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Show The Weber Ceroid Published By The Associated Students Of Weber College Vol. 1 April 24, 1934 EMPLOYMENT: Efforts are being made to supply work in business concerns of Ogden for the many students desiring it Cecil Tucker announces. He expects the downtown district to offer positions for both boys and girls, and jobs will be obtained as soon as possible in order that enough money may be made for tuit ion before the quarter ends. Mr. Tucker is confident that work on the Pine View dam project, requiring common labor and in some instances any available engineering ability, may be secured for a large number of boys during the summer. The campus will also furnish enough work during the summer to provide work for ten or eleven boys. The number employed will probably be increased to twenty or twenty-five. Money earned by campus workers up to the date of July 1; may be applied on tuition for the present quarter of this school year. EaruL.gs after tuat period may be used to pay on tuition for the fall quarter of next year. About 100 boys and about 200 girls are working at present and some-of the boys have worked out their entire tuition. o OPERA: The cast of the "Colonel's Daughter" are to be commended on the efforts put forth in the preparation and presentation of this musical comedy. Mr. Roland Parry, assisted by Mr. All-red, Gilbert Tolhurst, and Hazel Bieshline composed the songs and wrote the story. They are also to be complimented upon the excellent result achieved. Other students assisting in the presentation of the "Colonel's Daughter" are: Cleon Kerr and Phil Ogden, business managers; Ivan Burnett and Ken Bonham, stage managers; Granett Littlefield, lighting effects. Mrs. Sophie Reed directed the dancing. Bookings for the opera have been made in Tre-monton April 25, Kaysville April 30, Salt Lake May 2, Wfiber County High School May 4, and Ogden May 9, 10, and 11. Whether the musical comedy will be taken to Logan or Provo has not been definitely decided. Performances have already been played at Malad, Idaho, and Clearfield, Utah. FIELD TRIP: Some twenty forestry students will leave Saturday , Apr i 1 28, for a ten day field trip. The tour will cover nearly two thousand miles of Utah, northern Arizona, and south-eastern Nevada. Places of interest will be visjted, including Zion National Park, Grand Canyon, Kiabab Forest, and Boulder Dam. No. 15 NEXT YEAR'S STAFF: All present English majors or those intending to major in English and interested in editorial positions on the Herald staff next year will be given an opportunity to. take charge of one of the remaining issues. Selection of the new editors will be made from those managing the paper best. Previous experience on the Herald or other school papers is unnecessary. Those who wish to take part in the try-outs should get in touch with one of the present editors or Mr. Trevithick immediately. FELLOW STUDENTS: . The English department has announced that the staff of next year's Herald will be confined-to the English department. The wisdom of such a move is to be seriously questioned. The first objection to this policy is that the publishing of a school paper is a student-body function. Yet the major portion of the student body is excluded from taking any great part in publishing the paper. The Herald should be placed in the same category as debating and athletics. If it is right for journalism to be confined to the English department, is it not equally just to confine debating to the law department and athletics to the physical education department? Fortunately this has not been the case in either debating or athletics, and both activities have reached great proportions because of it. Likewise in. journalism the function of the English department should be to guide and direct not to monopolize and exclude. In the second place such a policy is not consistent with the development of good journalism. This move commits the double offense of limiting journalistic experience and of discouraging journalistic effort. True, we have talent in the English department, but it is only a small part of the total. Students who would otherwise actively participate are only passively interested. Some of our greatest columnists never did major in the field of English and probably never shall 1 Yours , "Senator" Somerville ' o G RADUATION: 153 students are candidates for graduation from Weber college on Friday, June 1. 118 of the students plan to graduate as associates of science; 35 students plan to graduate as associates of art. The baccalaureate service will be held Sunday, May 27. o |