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PAGE TWO The Gold Bug, Western Maryland College, Westminster, Md., November IS, 1945 What Can We Do? FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16--- By Don Capobianco Lecture by Louis Fischer at Westminster High School on "Ever- Many students these days are asking, a bit cynically, changing Russia," 8 P. l'II. perhaps, just what they can do to prevent a third world SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17- war, It seems to us that there are a few fundamental IRC "White Elephant" Dance, Blanche Ward Gym, 7:30 to 10:00 Not so long ago we were asked to be more prompt in ideas which should underlie OUTthinking on this matter P. M. Admission 15c stag, 25c drag. getting to chapel on Sunday nights and while in chapel, and guide the action we take. retain a more religious and worshipful attitude. Thus far, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18- In the fir-st place, we need to expose ourselves to real- Sunday School Thanksgiving Service, Baker Chapel, 9:15. almost everyone has cooperated. There are still a few who ity. We need to see conditions "on the other side of the Fireside Fellowship after chapel. straggle in late, and not all the books seen in the congre- tracks", and find out for ourselves how the other half MONDAY,. NOVEMBER 19- gation are books of prayer or hymnals. These, however, lives. We don't learn much about life by "going to college International Relations Club, McDaniel Lounge, 7 P. M. are the exception and not the rule. and then living in the suburbs" for the rest of our lives. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20- Sunday night chapel on the Hill is compulsory for resi- We have to investigate and seek to know things first-hand SCA Thanksgiving" Communion Service, Baker Chapel, 7 P.M., Dr. dent students. There are many who feel that this should -and not be unaffected by what we find. We develop a Lowell Ensor, speaker. not be the existing situation, fOT religion is essentially a coating that stands in thc way of knowing the world. A WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21- private matter, and whether one attends church services real exposure to life makes you move! Dress rehearsal of "The Royal Family", Alumni Hall, 8:15 P. M. or not is a matter of his own choosing. Further, that to Admission 50c. One example of such reality would be knowledge of the THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22- force a person to attend a religious service is essentially terrifically over-crowded housing conditions in most of Thanksgiving Day. Classes suspended for the day. a violation of his personal freedom. This is a matter for' debate. our cities. In Wichita, Kansas, where housing is much of "The Royal Family", Alumni Hall, 8:15 P. M. SOc. a problem, houses built by the government for war work- MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26- However, since we must attend chapel, we should re- ers arc being dismantled now that the war is over and Tri-Beta meeting, .McDaniel Lounge 8:00 P. M. ceive from the service that for which it is maintained; the occupants are left stranded. These dwellings wer-e WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 and THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29- namely, some religious instruction and inspiration. To meant to be only temporary, but people would rather live Argonauts sponsor "The Corn is Green" at the Carroll Theatre. maintain a worshipful attitude during a chapel service, in temporary houses than none at all. 'Hcketa 40c. especially one held in a building which is used during the We sometimes wonder why it is that the government SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2- week for a variety of other things, it is essential that the main purpose of the service be pursued, and that is relig- can spend billions of dollars to prosecute a war, but can't Campus Tea, McDaniel Lounge. 4 :00-4 :30 and 4 :30-5 :00 P. M. ion. "One cannot keep his mind on worship while such find enough money to give people houses to live in. In TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4- things as politics, social strife or charity drives take the many cities restricted areas for minority groups are Girls' Glee Club program for AAUW meeting, McDaniel Lounge, 8 place of the sermon. Modern theologians who lament the crowded greatly beyond their capacity because there has P. M. fact that many of the flock have left the fold of the been a great influx of that group into the city without a THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6--- church might well take stock of themselves and see if they corresponding expansion of that zone-because of segre- Next Gold Bug_ to appear. arc offering religious guidance to people, or if they are gation. That every individual has the right to a dwelling- rehashing the news in the morning paper. It might well place, a house to live in, seems such a simple and unde- be that they do not understand theology themselves and niable fact that we fail to recognize the fact that this consequently veer away fTom the subject. If this be true, principle is seldom realized. Campus Personality Wilson then religion is living on borrowed time. Whatever is Housing is only one of the sordid and perplexing prob- V~e tJ~ (!)II1Loka the case, the chapel services should be kept for chapel lems of the world of reality which"'we must know more services, not a place to air one's peeves and prejudices. about. An educated person is one who knows life, sees Shortly after we returned to the campus this Fall there things as they arc, and is unsatisfied about them. We By Mary F. Davies has been an ever increasing murmur amongst the student must know, then act, if we are to help make conditions body about the growing power of the STUDENT CHRIS- such that we will not have another war. In the high school at Marlborough backyard-showing SOlUeof my bTU- TIAN ASSOCIATION. The complaint is that the S.C.A. Another basic fact which we need to realize is that in Prince GeoTge's county in MaTY- tal charactertstics." is practically taking over all extra-curricular activities on there is no substitute for integrity. We do not mean a land, there was once-five or six Marie doesn't confine her enthus- the campus, and at the same time increasing their own. passive "goodness" or a "holier-than-thou" piousity, but years ago, to be more exact-an un- iasm to studying animal life, though. There is a good deal of truth to this, but it is not a com- a firm integrity, allied with fidelity, truth and honesty-a assuming young giTl, reserved and plete picture of the existing situation. strong moral fiber within us which reminds us of our own studious, whose main interests were In any social group wherein there can be found a mul- responsibil'ities and keeps us from "passing the buck." "in things, not people." She liked to tiplicity of ideologies, pr-inciples and opinions, that faction whether Our biggest contribution to the amelioration of world take long walks, to wonder about the within the group that has tire best organization, will come to it be in a small minority 01' a large majority, conditions is just what we do with ourselves. Ourselves life that surrounds her-the stars, dominate the rest of the group. It is a relatively easy pro- are the only persons over whom we really have any con- animals, and plants-and she was trol. Therefore, if we wish to improve the world, we must better fr-iends with nature than with cess in a group where the policy of dog eats dog persists -"Start-whE!l'e we have some' eontrol : with ourselves, our her fellow students. in disunification. Such is thc situation on the campus to- day. Most of the organizations here either lack leadership, college, OUTcommunity, and then out to the wider fields. Now, well-liked and kind to every- 01' are at odds with some other organization. This can be Our world is headed for destruction because its people one, but still quiet and modest, Marie found in not only the clubs on the campus, but also in the lack character. We need to be persons of integr-ity if we Wilson has been chosen one of the are to cope adequately with the problems of keeping a Western Mar-yland seniors to repre- sororities. The original purpose of these clubs has been Such is es- lost and the clubs in turn have degenerated. world peace. sent the school in the annual publica- pecially true of the HOSPIANS. The original purpose of tion, Who's Who In American Col- There is another idea, related to that of beginning with leges and Universities. the Hoapinns was to be a service gTOUp to the College. our-selves, to which we should give careful thought. Many Marie came to WMC from the to- Instead of pursuing this activity, the club tried to set say that they believe in certain ideals and would like to bacco country of southern Maryland, itself up as a quasi-fraternity given to bickering and ar- see certain results come about, but they ask despairingly, as the soft SlUTin her voice testifies, guing. The net result is its abortive death. "what can one person do about it?" Each of us can do where she had her first introduction Under such conditions, the S.C.A., unwittingly 01' other- only a little, it is true, but if each of us does not do his to biological life-crabbing in the wise, has taken the opportunity to establish itself as the little, no one else will do it fOThim! The world, the society Patuxent River with her father. The dominant organization on the Hill. There is much to be in which we live, is compOSed of individuals; it is only interest in natur-e persisted through- said in iaVOTof the S.C.A., for it has taken the initiative what those individuals make it. out high school, anccurnged by her She is fond of music and ad and where others have faltered or failed. It has rendered a Our little, added to some other person's little, plus biology teacher, an alumnus of West- at different times has taken lessons good deal of service to the school, and has curr-ied on someone else's little, gives a result equal to more than ern Mar-yland. "He assigned' us each in piano, violin, flute, organ and marry noble projects. On the ~her hand, as it is true with merely the sum total of the separate efforts, ror in the a project," Marie said. "Mine was to voice. She also likes working on any dominating organization, It presents a danger to the bTinging together of OUTcontributions, we take a step mount a eat's skeleton from a pet cat school publications and is the editor college student. The college student should approach life toward that cooperation which must be the core of the that had died and I had buried in the (Cont. on Page 4, Col. 3) with an open mind. He should not have forced on him post-war relationships. anyone view and have it upheld as the right view. If he with other men and women of Students Volunteer Time To Help Then, too, what we need is our little-plus God's much. is put in such a situation, he either must accept that We need to work together which is promulgated by the group and thereby be ac- good will in striving to alleviate existing conditions, and cepted by them, or else he may reject it and is looked pray fOT resources beyond ourselves to help us in our At New Windsor Relief Center down upon. This can and does stunt intellectual growth in collegiate atmosphere. and is unhealthy work. An exposure to reality, a realization of our need for By MARYE. TODD The remedy to the situation lies with the students integrity, and a desire to do OUTinvidual best-these we 1£ you enjoy riding in a fresh-air teers are called on to perform all the themselves. Petty jealousies and animosities should be put must have if we are to help prevent the extinction of truck under the stars and would like tasks-sorting, packing, and mark- aside in favor of obtaining a more favor-able balance be- civilization by another world war. to perform a wOTthwhile act, you had ing. tween the liberal factions on the campus and the con- -THE EOlTOR. servatives who are marshalled under the banner of the better sign up immediately for the In the cady part of the evening, S.C.A. Each can be made to stimulate the other without next trip to New windsor. Everyone the first group sorted and packed wlm has made the journey thus far shoes-men's shoes, women's shoes, a prepcndernnce of power on either side. Not one of us can be sure that we are right unless we heal' what the THE GOLD BUG has been mOTethan enthusiastic upon high heels, low heels, children's otheT opinions on the matters in question are. Right now his return. rubbers, shoes, boots, shoes, babies' Official student newspaper of Western MaTyland Col- In the first place, when that vehicle bcdroom slippers-new shoes and old we aTe being lulled into an intellectual stupor by listen- ing to only one chorus from the song of life. Right or lege, published semi-monthly, on Thursday, during Oc- takes off in the direction of New shoes. While in the midst of this fas- wrong the other choruses should be sung, too. tober, November, January, February, March, and April, WindsoT, the fl'esh air starts bringing cinating task, the lights went out. and monthly during September, December, and May. En- a natural rouge to your countenance. After several unsuccessful attempts SEEN ABOUT THE CAMPUS: Tom Tereshinski, Nel- tered as second class matter at Westminster Post Office, under the Act of I'Ilarch 3, 1879. The voyage over is usually spent in at fixing them, the girls were Jed to son Ensor .... "Doc" Summers,. Ed Cushen. singing, while each person pulls his anotheT buildblg. Ed, after spendi11g the summer in Texas, is going to win- Subscription Price 52.00 a Year blanket closer around him. Soon, the Here the gals found themselves ter in Alaska. . He tells of one of the radiomen in an trnck pulls up in front of a building, facing piles and piles of sheets, blank- outpost who .was supposed to send in communications g Editor-in.Chief .......•...•..............•..••........•.••..•...·Vir inia Voorhees, '4G and you are informed that this is ets, towels, and various other domes- eveTY day .... The receivers were beginning to suspect Managing Editor Margaret Statler, '47 your objective, the old Blue Ridge tic necessities. Packing these was that the boy was living alone too long .... One day News Editor Enrique Lamadrid, '46 College. It is now being used by a most interesting to the members of when they received a communique that read: "Ice cubes, Ass't. News Editor Jean Tull, '48 Civilian Public Service unit and is the weaker sex-especially when the ice cubes, ice cubes everywhere and not a highball in Feature &liwr . .. Mary Davies, '47 the place in which you are going to time came to mash the things into a sight", they thought it was time he came home. Make-up Editors Don Capobianco, '46 do your duty. small bale. Each of these bales Charles Brooks, '48 The first group that made the ven- weighed approximately one hundred COLLATERAL: It is axiomatic that if you take a his- ture was awed at the sight of the pounds. tory course from Dr. Whitfield you raust read seventy- Copy Editor ~;:; ..•...........••......•.....••..••.'!i~d;Fern Ray, '48 five pages of parallel reading with the course .... His Business Manager Min~elle Seltzer, '46 amount of work to be done. They Ten. o'clock seemed to creep up Advertising Manager Lncy Jane Stoner, '413 were informed that this is the only even quicker than usual, and the English history course is no exception. .. So the other asked the good Doctor, since we were Ensor day, Josh Circulation Manager. John Barnes, '48 center of its kind in the United weary workers were soon heading for studying the reign of Charles II, if it would be all right Contributors: Betty Schmidt, Wayne Cowan, Dorothy States. All of the goods were donated their dormitol'ies once again. Al- to use a historical novel for parallel reading, say FOR- Anderson, Anne Klein, Helen Frantz, Dods Hines, Char- to a United Church organization to though very tired, they had a feeling EVER AMBER for instance. To which came the reply lotte Suddith, Anna Stevens, Lenore Hoffman, Elinor be sent to the needy in foreign lands. of satisfaction, because they had ac- that there was "just, ah, no sense ill that" since the class Rogers, Luther Sies, Mary E. Todd, Fonda Boyer, Geral- As much as ten tons has been receiv- complished a very small part of a had probably already read it. dine Frizzell, Norma Wright, Janice Chreitzberg. ed at this center in one day. Volun- very large job.