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The Gold Bug,September 26, 1946 THE GOLD BUG WHEN Olllei&l .Indent n.w"p"Jl.~ of ""e.tern Y • ..,. land College" publi.hed ."mi·monthly, on Tbunday, dUring October, November, c,Janu, ary, February, Yarch, and April. tond monthly A typewriter clicking out the news of a camp- coeducational institution except in their "pipe MUSES durin&" September, Deeembu, and M.y. En lered ••• econd eI.u m.tfer ..t Wutmlu.t.r us does not furnish the atmosphere necessary for dreams." With our education so much more ap- Pool nlll"e. unMI Ih. Act of M.rch 8. 1879. writing an editorial such as is expected from an preciated today because of the tense find thought- Member editor in the first issue of a college newspaper! Iul hours that we spent wondering whether we CALL l4"ociated CoUe6iote Pre" Neither does the chatter of rain as it dulls the would be fortunate enough to be admitted into makes them, as the school that we have selected, we should have incoming of the freshmen-and DimibulOrof it does the grass, a bit greener, if that be pos- gained a more serious campus-but along with TO A PINE TREE ON THE CDUe6iate Di6es1 sible. that a campus with the aim of making the year SIDE OF A CLIFF But along our way we have noted that most of , one of happy memories. Poor dwarf, with twisted back, mis- Sub8erlption Price $2.00 a Year the newcomers have arrived with only minor ac- The Gold Bug hopes and expects to improve shapen limbs , cidents, such as forgetting suitcases or, more em- with the campus so that it will become a definite Oh, why did you accept the call of Editor-in-chief ... Margaret Statler, '47 barrassing, keys for suitcases. They have ar- part of those happy memories. With the proper life? Business l\Ianager, Phyllis Houck, '48 rived, however, at a campus that has seen not spirit on the Hill, a newspaper can further stu- Could you not see that it would mean a strife News Editors only minor changes, such as a more crowded din- dent goals and fulfill students' desires for a true With want, embittered by the tem- ing hall resulting in the discovery of table short- Fern Ray, Jean Tull, '48 ages in various offices on the Hill, but a campus opinicn-expresaing messenger. pests' whims! Sports Editor ....N. J. WoIfsheimer, '47 that has witnessed alterations that will aid West- The usual opportunities that follow alterations Could you not have yielded to such Feature Editors ....Daphne Clarke, '48 ern Maryland socially, academically, and athleti- such as have been made on the Hill this 'year are fears Betty Schmidt, '47 cally. certainly open for the freshmen and the upper- And passivel;r remained a tiny cone, Copy Editors The Gold Bug staff welcomes these changes- c1assmen-the usual challenges are again chal- Asleep and nestled deep, with hard- Irma Eney, Lenore Hoffman, '49 the resumption of football furnishes us with col- lenging with more tremendous force than ever ships none, Typing Editor _.... Anne Klein, '47 umns of extremely readable material; the enroll- before in the history of Western Maryland Among those tender quills, your fa- College. We all have the way open to us-we ail- Advertising Manager ment of 800 students will supply us with a larger freshmen, upperclassmen, faculty, adminiatra- thers' years? John Conover, '49 and less overworked crew of reporters, typists, tion--can go "along the way" together=-cooper- Why did you dare to try to rise upon Circulation Manager, John Barnes, '48 and business workers; the more equal diatr-ibu- ating, helping, and above ali, working for higher That narrow ledge where you {or life tion of the fair and "unfair" sexes on the campus must cling, Contributors: Mary Davies, Kaye will certainly give us some interesting feature standards for our college-higher in our ace- Embattled by the ruthless,'&ountain Buckel, Helen L. Ray, Fred Holloway, demic pursuits, in our pleasure-seeking pursuits, winds, Jr., Wayne Cowan, Shirley Snyder, news. have reached the campus this year and in our sporting pursuits. And grope for food and pray in fear Students Mary Hershfeld. -THE that ordinarily would have no chance to attend a EDITOR. Could you have known what courage for sun? bring you might grace to anguished College F .Hauver 'Who'd.'Who e;