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The Gold Bug, Feb. 11, _1949 Gold Bug Criticized By Students; \ Roving Repor.ter Seeks Opinions To Whom It !'IIay Concern: by Peggy Kerns Problems confront everyone at western Maryland Anybody who saw the roving reporter last Monday night talk- Sleet and cold rains were piercing the tired heart of daily. However these issues are aired a e r 0 S s the grille ing to everyone she could get to slow down for a minute probably February. Mr. Bloomey was tired too. He was cold but tables, while waiting for meals, or in dormitory "bull" wondered what was going on. Well, the Gold Bug just wanted to he didn't mind. He was used to it. He figured one could sessions. Achievement and futility are synonymous when know what the students mind thought about its own publication. hardly expect a small stove to heat an attic room. Putty viewing the results of these "gripe get-togethera," As my Bett'y Clark: I don't want to say any- about the window frames had long since given up the first editorial I plan to direct a few of the most important thing about anyone column, but I struggle and had fallen to the floor, tired of being useful. dissatisf\actions to the persons who can correct or Im- Trade Notes thing the paper lacks something. The draught chilled Mr. Bloomey's shoulders and he prOve. It ought to have a little more personal pulled a moth-eaten shawl closer about him. There wasn't interest things, not so many columns much for him to do anymore except keep warm and watch To the Administration: Congratulations! This college Literally stacks of publications pour the rain as it passed the window like tears from the sky. year has been marked by a much closer alliance between into the Gold Bug office f'rom other that nobody bothers to read.-After the administration and the student body. Compromises colleges around the' country, and, all it's the students' psper. He could reminisce about Amy and the happy life they have been successful, and living conditions have been im- since not everyone is fortunate Mrs. Veale: T.hey don't always check had spent together, but he was funny that way. He pre- proved-an inspection committee has been forn"ted for enough to read these other journalis- on the information, We read things ferred to .be aware of the present, but it was an empty the men's dormitories, student-faculty lunches have been tic efforts, a few of the high spots and we know someone has turned in one. His friends had slipped away with the year. He scheduled in order to discuss campus problems, and th~ are passed on in this column. the wrong information. However they knew the landlady 'and children who brought his groceries SGA has at last become an active organization. The Greyhound, of Loyola College, do a very good job. It's all right. There to him. David Buffington: To the Board of Trustees: Accept this small note as an seems to have captured perfectly the ought to be an article to the adminis- 'I'bere were times, like now, when Mr. Bloomey's whole invitation to come view campus life as it really is- eat-and- run system of college dining tration about the finals. They ought being ached with expectancy, like youth in Springtime; 1949 style. Forget about your "chicken-dinner-banquets" halls. Theil' school calendar included to be abolished. The paper itself is but he was aware that his' feelings were 110t natural in a local eatery and come to the students as individuals. the following item: well written-it gives the average companions of old-age. It was a warm feeling-as though Visit the dining hall unannounced! Visit the dormitories "Jan. 14-Greyhound appears in student a knowledge of what is going something good was about to happen (but it rarely did). as some long-lost parent! Visit classrooms as a student cafeteria." That we'd like to see! on, Still meditating, he arose and walked to the wash basin of modern secondary education! Visit the games as spirit- Harry Bush: I like it pretty well but and there on the floor beneath the door jay a white en- ed fans! Then, and only then, plan the Western Mary- One of the "ears" of the Gettys- it could be improved. It should be. velope, addressed to no one. Neither had he heard a land College of the twentieth century. bW'gian, of Gettysburg College, car- larger and come out every week. sound from the deliverer. ried the suggestion, "Swim for Se- To the faculty: At the present time you are involved in mester Hours". It might be okay to That's all that strikes me at the The paper quivered like his heart as he. opened it and a program of improving the scholastic standards. How- swim for hours, but what about the moment. unfolded a red, heart-shaped piece of paper trimmed with ever, do not allow this goal to become supreme-do not points? The other ear ran "Bullets Jean Mellon: I know what I want to lace. It i-ead : "BE MY VALENTINE". A tear of happi- forget that you are working with human beings. As in- Bite Bison." Do they sting, \oo? say but don't know how to say it. The ness rolled down his face. It didn't seem to matter what dividuals you are fine-you satisfy every request that is paper needs more personal interest would happen now that he knew someone thought of him. within your power. But some of you forget to obtain in- Seen on an application for life in- stories about people, not made up Somewhere below him Ronald shouted to his mother, formation concerning courses of other departments, con- surance from a resident student stories. Should be more college news "Ma, Jimmy hid the valentine I had to give to my girl." sequently you are unable to advise efficiently. Correct this whose father was hanged as a horse about what is going on around the condition! Then the students will become more coopera- thief-"My father was taking part campus. \ tive and Classroom Sleep 101 thru 402 will be erased from in a heavily-attended public function Erma Eney: I can't think of anything Professor Makosky Reviews the course of instruction. when the platform gave way."- wrong right off hand. It seems to me New Book in. kept To the Student Government: Inform! Hold student meet- From: that it's very good. We're on the cam- formed about everything ings more often-at least one every three weeks, so that -The Review, pus. I was stimulated to read this book by 7'ime's comment the students know "why". Gripes are often founded on University of Delaware. Joe Gianelli: Are all questions and (December 20): "the cream of the novels from the Conti- the lack of knowledge. Begin to develop the much-heard- • News From The Greyhounds letters sent into the Gold Bug really nent (during 1948) was unquestionably Albert Camus' about school spirit withIn fraternities-snd sororities and answered? Is what some people write The Plague." When I found The PlaglLe to be a circum- the msny other organizations on the Hill. Loyola, also, seems to have a stu- in just put in a wastebasket or is it stantial account of an epidemic at Gran in North Africa To the students: Get up! Whether it may be from a dent of Shakespeare, who dug up the put down and discussed 1 during the war, I was f~rther attracted, because my chair, a bed, or coming down from your "snobbish stool". following quotations suitable for the "Moon" Paul: It's all right. There's brother for a considerable time during hostilities com- Prove to the administration, faculty, Board of Trustees, midyear exam period: enough about each field. It would be manded U.S. naval forces at Oran. Indeed, on page 141 various departments, and the SGA leaders that you are "To fast, to study, and to see no better if it came out more often and I read, "beyond. the bar, a naval officer, with a girl worth their consideration. Exhibit school spirit similar woman." came.out on a definite date. on each side of him, was describing ... "; this is clearly to that shown at thc American University basketball Love's Labor Lost-IV, 3 Gil Clough: In the Who's Who on my brother-scene, surroundings, occupation all fit. game. This is your community-it can only be what you "What ransom must I pay before I Campus column there ought to be The subject of The Plague is man against death. The make it. pass?" somebody who isn't on the dean's list. strength of the book lies in its varied and powerful char- I Henry IV-V, 3 Somebody more all-around. The paper acter creations: Grand, the clerk, who has labored for OnePlaceKilroy Wasn't!' "Write till your ink be dry." seem's to do a pretty good job. years to disease goes on polishing his masterpiece and literary a perfect produce sentence; single despite Rembert, who plots to leave the quarantined city to go to by Fred Keefer his wife but becomes so engrossed in the fight against death that he refuses to sneak off when his chance comes; Recent discoveries have brought new light upon the Paneloux, that who believes Father famous trial of Media (which took place in Athens in either renounce God or accept willingly a Christian must and unquestion- 1223 B.C.) in the form of some old documents written by ingly-without recourse to medicine-the fate of other that man about town, Euripides, and we're fortunate sufferers, and who dies in that belief; Gonzales, the foot- enough to have a copy of the translation of these ancient baller, who regards the plague as an interruption to his parchments. The Grand Jury indictment is missing but sports career; old Doctor Castel, who works ceaselessly it probably accuses Media of the murder of her two at his serum, sees it fail horribly, but works on; and children, her brother, and a host of others besides cruelty many others. Most interesting are the opposed characters towards the neighborts dog. As the scene opens we find of the strong and kindly Terron, who organizes the the trial in progress. Jason is being qucstioned by the civilian aid and clearly symbolizes man's noblest qualities court Prosecutor: aroused to meet human need, and the infamous Cottard, Pros: Jason, do you swear to tell the truth, the whole who organizes the black market and obviously signifies truth and nothing but the truth, so help you Zeus? man's basest impulse self-aggrandizement through others' Jas: I do. misfor-tunes. Above all stands the powerful figure of the narrator-protagonist, Doctor Rieux, who throws his whole • They Flew With The Fleece knowledge, strength, and being into the fight against Pros: Tell me, how did you first meet the accused, Media? death. Ja8: Me and the boys had just pulled off a big haul on Perhaps this book was more effective for me because J the Celebes First National Bank. We went there just to read it just Idter Heym's The Crusaaere and just before get the Golden Fleece. Well, this kid gives me the glad Mailer's The Naked and the Dead. All three books study eye, and seeing she likes me and is also the king's daugh- human beings faced with destruction. Through war is the ter, I get her to-help us. We succeed in the job and take more sensational subject, the epidemic offers at once a it on the lam with the ram. Be My more concentrated and a non universal approach; at no P1'08: Did she come alone? time and in no place are we secure from disease. The most apparent points of contrast with the two war books Ja8: Nope, she brought her brothel' along, but when she are these: The Plague contains no descriptions of sex and saw her father on our tail with the harbor patrol she heaved the kid overboard -which made her father have its language is neither violent nor vulgar; it is less than to pause to lean over the rail, and so we had extra time half the length of either war book; its values lie con- to make a getaway. stantly below the surface. In fact, many contemporary writers could learn from The Plague how to gain power, Pros: I see. What can you tell us about the death of by Norm Stern depth, and meaning, in concentrated form, without resort Pelios in which the accused is supposed to have had a to cheap sensationalism. hand! • Looking Hack And Ahead Information concerning the new Last week twenty-eight knowledge- recreation room will be known within • Everybody Was In The Act impregnated Western Maryland grad- the next two weeks. Many other rec- THE GOLD BUG Jas: She claimed that she could make a man forty year-s uates left school to face the world. reational plans are being started now younger by cutting a hole in his neck and pouring some They were replaced by forty-five stu- which include a student minstrel show Officia.l .tudent newsp_a.per of 'Vestern Maryland College, llUb· ~'r~day. of her home-made brew into it. She and my sister went to dents eager to assume their new in April, Pan Hellenic Dance in li"hed semi-momhly on Ap"l. and dUTing October. November, J..nuary. September. ""ebruary, during monthly Decem March, and as sewnd Entered work on Pelios and after my sister worked on him a roles. Jnsteed of the Student Govern- May, and a gala May Day celebra- bar. /lnd lIIay. tbe_Act of Marcb S. IS79 clll"" matter at 'Vo.tmin.ter Post Office. u,nder while Media said she was just messing up the job so ment repeating to these newcomers tion to compare with the highly suc- Media went to work with the knife. The next day we all tbe rules and regulations (which cessful Homecoming events. Member woke up, Pelios was dead. naturally annoy Democratic people) • A Few Notes of Interest Associated Collegiate Press we would like to present to them PI'OS: Will you describe the events that took place the some of the more pleasant aspects Many of the veterans STe begin- day before your wedding to Princess Creusa? facing all of us in the next four ning to wonder about the large sup- Subscription Price $2.00 a Year Jas: Well, as you know I divorced Media when I realized months. ply of pencils, erasers, and gummed I had a nut on my hands. The day before my wedding to Apparently a few of the big reinforcements being presented to :~g the Princess, Media sent her two sons over with some problems that we have been working them in their school supply kit which ."""",,,","_ '"''~,""''':~~ wedding gifts which consisted of a dress and a Ronson on since the beginning of this year they obtain in the bookstore. Many of :~~ lighter. The dress was rather unusual in that it was are going to materialize. Dr. Stover the students feel that these kits lack _,__ll~"c_,.m, :~l soaked in gasoline and the bustle ribs were made of has suggested a weekly meeting be- many of the essential supplies needed magnesium, but J suspected nothing. When Princess tween students and some faculty for their particular courses. After a ",,,,,,,,,, 'lli~,..,,__,_.~n,:~l Creusa went to light up a cigarette, she went up in smoke members to settle some of the per- little research in this matter I was and J later learned that she and her father were really sonalized problems that have arisen informed that any veteran who would Business Manager . .... Edward WTigbt, '50 burned up about the whole thing. When J went to repri- on the campus. Your student repre- like to exchange any of his excess Asst. Busines" "Han.ger .. Elinor Price, '50 Bowling. Ad~ertiaing Maoager .. mand Media she hopped hltO a getaway chariot and that's sentative is now availsble to accept equipment may do so by returning C;rculation:\!anager ....... .... _.. Lloyd J-,O