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Show Friday, May 19, 1950 SIGNPOST l'asje Excelsior Cat Excursions Attract Multitudes Field trips galore have already been prepared for scores of Weber students next year, it was announced this week. Excursions to Utah's national parks and numerous other prominent points throughout the state and beyond are beckoning those who enroll for the 1950-1951 academic year. To help study plant and animal life in the life secience courses, the students will make field trips to Dixie County, San Rafael Deserts, Raft River Mts., Logan Canyon, and to various departments of the U.S.A.C. The zoology class visits the U-of UU. Museum of Paleontology yearly, and trips to Snow Basin and Monte Cristo will be taken by biology and general education students. ' Field trips to Zion, Bryce, and Grand Canyons, Monument Valley, Raft River Mts., West Deserts, Weber Deserts, Weber Canyon, Bingham, Timpanogos Cave, Dinosaur Monument in Uintah, and the Crater of the Moon in Idaho all assist students of geology department to become acquainted with the geographic and geologic features in these regions, and also, an opportunity to learn about the state. Many trips to social organizations of city, county, and state are planned for social science classes to study, to witness, and to become aware of the many social problems confronting us today. The state legislature, election meetings and campaigns, social agencies, several institutions for state welfare and reform, training schools, and social institutions will be visited by social science students.Besides the trips to Hill Field, Bingham, Devils' Slide, Geneva Steel, Utah Oil, and American Smelting Co., the engineers' annual trip was to Los Angeles, along the coast to San Francisco plus stopping and inspecting constructions, such as the Golden Gate Bridge. Different types of engineering is studied on these trips, and general education, professional development, knowledge, and an opportunity to decide which field of engineering to pursue are all acquired on the trip. The climax of the Spanish class will be its 15 day trip starting on Aug. 11, 1950 to San Francisco visiting Spanish towns along El Camino Real, through Los Angeles and down to Old Mexico. On the trip and in Mexico the students will live speaking and eating as the Spanish do, go fishing, to beaches, bull-fights, and to "serenates" and "fiestas". The party will be studying the Spanish customs, making friends, promoting international relations, having a very enjoyable time, and mostly, practicing what they have learned. Religion Featured The red brick building on the 24th Street side of the campus is the Institute of Relgion for the Latter-day Saint Church. Its main purpose is for the use of the students at Weber for both religious and social activities. The institute building is used for many social functions because of its outstanding facilities. The chapel is one of the best found and is used for Sunday School each Sunday for those who wish to attend. The spacious lounge making up the heart of the Institute can also be used for dancing and other activities. A library is available on the east for the building. The kitchen has many facilities to accomodate the socials. For the students enjoyment there is a ping pong room in the basement. Classes are offered on almost all religious subjects, examples of these are: The Book of Mormon. History of Christianity, Joseph Previews The Excelsior Club of Weber College is the oldest club on the Weber College campus. The club was founded in 1931 and since that time it has been an outstanding club on the campus. In the Fall quarter there is the Hansen Memorial smoker held in honor of Bob Hansen, a former member of Excels who was killed at a football game four years ago. The outstanding boxer at this event is awarded with a scholarship to Weber College. In the winter all attention is focused on the Sweetheart Ball. At this dance a famous movie star picks our sweetheart from the five best looking girls on the campus. The star this year was Montgomery Clift and the sweetheart was Joan Doxey, a former Ogdan High beauty. The four other candidates were, Diane Rhodes, Elaine Creer, Fawn Wicker, and Cheeryl Olsen. In the spring we give our annual assembly in which we present our version of "Macbeth". Also we have one of our outstanding parties of, the year at the Roof Gardens on top of the Hotel Utah in Salt Lake City. Varied Program Stressed Art Department Individual work designed to help both the advanced and beginner in the various field of art is stressed by the Weber college art department.Courses in the fundamentals as well as higher division work are offered. Included are classes in oil painting, water color, design, perspective, rendering, illsutration. figure drawing, advertising design, and commercial art. Classes in sign writing and display are available for people who desire it as a vocation. These classes are under the capable supervision of Doyle M. Strong and Farrell R. Collett. Mr. Strong won first place in the last winter for his oil painting, Utah State Institute of Fine Arts "Harvesting." A graduate of the BYU, he also studied art at the University of Utah, the University of Tennessee, and the University of Wisconsin, and under Lynn Fau-sett.Previously Mr. Strong was awarded first place for another oil painting, "Nego Girl" in a show of artists' work in this area. Sculpture is also an interest of Mr. Strong. Obtaining his master's degree at BYU, Mr. Collett has worked professionally in Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. He has done magazine and book illustration and worked under contract at the Walt Disney Studios. He has been with Weber college since 1939 with the exception of a year and a half leave at Los Angeles. In W.C. Institute Smith and the Restoration and others. Weber College grants two hours credit for each of the courses but the classes on the L.D.S. Church are treminal. The classes are open to all students. Mr. Nickolas Van Alf en is ' the instructor at the Institute and will continue on with his fine work next year. Two clubs center their activities around the Institute. The return missionaries have formed a chapter of the Delta Phi Fraternity at Weber and carry on many activities. Lamba Delta Sigma Fraternity also center their activities and parties around the Institute. Lamba Delta Sigma is Latin for Latter Day Saint. This club is open to anyone who wishes to join, and can meet the requirements. The largest club on the campus, it has both a boys and a girls chapter which carry on many activities throughout the year. LJN vy In additional to basketball and football Weber carries out an athletic program that takes in almost every sport including Boxing, Swimming, Track and Field, Tennis and Baseball. Boxing this year grabbed the spotlight when the National Junior College Tourney was held here at Weber. Here they then tried to convince each other that it was the opposition that should wear the broken noses and cauliflower ears. Weber had two fighters who showed well. Don Hirschi and Charlie Kalani went to the finals before being eliminated. Four of Webers fighters won their weight division in the Golden Gloves. They were Charlie Kalani, Merlin Sprouse, Gene Walker and Narge Lowe. Swimmers of note this year were Jerry Nillson, Henry Dramberg, Intramural Competition i W.C. Athletes Honored Invites New Participants The spring months are perhaps one of the most delightful times of intramural activities. Each day our lovely lassies don their shorts and T-shirts and rally to Lester park for softball, tennis, and horseshoes, and our men, well, they just rally to Lester park. If you like a little football now and then, maybe topped off with some baseball, and basketball with a little swimming or skiing thrown -f in, you're going to have a lot of fun participating in Weber college's intramural program. The games are set up for the women as well as members of the he-man sex. It seems as though the gals get just as big a kick out of sliding into home plate as the men. We haven't turned out any Babe Zaharia's or Mabel yet but I happen to have some predictions which on second thought, I'd better not mention. Any team wishing to play is eligible to enter, school classes, school departments, school teachers or school social clubs. The men's organizations have great fun in their games, and very often the losing team foots the bill to a little party at which the victors are served tea and crumpets. Excelsior has lost so often to Sigma that they tried to economize and started buying tea by the case. Each year a fellow who thinks he knows more about athletics than the guys who write the books manages to get appointed student intramural manager. This vear we were lucky however, and Kenneth "Bish" Herrick took over the reins. Bish never fails to bring a little sunshine to each game he attends. His smiling face, courteous manners, and square shootin' decisions are looked on with "AH" by his fellow students. At the end of the school year, a student who has managed to do everything better than anyone else is chosen the outstanding intramural athlete of the year. This big hunk of masculinity is awarded a great big trophy for bravery, above and beyond the call of duty- Tiki Among Tiki Kappa's outstanding activities for this year was the annual Christmas Candyland dance and the assembly in which all members participated. The more formal activities consisted of the pledge banquet, the Easter breakfast, and the final banquet held in honor of the new officers for next year. Also Tiki has taken an active part in the intermurals in which several girls received recognition. n n ru D -Larry Price and Glen McEntire. Nillson is a natural in the water. Some say his father was a fish and his mother a mermaid. Dramberg hails from Hawaii and they say when he came to Weber he swam to San Francisco from Honolulu. Price is a diver extraordinary and McEntire another swimmer of note. The spring sports have been held up a quite a bit this year because of inclement weather. Tracksters have thus far participated in two meets. One at Provo and the other at Albion, Idaho. Some of the stars were Marvin Peterson, Rusty Muir, Dale Bowman, Jimmy Coleman, Ray Rhead, Jack Andrews, Gordon Mortenson, Ted Martin, Barry Napoleon and Kay Stevenson. Jim Hill and Glen Ashby, Weber's Doubles Combination, have led the way in Tennis. They defeated all the opposition thus far met in team matches and in the BYU Invita- Successful Year Prophecied by Coach Mecham An attractive schedule has been set up for Weber's 1950 gridiron team, and Coach Milton states, "We have prospects of turning out another high geared machine for the fall sport." The schedule includes a jaunt to California for those earning, positions on next seasons Wildcat squad. On Oct. 13, will clash with an always powerful Compton college, Cal., and on Oct. 20, the wearers of the purple and white will tread the turf of California's famed Rose Bowl, in a battle with John Muir college, of Los Angeles. As Coach Mecham puts it; "we have lost a major part of our 1949 team through graduation and the race for positions this year will be a wide open affair for the men interested in buckling down to the job of playing good football. We plan on using a two platoon system this year, enabling more of our men to see action in the coming grid yars." Mecham added, that he plans to have several veterans from his '49 aggregation back to help bolster the new team. Sigma Delta Phi Sigma Delta Pi was founded at Weber college at the ending of World War II, by a group of returning service men. They based their club constitution on the proposition that anyone joining the organization would automatically become a full fledged member. This law proved successful, and has stood as a part of the constitution since that day. Sigma has taken an active part in Intramurals. Last year they copped the championship intramural cup. Sigma members annually produce a gala bathing beauty contest and dance. This year it was held May 5, at which time "Miss Weber" was chosen. 1 jq e (oj da e tion Tennis Meet placed second. They were defeated in the championship game after hard fought matches. Ken Charlesworth packs the banner in singles matches. Year before last Weber's baseball team won the ICAC being undefeated. This year (at the time of writing) they are unmatched, it seems as if the weather doesn't want to go back to California where it belongs. Keith Downs ex-Ogden High twirler, Sterk Gardner, the big boy from Bear River; Basil Beech and Don Welker are handling most of the pitching. Behind the plate are Dale Gardner and Russ Carruth. These two are both professionals in motion. Other stars are Frew, Young and Draayer who wield a mean stick. For any athlete who likes any sport at all, Weber's the place to come because we have them all. For Exceptional Activity For the second consecutive year Weber's fighting band of basketballers have entered the National Junior College Basketball Tournament after winning the Region Four Championship. Region Four is made up of the states Utah, Idaho, Colorado and Wyoming. The best of these four states meet in tournament play and Weber has won the two years it has been held. -f Pacing the team were Darrel Tucker, ex-Weber High All-Stater and Keith Sewell, ex-Ogden High sharpshooter. The rest of the squad were Lawrence Stone, Dee Wallace, Jerry Downs, Don Madson, Don Dinsdale, Glen Ashby, Larry Wood, Sterling Gardner, Basil Beech, Don Warner and Lloyd Draayer. Sewell was honored before departing for Hutchinson when he was named the outstanding player to participate in the Region Four Tournament. He and Tucker were both named on the Region Four All-Star Team. He was presented a huge trophy after the championship game. Tucker in addition to being selected on the Region Four All-Stars was chosen to the ALL-A AMERICAN Junior College Team. He was picked for his sterling performances at Hutchinson. He was also selected by the coaches of the ICAC to be the most dangerous player of the conference and Los Angeles City College, the National Champs, named him on their all-opponent team. He was the only one selected from the National Tournament. At Hutchinson the team won their two games against Bayonne J. C. of New Jersey and Amarillo Junior College of Texas. This brought them to the semi-finals where they were defeated by LACC eventual winners of the crown. Weber had a great year in Basketball and we owe it to the team, the coaching staff and the student body. We hope to have a better one next year! Chanodo The choosing of Robin Hood at Chanodo's annual dance last December started the "Merry Maids" off to a busy year. Next on their list came the party which was given for some needy children at Christmas time followed by the decorating of the Christmas trees in the gym lobby. This year Chanodo was in charge of the "Friendship Banquet." An assembly entitled "Spring Song" was also presented. Chanodo is looking forward to seeing you all next year and welcome you to the Weber Family. |