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Show PAGE TWO THE WEBER HERALD THE WE HER Published every other Monday during the- school year by students of Weber College. Official paper of Address all communications to Staff for Editor Business Manager Associate Business Manager Typists. ........ - . Van Tanner Anna Corey Gladys Blaylock Vernal Johns Editorials by Kenneth Farley The staff extends appreciation to all those who have helped with this issue. EDITORIAL CHANGE THERE are two ideals for which men strive, consciously or unconsciously. There is the classic ideal of form that admits of no change; and substance that admits of change. The former, in the extreme, is championed by those static beings who are satis fied, by those who are afraid of evolutions and revolutions, and who regard God as a puppet and man as an eternalized harp-playing ethereality The true followers of Christ, those of Adam, and those who believe in the progression of God and man through the evolutionary processes of change. Change means growth. Christ brought change into the world, and the money-lenders (to whom spiritual growth should have proved fatal) crucified him for revolutionizing their society. The prophets and the great men were the heralders of change and the classic religionists advocates of the existing order stoned and killed them as heretics and radicals. A great mediaeval institution was built around the teachings of Jesus and his apostles, but the popes of that institution were pagans, not Christians; they retained the pagan ideal of form, and lost the Christian ideal of substance. As a result, that institution contracted like a cooling sphere and grew hard within itself until the contracting forces became greater than the sphere, and it broke. The bits were scattered in endless chaos throughout the world, and since then the process has been repeated many times. Our church was founded on the substance ideal and it admits of change. Our various institutions have grown and are growing on the basis of social evolution. We as indi-viduals, ad. we as a bodv are frpe to acrp-nt all tnjtVi jp. gardless of its origin; and as all truth has not been revealed, we shall change as we grow older, for change is the law of progression. ' THE NEW iy ANY hearts are broken 1V1 processes of change. go; the new with its vitalizing energy must come. We cannot change that order of things and we would not. Happiness, it is true, remains where there is ease and comfort and well-regulated affairs remains with form; but happiness is cheap, and like all cheap things, easily, acquired. There is a pleasure that is Worth more than happiness to the pioneer spirit; there is the joy that conies through the satis faction of knowing as Tennyson's Ulysses knew that new worlds have been conquered. That is the spirit of Youth ; that is is the spirit of The Old Weber was glorious in her day. She was founded by men of vision, men who in. their youth were actuated by the same motives that actuate the present lead ers of Weber, who were governed by the'restlss spirit of progression through change. Some few of the children of those founders, who have not the vision of their fathers and who became satiated in the old order, are now crying against the change. To those people we have only one thing to say: Weber is going forward ; Ogden City is going to have a College. And if we may add a prayer : May the walls of her buildings be destroyed; may the memory of her traditions be erased from consciousness, when Weber College becomes satisfied with her achievements. THAT WHICH AND yet as we are going forward we must not forget and fail to reverence that which we leave behind. Indeed, the New Weber would not be possible were it not for the Old. And knowing this we feel to honor and praise those who have contributed toward the development of the school from its secondary beginnings to its present rank of Junior College. The worthy traditions that have come down to us we honor; the thousands of graduates who have upheld Weber, we honor; the people of Ogden who have supported Weber in the past, we honor; the board members who have worked unselfishly for Weber, we honor; and more than all others, we honor and praise the faculty members who have given their lives and their energies to Weber. We can not make a better beginning for the New Weber than by stopping to reverence and honor the Weber of the past. OUT OF ONE of the visiting summer session professors at the University in California was Dr. Louis Cazamian of the University of Paris. Dr. Cazamian is professor of English language and literature and a member of the Sorbonne HERALD the Weber College Weber Herald, Ogden, Utah. This Issu , Harold Farley .Robert Burton .Hensley Cortez Ruth Folkman Elizabeth Shaw Contributors .Sterling Wheelwright ...... -. .Rulon Beus .... .Ruth Folkman . -.. .Myra Wright there is the Christian ideal of latter is championed by the who' share the eternal unrest WEBER and many tears are shed in the The old- and the out-worn must the New Weber. HAS GONE CHAOS of his home university. He is an international authority on the psychological aspect of literature. ... In the course of his lectures, Dr. Cazamian pointed out that the age is returning to classicism, especially in France, where the classic tradition is so firmly rooted. In England, a similar movement is noticeable, though more pronounced in the work of the younger writers. Dr. Cazamian did not point out the tendencies in America possibly because America has always followed Europe in matters of literary development. - , This change, the French professor asserts, is due to a psychological reaction against the exaggeration and formlessness of the recent romantic period, climaxed by the chaos of the world war. It is hand in hand with the spirit of reconstruction and should prove beneficial, providing that it does not go too far. For literature, no more than men's minds and emotions, can not be wholly standardized and made to conform with any single ideal. But out of decadent chaos shall come classic order, and out of classic order shall come the vagueness and uncertainty of romanticism, according to Dr. Cazamian and for proof of the future he would have us look to the past periods of civilizations. For the last few years we have been drinking the dredges of romanticism. The war itself, with its excesses, was at the bottom of the barrel and its bitter taste is still in the mouths of those who swallowed it especially those of the older generation. The younger generation is heartily supporting the new movement towards classic order and reason. In summing up Dr. Cazamian says: "It may be that two of the leading nations of Europe are just entering a new phase in letters and art, the main ambition of which will be construction, order, sureness, and form; but one thing certain is that the enthusiasm which was kindled in the veins of the old world by the romantic ardour hasn't diminished, and there is little likelihood that it soon will." . . WHAT IS MODERNISM? DR. GEORGE PIERCE BAKER, professor of English at Harvard University, and an expert on play-writing and play-producing, said to one of his summer session classes: . ,. ... "We have come to the other end of the pendulum and have to watch ourselves being too radical, bizarre, and cheaply fantastical. But we are gloriously free !" . We have heard a great deal lately about the mystical, ambiguous, and altogether disconcerting subject of modernism:" I recently asked one who styled himself a "modernist" just what the term meant. He talked to me for half an hour about such vagueries as "the soul and the atom," "the true state of Russian politics, " "the religiosity of certain creeds,"- "bobbed hair," and "God; an electric, enervating, all-permeating, omnipotent individuality." What a quagmire ! I ani still in" doubt as to his conception of modernism. The trouble is we do not understand the difference hc tween modernism and faddism. We hear an preacher bally-hoo atomic conceptions of God and eternity and call it modern religion; we read an impossible novel written in twenty-four hours by a modernist author, and containing all the obscene words in the language and call it modern literature; we see countless impossible movies of bedroom life, and call it modern art ; we wear impossible pleated trousers, sheik hair (and ' bobbed) , and call it modernized dress; we practice impossible free love, and try to justify it by calling ourselves Bohemians and modern super-men. Such things are fads and are doomed to short life because of their very mushroom growth. But "airships that cross the continent in a day, scholars who put the Bible into everyday language, skyscrapers that withstand fire and earthquake," international peace and good will these "are products of evolution's fine grinding, and will exist to meet the actual, not whimsical, needs of time." This is modernism. "We are gloriously free," that is true ; but let us not be "cheaply fantastical." SELECTION OF A COLLEGE THE president of Hayerford College Mr. W. W. Comfort; has written an article for the September Ladies' Home Journal, in which he sums up nicely the problem of selecting a college. Regarding the big college he says : '"Most people who choose a large college do so simply because it is large. Americans like to be connected with big enterprises; it sounds well and has good advertising value for the individual so connected. Consequently the large colleges have'recently been doing such a thriving business that they have grown much larger. Several have grown from the two-thousand class to the five-thousand class or even larger; they have become unwieldly, some indeed quite monstrous. The advantages they offer are all the satisfactions that come from mere association with a big concern, from being a small cog in a big wheel." There is a danger attached to the big college though, and this comes chiefly through the college's lack of sympathy for the undergraduate student, explains Mr. Comfort. He says that the large and varied curriculum is often a menace to the incoming freshman because he gets no expert advice on the selection of his subjects. "There are many roads, but few sign posts. He will be left more to his own devices and may make some big mistakes and may spend more money keeping up with his rich friends. He has a fine chance to develop his self-reliance, but he is playing for heavy stakes. If he wins he will be rich in much that makes life precious ; if he loses he loses probably a little more because of the game he has played." For the small college Mr. Comfort has this to say: "The primary asset of the small college is that, if well endowed, it can place its best professors, perhaps men of wisdom and experience, in touch with its freshmen. It can do so because the classes are small and because the curriculum is confined to the old tried subjects of the arts and science-courses. Morever, there can be much closer oversight by the faculty of the students' intellectual and moral progress. Patrons of the small college have a right to expect and de impossibte mand this paternal oversight and solicitude. To many parents, if not to the students, it is the main consideration in th eir choice of a college. Moreover, lack of a wide choice of studies is often compensated for by concentration upon some well-tried field of study. It is a good thing for young students to lay a broad and sound foundation before putting on the upper stories of their intellectual structure. The younger and undeveloped student who desires to be guided and taught in the way of scholarship will consider the claims of uhe small college." In summing up the points a student should consider in selecting a college Mr. Comfort says: "It is shortsighted to allow your choice to be determined by what some classmate with different taste chooses for himself. It is also poor policy to be influenced too strongly by athletic victories, fraternity affiliations and other extraneous inducements. What I should consider the primary objects of your inquiry would be: The distinction of the faculty with which you would come into personal contact; the location and the educational facilities of the institution; the spirit of its undergraduate life; and the character and standng in the community of its graduates. "Remember that you will get out of college about that you put into it. The chance comes only once. Your main object should be conscious self-development for the good of others, and that is brought about by a generous contribution of yourself and your talents to the welfare of the little world in which you choose to spend four years." OGDEN IS BEHIND WEBER THE city of Ogden is proud of the start that the Weber College has made. Mr. Jesse Richards of the Ogden Chamber of Commerce was heard to remark, "I think more of Weber every day. We want Weber to grow because we need and want a college in Ogden. We'll back you 100 per cent strong, even 110 per cent strong if that were possible in everything that the school tries to do. We know that Weber has the spirit and enthusiasm to do it; we have been shown that by her successful first year as a real college. The school cannot help itself when there is such an enthusiastic worker for Weber, one who really loves Weber, at the head of the school President Aaron W. Tracy. Another thing: the students of Weber go there because they love Weber and want to partake of her uplifting influence and high ideals. This is what makes their vim. "Weber and the new gymnasium will bring the city of Ogden and the different sects and organizations more and more close together." Such expressions of good will from the business men of Ogden mean much to Weber and her students. TALK UP NEW SPORTS WEBER has an exceptional opportunity this year to advertise itself to the world as an up-to-date, progressive college by means of athletic activities. The Weber gymnasium should be a Mecca for sport lovers of all kinds throughout the intermountain country. 'liie opportunities are so great as to make it impossible for them to be exploited fully in one year, but a good start an be made in many new branches of sport. Swimming, boxing, wrestling, bowling, handball, tennis, and indoor track are activities almost entirely foreign to .he Weber student body. With the gym in use under a competent director, and with the athletic council pushing for access in athletic competition, we can accomplish this goal. In a short time to participate in the sport tournaments at ,e Weber gymnasium will be the goal of all schools andor-i.-za iva-j m n. e intermountain country. PLANS FOR COMING SCHOOL TERM COMPLETED (Continued From Page 1) FACULTY Aaron W. Tracy, A. B. President.John G. Lind, A. M., Ph., D. Professor of Physical Sciene. Lydia H. Tanner, B. S. Professor of Domestic Art and Science. John Q. Blaylock, A. B., A.M. Professor of History and Political Science. A. Leon Winsor, A. B., A. M. Professor of Psychology and Education, Director of Normal Training.Robert J. Evans, Ph. D. Professor of Biological Science. Merlon L. Stevenson, A. B. Professor of Mathematics, and Coach. Jennis Ridges, A. B. Professor of Modern Languages and Literature.Kenneth Farley, A. B. Professor of English Language and Literature.Grace Wood, A. B., A. M. Associate Professor of English Language and Literature. Frances Barber Associate Professor of Education. Lester G. Hinchcliff Processor of Music. Mary Fisher Instructor in Music (Violin). William B. Lym Instructor in Music (Band Instruments). Eva Browning Librarian. Melba Hyde Registrar. Lucile Parry Secretary to the President. William VanderHuel Superin tendent of Buildings and Grounds NOTED OBOE PLAYER TO TEACH BAND William B. Lym, noted as one of the best oboe players in America, and for the past three years oboe soloist for the Cleveland Symphony orchestra, will be a member of the music department faculty at Weber this year. Mr. Lym is a Utah man who has attained the highest success in his line. He has specialized on wood wind instruments since in his 'teens, and in addition to this holds a diploma of graduation from the New England Conservatory of Music. At the age of sixteen he started the study of the clarinet and con tinued that for seven years, at the same time completing the 3-year course of the New England Conservatory. After that he started his work on the oboe, which has been his favorite instrument ever since. At the outbreak of the war Mr. Lym joined the Twentieth Infantry and played solo clarinet for eigh teen months. He then returned to Boston and played first oboe in the Boston Festival orchestra, and the new symphony in Boston called the Peoples' Symphony. In nineteen twenty-one Mr. Lym went to the Cleveland symphony and during his three seasons there established a nation-wide reputation. Mr. Lym is to be associated with the Hyrum Lammers Military band school as director of the wood winds in addition to teaching band instruments at Weber. HINCHCLIFF NEW MUSIC PROFESSOR (Continued From Page 1) eph Ballantyne as tabernacle choir leader. After the fine production of the two oratorios by the Second ward choir it is not surprising that che announcement was soon made that Lester Hinchcliff was to succeed Mr. Ballantyne. As conductor of the tabernacle choir Mr. Hinchcliff has established a fine record. Two renditions of the "Messiah" have been given to full nouses. At the second one, last New Year's morn, the symphony orchestra was made up entirely of Ogden musicians, a fact of which the conductor is proud. In June, 1923, a new musical event happened when the choir gave an open air performance of the "Creation" at Lorin Farr Park. Thousands of people gathered to hear it, and were satisfied. The Ogden High School R. 0. T. C. band last year, under Professor Hinchcliff, was the best band in the history of the school, and one of the best R. 0. T. C. bands in the country. This band had considerable to do with the selection of Ogden as the honor school for the ninth corps area. Mr. Hinchcliff comes to Weber with a very optimistic attitude toward the musical possibilities here. He has many excellent things in mind for the coming year, and if the future is to be judged by the past, time will see all his hopes realized. SCOPE OF MUSIC DEPARTMENT IS ENLARGED The music department this year, under Professor Lester Hinchcliff, its new head, is to introduce several new activities at Weber which will be instrumental in promoting the school's progress. These activities are in addition to the program of class work and private study outlined in the catalog. The development of a symphony orchestra sponsored by the college is one of the most important announcements to be made. This orchestra is to be composed of the best talent to be found in the school, assisted bv spvoral complished Ogden musicians. The work of organizing- the orchestra is well under' way. Rehearsals for the string instruments, of which there are already about a dozen, have been going on for the past month. Mr. Hinchcliff plans within a year or two to make the symphony orchestra more and more a distinct . Weber activity, and hopes soon to eet all his tni. ent from the students. Professor Hinchcliff has also in mind a junior orchestra which will afford early training for boys and gins, and which will serve as a training school for the symphony. Besides these two orchestras, there will be the regular school band and orchestra, and the men's and women's glee clubs. The opera for the year has not been decided upon. It may be "The Mikado" by Arthur Sullivan, and will be given either just before or just after Christmas. The symphony orchestra will play the accompaniment.Due to the fact that Mr. Hinchcliff is director of the tabernacle choir, he will be able to unite the school and the choir to a great extent in presenting musical events throughout the year. The choir will be assisted by the music department in the presentation of the two oratorios, the "Messiah" and the "Creation" and in its concert work. The symphony will be used to accompany the choir as much as possible, and will snend part of its rehearsals on the music of the choir. An interesting musical fsAtu this fall will be a great open air sing at the toot of the mountains the night of the Mt. Ogden pil grimage. Mr. Hinchcliff hopes to have the tabernacle choir, as many of the ward choirs as possible, and the band and orchestra stationed at a suitable point on or near the side of the mountain. These will be joined by the returning hikers, and all will engage m a program of songs. JANICE RIDGES TO TEACH LANGUAGES (Continued from page 1.) Easter srvice at Saint Peters, at which the Pope officiates. Miss Ridges will teach French and German at Weber, and will give an extension course in Frond and German customs and literature. This course will be held in Ogden and will be open to all who wish to learn more of European culture. MAN OF WIDE EXPERIENCE T 0 HEAD DEPT. (Contmuell' From-Pagei 1) after two years of work, received a normal diploma and a state certificate to teach. But instead of teaching, the next year he entered the Utah Agricultural College and after two more years of study was given a degree in Agriculture with Agronomy as his major. From here he went to Cornell University, which school he attended for three more years.graduating in 1912 with the degree of Doctor of Philosophy with a major in genetics and minors in physiology and in farm managament. Since 1912 Dr. Evans has been a very active worker along federal, state and county Agricultural lines. He has also been a leader in several movements for the betterment of the same. , Dr. Evans is recognized outside of our own state. In 1912 he was elected a member of Sigma Chi, one of the great scientific Societies of America. He is also a member of the American Society of Agronomy, the American Farm Management Society,; the American Genetics Association, the National Geographic Socity, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Evans has visited and studied the experimental methods of almost- every state in the Union. He conducted an extensive study of the methods of experiment in Canada. He has also served on national committees in their work of getting out uniform methods of extension work and report forms to be used by the states. Weber College, in obtaining Dr. Evans as head of the biological department, has engaged one of the most capable men that could be found; courses taken under him will be recognized by any of the higher institutions of the country. MARCELLING Mrs. Prank M.( Barton is marcelling at 648 Twenty-fourth St., Apartment No. 2, upstairs. Special attention given Weber Students. ASK FOR MILKY WAY BAR Shupe- Williams Candy Co. USE NYAL FACE CREAM ENSIGN DRUG CO. 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