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The Gold Bug April 24, 1973 Dean Zepp ,.' Letter to the Editor .., could only believe in a God that dances" Dear Editor, "Ho_wdid God become man? As everyone knows, duces guilt in some believers. Competent journalism -in any publication ~~_ LOrd _God was accustomed to spending his Easter, however, helps us to qualify this image of requires that an evaluation or assessment by the mornings reading the Torah, his afternoons God. Resurrection is a reminder, as the con- writer must be preceded by a thorough regulating the affairs of man, and his evenings temporary folk hymn claims, that the Lord is a presentation of the facts surrounding an event, playing with the leviathan. As the days passed and dancer. Even in the midst of his death, the dance situation, or, as in your last issue, an Honor Court passed a!1dpassed, the mornings became so tedious went on and having danced through the streets of proposal. There, unfortunately, you chose to ignore _ an~ the afternoons so frustrating, that even the hell, he now dances in heaven. Easter symbolizes this rule, and arriv~at your conclusion by pure delights of play began to pale. The Lord wondered if "the laughing of the redeemed, the dancing of the conjecture rather than a close examination of the an event could come to pass. It did. On that day, he liberated, and the creative game of the new, con- problem. had sat on his golden throne as usual, in all power crete concomitants of the liberty which has been The computations which form the basis of your and majesty and surrounded by angels in solemn opened for us, even if we still live under conditions example are admirable but hardly significant. The assembly. At midday, he put aside the Torah. He with little cause for rejoicing. " (Jurgen Moltmann) act of cheating is an unalterable fact, and its rose and stepped forward with the intention of Remember Tevye and his Jewish neighbors who degree, however small, cannot erase its existence. looking down onto earth and checking up on danced and sang in Anatevka in spite of the Your second statement is an absolute untruth, and mankind. A little cherub had just finished lunch. Cossacks' persecution? you could hardly have chosen a less fortunate .The Lord God slipped on a banana peel and tumbled I was surprised to read recently that the prosaic example. Each student who is admitted to Western into the world and became man." and often arid character of Protestant orthodoxy Maryland College signs a pledge to operate within So writes Robert Neale, a contemporary allowed Easter sermons to begin with a joke. The the Honor System. Moreover, many professors theologian of play. Another such theologian, Sam risen Lord mocks death and makes it a laughing remind their students at the beginning of a course Ke~n, consulting editor of Psychology Today, has stock. Laughter, play, dancing can de-fuse the that all work is to be done under the Honor System. wntten a book entitled To A Dancing God, recalling gravity of the oppressor's power (e.g. death, in- In the course involved in your example, the Nietzsche's credo "I could only believe in a God justice, self-pity, etc.) and in the midst of it reveal professor specifically included a paragraph on his who dances." an invincible freedom. syllabus which definNJ.a violation. He also devoted These two images of God-God the player and God Moltmann correctly observes that. "in playing we a portion of a class' to reinforce the concept. the dancer-hardly reflect the traditional biblical can-anticipate our liberation and with laughing rid Ignorance is no excuse, especially here. image of God who is a kind of divine hard-hat, busy ourselves of the bonds which alienate us from real In short, what you did was to introduce selected cons~ructing, manufacturing, making and re- life." This could very possibly be the desire of God facts, color- them with your own opinion, and making the world. Michelangelo's creation scene in for us and that which Resurrection makes trans- present the whole as a truth. You did not even have the Sistine Chapel pictures a diety with the brawny parent. the courtesy to indicate to the reader that your arms and powerful muscles of Longfellow's village article was an editorial, nor the common sense to blacksmith. consult a member of the Court before you wrote it. Christians, in the main, have preserved this John announces Such irresponsibility is unforgivable. I suggest that . image of Goi--sober, serious, hard-working, the before you undertake a project of similar m?del of the "Protestant ethic," and the patron' proportions, you take the time to understand what saint of the free enterprise system. Thus, it is not faculty promotions you are talking about. " accidental that until recently, and indeed in some if Sincerely, churches in the and changes A number of promotions . Bryson F_ Popham Protestant is considered today, dancing, activity. not facuity, to take effect in September and during the prohibited, problematical Chairman, Honor Court And to be involved in play for the hell of it (or . summer, have been announced by.Dr. Ralph C. · rat'ie-. 1 should <;8Y for the heaven of it) still in- John, president. ." ' ' ... , Promotiol}s in rank include: from associate Keith N. Richwine, • 20 years ago in GOLD BUG . • pro~essor to professor-Dr. department, and Dr. of the English • chairman • 1953 was a complacent year at WMC as in the rest of the country. Articles in the'1953 issues of GOLD BUG lamented • Georgina S. Rivers, modern language department; • the lack of parking space, devoted gossip columns to sorority and fraternity activities, and generally regarded Life at • from assistant to associate professor--Dr. H_ • WMC with tongue-in-cheek, if not downright amusement. But there was this war in Korea... • Samuel Case, physical education; from instructo .- to assistant professor-Dr. Richard H. Smith, Jr., : Junior Class Olfers • chemistry. Those receiving tenure included: Dr. George S. • Alspach, Jr., biology; Mr. James : AnnulllProduction; C IIege S dents V · lew P eaca: . Jr., physical education; Dr. William R. Carpenter F. Cipolla, o tu modern languages; Mr. Max W. Dixon, dramatic Mary ~ Elwell, Ellen art; : ~The Bore OF •54' Ch ... L' h . Robert Mrs. H. Hartman, religion; SOCiology; Dr. T. Mrs. Julia I P essimistic • Friday, May _1, marks .the date that ances n Ig t : ~i;~~I~~~n~~:idDJb!~b;~~s~~arae~~~~t~o:~li~; • ~he Class of 1954 will presertt the Jun- (ACP)·_ Gollege students" have little hope of either a speedy end to the : :a;~ p,~~.ij~ZU:,/h~ir~an ofl~t~ealrt department: • iJor Follies; The follies, called the Korean -Will: or of peace between Russian and the United States. • n r.. 0 er . e er, po I rca science. "Bore of '54", is an original script DSabbatlc~lleaves for next y.ear were grant~ to: • Jemoaning the trials and tribulations In a slUVey taken by the ACP National Poll of Student Opinion, students. ::~~;ation were asked: Do you think th.e Korean war will be over witkin ". d:pa;~~~~:~~~·1:t~r;H.~~~I,r~~~~!t!h;r~;!!~~~ : ~~;:ri;~:~e~~:ti~~~aucing the Junior I:he rl!$utts: • of economics; Dr. Raymond C. Phillips, Jr., • . The 'fol'ies have been under the Yes . ..__. 5 per cent • associate professor of English; Dr. Ralph B. Price, • jeadership of Lois Cermack, also the No .__. . .__ ~ 82 per cent • chairman of the economics department; Dr. Peter b~e: P;:::i~~onin J~~: : ~~;~fs::is~:;r No opinion ._. . __. 10 per cent • D. Yedinak, associate professor of chemistry; and Other ..__. .. . .. 3 per cent • Mr. Donald R. Zauche, assistant professor of • eapaeity of director of the follies, modern languages. • which was written by Bev Stringfield, Students were also asked:.How do you feel about chances for a peaceful· Retiring at the end of this school year are: Dr. • r..ois Cermak and Carol Herdman. settlemml-t of dijJerellyes between Russia and the United States? Here are the· • James P. Earp, professor of sociology; Dr. John D. • : Original Songs Ch3flce~ are good ..._ .. .._ 3. per cent • Makosky, dean of the faculty; Dr. William R. • i-'The songs "The Bore of '54" and Chances are fair - ._.. ._._ .. 27· per cent • Ridin~~.on, chairman of the classics department; Chances are poor __ .._._. 54. per cent : fa:~r.D;::OI w;:;d::~t~~~h;:~~ No chances .. .__ .._.._. ..... 12 per cent continued on page 4 I • lic of the Parody on Traditions and No opinion .__ _.. 4 per cent • Etarold's Song, while Bev Stringfield In a S~d,q;t Opin_ion poll taken one year ago the same Question was asked. • ·r responsible for the words of the two At that tinw o~y 45 per cent of those interviewed said "Chahees are poor." • the v~.9,~~"'6Bug • t-umbers. Bev Stringfield and Carol M~t stu~ents lay ·both the Korean war and Cold war at Russia's doorstep. "Russia is not looking for peace but for power," says a junior from Mount • April 24. 1973 : M~t~m;:n;~~:~!e~t~~e wt::: :; :~: Mary College, Milwaukee. • Quekworth Chant, and the Sneaker And a 'l'uidue University student sees '!no chance" for peace "unless there Editor inChief.Cathy Nalson • 3ir~' Song, to the tune of Ta Ra Ra is a 'civil wAr In Russia." . ManagingEditor· NelliaArrington 'An eni,ineerlng ~tudent at the Citadel, a miJit~ry school in Charleston, Sports Editor-Chip Rouse : 8~~::~~'!lf~ropet:ties ~re L~e Lee South Caronna, comments on Korea, "The situation should be turned over to Photography Editor· Richard Elliott Kline and Betty Norwood. Lita Rol- ~oer=~!,itary entirelyj 'statesmen' have al~eady blundered away two years in _ Ci.culationManager.OebbieOay • fins and Ja~e Collins are responsible Adyertising Ma......ger. Bob Ramsdell • lor tlie makeup. Tickets are being "There 'will be no compromise," says a sophomore coed from Regis Col- Staff - Sue Cocking, Cin~ O'Neal, Sue Stalke., Charlie • iaklin care of by Barbara Almony, lege, Mass. :"lj:i;ther Russia or the United States will be the victor." Englemier, Debbie Day. Anna Stubblefield, Daye • .i.nd th'e designing of the program by :r'hose whQ~feel there is still a chance for 'peace, tend to pin their hopes Bufter, ReggieLee • Lois Cermak, Bev Stringfield and Special thanks to MsNancy Winkelmanfor press r.I .. -.· • Carol Herdman. The- lighting of the • A wo-QJution in the Soviet Union and its satellites. Entered as second class material at the Westminster, • presentation is in Bill Shoemaker's • Sovfet'£_ear af Western power. Maryland post office, 21157. Sec