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Show ELVIRA FANGLESNAP She Offers Advice To Gals This Week t'Stairway to Stars' Club Dance Theme If There are several subjects that-f ought to come up," hiccuped Miss Fanglesnap in her weekly pressrelease. . .L " t or instance -the forthcoming "Cartoon Cavalcade" s p o n s o red by the Art club. At this dance Weber students will come dressed as a comic character. Many can just attend. Someone ought to pin a rose on the Viking shield, for their cheering section in the last two or three games. A brave new voice in a temporary sea of silence. (They can pun that one on, too)." Deleted! "Deleted!" she answered upon being asked to make a short statement about the clan, club and family reunions that cause those traffic jam sessions i n the Central building. Changing her tune and the color of her complexion, another subject was pinioned under the butter knife-like glance of the witty Fanglesnap.She did not appear in the last two issues but at this time she would like to turn the minds of some Weber college students. The fair sex, that is and upon something that has been overlooked this leap year. Now that you femmes have the new look, slightly new manicures, new lines and renewed confidence, do not let this go to your head. Ask before you leap Is he WORTH dating? Food for Thought This problem has given Fangie food for thought. (No expense there.) The answer is "Yes, if he is alive." This is debatable, however, if he goes to Weber college. Purloining an outline in questionnaire form from a national magazine, Elvira has endeavored to answer each question constructively and with a minimum of criticism. To-wit: Q. Is he within 3 or 4 years of your own age? A. What dif what age he is? Where there is life, there's hope, (presumably) Q. Does he have brothers and sisters? A. Watch this. He may treat you as one. Q. Are his friends persons that you admire? A. He has friends? Q. Do you think his parents' marriage was happy? A. Something like that have parents?Q. Is he in school, or has he a job? A. If he isn't, and doesn't, snag him. He may have money. Q. Would you be proud to be seen with him? A. Never mind. The way things are, other people will understand.Q. Do you believe him to be stable and dependable? A. As Jim Valentine remarked after viewing "River Bats" "Ha! Like to see the girl who could walk home from there!" (Or words to that effect) Q. Are he and his family respected in the community? A. That's for you to decide. Q. Does he belong to your church or a similar one? A. Birds of a feather flock together, we pray. Q. Is he courteous and consider ate of others? A. That depends on how fast he leads you out of the Central building. Q. Do you like the work he is interested in? A. No, not you. How he expects to make a living. Q. Has he good friends among both sexes? A. Not if he's a ladies' man, or goes steady. Q. Do you think he would make a good husband? A. Who are you to have eggs in your malt? Q. Has he shown any special interest in you? A. If he speaks to you, and you don't look like Hedy Lamarr and have the money of Got-rocks, yes. Maybe. Q. Does he have sports and hobbies that you like? A. That all depends what kind of sports you are interested in. Q. Is he as intelligent and educated as you are? A. Ha. Q. Does he have an agreeable sense of humor? A. Meaning, what kind of jokes does he tell? Q. Would your parents think well of him? A. That rests upon how early or how late they want to marry you off. Q. Is he healthy and free from any serious physical defects? A. If you can overlook the physical defect of an inflated ego and a healthy case of self conceit, ok. Take to heart the words of Phictitus the poet. If you get a man. both bright and gay Hang to his shirttails night and day. If your hold should start to slip-Grab another and LET 'ER RIP!" Tonight at 9 p. m. in the W. C. ballroom Chanodo will present its annual semiformal dance, "Stairway to the Stars," which will feature Loyal West's orchestra. Cleo Smith is chairman of the dance with Kathryn Bailey, Mary Lou Williams, Norma Thatcher, La Rue Higley, and Celia Larson on the decoration committee; Jean Heimke, Nadine ' Bowman, Elaine Fetscher, Nadine Cordingly, and Loraine Olson on the Publicity committee; Gayle Winkler, Carlene Weaver, Margaret Stegan, and Joanne Stone, ticket committee; Marion Parker, Rosella Hunt, and Kathryn Miller, dance programs. . C. Prexy At Coast Confab Weber prexy Henry Aldous Dixon left Ogden Wednesday,- February 18, to attend the annual meeting of the Softool Administers association in Atlantic City, New Jersey. President Dixon will return Monday, March 1. He plans to attend an American Association of Junior Colleges meeting later in March, where he is slated to speak on the activities of President Truman's Committee on Higher Education, of which he is a member. This meeting is scheduled for Kansas City, Missouri. SIGNPOST Friday, February 27, 1948 Contralto Featured On Concert mm in fc;.;::.-. ' H-'f'' liilll HHHI J- "AW i lk Committee to Probe Grading of Faculty In a move aimed at improving student-teacher relationships, a committee of six was appointed by Weber college board of control members Monday, Feb. 23, to investigate the wisdom and validity of designing and inaugurating a system for evaluating individual teaching techniques. Heading the committee is Charles Carver. He will be assisted by Laurence Burton, Jane Ann Slater, Wilbur Braithwaite, Lee Lalli, and Roily Robinson. Indications are that a similar group will be drawn from faculty members to work in close conjunction with the student unit. SKULL ACTIVITIES The Skull club held its annual membership party at the home of Lowell Steck, February 18. A design for a club pin, submitted by O. C. Tanner Co., was accepted for this year's pins. The new pins will make their appearance in a few weeks. The Skull club, although it has not been top in scholarship stand ing for some time, does have the distinction of being the only club on the campus to have gone the last four quarters without losing a member due to scholarship standing.Skull plans to join Tiki Kapa Kapa, Sharmea and Viking for an inter-club party in the near future. Details of the party have not yet been released. (Cont. from Page 1, Col. 4) each school winning first place honors in each division. In addition, a sweepstakes trophy will be awarded to the school taking the highest point totals. LaMar Buckner, Weber alumnus, is in charge of judging at the contest. Judges, he reports, will be W. C. speech students and qualified Oprlen residents. Mr. Monson issued a call for volunteers to aid in judging at the tournament, asking that all students with speech experience present their names. Herbert Michelson and Hetty Hammon have been named by Monson to take the names of those interested in judging. They urge interested students to volunteer today or the remainder of next week until next Thursday. Anna Kaskas, well known Metropolitan contralto, thrilled the usual large Community Concert audience Wednesday, February 25, at the Ogden high school auditorium, with her interpretation of popular operatic favorites. Miss Kaskas' performance was originally scheduled for March 12, but was changed to the February date three weeks ago. Of Lithuanian ancestry, Miss Kaskas was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where she started her mu sical studies. Her ability attracted the interest of a local music lover, who financed her study in Lith uania. , Debuts in "Masked Ball" It was while in Lithuania that Miss Kaskas made her debut in Verdi's "Masked Ball." She was later financed by the Lithuanian government while studying at Milan, Italy. In 1936 Miss Kaskas won a contract with New York's Metropolitan Opera company, where she has Phytologists Hold Meeting The Phvtoloeists. newly-formed professional club at Weber, held a -combined meeting and social Thursday, Feb. 26, in room M-206. All majors in botany, agriculture, and forestry are invited to attend future meetings. Engineers Plan Trip The engineers club is planning ita annual field trip which is to take place March 18-22. The engies plan to cover 2050 miles, including stopovers at Anderson Ranch Dam, the world's largest earth filled dam; Grand Coolee Dam, the world's largest dam; Bonneville Dam, and other places of interest along the route. The approximate cost of the trip will be $30, which includes transportation, food and sleeping quarters. All who would like further information may see Dick Taylor, Reed HiU, Jack Woods, or L. E. Rich. become an established and popular star. She has also appeared with the Chicago Opera. In addition to her operatic appearances, Miss Kaskas has performed with some of the top symphony orchestras of the nation, including the New York Philharmonic, and the Boston, Philadelphia, and Cleveland symphonies. She is familiar to radio audiences through her appearances on the Ford and Coca-Cola hours. Third Artist Miss Kaskas was the third featured artist on the winter quarter Ogden Community-Weber college concert series. The Utah symphony is scheduled as the next feature of the series. MOTHPROOFING - WATERPROOFING - REPAIRING Quality Dry Cleaning Co. VERNON S. POULSEN, Prop. 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