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PAGE TWO The Gold Bug, Western Maryland College, Westminster, Md. G \lei I From the II PASSING IN REVIEW HERMIT AGE By JOE OLEAn< By HANK that reports We have been reading chasing men all over the campus, and Sudetenland has become an economic University of Wyoming. Coeds were Dear folks on the Hill: headache to Hitler. Rumor has it evidently 'having great success. We Official student newspaper of Western Maryland College, published on Thurs· There's a lot to be said. that Hitler is contemplating return- really don't believe that the men ran day, semi-monthly during October, November, February, March, April, May, Whether 01' not you realize the aig- ing the territory back to the Czechs. very hard, however. Always belit- and monthly during September, December, and January, by the students of nificance of your interest in the pro- W'e don't believe any such thing, but tling! Western Maryland College, Westminster, Maryland. Entered as second-class Heck, we suggested back in the fall matter at the Westminster Post Office, under the Act of March 3, 1879. posed dining hall seating plan, the we are thankful for it because it gives SUBSCRlPTION PRICE $1.50 A YEAR Hermitage does not know. But im- us something to wr-ite about. in this selfsame column that Western agine the unbelievable number of peo- Assuming that the report is true, Maryland should have a Sadie Haw- R.~R.,,~y.g ~gA NAT,ONAI., ADVORT'.,N .. n kins Day. 'Vas our suggestion acted National Advertising Service, Inc. 1957 Member 1,,. pie who turned out to vote at that we take a firm stand against it. We upon? Did the Western Maryland CQllegePubl;tbert Rep.-eun/dl;"e ~socialed CoIle5iale Press noon meeting sponsore~ by the GoUl I foresee dangers of another war. Sup- coeds seize the opportunity? Did they 420 M'"''',SON Av~. B1.I.,g. One hundred ninety-five .stu- posing the Czechs refuse to take do anything about it? No, they didn't, c.,< •• o """0" Lot A••• ". dents were there! Don't fool your- Sudeten back. Then if Hitler insists, selves, about. se~enty-fi~e ,of them Lord Runciman will be sent over by they didn't do a damn thing. EDITORIAL STAFF ~vere re~lly th~nklllg while the .meet- I Chamberlain who is still looking for The only time we ever did get a Editrn--in-Ckie! F'RANKCOE SHERRARD,'39 mg was III session (a faculty estimate pennies from heaven. Once again rise from our readers was the time we Associate Editors., SIDNEY \VAGHELSTEIN, '39; AARON SCHAEFFER, '39; stated our belief that the woman's VERONICA KOMPANEK, '40 would not be so generous). The everything will be as it was B.M. (be- News Edit(Y1' _ ALVIN NEWTON,'40 hundred and twenty were the first fore Munich). What a mess! What place was in the kitchen using Dutch Copy Readm's : WiLLIAM BANKS, '41; HENRY TRIESLER, '41 nianifestation of progressive spirit a world!! Scouring Cleanser on pots and pans. Copy Readlws... - EARL DARSeH, '41; HENRY TRIESLER, '41 All we can do now is sit back and ~;~~fE:~:;.s·.·.~ ~ ~=:':·.·.-.·.·jf;i'LE'N··s·HIPLEy;··;40·;···Loli:~ ~~,- ~~ ~~:':.th6n~u~~:~r~~s a~e;nt'~:~~:os~~: In that lies a way to shut up dicta- watch the world go along without us. Feature Editors . KATHERINE KLIER, '40; MARGARET PACKWOOD, '40 dents who ordinarily don't care about ~~: ~~sc:~~: ;.~~~a~:;" ~j~ 0jn:::,t~;:: We have only one thing to live for. LAWRENCE FREENY, '39 Anxiously, breathlessly, we are await- EdltorS ...·.·.·.·.·.~~.~.~~RSU~~~~:J,ft):t~~~D~~~~:~:::!~ ::~:~;r t~~:~gi!~n~:e:s~:::;e s~l~:Ser:~ ~:~;'t~::: or whatever you choose to ing the results of Goebbels campaign ~~::a~l~~:~ts least lent their presence to a meeting to prove the Nazis have a sense of Typists ....PATRiCiA WI-liTE, '42; JANE FRALEY, '42; LAURETTE MCCUSKER, '42 For example, when Benito's men humor. Some people maintain the BETTY ELLWEIN, '42 for all students. One step on the way start shrieking "Tunisia, Corsica," BUSINESS STAFF of things to come. idea is futile, for they say the Nazis Btuiness Manager _.. . : EMELINE NEWMAN,'39 'Ve have been aware that our ra- why we shall say "O.K. boys, get on are very, very funny indeed as they ~fr~~1J:::f!"':::B~:..-· .......x: ..·.:::·.~iESLiE..STO·KES>4·0·;·t~~~~~~~~::~~ dios were to be "fed" (p.p. of "fee") the boats, we're taking you to Tunisia or Corsica. You can have them, but Assistant Cin:ulation iI1anagers MARY ASBURY, '41; JA~lES MERRITT, '40 this semester. Two announcements, you've got to take them for keeps." Just as a matter of record, we Contributing Iceooriere ... KATHERINE BERRY, '40; EDITH RITGllIE, '40 each one bearing the signature of the A retort like that should really shall have to admit that we split our heads of the respective student gov- paralyze them. After a tr-ick like sides laughing when we read about ernments, were posted on the bulletin that we will be willing to wager that Goebbels being horsewhipped for al- lowing his sense of feminine apprecia- Improvements boards of Lewis and Science Halls they won't raise their voices again tion to overcome his sense of the va- shortly after the end of Christmas cation. To make the usual long story above a whisper when Aunt Bessie cause. For the benefit of those spending their first year at Western short here are the results of those comes to spend a week or two with That is the big trouble with all bulletins: the family. causes. You can't live like a normal ~:r~~fl~~~ t~3~~~~t~~~fo~a~:st~~e~x~~~k:d~~~r~~:~~~~i~~nt~~ 1. The student governments were Let's not stop at that though. Let's human being because there is always campus since commencement in 1938. go one step further and anticipate that cursed cause to think about. This year's efficiency in the library, the post office, and the thought to have overstepped their their demands. For example, we'll For the life of us, we just can't im- book store are worthy of a commendation which too many upper- bounds in issuing what seemed to say, "Boys, your frontier ought to be agine a red hot Communist, or an classmen are prone to forget in their anxiety to criticize all that is be an ultimatum. Brazil. We were only kidding when equally red hot Nazi being romantic not Utopian on the campus-and nothing is Utopian, either on or 2. The student government stated we said the Rhine was ours. -"'Veare enough to suit the tastes of a modern off the campus. that the ultimatum was an admin- moving ours back to the Monongahela miss. The cursed cause would always istrative measure. Since last year, the library has been doubled in size. Besides River." be in the way. supplying ample room for the patrons where last year the floor- 3. The student body wondered about Yes, we know, gentle readers. This Girls, it is to you that we look to space, chairs and tables were inadequate, the enlargement has en- those signatures. is all "a tale of sound and fury, sig- preserve our democracy. If you want abled the librarians to make available several hundred volumes 4. The git-ls were so glad to be allow- nifying nothing." Nobody ever pays to play second fiddle to a cause, that which were formerly in storage. It has also made possible a large ed the privileges of radio that the any attention to our suggestions. All is all right with us, but just don't say increase in the library staff at the service of students. majority of them paid the two dol- our efforts have proved to be fruitless. we didn't warn you. It will serve you Only those who are spending at least their second year on the lar fee. I .ruse ' a lone voice howling in the rfght. Hill can appreciate the presence of the up-to-date post office sys- 5. The boys who alr-eady had radios wilderness r As for US, when the cause comes, tem. The use of obsolete equipment in past years was not only :t ignot'ed thtl!~J2!l¥ment du~, but .Now we .notice in.a late issue of we're packing our one grip and catch- source of inconvenience to both faculty and students, but it spon- screamed about the rate being too Life magazme some pictures of a Sa- ing the next boat for Samoa. Aloha- sored dishonesty and, more often, carelessness which was inter- high. 1 I die Hawkins Day celebrated at the Oe! preted as dishonesty. The removal of the old canker of contention, the I the out-moded postal equipment, has made life on the campus more 6. A committee of the men's league LETTER TO THE EDITOR pleasant this year. investigated the justness of Conditions in the book store have improved so infinitely that two dollar chargl. • even the chronic complainers have had to seek elsewhere sources 7. Dean Free was consulted by this To the Editor' vast organization which stands for on which to exercise their past-time. Only this year has the book- ~~::!~~c~;;:~~:~a;Q~t'l~o~e~~I Ev~ry one' knows of. the articles freedom and happiness of its person- store been kept open for long and regular hours. Text books were made available more promptly at the beginning of the second se- dio usage, he would see Dean Ad- and Items rth~t app~ar In OUI'news- nel. However, to many it means a to have both girls' kins and try legal loophole to protective-parisitism. papers .. '\ e lead dally of the scourge mester than in recent years. It is true that the students have cooperated, although not per- ~:~a~~YS' radio fees lowered to one :~dth\:a~ltct~e~th::.d I:~~s~al~~ :: t~~: ~::l~~'Sn::t~r;~~,:~I: i:r:e~~thb~~:h~i~ fectly, remarkably well with these three particular institutions. However, the administration's tangible success in these places You folks on the Hill will be able ::~:t~i~rt~~~ f~~p~:r~g~~~stfoar nt~: ~:uan~:~d ~~ef~~~ ~v~!:c~r~ct;dt~;!eO~~~ should demonstrate to the student body that the administration is to finish this progression; your cor- most part we are content in the peace pression, hut should this clause be fundamentally interested in the pleasure and well-being of the stu- dents, and should consequently tend to lessen the much idle criti- :~~~o~~~n~ti:h~n:i~: :~ ;~ish~v:~ti~;~ ~!o~u~'f~~~~: S~i~o;:st~:e~e;:e ~h;::~ ~~~~~~;;~~,!~~n~~~S~tsWi~:aj:e:!:~a~~ cism of the college administration. Step two on the way of things to f f hI' h 1 come. ~deal:e:r:P:~c th:n~eS~~pr:::~~n, ha~: ~; i~i~ht7::v~h~~ ~~~o:;:: Sh~:I~ri:! co~'i'd:~t;~~~~t studen~:~m;~!: grasped the citizenship papers as a epen, our ears tuned selectively and new lease on life, many have heid our hearts filled with disgust for members of the its ideals, others sacred Radio Fees very good natured good friends of breeches in their contract. have made those 'who under the cover of Demcc- very faculty and of the world. racy laud the dictators To me the The Gold Bug has endeavored this year to face all issues yours, if you would ever take the process is more than one of a legal Respectfully, squarely as they have presented themselves on the campus Al- trouble and time to speak with them, procedure. It means belonging to a S. GARRISON. though there have been tImes when It would have been eaSIer to both venture the same opinion. What have ignored problems or to have struck them a glancing blow, the, they have said, which the Hermitage Gold Bug has tried to be firm in its policy. It has shown deference takes the liberty of para-phrasing, is DEAN'S LIST to_neither students, faculty, nor administration. that "as soon as the students show by SENIORS Now appears the question of a fee on the use of radios in the their actions and interest that they JUNIORS dormitories. It seems that a fee has been fixed and that many are ready to run things around here, Ackerlllan, Eugene R. Beard, Clarence E. students (some who own radios, others who do not) feel unduly the administration will grant them all Bender, William J. Beyul'd, Kermit Q. oppressed by the imposition of such a fee. Inasmuch as the mat- the authority they are capable of Bowen, J. Shelton Carnochan, John L., Jr. Ford, E. Allison ter is being discussed on the campus, the Gold Bug feels obliged handling." Listen you "It's no US;!, Mowbray, Jay B. Crosswhite, H. Milton to express an opinion on it. we've tried that before" seniors, you Elseroad, Homer O. Primarily, it seems ridiculous that any student should expect "they won't let you" juniors, you "I Myers, J. Carl HUlllphries, Donald H. the College to furnish him electricity free. In all due fairness, it don't care" sophomores, you green and Norl'is, Louis G. McLaughlin, Edward S., Jr. should be observed that most students are objecting to the amount cock freshmen, tp.ese people whom we Oleair, Joseph Myers, George A. Ransone, Alexander~ L. of the fee rather than its presence. call faculty are trying to educate us, Pohlhaus, J. Francis However, assuming that it is true, as the objecting students not rule us. But since there must be Schaeffer, Aaron Shipley, Frank M. maintain, that the fee charged is greater than the actual cost of the law and order, and since the students Strow, Lawrence E. electricity used, there are other factors which would justify such seemingly "don't give a damn", tbey Armacost, Helen M. an amount. Primarily it must be assumed that the large group of have no choice. Are ~10Uready to get Crisp, Elizabeth H. Ann Barker, Catherine A. Barbara Fogelsanger, students who are in the College only because of aid which they re- in that driver's seat? In another Fogelsanger, Mary Jane Berry, Katherine H. ceive either from the College or from the State do not possess month the mourner's bench will be- Frey, Helen H. 'Cochrane, Kathryn M. radios. Radios are not only expensive to buy, but are time·con- come. the spring-fever convalescents' Field, Ruth R. suming to use. It is also logical to assume that those who have word and all initiative by the mass Harward, Winifred H. Fitzgerald, Regina L been able to afford the cost of as expensive a luxury as a radio, and will be lost among the birds and the Heemann, Gwendolyn E. Fowler, Mabel A. Honemann, Mary Jane those whose future is so financially secure that they can idle away flowers. Keyser, Norma M. Griffin, Beulah M. their time listening to a radio, can afford to pay the radio fee. Our student body is like Ferdinalld Lang, Jeanne M. Klier, Katherine M. It is now an accepted principle of government in the United the Bul~, content to romp and _play Kompanek, Veronica O. States, as it is generally throughout the civilized world, to lay the and be happy and gay-once III a Long, Pauline M. Long, Marianna Lee incidence of burden where it can most easily be borne. Thus one while some bee gives us a buzz and MacVean, Grace R. Quarles, Margaret F. finds those who can afford to go to the theater paying an amuse- we rage for awhile. Come, students, Mead, Louella H. Ritchie, Edith A. ment tax, those who can afford cosmetics paying a luxury tax. this future let's have a little Jess bull Myers, M. LuMar Scott, Jean LYlln Why shouldn't those who can afford a radio pay an amusement tax and a little more buzz. Bees. aren't Newman, Emeline T. Smith, Carolyn L. or a luxury tax? I us impressive at first view, but what Robb, Mary M. Wheeler, M. Eleanor Stevenson, Anna M. ciPle;~1r~!:n~~r~~f:o~~~e%~he~~~1l~~ds~h~l~t~~te~~P~~;h:s P~~I ~:ki~;~~!;~~l~. take in their hive. Weaver, Thelma M. Williams, Ailene E. get used to the principles of government under which they are Sincerely. going to spend their lives. HANK.