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Show Page 2 SIGNPOST April 10, 1953 Vote Only For The Best; Weber College Needs Good Leaders In the campaigning excitement and clamor, we sometimes get carried away and forget to think of the real meaning of the election. Of course, it is just human nature to want to see a friend of yours "get ahead," but there is more to it than just that. The student body of Weber College has, under the capable leadership of Val, Raelene, Janie, Allen and Tom, been able to "chalk up" the 1952-53 year as successful in most ways. Now the time has come again when it is up to the student body to select others who can do the job equally as well next year. The movement to the new campus is only one of the major problems to be coped with. It will be up to the new officers to keep things moving on an even keel for all concerned.This is indeed a big job, and when you go to the polls to cast your vote, remember to keep in mind the fact that even if so-and-so is your nearest and dearest friend, that alone does not qualify him to fill successfully the shoes you are fitting him with. Before you cast your ballot, ask yourself if your candidate is worthy and capable of running Weber College in the manner in which you would like to see it run, that manner being nothing less than the best. The Signpost extends heartiest congratulations for a job well done to the present officers of the student body of W. C, and the best of luck to the new officers. May they prove worthy of the honor about to be bestowed upon them. Natural Resources Being Wasted Our natural resources are being exploited by people without concern for the common welfare. Many corporations have come into Utah from out of state and drained an irreplaceable amount of our natural resources and minerals. They are amassing huge 'profits from this exploitation, while we receive tokens by comparison. Our legislators are failing us by being jellyfish and spineless. They are afraid to pass legislation to stop this ruthless practice. Public opinion must be brought to bear upon legislators and corporations alike in order to stop this exploitation. All of the natural resources that are being wasted are not being wasted by outsiders, however. Many sheep and cattle men who are residents of the state are ruining our natural resources. They are ignorant of or disinterested in the public's welfare and continue to destroy natural watersheds. By ruining these watersheds they open the way to erosion. Then we lose our precious topsoil into our streams. This silting of the streams chokes up our reservoirs and kills most of our fish. Fish cannot hatch in our streams that are silted, and they have to struggle to stay alive after they have been planted. Harry Woodbury. Letters Bring Pleasure and Pain Signpost: As a new student at Weber College, I went to last week's assembly (May 29), which I thought was very good. It surprised me to find the auditorium about two-thirds full, while many students were wandering around the campus, with seemingly no interest in and no knowledge of their assembly program. I think the good work being done by students who helped put on such an outstanding program is not getting enough publicity. Can you help alter this situation? Nick Alexander. Well, Nick, we would like to, but you know human nature. Signpost: The Signpost is terribly deficient in one major field It is not interesting! Interest can be brought back by one simple addition. Let's have some cartoons. The cartoons should not be stopped after one or two. There should be at least two or three on each page. If the staff of the Signpost is interested, they can find many good examples in the publications put out by Hill Field, Utah General Depot, and even in our own local high school papers. Ed Gray. You a cartoonist out of employment, Ed? If so, bring in a batch of funny ones. But make sure they are belly-laffers, else beefs like yours have more interest. The staff would like to put out a sheet with a cartoon section in it, but everybody in the student body is so busy doing one thing and another that we cannot get staffers to sell ads, write copy, knock out cartoons or even write gripes to the editor. But we like to read gripes, whether they have sense to them or not. Thanks, Edward. Signpost: I believe that the sports coverage in your newspaper is lacking in interest and could be improved by having more than just a report of the sports activities and by commenting on interesting things that happen during the sports ac tivity. Such as: "During the second quarter Weber defense made a spectacular goal line stand, which held until the half, keeping Weber in the lead." Disgusted Reader Alias Jerry Vandehei Now while you are making suggestions to the paper you also seem to be making suggestions to the team. We did a lot of this "defensive" stuff during the football season and darn well would rather print something to the effect that "The Wildcats tore holes through every defense Boise tried and at the final gun had the Boise boys wrapped up in a maze of end runs, line plunges, etc., that gave the Cats a two touchdown vic- i tory." If you are a footballer, Dis gusted, how about helping us with this in the new stadium next fall? Signpost: I have just finished my first quarter of college here and found it very enjoyable. Naturally everyone studies, but aside from the work, the students are very friendly. Everyone says hello and every student has a smile. This tends to --AND NOW AB0CT rfr j V. My GRADES LAST 7 .J, National Phi Rho Pi Opens Speech Competition at Weber Yednesday Junior colleges from various sections of the United States will send their crack public speakers to Ogden next week for the national Phi Rho Pi fraternity's 1953 debates. Preliminaries are expected to get underway Wednesday. Speech events in several divisions will be conducted at a leisurely pace throughout the rest of the week, with Leland H. Monson, Weber debate coach and humanities chairman, serving as director. Several of the faculty will assist him. . The fact that several events will be underway at the same time will tax Weber building space, Mr. Monson reported Besides debate, the competition will include such fields as extemporaneous speech, after dinner speech, oratory, radio and impromptu speech. These will be conducted in both men's and women's divisions except in after dinner and radio speech, which will be combined into one event each. All events will be conducted in such a manner as to interfere with school as little as possible, but the school program may be limited somewhat for a part of the period, officials indicated. One of the social features of the tournament will be the banquet April 17, at 7 p.m., set for the Peacock Room of the Canton Cafe. Apostle Mathew Cowley of the LDS church will be the speaker. The well known religious leader and wit, a former lawyer, is expected to be a major attraction. National officers in charge of the tournament will include Glenn L. Jones, president, Pueblo, Colo.; H. B. Mitchell, vice president, Seminole, Okla.; and Mrs. Sylvia D. Mariner, secretary and treasurer, Oklahoma City. Thursday, Friday and Saturday will be largely pre-occupied with the speech events, ' which will be rewarded for the winners with school awards and sweepstakes. make life more worthwhile. I have felt some mornings rather "blue," but as I walked along toward my classes and noticed students smiling and saying hello, the friendliness pepped me up and my "blues" disappeared. I have never before ' found a school like this, and I hope it will continue to be friendly. John Williams. A nice sentiment, Jack. Signpost: I believe the coverage of intramural sports in the Signpost has been about nil. The games have been going on almost every day, but there has hardly been a word about them in your paper. The in. tramural contestants play just as hard as the "do or die" men of the school teams, and receive about as much credit as a bum at Gypem Finance Co. Let's have some coverage of intramural sports. Larry Radle. This matter will herewith be brought to the attention of the sports editor, if he reads the paper. He would probably welcome it if you would write Intramurals up. Gl Payment Set For Allowing Lesser Holidays Veterans attending school under the Korean GI Bill will not receive GI allowance checks for the months when they are out of school on summer vacations. Veterans who are enrolled for the entire school year will be paid, however, for: 1. Regularly-established recesses between terms, quarters or semesters, and 2. Regular school vacation periods that occur during the school year such as Christmas and Easter holidays. Veterans Administration said two provisions have to be met before a veteran-trainee may receive his allowance for recesses and vacation periods: First, the school must be operating on a regular semester or quarter basis, and must certify on the veteran's enrollment certificate that he has been enrolled for the full year. And second, the veteran actually must have resumed his training after the between-terms break. VA's ruling will apply to veterans in school under the Korean GI Bill during the 1952-53 school year. Adjustments are now being made in the case of any veterans who have not been paid for their breaks in training. VA asked these veterans not to write in about their cases, since letters will only serve to slow up the review process. Signpost: Having completed two quarters of work, I would like to compliment you on the fine paper. Not only I have enjoyed it but I'm sure everyone else has too. By having this paper, one can better understand the college and all of the activities. Gordon Rock. Take a bow, editor, but look out for a right cross. Signpost: I have just Completed my first quarter of college and started my second. I find college life very educational and intriguing. College differs from high school because in high school the student is helped and pushed through school, while in college a student gains only the knowledge and goals he earns because no one helps him In college I feel more like a full-fledged American citizen with my say in public affairs, as compared with high school, where a student had limited rights. Roland Holman. Good enough. But the profs will be interested in the last four words of the second sentence of your first paragraph. Engineers Relate Trip Experiences By ED ST. CLAIR The annual long field trip of the Engineer's club was to San Francisco this year. The boys took off Wednesday, March 18 after final exams in a chartered Moss Company bus. Thirty-one boys and Mr. Rich, Mr. Stevenson, and Mr. Atkins made the trip. After traveling all night through Nevada (by the way, no one slept), and over Don-ner Summit in a blinding snow storm, and despite a blown-out piston, they pulled into San Francisco the next day at 2:30 p.m. The group made the Hotel Pickwick headquarters during the stay. All day Friday was spent visiting the Ford assembly plant in Richmond, the Standard Oil refinery in Richmond, and the Shell Oil Development Co. in Emeryville. Saturday morning was spent in Berkeley at the University of California, visiting the Atomic Energy Commission's laboratories on the campus. Saturday afternoon the group visited the Owens-Illinois glass factory in Alameda. Sunday a 49-mile scenic drive of San Francisco was taken. Monday was spent at the Marchant Calculator plant in Oakland, and the Bethlehem Steel shipyards in South San Francisco Other places of interest seen but not visited included the SanFrancisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, and the Golden Gate Bridge, the two largest of their kind in the world. . The nights were left to the students, and no one got in before midnight, except a few sleepy heads. Places of interest visited at night by individual groups included Chinatown, the International Settlement, the Cliff House, Fisherman's Wharf, and numerous other places. Fun was had riding on S. F.'s old time cable cars. Some saw plays, and Phil Harris brought his auto show to town during the weekend. The engineers arrived back in Ogden Tuesday, in time to start 8 o'clock classes on Wednesday. (Darn the luck!) BULLETIN Cloyd D. Blain, Manager of W. C. atores department, lost all the fingers and part of the thumb on his right hand in an industrial accident Tuesday night at Richardson Co. plant, where he had a part time job. He was also burned. COMING EVENTS APRIL 15 Symphonic Choir concert. APRIL 16 Lecture. APRIL 16-18 National de bate tournament of Phi Rho Pi. APRIL 23 Pops concert APRIL 24 Sharmea - Alpha Rho dance. 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