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K LaMar Presents Contemporary Poets Letters E OthC 'to IR d' A'd 0 0 0 to the Editor I t W E Comp eel fI lea ea Ing I S TothoEditorcf thaGoldBug, p P By Gu.s D. LaMar board concerning the refusal of the college band There was, on May 4, a notice on the bulletin are but many. poetry I 0 outstanding ones are getting scarcer and scarc- defeat in true love. Therefore, though "the un- to participate in the May Day parade. It is true Examples of modern at first appears yielding red and green servant" N S er. Below are reproduced complete with works of of earthly lust while wearing a blue jacket. that the band voted against playing for the three major to be a traffic light, it is actually representative activity, but there are reasons behind this other commen- poets, contemporary G T tertes by well-known American critics. The two mentioned death instruments, lemon than the fact that we didn't want to play. F'ir-s't of all, the band, when at full strength, These poems are both typical and outstand- meringue and a ~yst, are taken from Julius has only twelve members. Of these, there were peak, the well known writing, E ing. They represent the height, the which mod, Inside Pompey's Head, and are to be directly nine present when we were asked to participate. be- The View From Caesar's epitome, the pinnacle of perfection of these could not be in the parade Four D ern poetry has advanced up to. connected with assassination. In fact, the author "44 cause of previous engagements-leaving a total conceived of calling poem the had first FROM MY PORTHOLE, MISTILY Tho smrs, B.C.," but later changed it to "Pulp" so as not of five who could play. Much has been said of plays band all with ROTC how badly the Red dwa1'fs and mpergiants, to confuse the reader. twelve member-s. If this is true, what would be WeAgree .••But Are but iridescent The eagle speaks with a Negro accent, natu- the outcome with only five instrumentalists! Re- Ray Stevens in a letter to the Editor this In 'my sumoephere. rally, because he i.s a Negro eagle. The author's gardless of how well tM members can play, five Bitt month has set forth a few of the reasons why YOlt disagreement with anti-desegregation views are of them can't make a marching band. the College Band refused to pai-tictpate in May A11d YOlO' incadesc£nt thus clearly revealed. The question has arisen, "why don't you have Day activities. hulecieioc stratosphere of mind F. OXFORDDALLINGTON a larger organization?" There are reasons for Lake, Switzerland Plasca ll'ill turn a.gain from othe'rs' They're good reasons. Low member ship-c-out- Haunts. I am eure-s- this also. Perhaps foremost is the fact that the dated uniforms--a general lack of student pride But impat'iont. -GUSTAVO DE LA MAR JANE: A TRILOGY band has become worse in the past several years in the band are enough to make the organization How, [or so many year-consuming must years because of the lack of interest of the students, give up in despair. NOTES: Though the meaning, of this. poem A.nd over the day-before months, may the and because of the "joke" that has been made But-we needed the band on May Day. The should be quite clear, there are a few points Night-envisioned wistfnl willow boughs, call to out of it. Also to be taken into consideration is parade, although very good, lacked a certain which I think should be cleared up. Mr. de la a nameless tri.-god. the fact that the band has no decent uniforms. lift that is usually inspired by the band. It's all Mar .wrote this en 1'01tie from Biskra to Tehran A nd again the spikelike sky town liqu.idly The ones worn on Homecoming Day are out of tied up with school spirit which most of us wiII in the autumn of the drought. This explains the Sliding to its chrY8tillin£ oblivion. date, out of style, and most of all, none of them agree is pretty generally absent here. inferences to vast emptiness and desolation, And the -nsumelese tri-god looks, and, havi1!g fit a member of the band correctly. What happened this year is past history. We even though he realizes there is a boundry. looked, looke a_gain. When we did attempt to put on a show at the have a whole new year before us. 'Ve can build 1.2: "dwarfs and supergiants," kinds of W. O. BARRY Homecoming Day football game, we were the a college band if we want to. All it takes is a stars, again demonstrate the filling of a bound, NOTES: Written on the shores of lake wech- recipients of all types of slurs and jokes. This little interest-a little co-oper-ation and a little ed, boundless void. amach, this poem shows the ability of the poet particular incident is only one of many times confidence in those men who pep up the football 1.4.: "atmosphere," or a thickness in empti- to clearly express himself against protestation. that fun-has been made of the band. games and special days here. ness, of course is obvious after a brief glance Though the meaning is obvious, these few points At present, the band is striving for an iru- Let's all get on the "band wagon" (if we're at 11.2,3. I have jotted down will aid in undei-atanding the provement-c-both in getting new members and not being too Professor Hurtish). We can at 11. 6, 7: "tncadescent ... mind" is a refer- poem more readily. new. uniforms-through the administration, but least put forth as good a band as Westminster ence to early Protestantism, as reflected in the 1. You will first note that there are eight we have received no official word on our pro- High, can't we? We're all proud of W.M.C. Resurrection story and in Hosea IV, 6-13 lines to the poem, which represent three-fourths posals as yet. Let's show it! (death and love). of the Twelve Apostles. Is it any wonder that we refused to partici- 11. 9, 10: The poet knows his journey 2. The "nameless tr-i-god" shows the vastness pate in the May Day festivities! Progressive Ch.:ges through the emptiness of the desert, through of the great overgod, limiting the limitless, in RAY STEVENS,'58. life, and the universe's path through space are respect to the completely limitable underbeinga. There'll be some changes made come next fall. sure. He is optimistic about his love and the 3. The word "to," in line 4, as you know, can quently in qxcevations at Tarsus, showing the Perhaps one of the most noticeable will be the earth's and desert's life, but is appalled at the be spelled three ways, referring again to the Pre-Golden Age Greek influence. new men's dorm, Daniel MacLea Hall. minuteness of the Now-the Present. h-i-god. Also, this word ("to") was found fre- DR. J. ARTHURAUTHORBox 23, Oslo, Norway One hundred and forty happy males will now It is hoped that this brief commentary will huve conveniences comparable to those in AI· bert Norman. This, we should think, will be a :i::~:~~li:~';:;;;;:~t~~O:::'~:'~~~:I~P;;:~~;Poetry Once More Abounds' From Those welcome change from the outmoded facilities in :::;:,::,t~o:~~i~,m~o~f~n~:~.m::~.:mi~'I:~:~Who Seek To Express The Spirit McKinstry and Old Ward. The administration isn't making any official way. announcements as to what use the old dorms MORGANF. GILPIN Below we present a poem from an anony- The Green: Cathedral has its faults, as have will be put-but they will probably not be used Lockwood Falls, Mass. mous author whose work arrives at this office my others, but in spite of them it is one of the to house students as was rumored. February, 1955 with a great cloak of mystery about it. There is few for which I have formed a sentimental at- 'A new idea cropped up in a Social Activities PULP a certain pang of guilt in our hearts as we pub- tachment. It has, in fact, become one of my Committee meeting recently. The group was "Fa!" said the eagle on the seat next kim, lish this in its anonymity, for we are depart- dearest friends. I offer it to you now in the hope discussing the promotion of class spirit. Seems Under they passed the unyielding )'cd and green ing from a hallowed journalistic custom in these that it may win a place in your heart also. like the classes here never really work together Servant of hwnanity; parts by so doing. However, there is a certain Whether the poem below is a successful ven- until the junior year and the Follies. The S.A.C. In a fre?12Y, all [our. obligation on the part of a campus newspaper ture in the ballad stanza is problematical decided that a weekend of activities planned by "They's gwine die for thi8," [ierceti the eagle. to encourage as best it can the literary bents of enough. However, if this situation were to be the sophomore class would knit the class togeth- And the first did-perished with the lemon me- its readers, and we are rationalizing. This poem shown in prose, we trust that its good-natured er earlier in the game. Look for it next year. ringue 8ullying his throat; (and its accompanying note from the author) humor would not be lost. All of us know, or have Seems to us that free periods planned for class The 8eeond of his siBte?"S cyst. shall remain-and be published-anonymously. known, this situation in at least one of its meetings ought to accomplish much in this line The third bent double, howit/ter-faeed, his THE GREEN CATHEDRAL facets. There is, first of all, the husband, but also. b)'eatk e1nitting 8ep1l1chral postcards. I knelt beneath the morning star more important, there is the wife. And in spite Saturday night movie.s are to be continued The f01o·th tlwned temlOus away, away b'om hi8 111 the. hU8h of pendi1!g day, of what he thinks he does, the truth of the next year under the sponsorship of the S.G.A. nearest exit. And my heavy heart was weary matter seldom lends him prestige in anyone's The responsibilities in planning and organizing A11d the eagle, an eaglet, said, "Wht~ffof" And full of 101l/ine88. mind other than his own. It is no small accom- 1IOW the movies will fall to the first semester sopho- He did not mtder8tand. I bowed my head a11d tried to pray plishment on the part of the woman who suc- more and second semester freshman classes. -TAQUILLA GIPOS In word8 of other men, ceeds against the authority of the "domineer- This all looks like progress to us and that's March,1955 B~!t I conld not reach that fa?' off God ing" husband, even while he supposes that it is what we like to see. H'-h08e Isle I'd never known. hc who has scored the triumph. NOTES: Although the central meaning of this poem, that life can only be appreciated by those Then I heard an organ playing, A MAN'S A MAN And I slowly raised ?ny head: is obvious, unalive, Circling The Hill must be made clear to the reader: several points Lu! I was in a green cathed1'al A Man'8 a Man whe?~ his life's his own, nt:; longer By William F. Muh/ellfeld The "eagle on the seat" is a quotation from And Matins had begun. Or so my fatAel' told me. He's got to think of hisself, he said, I heard the introit ri8i1!g the 1756 quarto version of "Hartley's Best Dr. Ensor will be passing out a sheepskin Horsemeat Recipes," and symbolizes, of course, Froll! a~e touch of a gentle breeze. He's got to be somewise free. this summer to a grandmother of seven, Mrs. I t swelled in majestic crescendo, Now YO!t take YOl1rmother, son, he said; Emily Miller, who has been a member of the annual functions being in full swing, every- Then faded so softly away, yO!~ know I love her dearly. college community for over two years. The age where one turns something seems to be going As the birds in heavenly choir She's all a man cOldd rtghtly ask, of this woman is not significant to us. What is on. III one direction is Kenneth George Hay- Song in praise of a living God. Bitt one thing she know8 clearly: significant to us is her own personal tribute to ward, otherwise recognized as the Golden Hog, A tall fir was the spi?'e, the value of a college education and the im- who conducts weekly sermons from the rooftop The p,t/pit a grassy hill; Your pa plays poker once a week- portance of being a cultivated person in the of Albert Norman Ward Hall. Recently we Chri8t himself gave the 8ermon T1te8day nights it's been .• world today. This is food for thought for all thrilled to his rendition of Antony's oration. It Once again. from a mountain side. It's like I tell yo~w mother. Bon, of us, and while we are thinking, we may pause is said that if the construction company,work_ Then the sun came up in glory, Gamblin' ain't no sin. and give her the respectful acknowledgement ing on the new dorm allows its giant derrick to Clothing the heavens in splen'dQr, worthy of one who has attained the Bachelor's remain on the premises for another week, he A lId never a man_made window La8t night them down from her qlliltin' club degree. will mount that and speak next time from the Gave sllch honor to the most high. Called he'/' to go a-knittin' highest point in Maryland cast of the Blue A tinkling brook 1'ang out "sanetlls", A nd yow' ma camc up to me and said, With spring being upon us and the-various Ridge mountains. As "Ameli" wa·s m71rmm'ed by lea.ves; Pa, how 'bout baby-sitttn'f And the congregation of Uving things pa play8 pokcr ollce a week- Alan Frederick Laird, otherwise known as llight. THE GOLD BUG. Scratch, may be running for an office politically Rowed its head in si/m!t prayer. So yon know I couldn't do it, Bon, Tuesday WITS my eyes IIp to heaven, IU/ted Offloial .tuden'" ne"'.paper ot Western Maryland Col_ if he is with m; next year. The erstwhile Bache- And a prayer rose "'om my heart, And I didn't want a fight. lege, published "emi-monthly on Tu""dIlY, during Oe!.obt>r. lor says his platform will advocate unlimited Taking with it all of my burden November ~BnUBl'Y. Febrlluy. Maroh and April, and cuts. The meticulous gentleman from the 3rd S() I told her how I felt, y'scr, montllly dllnnll' September, Deeember. "nd M"y. Entered A nd leaving only peace. . A lui she did carry on. 8" oecond elllo. matter at W... tmin.ter Pnot om"". nndu section of Albert Norman has studied the values The 8Un climbed high in t.he heavens, the Act of MBroh 3, 1879. of such a system in actnal practice this semes- !fringing warmth and God's ble8sing8 to earth. She called me ev'1'Y name she ~'new,' Member ter, and is preparing a 200'page report which I r08e and returned to the city, I ,iust listened, son. Associated Col1egiate Press is to be submitted to the Princeton Library and Having visited the Isle of God. Then I called the boys at the fire house the National Archives. A note from the author: And told 'em to come on ill. Just when I fil'St thought of the theme of Your ma, she went to her bee, Lou Ann Bounds has a marriage The Green Cathedral I cannot say, but it was .g: (she's a principal, incidentally) and scheduled with me, a constant mental cobweb, for some Bt~t gamblin' ain't no recently :~~ her colleagues from Blanche Ward gave her a time before it finally matel-ialized into words. So we settled down U1!d 1VC pluyed all night- It is presented here in free verse, the result The kids, they slept 11]>8tairs. '.::';::'!:.~ ::t~:~~. ~~w:::;SW:h!;k:e;t d!: ~:;m O~otht~: of much revision, both by myself and by a very And by and by yew.r ma came home, o Infirmary to the effect that there was chronic c.apable Betty Parsons. (I have often threaten- BlIt we didn't have no careB. appendicitis case in the building which needed ed quite sincerely to make that young lady co- '5S immediate attention. The faithful nurse rushed author of The Green Cathedral, so extensive A man's a man 1j)hen his life's his own. over to the scene of the illness, and when she was her help.) Before' it was completed in free Son, believe 1I01tme, nUSINESS STAFF He'8 got to think of hisself, he has; Busin",!" M"nager_. .. Bob Cru"b. verse, however, it was begun several times in Advert,"ing M"na-ll'er . Earle Finley. :~~ !;u~:~\::sn:a:~;x;o~:p~:~~ ~u~nS~~i:~~;:~~ rhyme, although it was never completed in that He's got to be somewiBe free. Ciroulation __ .. . .Ron Skinner, :n Wilson. E;J