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Show Page 2 SIGNPOST September 23, 1963 A New One AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Editorial Future Editorial Policy As we start a new year on the Signpost staff, I think a few words about editorial policy are in order. It is the opinion of the editor, now that Weber is a four-year institution, that the school newspaper should play a more influential role on the campus. Therefore, with a larger paper this year, an attempt will be made to publish a paper that will become an integrated part of student life. The fastest way for a paper to gain recognition is to cover controversial subjects. It will be the policy of this paper to print any news that is handled in good form, regardless of private-interest groups that may be offended. We do not expect to please everyone in every issue. With your indulgence, I would like to re-print an editorial from Spring quarter which I think will summarize the future policy of this paper . . . One often hears the saying, "I will argue anything but politics and religion." This is an excellent motto for those who wish to avoid all types and forms of controversy. In our type of society, there should be no institution or individual that is above the mark of the critics and dissenters. Many people will agree that out of argument, disagreement and debate, come some of man's highest achievements. Yet how many of us are willing to subject ourselves or our basic beliefs to criticism? We all have a tendency to place our beliefs and honored institutions above the level of questioning. When someone disagrees with or puts forth a different idea, we quickly reach the conclusion that the individual or idea is wrong, stupid, or just plain misinformed. What we all fail to realize is that throughout history, many of the ideas and institutions that we believe in today were at one time considered blasphemous or without justification. Just because something does not coincide with the established norm does not make it radical or automatically wrong. Perhaps many of the wrongs on our campus and in our state could be corrected if some individuals were not afraid of stepping on toes or hurting someone's feelings. Many times an idea or a movement is stopped by authorities before it is even given a fair consideration just because it might be offensive to a public official. It should be remembered that these people are public servants, and if they do something that is not in the best interest of all concerned, then they must expect and receive criticism and argument. Great institutions such as Democracy and Christianity also try many times to ignore and do away with criticism. Most of us on this campus like to consider ourselves very open minded. And yet as the college grows and a greater variety of students enroll here, it seems that we become more firmly entrenched in our ways and fail to consider other views objectively. Higher education should give us a more tolerant and understanding viewpoint. As soon as we stop looking at all possibilities and ignoring and shying away from criticism, our society will become stagnant. Only by considering all sides of an issue with an open mind, be it religious, moral, political, or educational, can we preserve our institutions and create new and better ones. Mr. Robert Hall hit the problem squarely when he said, "The evils of controversy are transitory, while its benefits are permanent." Larry V. Bishop i LOOKING FOR Sweaters See Looking Forward To a Big Year By Gary London After observing present conditions concerning enthusiasm and pr.s-registration interest there is an outside change that Weber may become in fact a "Four Year" college. Now I don't want to build anyone's hope to such a point that they are disappointed when we fail to receive a Cotton Bowl bid. Yet, being basically optimistic, I can't help but feel that Harrison High is dying. Student government is working and to a degree of efficiency I have not seen equaled in my experience. They actually seem to be doing something and apparently have a purpose. If this nucleus can in some way communicate this interest to the studentbody the curtain of apathy may begin to rise. It's interesting to note that rather than inter-governmental disputes there is an1 apparent shift of cooperation. This may make it possible to present a united front against some of our classic administrative decisions, i.e., no Greek. To avoid a year of regrets it will take more than a few pom pom girls and new year resolutions. It is going to take a careful examination of ourselves as a college not only in comparison to B.Y.U. but in terms of a more national basis. We as students must find expression for our feeling through involvement in student issues. Weber will be just as we are if we do not. A rather depressive thought in some instances, but there is a chance, and government seems to be blazing a path . . . unfortunately we must put forth the effort to follow. Signpost Staff Editor f .....Larry V. Bishop Associate Editor.. ..Gary L. London Business Manager Val Stratford Sports Editor Ryan Re.es Society Editor Janet Lund Copy Editor -...Linda Ballinger Layout Editor Charlen Smith Feature Writer Bob Elton Reporters Dee Loomis, John Hale, Mike Sivulich, Mary Brethower, Jack Bingham, Nion B. Ilding 2305 Wash. Blvd. UTAH PARLOR "The Ultimate in Fine Food" Featuring our new, beautiful dining room to accommodate large or small groups. For Information or Reservations, Phone 394-6002 Restaurant Hours 5 p.m. to I a.m. Closed Tuesdays 2430 Grant Avenue sz Y W W WW W WWWWn By Robert Elton Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. Huxley, "Lay Sermons" Welcome friends and non-friends. This little space is again dedicated to nonsense, heroic crusades, virtuous campaigns, and the philosophies of Nion B. Ilding . . . Let me again welcome all letters. Particularly those that are in flaming protest against some real or imagined wrong that this institution or members thereof are perpetrating upon you ... Do any of you know what the collegiate branch of the John Birch Society is called ? The Sons of Birches, of course. Here is a news flash. It is no longer "in" to carry a copy of The Lord of Flies around with you. Visions of Gerard by Kerouac is in in in . . . If you really want to read something magnificently irreverent, get a copy of Letters From the Earth by Mark Twain. Here is a brief excerpt . . . "I will tell you a pleasant tale which has in it a touch of pathos. A man got religion, and asked the priest what he must do to be worthy of his new estate. The priest said, "Imitate our Father in Heaven, learn to be like him." The man studied his Bible diligently and thoroughly and understanding, and then with prayers for heavenly guidance instituted his imitations. He tricked his wife into falling downstairs, and she broke her back and became a paralytic for life; he betrayed his brother into the hands of a sharper who robbed him of his all and landed him in the almshouse ; he inoculated one son with hookworms, another with the sleeping sickness, another with gonorrhea; he furnished one daughter with scarlet fever and ushered her into her teens deaf, dumb, and blind for life; and after helping a rascal seduce the remaining one, he closed his doors to her and she died in a brothel cursing him. Then he reported to the priest who said that that was no' way to imitate his Father in Heaven. The convert asked wherein he had failed, but the priest changed the subject and inquired what kind of weather he was having up his way." Did, you hear about the Irishman who approached his priest one day after mass and asked him how does a person get arthritis? The priest turned on the man with all of his righteous wrath and said, "Arthritis, arthritis, I'll tell you how you get arthritis. Chasing women, staying up all night, drinking whiskey, that's how you get arthritis. Why do you ask?" "No reason," replied the Irishman. "It just mentions in this magazine that the Pope has arthritis." A political pundit somewhere suggested that Kennedy and Rockefeller run for president. The winner would get the office and the loser would pay off the national debt . . . "An honest God is the noblest work of man." -- Ingersall LITTLE MAN, ON CAMPUS A "Thi mav pamki weu- finish sou ft i 1 |