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March 20, 1972 Another plea to register by Richard Tucker Because of the ambiguity of Maryland state law concerning the registration of new voters, procedural decisions have been left up to the in- dividual counties' Board of Elections. Carroll County, unlike others, has decided only to register those people who can prove, with extensive documentation, residence in the county for the entire year-thus excluding virtually all Western Maryland College students, except commuters, married couples living off campus, and a few boarders native to Carroll. Therefore, it is im- perative for those of you who wish to vote in the upcoming Maryland state primary on May 16 (see the February 21 issue for dates concerning other states) to register at your county seat, or wherever else it is done locally, over Spring vacation. April 16 is the deadline for registration to vote in the pri- mary election in Maryland, and for most WMC stu- dentsSpringvacationwillbethelasttimehomebefore registration for primaries will be too late.' However, if you do not make the May 16 deadline you still have till October 9 to register for the November general election. In other words, if you blow the primary election (which should prove to be very Under the direction of Tim Weinfeld, the drama department's production of'Camino interesting this year) you still have a chance to vote in the general election. Real'continues this week in Understage in Alumni. Curtain time is 8: 15p.m. _ Profile Archivist Scofield knows WMC history by Debbie Day If you should happen to meander down to the a job as an assistant instructor in Biology and library's first floor, enter the room at the foot of the Chemistry (then a combined department) at stairs, and continue back into the depths of that Western Maryland. He took a leave of absence in room, you will find a large metal door giving entry September, 1924, to do graduate work for three and to the Western Maryland Archives, otherwise a half years at Princeton, receiving his A.M. in known as "The Vault." Inside you can find anything Chemistry and returning to Western Maryland in from a 1905 Western Maryland football to the shovel February, 1928. .. that broke the ground for McDaniel Hall. The walls Dean Schofield has held a number of lobs while at are dotted with pictures of Western Maryland in its Western Maryland. He was the first chairman of earliest years, and bookshelves are filled with the Department of Chemistry when the Biology and scrapbooks and student publications dating back to Chemistry departments were separated. He served 1868. Sitting among these annals of nostalgia you as Dean of Men, 1920-1922, 1923-1924; Dean of the will find Dean Samuel Schofield, Western Maryland College (what is now Dean of the Faculty), 1928- archivist. 1938' and Dean of the Administration, 1938-1963. In What does an archivist do'? "I couldn't tell you," 1949 he received. his Honorary Dr. of Science degree Dean Schofield smiled. "President Ensor appointed from Dickinson College. He took on the job of ar- a committee in 1966 to work on collecting and chivist after retiring in 1966. organizing available material of historical value," Dean Schofield is enthusiastic about his job as he explained. Dean Schofield is currently serving archivist and is expecially proud of the fact that his as chairman of this committee consisting of Mrs. class of 1919 donated some of the money to build Lowell S. Ensor; Mrs. Dorothy McDaniel Herr, '18; "The Vault." He is currently reading his way Miss Martha Manahan, '23, emeritus registrar; through the voluminous documents of the archives. Miss Cora Virginia Perry, '36, current registrar; Having just finished reading the personal diary of and Dr. Theodore M. Whitfield. Western Maryland's first president, President Ward, he has complied an organized set of note' wi~h1;~9 l~:~~~tec~~m~:t~~,rnD:~rYJ~~gfi~~ll~~ cards describing the early history of the college. graduate work at Cornell University' for three "And incidentally," he added, "any service 1 do summers. He took a job as principal of a high school is without compensation!" in Graysonville, Md. Three weeks later he accepted About the cover COLLEGE STUDENT'S POETRY ANTHOLOGY The POETRY PRESS NATIONAL announces. its SPRING COMPETITION With all the shouting about primaries and gen- The dosing date for the submission' of manuscripts by College Students is eral elections, The Gold Bug has been requested April 10 to run "a sample ballot. Naturally, since we are thrilled (!) to do things in this vein, we have printed one up, and put it where we hope every- ~i~~e~J.U¥~~; i:t~~n~~~,!: ~0&:a S:U~~e:!~egseh~Srt~~.g~~:k!Oa:~b;~~ one will see... on the cover. Ierred by theBoard of Judges, because of space limitations. ' The ballot is designed as a part of a sample poll thee~A~~t a~~~gJ~~ri:i~T:rDth~nst~d~%~ra~~dsh~~t~ CniLL£~~ of WMC students; an attempt to determine who ~:; would win the primaries, and the general elec- ADDRESS as well. tions, were they to be held immediately. Stu- dents are urged to complete the ballot within MANUSCRIPTS should be sent to the OFFICE OF THE PRESS the next couple of weeks, in time for the issue of April 17. Deadline for submission will be NATIONAL POETRY PRESS Wednesday, April 12. Return all ballots to Box 3210 Selby Avenue 394, or drop it in the mailbox outside the Pub- Los Angeles, Calif. lications House. The results will be published in 90034 the April 17 issue.