TEXT: The MU Crier 
    Special Orientation week issue 
        Monday, 5 September 1927 
  WELCOME BACK BADGERS 
  Another semester begins 
  and the Quad will come to 
  life with Delta Phi’s and 
  Gamma Delt’s filling the 
  Quad, the Astronomy Club 
  continuing to pretend they 
  are star gazing just to beat 
  the 10pm curfew and no 
  doubt the Debate Society 
  will continue to waste time 
  and 
  energy 
  submitting 
  excessive 
  correspondence 
  to The Crier and taking 
  issue with every article 
  that graces these pages 
  from my pen. I know that I 
  will take great delight in 
  responding to each and 
  every one of their pointless 
  arguments. This reporter 
  will be most interested in 
  what 
  Orientation 
  Week 
  turns up this Autumn. 
  Dare 
  I 
  ask 
  that 
  ‘Old 
  Squinty’ rise up as some 
  suggest he does, from his 
  place of rest in the Exhibit 
  Museum and bring horrors 
  upon the Debate Team? 
  Will the marching band 
  make 
  a 
  mess 
  of 
  the 
  welcoming address as they 
  have the last two years. 
  And, what will it be that 
  we learn this semester, as 
  we nail and hollow the old 
  M.U. – Scott Whidden 
  The Old Quad. Silent during summer break. 
  From the Editor 
  This year, The Crier will continue to work tirelessly 
  to provide the student body with all the important 
  information that you need to know on campus. We 
  will take your criticisms in our stride. And, we will 
  continue to represent the student body in analysing 
  and assessing the value and worth of the ongoing 
  changes by Wainscott’s Administration. We will take 
  your 
  fraternity 
  and 
  sorority 
  suggestions 
  and 
  requests with the contempt they deserve (that 
  means you Mr. Worthington). And, the head 
  poombah asks that whoever it is that has claimed 
  the bronze statue head of “Saint Ward” at this 
  current 
  time 
  to 
  please 
  return 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  administration at once. Or rather, as the boys at 
  Delta Phi would say during this Orientation Week – 
  “Let the games begin!” 
  - 
  Howard Penobscott, Editor 
  Many new students enter 
  M.U. The beginning of this 
  semester brings many new 
  students, from both near 
  and 
  abroad. 
  The 
  lush, 
  rolling 
  hills 
  of 
  Massachusetts continue to 
  produce fine scholars who 
  are choosing to attend this 
  fine institution rather than 
  travel to New York or 
  Boston to seek further 
  knowledge. A total number 
  of 
  presently 
  enrolled 
  students is not available at 
  this time, but it is well 
  above 300. A mach larger 
  enrolment 
  to 
  date 
  was 
  expected, 
  but 
  a 
  large 
  storm to the north delayed 
  many who would have 
  taken advantage of the 
  weekend 
  registration. 
  A 
  list of new students can be 
  found at administration. 
  And, of course all new 
  fraternities and sororities 
  will 
  be 
  inducting 
  new 
  members.  
  Remembering 
  Walter 
  Gilman. On a sad note - a 
  service will be held in 
  remembrance 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Gilman during Orientation 
  Week. Please keep an eye 
  on 
  notice 
  boards 
  for 
  details. Those who are 
  unaware of his passing 
  only a week before the end 
  of last semester. Walter 
  Gilman, 
  a 
  well-known 
  maths 
  student 
  whose 
  ideas 
  were 
  gaining 
  prominence in the faculty 
  offices died of rabies. It is 
  said he was bitten by a rat 
  in his room on 197 East 
  Pickman St. A fine student 
  and 
  mathematician 
  has 
  been lost and the student 
  body will be given the 
  opportunity to pay their 
  respects this week. 
  – S.Whidden  
  
   
  The Headless Horseman 
  will be directed again this 
  year by Miss Alice Nelson. 
  The University Players will 
  again be putting on their 
  annual 
  performance 
  for 
  the children of Arkham. 
  This 
  local 
  tradition 
  continues to be a favourite 
  for adults and children 
  alike come All Hallows 
  Eve. 
  Miss 
  Nelson 
  has 
  informed 
  us 
  that 
  the 
  Players are on the lookout 
  for 
  new 
  recruits 
  and 
  aspiring thespians should 
  track her down in the 
  women’s dorms or keep an 
  eye out for audition times 
  on any of the University 
  noticeboards. Unlike last 
  year, we are promised that 
  the 
  headless 
  horseman 
  will not suddenly grow a 
  head like he did in the 
  penultimate scene of last 
  years show. – H.P 
  Be 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  your 
  University. There is no 
  excuse for students not to 
  get involved in the life of 
  their 
  University. 
  Last 
  semester saw several clubs 
  and societies struggle for 
  membership, 
  and 
  whatever 
  the 
  reason, 
  University life was the less 
  for it. I encourage all 
  students, new and old, to 
  get involved in University 
  life this year.  
   
  Letter to the Ed. 
  Dear Ed. 
  I write to you to request 
  that last year’s young cub 
  reporter, Scott Whidden, 
  be resigned to tea and 
  coffee duty in the MU 
  Crier offices this year. I 
  have found his reportage 
  to be highly opinionated, 
  but 
  not 
  well 
  enough 
  informed 
  to 
  make 
  his 
  elaborate 
  opinions 
  of 
  much use to anyone. He 
  may have an extensive 
  vocabulary, that no doubt 
  the English Department 
  are quite thrilled with, but 
  overall his development of 
  narrative and capacity to 
  inform is lacking. When 
  he does find a topic that 
  clearly engages him it is 
  simply 
  a 
  ramble 
  of 
  esoteric 
  ideas 
  and 
  rumours that Miskatonic 
  University has long since 
  outgrown. Let him stick to 
  his burrowing and save 
  his inane banter for the 
  Desolate Highway Cafe. If 
  you have any interest in 
  producing 
  a 
  fine 
  university 
  publication 
  then 
  that 
  budding 
  journalist would best be 
  pruned. 
  Yours,  
  Alfred Hannigan 
  President 
  MU Debating Society 
  And, we at The Crier will 
  be doing our bit because a 
  new position has opened 
  for a cub reporter. We will 
  open the position to any 
  freshman 
  students 
  interested in becoming a 
  part of the public voice of 
  MU students. – H.P, Editor 
  Student services will be 
  up 
  and 
  running 
  from 
  today. 
  The 
  University 
  doctor, the 
  meal 
  halls, 
  dorm services and all the 
  usual 
  activities 
  that 
  support students to focus 
  on 
  their 
  studies 
  begin 
  today. So, spare a thought 
  for 
  the 
  grumpy 
  ol’ 
  groundkeeper and the man 
  with the dog who looks 
  after the Exhibit Museum, 
  for 
  the 
  women 
  in 
  the 
  kitchen and all the others 
  – 
  for 
  they 
  are 
  the 
  foundation upon which the 
  work that students and 
  professors rests. They get 
  little credit, but deserve 
  our thanks for the work 
  they do. – S.W 
  Greek  inductions. Please 
  boys and girls keep your 
  antics and bizarre rituals 
  to yourselves this year. We 
  don’t need any foul odours 
  filling our lecture halls or 
  to have the toilet system 
  block up again, as it did 
  last year. So, keep your 
  Greek 
  culture 
  to 
  yourselves – H.P. 
   
  Personals & Notices  
  Available for rent. Student 
  accommodation. Two rooms 
  at 197 East Pickman St. 
  Please drop past or call 
  ,name. On 65-2869. 
  Textbooks. 
  All 
  students 
  wishing to sell or trade 
  textbooks this semester are 
  invited next Friday to the 
  Administration 
  building 
  front steps where tables will 
  be set up by the Student 
  Senate for the benefit of 
  students 
  wishing 
  to 
  exchange, or get rid of their 
  Introduction to Economics 
  textbooks, or worse, that 
  green 
  covered 
  one 
  the 
  Chem. freshmen has to deal 
  with. 
  Library Card Renewals. All 
  students whose borrowing 
  card for the Orne Library, 
  and new freshman students 
  are asked to apply as soon 
  as 
  possible 
  for 
  their 
  borrowing cards. This will 
  help reduce the workload of 
  the Library staff, and save 
  delays in producing cards 
  when 
  borrowing 
  services 
  begin to become hectic mid-
  semester. 
  J.L. 
  The 
  end 
  of 
  last 
  semester you said those 
  things and then I saw you 
  with 
  R.S 
  at 
  the 
  movie 
  theatre and I saw what you 
  both did. You are a cad and 
  a liar. The Gamma Delt’s 
  will have their revenge. You 
  have been warned. 
  Lost. Late last week a 
  brown paper bag containing 
  several new sweaters and a 
  purse with a small amount 
  of 
  changed 
  was 
  lost 
  somewhere on campus. If 
  you have found it please 
  contact Jane on 65-1128 or 
  hand 
  into 
  the 
  Administration Office. 
  Bring Jesus into your life. 
  Repent your sins and be at 
  pease with the Lord our 
  God. It is not too late to be 
  saved 
  from 
  eternal 
  damnation a 
  Jazz Band will be offering 
  their first performance for 
  the semester on campus in 
  the Quad on Wednesday 
  and Thursday afternoons. 
  Many members have been 
  playing in Boston over the 
  summer 
  break 
  and 
  the 
  group 
  has 
  several 
  new 
  tunes for your ears. 
  
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