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Show Page 2 WEBER COLLEGE SIGNPOST Friday, February 25, 1949 Signpost WEEKLY PUBLICATION OF ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF WEBER COLLEGE 402 Moench Building Phone Weber College Extension 26 Editor Billee K. Wright Assistant Editor Gerrie Kese Business Manager Xorraine Price Sports Editor Ralph Mitchell Cartoonist R. Housley Exchange Editor Jo Ann Cliften Editorial Advisor - L. C. Evans Business Advisor : O. M. Clark Reporters: Shirley Corkey, Richard Rounds, Emma Lou Barnes, Shirley Lynch, Clarence Erkelens, Anita Harvey, Marian-Mower, A. Coombs, LuNeva Allen, Boyd Clawson, Loyde Draayer, Cliff Thompson, and Dick Critchlow. Make Way For Success Do you ever get discouraged, feeling that the whole world is against you and that no matter how many opportunities are available they are out of your reach? Remember "The world makes way for the determined man." If you are determined to make a success of your life and have the will power needed you can stop any obstacles that come before you. The thing to do is set your goal high and have a determination to do all in your power to reach that goal which you set. Every Weber student has ability or he would not have been able to graduate from high school or pass college entrance tests. Almost everyone with a normal mind and body can make a success of his life. What is it that prevents many of us from making a success and taking advantage of the opportunities that are before us? In many cases it is just plain laziness and lack of determination. All of us have at times wasted an hour or two or perhaps a whole day; then when the end of the quarterns nearing we are up all hours of the night slaving away on a term paper or research theme. Of course these last minute lessons will not be of such a high quality as they otherwise would have been if more time and preparation had been spent on them. Two months of the new year have passed already but that does 'not mean that you have to wait until 1950 to turn over a new leaf. Maybe you did get a bad start but there is no better time than the present to change your ways. Don't sit around day dreaming and hoping you will some day be a success or 1949 will slip out of your hands before you have accomplished these ends. It isn't just resolving to do better but the actual process that counts. Never think poorly of yourself but always regard yourself as being capable of doing"whatever comes before you. Keep these thoughts in mind and strive to do better and success cannot help but come your way. Letter To The Editor This letter is addressed to the-- Editor, but I am writing to the students. I wish I could ask each one of you personally if you have yet purchased your year book. I would like to know what the reason of the lack of sales is. Briefly the sales are terrible. There have been 800 books ordered from the Wheewright Lithographing Co., of Salt Lake. Up to the present time there have been only 324 students who have decided that it is good business to buy for five dollars, a book worth eleven, not counting the endless slave labor of the editorial staff. Of course if all the books are not sold there will be a deficit. So unless you would enjoy seeing "Critchlow" and the board of control stricken with a coronary Thomboses (please notice Mrs. Miner) you will have to purchase in considerable numbers. The book itself will be extraordinary in several respects. GASOLINE Reg. 23c Eth. 25c Pioneer Service 3925 Riverdale Road Dial 3-0316 KINGS X HAMBURGERS and MALTS 3919 Riverdale Road The students of Weber seem pos- sessed with the perverted idea that a year book is conceived, born, reared, and enjoyed entirely by the staff. That it is a staff responsibility and that its success or failure depends completely on these few people. Let's realize now that a year book is being produced and sold at half price for only one reason. That reason being the students themselves. It is subsidized with student body funds and can only be the sum total of the interest shown in behalf of its production. Of course it is true that if you never own a year book you will never miss it. By the same logic if you have never owned an automobile you will never miss it. If you have never tasted a beef steak you will never miss it. If you have never kissed a girl you will never miss it. (Excuse me! My logic fails there.) Jensen Floral Co. Soy With Flowers Corsages and Wedding Flowers 1901 Wash. Blvd. Phone 7819 . .. ... : How's them for brakes. II Might As Well Be Spring Spring has sprung, Fall has fell, Winter's still here, And it's colder than usual. Yes, but then with all the charm floating around the campus this week, "It Might as Well Be Spring." A. W. S. has really been on the ball this year helping the Weber college gals to get their man with the new display of charm promoted this week. Anyone want to place bets on who the most preferred man will be this season? Never mind fellows there must be someone who prefers you (to something). With Cupid's Que coming up this Friday you no doubt . noticed fewer girls in the cafeteria line or at the C. I. for the past week. Looking Back! Resolutions I planned on January first To be an angel-child or burst. I bowled 'em over with smiles and charm At dawn I rose with the alarm. I saw a show, but only when The blissful haze and sales resistance of the college-trained mind are something to marvel at. How curious it is to stand with a three-point student beneath a glaring informing all who possess eyes that books are on sale at the treasurer's office, and hear his cultured voice inquiring politely, "Wnen are they going to sell year books again." All fooling aside, unless the students are willing to purchase and support their yearbook there seems to be only one thing to do and that is remove it completely from its traditional place among school activities. Sincerely, De Ward Hock. 1 bl BhrC m immsim GOLDEN GOOD! TAKE A DOZEN HOME TODAY1 I SEE 'EM MADE . . . I BUY 'EM HOT BUY 'EM HOT . . . . . . AND BUY 'EM BY THE SACK! I j Heap's Spudnut Shop I i 2252 Wash. Blvd. fit ft ;Jbs O'vlf rfC""" . BY E. LOU I knew I could be home by ten. I did my math in view of MondayI even ignored a hot fudge sundaeI washed the car all shining clean I really was a faultless teen! 'Til Mom said to Dad, "Why, Dick, Do you suppose the child is sick?" I'd hate to cause such anxiety So I've decided to be me. Besides, it's harder than I'd reckoned You see, it's January second. "So Called Funnies"! A young man and his girl were riding out in the country on horseback. As they stopped, for a rest, the two horses rubbed noses affectionately."Ah, me," said the young man, "that is what I'd like to do." "Well, go ahead," said the girl, "it's your horse." An old maid who wasself-appointed supervisor of village morals accused a man of being a drunkard because she had seen his car parked in front of a tavern. The following day the accused got even he parked his car outside the old gossip's door and left it there over night. That's it! 'Bye for now. Regal Cleaners Dial 2-0234 or Drop in at 430 - 25th St. - "We invite Comparison" Rusty's Drive Inn HOT FUDGE SUNDAE HOT CHOCOLATE 3955 Riverdale Road Friendly pause Disc Data ' By Shirley Lynch Hi kids! Isn't all this white stuff pretty? UGH! Speaking of stuff-here is a conversation overheard between two W. C. students. "Boy, it sure is cold." "Naw, just like spring." "Just like spring, are you crazy?" "Nope, it's all of zero." Say by the way, have , you seen The Kissing Bandit, starring Frank Sinatra? Frank has recorded two hit tunes for this picture. "If I Steal a Kiss" and "Senorita" for Columbia. Andy Russel (Capitol) and Johnny Johnston (M-G-M) also have grooved the former tune. Kathryn Grayson does a fine job on "What's Wrong With Me" (M-G-M) and "Love Is Where You Find It," while pianist Jack Fina gives the rhumba beat to "Siesta." You haven't really heard "Buttons and Bows" until you dig Boo Hopes version. On the flip-over "That's Not the Knot." PLATTER REFERENCES: Vic Damones "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes"; "Gloria" by Mills Brothers; Paula Watson's, "A Little Bird Told Me"; Lavendar Blue", by Dinah Shore; Jack Smith's "Caun-to Le Gusta"; Eddy Arnolds immortal, "I Love You So Much It Hurts Me"; Ink Spots, "Say Something Sweet To Your Sweetheart"; and my prediction of the week your favorite will be Russ Morgan's "Wabash Blues" backed by "Stumbling" and "Linger Awhile." Another record that's keeping artists busy is "A Song Is Born." Louis Armstrong handles the song with an assist from that jazz great Jack Teagarden. The Page Cava-naugh trio make history with their version of catchy, "Daddy O". Well buds, remember, you gotta stay happy, so let's Spin a Few ! ! ! 287 Students Aided By Placement Department Placement department of Weber college have been very successful in placing students in part time jobs, both on and off campus, Wendell Esplin director stated. During fall quarter 331 students applied for work. Out of that amount 287 were placed in part time jobs. Of these 287 positions filled, 127 were on campus jobs and 163 off campus work. The number of instructors and departments who used these students totaled 64. The amount of money spent on the campus in salaries for this student help was $9700 which was paid by the state and college. Ogden Blue Print & Supply Co. Everything for Drafting Surveying and Artist Supplies Photostat Copies and Blue Prints Eccles Bldg. Phone 2-7170 |