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Show Page 2 SIGNPOST Friday, December 10, 194S Signpost WEEKLY PUBLICATION OF ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF WEBER COLLEGE 402 Moench Building Phone Web&r College Extension 26 Editor Don Simmons Assistant Editor '. Billee Wright Business Manager Lorraine Price News Editor Lehman Henry Cartoonist R. Housley Sports Editor Ralph Mitchell Society Editor Gerrie Reese Exchange Editor JoAnn Cliften Editorial Advisor L. C. Evans Business Advisor O. M. Clark Reporters: Shirley Corkey, Roscoe G. Housley, Darwin Hyde, James Patterson, Richard Rounds, Sue Wright, Jean Heimke, Emma Lou Barnes, Keith Hunt, Carol Folkman. College Enrollment Rises Two years ago a controversial Crowell-Collier survey report predicted a long-term and probably a permanent increase, at the present levels, in college enrollment. It predicted a permanent education demand at about 50 percent above pre-war levels based on the following reasons: (1) Some G. I.s will be in school until 1954-55, (2) War stimulates the trend for long-time high enrollment. (War tension tends to emphasize the trend), (3) Veteran enrollment will keep total enrollment high until the high wartime birthrate will start reaching the colleges. (Post-war record birthrates will serve to continue the high enrollment trend over a long period), (4) Increased opportunities and stress for making higher education available to those with limited funds. (Recent recommendations for federal aid to education may accentuate enrollment by the increased educational opportunities realized.) College enrollment trends during the two years since the report was published indicate that(the long-time trend may have been underestimated. Statistics show that since the turn of the century college enrollment in Utah increased from 341 to 17,404, 5000 percent, while the population of the state has increased only per cent. The national average of increase in college enrollment for the past 47 years is only 842 percent. Many "experts" believed that by this time a slump in enrollment would be felt in the freshman and sophomore years of college because the bulk of the veteran enrollment has reached the upper division classes. On the contrary, however, colleges and universities throughout the nation are reporting constantly increasing record freshman enrollments even larger than the "inflated" G. I. classes. Moreover, the veteran enrollment has maintained an average considerably above what was expected. Weber freshman enrollment has been increasing steadily during the past four years. The above figures present an impressive array of facts relative to the probability of a continued high college enrollment. The bases of the Crowell-Collier prediction have been emphasized since it was released, and other factors indicate the long-time trend. These are facts that should be carefully weighed by the Utah state legislature when they consider the Weber college curriculum expansion to include four-years of college work. If careful consideration is given these and multiple other factors presented elsewhere in this Signpost, we can feel assured that the Weber expansion program will be completely successful. Letter To Santa Following is a poetic effort which appeared in the Signpost Christmas issue two years ago. At that time plans for Weber's first four-year bid were nearing completion. The entire expansion program did not succeed that time but a new campus and appropriations for buildings were obtained. OnGe again the drive for a "greater Weber" is rapidly approaching a climax so once again the Signpost is submitting a "Letter to Santa" for the students of Weber college. LETTER TO SANTA By Nancy Chadwick Old Saint Nick, so merry and quick, What have you for W. C. A small piece of land? Why that's just grand. A bigger campus we'll see. A bag' of toys for the girls and boys Won't even make a dent. If Weber keeps growing, as statistics are showing, We'll all go to school in a tent. i Please put in our stocking, not something so shocking, But simply a lounge for the men. They've hunted the town for a place to sit down A very peculiar yen. A few laboratories don't tell us those stories That they are hard to find. We don't use the Moench as a place to eat lunch 'Cause the fumes drive us out of our minds. They tell us someday that Weber may Offer two more years of college. Then we'll stay here at home, and not go to Rome, Or elsewhere abroad for our knowledge. Dear Santa Claus, just stop and pause, Is that too much to ask? If you would rue it, then please don't do it We'll give our state the task. lATnr v- ,-rVJ You realize sir: That I have assumed this rediculous position only to please my poor misguided mother. Personally I consider you a legend created by mercenary minded capitalists so that they might prey upon the gullibility of susceptible childish minds. Befuddled II Those Old Holiday Spirits By E. Lou Merry Christmas season, gals and guys. Here we are back in the same old corner with a holly wreath around our head (oops, our neck, it slipped.) When the Christmas lights go on again, we get some of that old holiday spirit (hie). Yes, it's the yuletide season once more with the same old decorations and the same warm spirit of friendliness. Christmas is one of our favorite seasons. We hope yours, too. By doing a little research we came up with the following definition of Christmas. A widely observed holiday on which the past nor the future is of so much interest as the present. With aU that "Mistle-toe" hanging around, best we be careful. (Full maps will be issued next week as to where the Misletoe is to be hung and in which direction the lines will form.) Quite a traffic problem you know! With all the social activities qf the holiday season underway, it might be well to add a few suggestions on "How to be Happy, though Broke." Have you ever thought of inviting the gang over for a taffy pull? Well, if you have you had better forget about it quick. However, if they should sneak in while your not looking, your first step is to preserve the sanctity of the home, or even just the home. Lock all the doors and windows, erect scafolding in preparation for the- taffy pull when large wads of taffy will be deposited on the ceiling, chandelier and other con-spicuious but perfectly natural places for taffy. Be sure every one is well buttered, preferably all over and then go to work. Oh, for the holiday season, when everyone gets well "oiled". The only sensible way to look at the problem of Christmas and gifts is to realize that the important thing isn't the gift but rather the spirit in which it is given. (You get the same results from spiked punch.) Just inform your family and friends that you have suddenly realized that Christmas has become strictly a commercial thing and you are going to do something about it by not giving any gifts this season, rather you are going to practice the qualities of friendliness, etc,, that a true Christmas should bring. In other words you are going to think of the past and not the present (or the future, either as far as your concerned). Our only desire this Christmas is a three-point average and a successful method of getting it with- I GASOLINE ! I Reg. 23c ! Eth. 25c Pioneer Service 3925 Riverdale Road Dial 3-0316 ! i out studying. A few million dollars would also come in handy. With the holiday season underway it looks as though Weberites are in for a busy few weeks. Also, we find that the end of the quarter is coming, worse luck and test week is well on its way (we wish it would keep going, too.) Now for some daffynitions, courtesy Dean Gardner and his helpful suggestions. Propaganda Father's Day Globeilliterate A person whose knowledge of world affairs is nill. Bumme A small tme tramp. Same-ul-timeously At the same time. Avoirduprose Fat that unmus-cular language. Philanthrobber One who takes from the rich. Cigarettiquette Light the ladies first. Vidozer A person who tends to fall asleep during a television program.Curgatory A limbo in which dogs who have sinned against society may redeem themselves. O. K. So they are stolen. Someone besides us has to make up new words. In fact a lot of people do. By the way if any of you cute kids on the campus have any new words or definitions to suggest we'll be glad to give you a credit line. Merry Christmas, again every one. And don't make so many New Year's resolutions that you can't have any fun breaking them all. See You in '49. HENRY By Lehman Henry This may be the last time that I'll write for the Signpost due to the fact that I'm a general major. I want not much of one thing and a little of everything. I have just had a little newswnting. Don't quote me now, because I may be needed to fill this space with material since the Signpost lacks writ ers (no offense to the Signpost staff). Examination time is nearing and here are two quotations taken from the Orientation I Syllabus that may help you out. Page 18 under subdivision two, f. and g.: "Consider the examination as a sort of a game. 'Go not forth like a criminal to execution, but like an athlete to a game.' Banish emotional reactions from your mind . . . clear the assassins out. Do not allow these thugs to take over your mental house. Throw out these fifth columnists." Under III on the next page, "How to Prepare Physically for an Examination," number nine will do. . . . "Take a cold bath near examination time." A phonograph record, "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover," on the front side, and "I Wonder Who's Kissing her now," on the back side, was lost somewhere in the women's lounge. Please return it to Rod Garcia at the men's dorm if found. Milt DeMello, alias "Georgie the Idiot," is still asking in bis idiotic tone of voice, "Do you believe In Santa Claus?" He says there isn't a Santa Claus because when he was a small kid, he and his gong saw Santa walking down the street with a bag of toys on his back. Georgie and the gang wanted the toys so they konked Santa over the head and found that it was Georgie's father! Georgie has about eighteen other arguments to prove that Santa Claus doesn't exist. Personally I think Georgie is wrong because I wrote to Santa last year for a '48 Buick and he wrote back saying that it wouldn't fit in his bag. I'm sure that if he had a bag big enough he'd bring it for me! Well, as Charlie Barenaba from Hawaii would say it, "Mele Kaliki-maka e Hauoli Makahiki Hou!" Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I hope that all of you, the draft material too, will have a wonderful Christmas vacation . . . ready for next quarter. KeepSmiling! 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