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PAGE TWO The Gold Bug, Western Maryland College, Westminster, Md. ============================== GOt Passing in Review SPRING F EVE R By IDA MAE T. RILEY SEVERAL Africa" it would, That has, book this BOO:'~S PURCHASED The Long, Long Story like the ele- BRIEF REVIEWS OF RECENTLY ary Life in South become a "best seller" as story, Long Huey Official student newspaper of Western Maryland College, published on Thunda,. phant's trunk about which Rndyard FOR ':THE COLLEGE LIBRARY over night. during the. academic year by the students of Western Maryland College, Westminster, Kipling once wrote, grows longer and Maryland. Entered as second-class matter at the Westminster Postoffice. longer! Reviow,ed by Dennis J. Brown "Lamb in His Bosom" SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.00 A YEAR Diverting, radical, entertaining, bom- by Caroline Miller . , bastic, ludicrous, the Kingfish constant- ly makes "news" for the great Ameri- "W"hile Roane Burns" A rustic and vigorous tale of un- can public. by Alexander W oollcott. spoiled life and love in the remote hills of Georgia. Without diluted sentimen- Huey made typical "Long" news "The To, vn Crier" again rings the EDITORIAL S'rAFF 'when, dressed in a lavender shirt, J;1e proverbial .bell-s-this time with a col- tality, but with warmth and color, the Edito1·-in-'Chief , ROSALIE G. SILBERSTEIN, '36 spoke in the Senate on Monday, April lection of st ories and sketches as inter- author presents the dramatic story of a Associate Edit01·S IDAMAE T. RILEY, '36, ROBERT BROOKS, '36 22, tossing verbal orchids to the lead- esting as a fi.rst visit to New York City. generation of a typical Georgia family. News EdUOTS GUY GRIFFEN, '36, SARABELLE BLACKWELL, '37 ing members of the administration. The brittle charm, refreshing vigor, Copy Edit01·S JANET MACVEAN, '38, LEONARD GRAHAM, '38 Mr. Woollcott runs the gamut of inter- and brutal realism of this novel won Sports Editors HERBERT STEVENS, '36, ELIZABETH HAGEN, '36 Some of the titles that he handed to est-honor .and humor, tragedy and Caroline Miller the 1934 Pulitzer Prize Exeh{JJnge Editor MIRIAM WHITFIELD, '36 them were: "The Prime Minister, James truth, satire and sentimentality. My for fiction. Emphatically recommended Aloysius Farley, the Nabob of New special vote of approval goes to the MAKE-UP STAFF York". .. "The Lord High Chamber- if you don't mind taking your fiction Managing Edit01· KENNETH PLUMMER, '37 following: "Our Mrs. Parker"-a hilar- raw. Assistant Managing Editor GEORGE NEEDHAM, '37 lain, Ha-rold Ickes, the chinch bug of ious sketch of the hilarious Dorothy Chicago" ... "The Expired and Lamented BUSINESS STAFF Parker, "Moonlight Sonata"-a grim B1bsin,ess Mnnaqer EDWARD BEAUCHAMP, '36 Royal Block, Sitting Bull Johnson, who and gruesome story of "some spectral "Pl'ose and Poetry For Appreciation" Advenising Mana,gel' JOHN WARMAN, '37 'has described himself. as the new 00- fancywork", "Rien Ne Va Plus"-an Edited by H. Ward McGraw Assistant Advel'tising Manage'/, ROBERT KIEFER, '37 In -Ia of Oklahoma" ... "The Honorable exciting bit of truthful falsehood, and This encyclopedia of literature con- Circulation: Man ag e1'S .••••..••••••••• THOMAS EVELAND, '36, ROSAI.IE GILBERT, '36 Lord Destroyer, Hugh Almighty Wal- "Going to Pieces in the Orient"-a Assistant Ci1'mtlatio11Managers GEORGE KOHLER, '37, NORWIN GOMPF, '38, lace, the Ignoramus of Iowa." tains just about everything but "An- MARTHA MCCULLOUGH, '37, HILDA BIDDLE, '38 vivid account of the modern Chinese tony Adverse." The book is divided into Speaking before a cheering crowd of theatre. "While Rome Burns" is the REPORTERS mid-Westem farmers at DesMoines, seven sections, the short story, narra- Charles Read, '36; Nicholas Campofreda, '36; Ralph Lambert, '37; Paul Ritchie, Iowa, last Saturday, Huey repeated perfeet book to pick up when you are tive poetry, biography and autobiog- '37; Kenneth Baumgardner, '38; James Coleman, '38; Harry Bright, '38; fiddling away time. raphy, the essay, lyric poetry, the dra- Merlin Miller, '38; Paul Nelson, '38; Sherwood Balderson, '38. . these titles and bestowed the designa- ma, and the novel, and in each field con- tion of "Prince Franklin, Knight of the Jayne R{)of, '36; Mary Gaston, '36; Elizabeth Byrd, '36; Sally Price, '37; Helen tains various representative selections Stump, '36; Virginia Lee Smith, '38; Anne Chew, '38; M. V. Brittingham, '38; N ourmahal" upon President Franklin "The Magnificent Obsession" of past and present literature. You're Eleanor Taylor, '38. Delano Roosevelt. by Lloyd C. Douglas sure to find something of interest in its These verbal orchids are typical Long 1068 pages. Worthy opinion; Modelmanaqement; Correct news. news, I believe, for two reasons: t'hey A story as prosaic as a breakfast in appeal to the imagination and they are, the dining hall is made genuinely in- for the most part, ridiculous. teresting by the .'introduction of an ex- "Lost Horizon" personality analysis. of tactics The Kingfish's D I T o R I A L appeal to the imagination are designed to citing theory a background of the medi- 'by James Hilton Set .against of the great mass of Americans. His self-made des- cal profession, what there is of a story In which a trans-Asiatic plane crashes 'Way Back When "Let there be ivy", said someone. ignation of "Kingfish", his slogan is completely submerged by a theory into a forgotten valley of Tibet-and And now the ivy grows. But who planted it? "Every man a King", his lavender shirt of personall ty which aims not to make into the most disturbing and intriguing When? Why~ and green and rose necktie, his re- you build your personality out of the adventure you ever read. The story ceiving of newspaper reporters while he best qualities of other personalities, but concerns itself with the reactions of How many of us know ~ is in lounging pajamas-all have a cer- rather to have you inject your individ- fonr people, three Europeans and one brought into Traditions are like a pair of comfortable shoes-a pair of shoes tain dramatic, imaginative appeal to ual characteristics into other personali- American, land who are Time has been for- a where strange else to not do that seem to grow with us. We never realize we have them, really, never persons their who government. bother to think ties. If it doesn't do anything conscious- gotten .. Realizing at last that hundreds you, Lloyd C. Douglas' story about stop to think what we did before we had them-s-how we got along-or Similarly, most of his projects and ly or unconsciously will make you try of years of life await them in this mo- what we would do now if we were to lose them. But one day it rains, speeches seem rather ludicrous, rather out the "magnificent obsession." notonous environment or old age and and we turn up a thinning sole to find a little opening where the water ridiculous, to citizens who think about death if they attempt to return to the has soaked through. such things as economies and political outside world, the four people make de- economy. "Every man a King" is a "Why Not Try God?" cisions which bring the story to an end So it is with traditions. One day it rains, and we pause long enough dramatic slogan, but how would it be that is as puzzling and fascinating as to face a dwindling school term-a few short months jammed full of carried ouH If Huey's Share-the- by Mary Pickford the entire theme. "Lost Horizon" is activities-traditional activities-and we discover a little gap where the "\\'e:llth program were adopted, it would All 01 which only goes to prove that the type of story you stay up until 4:00 explanation has never slipped through, somehow. be easy enough to pare down the in- if Mac West wrote a book on "Mission- A. M. to finish. comes of the millionaires. But how Western Maryland is a school abounding in tradition, old customs, would the incomes of other persons be quaint terms. They are part of the life here on the Hill. They are ac- fa ttenedj Nobody, not even Huey, is cepted. But are they ever questioned 7 certain. COLLEGE RHYTHM Huey believes every man should be a What would we do without our Mourners' Bench? (Continued ()n Page 3, Column 4) Yet how many of us know when it ,,,as built or how it got its name? Do \ye know that it was Dr. Lewis who felt that the men ought to have Things I Could Live Without-- Discovered on the Old Ox ~oad- a place to rest between classes? CAMPUS 1. People who come to dinner without Wal tz-Commerford. What about our school colors? neckties. Hales-G ladden. It's all very well to say that perhaps they were suggested by our LEADERS 2. People who neck in the student Nock, E.-Sadowski. lounge of the Ma-in Building. own campus in the spring--with the dandelions gilding the hills ... Sehrt-Markline. Mary Br·own 3. Dining room cake with cream sauce. Bankert, P.-Kemp. It's all very well to say that maybe a tasty dish of carrots and peas She loves swimming and cheese-and 4. Our. unofficial traffic policeman. provided the inspiration .... Or to smile and add that maybe it was she hates bugs and people who don't 5. "The Isle of Capri." Dillon-Baer, C. cheese and pickles. mind their own busi- 6. Uninvited guests in fraternity Butler-Loss. Price, M.-Marshall college , But-did you know that they were selected by an art teacher and ness. Her pals can rooms. Hance-Draper. an alumnus who was on the faculty of the college-Miss Olivia Rhinehart her "Brownie", but 7. Dining room cake with cream sauce. Sub-Debs-McPherson. and Dr. Harry G. Watson? her eyes are blue. So is her favorite color. 8. Stool pigeons. Groves-Stevens, M. And that they were chosen (about 1891) chiefly because of the She's our ide·a of 9. Professors who have forgotten the Phillips-Markiewieez. alliteration of their names-old gold and olive green ~ what a girl . •••••••.' time when they went to eollege. Me Williams-Stone. should look like. And Do you know how our football team happened to be called the 10. "Post-grads" who haven't learned Irwin, S.-Cronin. a "Terrors" ? she has her way of Mary Brown yet when to keep their mouths shut. Burtner-Simmons. clothes wearing Did you ever hear about the old literary so~iety Gazettes? with a certain Miles-Bennett. Did you know that our Alma Mater was adapted by a faculty mem- "umph". Evidently we aren't alone in Spy "13" Reports-- Morris, J. M.-Bopst. this opinion-for "Brownie" is always ber-Dr. Rich, professor of chemistry ~ Hudson-Gorski. in demand when fashion shows are in That the Harrisonians will play at Did anyone ever tell you the story behind the" cane tradition" ~ order, the Inter-Frat dance and at the June Murphy-Mergo. It's good. "Brownie" should publish an "A B C" Ball ..... That two familiar "back Calloway-Hendrickson. Do you know about the trip around the world that Dr. Lewis made? for ambitious coeds. campus" walkers were caught red-hand- Dawson-Adriance. The "A" is for athleties-first in the And how the Aloha started ~ alphabet and first with Mary. An ardent ed the other evening. (Naughty, naugh- Have you ever ,,-ondered 'what made the Sacred Arch so sacred 7 and faithful sportster since she came to ty! Even a child should know better) Did you ever hear that old school song, "Embowered in Beauty", the Hill, she has consistently appeared ..... Th~t those cute people who keep Collegiate Dictionary-(Apologies to written by Dr. Warfield, professor of English 7 on honorary teams, and this year Mary awake the inmates of Ward Hall and Life) has been president of the W. A. A. Re- Owings Hall won't do it much longer ... Absinthe-non-appearance in elasses. Haven't you thought about other May Days-what they were like 7 cently she was awarded a blazer, the That six spies were placed around the Did you know that Caleb O'Connor, '98, wrote "Dear Western highest athletic award achieved by a campus the night of the Military Ball. Bar-Animal in them thaI' hills. edncation. Gin-Physical :l\Iaryland" ¥ girl. "B" stands for brains. A consistent-, (We found four of them. How many Hug-A round-about way of express- Did you ever hear about "Parlor Night" 7 Iy good student, Mary has managed to did you find~) ..... That one of the pa- ing affection. Do you know the history of this paper 7 Or is our Gold Bug as big keep an excellent scholastic reeord in trons went to sleep at the Military Goblet-A small sa-ilor. a mystery as Poe's7 spite of her active extra-eurricular pro- Ba)l ..... That a certain group on the Stein-What results when wine is gram. She holds the position of girls' The chances are that you don't know so ver¥ much about any of sports editor on her class Aloha. Hill will soon start "beating around the spilled on the tableclot11. these things. So we're going to tell you about them. "c" is for charm. Besides her per- bush" ..... That Miss Shreiner had a Gin Rickey-Oriental medium of This editorial is an introduction to a series of intervie"s with those sonal attractiveness and ability, birthday on Monday. How many~ .... transportation used at the World's Fair. who do know, investigations into early publications, and excerpts from "Brownie" has a pleasant way of win- That two serious senior men nearly Bottle-A combat, a fearful brawl. them. ning admiration even from those who came to blows recently over the affee- Cognac-"Cognac; all is forgiven." do not know her very well. And as We want to express our appreciation to Dr. William R. McDaniel for her own intimate friends-well- tions of the mueh-admired Dolly ..... Hiccup-Part of a popular title: for his kind assistance in giving a few of his own reminiscence and for "Brownie" was president of her club- That the name of the new recreation "Hiccup the British." his suggestions concerning sources to which 'we might refer. W. W. That speaks for itself. rooms is to be "Wild Game." Demijohn-A small bathroom.