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Show Calendar November 611 a. m. Assembly sponsored by Sophomore class. November 69 p. m. Orchid dance, college ballroom. November 10 11 a. m. Lyceum number, Dr. Lincoln Wirt, lecturer.November 1311 a. m. Assembly sponsored by Alpha Rho Omega. November 139 p .m. "Autumn Nocturne," college ballroom. November 168:30 p. m. Ballet Russe, Ogden High School Auditorium.Iii This Issue New Student Body Treasurer Weber Instructors in the Service Cast of "Moon Is Down" Another Alumnus Makes Supreme Sacrifice Gibson Beefs About Sandbag Rush Radio Guild Seeks Talent Magazine Wants Soldier Mementos SEC562 P. L. & R. 1 - . . . -- VOLUME 6 Leo Loll Assumes New Duties As Money Guardian Special Election Names Business Major as Successor to Davis Leo Loll won over Darrell Madsen by a large majority the office of treasurer of the associated students of Weber college in a special election held last Friday. Loll succeeds Jack Davis, elected to the office last spring, who resigned to attend the University of Utah medical school. Loll is a business major and has sufficient background in accounting and business tactics to handle the job nicely. He will work in close collaboration with Mr. Tom Riley, assistant treasurer of the school, who does the bookkeeping in connection with student body funds. This is a change from the procedure of other years, when the student body treasurer did all the bookkeeping. State auditors who were at Weber this summer effected the new program.Loll's main duty is to administer the budget. He will also account for the money in the student body funds, keep faculty sponsors and heads of activities informed as to the status of their individual budgets, and advise in making up next year's budget during the spring quarter. Loll is also president of Excelsior.It's Private Smith No More For W. C. Musician Staff Sergeant Herbert Smith, '40, is in town on what he called "delay en route." Sergeant Smith is spending 10 days here with his parents and friends and visiting the school. He is on his way to Fort Benning to take officer's training. It took him some months to work up from private to his present position, but from here on out he said that he prefers to use education to get up the ladder of army promotion instead of his bare hands. At Weber he held scholarships in music for two consecutive years. His specialty is the trombone. Dan Curtis, student body treasurer in '40, is in charge of a Negro company somewhere down south. Elaine Bingham Harbertson, 1941-42, who was fountain girl in the book store last year, is with her husband, Allen Harbertson, '42, at Oklahoma A. and M. college, Oklahoma City. Harbertson is taking specialized training for the army. George Handy, '41, Ts on a mission for the L. D. S. church up in Washington. Handy writes that he is pleased with the work and getting a great deal out of it. However, he is looking forward to giving active rather than moral assistance to the war effort, much as the latter is needed, he said. Math Dictionary Appears On Coast LOS ANGELES (ACP Mathematics dictionary, first book of its kind, has appeared from the Digest Press, Van Nuys, its authors being Dr. Glenn James, associate professor of mathematics at the University of California, and his son, a graduate of the university, Robert U. James, now teaching fellow at the California Institute of Technology.As long ago as 1858, says Dr. Glenn James, a dictionary and encyclopedia of mathematic appeared but there has been no such handy book as a dictionary. Spending 12 to 14 hours a day, the authors wrote some 6,000 definitions. The meaning of the basic mathematical words and phrases, and all terms from arithmetic through calculus and the technical terms involved, are covered in the 280 page book. Algebra, geometry, trigonometry, the mathematics of finance and integral calculus are represented, with a wealth of explanatory drawings, formulas and tables. History Major Shoots Nazis PULLMAN, Wash. (ACP) Jack Wilson turned from studying history at Washington State college to making it. After five semesters as a history major, Wilson joined the army air force and is credited with being the first American pilot to down a German plane in Africa. After his victory, Wilson had to make a crash landing behind the BritJ- lines but was uninjured. Virgil Baffles Audience With 'Magic' Performance Shows Skil In Clever Movements And Execution of Acts The performance of the Great Virgil last week was not only "spectacular and sensational," but contained enough quick, clever movements to baffle everyone present, including Weber college, students.Following the custom of Frederick Eugene Powell, former deal of magicians, Virgil opened his program by turning his gloves into a pair of doves. Suspense and ex citement took charge of the assembly when Virgil proceeded to saw his wife into two parts. As the saw approached her body, Virgil stopped sawing, thought for a moment, and then said with heavy heart, "The show must go on." One of the most humorous of Virgil's acts was demonstrated with two boys and 10 half dollars. The two young men were quite bewildered when he asked them if they were honest, and then proceeded to prove that they were not. Outstanding skill in execution was shown in his presentation of the Chinese linking rings and the "Beans and Skittle." Hermann the Great, another famous magician, considered the magic bean one of his favorites. The most impressive illusion of the evening was the rapid exchange Virgil made with his wife, who was tied in a bag and placed inside a locked and roped trunk. Special features, the mystery of the photographic mind, and painting with fabrics, were demonstrated by Julie, Virgil's assistant. The program was the second feature in a series to be presented by Weber college during the year. Movie Exec Airs Views On College Pictures HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (ACP) Hollywood has never made a motion picture that faithfully reproduced American college life because the vast majority of Americans are as unacquainted with actual college life as Hollywood's ace script writers, in opinion of Carey Wilson, of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Wilson asserts that the great American novel dealing with the trials, tribulations and triumphs of Joe and Joan College has not yet been written so that Hollywood could follow up with a screening. Wilson made his conclusions after a survey of several colleges in preparation for a new Andy Hardy picture. Wilson said he was amazed in his investigation to discover "the mag-nificient democracy in college life, the absence of snobbishness, the practical streamlining of curricu-lums . . . that school spirit is a tremendous thing." "I find that college students today debunk themselves and debunk the old rah rah 'collegiate' factor," Wilson asserted. "Values are accepted by the 20-year-old in pretty much the same fashion as those values would appear to the50-year-old. The Hollywood writer suggested that college literature andpost-college writing about college life be encouraged. Such writing, he said, would help pass on the "higher inspiration" to be found in American college life today. Activity Classes Develop Manly Physiques As yet, it has not been the promise of Coaches Robert Davis or Reed Swenson to develop stalwart "commandos" or Charles Atlas' out of Weber college "punies;" and yet, the trend seems to be definitely in that direction. Consisting of a new program of putting the boys in "trim," entire classes in freshman activity classes are being allotted to "pull ups" and stomach straining. With grunts and groans and visions of linament bottles, the sturdy little first-year men and an occasional unwary sophomore are being put througs strenuous physical routines in an attempt to wear off excess adipose or reimburse a bit of malformed muscle tissue. Once again, the object of the exerted effort is national defense, and even though the ribs are still protruding, when the course is once completed, it is believed that the bones will be stronger for the pounding. Bookworms, extroverts, and semi-morons are all invited to participate in this worthy attempt to mass-produce physical sj ectacles (specimens.) Artist LUBOW ROSTOVA Beauty, Color Combine in Ballet Russe On Monday, November 16 at 8:30 p. m. the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo will be presented at the Ogden high school auditorium. This is one of the outstanding at tractions of the Community Concert series this year. The ballet itself has had a very interesting and colorful history. It was originally composed of danc ers who had completed the rigorous course in the dance at the St Petersberg dancing school. This school was owned and sponsored by the czar himself, and it wa maintained merely to provide danc ers for court entertainment. It was not until the advent of Serge de Diaghleff, the great Russian impresario of this century, that the balle ctame into its own. Diaghleff saw in this group of dancers the beginning of a new artistic movement that he felt would soon sweep the world, and with this aim in mind, he exerted his all too powerful influence and literally broke up the St. Petersberg dancing school. After accomplishing this, he took the ballet on its first tour. The first performance on this tour took place at Monte Carlo, whence it derives its name and each succeeding year the first performance was always given at this famed resort.The ballet was an instant success and not only did it start a new artistic trend as Diaghleff had pre dicted, but it also served as one of the strongest ambassadors of good will between Russia and France. Diaghleff threw all his effort and influence into making the ballet world famous. He commissioned such composers as Ricard Strauss, Igor Strawinsky, and Claude Debussy, to write music for the dances. He got the famous Leon Baskt to do the scenery, and Michel Fokine to do the coreography, and the combined efforts of these men lifted the dance to untold heights. When the revolution broke out in Russia, the ballet left its homeland for good. Shortly after World War I the dancers went on a world wide tour, visiting all the larger cities of the globe, and coming to America in April of the year 1932. It was a world war that brought them to America once, and it was a similar situation that brings them here again, and in this respect America is very fortunate, for this group is the heart and soul of the dance; it has no peer anywhere The ballet boasts a tremendous repertoire among which are Scher azade, done to the music of the same name, by Rimsky-Korsakoff Le Spectre de la Rose, done to von Wevcr's Invitation to the Waltz; Romeo and Juliet, performed to Tschaikowsky's overture of the same name; The Fire Bird, done to Stawinsky's suite of the same name and written especially for this group; and many others. The ballet also has for its premiere dansuese Miss Irena Barn-ova, a movie star of no mean talent and. incidentally very beautiful. The colorful costuming and elaborate scenery, combined with the uncqualed performance of these dancers should provide an evening of unforgettable entertainment for Weber college students. OGDEN CITY, UTAH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1942 Village Blacksmith Is Out Even as Church Musician Cleverest little trinket in 1700 dollar "Doall," which Mr. ing to visitors this week though Staff Issues Call for Candid Shots Magazine Wants Letters Like This One From Fish Bait to His Dad Dear Dad; I had the surprise of my life the other night when I walked into a congested dance hall. There dancing by in his usual way was Norman Carl-sen, our pal, who was on the hike in Yellowstone with us. At first I thought the lobster salad had brought about a mirage, so I just stood staring at him, but not for long, because he recognized me and got so excited that he left his girl in the traffic in coming to greet me. We talked over our experiences and I found that he had been awarded a silver star by General MacArthur. He also said Jack Larsen and Neil Moss were here; and at that moment Jack appeared in the doorway, so I took him by surprise and he shouted so loud that everybody turned to see what was going on. A jam. session resulted which filled in the rest of the night. I met Neil the next night and he told me his storries, which were realy tough and everything. His most exciting day was February 21 when he became a pop of an eight and one half pound baby boy. I just received a package of candy and gum. It's really swell and thanks a million. Say hello to sweet Hart for me. With love, Fish Bait. The above epistle is from a soldier boy to his dad, printed exactly as he wrote it, errors and all. The new Weber college magazine plans to devote an entire section to the publication of letters of this type from former Weber-ites who are now in active service. Candid snapshots, clever quotations, souvenirs, letters received in battered condition are needed to make these pages alive with the personalities of the boys in service.Students who have such information available are requested to take it to the Weber college switchboard in the gym building; magazine office, room 401 in the Moench; or Edna Lichfield, staff member. All material will be taken care of and returned in good condition.Machine Shop Gets New Equipment To meet the growing demand for trained mechanical workers at Hill field, $1700 worth of equipment is being sent to the Weber college machine shop for additional student learners. Several machines have been sent from schools in Utah where they had not previously been in use. Others are being purchased with money provided by the federal government. The machine "that will do away with the old country blacksmith" is one of the latest to arrive. The "do-all" machine is capable of cutting a piece of metal into any given contour. Death of Robert Blair Brings W. C. War Losses to Seven The accidental death of Robert Blair last week while he was serving as flying instructor for the army air corps near Sacramento, brought to seven the number of Weber college students who have lost their lives by accident or in action while serving in the defense of the United States. Blair, popular member of the stu dent body for two years from 1936 to 1938 and again in the summer of 1940 in the C. P. T., was a member of Phoenix club, played the part of Oliver Le Dain in "The Vagabond King." an dwas active in social life around the college. An Ogden man, he was buried here Saturday. The Phoenix club and the faculty were in attendance at the services. LeRoy Madsen at the machine shop is the new James McCormac is explain- it is not completely assembled yet. The Doall is designed to break itself, mend itself, perform some five operations ordinarily done by other machines, and replace the village blacksmith. Since it is primarily a type of band saw for cutting metal into almost any kind of figure desired, the .saw will of course break now and then. But do not get excited and ship the broken band saw blade back to the factory. Just put the ends together, thrust them into a little gadget on the side of the machine, press a button, and the ends are as good as ever .Of course, the particular man, like McCormac will let the Doall take a minute to anneal the weld and reduce the roughness made by the union. Other little tricks this two-ton whatsit will perform are stencil ing, milling, shaping, slotting, and filing. For careful, small scale work it has an electrically lighted mag' nifying glass. One of the advan tages of the magnifying glass, Mo Cormac said, is to let you know before you feel it that you are stenciling, milling, shaping, slot ting, or filing as the case may be your finger. Asked where the village black smith part came in, McCormac said, "If you don t know by now I'll tell you. It sings in the village choir. Guild Seeks Talent for Broadcasts Officers Conduct Tryouts in Green Room This Afternoon Again today the Radio guild will conduct tryouts for students inter ested in Weber college radio ae tivities. Actors, script writers, mu sicians, typists, vocalists and announcers are needed to help guild officers prepare the weekly programs. Students who wish to try out for any of these positions should report to the Green room, Moench 305, between three and five o'clock this afternoon. Try outs were also held yesterday. Guild plans for the programs are to have every phase of activity at Weber represented. The broad casts will therefore include drama variety, and special programs presented by clubs and other organ izations. Rules governing broadcasts have been listed by guild' offrcers as fol lows: (1) Program time must be ap plied for one month before the date of presentation. (2) Scripts must be ready for the first rehearsal two weeks before the scheduled program goes on the air. (3) Organizations who apply first will be given preference. Roy Gibson, president of the Radio guild; Nuana Hyde, vice president, and Iola Belnap, secre tary-treasurer, are in charge of the programs this year. They are as sisted by Mr. Ray B. West, Jr., faculty adviser. Persistence Wins In the End AUSTIN, Texas (ACP) "Freshman persistence" is pretty high at the University of Texas, records compiled by the registrar's office indicate. More than a third of each year's crop sticks to the job of getting an education until they obtain de grees, while almost three-fourths of each fresnman class returns for at least the sophomore year, the of fice found by tracing records of 1,551 new freshmen who entered in 1935-36 and 1,633 who entered in 1936-37. Of the first class 36.8 per cent graduated by June, 1942, while 33.8 per cent of the 1936-37 group already have completed a degree. Of the first group, 73.6 per cent re turned for a second year, as against 4.6 per cent of the second class. tended the body on its way from the coast. Madsen, Blair, and Lowell Redfield, who were schoolmates at Weber, joined the air force together. Redfield lost his life last year while doing night soloing. Another Weberite who recently made the supreme gift to his country was Ray Winters, brother of Medalou Winters, now attending Weber. He was at the school dur Serves . . LIEUTENANT COLLETT College Loses Instructors To Uncle Sam Collett, Childs, Nielsen Join Armed Forces To Help Win the War Weber college teachers also have been heeding the call to arms. Mr. Farrell Collett, Mr. Orlo Childs, and Mr. Glenn Nielsen have all been called to duty with the armed forces of the United States. Mr. Collett, now a lieutenant, junior grade, in the navy, began teaching art at Weber in 1939. He took an active part in men's intramural activities and played on the faculty team. He also sponsored Excelsior, men's social club. Lieutenant Collett is now stationed on Treasure Island in the Salt Francisco area. Mr. Childs, who has been jin instructor in the geology department at Weber since 1937, will leave for service with the army about November 16. Mr. Childs is notable, among many other things, for his participation in intramural basketball as a member of the faculty team, and as sponsor of Phoenix. Before his call to service, Mr. Childs had planned to study for his doctor's degree at th University of Michigan this winter. Mr. Nielsen .automotive service and repair teacher, is at present stationed in the southern United States and expects to leave for overseas duty soon. Mr. Nielsen came to Weber as an instructor in 1938. He has been with the army since the fall of last year. Handbook Gives New Character to Weber Campus Setting an example for every Weber college student, Wilbur Cal-carious Handy adorns the cover of the 1942-43 edition of the Weber college handbook, which made its appearance last week. From the gay and decorative cover to the "ultimate ambition of a college student," the handbook is a genuine guide to Weber college life. The first pages of the pamphlet contain words of the school hymn, "Purple and White," and pictures of the Weber college student body officers and members of the college administration. It devotes a great deal of space to the discussion of the Weber college award system, and lists requirements students must meet to become members of the honorary clubs. The purposes and functions of the various school organizations, clubs, committees, and publications staffs are also discussed. Words for all school songs and yells are included for the convenience of the freshmen ,who are expected to learn them. Chief feature of the handbook is the section which contains the names .addresses and telephone numbers of all student sattending Wcoer college, as well as those of the factulty and staff. Caroline Hobson, chairman of the handbook committee, was editor of the publication. ing the spring quarter of last year. In the air corps, he lost his life accidentally at Corpus Christi, Texas. Winter's home town was Helena, Mont. Still others in the heroic list are Wendell, Seppich, '36, Ogden, who two months ago crash landed in the sea during fog; Richard Pin-gree, 1938-39, Ogden, lieutenant in rank, who lost his life by accident in the Pacific area; Floyd Pell, who attended in 1931-32 and two quarters in 1932-33, Ogden, major in rank, who lost his life in action in the Pacific area; and Howard Merrill, 1935-36. Ogden, ensign in rank, who died in action at Pearl Harbor. Fred Nixon Portrays Mayor Orden in Steinbeck Production Doris Owens, Pat Jurgens, Melva Campbell Set Feminine Roles in Play Depicting Lives of Conquered People By SHIRLEY MILLS With a week of stiff competition behind them, students who were chosen to take parts in "The Moon Is Down," by John Steinbeck, look forward to beginning rehearsals and deevloping their roles into life-like characters. "The Moon Is Down," chosen by Mr. Thatcher Allred, for fall production this year, is considered one of the greatest plays produced during 1942. Dealing with problems which hold a great deal of significance today, the play is concerned with the lives of people under the suppression of a military Legi ion Asks For Small Homecoming Patriotic Assembly Replaces Usual Gaiety of Occasion To the increasing casualty list of Weber activities this year was last week added the annual Armistice day and homecoming celebration of November 11. According to President H. A. Dixon and student officers, the request that the schqol refrain from celebrating Armistice day in the usual manner during this war year came from the American Legion and other service organizations of this vicinity.Although the usual brilliancy of the occasion with its parades, bands, games, and enthusiastic alumni will be gone, the college wil observe the twenty-fifth anniversary of the cessation of the first great conflict, with a portion of the assembly on November 13 devoted to a patriotic theme. Modified Day Although Armistice day will be modified, the homecoming activities which ordinarily have been occurring on November 11 in conjunction with the holiday, will this year be transferred to the usual Founders' day on January 7. Plans for this event which are soon to be under way will be under the direction of Alumni President Dr. Russell Petty, a faculty committee, and the student body officers. They promise the old grads a revival of their undergraduate days, with more than adequate compensation for the lack of a parade, the game and the usual hilarity of Armistice day. Department Plans High School Debate as Usual Despite reports to the contrary, the ninth annual Weber college high school debate tournament will be held this year at the usual time. Mr. Leland H. Monson, head of the English department, stated "We definitely plan to go forward with the tournament, and information regarding details of the tournament will be forwarded to various high schools soon." The debate question this year concerns the adviseability of establishing a common wealth of nations when the war ends. The tournament, scheduled to be held during the latter part of February or the first part of March is conducted by the Weber coilege department of English and speech with Mr. Monson in charge. Mr. Cluster M. Nilsson will supervise the men's division; Mr. Ray B West, Jr., women's division; Mr. Thatch r Allred, extempe and oratory. Mr. Charles C. Espy is in charge of the selection of. judges, and Miss Marion T. Read will assist Mr. Monson in supervising the entire tournament. Ludwig Informs on "The Flood" In New Volume Mr. Emil Ludwig, formerly of Germany but now of Santa Barbara, Calif., has offered the English department a bit of information about the flood which they did not have before. Formerly there were, according to Mr. Ludwig, two extensive lakes lying between Africa and Europe, together with much low lying land. At one end there was the extensive body of water now known as the Black sea, at the other the Atlantic ocean, and each was separated from the depressed area by comparatively narrow necks of land. These gave way. Result. The forming of tile Mediterranean and the innundation referred to in many records as the flood. This, Mr. Ludwig explains, is the most plausible explanation of the forming of the Mediterranean. The account is found in his new book by that name. NUMBER 3 t invader. The role of Dr. Winter, town historian and physician will be taken by DeLore Williams. Fred Nixon has been cast as Mayor Orden, a fine looking man of about 65, possessing dignity and warmth. Madam Orden will be portrayed by Doris Owens. This character is small, wrinkled, and fierce. She considers that she created her husband, and ever sines he has been trying to gt out of hand. She watches him constantly, much the same as the lady shower of a prize watches her entry at a dog show. Tired Colonel Jim Andrews will appear in the role of Colonel Lanser, a middle-aged man, gray and hard, and tired looking. He has the square shoulders of a soldier, but his eyes lack the blank look f a soldier's mien. The fifth columnist of the play, George Correll, will, be portrayed by Carl White. Pat Jurgens will play the part of the likeable Annie, Mayor Orden's efficient housekeeper.Mayor Hunter, played by Roy Gibson, is a short, wide-shouldered mining engineer, a man of figures and formula. If there had been no war, no one would have thought of making a soldier out of him. None of the humor, the music, or the mysticism of higher mathematics ever entered his head. His brows are heavy; his eyes are small, bright, and wide set. Vernieu Is Captain John Vernieu is cast in the part of Captain Loft. He lives and breathes his captaincy and has no unmilitary moments. He believes that a soldier is the highest development of animal life, and if he considers God at all, he thinks of Him as an old and honored general, retired and gray, living among remembered battles. The part of Lieutenant Practtle, an undergraduate, will be taken by Ernest McKay. Prackle is a lieutenant trained in the politics of the day. He believes tse new system was invented by a genius so great that he never bothered to verify results. He is a devil with the women. Lieutenant Tonder, played by Reynold McFarland, is a dark and bitter cynical poet, who dreams of a perfect love between elevated young men and poor girls. Molly Morden, a woman of about 30 and quite pretty, will be portrayed by Melva Campbell. Del Young will take the part of Alex Morden, a very simple-minded individual who will go to any extreme to get his way. Wind Burned Brothers Mearlc Marsh and Van Nance will play the parts of the two brothers, Will and Tom Anders. Two tall blonde young men, the brothers are wind burned and are strong and look almost like twins. Three characters have not yet been definitely cast. Joseph, serving man of the mayor, will be played by either Leo Ware or Carl DeYourg. The sergeant will be played by either Leo Ware or Carl DeYoung. The part of Captain Ben-tick will be taken by either Vern Barton or Frank Wahlquist. Extended Day School Offers Many Courses Weber college school bells now ring on for an extended day school. With an enrollment of approximately two hundred, the night school offers an education to those defense workers who are unable to attend regular school. Among the subjects offered in the night school are Shakespeare, economic geography, elementary Spanish, home economics, psychology, speech, freshman math, commercial art, beginning type, beginning shorthand, intermediate type, intermediate shorthand .advanced shorthand, and duplicating machines. According to Mr. Parley Kilburn, director of the extended day school, there wil lbe a still larger variety of courses offered next quarter. He said also that school officials are making plans for activities in which night school students can participate and them become better acquainted with the Weber college student body and faculty. |