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Show SIGNPOST WEBER COLLEGE Vol. 1 No. 22 Mr. Cottle Mr. Pitts Miss Oleson By Lois Stoddard Students have a hand in shaping the future of a iour-year Weber College studentbody this week by their choice of outstanding officers.The importance of choosing wisely is stressed by the impending transition to a four-year institution. The student officers will shoulder much of the thought and planning necessary for success. Primary elections were held yesterday to narrow the list of candidates. Nominees as of Tuesday were: President: Norman Bramble, Dean Christensen; vice president: Dorothy Jones; secretary: Bonnie Bates and Kaye McGarry; treasurer: Dick Miller; Business Manager: Dave Stromberg. The finalists will be announced at the school dance sponsored by Lamba Delta Sigma tonight. The finalists will print their platforms to 'aid the students in their choice and will speak at a campaign assembly on April (i. The ISA Offers Student Travel Three new summer study pro-Grams for college students to Paris, Florence, and Vienna have recently been announced by the West Coast office of the National Student Association. The NSA "study-travel" group gives students an opportunity of really petting to know one country, and an opportunity to study a foreign language in the native country. The language classes will be arranged on the beginning, in- I termediate, and advanced level. j The total cost of the all-summer program is ?7!K, which includes trans-Atlantic transportation and all expenses in Europe. OGDEN, UTAH t Miss Grange ""v , V Miss Roghaar Mr. Wangsgard final elections are to be held on April 7th. All students are urged to make their desires known by voting for the candidates of their choice. A studentbody card will be necessary to vote. The new officers will be announced on April S at the traditional dinner dance, and will be sworn in on the third Friday in May. Flighty Sorority Lands On Campus Coming soon! Ladda Dadda Do National Sorority, plans to send representatives to Weber College to discuss the possible location of a new sorority house. Sub-committees made up of students and faculty members will soon be meeting to formulate a scheme which will prepare Weber for this crucial step. Petitions are available. Student officers encourage the selection of responsible candidates for subcommittee positions. "Sororities aren't as expensive as many people suppose," said the president of the organization. "Actually the initial cost of the building, usually over $100,000, is the main concern," he added. In order to pay for this much needed accessory, each student will be accessed an additional $.10.00 in their studentbody fee. This will continue for the next ten years until the building is paid for. The sorority submitted b lu e prints for the typical housing project. The decision is not final but it is anticipated that this is the plan to be used. The exterior walls will be of adobe with weeping mortar. Huge picture windows suggesting a dis-proportioned moon shape will bear the symbol of the sorority in the center. This symbol is a curved April 1, 1960 LDS Presents Fantas By Eloise McQuown Signpost Staff Writer Lambda Delta Sigma will present their annual dance, "April Fantasy", in the College Ballroom tonight.Special attraction of the evening will be the crowning of the LDS "Ideals". Candidates are: Linda Grange, Lucy Oleson, Linda Roghaar, Ross Wangsgard, Neil Pitts, and Lynn Cottle. During intermission the final candidates for Studentbody officers will also be announced.Commencing at fl p.m., the dance will be best dress, .t.r,o per couple, and feature Harold Geertsen's orchestra. All Weber students are invited to attend. Officers in charge of this event are: Men's chapter, Paul Child, Ralph Visser, and Ross Pearce. Women's chapter, Gail Saunders, Sandra Schofield, and La Preal Baldwin. Series Slated Monday, April 4, the Weber College Lecture Series will present John M. Goddard, world traveler, adventurer and lecturer. Mr. Goddard has traveled completely around the world, on a 24 country, 40,000 mile odyssey that takes him to some of the most fabulous areas of Europe, Africa and Asia! In these travels he has taken many films, the outstanding scenes he has placed in a new color adventure film. Monday, he will present this sensational program for the enjoyment and education of the students of Weber College. In the film you see Mr. Goddard climb to the top of lf),."i4() foot Killimanjaro, the city from which they depart and preparations for such a climb. You see his wife, Pearlyne, associating with the Pigmies, taking dance lessons in Ceylon and enjoying the peoples and customs of the world. Mr. Goddard has also been featured in Look Magazine and on the famous nation-wide TV series "Bold Journey". S shape crossed perpendicularly by two straight lines. The basement has a very outstanding feature, unique to the building constructions of our time. Sparkling water from the cities cess pool will be piped direct to flood the entire floor. Dimly lighted with pastel shades, the pool will be the outstanding feature. Here the girls can paddle through the mystic arrangement of supporting beams. The first floor will be done in rustic western. Pine furniture will be covered with the original canvas of the first covered wagon's. Heat from the pot belly stove in the center of the living room will radiate heat throughout the entire building. Gentlemen callers will report at the interrogation office just to the left of the chuck wagon. The window to the chuck wagon opens to the outside. Girls who fail to get dates often solicit goodies to the fellows who entertain the sorority queens in the group necking room. Each girl is responsible for her own room. These rooms are the dream of every misfortunate. Double beds with feather stuffed mattresses dominate one side of the room. Roomy x-losets will provide ample space for the uniforms and bear skin rugs will warm the chill By Harvey Haywood Signpost Staff Writer Robert S. iO HQS Debate Tourney The National Junior College Phi Rho Pi tournament will be held next Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 7, S, !, on Weber College campus. Schools from all over the country will be represented. Already schools from Michigan, Minnesota, Texas, California, Washington and Arizona have made arrangements to attend. Weber's chapter of Phi Rho Pi, a National debate fraternity, is sponsored by Dr. Monson, chairman of the Humanities division and debate coach. Student officers are: Mack Gift, president; Ann Fox, vice president; Shari Bunot, secretary-treasurer, and Carol Manning, historian. Dr. Monson also announced that Weber will send one and maybe two teams to the University of Hawaii, at Honolulu on the tenth of May. Last Wednesday night, club talent blossomed out for the annual Talent Show, sponsored by AWS. The program was as always, exceptionally entertaining. Each club displayed their many talents in good style. The well-deserved winners were Sigma and LD. Takai Kyoto made a presentation based around nursery rhymes. It was original and well put together.Phoenix pleasingly surprised the audience with their cleverly done "Entry in the talent show in the time allotted as it were." Excelsior Men's Club came through in their usual style, and Sigma also did their best, which was good. Sharmea shined brightly through with a spring theme. It also had a little note of fantasy. LaDianeada had a variety show on a subject familiar to all women. It was well organized and put together. Otyokwa did an excellent job on an abstract impression of conflicts of life. bf the hardwood floors. Others features include a library of current fiction, a reception room for parties and dancing, several ping pong tables and an automatic dish washer for the service kitchen.The service kitchen is an idea also unique to this institution. Here the girls plan and prepare the meals for their sorority sisters.Indeed this building is the greatest contribution to Weber's four-year plan. Accommodations for at least 2,-."00 girls solves a major problem faced by the schools presidency. It will be ready about the spring of 1972. The girls must be thoroughly screened before their applications will be considered. To be eligible for this consideration the girls must first take a simple examination. This test covers geometry, semantics, history, thirteen different foreign languages and ability in the fields of cooking, sewing and house keeping. Sections covering personality, psychological traits are included. Further information deal i n g with this will be announced later. Any poor fool who believes the preceeding rot deserves to be a candidate for this torture house. April Fool. Clubs Display Talent In Annual Sliovv Mikkelsen, Scribulus Literary Magazine advisor announced the editors for next year's staff Monday. Directing the activities of the staff is Larry Peer, editor, assisted by Sherma Topping, layout editor, and Dave Shrider, business manager. Larry, an Ogden High graduate, gained valuable experience working on the Literary Harvest. He plans to become a teacher of English, foreign languages or biological science. Future layout editor, Sherma Topping, hails from Ogden High. She also worked on the staff of the Literary Harvest. Active in the pep club and Future Teachers of America, she majored in business. At present she is an enthusiastic member of Sharmea.Dave Shrider, from Ogden High, participated in ci-eative writing classes in high school and at Weber. During the past year at Weber he not only worked on this year's Scribulus staff, but contributed poetry and short stories. "We feel that this year's Scribulus is representative of more writing talent than it has been in previous years," said Colleen Keyes, present editor. "I anticipate next year's editors will produce an equally fine magazine." Board of Control, Monday appropriated money for debaters to go to the first annual tournament at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu. If the budget permits two teams will be going, if not only one team will go. The teams will be chosen at a later date. On May 10 they are scheduled to leave and Dr. Monson is going along with them. Teams from up and down west coast and teams from BYU will be going also. the the Mrs. Addresses Ogden Audience A former first lady spoke to a capacity crowd at Ogden High School auditorium Thursday. The internationally prominent widow of President Franklin D. Roosevelt is a familiar figure in many of the world's capitals. Since her famous husband's death in r.l4."i, Mrs. Roosevelt has become a distinguished woman in her own right. She was a delegate to the United Nations for six years representing the United States, and then was appointed chairman of the commission on Human Rights. She visited Nehru in India, talked with the emperor and empress of Japan and made friends with the Sheik of Araby. In 10."7 her work took her to the Soviet Union on a visit with Khrushchev. Her work as a diplomat and her wide travels have made her a top-ranked expert in the field of foreign relations. BOG Approves Debate Trip |