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Show Page 2 SIGNPOST February 2, 1960 EDITORIAL Who Wants Culture? Weber College is embarking on a program designed to bring culture to students of this institution. One of the outstanding phases of this program is the series of Religion Lectures offered regularly at the Moeneh Auditorium. Professors who have traveled throughout the world are the speakers. Taking the last two lectures for example, we can see the top caliber men this series offers. Last Thursday, Dr. Glenn M. Vernon, Brigham Young University, was the speaker. His subject was "Some Mod ern Conflicts Between Science and Religion," one of the most interesting topics of the day. Dr. Vernon is assistant professor of sociology at BYU. The following Tuesday, January 26, Dean Robert E. Fitch, professor of Christian Ethics, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California, widely known for his lectures on religious subjects was featured. Graduate of Yale Prof. Fitch is a graduate of Yale University and was awarded doctoral degrees at Columbia University. He is a Phi Beta Kappa and is listed in the directory of American scholars., His books include "Preface to Ethical Living," and "The Limits of Liberty." He was ordained into the ministry of the Congregational Church in 1936 and served as a chaplain during World War II. These lectures, sponsored jointly by Weber College, University of Utah, Utah State University and Brigham Young University, are the product of many years of careful planning. ' . They also show the fact that Weber is already beginning to be accepted as a four-year institution. However, the "Big Three" are probably laughing up their sleeves at the Ogden area. Thursday night's lecture drew about 75 people while Tuesday saw only 150 people in the audience. Dr. Jennings G. Olsen, series chairman for Weber, deserves thanks for performing the thankless task of helping to bring culture to the Ogden area a place that doesn't seem to want it. The Signpost Student Union Building. Editor Associate Editor ... J LeRoy Yorgason Associate Editor .. Patti Meikle Business Manager Gary Olsen Society Editor Susan Brown Sports Editor '. John Hale Exchange Editor Frances Carr Reporters Dennis Dahl, Brent Wilcox, Bonnie Fondren, Barbara Blanchard. Shannon Reyns, John Thorne, Joan Swanki, Betty Ballard, Norman Bramble, Mel Sowerby, Gary Barclay, Susan Parkinson, and Eloise McQuown. The Weber College Signpost is the official news publication of the Associated Students of Weber College and is published weekly. 3057 Harrison Blvd. Best in School Supplies Cosmetics, Fountain CARLSON'S BERNINA SEW and KNIT Quality Fabrics Botany Yarns "Your Sewing and Knitting Headquarters" Mt. OGDEN PLAZA 1165 Patterson EX 4-5964 Hi There! 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Harold Ross, whose favorite expression was, "God, how I pity me," for many years owned, edited, and published the NEW YORKER, and during those years he strove constantly to publish a high-quality family magazine. Ross maintained that "sex is an incident" and did his utmost to keep references to such "incidents" out of his dignified family magazine. On Guard He had, though, to be on guard against Dorothy Parker, Alexander Woollcott, and others of his writers who were continually plotting stories and cartoons with very shady meanings, carefully enough hidden to get past the famous blue-pencilled "sharpsh o o t i n g". Once they very nearly succeeded in getting Ross to print a faked "news" story, which actually concerned a rather lend anecdote, by telling the story in a colloquial venacular with which Ross was unfamiliar. Besides being on guard against any form of obscenity in his magazine, Ross demanded accuracy in every detail. One of his writers once said, "If you mention the Empire State Building . . . Ross isn't satisfied until we call up and verify it." He once stopped one of Thurber's best (best, at least, according to Thurber) gags when he spoted a "news" story as a fake by remembering that General Sherman was born in Ohio, and not in New York State. He demanded accuracy to the extent of sending an illustration back to the artist with a demand for '"better dust behind that car." No Order Thurber has told Ross' story in a brilliant, if not orderly, way that leaves the reader not only particularly fond of Ross, but of Thurber as well, with a definite amount of affection left over for Dorothy Parker, Alec Woollcott, and the entire NEW YORKER staff. He does tend at times to veer off into his own biography rather than to dwell exclusively with Ross; however, since the book covers "The Years With Ross", this is probably quite acceptable to most readers. In addition to all other fine points in favor of this book, it is illustrated with Thurber's "bloodless" people, as Ross himself once called them, and near-human dogs. Most of these illustrations are totally unrelated to the text, but ELMO'S CYCLERY PSA - Dunlap - Dueati Motorcycles Chushman Scooters Schwinn Bicycles 2016 Wash. Blvd. EX 2-9C51 Supplies for ... Artists "Engineers Drafting Ogden Blue Print & Supply Co. 2465 Kiesel Ave., EX 2-7170 NEED SEAT COVERS? See Ogden Auto Parts & Glass Co. 363 - 22nd, Ogden Top Beading For Weber Students The Weber College Library then most of the text is rather unrelated to the rest, so the inconsistency is consistent. LA PETITE: The Life of Louise de la Valliere, by Joan Sanders, published by Houghton Mifflin Company, $4. Available at the Weber College Library. There is a general tendency among readers to accept the work of a local author simply because that author is a local person. In many cases, that is the only worth of the work. This is not true, however, of LA PETITE, by Joan All-red Sanders. LA PETITE is, in its own right, a highly interesting, very worth-while and exceptionally well-written book. Certainly LA PETITE is one of the most interestingly written biographies this reviewer has ever read, with a story line fully as solid as many a work of fiction. In addition, the characters are 4 (J hop Jaunty ensemble for ploy I days ahead. The white I J S I , cropped top traced with 1 color matched embroidery j to complement the slim - tapered pants of ill sturdy all cotton rib. Iff Red, blue, or black. i f '1 7-15 The topette 9.95; i The pants 9.95 'Iff A mXtr -1- -- n fill painted vividly, appealingly, and, judging from the extensive bibliography and research which the author utilized, quite accurately. The book contains many excellent profiles and portraits of people and customs in the time of Louis XIV, which are expressed almost entirely by interesting incidents rather than by dry explanation.Inasmuch as this reviewer faces the possibility of some bias for the above reasons, the following are excerpts from various national reviews: "Only a writer who combined patient scholarship with poetic sensibility could have presented the life of Louise de la Valliere in such a delicate and perceptive fashion. Many of Joan Sanders' passages . . . are poetry in prose." Geoffrey Brunn, New York Herald Tribune. Ogden's Leading Headquarters for Hi Fi Equipment Component Parts Stereo - Tape-Records 2323 Wash. EX 2-7723 |