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Show Page 2 SIGNPOST Friday, May 5, 19."0 Signpost BIWEEKLY PUBLICATION ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF WEBER COLLEGE 402 Meoncb Building Phone Weber College Extension 26 OGDEN, UTAH Editors Business Manager Sports Editor Assistant Sports Editor . Society Editor Assistant Society Editor Feature Editor Music Editor Feature Writer Business Advisor Advisor Reporters: Beverly Barblero, Bud Elliott, Joan Garrett, Vernon Hill, Robena Parker, Cliff Pomeroy, and Paul Stanga. Actions Speak Louder Than Words! Four-Year Weber, Here We Come We don't want to beat this thing into the ground, but we do feel that you should know the reasoning behind the student volunteer effort program for the new campus. The new campus will be yours, to build, use, and hold dear. You will be the ones to gain the greatest benefit and therefore it is only right that you assist in bringing it about. That we all want it is agreed, and the state is almost convinced, but don't you think that when President Dixon again requests funds, his appeal will carry more weight if he can show a terrific cooperative volunteer effort on the part of all Weber College to work and fight together for the things in which we believe? We're not kids, and it won't be hard to put the idea across that every name on the volunteer list is a very determined Weber booster. If you are willing to help yourselves, the rest of the necessary aid will not be long in coming. Tell your legislature what you want; don't take no for an answer., Sign the list in the cashier's office and grab a handful of bus at 1 :00 p.m. and we might get that degree from W.C. yet. "Third Man Theme" Popularized As Alert Ogdenites Spot New Hit As Warren Desmond of KLO said, "This area sure is well ahead of the rest of the country as far as picking up the new hits is concerned." For example, "Third Man Theme"; the show from which it comes hasn't even been to Ogden yet but it's still a hit. Or look at "My Foolish Heart". .While it's taking the rest of the country by storm, the people of Utah have been enjoying it, as a hit, for almost two months. Steve's Office Supply SCHOOL SUPPLY HEADQUARTERS 416 - 24th Street nLiiliniiiiiiliii'HiiiiJiii'iiiniiiliiii.liiiliniifiiii.iiii;:1 DRIVE OUT After the Ball Game or The Dance EAT AT KINGS-X DRIVE INN Yatson-Tanner Clothing Co. SMART APPAREL for GRADUATION Charles E. Pomeroy and James R. Wolter Robina Parker , Rulon Garfield LeRoy McFarland , , , Shirley Stadleman Dorothy Johnson , Gordon Allred Lincoln Clifford Jim Bonner O. M. Clark . L. C. Evans All you Frankie Laine fans are going to be disappointed whenever he puts a new disc on the market unless you're first in line. It seems the distributor for Mercury records in this area is now located in Denver and as a result, few Laine platters are hitting the local record shops. , Seems like there are a lot of records becoming popular that have only one word in the title such as "Dearie", "Bewitched", "Rain," "Wilhelmina," and latest of the one word crazes is, "Valencia", and an oldie brought back to life by Tony Martin. "It Isn't Fair", and "I'd Have Baked a Cake" are still up high on the preferred lists but they are rapidly losing out to such newcomers as Don Cornell's recording of "Are You Lonesome Tonight?", "River of Smoke" as sung by Joe Marine, or "Darn It, Baby That's Love." Another you might put on your list of "Musts" is "Stars and Stripes Forever" as disced by Ralph Flanagan. KIKiillCIKIIiiieilP'liRt Ancient Ruse Is Featured In Escape Plot By Gordon Allred No one who loves adventure can afford to miss The Wooden Horse, one of the most intriguing and extraordinary escape stories to spring from the long line of war non-fiction.Eric Williams, in his novelistic way, describes the true case of two men, who made good their plan, to flee Staglag-Luft III, a nazi prison camp in Poland. The camp, unlike many others, is one with fairly good conditions Within its confines, numerous British airmen, are left reasonably alone, to organize their own communal life; reading, exercising and looking after their own special needs. The important pastime however, in which everyone participates, either directly or indirectly, is the game of escape. Despite the fact that various intrepid schemes have been sprung previously to meet with failure and death on the part of the players, a special escape committee has" been appointed, and conditions make it impossible for more than two or three men to attempt a break at the same time. It was John Clinton who conceived an ingenious plan to use a modern Trojan horse, as the device to permit the digging of a tunnel with its starting point near the fence, yet within the open, beneath the very eyes of German guards. In reality the so-called "Trojan horse", is a wooden vaulting horse, which the men, as a ruse, perform exercises upon each day. Within its hollow structure lies the secret tunnel entrance: After months of desperate, exhaustive digging, and dificult disposal of much tell-tale yellow sand, comes the next phase, the adventure of John Clinton and his friend, Peter Howard, as they traverse an exciting trail, blazed with danger, from Stettin to Denmark, and thence to Sweden. Here is a concise and clear-cut piece of writing, which leaves, the reader little chance or desire for relaxation, in his concern for these two very remarkable Englishfugitives. Bonners Blurb By J. K. Bonner With the grand climax of the Weber College queen contest but a few hours away, I am granted another chance at throwing nasty blurbs at outstanding figures around the campus. First off, the contest (beauty, talent, etc.) a few months ago I squawked to high heaven because of the extreme surplus of queens flitting around the campus. Along came this chance to enter an official beauty for Miss Utah honors. I believe that this is the solution to the whole vexing problem. , Parading before the students and public tonight, will be a cross section of past queens which include the homecoming queen (also her attendants), Dream Girl of 1950, best dressed coed, football queen and several of the attendants who served with various queens. William "Old Hickory" Critchlow still doesn't sanction allocation of school funds unless permission is obtained from him before hand. Soon as he receives his doctor's degree, he'll probably beat Doc Foul-ger out of a job. A certain tea parlor on Lincoln has really been receiving a lot of play from Sigma. I hear they give the stuff away down there just to create good will with the public. You boys ought to brush the foam out of your eyebrows before returning to the campus though. What a nice, big, beautiful, expensive chair Golden Boy has in his office now. Really comfortable, too. fcf -.jam. a i iif ' POLEMICS ALAMODE EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is fifth in a series of pro-con articles on vital local and national problems sponsored jointly by the Weber College International Relations Club and the Signpost. Any student may contribute to this series by arrangement with Harold B.iteman, club advisor, or Lawrence C. Evans. Sis n post editorial advisor. This week's subject is: CAN ARMED CONFLICT WITH RUSSIA EE AVOIDED? Pro Before Lenin died in 1924, he led Russia out of Tsarism and into Socialism. Russia's standard of living was definitely improved by these extreme measures. Stalin, a disciple of Lenin and Karl Marx, took over the government, appoint-er himself head of the Communist party, and new dictator of Russia. In opposition to Stalin was Trotsky, a man in favor of a "world-wide communist revolution". Stalin, at that time, preferreo to confine the communistic experiment to Russia alone, and employ foreign capital and skill in working it out. In 1929, Trotsky and the oppositional party were exiled. Once in power, Stalin worked steadily to increase governmental control over the nation's economic life. Nationalized industry and agriculture grew, and with the coming of World War II, Russia sprang into pre-eminence politicly, territorily and economically, using foreign capital and skill in working it out! Since the ter-m i n a t i o n of World War II ''' , the aggressive andun-coopera-tive actions of Russia need not be enumerated. It might be said that after an-choring the roots of communism firmly in Russia, Stalin, now adapts che that of "world policy of Trotsky, wide communist revolution". There is an ominous parallel between Hitler's actions prior to the last war and Stalin's aggressive actions today. It is then quite obvious that Russia is intent on world-wide revolution, or in a more familiar term, world conquest. Russia can only go so far politically, soon the U. S. will have to be delt with. Twice in a generation Germany made the mistake of not eliminating the U. S. first, and twice the U. S. has been the deciding balance of power. Leaving the U. S. will be a mistake Russia will not make. To eliminate this country as the balance of power, Russia will have to strike us first in a 'knock out blow.' Because Russia can not afford to allow us to strike back. If the U. S. were strong enough and had bases decentralized throughout the world, so as to strike back in a decisive blow, Russia would not dare engage in armed conflict, for she knows there will be no winner in another all-out war. Let the U. S. be prepared to meet any emergency, from within as well as without, with decisive action and thus restrain Russia until she crumbles internally. Community Theater Set Windup May 8 Community Theater completes their season upon presentation of "Mr. Pirn Passes By," it was announced today by Don Soelberg. The play is under direction of Carolyn Glassman. The cast is made up of Weber students, and will be presented Monday. May 8. J. B. Marsh Insecticides - Fumigation Sprayers-Dusters Termite Control Fertilizer - Grass Seed 2141 Grant Avenue OGDEN, UTAH r-HOXE 2-6518 Con By Frank T. Merrill Before answering this question I would like to say: It is my sincere hope and fondest desire that armed conflict can and will be avoided. The question that comes to my mind is how can this be done? I believe that a armed race with Russia is definitely not the way. Firs! itM&mm. because it is too y . . costly. If we lose our b a 1 a n c ed economic system I by spending mil-s -f lions of deficit " dollars we will U be giving Rus- sia the best . w e a p o n she could obtain j within the U. S. " If we are faced with a depression like the one of 1932 we will not be a strong enough nation to offset any external aggression even to withstand a possible revolution from within. It would be far too costly, unless wc developed into a militaristic state which would' be far too great a price to pay for false security. We must remember that the leaders of Russia do not think in the same patterns that we, as Americans think. If we develop a great military force that can stop the spread of Communism in the world we will be running the risk of a armed revolution within Russia. This, at first glance, looks like a solution to all are problems. Analyzing it closer we find this may not be as favorable as it seems. The leaders of the Communistic party have been raised on the doctrine of Marxism, at least the part of it that states. "No matter what price you must pay armed revolution must come about and that the ends will justify the means." At the first signs of a revolution within the borders of Russia the politicians will unite their followers by driving them into a world war. (Whether we win or lose ilia; war will answer the above question.) Joe Stalin and his officers know what a revolution would mean to them. They set a precedent in the revolution of 1917 tha1. would be followed in this next revolution. That is extermination of your opposition. With this precedent on their minds what, in their way of thinking, would they have to lose in a world war. Kven if we had such a great military force that the odds of them winning, in this war of extermination were 99 to 7, I believe they would still drive their people into a world conflict. Before these warped, power mad men would lose all they have gained by revolution within their own ranks they would chance world extermination to farther their own ends. People Like Coke Wliere They Work r PS ! 3 IT KTllW UHbU fctfTXOOT Of TM( COCA-COL COHT tl Coca Cola Hotting Co. of Ogden |