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GOLD BUG OCTOBER mE Beghn II nntnnody Up There? Wallace Campaign Fires Blaze 11. 1968 PAGE 7 ~:: by Tracey On Cursing God It_~~~e~~O~::~:I::::~:~I:~~~:a~~'j 1J(f0'f m',he pr,v"',',enhalra,cethls,year,-,- IRA G. ZEPP, JR. 1 Ge rge a ace,am n rea Y,Wl - I Iii f!I " to take Ing Nixon While thing and and able everything. a stand on any, Western Maryland's hometown gained national notoriety last summer as and Humphrey are wishy-washy on place in which a man was arrested and jailed lor breaking a 245.yearo- any subject from Vietnam to pickle law prohibiting the "cursing oJ God in public" --legally known as jars, }Vallace will take a stand-- usually a very firm stand. The mean by the following to approve of cursing God in public or man is out to win the election, and distasteful and inappropriate language and olfensl ve to the he believes it can only be done if of many people. Let that be abundantly clear. he is completely frank with the incident does provide an opportunity to raise some questions public. meaning of cursing God and tore-examine the whole matter of Most pouucat observers s~e a obscenity, and pornography. quick end to the turmoil within the most part, we have identified the latter with a certain kind of United States if George Wallace is four-letter syndrome) and with so-called lewd scenes, us- elected. Although not official, sexual overtones. However. there is ace-per meaning to eras- rumors are circulating that Wall- and profanity and one we etten dismiss because we do not happen ace Is, at present preparing 5000 profane words or look at pornographic pictures. barges for an oceanic cruise to instance, is nQt "nigger", with aU Its de-humanizing connota- Africa the day after his Inaugura- one of the most proranca words in the English language today? Is tion. Howe ver , many people feel presence of rat-infested tenements anywhere as obscene and as any cuss word? Ar-ewe as offended by that pornographic that he is under-estimating the this country who share his exact they have done anything to helpthe I who are size of the foreign element in our views',' No, it is }'OU and the Democratic Convention hall as we are by topless walt- Civil rights movement? Damn few! and will probably have to Would that we were as disgusted as some are by mini-skirts! culture, more boats. With his en- the guilty partte s. The support this Last week in Alumni Hall, Our man has receivedtouringlhe order coun- every really cuesttonec the essentially blasphemous char- trance the White House, a try during the past few months is Faces, Our Words was presented .tnto the KKK (which meets regularly in Carroll County) and the pro- great fall in unernploymentIs jnr-s , is for three nights.Itwasanexcellent of our social and national Ideals seen in the Wallace candidacy? cverwhelming, This suppor-t comment on the Negro and white __ see that the continuation ofatomic-bacteriological--chemicalwea_ seen. Even now police stations, saying something. rather it is protnems we face today, but there as much as cursing of God as uttering the words "God Damn"? National Guard units, Secret Ser- shouting soruottnnt to this country. were empty seats every night. One most irreverent-and blasphemOUS act of all may be our weekly vice headquarters,andthe KKK are We, as a nation, are failing when thousand people spend !lO'roo!th.eir man who believe s as George in which phrases containing God's name and describing his de- preparing for the largest job ap- a Wallace does can run for President lfves on this campus, and not even ever witness- plication processing Ilfe pass over our lips in a he-hum fashion. ed In the world. And, one of "his' of the States, and be taken 1/4 of them show any interest at and untf l we are just as incensed, repulsed, offended, shocked, folks" tells us that this Is only the seriously. United all in programs such as this. And horrified by this type of blasphemy, our offense at profane language, yet we have the nerve to wonder however sincere and justified, will carry with it a definite emptiness. beginning. The fault lies with you and me and where all these Wallace supporters Al Carmines nO,ted last week that the most obscene film In the past Pretty funny, huh? A real riot, Pr estdent Ensor and our parents are coming from. They are eomfng five years was Sound of Music because of its fr-Ivolous treatment of the Some people think Wallace has and LB.J and Stckely Carmichael. from ignorance, and it is the Ignor ; Wearetohlameforthissadchapter Nazi movement. Someone else has commented that the most obscene word about as as much chance of being of our lustcr y. How man,\' students ance whichwearelettingthemhave. elected does. Dean Robinson spoken In The Graduate Is "pteeucs», "a deauwork coming from a dead WeB, maybe that's true and maybe on this campus p3rticipate in We, as a college, gre failing our man to a boy who Is preparing for an early death." not. It seems fairly safe to a s sume HINGE? How many are wnr klng In Negro orcurer s. Maybe it would be The Old Testament prophets and Jesus had an uncanny abillty to detect that Nixon will win the election. but the voter registration drive':' How good for Wallace to get elected-- real nature of blasphemy. Theywerenot!ooled by vocables. The lit- is that really the most important man are in SOS? How many can say nothing would unite the Negroes phrase, "The Temple of the Lord" was not enough for Jeremiah thing? Although he might dispute quicker. and the verbal professional "Lord, Lordvwas not enough for Jesus. They the statement, George Wallace is knew that words, inand of themselves, dono! bless God and words, in and an out and out racist. In my optn- of themselves, do not curse God. But our lives, actions, and the existence ion, he doesn't deserve the AllIer- of certain social situations do bless or curse Him. tea» citizenship he was born with, much less the chance to be Pre- sident. His so-called "law and Faces, Our Words order" platform is built on lots of little boards labeled white sup- remecy, police state, revise Sup- reme Court, etc. But can we as college students Psychedelic blast of feed-back, a short pause, and then that radio- condemn only this one man when vice said, "Here we are at Radio FREE BaIUmore." Drum roll, crash of by Alan Winik there are millions of people in cymbals--"Things go better with Coke!" Yeh! Even the underground is Miss Esther Smith delJvered commercialized. I wonder if the moleishappyin his dingle? Somewhere such a moving "perforrqance" he sould meet a man from Madison Avenue--dressed in the latest anti- of "Our Faces, Our Words," that one was paralyzed and could intellectual nehru. Of course not. Madison Avenue lett the underground - by the Dramitic Art not remove his attention from her. and found a new home In the green walled Ivory-towered ruins of the heart had forcibly been The word performance is quotated American Academy. However, the ad-men couldn't seJlitalone. So Uncle my body and lain be- because I am not really sure if it Sam came along. UDcle Samuel has always been free with green stuff, totally exposed. There was aperformance.Somuchfeeling especially for the world of the word.lnfact, he has bought a ticket for a major elements which was Incorporated in her reading, it trip to the end of the line. me to be so violently torn w'as deeper than stage technique; "Social City Junction--next stop!" the first was the subject real trembling lips, real tears, "There on the hill·-overlooking this pastoral valley liberally sown The selections presented, real smiles. To hear Miss Smith with corn--stands our proudest experiment with the Socialized Beau- taken from the book scream "Hurry, HURRY", with raclzed Poly-University ottomorrow. Thinkofitfolks! Students and pro- real desporatlon, tore harder at my fessors pacified with the best of social engineering of the twentieth cen- being than to hear Janis Joplin tury. The hard core 'ivory-towerists', so called 'intellectuals' are con- moan the blues. At times when I "I seem to be getting a busy fined here. Still this is no jail. Regular learners far outnumber the 'in- In fact, tellectuals'! they have a decided regulating influence on the listened and watched Miss Smith signal!" 'ivory-men.' And they still have plenty of time for studies in Narcoism, I was demolished physically and Social Engineering, Bureauocracy, and Nebulatlon. When you folks con- mentally. I realize that no adjec- sider the damage the 'intellectuals' of twenty years ago inflicted on our tives can describe what the Grande ening to Tribby read I could smell corporate body you will realize our progress in this decidedly historical Dame de Western Maryland por- the sweat of themovementworker; field. Research has proven conclusively, remember, conclusively, that trayed. Perhaps it is better toleave not the perspiration, butihe sweat. the 'intellectual' in the U. S. Inc. has always been a dissenter. An early beautiful things alone, then to tar- Only "cool" white people perspire, example Is Roger Williams. The early fifties saw the beginnings of this nish them with less beautiful de- but real people sweat. Tribby marvelous system we now have. You, that are history-buffs, may recall scriptions. "sweated." that itwas thenthaUhe universities began to supply more men--and high- The presentation by Mr. Jerry The use of the College Singers, ly trained men, I mayadd,--tothe industrial and military branches of our Solomon left nothinp; to be deSired. who appropriately sang Black splr- corporation. These men were a great improvement over the less skilled His ability to transmit a feeling of Huals, also contributedtotheeffec_ 'liberal arts graduate' (many of whom became the notorious Ivory-tow- immediacy created an awesome tiveness of the presentation. All of erlsts of today). However, the liberal-arters persisted for about a quar- atmosphere. W.,''''",ll"",,,,,,,,. his reading When I cIosedmyeyes, the preceeding which had the ability ter-century, until they were absorbedintoourpresentbeautUul polyglot. combined to create made me feel as It I Until We hope to soon eliminate intellectuals. a production all need for the remaining was sitting in at some drug store to make a permanant Impression twenty years ago they served In the ancient role of teacher. N(J;Ii however, counter in a segregated commun_ upon the mind of the viewer, an we shall replace themwlththattrusted,guldlngfriend __the Computeach- ity. impression that gave the viewer er! Mr. Bill Tribby's natural drama_ a feeling of Inadequatness and "As we proceed through this valleyyouwill see much more faSCinating tic and compelling form accented frustration. The "Battle Hymn of subject __the Fochevply plant. This centrally located plant turns out an the creative execution of his part. the Republic" was being hummed amazing Twenty-three million cars per day. You will notice that ... " In my brief personal encounters in the baCkground, I turned around Deep down in the mole dingle we rock to the acid beat of the never quite with Mr. Tribby I have been Im- to leave, and there it was, the Mc- so blue ungratefully dying mind. Curl1nglikeacerebellum the numbness pressed with his motivating atti- Carthy ·'V". I nodded back at the grew until OnIyawhlspertrled.Someone let It die when the shovel busted tUde, and this attribute was evid- bearer of the ·'V". We shall over- the dingle and smog smothered seven vestal virgins, nine muses and a .ent In his stage work. 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