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PAGE TWO The Gold Bug, Western Maryland College, Westminster, Md. COL Thoughts at Random VARIETY BOOKS; PLAYS, AND LIFE A REVIEW OF "Hazelnut" and By "Hazel" Chau- of the tsk, tsk,-we A Modern cer. Cressida his by Troilus Version iz wat we saw, or shud holes agen-hear hav bin lukin' thru key 'I'roilus and Cl'essida, by Geoffrey George these two and sources love of whole story was we say, wat we hurd ~:-" Daskam ' iz Philip Krapp. evolved, and it was from them that Offi~ial student n~wspaper of Western Maryland College, published on Thursday tryin' to rob the cradle agen, and it iz ;t Literary Guild, 1932. Boccaccio wrote his Filostrats. The lat- during the academic year by the students of Western Maryland College, Westminster, freshman boy tu ; wear 0 wear iz thet "Reviewed by "E. V. Righter, '34. ter work was probably Chaucer's chief Maryland. Entered as second-class matter at the Westminster Postoffice. senyer sofistakashon ~.... ' 'Dra per" haz ------ sourC€\ for the original "Troilus and SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.00 A YEAR a nue theam song :-" 0 mi littel fertur- The original "Troilus -and Cressida" Crissyde. ' , nity pin" .... sum won iz singin' "Fit was written by Geoffrey Chaucer, prob- The romantic tale, as told by Chaucer EDITORIAL STAFF az a fiddel an redy fur luve"; we wud ably before 1513. During the years fol- deals with the deep, passionate 10Ye of Editol'-in-Chief M. S. STROW, '33 sugjest thet "Delaney" gits buzy! .... lowing its production there were three Troilus for the beautiful Cressida, to Associate Editol·s ESTHER V. RIGHTER, '34, WILLIAM G. PYLES, '33 wat cha think ~ sumone kut off half ov whose charms he succumbs on first ca reh- News Editors ELSIE BOWEN, '33 CARLTON BRINSFIELD '35 the colyum last time; naughty, naughty, editions of the poem, and finally it was ing a glimpse of her face in a crowd. COP"JEditors MARY ELLEN SENAT, '33, C~ARLES L. WHITTINGTON; '34 included in a complete folio of the au- •r;r;ol·tsEditors H. TROY HAMBSCH, '33, EUGENE WILLIS, '34 we wunt stand fur thet no mol' .... thor's works. Evidently it stood in high From that moment he is oblivious of all MAKE-UP STAFF "William Pyles" iz regarded az the favor with readers of the period, and at else, his one aim being to win her love. He induces his good friend Pandor, who for-most "contract" player on the hill; one time it was considered Chaucer's Managing Editors WILLIAM H. SPARROW, '3'3, C. RUSSELL HERBST, '33 principal production. happens to be Cressida's uncle, to inter- Assistant Managing Editor FRANK P. MITCHELL, '34 sum body told us thet their iz only thre Stenooraphor FRANCES GLYNN, '35 mor who no how tu play it., .. " Harnb- On several occasions English scholars cede for him in an attempt to gain her sch " and "Mahoney" wur arguin ' the attempted to translate "Troilus and attention, at least. Oressida is of high BUSINESS STAFF Cressida ' into modern English, either in birth, and tL lady in every sense of the Business Manager DAVID TRUNDLE, '33 othur day who wuz the oldest; both wur word. Kuowing Troilus only by his rep- Advertising Mosiaaers ROBERT CAIRNES, '34, A. NORMAN WARD, JR., '35 born on Aperil 2, 1912 ..... sumbody sent whole or in part. Wordsworth produced Circulation MllIYIager LORA OUTTEN, '3'4 "Dick Martin ' the swellest kristmas a modernized version of twenty-four utation as a military hero, she is unwill- Assistant Circulation Managers prezent, he haz got it in 'pickel'; az stanzas from the fifth book, and 'later ing to pledge even friendship, but Pan- GLADYSE L. SOMERS, '33 M. R. -STEVENS, '35 him about it .... "Whity Cumberland" Charles Cowden Clark made an incom- dor's tears and lamentations win her OLIVE MAY BUTLER, '35 ARTHUR V. DOWNEY, '34 had a nice nue nickname :-" Ivanhoe" plete translation, N ow George Philip agreement to see her admirer. After CARL EVERLY, '34 CECIL H. MARK, '35 Krapp has given a complete and ex- that by means of careful diplomacy and THOMAS EVELAND, '36 SIMEON MARKLINE, '3G -he luks so shivalrus I .... cellent translation of the entire five many tears, Troilus succeeds in winning : .~,Stallings" rekwests thet the culpret REPORTERS books of "Troilus and Cressida." Cressida's love. Many stanzas of lovely Betty A llen, '33; Susanna Cockey, '33; Tessie Cox, '33; Blanche Hurd, '33; or culprets who stole "Hitchen's" big Historically the poem is of interest and .lyric poetry describe their love and per- Anne Wolverton, '33; Muriel Day, '34; Martha Harrison, '34; Kathlyn Meller '34; picktur last Wednesday nite return it at fect happiness. The beauties of Cressida Louise Needy, '34; Dorothy Paul, '34; Margaret Yocum, '3'4; Frances Elderdice, once; he sez he kant study .... "Hazel" of no little significance, although the ac- and the manly virtues of her lover are '35; Edith Forney, '35; Orpha Pritchard, '35; Dorothy Wicks, '36. sez thet the gurls ar trainin ' fur there tual story of the characters is now so Wilson Murray, '33; Pat Mahoney, '34; Clarence Bussard, •'34; James Bopst, well known as some of the other stories lauded to the skies. All goes well until '35; Brady Bryson, '35 Carlton Brinsfield, '35; Reynolds Simpson, '36; D. W. comin' boxin ' bouts; lets charge admis- of the Trojan War period. However, political complications of the Trojan Nichols, '35; Robert Brooks, '36. sion an let everyone in, an help balance mentions Troilus but briefly in his War call for Cressida's return to the the budget .... who sed thet "Dick Kie- home of her father. Heartbroken, the fer" wud make a gud child specialist ~ works, alluding to his early death. Ver- lovers are forced to part, supposedly for Worthy opinion; Model management; Correct news. . . . . " McIlveen" went out on a "date" gil treats him in much the same manner . only a few days. saturday nite fur the first time and came Troilus was was one of the sons of Priam, In spite of her solemn vows of con- but renowned less older his than D I T o R I A L home minus hiz frat pin, 0, o,~- brothers. He was both beautiful and stancy, Cressida fails to return to Troilus they gave" Skip" a holler up at Penn courageous, but his career ended so at the appointed time, and he soon be- State; "Stahley" sez thet it wuz about abruptly that he had little opportunity to gins to question her love. His suspicions A Rude Awakening We, in common ,,,ith the student body of other time .... "Red Wade" spent a weak in make a name for himself. The ancients are ,yell-founded, for he soon disco,'ers colleges, are accustomed to go along in our even the infirmai'y and "Libby Wine" had e"idently knew little about him aside that Cressida is fickle, and that during way, not pausing to think much about the soundness of our established sevun dazes tu hurself~-their iz a from his tragic death at the hands of her absence she has fallen in love with institutions, but taking for granted that they have a firm basis and are nuthur nue klub on the hill :-CHI AL- Achilles, and so there was little oppor- Diomede Grief stricken and embittered, making the normal amount of progress with our passive approval. We PHA CHI-anybody who noze hooze tunity for development of heroic tales of Troilus soon finds relief in death on the nod our heads in silence and assume that perfect stillness means, "All's theze intials belong tu:-P. D. P., 2. L. adventure in connection with his name. battlefield. He is killed by Achilles. well." That's where we are wrong, and at the same time where we R., R. G, N., B. E. S" an F, Q. H. ar The name of Trojlus was never quite lost" This modern version of an old and lit- differ from the -Women's Student Government Association's 'opinion, as maid chartur membm's-send ure howeyer, and is mentioned in several tle-known story is both interesting and shown by their recent diligent investigative activity. For the W. S. G. answers tu us .... '0, thet spring whether classical works. worthwhile reading. The translation IS A. (quoting several members) believes that we must hear the rum- .... an sum little girl wuz all in tears The theme of the love story of Triolus good and the story runs very smoothly, blings of the mighty debating sessions of ther body in conclave before the othur nite frum readin' "fairweel tu and CTessida ,vas first developed by llever prol'ing tedious. Characters arc we can credit the fact that they are on the job at all. At any rate, they arms ", sniffel, sniffel. ... Benoit de Sainte :Maure about the mid- clearly-dra'l'n, and while they are emo- seem to want to have one notable instance of their proceedings to adorn "Commerford" and ' 'Woodbury" clle of the twelfth century in his Roman . tionally overdrawn in comparison with their 1932-33 record. mistuk (f) each othur fur robbers the de 'ti'oie, a nal'l'ative poem. About a the modern conception of characters, Far be it from the GOLD BUG'S policy to condone offenses which othur nite l'esultin' in a black eye and a century later, Guido Oelle Colonne wrote \ . they are on the ,,-hole human and inter- are in themselves, not merely violations of student government regula- swollen face .... let us all go tu the tions, but frowned upon by conservative societv. As has been often Gamma Beta Dance; we ,,-il be seain ya said, in college and' in our other group associations, we must" get in their .... " Susan Strow" is an adept en- line or get out," and rightly so. But- tel'taiuer; but she kant drown out the We place ourselves on record as unqualifiedly opposed to proceed- radio! .... Looking At Other Campuses ings like those which transpired last week. By all the principles of the "Lansdale" wudn't eveu luk at justest law we know, the accused has a right to a fair trial. How can , 'Fowble" the othur nite aftur he came anyone in his right mind justify the use cf "blind witnesses" against all the way up frulll do,Yn town to go tu ~faryland Diamondback- it Moby Dick. University of Virginia has the person accused, so that the evidence is whispered into student gov- chapel .... "" Sch,,-eiker" iz anoyin' .... egad! wot a life. had a similar experience. Puritanic ernment's ear, while the identity of the informer is carefully guarded, people with hiz singin' agen, ... " Ben- On intervie,ying a member of the Ox- Han-ard (~) hasn't had compulsory lest -she gain the reputation of being a tale-bearer? ,Vhat price a repu- net" maintains thet he attends a class in ford debating team on its recent yisit to chapel since the latter part of the nine- tation, gained at the cost of such cowardice ~ We have no' criticism physiks on saturday nites .... them buf- the University of West Virginia, it was teenth century. What gets me is ,,-here against those whose honest convictions compel them to play the infor- ray unches at noon ar great (n .... sum learned that students of the English in- do they read the announcements! mer, but we do draw the line when the tender conscience belongs to one 0" the futbawl men ar packin' there stitution pursue a schedule which is al- By the way, I wonder if there is auy who will not stand before the accused to deliver her testimony and duds alredy ... ,bon ,"oyje .... most ideal in Ollr estimation. 'l'heir col- chance of getting Huey Long to deliver when the student government does not demand such action. Surely it we almost furgot thet their iz still an- lege year is divided into six week terms an address in chapel. We could save must not come to pass that any selected group of people, theoretically. uthur klub :-" Rook Klub' '-chartur interspersed with! six weeks vacations, money. Have him start next week and could concoct a likely story against their pet enemy, safeguard it memburs inklude "Lipski", "Berger ", except in summer, when there is a sixteen he would still be going strong when it against contradiction by the accused's friends, and' rejoice in a verdict , 'Blissman ", and "Randle' '-sea the week vacation. As they are supposed to comes time for the commencement of "guilty". This has emphatically not occurred in the present in- boize if ya think ure eligjable., .. con- study and read during these vacations, speech. stance, but the toleration of "blind witnesses" opens the way for SUCll tribushons frum the contrib box~- they undergo examinations at the begin- Georgetown Hoyar- occurrences. "Dick Martin" goze arouud with a ning instead of the end of each term, Another abuse of the position of an officer in the -Women's Stu- "Bow-in "-hand,-get it ~.... " Kebster and according to the Oxfordite, the ex- The delicate question has been raised dent Government Association is the making of personal remarks dis- Lucas" wunt giv up un-" Tull" he iz ams are on this wise: "Well, to begin at Marshall C{)llege as to when dancing a and may as such be considered when paraginl? and sometimes positively insulting, contributed lavishly ~fter down. _.. " Gigalo Moore" haz gone with, we're all gathered into a class- referee is needed. Several colleges for- the testImony of some witnesses. Such undignified conduct,. which "Dotty" an how! .... "Wade" likes hiz room, told what to write about, and left bid dancing and some schools object to smacks of the personal and almost of the personally malicious, has no "Wine", ,yomeu, and whoopee (mostly alone. First, ,ye all light our pipes and dances sponsored by college groups. place in a supposedly impartial court, and we rather welcome the op- "·ine) .... "Kaplan" iz very "Proutt" sit around discussing the subject for However according to the congress of portunity to air our opinion, particularly of this phase of the business. -hry hey, send in sum mol' "dobies." about three quarters of an hour. Then dance teachers and masters from all OV2r Fabrications on the part of members of student government are also, "Herbst" reminded ".IS thet he be- we start to write. And if you get stuck the U. S., dancing is very much influ- we might remark in passing, distinctly in bad taste under the circum- longed in thet list of "Strutters", my 0 you can always" ask your neighbor, who enced by the collegiate fashion. Miss stances. my how did w" evur make such a big - wiII probably haye something you don't Lucidle Stoddard, chairman of the danc- Apparently the W. g_ G. A. is recognizing- the general nmest to mistake ~.... didnt sum body feed a croud know, " It was learned that this is not ing teachers in America, said to the Con- the extent of proposing the making of an entirely new constitution. on tu fish?-"Hazel" hurd thet "Yo- considered c,heating, as this little smoker gress, "College students always set the This may amount to a great improvement but on 'the other hand the kie" fed half the skool on won roste and later collaboration is expected. pace in dancing, and their ballroom nov- evils which we have attempted to point Ol~tin this article are not the chicken .... by the way, fur gud Tezons It is said that coeds at the University elties are studied by dancing teachers do- ones which have been acknowledged by student government, and there- we hav tu git a last name-all sugges- of Missouri must be accompanied by a ing the highest type of work. All the fore, are likely to remain unremedied. For it wasn't the constitution tions wil be published; put me contribu- chaperone when they make their biennial, popular ballroom dances of the moment, which caused the recent trouble, but its administration ..Fiftv new con- tion in the box undur the steps with ure or possibly more frequent, visits to the 'the shag,' the 'shuffle' and the 'Lindy ~titutio~s, eac~ theoretically an improvement over the last. ~ay fail to name. hear iz wou we got aIredy:- dentist. Just a sentimental dental-man hop' are done to fox trot music and are iay factIOnal mterests. However, the group now considering the new , 'Illiglotz' '-dunt furgit. . . . from Missouri! collegiate in style. Collegiate dancing is document includes a fair cross-section of the school and may serve to the outgrowth of Negro dancing just as make public sentiment felt in a lasting and positive way. this time we wi! kloze with a poem an' Time accomplishes many things. For the popular ballroom music is based pri- Give them their due; student government officials are always in a we maid it up our selves! instance, at the UniYersity of North Car- marily on Negro rhythm. While the hard position. No one realizes it, perhaps, at the moment more than littel dabs ov pouder, olina women ,yere admitted for the first teachers keep a watchful eye on the col- they ~hemselves, who are undergoing an involuntary martyrdom of un- littel dabs ov paint, time in 1897, at which time" their pres- lege people, some of their novelties go to cet'talll duration. Particularly hard would it be, would it not, if thi~ make the colluje co-eds ence ,,,as resented by the male members extremes." The" shag" is a dance case assUil1~d the aspect of becoming their" raison d 'etre ", their good luk like wat they aint. of the student body." They were even that is claimed to have been taken direct- deed for thIS year? Add up the past record for the year of V'l. S. G. A. "disdained ,,,ith lofty superiority," ly from the southern plantations by col- collectively, multiply by the rumors with plausibie foundation that now sum fella's trouzers, which is a far cry from present condi- lege students. might be amassed against them in the same fashion; and we would hav~ plus sum fella's shuze, tions at the Tarheel institution. a.perfect case for the enunciation of the old principle of beginning mis- makes each ov us wunder- W. and J. Red and Black- Boston Tower Heights- SIOnary work at home. And this despite the fact that some of the which an wat is hooze. Princeton built a three million dollar When the Oxford Moyement was intro- school's most outstanding personalities and leaders in school life are now our colyum's finished, chapel a year or two ago. They also duced at Bates College, four or five hon- sitting 0l!-the board. They are more to be pitied than censured if they an we're in a rut abolished compulsory chapel during the or stUdents, suffering qualms of con- tr~ly be~Ieved ~bll:tthey were raisi~g school.morale by arousing an tag- til the follow'n weak-so long week, but inferred that" the students science, forthwith repaired to their pro- 0l1lsm WIth theIr Irregular conductIOn of thIS prosecution. The school should go to chapel on Sunday. So far fessors in the different - "branches of is basically sQunder than we give ourselves credit for, both on the men's -signed- study. They confessed their high marke the attendance has averaged fifteen wor- (Continued QIl- Page Four) {, I!!1~E)1" !IRq "Ha~el!l~t.' l shippers per serviC\l. Pr_incetonians call (Contin"Qed Qn Page Three)