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Show March 16, 1965 SIGNPOST Page 15 ITS WSC JPM4PVINCJTAL ? Do you think Wcbor State Is provincial? To different students this question held many connota- Itiuns. The reporter explained that provincial meant "rustic" or "countrified" or "native." The I students were also asked tliat if they felt Weber was not provincial would they classify itas-cosmopolitan. Janet Reeve, freshmen. "Ever I since Weber has become a four year college, a marked change I has occurred. The building pro gram is being expanded, dorma- ii.ories have been built, new class room facilities and a library are in the making. Weber is no longer the local Junior College of Ogden, but now a recognized four Ivear institution hosting students l.'rom all over the United States. I More opportunities are open to beople of all types. This is all :. esulting in an increase of stu- llentbody of 30 per cent already. L'osmopolitian influence is starting to become more and more I imminent. This is just a start- he future holds a continual ;rovth of both inside and out- Lide ideas." .Kent Bulkley, junior. "In my opinion it depends on your van- lage point. To the first quarter teshmen Weber State appears o be a very large cosmopolitan ollege. He meets other students Ivith different backgrounds from nany states of the states of the uiion. He learns of subjects that he had very little knowledge of efore attending college. His in- tructors have generally been ed- jfunBoi Available at If it's Da. n. . They're at A-CL0TH1NG company 164 24th St. Ogden ucated in and reeieved degi'ees from many of the best known and respected institutions in America. To him Weber State is definitely cosmopolitan. Then we have thepseudo-intellectuals, both among out student body and faculty. From their vantage point Weber State is in the same category as the proverbial one room school house in Hooper. Some deem themselves authorities because they are so widely traveled. They have been to Yellowstone Park once and Disneyland twice. Because they disagree with some of Webers traditions they scream provincial! In my classes there are students from Mass., Dakota, Loui-sana, Kanisas, Texas, and most students who have traveled England, Iran, Germany and other of the western states as well as throughout the world. I have instructors who hold degrees from the leading institutions in the nations, and some who have studied abroad. I fail to see how this en-viornment is a consucive to provincialism as some would lead me to believe." Tex Bourlsnd, junior. "I feel that we at Weber are in the middle of some very important growing pains," that ii, betweeen , being a small city college and a nationally recognized one. In my estimation we are steadily moving towards a cosmopoli-tion type atmosphere, with the coming of more out of state students and the bettering of the name of our college through many other states." These next few years will, in all probability, be the most important and trying years for the college, faculty and the students, and will take a great amount of patience on the part of all to achieve the higher goals possible."Curtis Smout, chairman of the elections committee. "In my opinion, Weber State College is basically provincial. The majority of the students attending Weber are from a 50 mile radius and similar background. However, I also feel that travel can produce a slight cosmopolitan effect. People visiting places, such as Europe, South America, the Far East, as well as the North American continent becomes familar with the various customs and practices of the area making it possible for a wide varity of cosmopolitanism."Steve Larson, feature writer for the Signpost. "The charge has been laid to Weber State that she is too provincial, or not cosmopolitan enough. To those of us who enjoy our residence in Utah and our attendance at Weber, this scathing rebuke connoting "narrowness" is a bit uncomfortable. If we were honest, however, I suppose we would be forced to admit that our scope and perspective is narrower than Oxford, Harvard, and Yale. I don't think this is anything to be ashamed of. We are meeting the needs of the world in which we live. I feel sure that we will lie Continued to page 23 NEWEST IN FASMO '; " s Has a it ' New Collection . sir ot hernials and Semi-Formals from such Famous Fashion names as hA if. iM Nadines and Sally Ann n any size from 5-18 f 0 MII jkA Jill See these Fashions Today Fort Lane Shopping Center, Layton 250 S. 2nd East, S.L.C. Downtown, Provo Gina Bachauer Featured Soloist Mar. 18 Concert Yearbook Acorn editor, Bob Hunter reminds all seniors to turn in a list of their accomplishments for publication in the yearbook. These accomplishments may include any scholarships, committees, publications, clubs, contests and other activities. These accomplishments should be turned into the Acorn office UB 203 before March 26. The yearbook will come out in May. An all-Russian program and an appearance by the distinguished pianist Gina Bachauer, will highlight the Utah Symphony concert on March 18 in the Ogden High School Auditorium. Seats for the concert, which begins at 8:30 p.m. can be reserved at the treasurer's office in building 1. The major work of the evening will be the monumental Shostakovich Symphony No. 5, hail ed as one of the most powerful works in the orchestral repertoire. Borodin's "On the Steppes of Central Asia" will open the concert. Gina Bachauer, in her first solo appearance with Maurice Ab-ravanel and the Utah Symphony, will play the beautiful and haunting Piano Concerto No. 2 by Rachmaninoff.Miss Bachauer is a native of Athens. 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