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PAGE TWO The Gold Bug, Western Maryland College, Westminster, Md. COL Passing in Review VARIETY~ BOOKS, PLAYS, AND LIFE A REVIEW OF By BRADYO. BRYSON Air Mail Again Its a sad state of affairs when the ANTHONY ADVERSE several jolts, chief of which were his President of this great country has to be By Hervey Allen own illness and the crucifixion of Broth- Official student newspaper of Western Maryland College, published on Th~rsday so brutally convinced that he is wrong er Francois, to send him back to civiliza- during the academic year by the students of Western Maryland College, Westminster, Reviewed by tion and more normal living. Maryland. Entered as second-class matter at the Westminster Postoffiee, before he will rectify his mistake. When E. V. RIGHTER, '34 Fortunately, Anthony had been SUBSCRIPTIONPRICE$1.00 A YEAR he cancelled commercial air line contracts through a moral crisis and had won out. to transport the U. S. mail he received Were it possible to put onself in the EDITORIAL STAFF protests from leading aviation experts all place of the little Madonna, and to stay Now he determined to search for happi- Editor-in-Chie! ••......................................... F. P. MITCHELL,'34 over the country. All of them struck the ness. Strangely enough, from practical Associate Ed"''tors E. J. MAHONEY,'34, ESTHERV. RIGHTER,'34 by the side 'Of the man, Anthony Ad- solitude ill Africa, Anthony now found News Editors ••.•.•............. DOROTHYM. PAUL, '34, CARLTONBRINSFIELD,'35 same note--the Army aviation corps was verse, throughout his life, it would not himself swept into the maelstrom of po- Copy. Editors ..•............... FRANCESELDERDICE,'3'5, C. L. WHITTINGTON,'34 thought to be incompetent. be possible to know much more of what litical and economic intrigue of the Na- Sports Editors ...................••. MARTHAHARRISON,'34, EUGENEWILLIS, '34 But the President stubbornly main- he thought and did and said than one poleonic period. MAKE-UP STAFF tained that he had been definitely assured knows by reading Hervey Allen's narra- For a Bummer Anthony Adverse found MMUJ,ging Editors .••.....•.......... ANTHONYDIKSA, '34, LORAM. OUTTEN,'34 that the army could handle the mail. tive, Anthony Adverse. As for the little peace and happiness in the companion- Assistant Managing Editor •............•................. HERBERTSTEVENS,'36 'However, he has yet to find anyone who madonna-she may represent more in the Stenographer ......•.......•........•.................... FRANCESGLYNN, '35 will admit having given that assurance. eyes of some people than in others. She ship of the re-discovered Angela and He gave evidence of be- young Torey. BUSINESS STAFF And in the meantime it took three weeks may be regarded as a sacred object hav- ing capable and Worthy of parenthood, Business Manager ..............•........................... R. L. CAmNEs, '34 of sorrowful experimentation involving ing divine power, 01' merely as a bit of .4dvertising Manager •............................ _ F. KALE MATHIAS,'35 the tragic death of a grand total of Byzantine art. One thing is certain- but circumstances denied him the chance Assistant Advertising Manager EDWARDBEAUCHAMP,'35 eleven pilots in so short a time, and an of being father to his own son. Circulation MMUJ,ger ......•.•....•.••..•...•................. CARLEVERLY,'34 the Madonna was witness to many things, Anthony came to America, to the increasingly evident deterioration of air and she held a strange influence over the Assistant Circulation Managers mail efficiency to an almost hopeless con- life of her owner from his birth until the young, uncouth, and strangely attractive OLIVEMAYBUTLER,'35 EDWARDGAULT,'36 dition to convince the President that end of his days. section that was New Orleans just before THOMASEVELAND,'36 ANDREWRILEY, '36 something had to be done. the Louisiana Purchase. Hervey Allen HELENWHITCRAFT,'34 To pick up Anthony's story from the gives a picture of that New Orleans that With planes crashing every day, pilots time he was left to the mercies of the REPORTERS being killed, and schedules not being is probably new to most of us. The de- Laurlene Straughn, '34; Louise Needy, '34; Muriel Day, '34; Edith Forney, '35; lived up to, the amount of mileage being inhabitants of a convent, is to skip im- scription of the town itself, of the Mis- Orpha Pritchard, '35, Jayne O. Roof, '36, Elizabeth Byrd, '36, Lillian Yo ore, '35. portant facts relating to his parentage. sissippi, and the life of the Creoles Mary Lou Rockwell, '35. served by the army flyers decreased' day But it is sufficient to say that he had a should be read by those who find nothing Clarence Bussard, '34; James Bopst, '35; Brady Bryson, '35; Reynolds Simpson, by day until it was necessary to suspend good hereditary background, and his un- else worth while in the whole book. '36; J. W. Nichols, '35; Robert Brooks, '36; Dexter Beane, '34. r operations almost completely last week happy state as an infant was due to his Florence came back to Anthony to be in 'Order to revise routes, equip planes, being a victim of circumstances beyond his wife and the mistress of the huge Worthy opinion; Model management; Correct news. instruct pilots, and to seek advice from his control. plantation that was his home. He found commercial aviation. When the Presi- An author who can describe a. small a full life there in his work and in com- dent finally became convinced of the boy's reactions on first beholding a goat pauioushi p with his wife and child: E D I T o R I A L armys incompetence, he was man enough as deligl':.tfully as Hervey Allen does, When all of that was snatched away he to admi t it and call on the experienced commercial companies for help. need have no fear that the child por- again sought solitude to escape insanity. but charming. trayed will be anything of roaming more years After and Post Mortem When the time comes to give over offices to a succeed- Charles A. Lindbergh, the Eagle of By every little action and peculiarity the months spent in prison in Mexico, An- ing group, that time is the saddest of all the year. the air and the ideal of millions of child Anthony endears himself to us, un- thony married again, to settle down to a After all, one gets more or less attached to his job, and so it is with American boys, was summoned to his til we are ready to excuse anything that peaceful, simple life. For he had ex- a great deal of regret that we give over our jobs to the new staff. country's aid. And he put on a very poor he may do later. perienced more than most men do, and he I the demonstration, Because think. We follow him through the days at In the issue which was the first under the present officers, a pro- President had taken action against the the convent, in his imaginary comrade- had learned that the happiness and per- sonal fulfillment that he had wanted in gram which outlined the aims of the Gold Bug was presented. To a company he represented, he was not big ship with the Bronze boy at the fountain his lifetime could not be gained through enough to put aside selfish, personal in- great extent, we have done our utmost to live up to the high ideals terests in loyal cooperation in an at- and his real friendship with the little wealth or self-indulgence. He had pos- which were set up in previous years. In some ways, we were handi- tempt to successfully undo an admitted English girl, Florence. apprenticed by sessed great riches and been left penni- Later we find him capped from the start, in being required to make our budget come out wrong. He merely pouted, said "I strange coincidence at the Casa da Bon- less, loved deeply to find his heart sud- denly empty, lived in many lands among in the black. There was a very great surplus of red ink which had to won't play", and refused to do his bit uyf'eather, where ties are made that had many peoples only to find them all un- be blotted out so that we could balance the books. Perhaps that ex- much after the fashion of a spoiled child. already been more strongly established satisfactory. So, near' the end of his It was the biggest mistake of Lind- plains better than any other thing the hit or miss fashion in which bergh's glamorous career, and it has done by blood relationship than Anthony was days we find him in Mexico: ever to know. There Anthony received the papers have been coming out. much to knock him off his pedestal. his education-from books and by learn- "From too great a.bundance, he had A bill is ill Congress now to restore discovered, came the chief curses of the We believe that the articles as written have maintained the literary ing to know the good and the bad of the bodies and spirits of men. So the master excellence which was set up in years prior to this one. They have been the contracts to commercial companies people around him. He discovered a and mistress of the place restrained them- under new regulations which are intend- as "newsy" as possible. ed to eliminate graft. The bill allows good deal about the extent of his own selves and let La Luz alone. It was strength and weakness, and he learned to contracts to be let only on a full, open, ignore Faith Paleologus. It was also at beautiful and self-sufficient." In passing, we are indebted not only to the members of the staff competition basis with a penalty of re- And in the chapel "the Madonna held da he that Bonnyfeather Casa the and especially to the reporters who have given so much of their valua- cancellation to follow a violation of the learned to love Angela, and there that he forth the image of mercy to all who could ble time to producing a student paper that is worthy of the college. principles. No contracts are to be let formed a lasting friendship with Vin- see it ... " to any companies associated with or op- cent Nolte. Few books have created such a. furor To the Times Printing Company and the competent workers em- erating any competitive routes or manu- Then, old .John Bonnyfeather sent An- ill the past decade, and fewer have been ployed there, we are doubly indebted. They have not only been very facfuring air craft and accessories. Max- thony to Cuba to collect a debt. The sea- worthy of the tempest they have caused. Anthony may not sur- mayor Adoerse patient and obliging, but have been exceedingly helpful in giving imum and minimum rates hava been set voyage there, and the one to Africa some vive in wh~le 'Or in part. But we feel suggestions. forth. Also, no company is permitted 'months later are accounts too vivid at sure that the characters-Don Luis, to bid whose officers were party to the times for the comfort of the reader. Brother Francois, John Bonnyfeather, Miss Wingate most assuredly deserves a great vote of appreciation. obtaining of former contracts under cir- During the following years in Africa Faith Paleologus, Anthony, and the mul- cumstances which were" clearly contrary She certainly has been a guiding star. Without her friendly sugges- to good faith and public policy. Anthony was occupied in the slave trade, titude of others-will survive in the tions and clear thinking, we would have been lost, or at least too I believe Roosevelt is very sincere in and he might have sold himself as com- minds of those who read the book. Each radical. It is no labor of love to advise a staff of hot-headed members his attempt to destroy graft. He simply pletely and hopelessly as he sold the ne- character is a very real person, and their groes. He became the master of Gal- so that they will not stray from the straight and narrow way. Miss Win- chose a costly method and wrongly legos, and almost lost mastery once him- lives are so skillfully interwoven that we marvel at the logical development of so gate, we thank you again. thought he should stick by his original self. The monotony of life, the enervat- plan. Perhaps he will attain his end ing climate, and his dwn moral conflicts complex a narrative, and we delight in the beauty of description and excitement To President Ward also goes our heartfelt thanks. In such a despite the cost, however. Certainly this made him a different person. It took of adventure. time of financial depression, he has not cut down on our appropriation bill is a very constructive step toward at all. Surely, this in itself deserves a big hand. that end. This business of thanking people for what they have done could LOOKING AT OTHER CAMPUSES Did You Know? » go on indefinitely. Let us complete it by proposing a toast to all those Dining Room Probtems at St. John's by "CHUCK" KADDY faithful ones who stayed up all hours of the night so that a Bug could It seems that there is a rule in vogue come out on Thursday. at St. John's that requires those who Dr. Andrew White, President of Cor- gave three cheers for Yale and retired come for meals fifteen minutes late be nell University, said, "I myself saw at to their rooms. To the incoming staff, we, the departing members, give our heart- suspended from the dining hall for a (Hobart) College a professor driven out Some firemen turned a hose on a group iest well wishes. Viewed from all angles they certainly are a competent period of one day. The writer of the of a room with books and spittoons 01' college singers who immediately gave group. They are undoubtedly interested in the work, and, we are sure, protest in the St. Johm 's Collegian con- thrown at his head." battle and one student shot the firemen's The Yale coal yard was fired annually that the rules are puerile and tends will make their aim" A Bigger and Better Student Newspaper". unbecoming to the student body." In from 1866 on; in 1870, the blaze was general. Noone was incriIninated, but a historian put it handsomely by saying lieu of this punishment, Mr. Le Viness accompanied by the smashing of the tu- "The general college sentiment rather We know, from our experience, that they will have their troubles. proposes that a negro waiter be stationed tor's windows and the mutilation of the They will have to use the utmost care in dealing with certain phases of as guard, or a fine of $1.00 be imposed. chapel organ. deprecated the shooting as needless." The students of the University of Vir- the work. They will have to work, and' work hard. But they will find In conclusion, the writer laments the in- At Hamilton College in 1823 a cannon ginia organized a military company and that there is a great amount of satisfaction in seeing a paper come out adequacy of the Student Council and was dragged to the top floor of the dorm. one night fired shots and broke into pro- that was created by themselves, and themselves alone. urges more stringent functioning on the It was heavily charged and aimed at a fessor's houses and amused themselves part of that body. It sounds a bit dras- tutor's door. Though it missed the pro- with the inmates. 'I'he hurly-burly was For them, we wish the most successful year the Gold Bug has tic to us-all of this punishment for late- fessor it blew his clothes, which were ly- quelled by the arrival of state troops. ever had. ness-why not simply close the doors at ing on a chair, through the wall of the The halcyon days are past and the the end of the fifteen minute period' building. Doors and windows were burst deans should not be despondent about open and fragments of the charge went Penn State Organizes a New Drama through the roof. student conduct "hen they paint globes Exit Hazelnut With this issue, a Gold Bug institution passes away Course In a great conflict between Yale stu- red and kick over ashcans. Let them look back on the brave world gone by, when This summer Penn State College will (see front page). "Thoughts at Random", by Hazel offer a course in the development of dents and townies in 1854, two or three college life was careless and bold, and and Hazelnut has been a widely read column since its beginning several theatrical presentation designed to "il- of the townies were wounded by pistol the golden hours were filled with mis- years ago. It was always clever, and it certainly filled a definite need lustrate dramatic presentation embracing shots and one was stabbed to death with chief, assault and battery and homicide. £01' such a column to the fullest possible extent. The style of writing the entire scope of the drama of the a dirk. After the murder, the students "CHUCK" KADDY. was original, the humor sly and witty, and above all, there was a definite 'world_" Class work will consist of week- rhythm in the literary manner in which it was written. ly lectures by the six cooperating pro- Relayed from" The Hoya" fessors and presentation of scenes from Law stude,ts at Louisiana State have Lately, it has been felt that the column had accomplished its pur- plays illustrating various types of stage decided to follow the example of Euro- pose. As a result, it has been abolished'. Suggestions for substitutes presentation and acting development. pean law schools by wearing derbies and The retiring staff of the Gold Bug carrying canes at all times during the are very much in order. Evening performances are seheduled and second semester. wishes to thank the advertisers who have a Greek will consist scenes from of tragedy, classical, English, French, Ger- Students at the University of Oalifor- helped make this paper possible. To the persons who wrote "the column", we are very much indebt- ed. They h~ve done their labor efficiently and well. man, and a modern play depending for its I nia who make grades of "A" receive a effect upon lighting. _ five-dollar rebate on their tuition.