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Show THE SIGNPOST THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, I94f w The Physical Condition of Men In the Service Is Symbolic Of the Gains of World War II There is no one in America who does not abhore war. Yet America has a war, and since it does have a war there may be no harm in summing up what appear to be some of the advantages. The alumni return to us now and then and they are so much larger, so much more healthy, so much more erect, so much more confident, that we are sure that army and navy life is doing a fine job for them physically. What is it, seven pounds, that they put on in the first three months? They have the most excellent foods. They have splendid physical drill. Evidently they have knocked men down in training and been knocked down and got up again and gone ahead with the business of knocking down and of being knocked down. Scientifically the age has leaped ahead perhaps fifty years, perhaps a hundred. Everyone knows what is happening to air travel. Everyone knows that we are using substitute products that are better than the originals oftentimes. The branches of industry are exchanging information that in ordinary times would perhaps not exist or if it did would be hoarded in secrecy and guarded by patents for interminable periods. In sound alone, detecting, retaining, deadening, interpreting, and communicating are not the mysteries that they were two years ago. The scientific field of advancement is of course the most obvious. In government the hope is that the progress we have made will not be lost after the war. For the duration, the laissez-faire policy is more and more in the discard. In the sociological realms touching human contacts most closely, laissez-faire has been more or less sacred until now. A start was made during the recent depression, and the bank holiday started many minds toward an appreciation of what trustworthy government has the power to do. It is silly that the financial structure of the nation should be endangered by the hysteria of a mob. Similarly a number of other social evils are silly when they cn be so easily controlled. We see such controls all about us ; many of them should be kept afterwards and the idea of control retained. There is danger in this, of course. For we must not have pampering, and as long as rugged American genius pursues its way constructively it should be allowed its advantages.This idea of social, governmental control pre-supposes, however, good men in office. They should be there not because they have failed in their own enterprises. They should be there not because they want to dip into the coffers of the state. They should not be there because they expect the liquor interests to give them a percentage nor the night spots to send thgm a check occasionally at election time and intermittently thereafter. K that is the kind of persons we have in office, and who is there to stand up and deny that oftentimes we do have that kind in office, then the fine lives of our comrades will have been a vain loss at the greatest point of possible advantage. Even as students, we must form our ideals of political responsibility and resolve to take leading parts in government so that the social advantages of the war can continue and be augmented and the illnesses be somehow ameliorated. Know Your Own Strength . . . The freshmen are trying it again. Yes, even during this important year when nothing should be squandered and everyone ought to get the full value out of himself, even if it is only for the sake of the grease. If they have not caught on to themselves yet, and now and then one of them has, they jump into three, four, and five activities and mess up the whole set. They do not fulfill their jobs in any of them. They soil the school play. They bedraggle the publications at the high school level. They reduce debate to a fruitless hamburger of trips. They uphold student offices like so many simpering false fronts while the faculty bear them up from behind and perform the real work. And usually the sophomores continue the tradition. Come out of it, Edison, you're not Ben Franklin. Let some one else discover the candle, at least. On the Short Change Front Be a bulldog . . . okay, then, be a sucker. One or the other, one or the other. The most publicized characteristic of the British probably is their stubbornness, which is symbolized by the low-hung hound mentioned above. Saturday, eggs jumped a dime a dozen at the grocer's. Milk is up at least four cents now. We are certainly not against agriculture. Nor do we much care to chew without these two vital foods. But it begins to look as if the lid is off and there is being turned loose the whole menageries ofvenom-dripping inflation dangers we have been warned of so long now. Suppose that instead of acting the sucker we pull back and refuse to spend for anything except the necessities. Let us skip expensive parties, the needless bars that make the gals look lilfe bears, the picture shows. Let us be like the stubborn British bulldog and beat this thing that all the urges of society except honor and patriotism are pushing us into. We can always put our spare dollars into bonds and our idle nickels into stamps. On Other Campuses . . . Twenty-two zoot-suiters, evidently of the University of New Mexico, made up a brawl among them at some night club in Albuquerque. The judge sentenced them to join the army, but the army turned them down. Said the officials of that manly group: Even a brawl doesn't prove that a fellow in a zoot-suit is a man; and anyway the army doesn't go for hoodlums. In a letter released by the University of Texas, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz wrote that "Of 8000 applicants all college graduates some 3000 had to be rejected because they had no mathematics or insufficient mathematics at college nor had they even taken plane trigonometry." Santa Monica J. C. utilizes the Ogden war plants' plan of identifying the personnel. Each student's picture appears on his student body card. Just the same as here, whenever the student needs to identify himself he has to pull a face so that he looks like his card "mug." No more of these broken homes wrecked by the wife's hit or miss cookery. At least not at Colorado State College of Agriculture. They have got something out there, they have. The graduates of vocational home economics have to spend six weeks in "practice house" as their final examination. If they all come out happy and well fed at the end of that time, they have passed the course. Editorial Olficc: 402-403 Moench Building Published semi-monthly by students of Weber Junior College Editor Jean Anne Waterstradt Business Manager .... Keith Holbrook Front Page Shirley Mills Society Editors Dorothy Cardon Bonnie Clay Editorial Pago Van Nance Sports Editor DeLore Williams Photographer Donn Thurmann Cartoonist Bob Peterson Faculty C. M. Nilsson Typists Evelyn Applonle Evelyn Weir FRONT PAGE: Dallas Burton, Lorraine Cook, Norma Drysdale, Wayne Carver, Nora Thompson, Edna Lichfield. SOCIETY PAGE: Evelyn Applonie, Evelyn Weir. SPORTS PAGE: Roy Gibson. Member of the Rocky Mountnin Intercollegiate Press Association. 1942 -:- Member -:- 194S Associated Collegiate Press REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK. N. Y. Chicago - Boston - Los Angeles - San Francisco Peterson Looks At Life . . . Bob Peterson, popular cartoonist, missed the deadline on his regular editorial feature; so we just took hold of whatever was handy and slapped the standing caption "Peterson Looks at Life" on top and there it was and there Pete was too. Editorial Staff. 'Neut' Still Worries Oyer Damage (?) Done at W.C. By Ex-Prexy McEntire, '42 Editor's note: You can see by these letters that our boys in the service are in need of letters from us. Doesn't reading them give you an idea? Co. "C," 51st Bn. Camp Walters, Texas Dear Editor: Please put me on the mailing list of the Signpost. I'm interested in knowing what's left after Mac's administration. Thanks very much. Yours truly, PVT. NEUTEBOOM. October 30, 1942 Scribulus Writers Win Irene Bushell was given a one-year subscription to "Story Magazine" for the best short story, published in last year's Scribulus, !t was announced yesterday. Lesbeth Lucas, was given a one-year subscription to the "Rocky Mountain Review," for the best poem submitted. This contest was promoted last year by Mr. Ray B. West, Scribulus advisor. Wildcats Show Life; It's About Time Wildcat club is planning big things this year with Mr. Royden Brarthwarte as their sponsor. The first of these is a party at the Utas Hot Springs to be held sometime in the near future. Alumni are to be invited and a good crowd is expected. Officers for this year include Harvey Wheelwright, president; Jay Olson, vice president; Wat Misaka, secretary; and Joe Wedeil, treasurer. BECOMES CAPTAIN SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. i (AP) A. D. Molohan, chief of range management in the grazing service, is now a captain in the army. Grazing Director R. H. Rutledge announced last night that Molohan was reporting for active duty immediately and that his duties would be shared by other key officials. He served overseas in the first World war. "The money r My NEW SUIT WENT JOR A WAR BOND" SERVICE STRIPE 5 Dear Sir: This is to request a copy of the Signpost to be sent to me at the address below. I've been in the navy for about four months now, and I have lost contact with the college and some great friends. I'd appreciate it very much if you would comply with my request. I miss the old place, and any kind of news is more than welcome. My address is: Dewey Hudson, S 2c U. S. N. T. School (Radio) Battalion 5, Co. 4 Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Yours, DEWEY Dear Editor: Last year we had a hard time keeping our minds on what we were doing in school. Pearl Harbor just about disrupted the schools, too. Everybody wanted to do something to help out. Everybody wanted to quit school. Some just wanted to sit and chew the ends of their fingers. Others had the desire to stand up and scream; some of them did. But we got through that nervous foolishness. Now this year I think it is taking us too long to settle down to the course of activity we are going to throw ourselves into. This seems to be true of the freshmen. It is a change just to come to college from high school and in these times maybe the change is harder on the newcomers' nerves than it used to be and tends to make him flighty and generally jittery. For those who are going to be drafted, the thing to do is to stay with school and do a good job as long as possible. Good marks seem to mean even more in war time. It's the same with activities. I have written dozens (anyway it seems almost that many) of recommendations for men who over the years have worked on the school paper, and on other activities, and usually because of their good work on this rather heavy activity I am able to write a letter which certainly ought to carry considerable influence. And the service officials insist on these letters. The women I can understand are a bit flustered since they find themselves confronted with two men to each woman. (It was never that way at O. H. S.) And the women are hardly numerous enough to go around in activities, social and otherwise. So a number of them, at least, sit in the sun and comb their hair and look at themselves and obviously feel that all is well with them and the world. (War is not so bad after all.) Then when activity is necessary, they jump from one thing to another, doing none well. And yet both the country and the school is dependent upon them for so much now. Respectfully, C. M. NILSSON, Instructor ' -w- Fountain Pen Headquarters I ! STEVE'S OFFICE SUPPLY i 2414 Washington Boulevard If You Want Christmas Gifts NOW Lay Away While Stocks Are Complete PACKER & WEST 2359 Washington Blvd. In the Interests of Democracy . . . Editor's note: Beef if you will but don't lose your hide. "Many is the time I come home from work, go up to my room in the Dorm, and try to get some sleep but don't. Someover-energetic student lets out a warwhoop that would wake the dead. From then on at regular intervals, so it seems, the same noise keeps me awake. I suppose, however, that I do not sleep soundly or that some student has an extra-loud voice. Such is the life of the fellow on night shift. But it would be greatly appreciated if there was a little less noise in the day or if the noise was kept outside where it belongs." Sherwood Boberg "As I journeyed to Weber college to widen my view of education and life, I got along very well attending my classes and making many new friends until one day I heard of the 'sophomores.' I immediately did my duty and shivered in my shoes. But nothing else happened. Upon attending assembly one Friday, President Roy Gibson of the sophomores had to get up in front and make a big "spludge" about what the sophs were going to do to the freshies if they caught them out between the hours of eight and five wearing 'loud' clothing, such as green crepe bow ties and ribbons, and who doesn't? "Oh, I was scared, because I had on bright red socks that showed up for a mile around and loud, why you hear them like KLO when you want something else. Well, I kept wearing them, but did the boobs do anything? Well, you say for yourself. But I, a freshman, as you should have guessed by now, am very much disappointed in these sophomores. They sure let me down." Norman Shaw. IF YOU'D ASK HIM amsmmsmmMMTErrT. ; Um S, Treasury Dept. Courtesy Charleston W. Va.) Gazette. MEET YOUR. DATE at Ogden's Finest Amusement Palace THE PLAYDIUM Ground Floor Eccles Building Financial Problems Beset Plans for Music Production By VAN NANCE In the last issue, those of you who read this column will recall that I mentioned that we would have a school opera this year and that it would probably be the "Vagabond King." I have since had occasion to examine the school budget for the year, and after closely scrutinizing the amount allotted to the Music department I feel that the production of a school opera this year becomes a matter for extreme con jecture, on a par with the picking of the winner of the Kentucky Derby and whose boy-friend "Dode" Herbert will go to work on next. the only things that present day composers are confronted with; they now contend with political handdicaps also. Witness the example of the 35-year-old Russian composer. Dimitri Shostakovich. He is, without doubt, the outstanding composer of serious music that this generation has produced. His first three symphonies received wide acclaim, both in his home country and abroad; he wrote a fourth, and gave it to the Leningrad symphony orchestra to rehearse. Two weeks before it was to have its world premiere, he received word from the government that his music was definitely anti-political, and his works were forbidden to be played. The government gave no reason for their decision; they did not feel that they to. Shostokovitch quickly re- Personally, I hope that we can produce one. It would be a sin and a shame to see all of the student talent available this year go to waste. Those of you who remember the good old days when Jack Larsen, Don Bjorkland, Ruth Taylor and, Elsie McKay sang the prison scene from "Faust" know how much operatic work, be it light opera or grand, can add to the school year. Money is the most salient problem at the moment. Any suggestions as to how to raise enough money (short of bank robbery or embezzlement) will be deeply appreciated. System Blows Tube And now another bit of bad news. The Thursday afternoon concerts, which were to take place in the lobby of the Institute, are now temporarily postponed, due to the fact that the speaking system blew a tube last week. The fate of these musical soirees (?) is now in the hands of the radio shop in Salt Lake City and the priority board governing the sale of radio equipment. Only God and John Vernieu can save these concerts from extermination now. The other day I heard the comment that our modern day composers of serious music have things easy as compared to the more ancient composers. All they have to do, so the comment ran, is to write anything that remotely resembles music, and it is then snatched up by a conductor, is given its premiere performance in a radio program, tnd receives its due recognition. Furthermore they do not suffer the financial and physical afflictions that the composers of the older schools did. Musicians Have Troubles Well, it Is true that Beethoven became stone deaf before he died, and was thus prevented from hearing his last and greatest symphony, the ninth, and it is true that Bach was blessed with a large family and a small Income; Mozart died a pauper, and Chopin died of a lung disease which had been with him since birth; Wagner suffered from an extreme case of hypersexuality and low morals. It is true that many people believe that in order to write good music, one has to be decidedly eccentric or suffer extremely from starvation or disease. This may be; I don't know, but this is not the purpose of this little discerta-tion. I merely wish to point out that modern composers have come in for their share of the suffering and starvation, too. Frederick Delius, a modern English composer, was not only blind, but also suffered from paralysis; Alec Tem-pleton, one of our most popular concert artists and a very successful composer, hau been blind from Dirth. Paul Eggelstien, a German pianist, lost his right arm in World war I, and it was for him that the late great French composer, Maurice Ravel, wrote his Piano Concerto for the Left Hand Alone. Government Interferes And physical handicaps are not had claimed the manuscript to his fourth symphony and to this day it remains unplayed, unheard. The government later relented and he composed three more symphonies, bue he still refuses to have the fourth played. So, you see, modern composers have their troubles, and plenty of them. N. Y. Orchestra Records Those of you who are interested in recent recordings of .serious music will be glad to know that the New York Philharmonic Symphony orchestra has just recorded "A London Symphony," by the dean of the modern English composers, Ralph Vaughn-Williams. The conductor is Eugene Goosens, and the recording is remarkably clear.' This symphony resembles the seventh symphony of Shostakovich in that both of them have drawn their inspiration from the present world holacaust. Particularly impressive is the last movement of tha "London" symphony which depicts the grim death, hatred, and misery that war brings about. FRIDAY MIDNIGHT "QM" GAY 90's SHOW! on Tins SCREEN JOE E. BROWN "THE DARING YOUNG MAN" ON THE STAGE 5 Acts of OLD-TIME Vodvil DON'T MISS THIS ONE! Free Refreshments! Get Your Date Now! FOUNTAIN PENS BRIEF CASES ENGINEERING SUPPLIES BRAMWELL'S SERVICE STATION for HOME SCHOOL OFFICE MALTED MILK DONUT SHOP Doughnuts Always Fresh 2604 Washington Boulevard . . . Roller Skating at Beautiful BERTHANA ROLLER RINK Every Night From 8:00 to 10:30 DOUBLE SESSION FRIDAYS 7:00 to 9:00, 25c 9:15 to 11:45, 35c Special Rates to Parties 321 24th Street Organ Music iDal 9708 Berthana Roller Rink |