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The Gold Bug, Western Maryland Oollege, Westminster, Md. PAGE TWO A REVIEW OF Personality Pictures VARIETY BOOKS, PLAYS, AND LIFE GOt (Editor's By Art This is one of a se- "STARS FELL ON ALABAMA" ing her repeated appearance with that Penner Note: Alabama, of sketches ries like over, cases standing brief word on the Hill. of out- By Carl Carmer particular escort. that In are very rare. how- A characters The purpose of them is to give the students Reviewed by Rosalie Silberstein girl is considered a wallflower if she Official student newspaper of Western Maryland College, published on Thursday whose courses cannot bring them in has only one escort at any large social during the academic year by the students of Western Maryland College, Westminster, contact with every teacher on the Hill When Carl Carmer went to Alabama function. It is not unusual either to Maryland. Entered as second-class matter at the Westminster Postoffice. find whole groups of young men accom- a word picture cf interesting personali- to teal',h at the state university, another SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.00 A YEAR ties. ) professor at the school gave him the panying one young lady to the theatre "Close the door, please ma'am, and "tip" that he had better not stay there 01' restaurant, or surrounding her on at a a "Dating" is dance. conducted EDITORIAL STAFF too long-otherwise the country would we'll begin." very elaborate scale. A debutante may Bditor-im-Cbie] DENNIS J. BROWN, '35 The words strike you forcefully and get in his blood and he would never be have a breakfast date with one person, Assoaiate Editors PAUL SCHWEIKER, 35, EDITH FORNEY, '35 you start, feeling the sensation of hav- able to leave it. Professor Carmer did News Editors ROBERT BROOKS, '36, FRANCES ELDERDICE, '35 not seriously consider this advice at and immediately afterwards, a tennis Copy Editors IDAMAE RILEY, '36, HAROLD WHITE, '36 ing been awakened from a day-dream the time. But six years later, when he date with some one else. At luncheon Sports Editors WILSON NICHOLS, '35, FRANCES GLYNN, '35 by an expected yet momentarily forgot- she may have another date, followed by Feature Editor ROSALIE SILBERSTEIN, '36 ten 'noise. Yom' head automatically was ready to publish his bookStars Fell a theatre date, a tea date, and a sup- raises, and your eyes, with thirty oth- on Alabama" he remembered quite viv- per date-all with different admirers. MAKE-UP STAFF idly that remark, this time flavored er pairs, concentrate on the figure loom- In the evening she may have what is Managing Editor : , HERBERT STEVENS, '36 with much meaning. Assistant Managing Editors MANSELL STEVENS, '35, HUGH CHAPMAN, '36 ing up and over the desk. Alabama, according to the author, is, known as an early date lasting until He is a giant of a man. Tall, broad- about eleven o'clock, then a late date, BUSINESS STAFF shouldered and long-legged, he towers to a New Yorker, or, in fact, to anyone lasting until around one, and even, on Business Manager , F. KALE MATHIAS, '3'5 above his classes. His physique, nor- from above the Mason and Dixon line, occasions of special merriment, a third Advertising Manager EDWARD BEAUCHAMP, '36 dic blue eyes, and fair complexion a separate, distinct country, as unlike date lasting until well in the dawn. Assistamt Advertising Manager JOHN WARMAN, '37 any other part of the United States as One wonders whether the belle is ever Circulation Managers THOMAS EVELAND, '36, OLIVE BUTLER, '35 somehow create the impression that his it is possible for one of the states to be. sandy hair was in~ended to have been embarrassed by calling "Hem:y", Assistant Circulation Managers a golden blonde color, and that his Society in Alabama is on a plane "John", or "John", "Henry'" ANDREW RILEY, '36 MARTHA MCCULLOUGH, '37 rightful place would have been at the unsurpassed in this country. Placed Even outside the circle of the social RALPH LUMAN, '37 ROSALIE GILBERT, '36 against a background of stately old bowsprit of an. adventurous viking ves- elite, however, much stress is laid on REPORTERS sel some seven hundred years ago! mansions whose decorative schemes manners and conventions. The college have not been changed since the days Brady Bryson, '35; Guy Griffen, '36; Kenneth Plummer, '37; Charles Read, '36; "Mr. C is absent again. Will some- when gay young fops sat on the sofas crowds, fraternities and sororities, the Elizabeth Byrd, '36; Sally Price, '37; Orpha Pritchard, '35; Jane Roof, '36; one please pass the word along that it's younger set of the towns all give dances Reynolds Simpson, '3'6; Nicholas Campofreda, '36; Ralph Lambert, '37. useless for him to come anyrnore i He sipping tea and chatted about the king and other social affairs at frequent in- Helen Stump, '36; Sarabelle Blackwell, '37; Margaret Jam-es, '35. with the gracious hostess (whose por- might as well get that hour's sleep on trait is perhaps over the mantel now), tervals. At these functions there is these mornings right in bed. it is natural to find a social group much usually some sort of ceremony, usually Worthy opinion; Model management; Correct news. "Where did we stop last time; does marked by tradition. And so it is. traditional, during which everyone as' anybody know' Oh, yes, with John The traditions of beauty, gallantry, and sumes a solemn air while the leaders Fisher, First Lord of the English Ad- convention have clung to the family of the ritual (sometimes the most dis- E D I T o R I A L miralty and leader of the English naval snuff-box and with it are still present sipated, unscrupulous fellows in the defense in the World War. And his in the room, when the modern young ~'oom) don some impressive-looking only defense was a good running at- playboy sits on the same sofa sipping robes and, in the most sincere-sounding The Curtain As another college year rolls around, thousands of young tack, and I don't mean running the a cocktail and chats about the past voices, in the midst of profound silence, Rises Again men and women throughout the entire world are return- wrong direction, either! Miss E! season at Newport with his just-as- offer a toast to all those ideals which ing. to their alma maters. Returning with them are the Here's the chance to show your stuff! gracious hostess of today (whose por- their "predecessors held so dear". keen and productive minds that are and always have been youth's most Tell our good and almost ever-present trait adorns the cold cream advertise- Alabama is a country of contrasts. significant attribute. It is fascinating to wonder' just what this coming friend, Mr. G., what you know about ment in a national women's magazine). The city of Tuscaloosa for example, is calm or seething. is no There collegiate year will produce in regard to student activity and reasoning. John Fisher. Girls in Alabama are groomed for so- either middle ground with which to cam- safe Whether the minds of collegiate youth will run along a prosaic track "You don't know much about him! ciety from the time they put their dolls ouflage one's emotions or behind whicli or whether some prodigious thought and action will create a student I am surprised! Nevertheless, I sup- down, and, perhaps, even before that to:> hedge in one's convictions. During trend of thought as important as the anti-war movement of last year pose you are quite right. Perhaps you time they have noticed what it is that the day one may meet a prominent is something that only the miraculous eye of Time can foresee. know where Dusseldorf is. Yes' Oh, makes Sister Gwendolyn so different business man in his office and be im- you think so. Well, hop up here right from Nurse Jane. At the time when the Last year the anti-war strike, which expressed itself on the campuses quickly, ma'am, and point it out on the northern sub-deb is just becoming ac- pressed by his placid, conservative air. of colleges throughout Europe as well as America, came as a result of map. I had a senior look all over customed to receiving a corsage from That night one may see the same man the vociferous cry of American youth against the nationalistic policies Africa for Patagonia the other day, an admirer with just that certain man- garbed in. a long white robe with a and the anti-peace activities on the part of many military and diplomatic and then tell me the map didn't show it. uer that seems to be a compromise hood over his head, bearing a blazing down: the road, torch, or even marching leaders. This collegiate movement, besides being a revealing demonstra- lt was a map of the world, too! If it somewhere between surprise, rapture, mounting the soap-box and becoming tion of what the youth of America thought about war, proved how isn't on this planet, I'm afraid she'll and boredom, the Alabama belle is hoarse in his yelling, ironically provocative youthful thought could become. And so the thought nat- never find it! ready to blossom out as a full-fledged enough, for "freedom". urally arises concerning the action and reasoning that will create col- "Haven't you found Dusseldorf yet, debutante, and as such to pursue her The author divides Alabama into five legiate demonstrations during the coming year. Miss E.' Going up the Rhine, it's on post-graduate course in the social major sections, the most interesting the left bank. No, I don't mean Dus- graces. From the time she makes her Among other things, the activities of that much-discussed German seldorf is going up the Rhine. No, debut into formal society, the belle is one being what! he calls "the black dictator, Hitler, should come in for more than a usual amount of student Miss E.", patiently said, yet so ex- almost too busy to think. In the North, belt". In this district live those old criticism. And, certainly, the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, pressive of his real thought, "the Rhine the debutante, sought by a very eli- negroes days who have so many memories of and who can tell of so many past the effects of which are now quite easy to determine, will be an active runs down to the sea, and one goes up gible young man who would like her the legends that have been passed down subject. As no discussion of any phase of political science is complete it in the opposite direction. Ah, there, exclusive company, frequently is men- without a two-sided vehement argument on the New Deal, the college you've found it! Miss E. has some- tioned in the society columns concern- (Continued on Page 4, Col. 2) students of America will have every opportunity to express themselves thing in common with Columbus--she by both word and deed on this seemingly all-important subject. has made a discovery! "Now to get back to John Fisher. He THE MOUR NERS' BENCH Whether the thoughts and actions of collegiate youth concerning was a man! His motto was 'Build 'em the above-mentioned items will result in any immediate demonstration bigger 'n better', and he swore a blue is not of utmost importance; but the very fact that the youth of the streak as he built 'em. He said plenty Many of our students were seen at; world are capable of thinking and acting for themselves is a vital dis- and did more. lt was all the Prime WE GREET- Ocean City this summer. They seemed covery. There have been, of course, times when collegiate thought and Minister could do to keep him from Well, here we are hack in the run- to be very popular with the opposit'3 action have become unruly. But can the leader of the older generation hopping over to the German navy yards ning again, even though we were sexes. (Maybe it's the social training (We have out of the first issue. thrown point with pride to everything they have thought and done ~ The youth across the Channel some morning bright an. idea that the editor was afraid that we get h ere.) of today are at least interested enough to think about world affairs, to and early and 'cola-crocking' the Ger- we had something on hirn.) Never- participate in group activities, and to have minds that are capable of man fleet before it could move. If the theless, we are here now to make life WE CRI'l'ICIZE-- Stones seem to mark the of Some discovering and creating something new for themselves. Certainly the Prime Minister had only given the more interesting again for those con- the spots when it comes to trying to big new college year will promote still further the characteristic of thought word along in '12 or '13 when the navy cerned. get jobs: building was on, the German race and action that has rapidly become associated with youth. wouldn't have been worth a carload of WE WARN- SYMPATHY- second-handed tombstones. And what a For the benefit of the freshmen we We're expressing sympathy to all pity he didn't sneak out and go! The shall issue a warning before it's too those who were afflicted with appen- World War may have been averted, or late-anything that you do or say will dicitis this summer. Hope they will A. C. E. On September 15 in New York City one of the most im- at least postponed indefinitely .... " be used agai nst you--so be careful! get over it soon. portant steps in the field of college journalism was taken And then he swings into a vivid real- when the editors of the leading American college newspapers organized istic lecture on great men and great WE TELL- EXTRA- the A. C. E. (Association of College Editors). This association, of things viewed from an augle which only The frosh seem to .have gotten off to "Bobby" Keifer had a date in the which Francis G. Smith, Jr., editor of the Daily Princeionian, was Dr. Whitfield can assume. Startlingly a good start-mentally and physically. rain, so he gallantly played Sir Walter elected president, meets the long recognized need of organizing the col- real dramatizations of famous moments Answer these: and gave his coat and hat to the girl. legiate press, and of formulating some sort of policy for college news- and living word pictures flow into his What. does California have on all of (We're proud of you, "Bobby". We phrases so filled with unmerciful sar- the rest of us poor Easterners that wish there were more gentlemen papers. causes three supposedly tied-up senior around here.) Perhaps Mr. Smith's own statement of the purpose of the associa- casm. goes on and on, holding every- 'asses to sigh and wish' He ATTEMPT- tion gives the briefest and most accurate idea of just why the A. C_ E. one's attention by sheer force of ex- It seems that there are two senior A FEEBLE that two of our coeds are said 'Tis was organized: "It is our belief that the college press, as the organ of pression until the bell rings. At the coeds who are making a play for spon- being Moored. (Ouch! We know this new generation of undergraduates, can arouse, express, and, in some first tinkle his lecture stops, even in sorships. It's getting to be a game that's awful.) measure, direct their new ideas. A. C. E. hopes to become in its own the middle of a word, his roll book with one of them. field what the press of our elders once was-an interpreter, a guide, a snaps shut, and his terse "We adjourn" What pretty little freshman coed QUESTIONS- leader.' , is the signal for the students to file out seems to love water' (Streams, Brooks, Why did Johnny Manspeaker make feeling that he is not only "full of him- so many trips to Annapolis' Conducted along the proper lines, the A. C. E. has unlimited possi- self", but that he has also filled them. etc.) What is there about the Hill that bilities of becoming an influential organism in the field of journalism. We're soon going to have to dish out make for matrimony ~ Last year- Under its present scheme of organization, the association plans to in- serving plates for some of the fresh· Dale and "Punch", and Ruth and Lloyd. clude in its membership the editors of foreign collegiate newspapers. The way to make war impossible is to men football stars, in order that they (Maybe there is hope for us, too. We Tbis fact alone will stimulate interest in the foreign press, and, as the fight it on a cash basis. will have room for their food. (We'll can see ourselves married right now, association gains more and more influence, will aid in promoting the -Saint Louis Post-DispatGh. use tea cups for ourselves, but don't but we're looking thE! other way.) best of international feelings. At the time of the New York meeting, the count us in.) We heard that summer school was A. C. E. had a membership of some thirty charter members, including It seems that we're very honored in quite a success for some of our num- two editors of Maryland college newspapers, Stanley Blumberg of the How doth the gentle laundress having Columbia material in our fresh- ber. (Just Hand it to Bennett.) Johns Hopkins News-Letter and Lloyd Snyder of the United States Search out the weakest joints man football squad. It's a pity that }'ROM THE, AUTHORS- ball this year. play varsity Naval Academy Log. By this time the membership has no doubt grown And always rcrape the buttons off he can't he would put even our famed We know this column is lousy, but I'm sure considerably. The A. C. E. is worth careful observation as it is a vital At most strategic points! "Charlie" Havens to shame as a center. we can't say so much for you either. addition to the press organizations of the world. =-Bccord.