left for Boston College, there must be enough real ling" popped up thet he had thrown two ing. No one entertains hopes that this status of freshmen at other education'J.l spirit distributed among the crowd for a little cooperation to be shmm at out oy hiz rume the nite before let's deferred rushillg, which is being hin ted institutions. Relations between seniors regular pep meetings. The members of the team get out and fight to ,yin all try tu git to pep meetings gurls about as mnch in talk, can be secured III and freshmen In college are necessarily their game regardless of ,,,hether or not we are on hand to cheer for them did ya heel' thct they wur axin fur vol- one stroke. It will come slowly-as fast somewhat remote, and the quotation from while they are on the field. We might put forth an effort to rcmember untiers tu entertain thoze futball players as fraternity finances and other difficul- « The Hoya" may therefore be ill-taken, what pep meetings are really for, and do f.iomehonest-to-goodness cheer- in thet north-south futball G'umd ... ,giv ties can be remedied.' '-Penn State Col- but the fact remains that the old antag- in classes between existed onism which ing for that same team, even though they can't always hear ns. Let's us abuzz, Hnd we \\'i11 start campaigning legian. college and universities is fast dying out. have more pep meetings 'Iyith the same element of pep displa:'ecl on fur ya, .. , , 'A dining room .... which was to he The general trend of campus opinion now fur the advise Wednesday evening. 'l'he team ,,·ill hear about it and appreciate it, and "Dear Hazel, I would tu the luvlorn .... kept exclusively for the Seniors and the seems to tend toward more friendly re- some advice like the cheer leaders will be right there to feel that their efforts arc not in please. My man is engagcd with another faculty. This year, however, the men who lations brought about between under- and vam. E. V. R. woman. Wha t shall J do ~ 7hanks."- "'ere freshmen "'hen that dining Toom upper-classmen by the abolition of the came Virginill l\1llck Rohe.rts. weI, in the furst was first formally opencd, tradition back shat- to customary Rat Rules. that to find Georgetown place you shud hal- told us who thet wo- Again, it is with pleasure that we What Price Straw Vote? What good was a straw vote? Roosevelt \Yon man wnz, but why not go an ax "Dot tered-to find that the dining hall, theirs point to the fact that Rat Rules have anyway, in spite of Western lHan-land's de- Paul"L ... "Sue Strow" rites-"Is it by three years of pcrEcverance and effort, been finally done away with at Western cided preference for IIooyer. It is admitted that our preferential poll proper fur me to hal-e a sponsorf" .... \Y3S this year to be shared with men wao Maryland College. True, they were ruled and to them new even strange ~o were was of no practical objective significance, but it is interesting to note that sure 11'(' told )'11 thet we thot it wuz a their school. They are forced to eni<3r out in a most precipitate manner, but it our institution agreed with the majority of colleges throughout the coun- gnd idear before; may we sugjest "Sure their dining room and to seat themselves may be safely stated that an aroused try in choice of a presidential candidate. Shot PUl'O" r , , .. "I have quite some dif- at the same tab-e with men whose inter- campus opinion will probably never let However, to us on the Hill, the results should certainly haye some ficulty trying to get II date, what would ests are entirely different from theirs, them return. meaning. A larger percentage of the student body indicated their opin- you sugjest 1" rites ":;):1'. Pontecarvo" and "'ho, judged on the basis of seniority, The action which Western Maryland old friend! ion in this poll than in any similar ballot in THE GOLD BUG'S hi;;to1'.'-. , . , .\\'el, weI, if it iznt out hare grume, are their inferiors.' '-The Hoya, GeOl'ge- students have taken upon the matters of start . ... why not uzing The proportion was about 44 per cent, or nearly one-half the ;;tudeur". sope, and a razor' if you still hav diffi- town University. rushing and Rat Rules is certainly some- Moreover, the mock election was taken in a serious manner. ror nearly all culty, write us agen .... thet's all fur The tendency eyidcllced by the first thing of wbich they may be justly proud. those who took the tronble to vote had well-defined ideas and desires on this time; dnnt furgit to rit tu us and of these quotation) is, generally, an opin- Such a spirit of progressiveness will un- the subject of the residency and of prohibition. 'fhe only evidence ot ax us som mor .. ,. ion prevailing at a number of other doubtedly lead us far forward in the lacetiousness in the 'Whole affair was the insertion of a l!crtain junior':; harz hopin thet we win thet Bos- schools. Campus opinion is fast coming future. W. G. P. name on three of the ballots. O. !C., Western Maryland !-ewn jf ,re tOll Colluje game .... gurgle, gurgle, did show a rather deplorable disregard of life as it is and things as they .... ' 'Hazel" herd thet theyre handing little stronger. Were you afraid to say EditOl"S Note: The o"iginal music was are by electing Hoover and repeaL "pop quizes;' tu the futball teem .... that representatives of some clubs, men's attached to this letter and is now 011,file But what about the other half of the electorate? If 1\"0 hundred ten we notice thet their iz one colluje im- alld 'women's, haye been known to ap- in. THE GOLD'BUG office. of the students could find the time and muster the inclination to Yote, proyement this :ieer, and thet iz thet proach rushees on the subject of clubs, To the Editor of The Gold Bug iznt rnining what stopped the other t,,-o hundred sixty-six '! THE GOLD BUG, in a "Schweicker" .... weI, thet ends purfetly gud and that the rushees, being ignorant of Dear Editor: recitations ~ll about statistical "'ay of speaking, ',"ould appreciate comment:; on tbis matter the nuze II-e paYe got fur ya, til the the Inter-fraternity and illter-sorority If I remember correctly, Doctor Ward that indicates some other reason for inaction beside lazines'i. next time .... so til then rules 011 the matter ha,e sometimes been remarked once upon a time that no one play ~ Were in" "taken unfair by this Of course, we suppose ,,-e had better not apply this same reasoning Xity-nite. you afraid to mention that the matter 0: had written a song in his honor. So, to the faculty, though in proportion to their numbers, only one-quarter revision for clearer statement of the here are some words wllich I bave tried as many of the faculty voted as did the students. One member reported girls' code of honor has been pending for to fit to a melody I bave written. As that she had not received a copy of the paper containing the ballot; VOX CAMPUS a ~onth or so, because all of the girls' Ben Bernie would say, "I hope you like apologies are offered to any others who missed their chance to vote clubs have been too supme to push it it.' , through such an occurrence. '.Ve suppose that the circulation staff ,,·ill through! A FORMER WESTERN., lose no time in remedying this condition with the eighty-seven per cent Editor's Note: The p1bblication iJn this My present criticism is directed not MARYLANDER. of the faculty who did not vote. issue of THE GOLD B{;,G of the new only against specific infractions, of Deep down in our hearts we'll always clauses in the COllstiiltt-i.onof the Girl.s' All in all, the results are "ery encouraging, and we have every rea- Inter-Club Council nltllifies part of this "'hieh there are plenty, but also against love you, son to think that a ballot on diverse questions in the future will get even criticism. the inactiyity which makes it possible for Doctor Ward, our friend, so true; to get by. As you said, better response. Some time THE GOLD BUG hopes to give its readers Noyember 5, 1932. such conduct such flagrant violations we Deep down in our hearts we'll always haYe ,cherish, don't of opportunity to express their opinion on its policies and features. To To the Editor of THE GOLD BUG, fraternity ethics as there are at other in- Memories {)f the "Hill" and you, make this of any significance, a large percentage of the students must Dear Editor: stituti~ns, but that is because we have When we go from here, our Alma Mater, register their opinion. It is hoped that the forces which deterred such a We read your editorial, "Pan-Hellenic seven competing organizations and not We'll raise this toast to tbe sky, large proportion from voting last 'week will be successfully overcome' on Ethics", _in your last issue, and wonder fifty-seven. Signed, May good health and joy be with you, tbis occasion. why you didu't cOn')e out !\ud make it H A. CLUB ME1IBER. Your spirit will never .die.