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Show Page SIGNPOST Thursday, January 11, 1951 BIWEEKLY PUBLICATION ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF WEBER COLLEGE 402 RIoencbBuilding Phone..VVeber College Extension 26 OGDEN, UTAH Editor Fred Ball Business Manager Lenore Thornock Sports Editors Norm Burton, Lloyd Ferguson Society Editor Corene Martin Exchange Editor , Flora Gardner Editorial Adviser Wayne Carver Business Adviser E. M. Vietti Reporters Dell Foutz, Ann Lund, Pat Olsen, Ralph Jeppson, Henry Ivafton, Anne Rasmussen, Keith Hansen, Adrian Howell. Founders Day 'Terrific' The Founders Day program held on the campus last Friday was one oft he finest activities held since spring quarter opened last September. The committee in charge of arranging such an outstanding evening should be commended for the professional style in which the assemblies, the tours and displays and the reception were handled and presented to the public. ' What could be of more value to the student than to have his parents come and become acquainted with the professors and see just what their sons and daughters are learning and what types of materials are in use to insure a successful vocation after graduating from college? This evening of entertainment also presented the opportunity to make the public "Weber college conscious" by showing detailed plans for our new campus. Many people in attendance that evening had a deep desire to help the students on Twenty-fifth street to be transplanted to the new kingdom on the hill. Congratulations faculty, committees and students. You did a splendid job. Can We Meet Challenge? The dark shadow of war is once again casting a dark mist over the world and the students of America are once again realizing that school may have to be forgotten again to take up arms to protect the freedom and liberty that we in America cherish so dearly. It is too bad that several selfish, greedy, power seeking mad men are attempting to rule the world, a world still hot and smoldering from the ravages of the last war that ended only five years ago. It is superficial to talk about the "Korean problem," the "Turkish problem," the "Indo China problem" and so on as if these were separate and independent questions. In every case the Communist Fifth Column is either directly causing the local threat to peace and security or is exploiting local difficulties in such a way as to prevent conciliation and adjustment. It is the Communist parties and armies and secret police that have been reducing the nations of eastern Europe to totalitarian puppets, and are today waging war in Korea and bringing chaos to the world. It is up to us, the youth of the world to meet the Communist challenge. If we group together and fight this horrible scourge that is relentlessly sweeping over the world we can turn it back and once again go on living in the greatest land in the world America. Ogden Blue Print & Supply Co. blueprints photocopies engineers - architects artist supplies 2465 Kiesel Phone 2-7170 City Paint and Wallpaper Company 2534 Washington Blvd. Complete Stock of Artist Supplies Hobby Craft Supplies Delta Artist Supplies Band Makes Plans for Many Winter Activities Several concerts are planned by the Weber College -music department for the winter quarter according to Delmar Dickson band instructor. I Band concerts are planned for I presentation at neighboring high schools in the near future. An en-j semble concert will be presented in March, featuring solos, duets, trios, I & quartets. I The band will also perform at the ! games. During half times twirlers, j acrobats, and the cheerleaders will I be present to keep things going. Guardsmen Will Not Be Inducted Under Selective Service Worried about having to quit school because of the national situation? The 222nd F.A. Group of the Utah National Guard announced that if you are a member in the National Guard and a member in good standing you will not be inducted under the Selective Service Act. The National Guard in Ogden has had no information concerning going into active service. By joining, the opportunity is given to young men to stay in their hometown longer and if you should be called to serve it will be with fellows from your own state. To become a member of the Guard the candidates must take the oath before his local draft board sends him "greetings." He may join either the Field Artillery Bn. or F.A. Group Headquarters. The clause "member in good standing" is simply that you drill one night a week (and get paid for it) and attend summer training camp. Graduates from high school are eligible for Officers Candidate training. The National Guard of the United States, by virtue of its strategic location would play a role in helping to "screen the efforts of industrial plan to convert their production into military needs." In time of war, National Guardsmen are well-disciplined, trained professional soldiers. In time of peace, they are respected citizens in the communities in which they live. The unit to which the individual Guardsman belongs is an important economic factor in the community. Guard pay, in addition to Guard maintenance and other expenses, puts extra dollars into the community economy, approximately $60,000 each year for each company or squadron size unit. In the best interests of American economy and security, the National Guard of the United Sbates stands as a sound investment to business and industry. If you are interested in more information call WOJG Walter G. Sparrow at the National Guard Armory, 441 - 23rd Street or Dial 2-2439, Ogden. Campus to Need Your Help Don't Hesitate The plans for the new campus are nearing completion, but a large load of the burden must fall on the shoulders of the student body. The lower part of the 180 acres has been sodded, the sprinkling system has been laid, the grass was planted, and doing very nicely before the snow came and the entire lower area has been landscaped. A great deal of this work was done by student help and other jobs may arise at any time that your help may once again be needed. Greatly Impressed Citizens who have driven past our new campus site on Harrison Boulevard, have been greatly impressed by the beauty of the future home of Webc,r college. Impressive gate-ways are nearly completly erected and the drive to the upper campus is going to be lined with beautiful shade trees. No Parking Problems Parking won't be any trouble on the campus as mammoth parking lots are planned by the archetec-ture to be numerous on the property.The new parking lots were planned because of the great parking troubles that are now evident in our present location. Weber college sports boosters won't have to journey out to the Ogden stadium to witness athletic events any more because of the mammoth new stadium that has been erected at base of the mountain. The horse-shoe shaped bowl will be ready for track in the spring and football in the fall. Will Compare with Finest The new home of Weber athletics will compare to any in the western states. No parking problems will exist, the grandstands will be situated in the most advantageous position and the turf will be in marvelous shape. If at any time a plea goes out for student help, don't hesitate. Af- POLEMICS (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the sixth of a series of controversial articles continued from last year and devoted to the pro-con discussions of current national, international and local issues. The feature is sponsored jointly by the International Relations club and signpost. Today's topic is "Should the A-Bonib Be Used in Korea?" Con By Jim Bonner Perhaps no other topic in the United States has ever enjoyed such popularity or such controversy as the use of the A-bomb in Man churia. Everyday, Americans pick up their daily newspaper and scan the de-moralizing news of the Korean conflict. Stories of unheard of atrocities committed against our wounded; the steady withdrawal of our troops; the mounting casulty list and as anger displaces anguish in the individual's mind, he won ders why we were ever foolish enough to enter the war in the first place. Basically, the present conflict is a battle for survival between two political and social concepts. That of a free world under democracy and that of a totalitarian or com munistic government. To those advocators of isolation ism, of whom there are many, our entrance into the war was one of the biggest faux passes in diplomatic distory. To the free nations of the world, it was a ray of hope providing a possible survival from the dark cloud sweeping its way relentlessly through the world It was the first outward sigh indicating that democratic govern ments everywhere were stiffening their backsand fighting the communist plague in the open. Our ultimate defeat of the aggressive North Koreans was assured from the beginning and already the eyes of the world were turned toward the White Bear to see what her next move would be. It wasn't long in coming. Com munist China, with no warning whatsoever marched into Korea to defend her so-called Korean brethren.From thence, began a long series of bitter defeats and withdrawals for the United Nations force's. Then also began the cry for dropping the A-bomb in Manchuria to wipe out the Red's rear echelons and prevent further unnecessary slaughter of American soldiers. However, two points boldly arise to stand against this appeal. First: The unethical method with which the Chinese have been fighting, the A-Bomb would be almost wholly ineffective. Although employing hundreds of thousands of troops in battle, they are spread over such an extensive area of terrain that an atomic explosion or series of atomic explosions would destroy as many persons belonging to the peoples we are fighting to liberate as it would that of the enemy forces. Second: In the eyes of the free nations of the world we will have stepped into the aggressors seat. To most American citizens with their smug idea of superiority to all other nations of the world, this would seem a small and irrelevant aspect. On the contrary, the attitudes of other nations do and always will remain important aspects of our diplomatic actions. We still have to associate' with them after any war even though the average American layman looks upon the U.S. as a nation wholly set apart and independent of all others. World commerce now, in the past and in the future judges the greatness and stability of a country. Third: It has been many a year since the American people have had the ravages of war to destroy their homes and possessions on U.S. soil. With the other peoples of the world it isn't quite so long ago. They are still rebuilding from the last conflict. They are frightened. They do not want us to drop the A-bomb. In fact they do not want anything to happen which might goad Russia into a "hot war." And from their point of view it is easily understandable. They are next door to Russia, not us. In conclusion, I despise the suffering and unnecessary slaying of our boys in Korea but solemnly believe that some other method of retaliation be used other than the Atomic Bomb. ter all, it will make a better Weber college and a better Weber will make a better Ogden your home for the future. ALAMODE By Bob Jones Should the U. N. Army use the Atom Bomb in Korea War? In the present conflict good American lives are being expended on a losing war. In any conflict the two sides expect the worst from their adversaries, in this crisis we are giving our best men not our best weapons. We could by using our most effective weapon, the A-bomb, cut our loss to a minimum. Our first thought is against the use of such a horrible and destructive weapon. When we consider our enemy it seems less horrible. The least valuable implement of war to our enemy is human life, our most valuable fighting machine. The oriental philosophy is such that they are able to fight with no consideration of human life, by overwhelming odds alone they are defeating a superior fighting force. This banzai attitude alone should be enough to sway the opposers. The deciding factor in all of our engagements has been the overwhelming mass of man and rifle;. In a war of this type we have only one chance to win that is to cut these odds to where we can successfully wage war. It has been shown in every battle that our men can not account for enough men by rifle alone. Our artillery can not effectively even the odds when there is no definite target, the communist army is fighting essentially a guerrilla type war. They deploy their men, infiltrate our lines (Turing the night, then by a heavy daylight assault added to the infiltration they are able, by an enormous loss of men, gain ground. We might say that eventually they would lose enough men that they would no longer be able to carry on this type of warfare. This postulate is wrong, entirely wrong, at best we can only hope to account for not more than three casualties to our one. Where we need several men to supply our front lines they need none each soldier carries his own rations of a few ounces of rice and what ammunition he needs until he is killed or capture enough to carry on. The only means we have is to annihilate their reserves to do this we must first cross the Nancliurian border, then we must drop an effective enough machine to cause enough destruction and demoralization to convince the enemy we mean to win. The only weapon that has ever possessed the magnitude to completely demolaize a nation is the A-bomb. If we are to convince the communist armies that we mean to stop aggression we must use our most effective argument the only argument we have is force of arms, the only arm that we have that is forceful enough is the atom bomb. The western world must, in order to survive control communism if we continue making appeasement especially with our men we will find one day that we no longer even appease them. Uncle Sara Says Amu w? Vli TfclfSV Many thousands of V. S. Savlnes Bonds for Dad, Mother, and the chil dren were given the place of Iwnor on as many trees last Christmas Day. But, we are now In a new year with new birthdays coming up, and one of the best Rifts you can bestow is a Savings Bond, the "Present With a Future." I |