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Show fgft SEC. 562 P. L. & R- &k W Get in The "March of Dimes" Buy More War Bonds "FT H " VOLUME 8 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1945 NUMBER 4 Freshman Pinafore and Polygamists Invoke Laughs L. J. Burton, R. G. Garner, D. W. Hurst and cast of the "H. M. S. Pinafore," were amply re warded for their diligent work, on the production, by the ovation given by the audience as they witnessed this "hammed" performance on the night of January 12, in the Moench auditorium. For approximately forty minutes the audience rocked with laughter at the singing, act ing, and jokes perpetrated on 1 them by the cast. Garner did a magnificent job as he wielded the baton at the head of the sym-phoney (accnt on the "phoney") orchestra. Burton, brought many loud and long guffaws from the time he appeared from the hatchway until the curtain fell in the role of Captain Cochran of the "H. M. S. Pinafore." Hurst appeared as Sir Joseph Pcrter, K. C. B., first lord of the admiralty, and his antics produced many hearty laughs. Glen Eklund and Gloria Parry displayed their talents as the two lovers; Ralph Waldo Rask-straw, a simple sailor, and Josephine, the captain's daughter. Although only one could sing, both played their parts well. Little Buttercup Maurine Martin, generously upholstered with pillows, "buzzed" around the stage as Little Buttercup. The narrator, Dale Brown, did a masterful job clearing up, for the audience, any points of confusion in the plot or characters. The crew members were Grant Wood, Keith Midgley; Arbie Dale, Eugene Nye and Gerald Keogh, who as handy men and chorus, contributed much to the whole show. Susie Clements, Ruthie Bertagnole. Norma New-comb, Helen James, and La Donna Gammell appeared as the "sisters, cousins, and aunts" of Sir Joseph Porter. The members of the orchestra were Kath-ryn Thornley, Lucille Larson, Dorothy Madden, Maurine Giles, and Norma Fay Wright. Gerald Keogh, as usual, came desperately near to stealing the show by doing nothing more than standing and grinning as only Keogh can. He "got his" in the end, however, when the jealous cast "strung him up" to the mast and took a final curtain call to exhibit his hanging. All-in-all theBurton-Hurst-Garner production of the "H. M. M. Pinafore" succeeded in being just what it was supposed to be clever-nonsense and a lot of fun! In the words of one patron overheard following the last frenzied curtain: "We have seen more authenic, and, no doubt, more stellar performers in this Gilbert and Sullivan's classic, but few which were any funnier." ...And The Angels Sing By itutii Beinap Dr. Young does it often yes, bursts into song during a lecture. Not only is his singing good, but it adds spice and color. He's eood assemhlv material wouldn't you say? Looking deep- 5 er into Dr. Young's past,' we ( find that he has studied singing j ana is accompusnect at tne art. Guess who can whilste? Girls, if you hear a two-toned whistle, it will be from O. M. Clark, history instructor. His duet whistling brought him recognition when he attended the U. S. A. C. as a student, and also among various social and civic centers in Ogden. We have a crooner among us. Maybe it's because he hasn't sung in public that you've never heard Thatcher Allied croon "Kentucky Babe." Not bad, eh. Mrs. Allred? Mr. Buss sings baritone. He has hud two quarters of private singing lessons from Margaret Summerhayes and Florence Jefferson Madison. Have you noticed Mrs. Kimball's eastern accent? She took singing lessons in New York to acquire it. Mr. Benson and Dean Stevenson are two of a kind they both can't sing but Dean Stevenson won't admit it. Class Sponsors Gala Art Of Getting A When polygamy invades the campus, girls must "share and share alike." Above five coeds forcefully invite their man to the dance. Left to right, they are Joyce Radcliffe, Florence Hunt, Shirley Cunnington, Edward Blair, Grace Stone, and Ann Taylor. Alpha Men Honor Frat. Brothers Xi Alpha, the men's chapter of Lambda Delta Sigma, will sponsor a farewell party for fraternity brothers who are soon to leave for the armed services. Guests will be Lawrence, Burton, Dean Hurst, and Glen Eck-lund. ' Grant Garner is acting as committee chairman for the dancing party assisted by Reed Storey. This party will be held tonight at 8 o'clock in the Institute lounge. Xi Omega girls, under the direction of Mary Lou McCune, president, have planned to carry on a program of fellowship in the form of a "trousseau night" to be held each Wednesday during winter quarter at 7:30 p. m. This modern version of a sewing circle was planned to afford the girls an opportunity to gather and crochet, knit, or embroider on the dainty necessary articles on their trousseaux. A tea will be held at the close of the quarter to display the finished articls to the mothers of the girls. Foster Entertains Student Assembly Arthur Foster, dramatic reader, dialect story teller, and character impersonator, will appear before the student body Friday, January 19, at 11 a. m. Mr. Foster has had much experience in speaking and has appeared before numerous colleges, clubs, and other organizations. He is described as "an extremely versatile character comedian and a well-Uained dramatic artist with experience in every branch of the dramatic profession. Mr. Foster was born in Philadelphia, Pa., and educated at Standford university in California. For the past three years he has been prominent in the University Civic thcatle at Denver, Colorado. At present he is employed for the duration in a technical branch of the service at Hill Field. Vocational IMan Aids War Veterans Veterans and essential war workers whose education has been interrupted by the war are invited to take advantage of the Weber college ten point plan. The ten point plan aims to establish orientation courses, develop short-term transitional courses, inaugurate a tutorial plan, offer any subject or program either or the trades and technical or of the lower division caleber, and provide adequate vocational training and preparation for immediate employment. Date Weber Men Dance With Many "Wives" Life magazine missed the scoop of the year when they ignored an invitation from Weber college to attendithe Freshman sponsored "Polygamists' Prance," last Friday night at the college ballroom. Seven p. m. marked the beginning of the big event as the men accompanied by their "wives" assembled at the school cafeteria where doughnuts and punch were served. Each man sat as head of his family at the tables where the women giggled and compared notes as to how they had been escorted to the big event. Processions of polygamists then made their way to the auditorium where Burton, Garner and Hurst presented the "H. M. S. Pinafore." Many of the polygamists practically stole the show when they arrived with their respectives "wives." Lyle Parker received a nice round of applause as he marched in leading his eight women. Burton, Hurst, and Garner were close upon his heels with six each. "His Majesty's Ship Pinafore ' was a polished performance given to an expectant audience by a group of professional actors and actresses. The printed program given to each member of the audience was adequate, to say the least. Burton. Hurst and Garner received due credit from the authors, Burton and Garner, who are acquainted with Mr. Hurst. Husbands Lead Out What was left of the audience retired to the ballroom where a real live orchestra played several recent "hit" tunes. The eighty lucky men present then danced with their not-so-lucky "wives" one at a time. Several girls had enough foresight to bring along their knitting so that they were occupied while awaiting their turn. A Congo line, hastily organized by Mae Welling, dean of women, gave spice to the occasion. Girls' tag dances were popular for awhile until a committee of indignant girls approached Mr. Burton and demanded that it be stopped. It seemed they could have no more than two steps with thir "husband" before thev I were tagged. Mr. Braithwaite was in de-i mand, as was J. Claire Ander-' son. by many wandering females : who were tired of watching and nffi dancing. Tippetts, DeWitt. Weathers, Slater. Burnett. Parkier. Dabb. Eckland. Burton. I Hurst, Garner, Woods and many I other polygamists had lost much I of their charming freshness by the time the clock struck I twelve. Event; , Spirit Of Weber Is Theme Of Founder Assembly "Spirit of Weber" was heartily acclaimed by the Weberites of yesteryear in the 55th annual Founders' day assembly unde-the direction of Leland H. Mon-son, president of the Alumni association.Dr. Ross H. McCune in charge of committee for assembly introduced Aaron W. Tracy, board of directors committee member and former president of Weber college; J. Walter Stevenson, member of the class of 1920; an Grant Lofgreen, class of '24. Mvr Tracy told of the anticipated transformation of the campus by removal of dwellings .to be replaced by additional campus buildings. He estimated the time for this clearance as six months. Grant Lofgreen proclaimed his class of '24 significant in Weber's history as the only class to have its names in bronze. J. Walter Stevenson, who acted as "towel boy" on the football team added his class as the most athletic. Dr. Dixon summarized and wholeheartedly expressed his hope that the next annual alumni assembly would be on a peacetime Founders day. Edna Mae Norda and Douglas Toone sang vocal selections. Pat O'Brien played a violin solo accompanied by Beth Christen-sen.A W S Sponsor Talent Show Under the direction ,of A. W. S. officers the annual talent show and Friendship tea will be held in the Moench auditorium, Friday, January 19, at seven-thirty p. m. Each club will be represented by three of its talented girls. These girls will provide the entertainment of the talent show in the form of music, dancing, j and speech art numbers. A prize , will be given the best perfor-I mer, according to the decision of the judges' committee consisting of one girl from each club. The annual AWS Friendship tea. under direction of Janice McKay. Shirley Cunnington. Theresa Eckenbrecht. Melva Barker. Ruth Beinap. Ruth Woody, and Mjrilyn Payne, will I be served in the candlelight set- ' ting of the Institute of Religion lounge at 335 24th street. Dressed in formal attire the hostesses will welcome all girls who en- I tered Weber college the winter quarter and women faculty i members. Dorm Girls Mentioned Id Eo land News of Weber and its mem bers is not confined to the Unit- ed States alone. Mrs. Lydia H Tanner, of the home economics department, received the following clipping in a letter from her son, Captain R. H. Tanner of the medical corps in England. This article appeared in the Army-Navy newspaper somewhere in England. Too "See" Worthy November 10 (ASN) "Weber college co-eds sleep in the 70-year-old courthouse, which recently was a naval barracks. First thing they did after moving in was put curtains and shades on the windows." Wiggam Speaks Of Ameriea's Heirs "Who Shall Inherit America?" was the subject of a lecture delivered by Dr. Albert Edward Wiggam, well known author of books and scientific articles, to an appreciative audience at Weber college Saturday night. Dr. Wiggam's humor and whimsically delighted his hearers, but did not disguise the significance of his message. That the inheritors of America will not be the decendants of her present leaders seems ob- vious from a study of birth sta- 1 Honors, A-Average, or 2.5 tistics which indicates that our and above are held by thesestu-so-called "best" people are not dents: Marian Abplanalp. Joan producing enough babies to re- Allred, Helen Bartholomew, Vir-place themselves. ! ginia Bathurst, Ruth Bertagnole, If the present biological and J Margaret Binnie, Jean Blaylock, cultural conflict continues, as Dorene Boothe, Patricia Boyle, it shows every indication of do- Bessie Child, Shirley Cunnington, i ing, future generations will be Ray Dabb, Marie Davis, Mari-; composed of the offspring of lyn Doxey, Theresa Eckenbiechl , j ditc'n' diggers and garbage col-I Elizabeth Ericks'on, Nellie June lectors. It is an ironical fact, the lecturer said, that the conditions most conducive to race propagation are isolation, ignorance, poverty, and hopelessness. It is those who come from the poorest homes, who receive the lowest incomes, and fit into the lowest cultural index who are producing the most babies. Dr. Wiggam hesitated to say that good material could not come out of such an unlikely background, but most available evidence points to the fact that leaders are born of leaders. Something must be done, the lcturer declared, if America is Iota Tau Kappa, 2.10; Otyokwa, not to lose her rich heritage of 1 2 . 09 ; Tiki Kapa Kapa, 2.05; Kala-culture, but he had no ready- mata, 2.00; Chanodo, 1.S9; and made panacea to offer. Sophvita, 1.89. : . Ogden Audience Enthn siastieally Applauds Impressive Beauty Of Russian Ballet Under the banner of impresario S. Hlirnk the Rallpl thsatre? with its repertoire of Russian ballet for American audiences distinguished itself last night be- fore a capacity audience at tthe Ogden high school auditorium. "Swan Lake," said to be the i goal of every young ballerina, I and a perennial favorite with i audiences, found instant re- I sponse. The ballet dates back to 1876 where its original version set to Tschaikowsky's music was first shown in Moscow. Its present version follows the reconstruction by the Diaghilev Ballets in 1924, and is characterized by its wistful grace and fairy-tale beauty. Agnes de Mille's "Tally-Ho", second number on the program, representing a merry and not too moral Madrigal of the 18th century, set in a Watteau forest, gave the choreographer of Broadway's "Oklahoma" and "One Touch of Venus" a delightful opportunity to demonstrate her versatility. A spirit of comedy touched with naughtiness gave this ballet the authentic de Mille touch which so far has made her productions an assured success. "Fancy Free," Jerome Rob-bins' sailor comedy, offered something revolutionary for ballet lovers. A publicity note indicated that the average age of cast and creators of this number is about twenty-three, and certainly they brought a young and vigorous touch to a comedy at once tender and lough. The Ballet theatre's appearance in Ogden, like precedins con- Stories .From Mormon Book Popularized Two installments In a series of Book of Mormon stories pre- pared for the Deseret Evening News by Leland H. Monson, head of the English department of the college in collaboration with Mrs. Monson, have already aroused favorable comment among readers of the church news section. The whole series, according to Mr. Monson. has been planned with the object of giving popular appeal to a book often found too complijited for younger readers, and to point up the dramatic as well as the moral values it contains. It is felt by the publishers that the stories will find a ready welcome, not merely by younger readers, but by adults, particularly teachers, looking for a fresh and vital interpretation o familiar material. L. D. Takes High Honors The following students hold high honors, straight A's or 3.0, as reported by Mrs. Hall, regis trar: Marian Blaylock, Arlene Briem, Patricia Critchlow, Arbie Dale, Elaine Dickson, Opal Hone, Jeanne LaFluer, Vera Wiggins. ! arnswortn, Beverly t arr. .La- Dona Gammell, Lorna Grix. Marian Hickman. Madelyn Hill-is, Ruth Kingsford, Mary Koby-oashi, Lucille Larsen, Mary Lar-sen, Elaine McEntire, Felice, McKinnon, Faye McLatchie, Jean Marshall, Douglas Moore. Mary Munekata, Alice Okuda, Lujean Putnam, Verl Ritchie, Jean Richardson, Lou Jean Scof-. field, Mitzi Stevenson, Louise Thomas, Mitsue Watanabe, and Norma Wright. Club averages as reported by Mrs. Hall, registrar for autumn quarter are: La Dianaeda, 2:15; certs of the season, was spoil sored by the Community Concert ! J'()i Above are the star of the Russian Ballet. I'uiil Pelrnff and Nona (rollner, who delighted Ogden fads with their ffraco and lalciit at Hie Ogden high school auditorium last night. Northrup Directs New Play Directdr Kathryn M. Northrup What . . , No ! Ballet Dancing? Word comes from Lieutenant Charles Espy, former Weber college teacher, now of the Armed Guard school at San Diego, California, that college was never like this!" In a few weeks, he writes, he will be serving as commanding ; officer of an armed guard which will require more sweat, tears, ' and talent than thte English de- ' partment ever exacted. He will be expected to act in the capacity of counselor, minister, den- tist, instructor, judge of the mast court, administrator, censor, doctor, and gunnery officer, and teach subjects of a marine na- ! turn ton technical for COmfOl't. ' Mr. Espy recently paid a brief visit to the college, respondent in officer's regalia, but unfortunately for friends who hoped to see him on a day when school was not in session. Weber College Concert associa-I tion. Second in a series of plays presented through the combined efforts of college and community will be Paul Vincent Carroll's "The White Steed" during the week of February 26, at the Moench auditorium. Kathryn M. Northrup, well known to Ogden audiences as an experienced platform reader, actress, and director, is In charge of the production now in rehearsal. Her cast to date Includes Walter Cable. Carl Cook, Arthur Foster, Reed Gammell, Pat Jurgens, Margaret ... eal and Carol Lambourne. One or two roles are yet to be filled. Mrs. Northrup indicates that "The White Steed," like the well known Broadway success. "Shadow and Substance." by the same author, can be made a moving and impressive experience tot both performers and audience. Old Tali-Dealing with the Catholic church in Ireland, the piay is symbolically based on the old pre-Christian tale of Ossian, the son of Finn, who was taken away by the lovely Niam on her white steed to the land of youth. Returning 300 years later in search of his father he finds all the great heroes dead and the land swarming with priests and little black men. As in Mr. Carroll's earlier I play, the conflict here is be-tween two priests, one a spiritual aristocrat, the other a sim-: pie man with a great love of hu-! inanity. The "third element in the conflict is the young girl, Nora, whose defiance of conditions imposed by the first priest is, as she puts it, "the struggle of a spirit to escape standardization and preserve its integrity and humanity." Weberites To Tour Mexico Two Weber "Wildcats." Douglas BUrneti and Richard Hutch, are soon to take a ten to fourteen day jaunt to Old Mexico. These two wanderers feel they need a rest from the cares and worries of school life. so. with passports, luggage, and with wallets bulging with "dinoro," they expect to take off about January 20. The plan lo learn of the CUI- tomes and entertainment of our Latin American neighbors by actual observance. Scenery and senorltas will share impartially the attention of Burnett and Hatch, we are given to understand during their jaunt south of the Rio Grande. Home Ec. Club Visits A. C. Home Economics majors of Weber attended the College-club workshop at the Utah State Agriculture college, in Logan, Utah, on January 12 and 13. The ; program for the two-day conference included panel discussions, demonstrations, luncheons teas and a campus tour. Weber coeds secured new ideas and methods in developing effective pro- grams, projects and service fea- j tures. Representatives from all col- leges and junior colleges in Utah and Southern Idaho attended The workshop which is now : affiliated with the American Home Economics association. Hume economics, assemblies, finances, outlining of a program for next year's activity, and ini-tatlons were a few of the topics discussed by Maurine Robson. Mary Lou McCune. Miriam MaC-farlane, Marian Hickman. Lorna Grix and Maurine Gammell. Those present from the Home Economics club officers were, president.. Beverly Felt; vice-' president, Marian Hickman: re-j porter, Barbara Peterson, and I advisor, Miss Alt a Hirst. |