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Show THE SIGNPOST Thursday, May 1, 1941 Published Semimonthly During Tlie College Year. Official Student Paper of WEBER JUNIOR COLLEGE Ogden, Utah Member Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Press Editorial Offices J02 Moench Building Editor. .... ... ..... J. M. Demos Business Manager Ardell Russell Associate Ed. . . . Mar jorie Vowles Ed Anderson Front Page .:. ....Dewey Hudson Editorials M.. Ada Weir Society Li. . .Helen Williams Nola Agricola Asst. Collector . Charlotte Johnson Sports ..... ..... . .;. .Ray Freeman, Les Gardner Circulation . . . . ;. Kent Baggs Dewey Hudson Photographer . . .;. .Budd Johnson Typist . . . Opal Rogerson Consultant ...C. M. Nilsson Reporters: Spence Loughton, Dallas Burton, Margaret Peterson, Nell Barnett, Budd Johnson, Jay Bachman, Ray Wright. "My Fraands" . . . During the next week an opportunity to demonstrate democratic principles at work will be provided the student body of W. C. when officers for next year will be elected. This opportunity is not a matter that can be slighted with the casual nonchalance for which collegians the nation over are noted. It is rather an occasion of deep significance for the future of student affairs during the next year; an occasion to be shared by everyone. In years past, election returns at Weber, as well as those of the adult nation at large, showed that the majority of the student body did not avail themselves of the voting privilege. In last years election, for instance, only 550 votes were cast for student body president: less than half of the total enrollment at that time. During the next week the campus will resound to the usual vocal histrionics, pledges, claims, and counterclaims; walls will bloom with posters of every shape, size, and color ; and almost averything imaginable will be given to entice voters away from "that" candidate to the "right" one. Influenced by the fervor of last minute campaigns many will be tempted to renounce the elections entirely rather than choose between candidates whom they feel are not representative of Weber. Students who are so tempted, however, will conveniently forget the polling dates for primary elections, they will also conveniently forget to investigate the personalities behind the campaign banners, they will conveniently forget to fulfill every requirement of their democracy but will be prompt to accept its privilege of free speech when the "wrong" candidates are elected. But such is their right. We're still a democracy. Next week an opportunity to buy efficient student administration will be offered at the polling booths. Only two opportunities are so given during the year. The price for the purchase is measured only in the minutes required to enter the gymnasium lobby and vote. Will you be listed among the purchasers? Call for Action . . . Since many excellent criticisms and comments are being given in letters to the editor, students and faculty members do well to consider them seriously. Good examples of what we mean may be found in today's paper. . A wire fence is obviously much needed around our tennis courts; or, better still, new tennis courts should be constructed. The courts are sloping so much and have such wide seams, that playing tennis on them is little better than trying to play in the street. Thus many important ideas for improving our school in one way or another have been brought out by these letters. But just reading them and agreeing or disagreeing with them is of no value. Unless action is taken on a subject, talking about it from now until doomsday will do no good. While we're on the subject of improving the school, have you students thought of having a union building, as suggested by one writer? Perhaps you have never heard of one and don't know what it is. A union building is a structure erected for the purposes of student recreation and government. Entertainment, relaxation and facilities of various types are included as well as offices, workrooms, and equipment for student officers. Union buildings are commonly secured by active work on the part of the student body members under the leadership of the student body officers. We feel that Weber can and should have such a student community gathering place. Therefore we propose that this subject become an important plank in the present student body officer campaign. Rooms Wanted , . One week from today bands will descend upon Ogden from every corner of the state and those neighboring it, and our city will Pledge of Service . . . So you have received a bid to Whip? Undoubtedly you are thrilled beyond expression. True, Whip does bestow upon its members honor and glory, but it also requires a quality and quantity of hard work and services for which most people do not give credit or recognition. Whip members take an oath of service and to obey this oath sometimes requires a good deal of personal sacrifice as well as work. The community also calls upon the girls for assistance. Among numerous other things, Whip has sold forget-me-nots and show tickets for the Greek war relief fund besides contributing their time and services. It is the satisfaction one receives through service that makes Whip worthwhile. Whip attempts to select members who are dependable and who will serve unselfishly whenever they are called upon, regardless of how short the notice which they have been given. Of course it is impossible to include every worthy freshman girl because of size restriction, consequently some girls who would have made good members are not pledged. Although every freshman girl can not be a member of Whip, Weber offers sufficient oportunity for all who are willing to serve to win favor and distinction. May you who have been overlooked win the glory you have earned. May you who have been pledged live up to the standards of Whip and Weber and prove that you are worthy of the honor which has been bestowed upon you. On Other Campuses . . . Out of "Menthology" through the Western State college paper, Top O' the World: Doctor: How is the boy who swallowed the half-dollar? Nurse: No change yet, doctor. Dandelions grow everywhere. However, at the University of Kansas dandelions are bringing newsreel men and "Look" magazine photographers out to take pictures of these golden flowers and the so-called students of this school. It seems that the university sets aside one spring day each year to hunt for dandelions. If the weather and the dandelions oblige, the day is usually a gala event for everyone and attracts much attention from newsmen and magazine writers. We understand that some pairs of dandelion pickers never do come back. This year between 15 and 20 tons of posies were plucked. It seems that a student, also at the University of Kansas, has a terrible habit of placing gum on the ballroom wall. This makes such a menace to people who attend the dances that the gum has now been scraped off and the walls painted red accompanied by a grey-green ceiling. From the Silver and Gold of the University of Colorado, we glean these facts concerning a "Curve Cutie Queen," selected at a sport dance in which the men were the guests of the women. Candidates for the "Cutie" crown were required to come dressed as women. Applause was the method of voting and was done as each candidate walked down a lane roped off by crepe paper and garlands of flowers. Sounds interesting, doesn't it? Anyway it's a variation. According to the latest, Weber is not the buzz with activity and excitement. But, where are we going to put an additional 6000 people? Students of Weber and citizens of Ogden have been asked to assist in providing places where these guest students can sleep for two nights. At the present time very few pople have responded and the solution of the problem remains a mystery. Selection of Ogden as the site for this year's national music festival has brought much recognition to Weber as well as to our city. It lies with us to assist Mr. Clair Johnson and the Ogden chamber of commerce in making the festival a success. rON THE RIGHT WE HAVEl W WHAT WE THVK 15 H B E R CO LLE6j Jf Did You Say Pool? Dear Editor: Dirty work! That's what it is when you try to amuse yourself in the men's lounge. No, I don't mean dishonesty, although playing pool is quite crooked. I mean plain, ordinary, common dirt. The dust up there in the attic becomes so thick after three or four day's accumulation that after being in there for half an hour, a person needs a bath. Apparently it is lightly dusted about once a week, but this is far from being enough. The above reference to crooked pool is an image-making word for path which the billiard balls take for no apparent reason. A reconditioning job on the corrugated billiard table's surface would be most welcome. Yours truly, Rollin Beason. Answer : A pool table, you say? We had no idea. Be seeing you. Ed. Dear Editor: Weber is getting a bigger and better school every day. At the same time it is increasing its love of sport. I will quit beating around the bush and tell you we need some wire put up around the tennis court. No one likes to spend his time in someone's back yard looking for the ball. There wouldn't be a waste of money as it could be used for years to come both while school is going and during the summer. As editor I think you could do something or at least bring it to the officials' attention. Don Budge. Answer: If there is an answer to your suggestion, we should certainly like to hear it. Ed. Dear Editor: It seems to me that Weber students go about some things backwards. They don't seem to know where and when to make noise and when and where not to. At basketball and football games where a cheerleader ruptures his larynx trying to make the students yell, the students are practically taciturn. In the Moench building where they are asked to be quiet, they enjoy yelling. Like hell, you might say. Surely students of this school are not too much on the dumb side to realize the harmful effect of creating disturbances in the halls during class time. Possibly if it is brought to these hogcaller's attention this time, it will be unnecessary to mention it more than five or six times more. Let's hope, Jay Wheelwright. Item: Some faculty people are going back to the old-fashioned blade razor and strap. Dear Editor: Do you like to wash dishes? Well, neither do I, but that's my job in the cafeteria. Many other students have also tried the job lately because they were so late in bringing their dishes back. It isn't that I like to complain, but, like several other's who wash the cafeteria dishes, I have a one o'clock class. So when students come in about two minutes to one with several trays of dishes, it puts us in bad with our one o'clock teachers. Please help make the students realize these conditions and get them to bring dishes back not later than tert minutes to one. Yours truly, Marian Knighton. Dear Editor: When a fellow opens a door for a girl he likes to hear a pleasant, "Thank you." Even if her face be as1 strange as the gates of St. Peter, a word of appreciation for this courtesy is sacred to any fellow. Too many girls around the school consider an opened door as something a fellow owes them. As for me I'd be willing to let them open their own doors, if, as it appears, they don't appreciate this courtesy. Hoping you'll pass this hint along, I remain, Glenn Burnham. Dear Glenn: You're perfectly right. The damsels around here take us fellows for granted, and when we open a door for them, all we get is a dead silence or a sickly grin which is supposed to compensate for a "Thank you." We say to you fellows it's time we did something about it! After this, let the darn independent coeds open their own doors and run their own errands and find their own dates. Strike, fellow suckers! Ed. Dear Editor: In about three weeks, students from five different states will come to Ogden to compete in a national music contest. We, the students of Weber college, want to show them a very fine time and make them enjoy their visit. We can not do this, Mr. Editor, if our school continues as usual because our studies will not allow us time. We do want to show these students a good time so I suggest that either school be dismissed during this time or no assignments be made. Yours truly, Vern Rasmussen. Answer: We are pleased to hand this along. But what about those Echoes From the Chem Lab, Concerns Girls BY ED ANDERSON What is a girl besides lipstick, poyder and fingernail polish? The chemist can tell you quite exactly. According to latest data, a 120-pound girl consists primarily of the element oxygen. In fact she is 65 per cent oxygen but only enough for a man to breathe for one hour. She is 18 per cent or 21M pounds of carbon enough to make 78-910 pounds of dry ice. Hydrogen makes up 10 per cent or 12 pounds of her sufficient gas to inflate a balloon which could lift a 120-pound boy. Possibly some of her explosive characteristics are due to the 3-610 pounds of nitrogen enough to make 19 pounds of T. N. T. She is enough calcium to make sufficient lime to whitewash a chicken coop, four by five feet. There is enough phosphorus in her to make 30,000 matches, and there is enough sulphur in her to sulphur 100 pounds of fruit. Enough sodium to make 30 tea-spoonfuls of table salt and enough chlorine to sanitize three average size swimming pools may be found in her. She has enough magnesium to make flashlight powder for ten exposures and enough iron to make a six penny nail. Other than these above mentioned elements, she isn't much. Much! H. S. News Contest Being Judged (Continued from Page One) send each paper a careful analysis of the paper as it is now and make suggestions for next steps. Editor J. M. Demos of the local publication will award the trophies to the winning schools during the latter part of May. The Scribe of South high school in Salt Lake City took the cup last year and the award was made in the fall at the annual U. E. A. convention. This change, Demos feels, will wind the matter up more satisfactorily because the awards will be made to current staffs and editors. Entries are: Sentinel, Garfield high school, Panguitch; Grizzly, Logan high school, Logan; Searchlight, Bear River high school, Tre-monton; Provonian, Provo high school, Provo; Red and Blue, Springville high school, Spring-ville; Clarion, South Cache high school, Hyrum; Bee, Box Elder high school, Brigham; Norcachian, North Cache high school, Richmond.Tiger Highlights, Ogden high school, Salt Lake City; South Scribe, South high school, Salt Lake City; Granitian, Granite high school, Salt Lake City; Murray-Go- Round, Murray high school, Mur ray; and Davis Dart, Davis high school, Kaysville. brothers who have been absent from class four and five times already? Ed. Dear Editor: My first impression of the local back yard was of a barren, worthless plot contributing to general shabbiness. It reminded me of a boy who washes his face, but who through neglect, forgets to wash behind his ears. It seems to me that there should be some way in which we could have that back lot planted in lawn and trees. Through such an action, we would not only be improving the beauty of our school, but we would also be creating a campus a needed place of relaxation, where we can enjoy our lunch. Yours truly, George Fujii. Dear Editor: In response to last week's kick on the matinee dances, I write these few words. The matinee dance committee struggled faithfully for some time on this sane problem, and just when they start to get results, blooey, some body criticizes the way we spread the foot. As this little masterpiece of his was obviously written from the sidelines, we take this opportunity to invite him to come to the next dance and give his version of the squirm, as he so derogatoriously puts it. Incidently yours truly thinks that ye olde school should spend a little of its much appropriated money for some new and danceable records, or if it can't arrange that at least a new needle for the record player. Gerald Wright. Engineers Leave On Tour of Northwest Area Weber's engineers, 20 strong, will tour the northwest next week in a 2500 mile "lab" for classes held during the year. Leaving May 6 p.ans include a drive straight through the first day and night to the Bonneville dam for the group. They plan to go to Portland and Seattle where they will go through the Boeing aircraft plant, the U. S. govern ment locks, a saw mill, and possibly some of the shipyards. They will continue their trip on to the Grand Coulee dam where they will be conducted through the plant. The last leg of the trip will be to Anaconda, Montana where they will go through the Anaconda copper mines to study mining. smelting and refining. Students who have not yet made arrangements to make the five-day trip must do so immediately, according to Blair Evans, president of the Engineers' club, or Max Soelberg, general chairman of the tour. Sociology Classes Survey Ogden City Eight o'clock sociology classes of Weber yesterday announced their plans for making a survey of the social trends and services offered in Ogden at the present time as final projects for class work. Starting next Monday, the class will meet only to answer to roll call. Then committees of three members each will be given a list of the social places in the community which they are to visit for about three days during the week instead of attending regular classes. At the end of the period allotted for the survey, all of the students will compile the reports on the trends. These will be used as a basis for further sociology study by Mr. Walter Neville, class instructor, and future classes. the Washington monument. The monument, as you may perhaps know, is right in the only junior college talking about whether clubs should exist. Students of the Riverside junior college of Riverside, California, definitely stated that their campus needed active oi-ganizations to further the school and that means clubs. A major question was asked of all school members. "Are you a club member?" Accordingly 49 per cent of the students answered yes and 51 per cent declared no. However, when these same students were asked if they would like to be members of a club, 87 per cent answered in the affirmative. Ninety-two per cent stated that clubs in the institution must be active within the school. With his thought in mind the general recognition of the need for club groups was expressed by a 95 per cent to five per cent vote. One, Phil Bernstein, includes this in a Walter Winchellian column in Silver and Gold of Colorado university: "Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. United States, and nobody else, let's go to press! Flash! According to a bulletin received here ten seconds ago, William Schmutz probably a nazi was arrested by several hundred G-men under the personal direction of J. Edgar Hoover while taking photographs ("snapshots" he called them ha, ha!) of heart of the nation's capital and all the vital vital, mind you! centers of government. G-men found, on developing the film in his Leica (a German-made camera, by the way!) that he had also taken several shots from the top of the monument as well. "Schmutz claimed that photography had been his hobby for 15 years. Your newsboy thinks, if you will pardon his saying so, that that is an awfully long time to spend on quotes, just a hobby, end quotes . . . especially since a map of Ogden, Utah, and a pocket knife were found on Schmutz'person." The Parsons School Reporter of Parson junior college., Kansas, hands in data under this head: "Several Cheaters Jump Gun On Beard Growing Contest." The writeup says to wit: "There are a few chiselers . . . who couldn't wait till Sunday to start their crop, so they jumped the gun and started theirs last Friday. They made the other beard growers look like pansies Monday morning, and now after a full week's growth they are already beginning to look as though they had forgotten to wash." And six members of the faculty have promised to compete but are evidently waiting a few weeks to start to make the race half-way fair, no doubt. Dramatists Prepare "Our Town" For Presentation (Continued from Page One) to this, much of the actors' interpretations are in pantomine. In this way, much of the burden of the meaning will be placed more than is usual on the .actors. Playing for these three nights are: John Piers as stage manager; Eddie Dayhuff, as Dr. Gibbs; Rulon Yorgason, as Editor Webb, Jay Capson, as Joe Crowell; Wayne Taylor, as Howie Newsome; Helen Grix, as Mrs. Gibbs; Jean Kapple, as Mrs. Webb; Don Peterson, as George Gibbs; Helen Thorpe, as Emily Webb; Willis Oborn, as Professor Willard; Grant Neuteboom, as Simon Stimson; Mrs. Soames, by Mary Lou Foutz! Si Crowell, by Hugh Dobbs; Sam Craig, by Gerald Welker; Joe Stoddard, by Dewey Hudson, and Leo Ware plays Mr. Morgan, and Rex McEntire as Constable Warren. Mr. Thatcher Allred is the dramatic coach, assisted by Dorothy Lichfield as student director. Alexander Woollcott, author and play-goer, said this about the production: "In all my days as a theatregoer no play ever moved me so deeply." Other comments include that of Robert Benchley, in The New Yorker, "There is no doubt that any season could count itself proud to brong forth 'Our Town.'" And the New York Sun: " 'Our Town' reaches into the past of America and evokes movingly a way of life which is lost in our present turmoil. An original and extremely interesting play." The Washington Times says: "A unique and satisfying experience in the theatre." Musicians Invade W. C. Campus For Competition (Continued from Page One) guests and members of Ogden festival committee. Saturday, May 10: Class A orchestras. Bands and choruses. Drum major and twirling events. Marching competition at the stadium. The concluding festival program at the stadium in the evening. The awards given this year are an innivation. Clair Johnson states that the other contests have given no awards. These awards will be on display at Weber college, Ogden high school, and in downtown windows. The awards will consist of a beautiful plaque, consisting of a silver plate mounted on a wooden table, which will be awarded each mixed chorus, orchestra, marching and concert band winning a division I rating. All glee clubs, vocal and instrumental ensembles will receive a large certificate regardless of rating received. Vocal and instrumental soloists, drum majors and student conductors winning division I rating will receive a golden bronze medal. Once again Weber college comes to the fore, even in awards. Every effort has been made to eliminate all kinds of cheap entertainment. Dances, free to the contestants, directors, school officials, etc., will be held at Weber college ballroom on Thursday evening, and at the White City ballroom Friday evening. Swimming will be free to contestants at the Weber college gym. Then there Is the banquet at the Hotel Ben Lomond for all directors, judges, guests and members of Ogden festival committee on Friday evening. GRADUATE IN BEAUTY s ROSS & JACK Lunch and Dining Room Ross Hawkins Jack Crane 364 25th Street Air Conditioned Fountain Service Valeen Wright SIRI - ATTA BEAUTY SALON Eccles Bldg. 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