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The Gold Bug, Nov. 14, 1947 Birel Lecture Th~ Gold Bug Embarks On At Alumni Hall Its 25th Year OF Publication Charles Crawford Gorst Pleases College Assembly, By Jean Cohen and Barbara Sowers r.o~~~~dc~~:~e~m?~at:)~o:~dGn~~:~.eas~~~ For the past 25 years The Gold Bug has provided an intimate and illumi- dent, gave the college on Friday night :;~:);::Ctt~;: i~fi~o:t::c~a~~r~f:h~~ ;~:n~i~~'t I:a;ue:;ie~i~;o~~;e;e~o;~a~h:~ ~~;c-~:u~~t i~f ~i:e~::~~~~ fil~~:re:~~ story of the progress and growth of college from two or three buildings and ing manner. 1Ifr. Gorst started his :n~O:tb;~~t~:~~ t::~e~ai~e~ '~~:a~'~;ee~re;;::;';:'".toB:t:e::d~~::ecr;e::;;;; evening program with a whistling recorded the plans for the buildings in which we are now putting water roun- ~~~o,p~~~~~P;~!:~ ~:v:,~~s d~~~~~~i:; tai~s'd t~e d;at~ of a United States president with full military bonol-s ac- contortions of his physiognomy, Mr. ~~~: gri~e~ !O~t~h:nf~:: ~:~~ed~:i!~\:~~.ial pattern of students, and the Commencement in the Twentie$. Gorst settled into a pleasing present- Called the Black and White, "A has its grip on thou- 1924 Aloha Goes ation of his whistling song. W kl N i:::: !:: a Dining Hall Rules - Vintage 1929 sands that are not able to express th:efi;st ;~~~i~!U~~O~~~ 22, That nature Black and White Club on January 1. Go promptly to dining room will •remain at the' tables till the ~~e:~e~;sse~nat:~l:i A7;s G:~.is~~n~ei~To White House ii!~4'd~::rt::~~~tJ:~~d ~~ :=k!~~~ when bell rings. _ young men have passed out. If any 2. Remain standing quietly behind table has not finished eating before imitations of bird songs ac~mpanied was the fist news editor. Also on the chairs till blessing is asked. the ladies begin to retire, the young ~~r~i:;;:~ti~:~n:~~~~~!s~f:~i~if~ewl~:: Presi~:n!oC;;~~g,~.~;m~!:~scrib- :~~~ c~:;~e~t;~l~!lt~;s~:t:~;:~i:a~~ 3. Men will stand till ladies arc men at' that table will please r-emain seated. seated till the ladies have passed that spent, on an average, three hours per Editor-in-chief A. E. Benson of the Richard G. Stone, assistant editor; ~. The host will serve plates and table. . day of his life in studying birds in Aloha Staff has received a request Jesse P. Dawson, Jr., associate editor; pass them. 15. Do not loiter for conversation their native haunts. He said that he from the President of the United C. Hall Duncan, sporting and art 5. Bread and butter will be passed while passing in and out of the din- bas waited and practiced and called States that he be mailed an Aloha at editor; Charles E. Bish, business t....the host first, unless he or she for ing room. ~~~~:l:rsp::it~o!~~~a~i~~~ei~a~n~:~~ his own expense. However the Alofa manager. One co-ed representative convenience has it done otherwise. 16. Do not converse between tables. Staff will, in person, journey to was thanked on page 3, but given no 6. Eat slowly and masticate well 17. Do not play with curtains while the beauty that has crowned his ae- Washington and present the Aloha acknowledgement on the masthead. your food. standing waiting fO'"rblessing. complishments. to Mr. Collidge with their compli- Consisting of fonr pages, 9lhx12Yz 7. Do not make a noise when eating All of Mr. Gorst's imitations were ' ments and the love and esteem of the inches, the paper started auspiciously soup. accomplished by single and dual notes college. with a letter of encouragement from S. Place knife and fork on side of Dr. Wills: I belong to an organi- of the mouth and vocal apparatus. This is the first time in the history Dr. Wills. "As a record of the college plate when not in use while eating, zation in which all members are of- In the call of the mor-ning dove, for of the college that an annual has from week to week the paper will and when passing the plate for a ficers. example, a combination whistle and been presented to the President and have permanent and historical value," second serving. Do not rest knife or Dr. Bertholf: I didn't know YOIlbe- throat call was used. it marks the outgrowth of a new de* he predicted. fork on table, but place entirely on longed to the police department, doc- (From the Black and White Ma1'ch sire and ideal, as set forth by Editor Sold on a subscription basis of two your plate. . • .. tor. 25, 1924.) Benson, in making the Aloha no dollars per year, the price (and the , 9. Take slice of bread from plate longer a Senior class production, but jokes) have remained the same with your fingers and not with your a rare and beautiful masterpiece" throughout the years of recession and fork. which typifies the atmosphere of the inflation. 10. Do not butter a whole slice of whole college life and her activities Social activities were conducted by bread but break the bread in pieces. throughout the whole year. the four literary societies, Irving, 11. Do not sop up syrup or gravy All cross purposes between the stu- Browning, Webster, and Philoma- with a piece of bread in your fingers. dent body and the administration thean, which engaged in highly com- out, have been successfully ironed 12. Do not carry food to your and this year the college will be im- petitive debating. mouth with your knife. ,Dean Schofield Dr. Bertholf Dr. lVills Dr. Spicer Prof. Hu-rt ~~~~~~k~:E:~:!;?!~:::~::~~r:~:i:~~1~£~:~~:;:~!::,~:;~~~ 13. After the ringing of the bell In Former Times for dismissal the host will excuse his table when all at that table have of the Aloha staff. from the works of Kipling, Service, finished. Makosky ... HumCln Rights ... The Staff will also deliver person- Van Dyke, Burroughs, Segar, and 14. To avoid congestion the ladies ally a copy to the widow of the late Foss. Possibly their radicalism kept (Continued from page 2, column 2) (Continued from page 2, column 4) Woodrow Wilson at her residence on, ~it:;ar~r~:iet~:s. status of the other Sophomores Publish the organizing genius, and the ad- world, when more than one half of "S" street, Washington, D. C. and in every way them are illiterate ministrative energy came from Sterl- The Aloha will likewise journey to With an enthusiasm and commend- Strict Coed Rat Rules ing Edwards. He is without any educationally underprivileged (cour- a little home in Marion, Ohio, where able candor the Black and White, not tesy WSSF), when so many of or question the founder of the Western the-widow of President Harding re- Tlw Gold Bug until October, 1924, (Edito)"s Note : The following are Maryland newspaper. them are afraid of expressing their sides. backed and disparaged many projects. some of the fifteen regulations tlw • Not Smooth Sailing opinions. (From the Black and White, dated Besides th'e tremendous campaign to .sophO'l'lwres of 1932 imposed on the The first months were scarcely This is the difficult job that lies February 5, 1924.) raise funds for additional buildings, lOl1g-sufferil1g freshmen.) smooth sailing. A fraternity project ahead for the UN Commission on in plans were initiated to have commer- Rights when it meets Human 1. Freshmen must make Hindu is not likely' to find general support cial phonograph records made of bow before all sophs and repeat the from the student body. Rival rra- Geneva next December. It remains "Dear Western Maryland" and "Alma following in Hindu dialect: "0' wha ternity men were not without jeal- for them to find the answer. In the Mater". This plan proved unattain- able, but more successful were the es- meantime, they phil- have amassed ta goo;.Siam." ousy; non-fraternity men were sus- osophical data from the past, and also Bachelors: Varsity training" club," 2. Freshmen shall wear hair parted picious. The loyiilty of the feminine situated in Alumni Hall, and over- tablishing of sororities and fraterni- in the middle, pulled down over fore- sector was higher, but even this suf~ have asked contemporary thinkers looking Union Street. Claims to be ties. head, and held there by a wide gree1l fered severe strains. One such oc- for their thoughts and opinions on elite and highly sophisticated. Com~ Criticism of school affairs was not band, which is pinned with a large casion was the spring J.G.C. initiation. this subject. posed of heroes and hero-worshippers . limited to the newspaper staff. "Let· safety pin. J.G.C. (forerunner of Iota Gamma .. Review of Opinions ters to the Editor" was a conspicuous 3. Freshmen shall also wear low Chi) was for decades joined by every The Declaration of the French Gamma Beta Chi: A hard-working item in each issue. Indignant lettel's heels, odd stockings, green dresses female graduate; half the junior Revolution in 1789 states that "men group of studious young men situated were printed about the unnecessary with no belts. Clothing rules shall women were inducted in the spring, are free and equal in respect of their m·ar "Bonnie's." Social butterflies. restrictions.. placed upon women and be disregarded only on special oc- and they in turn brought in their rights." The material rights of lllall Too close to the movies for their own the injustice of charging them a dol- casions, as at Alumni Hall and on classmates in the followillg fall. The are liberty, property, security and good. lar for the use of the kitchen stove. of the One man, in complaining Sundays. initiation week was a saturnalia of the resistence of oppression. Black and White: Have nearJy per- 11. Freshmen shall stand at the end whooping, howling, and humiliation Th(lmas Paine thought that the in- suaded the student body that they showers, stated: "I defy any man to of the mall line. that makes modern inductions insig- dividual was entitled to the maximum are the "intelligentsia." "By their find 3 fellows taking a shower at the 13. Freshmen must enter last in nificant. The Black and White re- freedom of action and believed that fruits we do know them." same time and getting perfect satis- the dining room and bring napkins ported this event a bit brutally; Ed- compatible with the rights of others. Delta Sigma Kappa: Pompous and faction." initiation practices of the The with them. wards wrote several editorials against Civil authorities, therefore, could in- 1,!Jlegmatic group situated in Mc- JGC (Junior Girls Club), forerunner 14. Freshmen shall have no men's "polluting the campus"; as a result terfere in the life of the individual Daniel Hall. Acknowledged by them- pictures in their rooms. Black and White journalists were a only to insure and protect the secur- selves to be the best on campus. of the Iota Gamma Chi sorority, 15. Freshmen shall report to the tit coolly received at McDaniel Hall. ity and happiness of the majority of Delta Pi Alpha: Last but not least, called forth the opinion that "most of hockey field at 6 :45 for setting-up Nor did much of our writing please the people. we come to the prospective cIergy- the situations were ludicrous but dis~ exercises, first signing up on bulletin the administration. After a rather In more recent years we have the officially known as Delta Pi Alpha, gusting." restrictions were prob- Feminine boards. tame speech from the widely-pub- "Declarations on the Rights of Toil- commonly known as Theolog. They licized reformer, Pussyfoot Johnson, ing and Exploited Peoples" adopted meet where the spirit calleth. ably not as rigid as one might sup- A letters. from pose impassioned LeavesOFAbsence ~~~ap~:in::t~~ny~;a~;~ ~~~S~~;! (Editor's Note.- The other clubs IJE'adlinein a May, 1924, issue declar- by the Soviets in 1918. This has as its aim the suppt:ession of exploita- the staff in (not to complain of edi- tion of man by man, and the abolish- mentioned in this article are no longer ed "Western Maryland Maids Go A· The Ad.ministration wishes to can. tvrializing the new,;;). He took off ment of class distinction. In 1936, in e:!:istence, and would be of little Maying." On the same page was the the. attentIon of the ~tude.nt body to a his glasses, rubbed his eyes, and said Russia added to her constitution the intcre8t to our readers. From The news of the possible establishment of Gold Bllg, 26, 1926.) October rulmg of long standmg 1n regard to gently, "Boys, it wasn't the best "right of man to work, right to nla- a girls' rifle team. No sissies, these leaves of absence. way." In the spring we ran a con- terial security in old age and sickness girls! Students may be granted tw~ week- test for the best essay on the advant- and the right to education irrespective First Frosh Girl: Do you like cod- During this period WiUjam Veasey end lea~es between the openm g . of ages of the fraternity system-five of sex or race." - fish balls? was editor and more articles of na- college m ~eptember and the Chl'lst- dollars prize, no staff members eli- • Arthur H. Compton's Definition tional interest were included, a policy mas. VacatIon, t"":'o leaves from ~he gible, "a.ll manuscripts the property Most recently Arthur H. Compton, Second Frosh Girl: I don't know. which was to be continued through- Cbflstmas VacatIon to the Sprmg (Continued on page 4, column 1) (Continued on page 4, column 4) I've never been to any. out the paper's history. Vacation, and one leave from the George Benner took over' the edi- Spring Vacation to the end of the torship in September. college year. A week-end leave ex- The practice of an annual writing cuses the student from Sunday eve- contest sponsored by The Gold BUD ning< Chapel and Monday morning was inaugurated in February, 1926. Chapel. A two_dollar_and_a_half gold piece Twenty-four hour leaves may be was to be awarded to the pcrson writ- granted at the discretion of the ing the best article of about 300 Deans. A twenty-four hour leave ends words on the subject, "College Im- at the same hour on Sunday that it provements." began on Saturday. In that same year, to prove the (Editor's Note: We don't know how versatility of the literati, the Philos lucky we are! This appeared in The held a Charleston contest. Not to be Gold Bltg, November 24, 1926.) View of campU8 in fo;mer days. (Continued on page 6, column 1)