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Show Volume XV WEBER COLLEGE, OGDEN, UTAH, MAY 26, 1952 Number 13 Advisory Board Alumni, Student Talent to Perform Thursday Morning A review of the best talent on the campus will be mixed with oustand-ing numbers from Weber Alumni during the two hour "President's Assembly" which commences at 10 a.m. May 29th, Wayne Carver, faculty member in charge of arrangements said this week. Traditional at the college, this final assembly following the end of Spring quarter examinataions is generally considered one of the outstanding student body meetings of the year, Mr. Carver said. Not only are outstanding numbers scheduled to appear on the program, he pointed out, but any number from the student body not scheduled may be requested from the audience. In past years such outstanding faculty virtuosos as O. M. Clark with his two-tone whistle, Thatcher Allred and his poetry reading, Dr. Jennings Olson and his songs have been requested on the spur of the moment and delivered. Students are requested to be free in making any request for talent from either the faculty or the students.At press time, Mr. Carver was trying to arrange for such well-known alumni personalities as Bruce Wallace, Jane Ann Slater, Betty Peterson Baker, and the Bobolis Quartet to appear on the assembly. (The program will commence sharply at 10 a.m. Thursday, Mr. Carver said, immediately following the Alumni breakfast. All students alumni, faculty, and friends of the school are invited. Weber Promised Four-Year Support Alumni By Douglas Burnett, President of Weber Alumni Association The membership and Executive Council of the Weber College Alumni Association support to the letter the resolution recently passed by the Weber Advisory Board calling for the establishment of a four-year college in the Ogden area. We further support the previous statements made by President Dixon to the effect that discrimination against the youth of this area is a fact because of the excessive claims made on it militarywise. We heartily approve and endorse the subsequent revelations concerning educational opportunities available to students throughout the country in communities the size of Ogden but which are lacking here. Weber Alumni are especially sensitive to the needs of Ogden for this limited program of higher education which is once more being discussed. Having been students of Weber, having participated in and benefited from her unique program of personalized education, we are especially chagrined at the successful efforts in the past to prevent the further spreading of these privileges which we consider most praiseworthy. Many Association members have not gone on to senior institutions from Weber. They look with eagerness for the opportunity to continue . their school here at home. I ' - ' ' t ' ' ' v , f ' T ' v ' I 1 f :' ' -! h a i 'A -;; UA - 1 111 " ' Uv ;!' lfJ ...- y.i : 1 - ; ' ' " - !- r- ' 1 ". .( " v N '. ' hti iranAnki- ' K ' Srffaa&to&lwiata.iMh Student IJody President Fred Ball and President II. A. Dixon break Ground on the new campus during this year's Founders' Day activities. This was the day President Dixon launched the spirited drive for a four-year college at Weber. Chamber of Commerce By Charles Stark, Manager The Ogden Chamber of Commerce is squarely on record as supporting Weber college in every way. This includes full support of the proposal to make Weber college a four-year, degree-granting school. Weber college and the Ogden area have suffered severely in competition with the four-year schools of the state. The absence of military training at Weber has induced many Ogden boys to get their higher education elsewhere. When they have been unable to afford to go to a college or university away from home, they have frequently had to give up their hope of advanced education and go directly into military service without the advantage of college ROTC training. The Ogden Chamber of Commerce has worked closely with President Dixon and other Weber officials in the past development of the school. We promise that support of the four-year objective will be as active as the Chamber's cooperation has been in the past. Many association members have graduated from another college after having left Weber. Their determination to assist in every way in this current drive is an eloquent statement Of their belief in the desirability of Weber's progress. Directly through executive alumni iiiiipioBis by Civic Groups Ogden City By City Manager E. J. Allison We are very much interested in the efforts to promote Weber college into a four-year college. Ogden city is the only major city in Utah that does not have a four-year school of learning. We rank second in population in the state, which should give us enough population to adequately support a full fledged college. Please be assured the City administration will cooperate with the college in any way possible to obtain the desired results. Do not hesitate to call on us if we can help in any way. Resolution! See page two for complete text on the Weber Advisory Board's Resolution giving argu-ments for the adoption of a four-year college to be estab lished at Weber. committees committed to promoting her cause, and indirectly by the sustained good will of her former students, Weber will have the constant support of the Alumni Association during this important year to come. Poor Year Drive By Wayne Carver For the third time in six years supporters of Weber college will next year ask the legislators of the State to charter a four year institution at Ogden offering bachelors degrees in limited areas of study. Supported by educational, church, civic, and political groups of northern Utah, the drive received strong support recently when the twenty- four member Weber Advisory Board passed a resolution citing its reasons for believing this area of Utah to be discriminated against education-wise. As in other years, the proposed college would offer four year work in four fields only: Education, Liberal Arts, Business, and Home Economics. In a 1400-word document made public over two weeks ago, the advisory board, acting on information compiled by President Dixon, the college faculty, and various standing committees of the college, said such an institution would meet the educational needs of the youth of the Ogden area and would "eliminate the unjust discrimination against them . . ." Since President Dixon opened the third expansion drive in recent years with his hard hitting Founder's Day speech at Ogden high the evening of March 7, the project has moved forward with leaps and bounds, receiving friendly nods from many quarters once suspected of being opposed to Weber's progress. Other groups and individuals have come forward with reassurances that they stand as ready now as they did previously to push efforts for the expanded college. Advisory Board Facts Specifically, the recently passed resolution of the Advisory Board cites the following facts as evidence of educational discrimination toward Ogden area youth: 1. Potential military leaders are being deprived of officer training because of the lack of an ROTC program. This in turn puts a heavy draft burden on the area because ROTC deferments are not available.2. Financial barriers keep many worthy students from continuing their education at expensive out of town universities. 3. Many students are, therefore, driven into dead-end jobs, incommensurate with either their abilities or their rights. 4. Many students are now refusing to go on to complete four years of work, preferring to wait for Weber to expand. This, in turn, deprives the graduate and professional schools of the state of many worthwhile and needed students. 5. Costs of operating Weber as a four-year school would be less than are expected at the already established senior institutions. (See resolution.)6. Ogden is with one exception the only city of its size in the eleven Western states not having a four-year college. Ogden is also the second largest population area in Utah. Many more thinly populated districts have four-year schools. 7. Current educational philosophy stresses the advantages and the economy of small schools over large ones. Previous Efforts Previous efforts to expand the offerings of Weber in 1947 and 1949 were met with defeat on the grounds of economy. According to President Dixon and the Advisory Board this is a fallacious argument. A point by point refutation of the opposition's arguments is given in the resolution which is reprinted in full on the inside pages of this issue of Signpost. Supported by the same backing that is promoting the current drive, legislation for a four-year Weber college was first introduced in the State legislature near the end of the 1947 session. Attacked as an extravagant measure, the bill was defeated by 31 votes in its first trial. Re-introduced three days later it was again defeated. Following two years of extensive preparataion and marshalling of all available evidence and support, the four-year charter bill was introduced in the legislature again during the first days of the 1949 session. On January 31 the legislation passed the Senate 13 to 7. It had previously passed the House of Representatives by a resounding 42 to 16. Nine days later the measure was vetoed by Governor J. Bracken Lee, who, after a ten-minute scrutiny of arguments that had been four the expanded college an extrava-years in the making, pronounced gance incompatible with his ideas of economy government. The bill was returned to the House of Representatives and Weber remained a junior college. Members of the Weber Advisory Board which is spear-heading the current drive are: W. W. Anderson Chairman), President and General Manager, Anderson Lumber Company. A Parley Bates, Superintendent, Weber County Schools. Vernon L. Booker, Reverend, Congregational Church. Frank M. ' Browning, Manager, Browning Chevrolet Company. Louis W. Christensen, Superintendent, Morgan County Schools. Maurice K. Conroy, Principal. Ogden High School. George S. Eccles, President, First Security Bank of Utah, N.A. Alf L. Freeman, Principal, Box Elder High School. E. J. Fjeldsted, Manager, Weber Basin Water Conservancy District. A. L. Glasmann, Publisher, Ogden Standard-Examiner. Clarisse II. Hall, Registrar, Weber College. G. Harold Holt, Principal, Davis High School. J. A. Howell, Partner, Howell, Stine & Olmstead. Ira A. Huggins, Attorney, First Security Bank Building. William C. Jensen, Assistant Chief Clerk, Southern Pacific Railroad.W. I. Lowe, Representative, American Federation of Labor. Roy C. Metcalf, Principal, Weber County High School. Chester J. Olsen, Regional Forester, U. S. Forest Service. Olin H. Ririe, Division Manager, Utah Power and Light Company. Clarence E. Smith, Business Agent, Carpenters Local No. 450. T. O. Smith, Superintendent, Ogden City Schools. Howard Widdison, Farmer. Fred Ball, President, Weber College Associated Students. Douglas W. Burnett, President, Weber College Associated Alumni. 2-! S Deferments Now is the time for all col lege students with I-S draft deferments to start arranging for I-S deferments for next school year if they want to continue with their college study. Two steps will be necessary: 1. Write a personal letter to your loral draft board requesting a II-S deferment. Describe your course of study and tell the board what you plan to study next year. 2. Ask the school to furnish the local board information on your class standing. (Make this request in the Military Informa- J tion Office, West Central 101). I |