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Thursday. Sept. 26 THE GOLD BUG Page 3 Immunity? Convenience becomes I SElW what most have never seen When I was only seventeen 1 stole a can of Afro-Sheen inconvenience The can sold for about a buck And I was way down on my luck Gerry Philips So in my coat, the can I stuck. "My own apartment-on campus! What coum De When I look up, the judge, he speaks more convenient?" Last Spring this thought made so all concerned hoped. for the apartments speedy completion. You'll be in jail son, for 26 weeks probably filled the minds of many students lucky The Fire Marshall objected initially since the And all vou'tl have enough to claim .the new apartments as their .comnlex was to house college students; he insisted is a john - that leaks residence for this school year. t'iis tobeofprimeconcern. Hence, the plans had to be In & Out of prison is ett t've been However, in late' summer it became apparent revised. "l'he resulting revisions include the ad- Since I took a can worth a dollar - ten that no apartments would be completed by Sep- dition of a platform off the fourth floor. Students And in the U.S,A., we're aI/equal men. tember 8, the day designated for students to return involved were not happy with the consequences to W.M.C. So for at least four weeks students are -s-Trecer they faced returning to campus. The Dean feels the residing in Thompson Infirmary, Pennsylvania students placed in temporary housing maintained House, Englar Dining Hall and Lee's Motel. The Chance offered to first module is expected to be ready for residence 'mature and positive attitudes. The administration offered them a variety of food plans to cope with the by October 1; the entire complex will be ready for The students presently temporary inconvenience. snuggle up with residence after Fall break. living in Lee's Motel will be first to move into the According to Dean Mowbray, the hold up began in in the meantime, a shuttle bus is being apartments, '73 when the Fire Marshal refused to December run between Lee's and W.M.C. for those requiring American Bisot» approve the original plan. The decision to accept a .transportation. larger class for September '74 ha~ already been Mark Katz Bored of a hum-drum Jan term? You want to try something different, exciting, crazy and cold? A Haley speaks on Black history WMC student, Baron Tayler, just happens to be going on an expedition to Custer State Park, South Dakota, but would like to go with someone to make Wendy Merrick and Barbara Coleman it more interesting. Baron will be taking the trip for his Jan. term, and in the process will earn 3 credits. Alex Haley will present a lecture "The Saga of Guard's first journalist. The purpose of the expedition is to study the Black History" on Monday , September 30th at After 20 years of service to the Coast Guard, behavior patterns of the herd of 1,500buffalo in the Western Maryland College. Haley was born in Haley retired determined to make a full time park.Being situated on the northern plains, the Henning, Tennessee and later moved to Normal career of writing. He then became a magazine weather will get pretty cold. In fact, odds are that Alabama where his father taught at a small Black writer and author. His books include such writings the temperature will get to 20 to 30 degrees below Agricultural and Mechanical College. At 17 he .as "The Autobiography of Malcom X, and Roots. zero. But with the proper equipment, which will be enlisted into the United States Coast Guard as a In 1966during the Black struggle for equality and a provided, and the correct pack, clothing and food, mess boy -.Out of a sense of boredom.Haley began sense of identity, Haley decided to trace his family which will have to be bought by the person who t? teach himself the techniques of writing. After heritage back to its African birthplace. On Monday accompanies him, "no one should freeze. eight years of constant writing he was able to sell the 30th Haley will tell of his fascination search in The expedition has the cooperation of the Park and have published his first magazine article "The three continents and through seven generations Service, which will also be keeping in radio contact Harlem Nobody Knows" and became the Coast dating back to 1700's. with Baron throughout the trip. Transportation to the park will be by car, and the total cost of the Convocation notes expedition will run about $400 to $500. . One other item of importance should be added. Baron is a veteran of expeditions such as this, an achievers and faculty example being his Jan term trip of last year, when he went on a two week horseback ride down the Appalachian Trail. This will be the first expedition Fall Convocations is among other things a time to to John Spencer Phillips, '75.' on which he has not travelled alone. recognize new faculty and staff as well as certain The new faculty members will be more seriously So, if anyone is interested in having a good time, outstanding achievers among the student body. introduced in the upcoming issues of the Gold Bug. and earning 3 credits, get in touch with Baron There were six awards and scholarships given They are Dr. Eulalia B. Cobb, Assistant Prof. of Tayler, in Rouzer 222. Mo~ern language; Dr. Charles C. Herrman, Jr., f~if~l~hYO;b~r~~~~~stcty~~~~vs;~~/ ~~:~~ :~~~ ASSIstant Prof. of Sociology; Captain Allan S. RESEARCH to Susan G. Steinhilber, '76; James B. Moore Ingalls, Jc., Assistant Prof. of Military Science; of E. Sewell, '77; Award went to Mark Memorial Jr., Mr. Hugh T. Prickett, Assistant Prof. Barry A. Winkleman Award went to James D. education; Dr. Judith K. Seymour, Visiting CANADA'S LARGEST SERVICE Anderson, '76; Felix Woodbridge Morley Memorial A~slstant Pr?f. of math; and Dr. Regina M. $2.75 per page Award went to Patrick J. Dattilio, '77; and the Wieman, ASSIstant Prof. of education. Send now for latest catalog. En- Harry Clary Jones Scholarship in Chemistry went close $2.00 to cover return post- age. 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