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Show Page 4 SIGNPOST Friday, May 19, 1950 Signpost War Novel Recalls Horrors POLEMICS ALAMODE The following Is the last of series of pro-con articles on current national and world problems. The series has been sponsored Jointly by the International Relations Club and Signpost, under the direction of Harold C. Bateman, club advisor, and Lawrence O. Evans, Signpost editorial advisor. . . This week's subject for debate is, "Should Know Communists be permitted to teach American universities?" BIWEEKLY PUBLICATION ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF WEBER COLLEGE 402 Meonch Building Phone Weber College Extension 26 OGDEN, UTAH ors i Charles E. Pomeroy and James R. Wolter Pro Con Robina Parker . Rulon Garfield LeRoy McFarland Shirley Stadleman Dorothy Johnson Gordon Allied Lincoln Clifford , Jim Bonner O. M. Clark , L. C. Evan? Business Manager Sports Editor Assistant Sports Editor . Society Editor Assistant Society Editor Feature Editor Music Editor , Feature Writer Business Advisor Advisor Reporters: Beverly Barbiero, Bud Elliott, Joan Garrett, Vernon Hill, Robena Parker, Cliff Pomeroy, and Paul Stanga. Future Freshman Offered Guidance You as a mature student will want to lead an independent life at Weber College. You will want as 'little interference as possible. You will want to register for your classes, possibly join a social club and, in general, lead your life as you desire. A few problems, however, may arise in your new environment, problems that may be somewhat vague or may be sharply defined. You will want to learn about the campus quickly. You- want to be aware of the administrative officers so you know your way around or so you "know the ropes". You find yourself in a class that doesn't fit your needs. You may wish to meet more girls or more fellows in your new college life. Gradually, almost without notice, you will find yourself wanting someone to talk to, sometime to ask for advice. This is precisely the point where the Guidance services come into the picture to help. When you register, you will be given your choice of faculty members for your adviser, whom you can see for advice and help when you wish: You will have someone help you in selecting your first group of subjects, and you will probably want to see him again on your registration.Through assemblies you will learn of the social and political opportunities for leadership. Every freshman student should take a short two-hour class in Orientation, where every effort is made to help new students. Here, in this class, the instructor will have at least one private conference with each student to get acquainted and to help students find themselves vocationally and in other ways. Students who wish to understand themselves more can ask for additional tests through the Guidance Laboratory, free of charge. Highly trained people are willing to help confer with students on any problem, large or small. You may need a part-time job. You find that you want to join a professional club or that you want to participate in a committee or a glee club. Many problems involving marital troubles have been solved. In fact, there are very few problems that have not come before the Guidance Committee members. Each has been met privately, quietly and confidentially. You are cordially invited to make the most of them. William D. Stratford, Chairman, Guidance Committee Don't Miss . . . Weber's Social Center The C. I. REMEMBER US IN YOUR OFF HOURS for Summer! Thepeasant blouse of sheer batiste makes the perfect toping for your cotton skirts. v tl $4.95 By Gordon Allred The worst element of war is its ability to heal quickly. Man recovers rapidly enough that he never quite realizes just what he has actually done. This is said by Arthur C. Fields, author of World Without Heroes. With enjoyable ease and clarity, Mr. Fields shows vividly the various emotions, attatudes, and conflicts of men under fire Americans, forced to struggle through battle after battle with no sur-crease.In this novel, we can gain an important moral lesson, which may well affect the type of lives we live even determine whether we live at all. The action of the novel finds adequate nourishment in a series of interesting, well-planned incidents, in which a group of men, all of vastly different temperaments are forced to play. There is the hard-boiled, much-hated squad leader, Joe Slate, and the likeable Christy Christopolous, who says "somebody's gotta tell 'em about war besides them g. d. historians. World Without Heroes, based largely on actual esperience, is a vital and honest novel, ringing with realism and forthrightness. Weber Forum 4,lll,ll,,,,,,, ,. 4 "Cooperation" I wonder how many members of W. C. faculty know the feeling they create in the students who are trying to get an assignment or collect news for the school paper. If the cooperation received from the students was comparable to that given to them by the faculty I'm afraid the new campus work project would be in very poor shape. Might I remind the prof's at W.C. that they were once students, and they were doing assignments the same way students of today are doing them. For the information of those who don't know or have forgotten the definition of cooperation, Websters dictionary defines it as, "The act of cooperating; joint action, a working together." I might add for the benefit of the Signpost, W.C. paper; your paper; cooperation from faculty members who have been called upon for information, and also club reporters, has been at a VERY low ebb. Let me remind you that this is your paper and the success of it depends upon your cooperation. Clifford Pomeroy, Signpost Reporter Appreciation is expressed to the following people who so generously contributed to our program during the past year: PLATT W. FULLER, business man of Ogden; JUDGE J. QUILL NEBEKER; EARNIST COX, reporter and author; PAUL THATCHER, City Attorney; SENATOR E. D. THOMAS, Democrat from Utah; WALLACE F. BENNETT, past president of the National Association of Manufactures; HOWARD KNIGHT, faculty member; DR. H. H. KATO, faculty member, L. C. EVANS, faculty member and Signpost Editorial Advisor, H. C. BATEMAN, International Relations Club advisor and faculty member, and the OAMA FILM LIBRARY at HILL AIR FORCE BASE. Signed, Frank Nebeker, President International Relations Club, Weber College. Ogden Billiards "PENTHOUSE" For Billiard Recreation 2408 Wash. Blvd. (UPSTAIRS) By Lloyd Ferguson t Today's graduates are far better educated than those of yesterday and should; therefore, be better able to make well founded decisions than those of days gone by. Educators of today are striving to give students a properly filled course of study to enable them to cope with p r o b l ems that will present themselves with time. American government is usually included in the better courses. Yet that is the only gov ernment that is discussed. To be able to make up our minds to the best of our ability it is necessary that we observe both sides of the question before passing judgment, and how can we make up our minds if we see but one side? Communists are the teachers for the other side, and communism is against our better principles, so say those whom we look up to. riow can students realize the merits of Democracy if they have nothing to base their judgements upon. In studying anything, people form opinions and correct opinions are built on comparison. Since students in college are of the voting age they need to be able to . vote wisely. This intelligence comes from thoughts that have been picked up alonge the years and it is necessary that they have the right thoughts and where better can you mold those thoughts than in an institution of learning. The communists can give our students some foundation in government on which to base opinions in later life. Most students have the intelligence necessary to ferret out truth from lies and I think they should get a taste of Communism before they graduate because it can be answered back properly on a campus. Bonner's Blurb By James Bonner Returning to our humble campus after a week's absence, the weary world travelers of the recent field trips passed on some interesting anecdotes. Topping the list is the one concerning Perry "Purple and White" Lambert. Seems Mister Perry mapped the return course of the caravan of which he was a member in error. He was laboring under the mis-assumption that the mechanical safari would journey through Manti. In fact, he was so positive he wagered his most beloved and prized possession, to wit, one shaggy and sadly battered let-terman's jacket. Other meaty tidbits . . . "Sterk" Gardner acting very uncourteous and remaining seated while a young lady is standing. . . . Chaunce singing the "Swan Song" to Gloria r. By James Bonner Definitely not! Why should American taxpayer's money be doled out to persons who advocate the overthrow of our government by every means of trickery and subversiveness ever perceived since the unholy reign of Hitler? By allowing communists to remain on the payroll of any faculty, that is exactly what that institute is adhering to. They (those institutions with communists instructors) are not only condoning practices which every freedom loving person in the world despises, but at the same time are contributing to the livelihood of these communistic agents and enabling them to carry on their treacherous work of undermining the ' government from within. As Sidney Hooke, professor of political science at Columbia Uni- v e r s i t y, once commented, "How can any human being, who has sworn allegiance to a cause dedicated to further ing communism by any conceivable method with the least chance of exposure to him self, possibly teach American youth. One of the basic principles of education in America is the eternal search for truth." In refuting the right of communists to teach on the campuses, I am not advocating that the colleges also restrict all classes pertaining to the history of communism. On the contrary, if this were done it would be applying the same principles of withholding truthful facts that Russia and other communistic satellites employ. But, to continue to permit known communists to spread their doctrine among the youth of America while hiding behind the cloak of education is a practice that must be stopped before our country goes the way the other undermined: counties of the world have gone. S Jorgensen. . . . 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