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Show Page 4 EDUCATIONAL WEEKNESS Las week Weber College devoted itself to education if you can imagine such a desperate situation. The national educators found it necessary to suggest that our colleges adopt one week during the year when this foreign subject would be considered. The very idea a whole week just for education! It's ridiculous! What do they think we corne to school for, anyway? I once heard of a lad in his teens who had the peculiar notion that he was going to get an education at college through study. Poor, deluded innocent. (But he did get his education.) Education week! Was it really observed? I didn't no-lice any more students than usual with a hang-over from an overdone of education on the night before. "Education is the experiencing of new sensations." I would prefer that education week came during vacation time so that my studies would not distract my attention. At any rate we hope that a week spent in contemplation of education will not have any serious detrimental effects on our school as it used to be. Some of our leading contemporary philosophers express their views thus: T!cinicc Lindquisf. "I've sheen a week of eshticashun mm a man!'' Lawrence Somerville: "Education week to me is another demonstration of the eternal principle of cause and effect. Mr. Allrcd: "Fellers, you cain't git along widout an eddication." Mr. John Benson: "I don't think it would hurt any allege to devote a week to education." Russ Farr: "Education is a great thing for the common people. But as for Fatum. . ." ITEMS OF REVIEW Oct. 31. Mrs. Lily Grace Madiscn, Field Representative of the W. C. T. U., spoke In assembly on temperance, pointing out scientifically how alcohol and tobacco reduce the efficiency of the human body. Nov. 3. The faculty sponsored the weekly dance, introducing a number of new ideas, and providing novel entertainment for their guests. Nov. 7. The prc-legal and pre-mcdical students sponsored competitive acts in assembly. The lawyers, appropriately enough, featured a scene in Hell Among the Devils. The doctors presented a dance by six charming male chorus girls, a melodrama on a park bench, and my word an autopsy. The decision has not yet been awarded. o FEDERAL AID SECURED FOR STUDENT LABOR About one-hundred sixty needy students of Weber College will receive assistance as part of the newest plan for emergency relief for education. President Tracy announced November 13, 19J3 last week. Weber has been allotted $4,000 as its share of $50,000 secured by Governor Blood as a loan from the federal government to the state of Utah for institutions of higher learning. The rules governing the distribution provides that the rate of pay shall be fifty cents an hour and that the student shall receive more than $17. None of the money earned is to apply in tuition. ATI is to be used by the students for living expenses. Work is to begin at once. The college will finance Itself, to be reimbursed from the state fund at the end of each month, when the program receives the approval of the state budding commission. Projects planned by the college authorities are of such nature that the money will pay for labor rather than for materials. A tentative program includes painting of floors in the main building, painting and reshingling of the girls' and men's dormitories, reseeding of campus lots, and general minor repairs. o NO FUNDS FOR BASKETBALL AND DRAMA That basketball and drama must finance themselves this year because of the lack of sufficient student body funds was decided in a Board of Control meeting November 6th. The announcement was made after Earl Thomas, athletic manager, had requested an appropriation of $150 for basketball equipment. Too much money having been spent on football was given as the reason for not granting the request. It is hoped that these activities will be self-supporting during the school year of 1933-34. In the past, drama, has not only supported itself, but has contributed money to the school treasury. Basketball, also, is expected to earn through gate receipts as much money as it expends. OUR PRINTING PRESS My heart is of steel, my limbs are of copper, and my fingers are of brass. I am the voice of today, the herald of the future. I tell the story of peace and of fighting. I stir the pulse of nations and make brave men do brave deeds. When I speak many thousands of people cease their work and listen, for I carry their joys and sorrows. I am right, knowledge, power. I am the record of all things mankind has achieved. I am the laughter and the tears of the world and I shall never die until all things have returned to dust. I ame the printing press. Business Dept. o |