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Show Election day has passed and both students and faculty can breathe a sigh of relief. Weber is back to her normal status and so much the better. Something has been gained by the election. The people of Utah have made it clear that they want education by the people and for the people. The vote was snowed under by a near 2 to 1 margin, failing by at least 40,000 votes. There can be no question now about shifting public responsibility into private hands. The people want to keep education high, regardless of the tax increase that will most probably be involved.The election this year proved to be a most unusual one. The 1950 record was reached when 160,000 Utahn's turned out to vote. This proved that the voters were alert and interested in the issues that were in question. It also points to the effectiveness of those who participated in the drive to keep Weber under state support. Bill Dissolved The bill that was passed last December is the same as if it had never beeri presented. Weber will continue as a state institution. It is hoped that when the legislature convenes in January, the members will use wise judgement in considering the future of higher education. It is our opinion that a study should be made of the needs and the effectiveness of present education in the state and that work will be done toward forwarding it instead of closing down or transferring institutions. The vote has turned out for the good of the school and the community. President Miller has taken the optimistic view for the future. He looks forward to the building and finishing of a complete Weber College in the next ten or fifteen years; which will include a fieldhouse, library building and several more classroom buildings. "We hope to buy 25 acres south of the present campus which will be made into parking lots and classrooms." In about this same length of time Ogden and vicinity will have produced about 4000 prospective students. This number is approximately the same as the USAC had enrolled just a few years ago. There is a bright future ahead for Weber College. And we as the future parents of its students should keep our thoughts working toward that goal of a bigger and better Weber. A. M. S. Choose Candidates For Fall Frolic . Want to win a Thanksgiving turkey? All you need is one dollar, a date, and the lucky number, and he's yours. The turkeys will be given away at the "Fall Frolic" next Friday evening, November 19th, in the college ballroom, The dance is sponsored by the Associated Men Students and promises to be an outstanding affair. The A. M. S. queen and her at-tendents, to be elected before the dance by men students, only will be announced at intermission time and will reign over the rest of the evening. The candidates were nominated by the men's clubs of the campus and they are as follows Joan Forsgreen, Kay Bingham, Sandy Lower, Sharon Harris, Bonnie Bybee, Pat Olson, Marilyn Bott, Sheryl Burnett, Colleen Howes, and Donna Gibb. Harvest Theme The ballroom will be decorated around a harvest theme with the traditional fall colors used throughout the decorations. Admittance will be one dollar per couple and starting time will be 9 p. m. Tickets will be sold at the door only. General chairman and A.M.S. president is Gary Peterson. Del-bert Kay, who is absent this quarter, is vice president; and Cordell Nelson is secretary. Dean, Clair L. Anderson is A.M.S. advisor. The dance will be sport and a good time is guaranteed for all who attend. ' w . . . r r VOLUME XVIII NOVEMBER 12, 1954, OGDEN, UTAH Number 4 Stick 'Em Up : -HV) r. ' ft 's&IN ' - W..-, - mum-"- i atilin TT-iiwmi ifitirn iitMimm-ni I r im -fll"-TiHl i'mi rii J Here is a sample of the terrific action to be found in the coming Community Play "The Bishop Misbehaves." Walter Cable and Mrs. Malcolm Pingree keep Dean Marshall, Jerry Monroe, Don McKay, and Frank Wilcox in line. Remember! Yearbook Pictures Coming Up. "Pride and Prejudice" Is First Cellar Play Pride and Prejudice, dramatised by Jane Kendall from Jane Austen's novel, is to be presented by the Cellar Theatre on December 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. The play deals with a mother of the late nineteenth century England who has a number of daughters whom she desires to marry well. As marriage was one profession open to young women in that period in England, spinster-hood was disaster. You will be interested in seeing how each of her five daughters were provided with husbands in spite of her and not because of her. Bertha Eccles Hall The play will be held in the Bertha Eccles hall this quarter, but the department hopes to be able to have a new playbox theatre in the library if the Moench Building in time for the Winter Quarter production. All of the activities connected with a first-class playbox theatre including refreshments and close contact with the actors will be included.According to Mr. Green, the cast is determined to present this old English classic in a manner that will be most pleasing and satisfying to all who find the time to attend one of the productions. To Leave For Pasadena November 17 The Whip Club is going to have a ball when they go to Pasedena for the big football game, according to Kathryn Jensen, president of the outfit, These thirty-five girls will travel in style to California a Greyhound bus, November 17. After seeing Pasedena they will journey to L. A. and see a few of the sights there. On the way home they are going to side track and go see Boulder Dam. They are planning to arrive home Sunday night, November 20. Read The Ads In this issue there is a note to each of you students from some of the businessmen of Ogden, in the form of an ad. Read them! The BET's nine to one that you seldom read these. Why don't you? These ads are the main source of income for the Signpost, and the Signpost is your newspaper. Make it a habit. Read the ads. DEBATERS ABSENT, ON TRIP TO PROVO TODAY, TOMORROW They're off to Provo. Yep, today and tomorrow the debate class and several drama students will attend the B. Y. U. speech meet. There they will compete with the state's jr. colleges, freshmen and sophomores from the three four year schools and senior and junior students who have had no previous experiense. Emphasis will be placed on constructive criticism rather than contest work. Tuscon Trip , As previously announced a group will go to Tuscon, Arizona, for the Western Speech Association convention and forensic tournament November 22-25. Instead of the entire group however the Weber entries will be limited to one men's and one women's team accompanied by Mr. Monson. The next trip will be taken by the bulk of the class to California in early December or earlyJanuary. Salesmanship Class Instructs Students In Good Selling A course in Salesmanship, taught by Bernard R. Diamond, secretary-manager of the Ogden Chamber of Commerce, has been organized for students desiring work in the stores during the Christmas holidays.This course, which began on November 1, is offered in six sessions on Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:45 to 5:45. In a few weeks when this course is over, the students who took the class will probably have a job to show for theirefforts. COMMUNITY-COLLEGE PLAY NOVEMBER 18 The curtain rises on the 1954-55 season of the Ogden Community- Weber College Theatre November 18, with the presentation of "The Bishop Misbehaves", by Fredrick Jackson. Gladys Sargent will direct the play which will run through Nov ember 20th. The cast is made up of students and local talent. Each production will begin at 8:30 in the Moench Auditorium. Students are reminded that they can exchange their activity tickets for reserve seat tickets by stopping in at Glen Brothers Music Store between now and time for the play. Succeeding plays are entitled: "Abe Lincoln in Illinois", and "My Man Godfrey." A bonus play is to be performed by one our Universities and will be announced later. Winning Team To Be Guests At Big Feed Food and fun are in store next Saturday for some of the ambitious students here at Weber. A party is being planned at "The Top of The Town" in the Ben Lomond Hotel, for the winning committee of the refrendum ticket sale. Rebecca Gallego's team earned the largest amount of any group $67, and they will be guests at a party given in their honor. Approximately, three hundred students, twenty groups, participated in the sale and canvassed the entire residential district of Ogden, asking for contributions and giving away tickets to the Halloween party which was held in the White City Ballroom. The entire group of students, sold about $486 in tickets. |