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Show THE SIGNPOST THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1941 2 Publisher Semimonthly During The College Year Official Student Paper of WEBER JUNIOR COLLEGE Ogden. Utah Editorial Offices 1)02 Moench Building Editor J. M. Demos Business Manager Ardell Russell News Editor David Lund Associate Editors Marjorie Vowles,' Ed Anderson Society Editor Nola Agricola Sporti Editors Kathleen Davis, Glenn Shannon Circulation . Kent Baggs Editorials Ada Weir Photographer Bud Johnson Consultant CM. Nilsson Reporters: Margaret Peterson, Dick Skeen, Louise de Wit, Dallas Burton, Karl MacFarlan, Arnold Roe, Cleve Poulsen, Earl Hight, Marva Jensen, Almira Heslop, Morris Gordon, Ray Wright, Dewey Hudson, Foss Robinson, Wendell Muir. "That One Among You" . . . Every year a group of the most progressive business men of Ogden, all of them youthful in viewpoint as well as fact, assemble together to honor the young man 'of the community who, in their mind is deserving of recognition for outstanding service to his city. This year they verified the choice of the Weber college student body when they awarded this coveted recognition to Marcus Austad, our student body president. We who have worked with Mark thus far this year are well aware of the sterling qualities that have made him a leader wherever he has gone. Because of them he was able to fulfill a mission for the L. D. S. church that took two years from his life at a time when other youths his age were entering college. Out of his mission came a background of experience that enabled him to win the friendship of an entire college and to win the highest student position in our school, that of our president. Because of it, too, he was able to gain the knowledge and realization that stand behind his prize winning oration which brought honors to Weber in a national tournament last year. But a mission alone was not responsible for his unselfish willingness to pass on to others whenever possible the experiences gained in Europe and the new realization of his American heritage. During the past year a great percentage of his time was spent delivering his oration before civic groups, church meetings, clubs, and other organizations of the city and state. Refusal was an unthought escape in his mind. To him, speaking provided an opportunity to unite his people in a time of stress. His success has been apparent in the audiences he has addressed, in his friendships at school, and in the efficient handling of a difficult position as well as in the gold medal presented him last week by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. There is a feeling of satisfaction that follows the doing of a fine deed, we are told. If that be true, the entire student body of Weber should share in it because of the knowledge that they placed in office a man of whom they can be well proud. Loan Fund Fun . . . "Faculty Women's Association" created the Loan Fund Ball two years ago and it is today becoming an outstanding tradition of Weber college. The purpose of the ocasion is to raise a fund to be used to aid students who would otherwise be unable to finish school. American youth possess an insatiable thirst for knowledge, but not all of them are financially able to satisfy this thirst. It was to assist these unfortunate but deserving students that the loan fund was originally established. During the past numerous students from our throng have been given hope and a chance for the attainment of scholastic achievement through a loan from this rapidly growing fund at a time when they most needed it. Today there are various projects in America, such as the March of Dimes and the British War Relief drive, which are motivated bv the desire to help those in need. The faculty women likewise demonstrate this charitable American characteristic in presenting their Loan Fund Ball.. May we pledge our support to the success of this outstanding event and prove our loyalty and devotion to W. C. A Dime Marches On . . . Birthdays are occasions of great joy throughout the world. Upon one's birthday one feels the spirit of Christmas combined with the solemnity of New Year's day, and the gladness of a Fourth of July. Being able to share these feelings with others through your birthday is an unusual pleasure denied to all but a few. Of these latter few is our president. Today, President Roosevelt will cut a birthday cake in the White House and will celebrate his birthday anniversary with his family. But a far greater celebration will be marked by the thousands of unfortunate citizens of the United Slates who will benefit directly from his birthday. They are the patients of innumerable hospitals and clinics the country over who, like the president himself, were stricken with the dread disease of infantile paralysis. The loan of his birthday to be used in an annual drive to fight the malady links the president with every citizen in a common cause that rises mightily from the policies of our nation. To the members of Weber college. Today assumes new depths of meaning. For today in the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis in Warm Springs, Georgia, a We ber student is being treated as the result of such a drive last year. The cure of thousands of youths like him will depend upon the success of the drive now being conducted in the name of our president. "The March of Dimes" is truly an American endeavor. No other place in all of the world could such a force be accumulated to fight through the contributions of children, youths, men and women a battle that can result with but one result, victory. Students will find it convenient and profitable to contribute their dimes to this cause. Convenient because it can be done simply by placing a dime in an envelope addressed to the White House, Washington, D. C; profitable because one never knows where infantile paralysis will strike next ... it may be you who will be thankful for such a drive next year. Campus "Goings On" Review BY ARDELL RUSSELL Replete with more silk than all China's mulberry bushes, the Jan. 10 issue of "Life" magazine revealed pictures of beautiful coed underpinnings and brought a little life to the old school (University of Utah) according to the "Chronicle." And so Reed Coray is all for having a "Kissable Lips Most Cross-able Legs Contest." Well we need something, cause our old school (Weber college!!) does need something and it could be life (Life.) Yes, indeed, we like conventions, conventions, and Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Press Association conventions Amen. Next a poem well who are we to critize plagarized (stolen) poetry.) A dreamy, dreary poet Set off for the south Sea Isles, And there a maid named Laurie Bewitched him with her wiles How was he to know his maiden Who made of him a pal And danced such fetching dances Was but a Cann ibal? But Laurie, she got hungry Alas! How sad the fate. To be remembered only As the poet "Laureate." Daily Lariat. A student makes his bed and has to lie in it, but the prof, makes his bunk and has to lie out of it. New Mexico Lobo. Dedicated to the convention, room 507: An enemy I know to all, is wicked, wicked alcohol. The good book tho, commanded me to learn to love mine enemy. Record. More poetry Pity the lonely bachelor His fame will never rise He wedded a wallflower And got the no-belle prize. Milt. The fifth column: A nut at the wheel A peach at the right, A turn in the road Fruit salad that night. I like exams I think they're fun I never flunk a Single one I'm the teacher. A Republican is named as the probable ambassador to Great Britain. It's the old story of putting the most troublesome countrymen in the front lines sorry "Neut." Quote above. The convention is still news ? Quote Kenney from the Rocky Mountain Collegian : We had a fine time up in Bozeman ... a good town and a fine school . . . saw some splendid scenery on the way up and back as well as there in town itself . . . hmmmmm! All delegates at the recent Press Conference got along swell . . . even if we were all from rival schools . . . and the Montana State really has a democratic attitude! Stude: "Do you smoke, professor?" Prof. : "Why, yes, I'm very fond of a good cigar." Stude: "Do you drink, sir?" Prof.: "Yes, indeed, I enjoy nothing bet-teV than a bottle of wine." Stude: "Gee, it's going to cost me something to pass this course. u of U. Side glances: Esquire is a magazine that shows what men should wear and what women don't. Utah Chronicle. Yes, the poor woman was hanged in China." "Shanghai?" "Not very." Student Life. It has been stated that the greatest contribution chemistry has given to mankind is blondes. Student Life. Eavesdropper thought Gene Miller was a cream puff when he sweetly asked Bill Allison, "Have you read' The Life of a Honeybee?'" ' But they both take entomology. University Daily Kansan. Weber Graduate Flies For Uncle Sam Largest class of flying cadets ever to complete their basic flight training at Randolph field, Texas, graduated from the "West Point of the Air" during Christmas week. Two hundred eighty future pilots of the expanding air corps, including one former student from Weber college are being transferred to the advanced flying school at Kelly field for a final 10 weeks instruction before receiving their wings and commission as second lieutenants. William J. Gibson, North Ogden, 1940 graduate of Weber college is among the 12,000 new air corps officers to be added to the newest branch of national defense during the coming year. Classes start training every five weeks under the accelerated training schedule that transforms young college men between 20 and 27 into full-fledged aviators in thrity-five weeks. Sixty-five hours flying time in ten weeks on primary training planes prepare them for the second phase of training either at Randolph field or one of two other basic flight schools. More than 350 low wing monoplanes with a top speed of 175 miles an hour are in daily use at Randolph field alone where 4200 cadets will be trained this year. Seventy hours additional flying time is logged during the secondary phase of training, much of it at night or under the instrument flying hood. An innovation in the general air corps training program was announced recently. In addition to training fliers, 3600 aerial navigators and bombardiers will be turned out during each calendar year. These graduates will receive the same pay as a flying cadet during training, $75 per month, in addition to quarters and food. They will be commissioned as second lieutenants as will the pilots. Pay of the navigation officers and bombardiers will be the same as for pilots, $205 per month plus quarters. Certain selected college men with a technical education will get a nine month's course in engineering and airplane and engine maintenance. Physical requirements are high, it was pointed out, but not as high as for those applying for pilot training. Robert Schmitz, Pianist, Here (Continueud from Page One) 1. Burlesca, D. Scarlatti; Conata,. F major, D. Scarlatti; Little Fugue, A minor, J. S. Bach; Toccata and Fugue, D minor, J. S. Bach (transcribed from the organ by C. Tau-sig).2. Prelude, No. 15, Op. 28; Three Mazurkas; No. 4, Op. 17; No. 2, Op. 24; No. 2, Op. 33; Berceuse; Waltz, C sharp minor; Polonaise, A flat major, by Chopin. Intermission. 3. Prelude from the "Suite pour le piano," The Engulfed Cathedral, Fireworks, Dance in E major, C. A. Debussy. 4. First Spanish Dance from "Vi-da Breve," M. de Falla (transcribed by E. R. Schmitz) ; Evocation, I. Albeniz; Rigaudon (from the Tomb of Couperin), M. Ravel; Toccata (from the Tomb of Couperin), M. Ravel. He Fli es W. J. GIBSON Menuhin to Appear Here (Continued from Page One) friends Toscanini, Koussevitzky, and Bruno Walter, who are three of the world's greatest symphonic conductors. It is easy to believe then that the New York "World-Telegram," after his last concert, reported "Menuhin made his fingers talk, sing, strum, ring bells, leap about like fireflies and fill the air with sparks," while across the continent San Francisco's "Examiner" proclaimed the Menuhin tone "one of the most enchanting sounds in violin history." Seven thousand miles away in Melbourne, the "Argus" reporter declared: "It is, in fact, many a long year since we heard any interpretation, which for technical mastery and musicianship would compare with that of. Menuhin"; and half way around the world in London, the "Times" concluded: Confab Reported By Journalist (Continued from Page One) the entire convention was planned for that evening but this doesn't mean there wasn't any. The dinner was held in the new Union building of the Montana State college. After the dinner, varied activity took place, which really wasn't wild, much. Friday the official meetings began and took place through Saturday. Luncheon and dinner were served for the entire convention both days. Friday evening the Mixer dance was held in the ballroom of the new Union building. Circumstances just prior to this dance led to the procurement of two artistic photographs by Mr. Budd Johnson. Indeed he must be congratulated upon the fine pictures he took. It seems that Mr. Espy and Mr. Demos were bathing at the time. Ten Minutes Not 10 minutes later Mr. Johnson was rewarded by having his own bath made colorful by a bottle of Hotel Baxter's ink. Then since this wasn't enough, upon leaving the bath tub, Mr. Johnson was assisted from the room into the hallway, garbed in his bathing attire plus one bath towel. Lest passerbys might think him uncivilized, he was kindly donated his tie and shoes through the transom. Being a very modest child, Budd decided to distract attention by shouting. That he shouted very well was attested by the fact that a delegation from another floor came to see what was up. They enjoyed it, too. In the meantime the Weber gals weren't loafing. If you think they were, ask Ardell why she came up the fire escape after two-thirty Saturday morning, or ask Marj to let you see Joe's frat pin, or ask Kathleen about Mr. Eck. Saturday afternoon the boys and Mr. Espy did all right by visiting two sororities' open-houses. Upon entering, Mr. Espy had a slight limp from his leg injury. Inside, he was 100 per cent physically fit. Upon leaving, Mr. Espy could hardly walk. Need more be said? Climax Saturday evening came the climax of the convention. Awards were made at the formal banquet with the exceptions of the first prizes for the best allround newspaper and yearbook. These two first prize awards were made at the Montanan dance later in the evening. Dates were necessary for this dance and the women dorms and sorority houses had a very ample supply. Almost immediately after the dance the Weber delegation started for home. Leaving Bozeman about two-forty-five a. m. Sunday, the two cars kept together through West Yellowstone until Mr. Nils-son's car nearly ran out of gas. Stopping at some ten-house town in Idaho, the driver woke up a gas station owner and secured a fresh supply of gas. whereupon thr journey was continued. At about seven-thirty a. m. Mr. Nilsson's carload had breakfast in Idaho Falls and both cars reached Ogden at about twelve-thirty p. m. Only nine months more until the next convention. Bailey Bemoans J Hellweek Raises Weberites to Go Ways of Clocks (Continueud from Page One) insert the screwdriver under a bit of metal at the back while pressing on top and pulling apart at the same time. This may be done by holding the clock between the teeth, leaving both hands free. You do as told and give a sharp yank which accomplishes nothing except both of the clock's hands falling off and the extracting of two upper molars. Then you place one foot on the clock, insert the screwdriver and hit it with a hammer; instantly the pendulum hits you on the kneecap and then falls to the floor. One more attempt, this time with the hammer and monkey wrench, breaks the crystal and your big toe which forces you to swear at the damn clock. When you do, of course, the back comes off. Further Deterioration Now that that has been successfully accomplished, the rest is quite simple. First you must take out the main spring by pressing button marked "A." Of course, there is no button marked "A," so you press button "B" and the main spring uncoils with a loud "twrrrruunnn," extracting your left eye and bouncing into the goldfish bowl. Oh, well, you didn't like fish anyway. Proceeding, you press buttons "C, D, E, and X." Nothing happens when the first three are pressed, but upon applying pressure to "X," you are flung flat on your back while the case of the clock inserts itself neatly into the midriff of the Persian cat sleeping by the fire. The, cat, a-trifle annoyed at the sudden intrusion upon its entrails, will take one lea'p and in two minutes give you an excellent reason for buying a toupe. Purification When you get up you will find the clock is apart and nothing remains but to clean it. This is done by dipping the parts in oil and cleaning them with a brush; any brush will do just so it is a special eight-day clock brush costing $18 and $50 wholesale. After the parts are cleaned, putting them back is purely elemental. All you do is get a scissor hold on the pendulum, a half-nelson on the main cog, insert the case under one foot of the piano, slip the parts in when the case isn't looking, jam on the back and jump clear. (Pay no attention to the pile of parts left over, especially the main spring, as it can be made into an excellent automatic tooth brush.) When all this is finished you insert the crank, twist it until your arm falls off and then start the penduum. The clock will run perfectly. The only drawback is that the speed of the pendulum may be a bit increased and it isn't advisable to bring any portion of the human anatomy within striking distance unless the owner wishes to converted into sliced meat. Ah, yes, the ways of Fate are strange, and so is the eight-day clock. Some Questions To Annapolis "Hell Week" caused so much excitement and criticism that your inquiring reporter has attempted to secure the opinions, concerning the event, of both affiliated and unaffiliated students. When asked "What is your opinion of Hell Week?' " they answered as follows:Eleanor Perry; "It's all right, I quess, if they don't carry it too far and hurt people." Meriani Pledger: "I think it is a good thing because you certainly find out what kind of kids you are getting into your club." Ellon R-isscll: think it is just a lot of noise. A little would be all right but they go entirely too far." Vivian Stromberg: "I think 'Hell Week' is all right as long as there is no bodily harm done." Willard Draper: "I think it is a good thing because otherwise the pledges would have no appreciation for the club or the members." Dallas Burton: "I think it is a lot of fun." Lois Thulin: "I think it is okeh as long as I wasn't one of those guys that got spanked." Max Orton: "I thought it was pretty good. They should have some strict initiation for admittance into the social clubs." Pretzel: "Some of these coeds are not so coed when 'Hell Week' comes around." Glen Smith: "It shows the idealism of pledging.!' i iiav; James Whetton and Glenn Shannon, two prominent Weber college students, have recently been appointed to attend the navy technical school at Annapolis, Maryland. After studying for four years and spending two years with the navy they will receive their commissio as ensigns. This closelv ci spond.s to a second lieutenant the army. James was a football man at Ogden High and is now president of the Excelsior club here at Weber. His grade point is high and, through his friendliness he has won much recognition. Glenn is also a former student of Ogden High and has a colorful career here at Weber. He plays basketball with the reserves; he was captain of the golf team and was on the honor roll for the last spring quarter. Weber can well be proud of students like Glenn. They were chosen by the certificate method and will leave sometime between April and June, although the date is not definite. Dean Stevenson Injured In Ski Mishap Merlin L. Stevenson, dean of men at Weber, met with a mishap while skiing in Snow Basin on Sunday. While coming down one of the steep slopes in the basin, one of his skis became entangled in a hole, causing him to lose his balance and fall. As the harness of the Ski 1 wouldn't release his foot, the ter-! rific impact caused some of the ligaments in his foot to be torn loose. This resulted in internal complications which caused Mr. Stevenson to be absent from his work for a day. He is now on his way to recovery, hindered only by the use of crutches to help him get around. 4 BANK, OFFICE, SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT BRAMWELL-PINGREE COMPANY "The Home of the Big Pencil" 2362 Washington Blvd. Ogden "It is easy to write the simple and final work perfection against the performance of Yehudi Menuhin." AND OGDEN MERCHANTS, THIS MEANS: One blade of grass, greener than the rest. One flower's head nodding close to the earth. Fleet, young animals coursing through the woods, occasionally trespassing on motor highways and menfolk's back yards. These are the signs of spring, which say "get ready, get busy preparing for this new season." And this means advertise your new spring merchandise. There are fifteen hundred Weber College students interested in your advertisement, because SPRING IS COMING. And with spring, a yearning for something new. Merchants satisfy that yearning. ADVERTISE IN THE WEBER COLLEGE SIGNPOST! THE BUSINESS STAFF |