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2 The Gold Bug:Sept. 29. 1959 Student Life Conference 0 0 0 Up And Down Old Main 0 WMC Is-First Rate by Charlotte Prevost • • 0 0 There's not much to my claim to fame - it's a feat that may never Western Maryland College is a be recognized by aNebel Prize, but at the Monday night session of the "Three's ACrowd" may "ring of one aspect of our cam- first rate school! This was the still, to many a co-ed the details. a bell" or paint a new feeling that was received by many picture Student Leadership Conference. The beautiful one hundred acre pus. At this session a representative campus of Western Maryland Col- It was August, a Sunday fine for faculty panel discussed the ques- lege today opens its doors to a rec- golf. After hooking and slicing tion, "new does Western-Maryland ord enrqllment, of nearly seven hun- my way around the Western Mary. College measure up to .comparable dred seventy-five students. This is land "9," r strolled acrose campus small colleges or universities!" The indeed .not unusual as this Meth- to see what was doing. I had panel members were: Miss Martha odist associated campus has been heard that Old Main was being re- Manahan. Dr. John D. Makosky, gre~ting students since 1868 when moved. From a distance, she Dr. Rembrandt D. Summers, Dr. it received its charter. looked the same as ever - a few Ralph B. Price, Mr. Philip E. broken windows, weather beaten enrollment at the As is expected, Uhrig, and Mr. William L. Tribby. College has increased since 1868. walls, and a heavy pigeon traffic to While those on the panel pre- and f,om the towers. As I neared society is putting a tre- Today's sented their views, members of the mendous emphasis upon a college the center of the building I stopped audience were realizing that we do education and a college diploma. short - for the center wasn't the have something- special here; a fac- The end result of this emphasis is middle anymore - it was the end! ~Ity and administration- that is students clamoring to be enrolled There - where gay laughter, genuinely concerned with _the aca- in colleges all over the country. tasty aromas, end post-test moans demic end general welfare f)f each had once filled the air - stood student. They are interested in Western Maryland College for '1 W,.~ YOIJ fEN_ WCULDN'r HANG- A'lJ!JHJ)_ nothing. Building wreckers are prOducing men and women capable the past years has been a college getting better; no longer do they of performing- above the average in with an enrollment of nearly seven THE FACULTY /lUV/Sl,"S' TABl.fS!/f reduce a building to crumbled life beyond the Hill. hundred ·students. It is an insti- ruins - they wisk it away without In an earlier closed session the tution equipped with only two wom- a trace! - same day some question was raised en's and two men's dormitories. It O.1 Bag After trying 1:0 mentally rebuild by those present as to whether or is reasonable to believe that only LETTER ROTC Ma the home of those "majoring in not Western Maryland is a first a certain number of students can g-r-ill," I passed on to the remainder rate school. Some felt that there be "comfortably and adequately" TO THE of the building. The sign on the might, be a need for an evaluating accommodated in the ava!lable Many of our Senior men have door said "U: S. Post Office," but team to visit the college. The-pan- spaces. EDITOR !~!~~n~~xto~:~~es h~~:ha{t~; '1:;:' _\~~:o=~:~to~~~! I~!tt~: :~; el' revealed that such a team had In the present academic year, been on the campus as recently as Western Maryland is playing host Following are several letters re- moved was the office of a certain 1952. Dr.' Makosky related the to approximately one hundred ad- TO: Freshman Advisory Council ceived from one of the guys who is Dean ; I imagined there were thos.e thordUghness of such a teem's ditional students. In attempting Class of'1963 an avid fan of the ROTC Depart- who wouldn't be sad to see those work, and described it as a rather to' accommodate the additional stu- ment. walls and their memories bite the painful exper-ience. He also stated ents, the College has been buay The Student. Government Associ- Place: ROTC Summer Camp dU'st! that Western Maryland had placed "doubling-up" in various rooms; ation wishes to extend- congratula, ~Time: June & July, 1959 The Rec Room was wrecked _ very well at this evaluation. - Suites which were originally des- tions to both the FAC and the Dear Mom, need I say more? When the topic of an honor sys- ignatced as three men rooms, and Class of 1963 for what we consider Everything's fine at ROTC Sum, The quiet coo and flutter of tem was brought up those persons which almQst,;wholly are occupied a successful orientation program. mer Camp. The food is good and I wings lured me through the debris nee- having had courses in the by seniors, are now forced to house It is our feeling that the FAC has get plenty of sleep. I won't be able to the south tower. The doors had physics department may have been toor atudents. These suites come laid well the _foundation for the to' get off this week end because I been rem 0 v e d; the stairway surprised to learn that Dr. Sum- equipped with either two bunk beds freshmen students as they begin have guard duty. stripped of rails. I spied a pigeon mers had been conducting experi- or four single beds, but at present their "Adventure in Building." - Your Loving Son reconnoitering me so I decided to ments with such a system for sev- have only closet space for three With the appearance of new go up before I got bombed out. eral years. The faculty, both thos~ students. ' buildings as the Winslow Student Dear Colonel, I was almost tempted to gather on the panel and those in the audi- In another attempt to make Center and the demolition of tra- This is to let you know that your the eg~ - the dining hall crowd ence, showed a true interest in an room, some two men rooms have ditions as Old Main, the SGA feels students are doing fine at Summer would welcome a new recipe for honor system and its becoming a been selected to house three stu- that the Class of 1963 is on the Camp. I am. unusually busy be- the menu - scrambled pigeon eggs reality for WMC in the near fu- dents. Quite naturally, after a threshold of a unique and fresh cause I volunteer for so many de, or Old Main Omelet. But the first ture. desk, chair, and bed have been experience. tails. I even gave up this coming egg I inspected didn't live up to Although these are but two moved into the "new" three men You of ' the Class of- 1963 join week end for a special detail, dining hall standards - in fact, it points of the discussion they are rooms, I shouI'd imagine that "ex- others of your own position in col- A fellow officer wasn't alive at all . .. ' neserthelesa areas in which we as cellent study conditions plus an Tbose birds were talented - the students may feel that no headway abundance of space" must prevail! leges and universities throughout Dear Honey, upper suites of the tower were dec- What you make of the I'm sorry but I won't be able, to the world. is being made. Any person at- More pointedly, we may observe opportunity is entirely upon your see you again this week end be- orated with sketches - but per. tends this meeting or who talks to haps I'm giving the pigcons too girls' dorm. eemeone who was present will an instance in the been created shoulders. cause Uncle Sam has made other much credit. Those drawings were I tried painting plans for me. have rooms Here, realize that this is not the case. from former wash rooms. These As we embark-on the academic my- definitely not in the Ave class. 'Western Maryland is physically newly converted rooms, like the year 1960, we urge the Class of self olive drab and imitating the Finally I reached the last row of sounds of a tank, but I stiJl draw moving- and preparing for the fu- men's dorm, do not have the proper 1963 to step forward, educate all the raw details. steps; a scratching and fluttering ture. This movement' is readily wardrobe space. Similarly, the themselves, and in doing so, build told me I was not alone. This seen in Winslow Student Center, girls' wash rooms do not contain a n unforgettable "adventure." Your sweetie-pie paragraph could describe the view Baker Memorial Chapel, and the drying facilities. For once you ascend to the top Dear Sam, .from the top of the tower - the plans for the new library. These floor, you should have left behind The Army is the most chicken beauty Qf the hills and the per- physical advancements 'are the After having on its hands more you an institution which abounds outfit I've ever run into. This week spective of the campus from that foundations for use as tools in students then it was able to hQuse, with innovations and improvements end I got stuck with the delightful height,_but why be superfluous? keeping our ~hool first iate. It is the College, finding itself in an -innovations and improvements duty of guarding two guys who are My investigation CQmplete, I re- nQW up to us to create and main_ "unpleasant position," made an ap. you built and made. guarding the Army's most prized traced my tracks down the rickity tain 'a campus tone or attitude that peal to the community of Westmin- Sincerely, possession-the clean latrine. The stairs leaving the dust' to settle is also first rate. This tone or at- ster. Graciously, families of West- Army may travel on its stomach, back and the pigeons to roost for a titude was well exhibited at the minster responded and we find that Norman and Donna but it sure sits on a spotless head. few final hours - befQre Old Main first Qf last week. We must realize a small number of men and women SGA Your teed-off buddy followed me - to the ground. that this is an important tool in students are living "off-campus." an honor system and in other de- However, this seems to run con- aired advancements becoming reali- on page ten of the College Bulletin. Weighty Words 01 Wisdom_ WELCOME, trary to the thought which appears ties Ilnd a part of every day West. ern Maryland. H'ere it is stated that: Lines composed while cooking, As Dr. Ensor stated in clQsing PerstnUJ enrolling at the Col- To the dass of 1963: the cQnference, "You are now on lege are required to live in the washing, cleaning, and thinking of Welcome to the "Hill"! It is in_ top of the mountain of advance __ dm-mitories unless residing my daughter who was so recently deed a pleasure to be able to wel- and who now g;__ ment as the conference has set the with parents or immediate just a little girl come the Class of '63 to Western that to tone." Each individual must con_ entering college: Maryland. I feel certain tinue in this direction in order that relatives. This provides a all uppere1assmen it seems but yes_ what has been gained will not be more Ulm'fiedcampus communi- terday that we were in your place. lOst. If not for the class-of 1960, ty and ?nakes possible an en- Jh~tv~f:1~;'8W!r1:~JI~~cZ!/!tur~~say? Those of us who are seniors find it for that of '61. The GOLD BUG vironment where education is Except what hcontradiet.the an open statement earlier about However, it is hoped committee. Tom ,A-lbertson that the listing. of the known facts If things of yottrs are. neatly put away, mind, but further investigation Editor-In-Chief You'll know just where they (!.r6 another day. should reveal that it docs not. It Ronald Harman will caution those who. render the And friends who visit you will Boon decide is merely a guard against being Business Editor "educated guesses" as to how many That girls - not porcineB _ in that room abide! swayed before knowing the -facts. .EDlTO~rAL STAFF of those students accepted will ac- While here take advantage of all tually enroll and attend Wesh;rn you" will go far me," "Thank Maryland. A,. "Please," "Exeuse the kind of girl you arc, that the college has to offer. You in should seek the extracurricular To tell your friends Considering the Age we live in, FtYr courtesy is not a thing apart, it! proper perspective. Here will it is the feeling of this editor he And gracious ~nners 'speak a gra.citlus heart. be fQund much that will greatly en_ would be- branded "idealistic" rich your campus life, but never should he propose that Western deny tM academic for this activity. Maryland remain a small cGllege Be generous, considerate of all, It should appear that I propose with an enrollment of 700 students. If Y0lt would go through_life and have a.. ball. a sort of happy medium, and· this is BUSINESS STAFF However, it woud be practical for Be helpflll amd a good sport all the wh1l6 true. A well planned and rounded and foe alika you wiU beguile. And friend Adft'r'tu.lnlr Manag .... William Kerbin him to second a Leadership Confer_ four years on the "Hill" with the E:!;eh.nlrc Sandra Eutwood ence proposal that Western Mary- Ci ...... I.tlOll __ - ..~_ John Long weight on the academic should be Photolrraph,. Hcnrietta; EMom land not attempt to increase her en- One thing we hav·f.lnot. mAlntioned yet is work. four that will live-in YQur-memory Advioor lU." Nancy Winkelman rollment until she is able to "com- Naturally, we urge you not to shirk. forever. 6i..llfti.nt ~ Dr. Wenner fortably and adequately" house her Each day's assivnment fuUy done amd mortl, Sincerely, existing family. CWP Will Boon to higher learning ope' the door. Tom L. Albertson