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Show Pago A WEBER COLLEGE SIGNPOST Thursday, January 16, 1947 ROOM TO PLAY Sports Department Already Expanding Football Budget Jumps From $2000 To $20,000 in 1 Year, Others Rise By J. R. Allred While all Weber college considers expansion, the athletic department has "jumped the gun" and made a great expansion movement in schedules and budget. In the first year of intercollegiate- participation in sports for the col lege after the termination of the war made revival of athletics possible, Weber scheduled a far more ambitious slate of game than it had had in any pre-war years. Budgets for athletics also took a aharp increase. The football budget went from $2000 to $20,000 in one year and other sports have taken similar rises. This increased budget has been made possible largely through increases in gate receipts for Weber games. C. O. Helps With the aid of an extensive ticket sales campaign staged by the Og-den chamber of commerce and other civic groups, attendance and consequently money from ticket sales at home games in the 1946 football season was far greater than in any other season in the history of the school. Two games in the still-young basketball season, have drawn bigger crowds than any games in the past, and it is expected that as the season progresses and league games start attendance at the hoop sport will be even greater. Interest and attendance in all college sports act-irities may be expected to show a marked rise. One of the highlights of the 1947 football schedule is the Weber game with the Mickalums from Honolulu, Hawaii, which will be played Oct. 10 in Ogden as an official event of the Utah Centennial. The college has received $2500 in centennial funds as an aid in staging the game. To Play Hawaiian The game with the Hawaiian team, which Weber met in Honolulu Nov. 30, 1946 in the first game of the series, is but one highlight on the extensive grid schedule set for 1947. The home slate will include games with Compton (Cal.) junior college, and Modesto (Cal.) junior college. Indeed, as Athletic Director Reed K. Swenson points out, Weber meets the top junior college teams in Colorado, California, Idaho, Arizona and Utah in both football and basketball. The basketbal: schedule for 1946-47 includes games with a similar group of schools as the football slate, as well as some senior colleges. Increased Attendance Noted The basketball team also expects to participate in the Western States basketball tournament, a national fcourney for junior colleges held an-ually at Compton, Cal. The Wildcats distinguished themselves in that meet last season. Increased attendance at basket-hall games has been made possible partly by the use of the spacious Ogden high school gymnasium for wiany of the Weber games. Better facilities and expansion in that de partment is the hope of athletic department. However, it is expected that new facilities will have to wait for the hoped for expansion f the whole school. The Weber college gym is inadequate, both in floor space for playing and in seating capacity for spectators, and real development f the basketball program is dependant on a better gymnasium. Stadium Poor Lighting and the playing field at Ogden stadium is poor, and better facilities for football games are badly needed, but there has been a promise of improvement in the stadium facilities. The biggest need for football is practice space more readily accesible for athletic teams. With a new abundance in manpower for athletic teams the coaching staff has been accordingly increased. Coach Swenson has a large staff of regular and part time ssistants, and it is expected that ven more expansion in this phase f the program is forthcoming. HOW MUCH LAND DO WE NEED "How much land do we need?" That is a good question. Based on other colleges surrounding Weber, we need between 70 and 120 acres. "How much do we have now?" SEVEN ACRES! ! Does that sound good? Here are the facts and figures to prove these statements Students College Acres 8000 U. of U. 153 4400 BTU 200 4000 USAC 90 1500 ISB 175 1500 W. C. 7 800 Boise 110 400 BAC 50 This should be conclusive proof that a larger institution is needed. History of Weber Shows 58 Years of Progress By Phil Tunks The enviable history of Weber college dates back 58 years to the founding of Weber Stake Academy in 1889 by the LDS church association of Weber Stake. Louis Fredrick Moench became the first principal and supervised the construction in 1892 of the first building on the present campus, for which the settlers of the Ogden region mortgaged their homes. The building was named after the first principal, the Moench building. After its completion Emilz B. Isgreen became the principal. Mr. Moench returned in 1894 to act again as administrator until 1902 when succeeded by David O. McKay. During the years of 1907 and 1908 a wing was added to the Moench building, the name of the institution changed to that of Weber Academy. In 1916 the first college class was inaugurated by H. A. Dixon and the school acquired college status in addition to its high school courses. In 1918 and 1919 the name of the r" .MOW to Find emou&h I "Dance school was changed to Weber Normal college and Henry Aldous Dixon officially became president. 1923 was eventful year in the college history, the high school work was discontinued, the title was changed to Weber college and the first Associate of Arts degree was conferred. The gymnasium building was erected in 1925 at a cost of $300,-000 and in 1928 the first Associate of Science degree was conferred. The college received academic recognition in 1931-32 with its assuming of membership in the American Association of Junior Colleges and accreditation by the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools. 1933 saw the transferring of the college from the LDS church to the state of Utah, and in 1934 the Moench building underwent extensive remodeling. Leland H. Creer succeeded Aaron Tracy as president in 1935 and the organization of social clubs was officiallyinaugurated. Tonight?" 1937 saw the advent of the present administrator, Henry Aldous Dixon and his policy of progressive education and in 1938 the Vocational Building was constructed at the cost of $245,000, and the Central Building was purchased from the Ogden City board of education for the purpose of housing additional classrooms and offices. Weber college became a member of the American Council on Education in 1938 and thus added to its name as a progressive and recognized school. Living quarters for Weber students other than those from Ogden and vicinity were provided for in 1940-41 with the purchase and establishment of the dormitory on 24th street and the women's on Adams Avenue. Additional properties including those at Snow Basin were purchased in 1944, 45, 46 with a view to enlarging the facilities here at Weber college. 1946 also saw the influx of the largest enrollment in history with veterans primarily predominant. What 1947 holds is something in the future but one thing is certain and that is that Weber college will continue to grow in stature as the citadel of a liberal education for the knowledge seekers of Ogden Poll Shows 98 Want 4-Year WC Students Indicate $350,000 Yearly Savings A four-year Weber college would save Weber students more than $350,000 annually, and 25 of its students could be afforded the opportunity of a complete college education which would otherwise be unobtainable. These are, in part, the resuslts of a recent SIGNPOST survey which, in conjunction with the president's office, was taken Monday, Jan. 13, to determine student opinion of proposed Weber college expansion plans. The survey, which showed that 98 of the Weber college student body desires a degree-granting school, and 58 are in favor of a new campus with less than 10 opposed to such a move, was divided into three main parts, the first being a survey of transportation means, the second part a poll of opinion concerning a new campus, and the third relative to the expansion of the college into a degree granting institution. Response to the question, "What means of transportation do you ordinarily use in going to and from school?" revealed that 80 of Weber college students ride in busses or in privately owned automobiles, while the other 20 walk to school. Answers to "What would be the result if you had to travel to a new campus within a range of a half-mile south of Ogden High School?" stated that 26 could travel that distance at no increased costs, but 51 calculated that the additional distance would take "more time." 16 of the students said it would take less time. 10 claimed that the above location would seriously inconvenience them, but 48 stated that they would be inconvenienced very little, if at all. 58 voted In favor of such a move while only 10 dissented. Tabulations from the third section, "How would it affect you if the State Legislature decided to expand Weber college into adegree-granting institution?" show that a solid 98 w M welcome the idea, with 2 vo con, 25 said that a four year eber college would "make it possible for me to get a degree, while without it I lack funds to leave home to take upper division work." 33 said the four-year college would save them from $500 to $700 yearly. 33 also said it would make it ppssible for them to continue 'to work their way through school because of part-time work here that , they might not find possible to secure away from home. President H. A. Dixon, commenting on the survey results, stated that it furnishes the best documentary evidence in favor of an expansion program that has thus far been obtained by the college. The survey, he said, reveals the real, unprompted student opinion of the expansion program. He stated that the indication that 25 more Weber youths would be able to complete their college education should, alone, be adequate cause for the addition of upper-division course to the college curriculum. (Editor's Note: The above percentages were calculated from a crosssectional survey of 750 Weber college students. They were tabulated by personnel of the SIGNPOST staff, and are interpreted in terms of the entire enrollment of 1650 daytime students.) WILDCATS Play SNOW COLLEGE Friday at 7:30 In Weber Gym |