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Show SEC. 562 P. L. & R WE AWN, NUMBER 9 VOLUME 8 TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1945 GRADS 5 I 1945-11 ,. " CREER ADDRESSE Burnett Race, Retiring Officers Feted 3New Leaders Plan Summer Duties i Amid tlie spring rush of exams, plans for next school " year and increased activity all over the campus the Weber college studentbody officers were announced during (he inauguration assembly , which took place on May 4. The victory of Doug Burnett as president brought cheers from the audience. A business major, Burnett was president ol the senior class at Weber high la;.;t year. Jeanette Draayer, vice president, is a member of the college i Musettes and is the freshman representative of the Associated Women students. She belongs to Otyokwa, and was president of the Pep club at Davis high school and was also vice president ol her sophomore class i he re. Grant Wood, who won position of treasurer, is a business major and secretary-treasurer of the vi'ildcat club. He also was an official at the L. D. ,'5. Institute of Religion and hails from Cgden high school. Keith Midgley, business, manager, is a returned naval veteran and an officer of the Institute of Religion. He is majoring in business and comes from Ogden high school. 'Marian Hickman, secretary, is an officer of the Home Economics club and is majoring in this field. At Ogden high school she was secretary of I he Pep club and student director in the gym class. The retiring officers. Paul Crockett, Lou Jean Scofield, Kathryn Thornley, Ray Dabb, and Arbic Dale leave the future of Weber college in the hands of the new officers. 1045-1$ Duties The new studentbody officers arc already having regular meetings and will continue to have them through the summei months because of the great amount of responsibilty that has been placed in their hands. Some of the duties under their control arc the schcol budget which has been submitted to them for revision and approval; the appointing of committees, and boards, arid editors ol Ihe Handbook and Signpost publications. The traditional "Flaming W Hike" will be placed in the hands of Jeanette Draayer. Invitations to all high school graduates in this vicinity who are acceptable to the college will blunder her supervision. The traditional Orientation assembly will be held befcre the beginning of the fall quarter this year. Sever.:J weeks after school begins the freshmen elections will be handled by these new officers.On May 24, the new student-body officers held a party for the retiring studentbody officers new faculty members and the board of control. They attended the Egyptian theatre and enjoyed, "A Song to Remember." after which they held a banquet at the Hotel Ben Lomond. Keith Midgley extended an invitation to go to his hcuse where the party continued. All made records of their voices and refreshments were served. A box of engraved stationery was presented to each old studentbody officer by his successor and plans were discussed for next years school activities. Victor la Officer "f President Doug Burnett Vice President Marion Hickman Johnson's Students Study Field of (itdtural Music Especially popular this quarter is Clair Johnson's class in music appreciation, as an enrollment of more than 45 students will testify. The class is reviewing the lives of composers I of each nation and the music 'they have written. Themes of (the musical selections are presented to them after which rec-lords are played. The three-fold purpose of this I class is to stimulate students to I obtain an appreciation for the finer types of music, know how to select it and to enjoy it. Lighter music of the Weber I college orchestra was heard be- tween the acts of the school I play "Hay Fever.' during the four nights presentation to Og- den and the community. According to Mr. Johnson, com-I mencement will find tne or-I chestra changing to lighter music with more familiar melodies. .leanette Draayer Secretary Treasurer Grant Wood Business Manager Tanner Tribute Tonite Friends of Mrs. Lydia Tanner, both old and new, will be present at a reception and banquet in her honor tonight at the Hotel Ben Lomond. Sponsored by the Weber college faculty, fj,ie occasion has been planned under the direction of Mrs, Clarisse Hall, general chairman. President H. Al-dous Dixon Will preside, and Mrs. Thatcher Allied will act as toastmistrcss. Mrs. Dix Jones ot Palo Alto. Calif., daughter of the guest of honor, will be in attendance. School Paper All American The Signpost, Weber college newspaper, has been awarded the all-American superior rating, according to word received Wednesday evning from the Associate Press, University of Minnesota. The Weber paper led all other entrants, in the division to which it belongs, judged cn type of school and number of students, with a total score of 1000 points. 150 points over the nearest competitor. The superior rating was based on news coverage, originality, editorials, features and general format. Miss Lujean Putnam edits the successful Signpost, vith Mrs. Thatcher Allred as faculty advisor. Staff members for the issues included in the first semester group are Dorene Boothe. editorials; Marjorie Vowles. faculty business manager; Joan Allred. features; Lewis Weathers and Don De-Witt, sports; Mary Larson and Luella Johnson, society, and Eugene Nye. military news. Other contributors were Faye McLatchie. Patricia Jurgens, Ruth Belnap, Ann Winters, and Keith Midgley Governor Honors Alumni Association Of I Tuesday, May 22, the annual- : election of oflicers of the As- i seriated Alumni, of Weber col- I lege was held in the Moench ! I auditorium, with Lcland H. ! ' Monson. president, conducting. J j Aaron Tracy, former president j i of Weber college, introduced .he ' governor to the assembly and expressed his appreciation or the $90,000 which Governor Herbert B. Maw forwarded for this campus. Governor Maw expressed in his speech that it was the young graduates and alumni of the colleges who will have to takeji the leadership to accomplish uni- j versal freedom. He stated.', "The opportunity for this gen-; eration is to give the right .o live in peace and glory to all generations hereafter. These : good things in life will come ,1 only through sacrifice on your- part." I Electors were chosen to elect j land H. Monson. report of year's new officers for next year. They !( activities; Jack Larson, solo; are: Mrs. Lydia Holmgren Tan- . Harold H. Pettigrew, violin se-ner, Mrs. LaVon Earle Lake. 1 lections; Governor Maw, speak-George Larkin, William P. Milkier; "Purple and White." by con-er, Viva Mae Gammell and Lou.igregation, with Jack Larson so-Jean Scofield. Results of their loist. decisions will June 28. The program consisted of the following numbers: J. Clair Anderson, organ solo; John Q. Blacklock. invocation: selections, from the college Musettes; Le - Famed Artists Scheduled In Concert Series Outstanding numbers have been secured for the Ogden Community-Weber college concert series for next'year( according to Guy H. Hurst, chairman of last - season's program committee. i Among the artists engaged are ' Paul Draper and Larry Alder, ! famous dance and harmonica duo; Helen Traubel, Metropoli-j tan opera soprano; Erica Mo- rini, world's greatest lady viol-I inist; Columbia grand opera .quartet; Appleton and Field, j duo pianists; Fox Hole ballet. 1 Metropolitan opera and Ballet ' Russe-Monte Carlo dancers; Kenneth Spencer, Negro basso, and the B. Y. U. Symphony orchestra.Clair Johnson, head of the music department at Weber college, will be in charge of next year's program committee. Awarded Ratine Lujean Putnam William West. Superior scores in makeup and printing were made possible through the cooperation and workmanship of The Ogden Times Publishing company staff. S1945GRADS Weber Governor Herbert B. Maw be announced Seventy-two guests were In at-I tendance. The next alumni meeting will be held June 15, at 8:00 p. m. in the Weber college ballroom in the form of a social. Refresh- ments will be served. Officers Announced Mrs. O. Whitney Young, president of Weber college Faculty Women's association, recently announced the officers who have been,' elected for the coming school year. The officers are: Mrs. W. H. Handley, president; Mrs. O. M.. Clark, vice president; Miss Sarah' Jackson, secretary, and Mrs. Milton Cooper, treasurer. Omega Girls Choose Five To Lead LDS New Lambda Delta Sigma officers were chosen May 24 to reside during the 1945-16 school season at the L. D. S. Institute of Religion on the campus. They are: Mitzi Stevenson. pVesident; Ruth Bertagncle. vice president: Theresa Ecken-brccht, secretary; Vera Sherwood, treasurer, and Letty Firth, reporter-historian. The retiring officers arc Mary Lou McCune Porter. Ellen Dame, Opal Hone Danley, Man-ine Gammell and Lujean Put-tam.Corsages of white gardenias nd pink roses were presented o the winners by the retiring of-"icers in a brief announcement .eremony. The marriage of Opal Hone to Ensign Richard A. Danley and Mary Lou McCune to LI. ijg) Kalmar H. Porter, and the leparture of Maurine Gammell to attend school at the Utah 5tate Agriculture college at Logan, left three officers. Ellen Dame, vice president who officiated during Ihe elections wii'i the assistance of Lujean Putnam, reporter-historian and t.crna Grix, fireside chairman. Play "Hits The Road" The cast, make-up crew, and director of "Hay Fever" hit the road Wednesday. May 2. to play to an enthusiastic Brigham City audience. The play was presented to a full house in the Box Elder high school auditorium at 8:15 p. m. The stage crew from Weber moved almost the entire college stage to Box Elder. A large I moving van was employed to transport the Bliss living room. ) furniture and all to Brigham City. Befcre the east and make-up crew left for the performance. I they were served dinner by Mrs. I Kennedy at the girl's dormitory. Tanner Gives Sermon of Baccalaureate Speaking on the subject of ! life's values and problems. Ly-I dia Holmgren Tanner addressed graduates and friends at the baccalaureate service last Sunday evening in the Weber college . auditorium. She pointed out that while severe trials are inescapable in this life, there are ways of meet ing them with courage and eheerfujness, citing such outstanding examples as Marie Curie and Helen Keller. Life itself, Mrs. Tanner declared, is a challenge we can learn to meet and urged that young people accept the injunction of George W. Nathan, "Be satisfied with life, but never with yourself." Mrs. Tanner, in delivering the baccalaureate sermon this year, wins the distinction ol being the : first woman ever to have made I such an address in the history of the college. The program in full included the opening musical selection. i "Intermezzo," by Mascagni, ' played by J. Clair Anderson at ' the organ, followed by the invocation by the Rev. Rollo C. Speer. "Solveig's Song" l(Greig), and the "Intermezzo from L'Arlesienne Suite" (Bizet), played by the school or-i chestra was conducted by Eu-i egne Nye. Kathryn Thornley. 'violinist, played "None but the Lonely Heart" iTschaikowsky). accompanied by Lucille Larson, preceding the sermon by Mrs. Tanner. Following the sermon the college women's chorus sang 'Sonus Mv Mother Taught Me" land ''To a Wild Rose," .by Bar-rett, after which the chorus and orchestra presented "Prince of Peace." Benediction was offered by William J. Critchlow Jr. Foundation Offers Scholarships to Physical Therapist A special appeal to students who have had at least two years college work, including 12 semester units in biology and basic science, was issued this week by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, which is offering scholarships for Ihe training of some 1000 physical therapists at once. The National Foundation urged consideration of physical therapy as a postwar career in a ne wbcoklet which has been sent to the presidents and deans of 1127 colleges, universities and junior colleges. The booklet, entitled "Physical Therapy . . . a Service and a Career." out- ! lines the nature and scope of the profession, basic educational requirements and simple tests to determine temperamental qualifications. Those interested I should inquire at the office ol I the president or dean or write i for information to the National Foundation for Infantile Para-I lysis. 120 Broadway. New York. N. Y. I The sum of SI. 267. 600 has been set aside for student scholarships, teaching fellowships and general development of the field of physical therapy, ochol-arships cover tuition and books, when necessary, maintenance and transportation to the school. Candidates will be asked to state their ppreference as to schools. .giving second and third choices for use in the event the school ;of first choice is filled iocapacity- 57th Graduating Class Honored at Commencement Xinety four jrra luates in., in I places June I . at 8 i j coi ve their perintendenl iplomas, from Jv Allen Bateman, state sti-of public instruction. Dr. Leland Hargrave Creer will make the address to the graduates at this annual 57th j commencement evercisc. Dr. I Creer is a former president of Weber college and is new head .of the history department at the ! University of Utah. ', The exercises will he opened by J. Clair Anderson's playing of Wagner's "Pilgrim's chorus." Invocation will be delivered by Ray Eugene Dillman. Dr. Creer will then make his address and will be followed by "Vissi d'Arte j from LaTosca," sung by Patvi-' cia Critchlow, accompanied by ; Beverly Jurgens and a flute solo j by Felice McKinnon, accom-I panied by Lucille Larson. The class will be introduced ' by President H. Aldous Dixon. after which E. Allen Bateman. superintendent of public instruc- j Hon, will present diplomas. Preceding the closing benediction by William Oscar Bentley. Jr., the Weber college women's chorus will sing "Sylvia" and "Since I First Met Thee." I Graduates Lou Jean Scofield. vice president of Weber, is graduating Ml I the associate of arts division. Those graduating in the asso- ! ciate of science are: Ida Marion Abplanalp. Joanne Ruth Allen, .Tnan Allrorl Althpn Rlivahofli Andelin, Cleo Vav Anderson. I Mclha Barker, Helen Mae Bar tholomew, Ruth Ellen Belnap, James Jackson Besso. Margaret Ellen Binnie. Lois Marian Bit-ton. Noretta Marie Blaes. Dorene Boothe, Marianne Hicken-Icoper Call, Luana May Collin;. Marion Louise Cowles, Patricia Critchlow, Paul Stevens Crockett, Norma Cross, Shirley Cun- ninglon. Ray Leo Dabb. Arbio Virginia uariene oargem, .-.,... Myron Dale Jr.. Ellen Dame. ! Schow, Marian Stevens. Rose Bonnie Lou Decker. Patricia J Miyako Takahashi, Marilyn Decker, Vernon Celestian Dieu.lMary Taylor, Emiko Watanabe. land Mitsuc Watanabe. worth. Beverly Felt. Janice Marilvn Kelt. Maurine C.ammell. Mureen Giles, Kathleen Grant, Vorl Graser. Lorna Grix, Richard Hates. Madclyn P. Hillis. Florence Hunt. Kathryn Inge-bretsen, Connie June Jensen, LaVerne Jones. Marjorie Faye Jorgensen. Patricia Jurgen:;. Marilynn Kingston. BeUy Jean Klomp. Louise Virginia Larscn. Lucille Nilsene Larson. Miriam Macfarlane. Jean Lucile Marshall. Barbara Louise Martin. Mary Lou McCune. Elaine Me-Entire. Janice McKay, Kiiyo Mi-Latchie, Charles Clifford Miller. Veda Miller. Mary Munekata, Namiye Nagomi. Eugene Stephen Nye, Marilyn Paine. Barbara Jean Peterson, Virginia Lee Pohl, Lujean Putnam. Veil Carver Ritchie. Hyla Mae Rob- Weber Loses First Lady Of Home Economics Field Lydip ;;. Tanner of Weber colleg will take their the Moench auditorium, to re Speaker Dr. Leland H. Creer son, Maurine Rob.xm. Elaine Rundquist. Mary ,Te;.n Schotl. Marlgene Schrordi v. 0'o Meckes Slater. Marian Smith. Harriot Jeanette Sorenscn. Ruth Elaine Spencer, NaDcan Kath- leen stanion. 1 Stone, Ann urace Florence Eleanor Taylor. Edith Louise Thomas. Kathryn Thornley, Merrill Wat kins. Tv-elyn LaVerne Wiggins. Mary Louise Williams, W. Clyde Winchester Jr., Elizabeth Ann Winters.Those receiving certificates of completion are: Roma Church. 'Janess Lynnette Harbertstni. : Miriam Lee. Felice Grace Me ' Kinnon, .Norma Dean Peterson, Scholastic honors were be-Felt. Helen ', stowed on: evei i Mae Bartholomew, D o rent Boothe, Ver! Carver Ritchie, uu-jean Putnam. Mitsuc Watanabe, Joan Allred. Maurine Gamm'flU, Felice Grace McKinnon. Hyla Mae Robson, Margaret Binnie. Elizabeth Ann Winters, Vernon Celestian Dieu and Edith Lqulae Thomas. High honors were attained by: Patricia Critchlow. Lorna Grix, Evelyn LaVerne Wiggins, Lou-Jean Scoffleld, Nellie June Farnsworth, Mary Munekata. Lucille Nilsene Larsen and Shir-lev Cunningtort; A reception will he held for the graduates Friday evening. June 1. In the L. D. S Institute immediately following com-mencemnt exercises. Lydia Holmgren Tanner, for .to years head of Ihe home economics department of Weber college, will retire at the end Of the present school year. She estimates that during the course of her career at the college she has taught between nine and 10 thousand students, among them a surprising number of young men earnestly intent on learning how to cook. Countless dinners, banquets, and luncheons sponsored by ,he college have been given under her supervision, and she is remembered gratefully by the thousands who have patronizes the cafeleria during her long period of management. Mrs. Tanner began teaching in ihe elementary schools of Box Elder county in 1R94 and continued there for three years. After being graduated from the Utah State Agricultural college in 1903, she remained as an instructor for iwo years. During (Continued on Paga 61 |