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Show In the Reader's Opinion Footlights Attract hi any People The glamor of footlights probably holds a fascination for a larger number of students than does any other single activity. Try-out sheets on the bulletin board quickly become filled with appointments, and tears and elation follow the announcement of casts. Time consuming and fun producing rehearsals keep the theater lights on weeks before a performance.Much new talent has come from the Weber Theater this year. The freshmen class is full of ambitious students, and they have filled some of the gaps created by last year's graduation. Many New Faces It doesn't seem quite the same with so many of the ''old guard" gone, but since variety is the spice of life, and we have seen plenty of that commodity in the theater this year, we aren't too nostalgic. There are a great many more people concerned with the production of plays than the actors themselves. The theater group is the collective title given to all the students who assist in production, from star performer to the lowliest lipstick putter-on-er in the make-up room. This group is unorganized, has no officers, and includes all people who have worked on any performance during their college career. Many Behind the Scenes Faculty faces besides that of the director may be seen in the picture musical productions require orchestra and chorus leaders and musical arrangements ; scene painting and lighting also needs some assistance from the faculty. We all owe our vote of thanks to these directors for their tireless and thankless hours, hard at work, to make these performances a huge success. "The Show Must go On!" SIGNPOST MMYEEKLY PUBLICATION Associated Students of Weber College Room 523, Building 4 Phone Weber College 4-3491, Extension 232 Editor Sharon Larison Sports Editor Jim Freston Club Editor Photographer Business Manager.. .Sharon Harris Kent Malan ..Karl Anderson Reporters Tom Quinn, Marianne Johns, Marge Sudweeks, Larry Tomlinson, Mel Hamaker, Bob Grondel, Jerry Nelson, Joan Forsgren, Carole Wheeler, Tom Jones, George Mead. Bruce Jones Club Reporters.. ..Chanodo, Carolyn Whipple LaDianaeda, Joan Forsgren; Otyokwa, Sharon Harris; Shar-mea, Carol Hains; Alpha Rho, Tim Gwyther; Excelsior, Ralph McEntire; Phoenix, Ray Humphreys; Sigma, Thomas Quinn. Enjoy Good Listen Records All Latest Hits (ta New Record Bar WEBER COLLE BOOKSTORE Special Student Discounts on Magazine Subscriptions Improve your grades with Data Guides Now Available at the Bookstore 9 "Meet Your Friends at the Bookstore" P.S. Watch fc-r the opening of our New Store! To The Editor Dear Editor: Fortllnat.pl v n certain situation at our college has crystalized re cently into an attitude tnat can be criticized constructively. As a studentbodv here at Weber we have for the most part, paid our tuition to oe guiaea along paths ot learn ing. iNOt tne least ot tnese paths is the art of e-ettine- alone- with each other. Errors are often made by students, and the recognition and correction of such errors rests,' at least in part, upon the faculty. One small way in which this may be accomplished is through example. When the faculty, in part, begin to follow the examples of the stu-dentbody and even attempt to outdo them in public display of opinion at our assemblies, then I feel they have outlived their usefulness and can learn something from some of our students. Sincerely, Kent Bera. Dear Editor: In an editorial in the last issue your desk suggested that the name of the Signpost be changed to reflect the increased enrollment' and new facilities at Weber. I'm afraid you've been taken in by the flashy veneer and fresh paint, because Weber is still basically a bucolic farm school for conservative rustics. Anything that smacks of change will be met by a hail of mushy tomatoes and neighs from the horsey set. In keeping with this trend, I propose that if the name of the paper is changed that it be called "Country Gentleman,'' as the Cur-tiss Publishing Company seems to be thru using it. Yours truly, Hay Seed. Dear Editor: Two issues ago I read in the Signpost what was considered by myself and many others to be one of the best constructive criticisms on ballet that we had ever read. The criticism written by W. Laird Kleine gave me an insight of the failures and pitfalls of what is considered to be among the top ballets, the Ballet Russe. His criticism was in no means weak because he used a sound criteria, giving examples of the weaknesses and offering reasons why it was so. Last issue I read a letter to the editor written by Victor R. Frank which was by no means a criticism of a criticism. Not only did he challenge W. Laird Kleine with a very weak argument, but he also in plain English didn't know what he was talking about. What makes you think that music makes the ballet? I always thought that the choregraphy, in other words the dance in both the mechanical and creative sense, made the ballet. It is very easy to imagine a ballet without music because the ballet is made up of dance and the music is secondary. You asked Mr. Kleine where he got his information, well I ask you where you got yours ? I also suggest that before you criticize headline writing and journalists that you have a sound constructive argument with examples to back you up. ' Sincerely, ! Joan Forsgren. One Quinn's Opinion Parking . . . Let's Bo It Right By Tom Quinn I'm not one to complain, being lovable and easygoing, but unless the parking conditions at Weber improve soon I'm going to organize a small protest groun along the lines' of a lynch mob and go down to Building I to talk with certain administrators about their future health. Opinion has it that we've put up with Badley's Bogs, as the north and south parking lots are known to the driving set, long enough. Maybe, while we're adjusting the noose, the responsible officials will answer a few questions. For instance, .. why were the i , lots never grav- , i eled again? I t have my own theory about that one. I think the college has ' hired an old man to break up large rocks with a small hammer, V i S ami tnat it takes him at least five years to reduce a good sized boulder to a sackfull of pea gravel. He could do it in three, but the college won't buy him a bigger hammer.I'd also like to know why the administration used that mixture of chalk dust and water to mark off those parking stalls instead of a trail of bread crumbs. Then when-we say, "The parking lots are for the birds!" we'd really mean it. In a related field, I'd like to know if it's true that our entire system of roads and such were actually designed by an ex-blacksmith turned architect. No other mind could be more warped than that of a Village Smithy who had been waiting over fifty years to get even with the automobile for ruining his horse shoeing business. That's the only explanation I can thin1-; of for the deathcurves, bottlenecks, and, to top it all off, having the whole mess built on a hill that during a snowstorm would get slicker than a politician. The frosh probably think I'm getting overly excited about the parking lots, but then again, they've never lived thru a spring thaw up here. That south acreage turns into a swamp that makes the Everglades Chamber of Commerce go green with envy. Not half so green though as the scum that forms over the lake sised pools of stagnant water that appear. Don't worry about those it's the beds of quicksand you've got to watch out for. And by the way, keep an eye peeled for those water moccasins. If anybody down in the office reads this, I hope they realize we've ?OW! Get That Good PIZZA PIE and SPAGHETTI and MEAT BALLS At EDE'S PLACE 2763 Madison Ave. Open 6 to 11 p.m. Except Sundays had about enough. So if the administration has a secret government contract to provide tank proving grounds for emergency use. they'd better say so and get off the hook. If this or some other equally acceptable explanation is not soon forthcoming, I propose that the lynching bee be followed up by leveling Building I with a few sticks of dynamite; the resulting rubble to be spread over the parking lots as a peace offering to Weber College motorists. Barker Contest Won By Freshman Victor Bundersoh, freshman representative, won first place in the annual Barker Extemporaneous Speaking Contest, held last Tuesday in a special assembly. Mr. Bunderson was complimented by Leland H. Monson, chairman of the Humanities Division, for a clear and convincing speech. He talked on the subject: Are we winning the war for men's minds ? Thatcher Allred directed the contest, and introduced the speakers and their subjects. The subjects were drawn one hour before in his office. Second place was awarded to Kent Berg and consolation honors awarded to Gayle Froerer and Glen Saunders. . Whitney Chosen Nat'l Guard Queen Julm Whitney, a nursing student, was chosen1 queen of the 222nd Field Artillery Group's annual Military Ball, February 22. Julia will be entered in the Miss Utah National Guard contest in Salt Lake City and if she should win in this competition she will be entered in the Miss Utah contest and the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D. C. Attendant to Miss Whitney was Lorraine Corry, also of Weber College. Lorraine is a member of Otyokwa.For her talent presentation, Julia performed one of her wide collection of ballet dances. TTTTTT v VCI3 rVHU INICKKWr I (MCir. KOREAN SI SILL TRAINING TO 65 BACK INTO MILITARY SERVICE MAY RESUME THEie COURSES AFTER DISCHARGE EVEN THOUGH THEIR CTADTIkl1 -IIT-1CC nATC HAS PASSED. , j3 1 mmm For full Informnfion rtmtnrt your n en rest VETKHANS AUMINItiTKATION offic You're Not a Guess'en When You're Agass'en Vith "The Little Man With the Oil Can" HEBER JACOBS SERVICE 3605 HARRISON BLVD. OGDEN, UTAH |