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Show New Editor! Assumes Staff Post Dick Layman: he assumes Signpost editorship this issue. Dick Layman, recently appointed editor of the Signpost by the W. C. board of control, assumes direction of the paper this week, replacing Phil Tunks, ex-editor who ' resigned two weeks ago. Tunk's resignation forced a one-week suspension of the paper while a new staff was organized, and it appeared last week under the auspices of the Associated Women Students in an effort to publicize Charm Week. Layman announced the paper will resume regular weekly publication commencing this week. Layman was appointed editor by unanimous vote of the board of control February 2. Since the beginning of this school year he has served on the Signpost in the successive posts of sports editor, make-up editor, and assistant editor. He has been in charge of all make-up, copy-reading, and proofreading since the middle of the fall quarter. Burton Is Delegate Laurence Burton, Weber student body president, acted as the school's representative at a meeting of the National Students association at the University of Colorado, Saturday, February 14. Burton was the only Weber delegate at the conference, which was attended by student body officials from junior and senior colleges in Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, and other intermountain states. The National Student association, Burton said, is composed of all colleges in the nation. Purpose of the organization is to work for programs and actions beneficial to the nation's colleges, he stated. Selected Excelsior Sweetheart Jean Nelson, above, was selected by movie actor Tyrone Power as the Sweetheart of Excelsior. Miss Nelson was presented during intermission at the club's annual Sweetheart Kali, Friday, February 13. pff(D Sec 562, P. L. & R. Volume 11, Number 14 Weber Speakers Take All Forensic Honors At Carbon Tournament Members of the Weber college, speech, department chalked up a perfect score in the junior college forensic tournament at Carbon college, Price, February 13-14, walking away with first and second places in all three divisions of competition debate, extempore speaking, and oratory. Winners in the debate division were Herbert Michelson and De Ward Hock, who took first place, while Winn Richards and Haynes Fuller, who were matched against them in the finals, were awarded second place honors. Parker, Shimiau Take Extemp Clyde Parker and Willie Shimizu took first and second places, respectively, in the extempore speaking division. First and second a-wards in oratory went to Donna Kunz 'and Clyde Parker. All first and second place winners were awarded individual meals, while a trophy was awarded for each division.The 60 speakers at the event represented Dixie, Snow, Idaho southern, Weber, and Carbon colleges. Approximately 20 debate teams entered the competition. Five rounds of debate, single elimination, and one round of oratory and extempore were held. Friday, February 20, 1948 In addition to the winners, the Weber entrants included Dick Nils-son, Kaye Kilburn, Paul Smith, Bruce Ballif, Oman Tracy, Bob Froerer, Hetty Hammon, Marianna Lee, all entered in debate, and Emma Lou Barnes, oratory contestant.Accompanied By Coaches The Weber speakers were accompanied by Leland H. Monson, debate coach; E. Carl Green, assistant debate coach; and Thatcher Allred, extempore and oratory coach. The Carbon forensic meet, revived this year for the first time since the conclusion of the war, was formerly an annual event in the Utah-Idaho area. This year's contest was planned at the Intercollegiate Fellowship conference at Mesa j. c. November 1, 1947. It is planned that the tournament again be reinstated on an annual basis, and extended into more states in an effort to make it more truly intermountain. Snow Or Weber Next Year Next year's tournament will be held at either Snow or Weber colleges, it was revealed by Van Perkins of Carbon, who was elected president of an un-named organization formed to plan the 1949 contest. STORY ON PAGE 3 r- n 'Desert Song', Romberg Score, Presented by Double Cast Sigmund Romberg's well-known light opera, "The Desert Song," will be presented by the Weber college music department, March 3-6, as a highlight of the department's yearly activity. To feature a double cast of principals, the production will present a total of 100 players under the direction of music department instructors Roland Parry and Delmar Dixon, and E. Carl Green of the college English department. The opera, permeated throughout Paul Davis: he replaces William-sen as business manager. Paul Davis Wins Post As Manager Paul Davis was voted new Weber college business manager in final elections Friday, February 13. He competed in the final runoff a-gainst Carvel Wood. Davis replaces Larry William-sen, who resigned the business post a few weeks ago to serve on a mission for the LDS church. William-sen, in his letter of resignation to the board of control, expressed his regret at leaving Weber and noted the cooperation he had received from the student body. The board voted him a unanimous vote of thanks for his work since he was elected in the spring quarter of last year. The post of business manager carries with it a seat on the board of control; it is one of the five student body positions. School Waits State Action on Deficit Student body officers are awaiting word from the State Board of Examiners concerning a $4000 deficit which was sustained by the Weber student body on its gridiron encounter with the Mickalums of Honolulu. The game was a Centennial Committee sponsored event which the committee offered to reimburse when it learned the school had sustained a loss. Final action is waiting, pending the approval of the measure by the State Board of Examiners. The appropriation has been before the board for several weeks but no definite action has been taken yet. O with the haunting and familiar Romberg melodies, will be staged in the W. C. auditorium. Tickets went on sale this week in Ogden stores. Double Cast The double cast of principals,, picked three weeks ago, will feature Junior Stokes and Don Becker as Pierre Birabeau, "the Red Shadow", and Luana Green and Jane Ann Slater as Susan, the general's ward. Other principals in the cast include Dale Blackburn, Marlin Hill, Laurence Burton, Orvil Holley, Charles Parker, (Don Colwin, Marilyn Belnap, Berna Goodwin, Grant Russell, Bob Daniels, Marilyn Willie, Nadine Bowman, Colleen Price, Phyllis Parker, Dave Carruth, Frank Therman, Delores Bingham, Charlene Budge, and Hyrum Sanders.Choral and vocal direction of "The Desert Song" will be under the supervision of Roland Parry, W. C. choral instructor, whose oratorio, "A Child Is Born", thrilled thousands of Utah music-lovers during the holiday seasons when it played in Ogden and Salt Lake City. Orchestral accompaniment will be under the direction of Delmar Dixoti, who serves as coordinator of the entire production. Green Is Stage Director E. Carl Green of the W. C. English department will serve as stage and dramatics supervisor "We are all enthusiastic about the show," said the directors, "because the music is beautiful and the dramatic situation thrilling. We look forward to a fine production." Plot of "The Desert Song" concerns a young member of the French Foreign Legion who is a general's son by day and the "Red Shadow", reckless leader of the Riffs, by night. The production is replete with such Romberg favorites as "One Alone", "The Desert Song", and "The Riff Song". Dance to Conclude Charm Activities "Qpids Q," annual preference ball to be held tonight in the Weber college ballroom, will conclude Charm Week. The dance, commencing at 9 p. m., puts the cap on a series of AWS-sponsorcd activities which highlighted the school's coeds this week. Opened by a volleyball game Monday, February 16, in which a women's faculty team opposed a coed team, Charm Week featured in addition a fashion show, a "charm clinic", and a panel dis cussion in which Weber girls received male criticism. Purpose of Charm Week was to make "girls in the Weber family conscious of the possibilities of personality and charm development," according to Pvoma Lou Buckner, AWS president, who, together with other AWS officers and Miss Mae Welling, dean of women, directed the week's events. |