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CHOIR ORATORIO ALUMNI HALL ORCHESTRA RECITAL ALUMNI HALL SUNDAY, MAY 6 FRIDAY, MAY 4 4:00 P. M. 8:00 P. M. Vol. 11, No. 12 WESTERN MARYLAND COLLEGE, WESTMINSTER, MD. May 3,1934 H. G.Hager Scores Highest Total in ART EXHIBIT Co-Eds Select Estelle Williams To Annual Sophomore Comprehensive The Art Department of Western Reign Over Annual May Day Festival Maryland College cordially invites the Rosalie Silberstein Is Second In COACH HARLOW SPEAKS faculty and the students of the College Total Score; Finishes First In and their friends to attend the opening LUCILLE BORK ELECTED Women's Stu den t Government art exhibit on of the second annual Sponsors Annual Celebration AT TRI-BETA MEETING Friday, May 11, at 8 P. M. in McDaniel HEAD OF WOMEN'S GOV'T. To Be Held on Hoffa Field Literary Acquaintance Lounge. REGISTRAR ANNOUNCES TEN Gives Illustrated Lecture On North OLD ENGLISH MAY DA Y The exhibition will include examples HIGHEST SCORES American Bird Life of general design, stage decoration, in- Ada Rebecca Smith Chosen Vice- SERVES AS THEME terior decoration, and craft work. President According to a recent announcement On Friday afternoon, May 4, the an- from the office of the registrar, H. G. At the monthly meeting of the 'I'ri- Miss Lucile Bork was elected presi- nual celebration of May Day, sponsored Richard C. Harlow, Western Maryland COLLEGE ORCHESTRA TO Hager received the highest score of the Beta on Tuesday evening, April 24, dent of the Women's Student Govern- by the Women's Student Government, one hundred and seven Sophomores who ment for 1934-35 at a meeting held in will be held on Hoffa Field. took the Comprehensive Examination football and boxing coach, gave an GIVE CONCERT FRIDAY Smith Hall on Tuesday evening at 6.30 during the week of April 16. Mr. Ha- illustrated lecture on "Birds and Their P. M. Miss Mae Russell, this year's The procession will begin at 4 P. M. field, and will proceed to the athletic ger placed first in General Culture and Nesting Habits." president, was in charge of the meet- where Miss Estella; Williams of the Contemporary Affairs and third in Lit- The numerous slides shown by Mr. The Western Maryland College or- ing. cary Aquaintance. Harlow represented a photographic ac- chestra, under the direction of Mr. Phil- Senior Class will be crowned Queen of The examination included work in count of his numerous trips into many ip Royer, will present its annual spring After the opening formalities, nomi- the May by President Ward. The General Culture, Contemporary Affairs, sections of the United States and Cana- concert at Alumni Hall on Friday even- nations for the new president, to be Queen's court, chosen by the student English, and Literary Acquaintance. da. These slides, augmented by pho- ing, May 4, at 8 P. M. drawn exclusively from the Senior class body, will include the following duch- Other studies, including mathematics, A small part of the orchestra has of next year, were immediately taken esses-Margaret Yocum, Mary Wooden, various sciences, and languages were tographs, served as a basis of Mr. Har- been heard throughout the year in the by secret ballot. The honor of election Elinor Tollenger, Mary Alice Wigley; also tested. The results listed below low's talk. Sunday chapel service, but the concert to the office was bestowed upon Miss attendants-Louise Needy, Anna Wig- Web- ley, Mary Waters Lewis, Jeanne do not give the relative scores of these For twelve years, game wardens, will feature the entire membership of Lucille Bork. She will replace Miss er, Rosalie Gilbert, Margaret Driscoll, last named fields, as they represent in- sportsmen, and ornithologists have thirty musicians. No admission will be Mae Russell, who has been a most re- dividual rather than class averages. searched the state of Pennsylvania for charged, and the entire student body, sponsive and efficient president for the Dorothy Twigg, and Parvis Robinson. The ten highest general scores were a nest of the wild turkey. A picture faculty, and the public are invited. past year. Miss Ada Rebecca Smith Following the crowning ceremonies, as follows: of one of the first two nests found was A special program of symphonic num- received the office of vice-president of the entertainment will consist of an Hager, H. G.-Baltimore City College. shown to illustrate the characteristics bers has been arranged for the concert. the Council, under the rule that the interpretation of the original English May Day, which has been celebrated Silberstein, 'R. G.-Forest Park High of this particular nest. One of these arrangements, the Sin- nominee for the presidency having the in England each year since 1517. Such School. Continuing, Mr. Harlow spoke of the fonietta by Dvorak, titled "From the second highest number of votes is there- Hood, Robin Biehl, H. P.-Frederick High School. duck hawk and falcon which make their Western World", will be an outstanding by elected to the vice-presidency. She familiar characters as Maid Marian, played by Peg Herwick; Riley, J. T.-Hyattsville High School. nesting places in the cliffs of moun- number on this musical program. Katherine Timmons; Friar Tuck, Kate The complete program will be as fol- Brooks, E. R.-Baltimore City College. tains in the central part of Pennsyl- lows: will be' the successor of Miss Mary Bishop; Little John, Dorothy Hull; Will Strayer, W. M.-Baltimore City College. Parks. Stickley, Louise Orem; Jake the 0' Houck, E. A.-Grantsville High School. vania. The nests of these birds are Gluelc.Mot.tl-Robar ts ; Petite Suite de Nominations were then opened for Green, Marcellene McClung; and Sis Perry, C. V.-Pennsylvania Ave. High built in practically inaccessible places, Ballet (from Gluck's operas), Iphigenia the office of Honor Chairman, which is George, Margaret Freder-ick, will take School, Cumberland, Md. which, even when the location is dis- in Aulis (Air Gai), Orpheus (Spirit now filled by Miss Anna Frances Sew- Humphries, W. S. -Franklin High covered, are almost impossible to reach, Dance), Armide (Musette), Finale; Flo- ard. The first ballot showed the votes part. Milk maids and chimney sweeps will also perform, for according to tra- School, Reisterstown, Md. Many birds choose to build their tow: Overture Stradella; Dvoran-Kopp; to be equally distributed between Miss dition, May Day was a holiday for McKenzie, Z. C.-Branford High School. nests ill trees. The eagle constructs an Sinionietta in G. major, Allegro Riso- Jane Twigg and Miss Esther Main, but them. A group of Morr-is entertainers The scores in the specific fields were elaborate nest about seven feet in width luto, Larghetto, Echerzo-Molto Vivace, the second vote gave the majority to as follows: and from eight to ten feet in depth. Finale-Allegro; Schumann: Romanze Miss Main. will sing and dance old f'ol k songs, and a menagerie of animals will parade for (from Symphony number 4); Sinetana: Genel'M Culture On the other hand, the tiny ruby- Ballet busic (from the Bartered Bride); The Juniors and Sophomores of next the Queen. Hager, H. G.; Silberstein, R. G.; throated humming bird builds a nest Gounod: Funeral March of a Marion- year were asked to make the election Following the entertainment there Biehl, H. P.; Strayer, VV. M.; Brooks, so small that its two pea-sized eggs do ette; Wagner: Spinning Chorus (from of their respective class representative will be a campus supper to which all E. R.; Riley, I. T.; Hammond, M. F.; not appear out of proportion when they the Flying Dutchman); Bizet: Faran- to the Council. Miss Mary Catherine members of the faculty and student Perry, C. V.; Houck, E. A.; Wood, G. J. are laid in the nest. Mr. Harlow next (Continued on Page 3, Col. 1) Hill will continue in her office as mem- body are invited. Contemporary Affairs described the nests of the birds that The program for the day has been build on the ground and in marsh vege- ber from the Junior class. The Sopho- Hager, H. G.; Riley, I. T.; Biehl, H. mores elected from. their class Miss arranged by Miss Mary Parks, vice- the speaker FRENCH CLASSES WILL P.; Brooks, E. R.; Houck, E. A.; Hagen, tation. Pointing out that all birds do president of the Student Government not build in the spring, Margaret Hoshall to take over the Stu- (Continued on Page 3, Column 5) den t Governmen t office from Miss Eve- organization. The costumes, scenery, gave as an example a certain type of HOLD PLAY CONTEST and masks were made under the direc- owl which starts its nest-building dur- lyn Crowne, who held the office this tion of the Art Department. N. R. A. ADMINISTRATOR ing the latter part of winter. The annual playwriting contest spon- year. In addition to Miss Russell, the meet- The Tri-Beta will sponsor several oth- MAKES CHAPEL TALK er talks by guest speakers in the near sored by the French Methods Class will ing was presided over by Dean Stover OFFICERS' CLUB SPONSORS take place during the third week of and Miss Shreiner. future. May. As has been the custom for the ANNUAL MILITARY BALL past four years, a prize will be offered William E. Sweet, former governor SEMINARY GRADUATION to the group whose play is most effec- of Colorado and present head of the WILL BE HELD MAY 8 tively written and acted. Two plays CONTESTANTS NAMED The ninth annual Military Ball, spon- educational bureau of the N. R. A., ad- will be presented this year. The one FOR NORMENT PRIZES sored by the Officers' Club of Western dressed the student body of Western The fifty-first commencement of play is a one-act drama whose setting Maryland College, was held Saturday, Maryland College at the Monday morn- the Westminster Theological Seminary is in the thirteenth century during the The contestants for the Norment April 28, ill the dining hall. This dance ing chapel service on April 23. Speech Contest, to be held Friday, May opens Sunday morning with the bacca- time of the Crusades. The second play, proved to be one of the most brilliant Mr. Sweet, intimately connected with laureate service in the M. P. Church. an amusing light comedy, has its set- 25 in Alumni Hall, were announced affairs of the year and was attended by the policies of the present administra- Dr. Fred Garrigus Holloway will deliv- ting in a gown shop in Paris. This last last Saturday by Miss Nannie C. Lease, many visiting guests. The "Towns- tion in Washington, said that he is not er the sermon. The alumni sermon will play will be presented in the Y. W_ professor of the Speech Department. men", one of the best orchestras to at all worried about the ability of the be preached by the Rev. Frank L. Shaf- 1'00111; the first play will be given on Three men and three women from both play on the "Hill" this season, furnished "brain trust" to see the United States fer, class of '29. the campus. the Sophomore and Freshman classes the music. through the existing crisis. The new On Monday from 3 to 5 P. M. a re- The faculty, student body, and will compete for the gold medals The list of patrons and patronesses era in America, proclaimed by Presi- ception will be given to alumni students friends of the College are invited to awards. included not only President and Mrs. dent Roosevelt in his inaugural address, and friends at the home of Dr. and Mrs. attend. The names, characters, and The contestants are the following: Ward and members of the college fac- is on of "voluntary discipline". This Holloway. At 6 P. M. the alumni din- dates of the plays will be announced in Sophomore men-Mr. Donald Prince, ulty with their wives, but also notable type of discipline has never before been ner will be held. The Seminary Play- the next issue of the Gold Bug. Mr. Byron Schneider, and Mr. Harold guests from Westminster and Baltimore. attempted in America, but present con- ers will present two one-act plays at 8 White; Sophomore women-Miss Mary The dining hall was patriotically deco- ditions make this new discipline neces- Dixon, Miss Rosalie Silberstein, and rated with streamers of red, white, and sary for the common good. P. M. in the Seminary Chapel. The GOLD BUG REPORTING STAFF Miss Roris Smedes; Freshman men- blue bunting encircling the columns, plays are "The Table Set for Himself" Although Mr. Sweet admitted he was and "Ba Thane." REORGANIZED Mr. Harry Luman, Mr. George Need- and flags draping the ceiling. The red, a "born dry" and an ardent supporter Tuesday at 10 A. M. the annual meet- ham, and Mr. Kenneth Plummer; Fresh- black, orange, and white of the Mary- of the dry cause, he declared that the ing of the Board of Governors will be In an attempt to secure the best pos- men women-e-Miss J eau Harlow, Miss land Stato Seal furnished a background Eighteenth Amendment did more to held. The address to the graduates at siblo type of work, the reporting staff Beverly Harrison, and Miss Elizabeth for the orchestra. At the end of the break down respect for law than any 8 P. M. will be delivered by the Rev. of the Gold Bug has been reorganized. Harrison. hall, completely concealing the boys' other single influence. Laws, continued Foul' former reporters and five new This contest for the Norment Prizes entrance, was a grouping of flags and Mr. Sweet, can be enforced only when Albert E. Day, D. D., Pastor of Mt. Ver- ones at present compose the new staff. has been held each year at Western machine guns, adding a militaristic non Place M. E. Church, Baltimore, Md. public opinion is favorable to them. The following are now serving as re- Maryland College since the early part note to the decorations. Lack of public opinion was the main Degrees and diplomas will be con, porters; Brady Bryson, '35; Guy Griffen, of Dr. Lewis' administration. Only Of the one hundred and fifty, or force that led' to the repeal of the ferred and awarded as follows: Doctor '36; Kenneth Plummer, '37; Charles those members of the Sophomore and more, couples present, almost half were Eighteenth Amendment; on the other of Sacred Theology-Franklin Bryan Reed, '36; Reynolds Simpson, '36; Eliz- Freshmen classes who are in full and visitors from Baltimore, Washington, hand, favorable public opinion is the Bailey, Walter Roth Gobrecht, Charles abeth Byrd, '36; Sally Price, 37; Orpha regular standing are eligible to part.i- and other nearby cities. The Officers' outstanding factor that is making the Guy Stambach. Pritchard, '3'5 ; Jane Roof, '36; Helen cipte. The contestants are chosen on Clubs of the University of Maryland National Recovery Administration a Bachelor of Sacred Theology-Jesse Stump, '36. the basis of work in Speech classes, and of the Johns Hopkins University success. . Elmer Benson, Thomas Lee Crenshaw, Although the new staff of the Gold conduct, and class standing. were the guests of the Western Mary- Mr. Sweet also stated that ..many per- Everett Wayne Culp, Olyn Francis Hull, Bug does not wish to have too large a Foul' gold medals awards will be pre- land Club. The tan uniforms of the sons are critiCizing the N. R. A. because Henry John Muller, Ralph Mark Reed. reporting group, several other positions sented to the winners, one medal to officers, interspersed with gay pastel- it is a revolutionary step. If an experi- Diploma-Charles Eugene Brantly, on the staff are still open. Anyone wish- each of the above mentioned groups. colored gowns and black tuxedos, gave ment in political science that aims at a Jr., Sprigg Harwood, Henry Herbert ing to take advantage of these vacant In the 1933 Norment Contest the a distinctive military ail' to the cele. more equal distribution of wealth is Schauer, Ralph Augustus Strasbaugh. reporting jobs should speak to the edi- medals were won by Miss Jessie Ship- bration. revolutionary; then the N. R. A. is just The faculty and students of Western tor immediately, Genuine interest in ley, '35, Mr. Dennis Brown, '35, Miss The officers' dance, just before inter- that. The present adralnistratlon em- Maryland College are in.vited to attend the work and a fair amount of ability Rosalie Silberstein, '36, and Mr. Don- mission, added dignity and color to the (Continued on Page 4, Col. 3) these Services. are the only requisites. ald Prince, '36. (Continued on Page 4, Column 3)