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The Gold Bug, Dec. 12, 1958 The Spirit Of Christmas One Of The Herd Diffuses Over He pulled up his horse to sit and ,0 Town And Country watch the stonn clouds scud across of the tips of range lower the mountains. he sat there, As garbled bit of Robert Frost ran a " ... feeling of Christmas," echo the music of the piece, through his mind: "My little horse "Silver Bells." Surely, the Christmas spirit is in the air. must think it queer to sit and Department stores, decorated in the traditional Christmas watch the woods fill up with snow." hues, are now open every evening to meet the demands of And he cursed Robert Frost, he the rushing public; placards reveal legibly that only ten shop- cuursed knowledge, he cursed the ping days remain 'til Christmas; the tots are busy trying to be mind that had placed him in the good so "Ole Saint Nick" won't forget them; while their par- middle of God's forsaken nowhere ents are busy fulfilling their child's Yuletide wishes. sitting on a gaunt, under-nourished horse on the twenty-fourth of De- Churches, too, display the Christ- cember in the year of our Lord one mas spirit. Altars are beautifully The Power thousand nine hundred and fifty- adorned with poinsettias, candles eight. and other decorations. Pageants, To Persuade Having spent his curses, he dis- plays and the Bible recreate the mounted and leaned his' back old, old story of the nativity. The against a tall, stately pine tree and organ in crescendo with a full choir Newspapers are, today, the es- mused for a moment upon the and a joyful congregation sing the sential in the development of the events of the last few years. He glories of the wonderful birth of concept "freedom." Newspapers pushed his hands into his pockets Christ. particularly have carried the as if he could make the heat from Western Maryland and other standard for freedom long before his body warm the logical coldness campus communities catch the we existed as a united nation. of his mind. Recently, he had be- "He leaned hiJJ back against a tall stately pine tree." spirit with its varied activities, In 1690, the first American news- gun to have. doubts. It seemed both secular and sacred. paper was published. Today, the that no longer were his convictions spoke He often to of his her Individual homes take on the Uhited States has nearly 2000 absolutely true. He knew, of views Df the influx of the herd on horse too must die. familiar glow. Holly, mistletoe, daily papers at the beck and call course, that what he had proposed civilization as their relationship and wreaths are displayed on ,~in_ of the public. to do would not be correct for the deepened from mere acquaintance- He had ridden for hours it dows and doors. Christmas trees The public has found the news- rest of mankind, or the herd, as he ship at the football game. She seemed. The snow, still threaten- in full array with multi-colored paper to be their voice of expres- often referred to them. To deter- taught at the local high school and ing, now and then tried to give the balls, lights, and silver tinsel soon sion. They can rely on the news- mine why he had followed the during the spring afternoons she allusion of a blizzard. Although shall be a quasi-permanent make, paper to furnish them with the course that he had pursued would graded papers as they sat by the far from home, he still could pick up of family living rooms. Soon, necessary infonnation to discuss a be as easy as determining- why banks of Lake Carnegie while the out landmarks and only the strong- est fear kept him guiding his horse too, mail boxes will be bulging with point or to capture the advantage. Martin Luther had turned from his scientist was submerged by the Christmas greetings from friends Newspapers are not the mere ex- pilgrimage up the steps of Saint poet.' Long hours were whiled away from home. and relatives. Even the crisp win- pression of a group of people who Peter's or w"hy Socrates had will- away as they watched the varsity Breaking out of the underbrush ter air with its occasional snow comprise the staff; nor, is it the ex- ingly taken the hemlock. crew row a million miles to no- he came into a glade between two flurries contributes to the prevail- pression of the person known as where within the confines of the rock outcroppings. Suddenly, he ing atmosphere. the "editor." It is an attempt to Lawrenceville. It seemed a long little lake. was confronted by an old cow. Scarred and mud-incrusted, the new As thls spirit prevails, and the present the ideas of the public rime-ago that he boisterously clam- Graduation; the wedding; the mother stood warily in front of the bells proclaim the birth date of the through the media of communica- bered over the narrow streets of graduate assistantship; all merely small calf that lay at he'r feet. He Christ-child, may we, amidst thjs tion. that little town, the little one stop- contributed to his unspeakable ter- recognized her as part of his ranch fury of exchanging and opening History supports this view. light town that had! been his home ror. The power for the destruction stock, stock that was scattered all Christmas gifts, pause and remem- What better example than the sen- for four short years. He remem- of itself resided within the human over the terr-itory. She bawled ber the greatest gift ever given- sationalism of 1898, prior to the bered how he had often gotten off race. Over and over this proposi- once plaintively and then continued that which God gave to all the outbreak of the Spanish-American the bus that brought them from the tion floated through his mind. And her inspection of him. world. What greater gift-than War. Then the newspaper of a train and walked in the first gate_ over and over again the same In order for him to continue in Christ Himself. CWP contemporar-y and successful edi- and up the long curving drive as answer came back. Flee, Flight, his original direction it was neces- tor, meeting the demands of public he thought, "Here is my home. this Hide, but where? clamor, goaded the "peace-loving" is where I am safe." The trips to It was then that an event took sary for him to move the cow that Another Man's United States President, W:illiam his parents were usually abortive. place that he regarded at that time was blocking his path. He waved Christmas McKinley, into a war. He realized even then that he was as a great bit of luck. A friend of his hat to spook her when, without she charged. warning, His horse During the Civil War, the Con- in the way. his father's was willing to let him squealed and as he turned, his hind If a person were to remain on federate hierarchy sponsored or- It was during his senior year at buy, for a reasonable sum, a cattle feet slipped on the icy ground. the Western Maryland campus for ganized attempts to capture Union Lawrenceville in the chemistry ranch out on the other side of some- The cow hit directly in back of the a day or even several hours follow- publications in order to learn of laboratory with "Doc" that he where. He knew that if he and cinch and somersaulted over the ing the close of school on December troop movements and military thought he had found the answer his wife were not to be engulfed sprawling horse. Pinned under- to the riddle of his life and what 19, he would witness a strange preparation of the Yankees. Now and destroyed by the terrible herd neath the falling horse, he had phenomenon. The campus, at one during the twentieth century, 50 he should do with it. Here in the he must find a place of isolation time only to loosen his rifle from moment alive and blustering with million people await the "familiar- world of circling protons and elec- and security. And so they came its scabbard as the cow came hook- activity, Suddenly dies. By three thud" against the door signifying trons, mixtures and compounds, he to the wilderness. ing down at him. The bullet took fitted too in the afternoon all is fairly quiet, the delivering of the daily news- felt that he arrangement into the Then, it had seemed a great idea; her in the head and she slid to a schematic of I the and by five hardly a student is to paper. now, as he stood dejectedly in the leg-splayed stop. be found. Eleven o'clock finds the The power to persuade and so- world. During long discussions shadow of the tall pine, he won- He picked up his hat, slapped it with "Doc," as they worked over night watchman making his rounds lidify the opinions of the public is dered. He wondered if he had against his leg and surveyed the to the empty buildings. The dorms certainly embodied in the make-up the intricate equipment needed to been right to turn his back on eiv, little calf. Indecis ion swept are dark; the only lights are those of the paper. Since the 1735 trial produce this gas or that compound, ilization. He wondered if life it- through his mind. With the old found in the President's and the of the editor, Peter Zenger, who he found answers to many of the self was worth the constant pur- cow the urge to protect had been Dean's houses. The life of the col- was bold enough to print a possible questions that troubled him, suit. The fear that had hung over greater than the urge to survive. lege, the student body, has gone. concensus of opinion concerning And then it was time to enter him ali his life now seemed to en- How easily he thought, she could Western Maryland is now dead. the governor of the state of New Princeton. Often times as he velop him in its dark folds. He have run away and let me go on as Why picture Western Maryland York, the potency of the paper can walked along Nassau Street he felt knew now what he must do and he I was. Go on to eternal nothing- in at the library as being dead? Because it is a be measured. like not turning on, on the five or so chose to ride into the mountains ness. And he shuddered. but walking place with which we as students Though it is seldom colleges and into the fury of the storm where He thought of how foolish the are all familiar. It is not difficult small institutions. as western miles to Lawrenceville where he days hence his body might be cow had looked as she somersaulted for us to conceive of it deserted and Maryland have men as Joseph would be back in the well-known found. There would be enough over the horse. And he laughed. surroundings. desolate. Pulitzer, Charles Dana, and Wil- well scholastically Although he did provisions for his wife until spring He laughed a confident, strong at Princeton, he Now place yourself back on the liam Hearst as members of their when unable to continue her exist- laugh that echoed through the campus. The date is December 24, newspaper staff, the basic ideas seemed to be overshadowed by this ence she would return to her par- eternal hills. Picking up fifty foreboding or fear, a subtle gnaw- these men to suc- which hastened and it is seven in the evening. You cess, can be an integral part of the ing at his being. The knowledge ents. pounds of calf in his arms he are standing on the road in front campus "publication. Printing all that he gained d:i9. little to dispel He caught the reins of his little mounted and turned back for the of Old Main. It is cold, and a stiff this feeling and did much to refute horse and stepped to the saddle. ranch with the finest Christmas de- wind is blowing. The clock in the the news that is printable, of the his former learning. He had been He felt somewhat sorry that the present his wife would ever receive. veloped in the best interest grille and the night light in the reading public, might well serve as fearful at Princeton but his fear book store are the only lights. did not equal the nameless agony of There are big shadows showing the a fundamental principal in the pub- terror that overshadowed him as he lication of this issue. outlines of the buildings. Cold and stood resting his angular frame I A LINE FROM ROOM 29/ Only if you as our critics and lonely isn't it? public, continue to read, broaden againts the tall pine tree. Imagine now that you are in Germany. Here too it is seven in your views, and express your opin., the evening on December 24. In- ions, can the GOLDBUG dare exer- She appeared at a football game. I op~n~~s~n;.a:q~~~~h ;~ndd;~e :~~n~t:~:de:~~~~~r~~to ~ri~:fr ~te:r~:~ cise the freedom granted it to reach stead of standing in front of Old the plateau of potency coveted by Of course, she just didn't appear. man's eyes. Hanging the bells from the balcony in front of McDaniel Main you are in an open jeep. You A friend of his, one of the members offers great opportunities for sight seeing. Blanche Ward is really a and your buddy are on patrol. Up editors in newspapers circles. CWP of his club, had escorted her to the Christmas fairyland. Even the McDaniel girls are talking about how . and down the narrow road that separates the East from the West ~~~!~!~g~:e i~n~a~~~ ~~r:h~r ~:~~ ~Ii~: i;rl:~Sto ~:i~~u~~ ::~~~ ~tsO~~~;~s ~~~n~~:~~~r~~~s O~r~h~!~er you drive for long hours. Cold and GOLD BUG tents of a forty dollar genuine calf- * * •• lonely isn't it? skin covered imported flask. Now move to Korea; the time is He hadn't wanted to go to Pal- The room across from 29 1$ blXUJting two somewhat dr(}{)py ChristTI'UUJ the same, December 24. The same mer Stadium that day. It was very trees.(?) One iJJ situated in a half gallon of cider left over from Hallow_ picture is also present here. A seldom that he went to the football sea. The second i.g thriving on aged orange juice. They aren't so patrol, an Anny camp, or a ready ~~es,,!~: ht:;~~~~ n;:r~';;~ tot~~~' pretty, but they're the h~ppies; tree: on !he Iw;ll! room. Bl~k long hours remain standard. Cold and lonely isn't it? "rah rah rahhed" for the Tiger. The Christmas spirit is hitting the professors. They seem to be I could continue along these same Member It was rather strange that he particularly adept in the spirit of giving-giving tests. Why is it that lines, but I do not believe it to be Associated Collegiate Press should have met her on that par- when visions of sugar plums dance in your head, the profs decide that necessary. All over the world on Subscription Price $2.00 a Year t.icular- afternoon. Perhaps she they must be replaced by. Euri~edes .and != ~A? Christmas day there will be Amer- was the catalyst that triggered the ican service men and women; who, Albert T. Dawkins, Jr. reaction within his mind for it was Speaking of the spirit,_.a, group of girls and boys wearing party hats if not both cold and lonely, will be, Editor-in-Chief that very after-noon in the midst of held a mistletoe practice in the G?ille ltut week. I'd like to know what for sure, lonely. These men and Robert Fothergill I the cheering, screaming, yelling the faculty was thinking. Maybe they'll take up the idea and make it a women while not always serving by Business Manager crowd that the culmination of tradition/ their own choice are nevertheless EDITORIAL STAFF years of anxiety was reached. Ellen Riehmond forced to be away at Christmas. New. Editors JOB"a~t,,~!afr~';.~ Only that morning he had been Any noise heard in the dorm, if it isn't typewriters or radios, is liable It has not been my purpose to seek AIIS't. New. Editors __ working in the laboratory with a to be the furious clicking of knitting needles. I noticed the longest pair solutions to any world problems; Donn .. King substance that if uncontrolled could of argyles I've ever seen lying on my desk. My roommate must know a instead it has been to make the destroy mankind. It had never ac- kangaroo. reader aware of these men and tually occurred to him until that Rosy-cheeked girls have been coming into the donn with ice-skates their fate. moment as the crowd cheered and slung over their shoulders. The duck 'pond is usually crowded with kids On December 24, at seven o'clock, howled at an orange and black clad showing off their ability or inability to cut a figure eight. Somehow the take time from your joy and re- figure who attempted to protect a art is less important than the brisk air and opportunity for relaxation. member these lonely men. In your practically worthless piece of pig- If you own a pair of ice skates, remember to put them in the car on the mind return to the cold windy Typing Editor __ ._ Ann Kinney skin that these same members of way back from Christma: vac:tion.* the herd were the ones who ulti- BUSINESSSTAFF front of Old Main with which we ~~*~~~~~~~~r:!~~ are all familiar, and here breathe mately would control the fate of As a reminder, girls, open house is this Sunday. Rocnn 29 will go a prayer for these men and for a themselves and their contempo- through It complete cleaning, due to my partner's annbition. So have someday peaceful world. TLA raries. It was then tbat he knew them neat for toot day anyhow, and make sure the Chrntmp.s spirit u he must run. snuggling in the corn.ers as well as the re8t of the room.