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Show THE SIGNPOST Most Popular Man . . . leusam vieniuiies ui w iiuppy i ci THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1943 OFFICERS . . . President Wayne Carver, left; Vice President Beth Kees, Secretary Marvel Murphy, and Business Manager John Ver-nieu directed student activities wisely and well this year. When this picture was taken last fall, Leo Loll hadn't yet been elected treas urer. . Milking Contest DeLuxe . . mmmmm mm PHOENIX sponsored a milking contest last fall in which six Weber coeds participated. Saxon Roush, shown above, was the undisputed irinner of the title "Phoenix Milkmaid of 1943." The telephone rang in the press ootn at the White House. The re-1 porter who picked up the receiver heard a Negro voice saying: Hello is this Doctah Adams?" "No," answered the reporter, j "this is the White House." ,!Oh, the White House," said the ' Voioa, hesitatingly. "Excuse me, VWftiuu president. They Competed for VALENTINE SEASON found Excelsior club in the social limelight on the Weber campus with their traditional Sweetheart ball. From a group of sevn contestants, Mclva Campbell was chosen by Don Ameche, movie star, for the honor. The seven coeds are shown above. Sam's girl is tall and slender, My girl is short' and low; Sam's girl wears silks and satins, My girl wears calico; Sam's girl is fast and sporty, My girl is pure and good. Think I'd trade my girl for Sam's? Why you know darn well I would! Sweetheart Crown Four Students Receive Scholarships Awards Made on Bases of Grades, Citizenship And School Activities Sophomore students who have been awarded scholarships to the senior colleges in the state were announced this week by Mrs. Clarisse H. Hall, chairman of the shcolarship committee. Winners of the scholarship grants are Keith Holbrook, University of Utah; Evelyn Applonie, Utah State Agricultural college, and Jean Anne Waterstradt, Brigham Young university The Howard D. Merrill memorial scholarship, awarded to a freshman student for his second year's tuition to Weber, was given to King Durkee. These students were chosen not only for their grade point averages at Weber, but also for their participation in extra curricular activities and their citizenship. Alternates selected to receive the scholarships in case the winners do not use them are Ted Thorsted, University of Utah; Alice Hodges, first alternate, and Norma Burton, second alternate, Utah State Agrictultural college; Doris Owens, Brigham Young university; and Bonnie Clay, Howard D. Merrill memorial scholarship. Reference Room Closed Sunday Starting Sunday and during the summer months, the reference room at the Carnegie Free library will be closed on Sunday, it was announced today by Elva Wattis, librarian. Winners SCHOLARSHIPS . . Keith Holbrook, top, and Jean Anne Waterstradt were chosen by the Weber college scholarship committee to receive scholarship grants to the University of Utah and Brigham Young university, respectively. A picture of Evelyn Applonie, winner of the award to the U. S. A. C. was unavailable. King Durkee, winner of the Howard D. Merrill scholarship, is pictured on page one of this issue. In Marines Opportunities exist for two young men, 17 years of age, in the U. S. marine corps, Sgt. William F. Smiley, local recruiting officer, reported today. The men must be acepted before Saturday.Day Dreams 111 JUNE is almost here ami then we shall see whether or not the above cartoon, drawn by Dave Myers and run in the prc-school issue of the Signpost, is significant, as if we didn't know already! PRESIDENT H. A. DIXON continues to be the most friendly and popular man on the Weber college campus. He has helped to make lliis year at Weber a memorable one. Champion of Youth Dnt ECTOR ... Mr. Royden C. Braithwaite, director of the Weber L. D. S. Institute of Religion has just completed his first year on the W. C. campus. His genuine interest and confidence in the students he teaches have won for him many admirers and friends. 4 Ten Cadets Begin Training at Weber Weber college naval aviation cadet rolls were completed late Monday afternoon when the final 10 intermediate students arrived for a four-week training course. The men will be stationed in the college dormitory during their stay in Ogden. Courses scheduled for the group include navigation, theory of flight, power plants and actual flight training. Hal Methuselah lived 900 years. Frank I can't understand it. And that was before vitamins, too. . . Class Presidents TRADITIONAL Sandbag rush held last fell v. as domineered by the lowly freshman class. As a result, Rny Gibson, sophomore class president, had to p:ill Junior Blair, freshman prer-.isnt, and the Weber victory bell around the block. .Shown above are Gibson, left, and Blair, preparing the bell for ils trip.' Effects of World Conflict Make Themselves Felt As W. C. Undergoes Change By SHIRLEY MILLS From the time that Pearl Harbor was bombed the effects of that bombing have been felt at Weber college at first by small degrees that have increased so slowly that many students cannot understand why its activities are so changed. Many of the freshman girls who enrolled in the autumn quarter were a bit skeptical about going to college because their sophomore sisters had warned them that there would be "no men." These girls wanted only the social side of education. They finally signed their names in the registrar's book, confident that they could withdraw if the first dance did not prove to be successful. After the first two weeks of school, Signpost broadcasted the news that there were three boys to every girl enrolled in the school, and the social-minded coeds were content. It was also at this time that the announcement that there would be no yearbook came. Irene Bush-ell was appointed editor of "Transit," which was to be a combination yearbook and literary magazine. Officials explained that the budget could jiot provide for both Schibulus and Acorn. Weber freshmen were disappointed, but they recovered from their disappointment when the new literary magazine was distributed. It wasn't a perfect issue, but what new endeavor is perfect at its beginning? We were glad to have the magazine. Then the social clubs' "rushing" season ended, and each of the clubs of the campus was ready to issue bids to prospective pledges. Signpost ran an article stating: "A new form of bidding was introduced at Weber this year when the women's social clubs chose their pledges. A few days before Silence week, each club submitted a preference list which included the names of 10 girls they wished to pledge. Freshman girls submitted the names of their first and second choices in clubs. Dry-Eyed Bid Day Choices and preferences were matched, and bids were given out accordingly. The indecision attached to making a choice from several bids was alleviated for each girl received only one bid. There were none of the previously customary tears shed on bid day this year. The reason for initiating this new bid system was to help all women's clubs to continue to live on the campus. Each club was allowed to give out in the neighborhood of 10 bids, and every freshman girl accepted her bid. This is the first year in the history of Weber college that every first-year woman student has become af-ifiliated." This again was something new. Ray Sanders and Joyce Squires wrote a varsity show and chose their cast from talented students. The varsity show has been an annual highlight in Weber's activities for a great many years. Several male members of the cast were drafted, and the remaining cast members couid not cooperate because of defense jobs and other work. The production was dropped Rationing Plays Havoc The sophomores remember how Weber's basketball team took a good many wins in its play with other junior colleges, and gained the name of champions at the tournament held at Ogden high. Most of those good ball players came back to wear the purple 4 ' ' " eraw JMp sHB MHHBNflilaEiilllHliHHk i and white this year, but there were few games to play, and there was no tournament. Gas and tires had been rationed, and traveling merely for the purpose of playing ball was unpatriotic. Orion didn't mean a lot to freshmen who were not able to see what its membership meant to those who attained it last year. The name was something they had heard spoken about the campus, but its true meaning was unknown to most of them. When the awards committee announced that there would be no Orion that there would be no awards of any kind, it was a shock to sophombres to see the goal they had been working to reach for almost two years disappear. It was the opinion of many of the faculty members and advisors of extra curricular activities that student participation would fall considerably because of the lost award system. This was not true of Weber students, however. The Signpost and the Transit came out as usual. The one-act play, "Honeymoon-a-la-made and Judge Lynch," were presented by dramatics department on scheduled time. The work was not only done, but at the high standard representative of Weber students. The "All American" rating of the school paper proves that work is not slumping. The War Closes in Throughout the year Weber fellows were taken to help win the war. We were sorry to see them go, but we did not realize how many of them had left the campus one by one. It wasn't until April 8 that many of us realized that there was a war on. Those who went to the station to wave good bye to the 42 Weber fellows who left knew that there was a war on. Our student body treasurer, Leo Loll, and our business manager, John Vernieu, left with the group. Freshman class secretary, DeLore Williams, who kept extra curricular activities alive, left too Our spirits were not high for a while, and the few men left on the campus felt rather conspicuous.Then 50 naval cadets came and an interest was again created. The first morning of their Weber college life, the cadets were seen taking their daily airing in shorts and shirts, leaving their shoes and bundles of clothing to clutter up the lawn. It was difficult for Weber students to keep from smiling, as they watched the cadets march single file in a"follow-the-leader" fashion to their classes. The strictness of mllitaij' regulation seemed strange at first. That's why we laughed. i |