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PAGE TWO The Gold Bug, Western Maryland College, Westminster, Md. COL 1\ II,.. I From the \ HANK October : CALENDAR Game II CAMPUS 'lII'I LEADERS HERMITA~; 14-Freshman Football with Devitt Prep, 2:30 There's a lot to be said. 15---Maryland Game-Baltimore Official student newspaper of Western Maryland College, published on 'I'hura- Homecoming Day has been the ob- Stadium [!~ day, semi-monthly during October, November, February, March, April, May, ject of much comment during the past Y. Dance - Blanche Ward and monthly during September, December, and January, by the students of week-both favorable and unfavor- Hall, 9:15 A. M. Western Maryland College, 'Westminster, Maryland. Entered as second-class matter at the Westminster Post Office, under the Act of March 3, 1879. able-subtle and not so subtle. IS-Sunday School, 9:15 A. JI1. SUBSCRIPTIONPRICE $1.50 A .YEAR From an old Alumnus-a criticism 17-French C I u b - McDaniel of the ground-breaking-it seems that we thought Dr. Holloway had decided Lounge, 7:00 P. M. "JOE" OLEAIR 1937 MQllbcr 1938 to take French leave, but according to 19-Y.M.C.A. and Y. W.C.A. Presenting for your enlightenme~t, f:\s,ociated CoIle6iale Press the aforementioned alumnus, he only Meetings enjoyment, and amazement--the big- lost his \;ay on the golf course while 2-Art Club, 7:00 I gest figure on the campus-Joseph looking for the spot on which the new Beta Beta Beta, 4:00 P.. M. "I voted for Abe" Oieair. Claiming EDITORIAL STAFF dormitory is to be erected. We sug- I!:~~:ga~~e:~::;,da~~':e:~~k:':"'l:~ Editor-in-Chiel . -- FRANK COESHERRARD, '39 gest that Dr. Holloway borrow a com- '-------------" A88ocia,te Editor8 SIDNEYWAGHELSTEIN,'39; TRAGOBRUST,'39; Managing Editm- .. VERONICAKOMPANEK,'40 pass and map from the Military De- ___::=====-_---, I shoe, Joe has many otbe.I"attain~ents in case he needs them in De- partment which have endeared him to himself ~:;;::/f:; -.~~~..~~~~.:.:~~~::~~.:.:~~~.:.:.:..~.:~~~~~~~.:.:.:.:~:.:.:.:~.:.:~:.:~~~~~.:~~~~i.~~~E:::!1 cember. r · W Mid and toW. M. C. Copy Reader.. . __ _._ __.._ _.............................. HENRYTRErSLER It is rumored that the Westminster W In e~tern aryan In spite of his duties as President . ~~~~~%~~o;8-·.·.·E'LLEN..s~~;;L·Ey:·j40·;..Lu·E'i.l:A..r.lEAD:··;39·;..wiLLI~~ B~~~S, :!~ Barbers' Association is out to protest of Tau Kappa Alpha, Business Mana- Feature Editors LAWRENCEFREENY,'39; KATHERINEKLIER, '40; en masee against the attempts of the A decade has passed since Western ger of the Aloha, Captain of Company B, and Vice-President of tpe Arg o- to create new tonsorial sophomores MARGARETPACKWOOD,'40; GRACEMACVEAN,'39 Maryland has boasted a new song. Sport8 Editors I.LAWRENCESTROW,'39: MARYJANE HONEMAN,'39 effects. We extend our congratula- Now, at last, this long-needed chan8rm nauts, he still finds time for golf, Assistant Sporte Editors.... .....RUTH FIELD,'40; HA,{tOLDSOLOMON,'41 tions to those two freshmen who got has appeared. MI'. Caleb O'Connor, football, and boxing, and occasionally Typists HARRIETDYGERT,'42; LAURETTEMEOLINSKE~ even studies, as the Dean's List will their haircuts downtown. Indeed- long a true friend of the College and BUSINESS STAFF style enthusiasts all over the campus composer of many famous college vouchsafe. A chronic vice-president BUBineS8 Manager ..__... EMELINENEWMAN,'39 Advertising Manager .. .. _ __. _._.__.__..__._.._ _EOWAROWEANT,'40 are commenting on the daring novelty songs, has composed words and lyrics in numerous other fields of endeavor, Circulation .illanagfJr8 LESLIESTOKES,'40; MARYCLEMSON,'40 coiffures being sported by Messrs.. , to what appe~l's to be a favorite of he's still \he people's choice for. "lazi- Grenda and Bricker. Messrs. Grenda Western Matylanders~students, est man in the school", for with his and Bricker are commenting also. alumni, friends. wealth of knowledge, good sound in- New Athletic Policy Homecoming Day brought back to The song was introduced at a most -telligence, and unlimited experiences, the campus Western Maryland's Irv- opportune tim e - 0 n Homecoming he doesn't have to work-and doesn't! On last Saturday afternoon, many alumni returned to Western Hailing from Ohio, Joe is a true Maryland College to see the once formidable Terrors play Washing- ing Berlin in the personage of Mr Day- by the College Band under the example of Mid-Western individual- ton College for the first time in recent years. Many of the alumni, C~leb. O'Connor, '98. His latest con~ :~~:ct::napo:e~~~~;P~~!Pw~;:ser~re~;l~ ism; however, his Eastern associations as well as many students still at the college, were disappointed for ~:butJon to the music world is "Win! spiring. The time is nigh when the have accomplished for him a well- at least two reasons. estern Maryland!" Te 8alutamus, song should be a part of everyone rounded personality, and he is wont Primarily, it must have been a source of disappointment to Caleb. We like it!!! connected with our Alma Mater. to stride from the art class into the find their Alma Mater's football team reduced to the class of the Joe Fagan's "pusher" play last boxing ring, and later may be seen little Eastern Shore college. Secondly, it probably was a source of Saturday, resulting in a five yard trodding the boards of Alumni Hall in chagrin to many, and should have been to all persons connected penalty seems to be a source of puz- Win! Western Maryland the guise of a deep, dark villain. with the college, to find the tiny handful of visiting Washington zlement to several of our coeds. We Win! Western Maryland Basso Profundo renditions of tavern College rooters making more noise and lending more moral support stili think that coeds are more of a Roll up the score. tales, discriminating appraisals of to their team than the entire Western Maryland student body, liter-ary gems, bold-face dennnciations The disappointment was a product of human vanity, College puzzlement than football ... and also ;;:~~':sh~~ee:ZV:~:f~;:.in and subtle speeches are all within the more penalizing than a "pusher" play. students and alumni naturally like to have their college in the head- We're all glad to know that the And we will march on to victory scope of the Great Oleair. lines regardless of the cost. The College administration cannot be dancing season on the Hill has begun. Nevel' give in. He can do, he does do. He's good; too highly praised for the adoption of the new athletic policy last The "Y's" are off to a good start. This We will fight for he knows it, and so do we l l Here's to spring in the face of expected criticism. It is because of this new column suggests that they alternate Dear old Western Maryland to a real campus leader-O long may he policy that the Terrors are now playing colleges in their own class. Win! Win! Win! sway in the breeze. The lack of pep and school spirit at the Saturday game was an the music for the fortnightly dances. undesirable by-product of the old athletic policy. Under the old The ~r.chestra of last week sounded system, when large schools with powerful teams were scheduled, prcrmamg, but l·e~.orded music has the training rules for the W. M. football players were necessarily -certai~ advantagi"'(price of dance, PASSING IN REVIEW such that the team was segregated from the rest of the student selection of mueie, etc.) which cannot By JOE OLEAm body in many ways. Many students were brought to the college be overlooked. primarily to play football. Thus those who came primarily for an The moon is responsible for the rise academic education were tacitly denied the privilege of playing on and fall of tides. As far as we ees- ·We ran across something this weekI line which guards the French bound- their college team, thetics can figure out, it's also respcn- that amused us very much, very much ary facing Germany. The Seigfried Under such conditions where the football team existed as a sible for the rise and fall of a lot of ~ndeed: W: discovered that there ex- Line of Germany's is shrouded in see- separate unit in the college, it was impossible for the students to thing'S around the campUS-including isted m tins country a women's or- I recy, but without a doubt it will be as have the proper interest in it. Now that the football team is com- the. tides of human hearts, marks, and ganization known as "The Women's' strong. Experts speculate on the pro- posed of students who neither enjoy any privileges nor suffer any dishes in the dining hall. Rebellion". That surprised us as babilities of either of the lines being segregation in the college, it is to be expected that the school will much as it amused us. We have al- I broken. Of" course the answer will lend' it a reasonable measure of moral support. Freshmen_take notice-if you see ways thought that if there were to beI come only from an actual test. any degenerate species of homo sap_ any rebelli~n in the wal' involving Fantastic and absurd as the idea iens strolling around the campus, sexes that It was the male who had, may be, perhaps the place of .the Saturday Night Dances chin on the g'l'ound, frowning from every reason to, and would be the one : world lies not in disarmament, but ear to ear, tripping over cracks in the to rebel. I rather in armament' l In other words Last Saturday night the "Y" organizations resumed the in- sidewalks, dropping their books and On further investigation we found , the science of warfare may be devel- formal Saturday night dance program which they inducted last not bothering to pick them up, don't that. one. ~f the su?,gestions of this oped to such a degree that no nation spripg. This time an orchestra, composed of some altruistic col- be alarmed-they are harmless when awe-Insp!l'lng orgamzation was that, would dare attack another because of lege students, furnished the music, whereas last year the popular- ignored. They're only practice teach- ~ersons on relief should be disfranch· I the strength of boundaries. A stale- ity of the dances was curbed by the ineffectual artificial rhythm of Ised. I mate would result. a phonograph. ~ _ Dr .. George. Gallup, D!recto.r. of. No layman can look at those pic- The dance was well.attended, despite the fact that few stu-.... B~ way of sUg'~estion we echo the AmerIcan InstJtute of Public OpmlOn,I tures without being impressed b dents knew beforehand that there would be real music. After the sentIment of a feature story-why not eviden~IY disbe:ieving the. idea t?at what seems the hopelessness of a~ dance, which closed at ten o'clock, most of the men students retired be prepared to put over our new song wom:n s p.lace IS a~ the kItchen smk I enemy making a successful attack. to one of Westminster's pleasure houses, where they altered the at the Maryland game??? Look for washmg dIShes, .decI~ed.that the wo- i Pictures can only give a faint idea nature of and continued their enjoyment until midnight, The t.he words in this issue-and learn women students returned to their rooms to think about the pleas- them!!! :e~o~~:r s~~ee~~:~o~~~::::.t ~~u:~ ! ~odt~r: t:~~b:~p~:::~~~ve lu~~v~:r~! ant evening which they might have passed had the dance not ended Perhaps we have fire in our blood- ~o both~r~d the wom:nfolk, probably I of this power can only be gotten by so soon. in our eyes--or-well_to get to the m reta~~~on for causIng him to both- seeing the weapons in action, or by There are two important questions growing out of the Satur- point why not have more bonfires as er men 0 . ~ctual firing. Any such knowledge day night "Y" dance. First, will the "Y" 's dedicate some of the scenes for pep meetine:s?? They th:i;I:~:UI!~ c\~~~;e:f~J~ ~:li~~t~~: ~~e~e strongest force for peace possi- their money to the support of a cheap orchestra for their dances, lend warmth to any situation and in- or will they revert back to the phonograph when a free orchestra deed, our cheering could stand a little aforesaid kitchen sink washing the There can be no doubt that in the is no longer available? Many students who would go down town in heat. aforesaid dishes. He found that of recent international crisis the states- voters over the country only 19% men involved had this knowledge. The ~~~~~~~c~e~ d~~~~~~ t~~~~,~~,o,~o~~fr~e;~l~/:m:~~ ~~e::rH~~r~~ Our campus doe~ not need a coat of ~:~:~~~ng~hat the womenfolk had peoples of the nations involved com~ ice on the campus by continuing to sponsor interesting and innocu- paint. Certain individuals, represen- ous entertainment for the students than they would by bringing tatives of a rowdy element which A goodly portion of that 19% were ~~~~~~d~~g~U:ci:~:~i ~h:~ :~a~;i:: roving psalm-singers and platitudinizers to the campus. seems to prevail at all colleges at Republicans. They would fall for had passed. The second question is, "Will the administration permit the certain times, have decorated our something like that. Naturally the We repea'r'that the idea is fantast- dances to run until 11 :45 instead of 10 o'clock?" Few college stu- benches and buildings for the past fact that Republicans (an animal still ic and absurd. In a rational world, dents will terminate Saturday evening at 10 o'clock. In the absence two years with trite forecasts and in existence, although the existence is hopes of peace would not lie in crazy of entertainment on the Hill, many of them will seek entertainment rival insignia. If any of the child~ precarious) liked the idea puts the air castles. Few, indeed, are those elsewhere, often not the highest type of entertainment. ren from College Park pay us a visit suggestion back into the garbage can who would say that this is a rational where it belongs. world. this week let us extend to them that true Western "hospital-ity". theT!:~:~:o~~ra~::P!a~ b!i~~~~~o:~ If we make one more successful pre- What Price-Etiquette Conversely, the U. of M. campus in your own homes but you're small :~c:!~~e;ea;il!x~:~:a~~ t~h:n:~n~~ doesn't need painting. (If it did, the . Once again we find ourselves faced with complaints about work probably would be done with a £~;o~~~:::t:':~~:::o~:::;:~~;::f:~:~~~:~;~i;~£:E~'1'~:::~:I::~~ those rugged individualists who choose the dining hall as the scene of their revolt against the accepted principles of etiquette, ten per cent base paint from a W.P.A. We are not speaking about any misdeeds on the part of Fresh~ grant.) No doubt, that flat-footed am- ~~~~:~,W;:h~:~e~~e:!~:~s~~::'~~:e~:~ the same is no reason why we should men (who have in the past borne the brunt of all accusation) or phibian outside of Ritchie Coliseum organize a "Men's Rebellion against not pat ourselves on the back. about their failure to gaze with awe upon the upper classmen who would appease lllany a Terror heart the Women's Rebellion." We shall lou~~:i~;oc~:~mb!~a!n H~~:r t~:::it;; still consider themselves the legal "heads" and "foots" of the tables. if he were to appear this Saturday Instead-this editorial comment is directed toward members of resplendent in a coat of emerald ~:V;o:~;t~~gO~t~Upport and don't you will no~ s?ave his funny little mus- the upper classes who find themselves forgetting those little things green. That's not the kind of spirit In the October 3rd issue of "Life" ~:;~: ~thlll the next si~ months. If that "just aren't done". By consideration of each other our meals that wins the ball game, however. magazine are a gron f h t ght, we automatIcally become ~ . can be made the enjoyable occasions they should be. So-until later-Adios. and a diagram of th~ ~a!e~ ~fa;r~:tI :;e:X:e:~~ith all rights and privil-