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Show Elections Close Leadership Posts Filled After two weeks of hectic campaigning and a banner splashed campus, students have chosen their leaders for the coming year. Over one thousand students turned out at the polls to select the new officers. A total of nineteen were chosen. David Yurth, editor of Probe, president of Lamba Iota Tau, member of the students affairs committee, was elected senior class president. Dave was unopposed.Kent Vaughan was elected senior class vice president. Kent was a former Tallyman and mem Ij&T III1 Volume 28, No. 26 I La DR. HENRY MARGENAU will be Hie convocation speaker today. He will address students and the public on "Modern Science as a Philosophical Adventure." Dr. Henry Margenau Featured Con Speaker Yale University professor and associate editor of the "American Journal of Science," . Dr. Henry Margenau will be the guest speaker for today's Convocation at 11 a.m. in the Fine Arts Auditorium. - His lecture will be entitled "Modern Science as a Philosophical Adventure." "A most distinguished man," said Dr. Daniel L. Martino, chair man of the Fine Arts Series. Dr. Margenau is well known as an author and lecturer, and has served as a consultant to such agencies as the Atomic EnergyCom-mission, the Air Force, the National Bureau of Standards, and Rand Corporation of California. Dr. Margenau comes to Weber State College through the Arts Program of the Association of American Colleges and is supported by a grant from the Danforth Foundation. He has been a staff member of the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton, and the Radiation Laboratory ber of the Weber State Singers. Barbara Skeen, unopposed, was elected senior class secretary. Barbara is chairman of the arts and crafts committee and active in Tau Theta Nu sorority. JUNIOR CLASS Greg Compton defeated Harry McLeod for junior class president. Greg has been active in student affairs this year. John Elsholz was elected unopposed to vice presidency of the junior class. of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has held a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Fulbright Grant. Today's convocation will be of interest to all students, for this man has many accomplishments, which are too many to name. Besides lecturing throughout the United States, our guest has also traveled and lectured abroad. After receivng his Ph. D degree from Yale in 1929, he studied abroad on a Sterling Research Fellowship. As a special opportunity to some of the faculty members, Dr. Margenau held two informal de-cussions yeterday on the Weber State campus. Those attending these special discussion groups were members of the physics and philosophy department, and a few students that are majors in those areas. The two topics he discussed were the "Cause and effect in Modern Physics, "'and the "Change Relation between Science and Religion." Stephanie Carter was the winner In the race for junior class secretary. She defeated Dory Brady for that position. SOPHOMORES Craig Tolton narrowly defeated Glen Curtis to become sophomore class president. Pam Tuttle defeated Richard Atwater in the race for sophomore class vice president. Sandy Jensen was elected secretary. Voting on the amendment was 576 in favor and 137 opposed. Weber State College, Ogden, Utah Awards Nominations Due TODAY is the last day that nominations may be turned in for the awards of: man of the year, woman of the year, professor of the year, and achievement of the year. Nomination forms for these a-wards may be obtained from the main desk in the union building and must be returned today in order to be eligible for consideration.Any student who feels that he Is qualified for one of these positions , or knows someone who is should fill out one of the nomination forms. From those people nominated, one student will be selected from each of the categories to receive the award of the year. The annual Awards and Honors Evening will be held May 16 at which time those students selected for these honors will be 7, I BLUE KEY president Dennis Heiner and Kenny Knight, chairman of plaque committee, inspect the plaque presented by the Blue Key Honor fraternity to the school. The plaque is in honor of Louis Frederick Moench, first president of the college. The plaque replaces the original plaster of paris used in the original statue. Built on a temporary base, the statue will be moved to the new mall area, yet to be built. The statue will then be put on a base of either granite or marble. Both a name plate for the front of the statue and a description of the statue on the rear will be permanently installed on the statue in the new location. AAAS Jerry A lien, recently a candidate for activities vice president and chairman of the lectures committee, was unopposed in seeking the presidency of the Associated Men Students. Mark Austin defeated Floyd Heb-don in the vice president race. Merrill Beck was elected AMS secretary, in a close race with Randy Galbraith. AWS Nancy Boyington and Shir-lene DeHart were unopposed for Associated Woman Student pres 84403 announced and honored. Bruce Nilson executive vice president at Weber State explained that this awards evening is one of the big events of the year. However, many students who deserve honor and recognition have been passed over in other years because WILDCAT WEEK EVENTS MONDAY, MAX 5: 7 a.m. Torch Run Begins 12 noon Torch arrives latW.S.C. from Promontory Summit. 12 noon Marathon Ping Pong Game begins. TUESDAY, MAY 6: 7 p.m. Powderpuff football game - Frosh and Sophs- vs-Sr. and Jr. WEDNESDAY, MAY 7: 8 p.m. Dorm Stomp FRIDAY, MAY 9: 10 a.m. Spike Driving Contest with Congressman Burton 12:30 p.m. VW Race Bomb the Faculty - Tug O-War 7 p.m. Luau SATURDAY, MAY 10: 9 p.m. Junior Prom - New Ballroom ident and vice president. A write-in candidate was elected secretary. Richard Speechly, Tallyman, was elected over Dee Furhiman to become senator of arts, letters and sciences. SENATORS Dave Evans defeated Paul Burnett in a close race for senator of technical education. Ray Bingham was elected senator of the Business school, ousting Thorn Hurlburt. Unopposed for senator of education, Dale Thompsen was voted to the senate seat. May 2, 1969 no one bothered to fill out a nomination form and therefore the student was not considered. Bruce encouraged everyone to participate in this program and nominate the student or professor best qualified for the award. V |