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Show April Showers Easter Flowers r ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF WEBER COLLEGE VOLUME 2 OGDEN, UTAH, APRIL 7, 1939 NO. 14 S IU4 . SOCIOLOGY CLUB PRESENTS JOHN BENSON; FOURTH LECTURE OF SERIES S Child Psychology to Be Discussed "Personality and Maladjustment of the Adolescent," will be the title of the next Sociology club lecture, which will be given by Mr. John Benson, Monday, April 10, at 7:30 p. m. Part of his speech will be the presentation of case studies of children blessed with too much "mother" and of others with not enough parental guidance. He will also present the devices used in remedying these defects. "Child psychology is a very interesting subject and is being stressed more and more in the schools and colleges of America," states Mr. Benson. "This is evidenced by the fact that one of the forum speakers, Dr. G. C. Myers, spoke 23 times in Ogden on phases of child psychology."The first lecture in the series was given by Dr. Dixon on "Educational Trends," in which he stressed the fact that the trends in education are toward the nursery schools, activity movement, junior colleges, and adult education. Dr. McKay gave the second lecture in the series on the subject of "The Physiology of Marriage." He pointed out the evils of petting as now indulged in. He also listed what he thought every youth should know before leaving college in order to make for a wholesome and happy married life. A panel discussion on "Safety" constituted this week's lecture. Speakers were Ernest JepDson of Weber college; Supt. Drew of the Utah state highway patrol; Kent Bramwell, president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce; C. N. Woods, president of the safety council; Sergeant Leach, of the Ogden city police force, and Aaron Roylanee, a student of Weber college. On April 17, there will be a panel discussion on "Socialized Medicine," by prominent business men of Ogden and Jacob Weese, students at Weber college.Everal and Mary (Speaking with one voice) : Gather round, dear children, while Uncle Bunny tells you the story of the first Easter egg. Uncle Bunny: Long years ago, before any of you lovely tots ever disturbed the sanctity of one Weber college, there was a little bit of nothing reclining on a park bench in Bagdad. This little bit of nothing wanted terribly to be a little bit of something, but he lacked the intellectual capacity necessary to accomplish tnis. so ne . . . Voice (from among the children; probably Dick Russel's) : Spring fever is very contagious;Students' actions are simply outrageous; For the few who stay in And study like sin Are stuck to the chair with LePage's. ... I thank you. Uncle Bunny: Somebody toss that heckler out the window but don't damage any streetcars. Well, as I was saying, he wanted to be something so badly that he wept long and bitterly. In fifty years the whole park was flooded with the briny liquid which he had shed in his sorrow. One bright April morning a little Italian bunny came floating by in his gondola. His sym-pathic heart was touched by the (Continued on Page 2) I .- ' ; f I i ' a ! I ' j JOHN BENSON Johnson Band Concert To Be Given Soon Mr. Clair Johnson of Weber's music department is planning to give a band concert of a group of his own works. . "Trumpeters Three," one of the fifteen works for band which he has composed, is listed among the few numbers of the 1939 National Selective Concert List, and his "Three Slippers," a trombone trio, was broadcast recently by the Navy Band in Washington, D. C. These compositions will be included in the concert. The college orchestra and Musettes, a vocal group, have been invited to present a program at the Rotary club April 13. Audrey Bush, Harold Petti-grew, and Rose Burchell will be the featured artists. A spring musicale will be given May 3 by the vocal 'and instrumental departments. Further plans are being made for the concert and will appear in a later edition of the Signpost. Modernistic Note Dominates Art Show Modernism was dominant in the art display that has been exhibited for the past two weeks in the school's mixed lounge. The display was sponsored jointly by the American Associated University Women and the Ogden Art Guild. Indicative of the modern trend in art were the techniques most of these artists employed. Broad strong coloring, and typical modern subject matter lent depth and feeling to the impressions created by the works. Modern artists strive to achieve the same effect modern writers labor for in their writings to lend color or feeling to everyday scenes and actions. Typical of this objective were such pictures as "Furnished Rooms" by Stewart, and "Country Ward" by Weburg. Both are strong in color and faultless in composition. These two are pointed out merely to illustrate the trend characteristic of most of the work in this exhibit. Among artists represented in the exhibit are such names as: B. Y. Adelin, art instructor at Washington junior high; Howell Rosenbaus, a member of the Utah W. P. A. art project; Far-rell Collett, art instructor at Ogden high school; Le Conte Stewart, head of art at the U. of U.; Alpheus Harvey, art instructor at Lewis junior high, and Harris Weburg, prominent commercial artist. All of these artists are known for their work in oils and water colors. Apprentice One-Act Plays On Program On April 13 and 14 the speech and play production department of Weber will present three one-act plays. Each play will be directed by an outstanding stu-cent in dramatics. Aaron Roylanee, Aurline Osmond, and Florence Francis will be the student directors. Mr. Rcylance has chosen to produce Eugene O'Neil's "He". The cast includes: Marjirie Robbins, Seaman Mills, Stanley Johnson, Or.ille Nielson and Aa'on Roy-lance.Miss Osmond will produce a comedy," by Grand Cham's Diamond", by Allan Monkhouse. The dramatis personae includes: Mrs. Garnet Littlefield, Mr. C. M. Nilsson, Betty Mae Nelson, Dean Williams, and Max Burton. Miss Francis will present a romantic play of the Civil war period, entitled "Flashback", by Anna Best Joder. Those taking parts are Virginia Loveland, Nina Nelson and Ronald Cole. Speakers Jaunt To Cedar City Thirteen Weber college sneak ers left for Cedar City Thursday morning to compete in the Utah-Idaho debate league. La Moian Suttlemyre, Pauline Rogers, and John Johnson will represent Weber in extempe and oratory. The following students will represent debate: Glen Wade, Norman Bowen, Lawrence Stettler, Clyde Williams, Dee Lund, Akio Kato, Betty Jean Light, Dahrl Richards, Dean Clayton, and Clyde Wade. The speakers will remain in Cedar City until Saturday. On Sunday they plan to visit Zion's National park and attend the annual Easter pageant. They will return Monday morning. Accompanying the speakers are Mr. and Mrs. Allred. Another Drama In Early May With the spring comes a smart sophisticated comedy called "Let Us Be Gay". This play ranks as one of the best humanly humorous dramas of the decade. "Let Us Be Gay" tells the story of Bob and Kitty who, because of a misunderstanding, are divorced. Three years later they meet again at a week end party. The complications which ensue are revealed with all the emotional depth and rich understanding which characterize Rachael Crothers' plays. Lottie Lund has been chosen to play the leading role of Kitty. La Moian Suttlemyre will play Bob. Other members of the cast include Jean Johnson as dark, exotic Dierdre; Gilbert Tolhurst as blase Townley; John Johnson as Whitman, the butler; Spencer Savage as Bruce; Nina Nelson as Madge, and Harry Mondfrans as Wallace. The play will be presented on May 11, 12, 13. Go South, Geology Students, Go South Probable cost and instructions, for all students interested in the geology field trip to the national parks in southern Utah, will be discussed by Mr. Childs Monday at twelve noon, in the auditorium. Any student is eligible to make this trip if he has had a class in geology or geography. Busses will leave Friday, May 12, and will return the following Monday. RECENT BUILDING SECOND REQUEST Newshawk Gives a Johnny Snoop Report Mr. Dwight Jones, newshawk for The Standard-Examiner, last week talked to Mr. Nilsson's DWIGHT JONES journalism class on "A Day In the Life of Johnny Snoop, Re porter." Mr. Jones gave the class first hand information on how news is' gathered in Ogden, where there is no competition to create candid camera tactics. "If Mae West really doesn't want me to come in and see her sometimes when she goes through Ogden, it's O. K. with me," said Mr. Jones. Tact The First Need The great requirement of a reporter, Mr. Jones said, he had found to be tact. Public officials must loosen up and if they don't, pressure can perhaps be brought; but business men and private persons yield best to tact. When he was a college student, Mr. Jones added, he thought that tact as a word was the antonyn of newspapermen. Among his most colorful experiences, Mr. Jones lists the recent rock fall from the top of the mountains in Ogden canyon, in which lives were endangered and an automobile destroyed. On that occasion the presses of the Standard were stopped to print the catastrophe as written up by Newshound Jones. Blessed Events, Two of Them On March 28, 4:30 a. m., a six-pound baby boy was born at the Dee hospital to Mrs. Clark, wife of Robert Clark. Dr. Clark nervously remarked that all three are doing as well as can be expected considering that this is the first child. The infant is not named yet. He is blue-eyed, light-haired, toothless, pink and a heavy drinker. The newly introduced course, the family, taught by Mr. Walter Neville, sociology instructor, is not merely theory. At 5:05 p. m., Match 23, a hefty boy weighed in at nine pounds and thirteen ounces. Mr. and Mrs. Neville now have two boys and one girl. According to Mr. Neville, this is the number to have in a family if the race is to remain constant.HAROLD BENSON SAYS The omniscient muliebriety of the predacious sex confounds a boy in his nonage. SURVEY MAY BRING FOR MORE SPACE Report Will Be Sent To Governor Blood Following room-by-room study of Weber college facilities this week, educators and civic leaders will put before Governor Henry H. Blood the request that he suggest a plan providing for the school's expansion. That is, if the study shows that the school is cramped. Dr. Burton K. Farnsworth, of the state department of education and Dr. LeRoy E. Coules, dean of the lower division of the University of Utah, are the two educators who have been in charge of the survey, conducted at the request of President Dixon. Their report outlining the needed facilities at Weber will be submitted to President Dixon and Charles H. Skidmore, state superintendent of public instruction. Should the report show, as appears inevitable, that there is not ample space at Weber, the facts will be placed before the governor with the hope that he will release funds for enlarging the college by leasing or buying the Central building from the city board of education. W. Karl Hopkins, superintendent of city schools, commented on the possibility of moving the Central students to the old Ogden high building by pointing OUt that in thp nlri hnilrl.- ing are forty classrooms not in use although in good condition. The report of Dr. Farnsworth and Dr. Cowles is expected to be completed soon, and in the following developments prompt action is promised. Time 9aij By JACOB WEESE As most of you know, in gymnasiums, there are a number of private locker stalls for people who wish the privacy. It would indeed be strange if all of the people used them merely because of their wish for privacy. More, I believe, it is because of the shame they have of their bodies. You have probably noticed that only the older people use the stalls. The younger do not use them because as yet they have no shame for their bodies. The body of a youth is beautiful- and if not sym metrically perfect is at least pleasant to look at because of the glow of health and vitality. The body, like a machine, will keep in good running order and preserve its appearance if it is cared for properly. Ninety out of every hundred persons fail to do this. Their muscles become knotty, stringy, twisted, and lean. Fat, instead of being evenly distributed over the body, concentrates nn thn tnvDn ol especially the abdomen. People uecome nornoie spectacles, excessively fat in snmp nlamc anrl lean and scrawny in others. To cover their deficiencies they don a SDlendid sartnrinl rlicnla,, Clothes, being designed with this express purpose ot so bewilder ing me oniooKea, that that unfortunate person is not able to note the physical characteristics of "ye ugly duckling". In getting the brilliant idea of covering' themselves nnnnip ro. alized they would have to have an excuse lor doing so. Therefore, they put a moral implication upon it. All nudity and body exhibitionism of any sort was banned and frowned upon. Organizations flung high the banner of morality, and from then on their prosperity was assured. Thundering words from church pulpits denounced nudism. Every sin and evil doing was attributed to the people earless in clothing (Continued on Page 2) |