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Show Page 2 SIGNPOST Friday, January 14, 1949 Forward March The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis is now organizing the 1949 March of Dimes in an effort to raise the funds with which to fight poliomyelitis. The late President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was himself a victim of the disease, founded .the nation-wide campaign in 1938. During the 10 year period since the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis was founded great strides forward have been made in the care and cure of those unfortunates stricken with the dreaded polio. The organization lends encouragement to the hope of millions of Americans that in the not too distant future polio will no longer be a serious menace to future American manhood and womanhood. Through the efforts of the doctors and scientists in our chemical laboratories, bacteriology laboratories, and hospitals, more lives are being saved everyday. But this great work can not be carried on without the aid of everyone of us. We can help this worthy cause by giving to the March of Dimes which started today. From the Utah State Department of Health we find that "Causes of polio have not as yet been determined. One strain of the polio virus has been brought under control already; and while we do not as yet know how many strains of the polio virus there are, our scientists are working to bring all of those strains under the control of one immunizing agent." . Frank D. Emery, State Representative of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis,,states that "Since 1943 Utah has had approximately 1000 polio cases reported to the Board of Health. During that period there has been expended by our Utah State Polio Emergency Committee and the Chapters of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, approximately $450,000 in giving care and aid to those unfortunates, $220,000 of which came from the National Foundation's epidemic fund, the balance being supplied here by the people of Utah through their donations to the March of Dimes. Since April 16th, 1947, approximately $42,000 has been spent under the direction of the Utah Polio Emergency Committee, in caring for polio patients. Hospital facilities have been arranged for, physical therapists have been secured, necessary equipment has been purchased, and a good all-out medical care program has been arranged." Look at the smiles on the faces of the children who have polio, the smile of hope and faith in their doctors who are caring for them; then think of the disappointment and discouragement they will have if they must go through life hopelessly crippled because they did not get aid from you. It is the duty of everyone to do all in his power to rid this menace which is threatening all of us today. Give to this worthy cause and help those who have it so that the children who are victims of polio can again have a smile of contentment as they join in play with their friends. We who are in good health can hardly realize what misery the men, women, and children who fall prey to polio go through. We don't realize how it would be to stay in bed all the time and watch others around us go through life being able to use their arms and legs and work and play as they want to. How much they would enjoy just being able to walk down the street and greet their friends with a cheery "hello". Yes, these are some of the thoughts that are running through the minds of thebed-ridden patients as they are hoping that some day their dreams will come true and they will no longer have polio. The March of Dimes in Utah this year must be a success. Hundreds who have been stricken during the past two years will need medical care and attention. Some will need orthopedic surgery in order to correct deformities, and we must be prepared for emergencies. Our hearts should be opened to the patients who are fighting a courageous battle against a deadly disease. Let us all join in this battle and give gladly to the March of Dimes. Give now and save a life. HEAD of the CLASS! ... in Digestibility! . . in Quick Energy! ... in Goodness ! AMERICA'S FINEST FOOD CONNECTION TAKE A DOZEN HOME TODAY Heap's Spudnut Shop Jensen Floral Co. Soy With Flowers Corsages and Wedding Flowers 1901 Wash. Blvd. Phone 7819 You should have seen me ride that old nag! Boy, I took big money that day why I had gals hangin' roun' me like kids at a candy store I sure was a hero Bla Bla Bla Elvira Fanglesnap Hells Belles Bring Chaos To Crowded Campus minium ininiii minium lijiiiliiiiiiiiliiliiliiliiliiinlii Hell Week. It really is, both to the beholder and to the initiate-tastefully attired in odds and ends of this and that, hair becomingly arrayed, and some in war paint; others without. It makes the casual beholder stop and wonder what was in that hard water he had to drink last. Of course, there are those hardened vets of several Hell Weeks Dick Morrison, Brent Scott, Ken Beck, Bud Bekker, and others too numerable to mention. Made out of stern stuff, these men. (Yes, Richard, after a thorough investi gation, I did find a few.) Apparently all hell bent on an education or they couldnt stand another week of looking at all the Hells Belles. (Members of the male so cial organizations.) Fond Memories This week reminds Fangie of another initiation some time ago, on another campus far away. A certain frat, composed mainly of engineers, had encouraged its in itiates to clad themselves mainly in longhandles and diapers. Thus tastefully arrayed, and driven by the lash of a fellow engineer from M. I. T., they converged on a river frat house, and painted the walls with snappy exerpts from a technical German textbook, fairly de rogatory in meaning. Then down to the city, playfully placing automobiles in the doorways of public buildings, hanging Ma Jones' Chalets from the lampposts, then home to a big feed. Help! Help! The same reliable source of in formation tells that Weber is slightly overcrowded. What a masterpiece of understatement. If only the press could see the bloody re mains as the students battle it out for a chair; nay, for room to breathe. And the day that some joker poured olive oil in one room, and the door when opened, re- Meet Your Friends at The Exclusive Pharmacy 2412 Washington Blvd. liiliiiiil!iminliilni!iminiiimmiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiumiiii!ii9 CITY PAINT AND WALLPAPER 2534 Wash. Blvd. Phone 6353 Headquarters for Artist Supplies Lowest Prices Highest Quality vealed 80 students, packed just like sardines. The scrimmages as they battle for possession of a section of the floor the embarrassment of the instructor when a student perches on his lap the terrible thud, thud, thud, as they fall out the windows and the touching sight of an instructor with a bell around his neck leading his flock to a vacant, he hopes, classroom. Fangie even heard classes in dissecting members of the same sex are held in the well, never mind. Things are going to ahead, however. President Dixon is doing all he can to aleviate the situation. Maybe when the students start smothering in class the legislature will snap to. One gets you ten it doesn't until every one starts in screaming like a wounded panther, or starts dropping dead. Miss Fanglesnap has stated that the situation makes her so angry she could crush a violet. Names in the News HARRIS a little TAYLOR something. MAYBREY you WOOD CALL ita STOREY probly. As you RHEAD this PAGE, don't feel BADDLEY if you don't KETCH-UM.Well, LETTS start. JOHN, an only CHILD, was FLITTON through a FIELD one day, picking some FOWERS. A YOUNG BIRD flew GAILEY OVER-STREET with some ROBBINS and other FOWLES. Then suddenly a BROWN BAIR appeared from behind the BARNES and started to CHASE him. He turned LILLYWHITE and ran up a HIL-LIS QUICK as he could. Then he saw GRANT, one of the BOYCE, and said, "RUSHFORTH and HYDE." "WATTS WON G," asked GRANT. "You YEARSLEY have nurves to STEELE but now you TRIMBLE." "DE BOER is coming. (Johnny comes from Brooklyn). Where's MAW? Be SWIFT and WARNER.""UNO best, but I'm not at your BEKKER CALL RAYNOR shine. I'll KNOTT BUDGE." And' he sat still as ROCK and immovable as STONE. "All WRIGHT. You WINN. VAUSE about that BUCK you owe me, TITE WARD. GIBBY it or I'll FROERER over a CLIFTEN then you'll be in PAYNE and DYE. "Oh go VEST you man, and shut your TRAPP." GRANT replied as he STOLL away into the BLACK WOODS." "That old LEMON, I hope he DEIS in the GREEN WATERS of the English CHANNELL. But wait, SIMMONS coming. HARWOOD you like to be along, FARR from home, with HARDY enough POWER and strength to move. Again JOHNS face GROSE WHITE as he ROSE and stag-gared toward the WALL. Then he looked up. WYATT Is only the BUSS. HESS fear was a MINER one. He turned ALLRED with shame but FELT STRONG and MANLEY RILEY. . By A J. Rusty' s Drive Inn We Still Give Curb Service 3955 Riverdale Road in OUR store is a favorite meeting place for musicians professionals, amateurs, and teachers. Ve enjoy having you come in anytime, whether you want to buy anything or not. Come in and meet some of the boys and take a look around at the new-instruments or accessories we're continually receiving. Maybe we'll be able to pass on an idea you can use. Anyway, we'll be glad to see you. Come in soon we'll be looking for you. GLEN BROS. MUSIC CO. 2546 Wash. Blvd. Phone 4621 2252 Wash. Blvd. liiliiliiliiliiliiliilMliiliilnluiiiliiiiiiiiiniiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiijiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiimininmiiti'ii'ii |