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The Gold Bug, Oct. 12, J948 But No Pi~d Piper I "No Man Is Aspiring young students of wee- An Island •• tern Maryland College have always " Upon hearing or reading the word coopera- joy an even heater appreciation of those ties shown a definite interest in certain "Hi there, Mac, I guess you know tion, one immediately assumes a defensive at- which come only through collegiate experience. members of the Animal Kingdom- what I'm here for. The W.S.S.F. titude. If the topic is the subject of a sermon or Along the same line, we might mention our particularly the rodents, or as the drive is on and I'm soliciting funds. lecture, the listener might react by sitting back, cooperation with other schools. We noted that more scholarly would term them, the You can't find where you put your thinking to himself, "Oh, well, here we go again," on at least two occasions during the football game genus Rattus. All sociological be- wallet? Well, while. you're looking for or, if the subject of something he is reading, he Saturday, our cheering section and band broke haviors of the brown species have it, I'll just settle down here on your may merely thrust it aside and turn to somee, forth in the middle of a Catholic University cheer, been carefully and intricately observ- bed and tell you why I think you thing else" There can be no poorer display of sportsmanship ed by learned inhabitants of Mc- won't be losing on this deal. Regardless of how tired we may become of than this, particularly when Catholic University Kinstry Hall, while far above the "That's okay, I can talk while the word itself, we must recognize the fact that was careful not to let the same thing happen bauble of ravenous diners the biologi- you're hunting. First of all, I'll give the attitude for which it stands is one which we where they were concerned. cal traits of their fair-skinned bro- you a little of the background, a lit- must constantly strive to perfect in our relations Then too, there is the old argument about thers have been painstakingly record- tle of the reason why there is a World with others. Without realizing it, we find evidence compulsory chapel. Often throughout life we will ed in detailed laboratory manuals. Student Service Fund. When the War of cooperation or a lack of cooperation about us be asked to do things which, although they may However, even the most educated came, Johnny Greece - and Jacques all the ti.me. not be in keeping with our particular philosophy zoologists were astonished to discover France, Marco Spain and Freddy campus the heretofore on this We have heard from many sides of the fine of life, may be considered beneficial to a relatively known order of rodents which uri- we England went away to fight or stay- spirit of the new freshman class. Those of us who large proportion of the society of which we are shall call the Rattus Erectus, or, ed at home and did his part of the were here during Freshman \Week were parti- a part. Good manners, if nothing else, should in- more properly, the Ratta Erecta job there. Just sort of put yourself cularly impressed by the friendly attitude and spire cooperation in such cases. Those of us who in their place, Mac. willingness to help which was displayed by these refuse to be polite and insist upon talking at the Femina. "They stopped right in the middle newest additions to the Hill Family. WMC's pre- same time as the chapel speaker are indicating This new order of rats appears to of their studies-they dropped every- war tradition of having the friendliest campus not only a lack of home training, but a gross un- have acquired certain adaptations to thing and fought a war. You came country, as in the country seems now'to be well on the road willingness to discipline ourselves for the common the Hill decided leaning demonstrated back to your home and tried to take toward the by its to recovery. This is good-let us keep up the fine good of all concerned. third or fourth stratum of dormitory up where you left off. Every age gets many names; this one is re- work. ferred to as the machine age, the atomic age, but atmosphere. Already they have de- "Your first day back in the old The Student Government, in conjunction perhaps above all, it is the -age of cooperation veloped means of protecting them- rooms of the Alma Mater was a with the other organizations on the Hill, is in the' The presence or absence of a cooperative spirit selves from the "heavenly deluge," by shock. The Whole west wing of the process of formulating plans for Saturday after- among nations may preserve or finish the United the use of large, curved, portable, col- huilding with the labs in it had col- noon and night activities to carry through the Nations. The presence or absence of it on the lapsible, structures whi_ch they carry lapsed and burned dur-ing an air- rest of the year. If we all work together and Hill can preserve or finish the reputation which in their front appendages. raid. It may take ten years to get lend our common support to each of these events, has been established by Western Maryland stu- Peculiarly pertinent to this species that building rebuilt because you we shall no longer have to concern ourselves about dents on teams, in clubs, on the campus, and in is the obvious evidence of cross-breed- can't get the necessary building ma- what to do for entertainment; we shall greatly the alumni world. ing somewhere in its evolutionary terials and the apparatus to carryon enhance the development of unity and comrade- history. The feet show a marked dis- the experiments that you need in the Dr. Smith says field you're studying. ship within the college family; and we shall en- -<71•• CdUM similarity, and the lips portray an that "temporary measures" will be odd mixture of color genes. More- taken to fill the absolute essentials over, a distinct combination of green in the study. Materials which have and gold hues is noticeable on the head. been salvaged will be used and the SGA Constitution Even the most casual observer has best will be made of a poor situ- noticed the Ratta Erecta Femina's tion. (Continued from page 1, column 4) characteristic reactions to stimuli. "We-e sail the ocean blue, o-ur The reaction to water is definitely "That's not all. You find out after ARTICLE V-MEETINGS jolly ship's a beauty, we are sober negative. However, responses to such you've been back a few weeks, that Section 1. men and true, and atten-tive to our objects as the historical old the library was ransacked during the The President of the organization du-ty, mmm, mmmm, mm... " thus shrine may be termed as positive- war and the shelves stare back at shall call a meeting of the entire sang and hum m e d '...Christopher especially to the emotional nervous you like toothless Urchins. The pro- student body the first week of Colombus to himself on the good system. Again, food evokes a posi- fessors are making What they've got every month at a time and place ship Pinta four hundred and fifty- =?_ tive response; they eat up bugs, do for classes but you can under- set by him to discuss the problems six years ago this date, at about 8 - ~ particularly "gold" ones. stand their handicap. And you've of the organization. A. M. (E. S. T. by the sundial hang- V,-..,( 1 -h J. Well acquainted with the ways of noticed something about your pro- Section 2. ing clockwise on the mizzen mast, ~ ~;-J-" --... human beings, they delight in imitat- fessors, too. They must be just about The Cabinet shall meet during the ing same, and are very friendly When as tired and hungry as you are. They second and fourth weeks of the :~:;e:~; ;~sa~~:~. f~;:n~~r~:li~~h~:; ~~~~~~~~~~ approached by man. meet their classes in pre-war suits month. ... 01' Chris looked at his schedule with this fun-spoiler what you There are unlimited possibilities which show signs of patching and Section 3. and noted with satisfaction that this please ... I'd put him in chains and for domesticating these new rodents mending. You remember one prof in The chairmen of the Councils shall was the day he was to discover feed him black bread and red wine into good work animals. Some have particular could always start yOU' call meetings at such times as they America ... well, not really, because till the next inquieitlon, but that's up already been successful in training thin!Ling about the ways the average' deem it necessary. it was just a super-collossal publici- to you." Thereupon 01' Chris turned them to do small tasks around the guy like you could play an important ty stunt fol' the Queen's new picture away sadly and trudged to the poop campus. . part in this world. You try getting on ARTICLE VI-DUTIES AND opening at the Inquisition Theatre deck where he toyed with his little At any f"ate, extensive work has the old line again and he's different. POWERS OF THE CABINET in downtown Lisbon entitled Brave model, Utopia, and looked forward to already been begun in classifying the He doesn't believe the little guy has Section 1. the certain struggle ahead in trying Ratts Erecta Femina as to origin any right to dream of improving the The Cabinet shall have the power ~:d1V7t1d. t~;e ~~:~:~::::~:~:~~; to settle a land with men such as and specific names, for all bear large world. Because as he puts it, you are to make any rules or regulations price of two tbousend cstx hundred these. The men, at the same time, labels indicating this vital informa- a "small guy" and it's no use fooling deemed necessary by them for the and fifty seven guineaus and three took different sides on the iSli..,ue,and tion. But the field is still relatively yourself about any ideas of your own enforcement of the Constitution, Wheaties boxtops which the author their descendents are still carrying unknown. Let us keep up the good power. including any subsequent amend- needed to round out his boxtop col- on the feud today, Men still sit and work and become still more familiar "So that's just a little of what you ments. Such rules as shall apply play with the little playship, Utopia, with these new inhabintants of "the have to think about at night when you to the entire organization shall be ~eec,~o;e~~~r~~s~~r~~ap them for a too. '" P-40. Hill." (Continued on page 4, column 2) referred to them for final ratifica- "Ay, by my troth," 'mused OJ tion. Chris, "give me Wagner or Sullivan eJI«;Ir. 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