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GjThe Gold Bug, Feb. 25, 1966 The Free System Great Comic Revival Turns UpMARVEL-ous Gems n~'m;~';:::~~ 1,,~NewBreed OfSuper-Heroes Storm College Sc' ene Don't let it get you till you define for yourself what this last ;::!t::,:~n;~,~~';;::hH~,~:\~:;:,~::,:mw;~;t~;n within the system that we arc part of. When the system doesn't move, it is dead. We need not concern ourselves, however, so much with death by Ca?'Y 1VolfBon as what has a chance to be born. Social criticism is a strange would rot my mind, rob me of The Communicator distinctly mentioned the overwhelming animal. We are constantly my money, and turn me into a presence of middle class values and ideas at western Maryland. knocking, ~either in print or young delinquent. Is it any He read us welL The middle class values and ideas are not in verbally, conformity, non-con- wonder, then, that I feel kind of themselves a problem, but when that is all that exists or when formity, college students, high- guilty now when I sneak down they dominate the college community as they do here, there is school dropouts; modern art, to Myers' grocery store and little change or growth from within the community. The com- passe art, TV, the movies, plop my twelve shekels on the And where do these the Sub-Mariner, l\I a I' vel '8 munity includes the fraternities, sororities, religious organiza- PLAYBOY, Ladi68' Home Jour- counter for the latest issue of cats at Marvel get in? smash hits are the members of tions, S.O.S., athletic teams, GOLD BUG, etc. nal, Communists, Republicans, Spide'l-man or The F-antastic All-American Superman the "new breed"; and para- Those men who participated in the Dean's Workshop openly and even social criticism itself. FOlt1'? Yet, incredulous About' mount among these are the discussed the present Fraternity system. Proposals are being Every important thing society may seem, college Thing and Spider-man. made to the J.F.C. The dialogue which took place was the newest turns out quickly finds itsclf a throughout the country 'It's Clobberin' Time' idea to come along fraternity row in years. It was the Dean's, slew of knowing detractors. acting this same Thing, a member of the Fan- but we are the ones who must give the proposals dimension by Certainly this is all well and month. tastic Foul', is a singularly her- living out what we so fluently verbalize, Brotherhood. The pro- good, but perhaps we are over- Hip cartoonist rible looking, but lovable crea- posals are not going to confront the fraternity men with the cru- looking a group of people who in the New York turc, whose clarion cry, "It's cial question of identity or do anything significant toward ending a.re closer to the pulse of .the ria- imo Sunday magazine, Clobber-in' Time!", can warm what the Dean alluded to at the opening of the workship "I do bon than any of us reahze., Ym·k, says, "To know the heart of a Marvel reader, not see how we can survive any longer what we have endured the 'Put Down That Junk!' pel' of a nation's people, friends he is still "bash- past 2 or 3 weeks and that hasn't been much different from the I can remember settling down not to its sociologists; Ben Grimm," ev- past 2 or 3 years." (See page 3 letter to the editor). to a relaxing issue of Snpel'- its junk." The comic the cosmic rays The Dean is certainly to be praised for his initiative in call- mCL1!, only to hear mother's scapegoat of gave the other members ing the workshop. The proposals are promising and they will un- booming, "Put.down that junk parent at one F. F. their amazing pow- doubtedly maintain and probably "improve" the status quo. But and come to dmner!" I recall has turned him into some- we can't depend on other people to make us grow as individuals I and fraternity men. It must come from within. Growth must come from within and doesn't mean always doing the same things, and meeting people "just like us." In the Spanish language, the verb crecer- means to grow out of, to develop from within and connotes the responsibility of the person or thing in question to establish and strengthen itself. Crecemiento is active, inner directed growth. Students, here, are not free to grow out of themselves. We bring to the campus the experience of our childhood and adoles- cence and meet, live and study with people from similar back- grounds and who have had similar experiences. Nothing new comes from this type of community. If we can't grow out of what we bring here, then we ought The following is the continua- reading to stay in our eastern shore village or Big Town U. S. A. I don't tian of a (vI'e-planned) two The prophets were int,mpt"ldiffi,ult mean escape from or cast off ties with the family and hometown, part seriee of articles concern- by a Reality whose but a person is not alive if he doesn't extend his own inner life illg "TIw Death of God." felt constrained to par-t of some Rube Goldberg- hIS safety, Pete (who IS all beyond the confines of his background. Crecemiento. The clusters D. C. There was no speculation as to like masterplan HIS dialogue thumbs) sewed himself a cos- of fraternity men are one glaring indication of the stagnation You have got to admit that his life and death, but simply was rarely more literate than tume. which might ~ot, as ~he within our own lives. I do not mean to say that fraternities are theology is exciting. Eor in- the response, "The Lord has that you hear on the Batman budding Batman seid, "str.lke detrimental to a man's life and growth. No! am I saying that a stance the death of God contro- spoken; I now must speak." TV show, and it seemed terror into the hearts of crrm- ~~~~u~:~:~:sld:o~:~~~b~:~~~~it~u~~~eb~~~~~n;ss!~~:~ t~i;~:)~: ~~~:ro~a:b~~fe~~~re! ~~~e pd~:t ~ha~ ~~~~s ;~:: \~~~k~i~~::~~~~~ ~~~p?~!ys::r~~ ~:~o~lee:et . ~~~S';e~~'~ i~if~O\:h~js:~ ~~ojnt~ freedom in thought and action within the lives of those of us in six months than anything in in all. hlstory-;-"the Beyond in ty from the' problems ..than JoseP.h fraternities and those outside of fraternities. the past six years. The whole the midst of life" (Bonhoeffer} Lane (and ':Yoss.allan." He ~s Even in my summer experiences with the S.O.S. it was evi- debate has been a kind of wit- -and that "knowledge of God" ed why he even with gl~'l problems, ?IS dent that our service team was not flexible in terms of adaptabil- ness to the life, vitality, and wa~ not a top-of-the-head theo- somehow Superman's m.terfere.s wIth ~t;;:~e!: !::~~~as~en~:~~S;n~1~~~ ~~~I~h'~~ ~:edpt~w:~a;t~~t;:' pr~:~:~ ofG~e~ram;~fthus'has ~~gl~:lr~at!~~h~~~O~O;~r;; d~~:~ ;~n~~~el~i~~t:~~~t it hIS \~'!~ldl~~~~~ Creative ideas were sometimes discarded because of our need to said that "any assertion of the cern, i.e., "Jearn to do good, seek the advent of Camp, overprotective maintain our rigid structure. absence of God and _even fur- justice, and correct opprcssion." which has suddenly Spidey (all Boyd came from out there and hit us hard. One student said, ther of his non-existence among (Isaiah 1:17) cient comics the . .guYs pIck up ai- "it's. p.a~he.tic that we were so starved for him." The Dean took the ph;!,omcna of ,the world is Where Is God? ~trict.ly for . ~c~~:ml~~~ o~~~ the lmtlatlVe to call·the workshop and get us together. We un- dialectIcally confronted by~the On the basis of this . "on IS thfl~ .'. 1 f ~. t- d . SO.I0 doubtedly learned some new ideas. But the movement, growth, equal assertion of his presellce." clue whe)'e is God to good. H: IS . I II 0 d neUl.?~~1i t~)es~lO~ crecemiento, must come from within and manifest itself by active This controversy affords us the tOda'y? -Would he not be in the All-AI~lencan I. wo~ er~ d,,,1 e v.:or ~~i~~IJ:e~~:~ ,~g~!~ ~!n~~~~eo~rs:~v~~n~:sSm;~tehm~~!ththaen;y!t:::;I?r:~~t~~~:to point to the real- ~~~~Iw~i,g~~: ~r:::):~;n~r~;:;~~ ~\~i~~.~~ai~~.a;~ea~out 85. . evel .un?~:: 'e: -A Re~d with what has a chance to be born. I 1. A healthy antidote to the urban LId )'uI'al gh~ttos, politi- c~r~lllly never catch t-h)~ guy ThIS IS the real natlve charm ~============~==~D~C=~d,~a~th~o~f~G~O'=th~eo~,og~Y=i,~a=re- ~::ars~~~.'t an~v~~~e;:~ce .~~~~: vlslt~~~,;~:t~I::~'i8ticated ~~a~hes~~I~:~I~~-:e)'(e;~pe~~t:~). J - needs to b~ done and ex loita- ~h!s IS ~vhel'C' Stan ?rchetypes, they. are patterned Biff! POW!! Zoom!!! Will He Make It? tion is being alle.viated1. p ~!i~ll~'.cO~:~~:~-~he:~ got ~o~~:nn~~~I~fel':.I~;dL;::~s:~~ of "what transcend the Mickey th'" and "you . 2. Anothel: eVlden~e o~ the tions ' Don't He Always? hfe of God III our ~l?St IS the foul fiend!", Marvel heroes will i Q.-appeal of the D. C. , • ;All:bl;U~~~~~l~~;~t!~: ~:~s~~: f:~:1~7Sf~i~;~m~~~~~~b~~ct\'~~~ P~I~~I~~~ra;h: ~~:; ;:;~ Holy Ashtrays Yes • pn:se~ce of rcconClhng lov;. often spout off on contemporary If you have a good In thisb~r;'ofc~:::nism and ;::~t:;Ut~:n~~le:;~~on ~~ih:: t~~! ~:sir~no~;g tht;ir t~i~e~:I~in~f w~~~ ~~~lt~b;~? a:i:n:~i~o:bin~S~~~!if ~~ai~l~~el't~el'~;~ I~:ti!;:;O~~p:ning,~a~;~,,~u:o"~:,':~w~ar~ espionage, crime and juvenile student lounge on Wednesday II the mayo~ of Gotham City. Sec- ar: d by dOd ng so, .destroy them, 8e1'Ve1', ". '. ~fte\' twent~-five the grocery story and. pick up delinquency is there no one to and Thursday nights and you onds after sliding down the Bat_ WIthout es~roYlng Its elf. years of wntmg for ComICS I a few Marvel Mags (If you're ~:~~mf:~egi?du:~C~; AI~et~~:ec~~ :~~~i;rvar~:I:;~~:!V~ It~: S;~t~ ~Z!:s ;;u:~eee:'e;;il~~n~e;!~l ~:~~ :.~:~~~~r G~~ISisIO.;~es~~~.s ~~ i\'~~o~~~~~~vitl~stco~~~~~c:~roe:~ ~~~~l~. ~~ru~~lo~i%it P~ly:~; one who remains t~ue to his be- man the champion ~f right and man and the Boy Wonder' zoom have not t.-:k.enserIously enough what they are today, the public cultural enlightenment stops liefs in justice, equity, and the the ~courge of eviL off in their nuclear-powered ~1~eov:d);~o~;\O~o~f:~~ ~~os\~~~~is more hi~ tha~ ev~l' before. wit~ Superm~n and B.atman, or, ba~ic ~alue. of man as a hum.an Always with him is Rob.in, Batca~ t?ward the town. loves is born of God and ~!~:ac~~I~~I~eO:~p~?;;il~:~~?~ff- w:~s'~e~~t'~;;~:l~e~:;~~r t~ats: bemg. Thmg,s d~ look black Ill_ the. Boy Wonder, the persomfi- V)llalns Harass Batman God. He who does The Marvel Comics Group ~ive 'em a read. It'll do yoJr ~I~:dfa~~to~o~~it;~s~: t~~~e ~~ ~~~:~~.o~~~:~~ 1~~:~;:Yh~~ ai:~ Ca~~:CI:~la~~~s:~~~s \~~~~la;~; ~:ve:_,.n(\kJnoo~~ runs the gamut from the su~ soul good. one man shlllmg like a hght. tenhons are better than hiS ac- have to contend are geniuses in not a I, I £. ,L 111 f). house through the. gloom,. a ti.ons, Rnd he freque~tly gets their own right. (No one but a cality of what it means to be ':ISenueli'!l l(eVlews rtOy.: with nIl the one charged beac~:mof truth, Jus~lce and In- h~mself find Batman lnt~ ve~y a mastermind could invent tegnty. We need hlm, and we difficult spots. But he IS stlll huge spring to catapault him- person. . b AIO"n#-e ~lIte'/lAt "lIftrty" need h~~on~:~his Man? ;~~n~n~~~ ~:: :tr~~gtOg;7:i~~ ~~~ll~V~~th~S~~d~V:~~i~:i~~oUt~~ Th ?;d.IS ~v~?:her: ,no dOf. e "~ "'''l(j t Who is this man? Just ask hand of Batman, his develop- handle). When the irresistible f ;1;0~~, IS .' \ &~ rklJ fn y on~ of his millions of fol_ m~t ~s ~otieeable. h force meets the immovable ob- t~~·~ity,lnCo;eeSO~:\II;~, an Ia- by Larry EiJ;enberg theater. The melodious effect a~~e:~/~~e c~~s~~~ c:~t~ thua~ Dyn:~rc ~~oa~;a=::r~~nt~~et i~ ~~t~:;~:s;v~s=it:o~~~nr~~;~hb~! ~aevne~~~':e~:;:~~a;i:~~' our "The ~irthd~y Party," by by no means detracted from the =================~~ liable to blow up in the faces of ing relationships, and Hal'old Pillter IS an odd brand play, h?wever. On ~he con- THE GOLD BUG i~:ti~~t:~p~dny Et~~:reneurs of ~ii:!~:~~i:n~~~~i;~~~~~~v~;, ;:~~ ~[o;h~/n~~~. e.~oo;~~;th~~I~~~~~ ~:~~;;'~I'_;~os;a~:ne ath:;n~;~~~r; . Poor Batman! onciliation is needed and is tak- antics o~ l'ldlculous banten.ng cont~asted and magmfied the publi~~!:~t~i~!~~~l; ~~w~ia:; f;0~Vs!:~~m~~r~~~0~g~01~1!;: In fact, that is precisely v:hat jng place1 ~~nn:e~~~~. P~?I:nan!I~:eOC~~~~ ~)I~:~~~:ndertones that kept ap· Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Westminster, happens every -Wednesday mght 3. Man is the question about fate "Yes It's Very Nice" lI1aryiand 21157, under Act of March 3, 1879. ~~y8~~nd~:1;~:~y~a~~:nth:!~ ~~~ i~hue:e~W;u~~s:n~h~r~~:~~ rie~j,~h~~:~~n~~n ;ho:s:~~e \~~;hThe acting j~bth I :nt ~ateJ~ SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $3.00 A YEAR se.lv~s in an im~ossible fix, and tion. o.f. transcendence and never more than a slight pause :~~~. ws:~n~neT~e :ontr~l ea~h DAVID CARRASCO ~~Ii~o:~ot~fe/~;~U~o~;;stomfiu:~, ~o:~)~~~I;rin~~swt~oleness. to 100t~e~oc~:~~~,aO\lt~~i~at~~: ~~::~a~~~ t~:db~~~~g r:;~~~~~: Editor-in-Chief out wha,; fate WIll come to t~e questIOn of " voices would have made the trip ~.:;~:~~d ~r~a~t1tm~~n a~::~~~~ ~~~!;~;on~n~~~~elf. fir~!Ss~~~iC::::veen Meg ~~enCi~n~~:resh~~ebc:~o~~h:C~.\~t ALICE CHERBONNIER I'IIanaging Editor ~~blihees~;Jt ::~~l;"th~h:l:etc~~: F~;~tha::u:::su:~~u::s Pdee~~ht~v:t orO!aebl~nt~~: to ;g::i~l°!~edit must be given DOROTHY ATTRIDGE th.e questJOns that prey up~n the swer has beell given, that There was a rapid-fire to Kate Wilkinson, who played Business Manager mmds of every Batman Viewer, ~'ond the experience of back and forth that lost that delightful dolt Meg who Sherry Joslin Joyce Ferguson which can only be resolved by ence and all semblance of human conver- twittel'ed about th~ stag~ like Harold Marks William McClary the next night's tension-filled is order sation. It becanle more like a parakeet on the loose, uncon- ,News Editors Feature Editors drama. bility of two brass instruments drolling scious to anything but her own Ronald Boone And you can never guess how Langdon off about the "corn flakes and wings. As far as the acting Sports Editor the Dynamic Duo will meet the argument God is Dead fried bread." As a matter of goes, the only things that Publishing Editor: Donald Heath. challenge. Perhaps Batman will theology." fact, when the other characters bugged me were the voices of Assistant Editors: Susan Mason, Da.id Harper, Cary pull something from his utility The qtl.estion of meaning. the got into the act (cach with a Goldberg and ]\fcCann. Gold- 'Volfson, Paulette Arnold, 'Valter Michael, Nancy belt which will rescue them. Or presence of reconciling love, distinctly different voice qual- berg either looked too Jewish Brown. maybe he will use psychology and the exercise of justice indi- ity) the result was not unlike a for his Bela Lugosi-like accent Advertising Manager: Ronald Kobernick. 0n the villain to make him relax cate that God is still brass band. It was quite an or else his accent was too Bela Editor of Art and Photography: Jacqueline Rayner. his guard. Or perchance he had llS, and indeed, that we huYe too experience to imagine oneself Lugosi-like for his Jewish looks. , Circulation Manager: Gail Gracey_ (Continued on page 5). h~tstily laid him to rest. in a concert hall rather than a (Continued on page 5)