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PAGE TWO The Gold Bug, Western Maryland College, Westminster, Md.. GOt From the By Hank A WATCHBIRD WATCHING HERMITAGE By Alvin Newton Besides eating, the most important War Another . There is a lot to be said. Caps and gowns are an institution thing that a watchbird does is watch. I I Major General Smedley B~tler, ,£01'- Official student newspaper of Western Maryland College, published on Thurs- symbolic of senior dignity-weren't :e~e~u~~a~~atno~~:~p::;~r:~n!t::~i :~:n~O~:dar:::rs~!t~et;;a~rJ~:S~~~I~ day, semi-monthly during October, November, February, March, April, May, they? Isn't that enough? tice. This is why some watchbirds I see to it that James R~osevelt, s0!l of and monthly during September, December, and January, by the students of Now that the big bug scare is over, Western Maryland College, Westminster, Maryland. Entered 8S second-class the residents of Ward, who so hur- get to write newspaper columns. the Presidtm~ and now in ~e marmes, matter at the Westminster Post Office, under the Act of March 3, 1879. The Goldfish Situation would fight III the front line trenches riedly vacated their quarters, have SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.50 A YEAR given up their brief residence in the Goldfish were rather' generally "if his father started another war". ".~"U.NT.O ~"R N.T'ON.~.DH"T'~'''" n infirmary. thought of as pets until three weeks To say that one man would be re- NationalAdvertisingService,Inc. 1951 Member 193_ Social Note ago. Then somebody tried eating them, sponsible for the entrance of the Col/ege Publi,hcrs Re-presem"live Mr. Herman Holljes, of Baltimore, and since then several other persons United States in~ anothe~ war seems J:\ssocialed CoUe6iale~eS1 visited his brother, Mr. Henry Holfies, have consumed various quantities cf almost absurd m the light of the at his home in Wa.rd Hall. [How the new delicacy. One of the goldfish present ~ttitude of the Ameri~an ~eo- EDITORIAL STAFF was big brother to know that the !~I:le:~~v~~ :~~e=!~dt~~:~ ~:~:~o;f ~~:/o~::r~otthe~e~U:~~a~e~;~~:~lOi: Editol'-in-Chief ............... VERONICA KOMPANEK, '40 ~~:tg ~~:s ~o~~~ ~~~t?IJthe twenty- this madness was in sight. However, Europe as yet, but there is little Associate Editor ..... HENRY HOLLJES, '41 lJfanagillg Editor . . __ ALVIN NEWTON, '40 News Editor ...................... RUTH MANSBERGER, '41 The Herrnitaga urges "just a little ;~: i71:::~a!::s n:~wd~;f~:~e~:u:~:: :td~b~v!nw~:i~nfie~~t~~.d ~ t~a:eh~~ Sportl! Editol' ._. ............... HAROLD SOLOMON, '41 :~~:r~,~,n~~~~~ti~:e:O~ot:~'anfe~~;_ fish. where will it all end? The lat- ready chosen sides before the out- Assistant Sporte Edit(YI'!; .. .. ...... RUTH FIELD, '40; 'WILLIAM BANXS, '·11 L. CARLETON GOQDEN, '40 you destroy every copy of the Gold :;:d:~~o::h:~~:a:;:: t~: :re~:t:;est~= ~:~~d o~~~:s ,~a:d n!;e~~~: ~~i~~t~: Copy Editor SUE PRICE, '40 Al!l!istu.nt Copy Editors.. KATHERINE KLIER, '40; KATHERINE BERRY, '40 ~~eo~~Ut:::i~::v i:r ~~:~~n;Oit~a;; 14 minutes. I fact, there was a possibility of our en- Proof Edftor .._......... .. __ HENRY TRIESLER, '41 that the voice of the unattached Question: Has the American Col-' -tering the war on either side. AI!ri8ta.nt Proof Editor ELLEN SHIPLEY, '40 Feature EditO'1's . . EDITH RITCHIE, '40; SIDNEY MANSCR, '41 means, don't be so inconsiderate and lege student gone completely or just Swing Typist.I!.. .....JANE FRALEY, '42; ELIZABETH ELLWEIN, '42 PATRICIA WHITE, '42; LAURETTA MCCUSKER, '42 unsocial a creature as to misappro- ~~:S~l::vl: toi~;aen~~.em~~o~tun;;;P~; th:e:~:ne~7rm:n~:p~I:~~:;tl:olt:~ 'priate current magazines from the Ii- underfed to resort .to goldfish. Per- Johns Hopkins last week. The June BUSINESS STAFF Busines» Manager. ..·......·M:i.RY·J~Oui-si·ASBURY;-·;4i·;EJD~~::;r:r~~~~i,:!6 I brary. You don't have to prove to the haps this is why the only consumers Week Committee conducted its poll to Circ1tlatwn Managers .. ;i~~d c~:~~/~~ c:~I:;:d'st:!:~~sfO~~: of goldfish so far have been college discover which bands the students thnt ability. "Amnemic" students. student with an original preferred for June Week Dances. Kay Another Keyser was in second place, Tommy The Old Order Changeth ~i~'E~:~~::::f~;~:;:;:~~f:;~:::~£:~:~r:~~~::h\;~::,;::i;:[~~~yl:~!~~:~~;;.~~;~;~:n::: and the new regime takes its place in the processional-the processional of college activity which demands surety of step and sion against the linemen. Bob Wal- ler's Recording of "Hold Tight", but I King of Swing has been challenged' purposeful direction. How well the new Gold Bug staff reta'jnsits ters had the job of stopping Bo this the American public should certainly lately by several formidable foes. Ar- position in the processional is yet to be seen. trip. (Bo hadn't escaped being tack- rise up to prevent anyone from eating tie Shaw and Tommy Dorsey have previous attempts). Recognizing, however, that during the past two or three years led in five Knepp: a twist 0' hip, a It Bea Wain. though, don't you think !:,tl~tsbeoefnC;;:~:e:ont~e a~~lea~:ntg:~ Seriously worked. ..~ the paper has become an increasingly important part of life on the clear field-for the 'Werewolf: tem- this is all a bit silly? ments. In the past few months, how- Hill, the members of the new staff have set forth an aim to perpet- porary amnesia. Sandwiches evel', most people feel that Goodman uate this importance through the publication of news of interesting \Vhere are those moaning males New York is preparing for the op- has again risen to the top in Swing college events, through the fostering of the development of an in- who assure us that spr-(yawn, 0, ening of its great World's Fair this bands. Life Magazine 'and other is hel'e with their version telligently critical reading public, and through consideration of the my)-illg the same) of "Down by the month. It is estimated that more than periodicals have described the scenes of Goodman's phenomenal popularity will be con- sandwiches (always demands of student opinion. Oo-old Mill-e Streem" from the 120,000,000 in New York's Paramount Theatre. sumed at the fair in 1939. This figure It is not with numerous idealistic ambitions that the new staff mourner's bench, (How about one will allow two sandwiches to each The audience swarmed into the aisles takes over the duties so well performed by its predecessors but tomorrow night, fellows?) I visitor and statisticians calculate that to dance and even onto the stage. Cats. And Frats Someone went so far as to attack this much meat and bread would cover rather with a sense of obligation to maintain the level already The dominant feature of the new .7,000 miles or more than twice the Goodman himself and seize the fa- achieved and faced with a challenge to keep time with the pace set spring styles to the male eye is not distance across the United States. mous clarinet. by forerunners-with' a dare to quicken that pace. the "seasick green". It is the skirt Has anybody ever counted the num- Recordings length the girls are sporting. That is, ber of hamburgers consumed at the There is little doubt that a present to my way of thlhking, as knees be. A and W every weekend? the national title for records sales i~_ The World Marches On Energy abounds in Black and Socialism still held by Bea Wain for Deep WJhite circles. 'Ilhe boys painted their Russian engineers have announced Purple. Few and far between are Marching feet ... goose-stepping with the marked precision own clubroom. These are the guys the advent of a new automobile that those who have not succumbed to the of ruthless determination ... overstepping the bonds of human who won the schola!'ship cup, too. will burn wood chips instead of gase- caressing tones of this catchy love rights, the boundaries of nations, the limitations of a society of The Bachelors had the shop do their line. Think how we would miss the lyric. At present the record sales of line stations men ... side stepping democ:r:acy and freedom goaded by the walls and ceiling in cream. At the lovely gas highways. that Furthermore the Deep Purple al'e closely approach- Tau the time Gamma ing, but not quite up to last year's Alpha same American aims of selfish leaders ... marching feet ... accompanied by electrical fixtUres were replaced by the American young man would be sales of My Reverie. the marshall air of grim militarism, totalitarianism, aggression, new ones. Sounds like some color no longer able to run out of gas on And the Angels Sing certainly de- and imposition. scheming going on down 'er. moonlight nights. Instead of roller serves mention when it comes to pop- An advance survey of women's ten- skates, girls would carry hatchets to ularity. Nearly everyone agrees that Marching feet plodding wearily back to desolate remains nis indicates that the college cham- chop down trees when needed. (Continued on Page 4, Col. 2) of once happy homes seeking among the ruins for some ray pionship will fall to. either a fresh- of light and hope to rebuild war-wrecked lives ... refugees .. man or a sophomOl·e. Certainly the • marching feet ... keeping time to the doleful chords of destruc- "phomo>'" will '" in thm, foe Mi" Terror Fashion Parade IMay 'Day Once A Fete tion, poverty, mourning, and grief. Creates Spring Terror OfW.M.C. Stronger Sex ~~~;::n. \\~:!e~a~: h!~:d ~~fe:~:r~ Marching feet ... pushing onward, inspired by the vaunted tain scalp seeker from a little state ~~ -'~- ideals of stern imperialism. trampling upon the rights and tra- between the Eastern Shore and Penn- By Jane Gilchrist By Edith Ritchie 'ditions of a most ancient civilization incurring enmity . sylvania (wherever that may be). An elderly couple, evidently fresh If the lllen students, since they invoking condemnation and wrath counting paces with the Be Prepared from the country, were standing in have chosen a male May Court, should The Boy Scouts who collected the discordant notes of avarice, strife, and devastation. offering at the Easter Sunrise Service front of what is surprisingly still decide to celebrate May Day some af- Marching feet ... seeking higher realms of achievement ... ill Baltimore Stadium didn't have called a millinery store. ternoon, their celebration would not man, somewhat The trusting to the guidance of the firm ideals of knowledge ... di- definite aisles assigned to them. At with the window-shopping discouraged be the first one to be held at Western least, some people had a plate shoved habits of Maryland College. recting youth to new fields of endeavor . leading them to great- under their noses and a Boy Scout his wi,;e, muttered in n: most disgusted· On one Saturday afternoon in 1931 er opportunity ... bespeaking dignity in an academic procession glaring in their face four times or tone, Come on, you mlght as well put the Men's May Court entertained the ... finding strength in the theme of a beautiful hymn ... "A more when the offering was taken. I an egg shell on your head as wear remainder of the student body and mighty fortress is our God" ... T:k:~as~~~oi~edU;;~::~s ::~~~; o~~~: I On~;!~h~~: t:~:~e~~: .~:l!:~ :I~O~~~ some visitors who assembled on Hoffa Leading the procession down Field. Marching feet ... quo vadis? sophomore class, entertained the the HIll, the old gentleman r~ferred the hill, came a trio of black-faced granddaughter of the first Japanese to above ,;as apparently s~eakmg for comedians. They were followed by a Ambassador to the United States. manhood m genera], For SIXda~'s the bevy of flower "girls." The coach lInss Taka Higuchi, Tane's guest, is girl~ hid their. Eas~r bonnets and containing the "Queen", who was The Student Christian Association Is-- in the second year at Mt. Vernon ~prmg outfits III theIr closets, show- dressed in blue voile, was :next in line. This new mold, into which the religious minded groups on the Seminary in Washington, D. C. Both Ill?, them only to roommates and ~est To conceal the dilapidated condition campus have cast themselves, has purpose-to be a strong and in- Miss Higuchi and Miss Takahas'hi fnends, (and anyone else that mIght of the carriage, it was covered with happen t.o come into the I'O?U:), They fluential force upon the HilL The V's and the Sunday School live in Tokyo, but they did not meet were savmg them for the glorIOUSday multi-colored streamers of crepe pa- Pelham, last summer at New until found the mission of promoting Christian fellowship too big a York. We do hope .Taka will visit when they s a I ~y fo~1;h to Church per. In orde~·thut the decorations job for their weak organizations and non-influential members. The our campus sometime laterthissemes- (for the first tIme smce about the Inight be complete some tin cans and clinking bottles were attached. S. C. A. believes that it can accomplish this mission successfully tel' when the campus is in full bloom. middle of October) with their "one The Floradora "Girls", who were where its present constituency failed. For two dollars and fifty cents we and only". not all like those seen in the last fac- dance-goers should get a better 01'- But the shock is too great! Instead The attitudes and methods of the new union are those of its chestra and a better dance than those of the usual, "You look plenty good" ulty show, followed the "Queen's" These "girls" chariot. were attired members, formerly the members of the Y. IV£. C. A., the Y. W. C. to which we are accustomed. A reg- -utter silence. And no wonder! in green bloomers which revealed the A., the Sunday School. They are licked before they start unless ular dance fee, similar to the activi- ~~~~, si;en;~;hd:~~l::d S:i~;t ~~:.~ muscular legs of some and the skinny they change drastically. To succeed, the Student Christian Asso- ~i;sOl1l;t~ewo~~~i~:~l'e c;:~~:a:~:de~~ looks Iike--'Well, you guess. Anyway, shanks of others. dation must ~ave a membership that is vita~ and active in a. w.a y body better orchestras and better it isn't his darling of the sloppy re- Cupid was a rather chubby individ- that i&attractive to the stu~e,nt body. The present ~embershlP In- dances. With a new nnd larger floor versible, saddle shoes, and the sweater ual, for he was a freshman football cludes too few people of thiS nature. To be attractive to the gen- (the new field house) Western Mary- of fu~zy angora that comes off all warrior, who weighed only 240 eral student body the representatives of the S. C. A. must be people land's "big" dances may be enjoyed by over hiS letterman's sweater. pounds. who have a common interest in religion, but who also live a red more students .. Furthermore, .the c~st ~;S!:~1d o~r~';;_~a:~~:t: about our Since the May Day program would bloo.ded exist~nce. T.he.Y's and Su?da y School were. n?t succeSS_ ~~:e~~uPi~e '~I;r~taS;:S!~;ob~~e~:~ Easter bonnet y not be complete without the usual ful m prom?tmg ChrIstian' fellowshIp because they mllllsterpreted that this fee would stimulate more I About the girl I'm taking to the JIIay Pole dance, a group of dancers wel'e the last group in the procession. the meaning of fellowship. Fellowship is based upon understand- students to attend the dances. (Or Eastel' parade," Sheets were used for the dancers' cos· ing. Will the S. ?'.A. try to understand students or will they veil j sh?u~d our'present activitie~ fee cQvel'I the word~ change as they stroll down tumes so that they might be truly themselves in "rehglOn"? thIS Item?) . (Contmued on Page 4, Col. 2) Grecian in manner.