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Show p.1.. f. THE SIGNPOST Wednesday, November 22, 1939 Puhlishcu Scmi-VontMy DvHnj Tic College Year, Official Student Paper of WEBER JUNIOR COLLEGE Ogden, Utah Editorial Offices JOl Moeneh Building EDITOR IN CHIEF; Rolfe Peterson BUSINESS MANAGER: Glen Brewer NEWS EDITOR George Stewart OUTSIDE EDITOR Donald Roush EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Jack Branham EDITORIAL COUNCIL Chairman Jesse Jensen Members Helen Moore, Rolfe Peterson, George London, Donald West, Wilmer Perry SPORTS DESK: Co-Editors Keith Hawkins, Olaf Zundel Reporters Larkin Patterson, Don Hatch, Sylven Godfrey, Joe Adams CONTEST EDITOR: Mary Huggins CIRCULATION: Bill Warnock, Junior Squires SOCIETY DESK: Co-Editors Shirley Critchlow, Donna Jenkins Assistant Editor Florence Cashmore Reporters Virginia Moore, Dorothy RichardsonCOLUMNISTS: Blair Burton, Keith Hawkins, Lorene Taylor, Clyde Wade, Donald Roush TYPISTS: Dallas Porter, Eugene Allen, Thekla Holmes Bernice McEntyre CONSULTANT: C. M. Nilsson "TO THINK MEANS TO THANK" By H. A. DIXON "To think" and "to thank" come from the same root. Only those who are capable of thinking have the power to express thanksgiving. To those who cannot think Thanksgiving is merely a celebration a commemoration of the feast of the adoration of things. To those who can think, Thanksgiving is spiritual. It is a mental attitude and it expresses itself in spiritual satisfaction. It is the feast of the adoration of the "Great Giver" of all things. A thankful heart works magic in bringing cheer to its possessor as well as happiness to society. Henry Ward Beecher has described its power in the following statement: "If someone should give me a dish of sand and tell me there were particles of iron in it, I might look for them with my eyes and search for them with my fingers and, etc. etc." May you have thankful hearts which "sweep through the day and as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find in every hour some heavenly blessings". Your gratitude should extend, first, to the Almighty, second, to your family, and third, to your school family among whom you have so many true friends in both the faculty and in the student body. There is not an hour of the day or a day of the year in which I do not think of the faculty and the students of Weber, and there is not an hour of the day or a day of the year that I do not express thanks for what you are and for the privilege of working with you. I can sing with enthusiasm and popular song, "God Bless America" but when I pause to think, I feel more like singing, "God is Blessing America". It is quite appropriate to ask for more blessings for America but it is far more appropriate to express thanks once in awhile for the glorious blessings we already have. Your Thanksgiving Day will be a happy one if it is one in which you think and thank. May it so be to all of you! LET'S BE THANKFUL Most folks have only one day a year in which' to be thankful. Thanks to President Roosevelt, this year we have two days in which to be thankful. In the world today we need two such days, because there is so much to be thankful for. We have this land with its plenty, with its freedom, and with its air free from the smoke of war. We can he thankful that we can do what we like and say what we please without fear of being shot or decapitated. We can be thankful for being in a peaceful hemisphere. We can be thankful that we are not a persecuted and driven people. We can be thankful that our food supply is not rationed to us. We can be thankful that we can learn what we may. We can be thankfid that we do not have to be prepared for blackouts. We can be thankful that we are in a land that gives us wonderful opportunities.And we can be thankful that we have so much to be thankful for that we cannot confine it to one day a year, but to everyday. CHOOSE A VOCATION Have you chosen your life's work yet? Do you know exactly where you are going? Yes, you might answer, I am going to study medicine, law, teaching or anything for that matter. AH well and good, if you know where you are going, but was your career chosen for you or by you? Has the male generation in your familyr been following the same line of work for so long that you feel it obligatory to enter the same field? Do father and mother approve of the field you have chosen, or do they pass the buck by saying, "Well, it's your life and you've got to live it?" Have you noticed how they refuse to tell you what to do in this case (with exceptions of course) ? Funny, isn't it how no one will help you out in your predicament. Remember when you were a little tot just getting ready for bed? You used to climb upon your mother's or father's knee and ask him or her to tell you a story. And after the story was told, whichever it was would start counting the buttons on your night shirt; "Rich-man, poorman, beggarman, thief, lawyer, doctor, merchant, chief, tinker, tailor, toiler, sailor." No need to crawl down deep into your bed, thinking about the job the buttons had chosen for you. Life isn't as simple as that. A choice must be made, but what shall it be? Perhaps you have thought of several different careers that interest you. The next step is to find out something about each one and gradually eliminate them to a final choice of one. As a suggestion, our own school library hasninety-two booklets on careers. These careers vary from that of a museum worker to that of a clay moulder. Why don't you thumb through some of these books? Maybe you can decide which career you are best fitted for. WEBERITES CHOOSE VOCATIONS ASSEMBLY QUALITY An under-current of discontent has been circulating through the student body during the past week. This feeling has been stirred up by those malcontents who come to school to have some fun rather than to obtain some educational value which will be of some use to them in years to come. These students are those who think that assemblies should be of a frivolous nature. Little do they realize the great time and effort put forth by the faculty members and assembly committee in arranging for speakers who try to pass on to the students helpful hints which will lessen the hard knocks of life after the students leave school. Assemblies are arranged for those who appreciate their value and it is not compulsory to attend them. Those students who do not realize the value of them should refrain from coming to them, and distracting the students who are trying to give their undivided attention to the speaker. With a better and closer co-operative effort on the part of the students and the faculty we may look forward in the coming assemblies to a better order and closer attention to the assembly program. Mr. Whitney Young, chairman of the assembly committee, says, "If you don't like the assembly, get. up and get out. We would rather have the distraction of your leaving than the continued disturbance of your staying." Webetambliwq By DAVID ROUSH The question that was asked students this week is, "What have you most to be thankful for?" The following students have given their reason for celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow. CALIFORNIA, HERE I COME Betty Lou Balch, freshman, is most thankful because she is going on a big trip to California. Something to be thankful for eh what? UNHUMAN After thinking It over for a while. Gage Stone, a sophomore, DOWN THAT TURKEY, WEBER gave his chief reason for being thankful as "he could practice another day." WELL, NOW Virginia Moore says she is thankful "just for a little while." Virginia is a freshman. ME, TOO Junior Squires, freshman, took a very common point of view on the subject. Said Junior, "I'm thankful because now I can get all I want to eat and won't have to share the meat." REALLY THANKFUL "I'm thankful because I have everything to be thankful for." From this we gathered that George Larkin, former student body president, is really thankful and should enjoy his dinner tomorrow. HOLD ON Betty Smalley is thankful because tomorrow she can eat and eat and eat, etc. We hope that this Another Prof I plan to be a writer or an English professor because these two fields let a poor man give his sense of humor a workout. And anyway I hate like hell to do any other kind of work, labor, or exertion. Rolfe Peterson Balancing Books Because of complicated processes in our business world, more and more accountants are needed to keep an accurate record of the increasing business. I prefer to be skilled in a profession where there is a place for me. Sylven Godfrey No Brushes I have chosen the job of salesman for my vocation. The reason is that I feel I have most of the qualities of a good salesman. After selling for a number of years, I hope to be made a sales manager. Keith Hawkins Stiff Work My life's work as yet is a dark secret, but I hope to end up as a mortician. I have been interested in this line for some tune, and I feel that there is a future in it. Larkin Patterson Dressing Up I intend to enter some phase of home economics, preferably the clothing department. This field has many opportunities. Designing or fashion-writing seem most interesting to me at the moment, but as I continue my idea may change. Dorothy Richardson Big News I plan to make my life's work some field of journalism. I'm very much interesting in every division of this wide and varied field. I really believe that the columnists' division interests me most. Donald Roush Mind Set Well, after two years of trying to make up my mind, I've decided on commercial art and advertising. Why ? Reason aplenty. First, it's what I like most and am best adapted to do. Second, it has a future. Third, the financial outlook for a commercial artist is pretty good, that is if he can produce the stuff. Bill Warnock Woman Commentator Journalism, that is my aim. There is nothing humdrum about a reporter's life. The excitement, the rush, and the continual hubub attached to journalism are what appeal to me. To be a commentator on women's fashions would be tops. Shirley Critchlow Secretarial Assistant Legal secretarial work is my chosen life's vocation. I want to obtain a position in a large law corporation as secretarial assistant to one ot the senior partners of the firm Office routine and surroundings appeal to my sense of preciseness, and my ability seems adequate to specialize m this line of work. Virginia Moore Richard Halliburton I'll be a vagabond, and travel from continent to continent on a lazy freighter. Then, one day, I'll dock at a port where fame and fortune await me. With my magnificent knowledge, achieved from college, I'll fill my pockets with com and silver Then for home I'll sail, and sit idly for the rest of my life just loving all the finer arts and watching the busy old world go by. Ole Zundel That's What Business, that's what I like. Really, I can say that it is the first subject to fascinate me. Again, being of farm parentage, I'd give most anything to change from manual labor to use of the brain, and business seems to be about the farthest step possible. Wilmer Perry Improvement Needed I intend to follow agricultural economics because farming is the backbone of the nation. To improve the farm products so as to obtain a larger market for them would be my goal. Don Hatch Easy Life My objective in life is to become a millionaire. Then I'll get a good car, gun, and a dog. Maybe I would like a wife in my spare time; that is, if she could cook, hunt, and work. Lew Austad Solid Work The sciences of geology and zoology interest me a great deal. Both of these sciences are opening more and more, giving possibilities to people that are interested. If everything works out right, my life's work will be directed along these lines. If not, I can always herd sheep. Robert Burnham Medicine Man After I have all of the background that I want, I intend to go deeply into the field of medical research. This division is enlarging all the time. Because of the need for full concentration on the problems of research, the institutions that follow it pay well so that financial worries will not interfere. George H. London Letters to the Editor freshie lass doesn't eat too, too, too much! STRANGE The nice freshman class that we have at Weber has given Vivian Polidor, a sophomore, most to be thankful for. Viv also said she is thankful for her mother. WE WILL, TOO The Thanksgiving holidays is going to give Mel Brown, a freshy, a change to get caught up on his back sleep. Not a bad idea! DOUBLY THANKFUL Luella London, a sophomore, says she's thankful for Just a "lotta things." Luella says there are so many things it would be difficult to numerate them all. HAPPINESS "I'm thankful for all of the happiness that surrounds the school." This was Charlene Turner's reason for feasting and celebrating tomorrow. Charlene is a sophomore. THERE NOW From an anoymous donor comes this reason for being thankful. "I'm glad I'm not a man." Well, there's different ways of looking at it. NOT MARRIED Olaf Zundel, a sophomore, is thankful because he isn't married. We're glad for him too. Aren't we, Tom? SCREWY Rolfe Peterson, sophomore, says he's thankful for being too sappy to feel sad about being in so much trouble. OGDEN CITY FLORAL Flowers for All Occasions 2277 WASH. BLVD. LET'S MEET AT DOKOS 3279 Adams Avenue Ogden, Utah Nov. 7, 1939. Dear Editor: If your staff is striving for a "first class" newspaper, as I think they are, they should ban certain articles and encourage others. Striving as you are for a better newspaper, the Signpost needs to be more democratic. In the scandal column, for instance, there are students' names that have occurred repeatedly in the last three issues. Take the clique out of it and give the unimportant student a chance! Another suggestion of equal importance is the elimination of such trash as appeared on the front page of the Nov. 3 issue. You know, the "Itsy bitsy pider ". From the standpoint of many it was not only disgusting but also pediculous! Yes, pediculous! (Signed) Winslow Gardner. (From Mr. Thatcher Allred) Dear friend: Someone has been thoughtful of me and kind in seeing that my name is on your Signpost mailing list, and I want to express my pleasure and my thanks. Its news is not only welcome; the paper itself is a distinct pleasure to one of the College who has been with the institution for a long enough period, to see its departments and its activities grow from very simple beginnings into decidedly good achievements. The news bearing quality of the paper, its whole organization, is taking on a mature and excellent aspect that deserves praise; praise for the students who staff it and for you who are shaping its ends in an increasingly professional way. If you will pass my letter on to the circulation manager, or express personally my thanks, I shall be grateful. On the Speech Staff I am finding my studies at Stanford interesting and am enjoying with them my teaching assignment on the speech staff. Memorial Hall is Stanford's big, new theater building, set up not only for plays, of course, but to house the department of speech and drama. The enormous size of the stage and its elaborate equipment are an inspiration to one who loves fine staging and I am grateful to have been invited to direct one of the season's major productions. My fall quarter has been too heavily loaded to permit acceptance of a director's job, but I shall be ready for something next quarter or in the spring perhaps a modern comedy just after Christmas, or Shakespeare's "Much Ado" in the spring. I am working on an adaptation of this play for the department, in a class of Doctor Craig's. Craig is one of America's1 eminent Shakespeareans, under whom it is supposed to be a privilege to have studied. He retires from service after the present quarter. As a Weber Play There are quite a number of Utah students doing graduate work here. Poulsen from Provo, Cooley from B. A. C, Rasmussen (former Weber teacher), myself, King Hendricks from U. S. A. C, etc., etc. Some of these are to be my guests at a theater party tomorrow evening Carroll's "Shadow and Substance," a new and I think important play recently out of Ireland. I think it is something that would be very well received as a Weber play. Tell Dave Trevithick. I am expecting good things from Scribulus under his touch. I am going to. try to complete a story to submit to his editor later this winter. Well, here it is, both my thanks and good wishes. Shall see you, I Vocational Interviews ACCOUNTING By Wilmer Perry "I'm afraid someone was kidding you when he sent you here for an interview," he began, placing his number twelves on the desk in front of him and ettling back comfortably into his chair. "After all, I'm not much of a success." This was Mr. Ralph Nielsen, a partner in the Lincoln G. Kelly Accounting company of Salt Lake City, speaking. The humorous twinkle of his eyes and his lazy good-natured smile made me ashamed of my tremulous entry into his office and reminded me that I had forgotten to introduce myself. Introductions over, I settled down in my favorite pose, and noting the apparent ease and obliging manner of Mr. Nielsen, commenced firing questions. "Mr. Nielsen, just what are the prerequisites of a junior occount-ant?" I began. A Better Chance Generalizing from his subsequent discussion, a high school education is the fundamental necessary basis. This with at least four years of college, or, if college is impossible, one of the excellent correspondent accounting courses offered will give a fairly substantial knowledge. However, advanced courses found at Northwestern, University of California, or any other one of those higher institutions of learning, will give an individual a much better chance. About getting a pob? Since the depression it has been rather difficult to obtain a position in any field, including that of accounting, and getting a job without pull is merely a matter of canvassing all possibilities. But, conditions are getting much better. Much has been done in recent years to make for more accounting positions, especially within the various government bureaus. "To a person going out on a competitive basis the field does offer good opportunity," Mr. Nielsen agreed. He answered enthusiastically when asked how much a beginning accountant could expeet in the way of remuneration. According to him they receive from $100 to $125 a month, which is far about the beginning salary of the average occupation.Much Travelling The environment varies with the type of accounting work one enters. In government work there is usually much traveling, but in the small P. A. business such as the one with which Mr. Nielsen is connected, environment and associations are more or less unvaried, being of a more settled nature. Mr. Nielsen acclaimed his associates in his business as being well above the average, the reason being the advanced training and the standards of status, higher than average that are required. "The mental alertness required means constant studying," he-said. He expressed desires and hopes that one of the major difficulties in the accounting field, that of seasonal rushes, would be overcome. This rush coming between January 1 and April 1 and means working days and half of the night, seven days a week, and is a severe grind. One method of overcoming rushes is now being experimented with by the American School of Accountants. They have attempted to jibe the fiscal year with the hope, next month when I return to remind my wife and children who I am. Yours, THATCHER ALLRED. Note: We invite criticism for or against this paper. Address all letters to Editorial Ccuncil, Signpost, care Weber College, Ogden, Utah. Vast Audience Thrills to Concert (Continued from Page One) fitting to the composition. Most impressive of the numbers were, perhaps, those presented by the orchestra and the Glee club together.The program was as follows: Prelude to Faust Gounod Afton McGregor, Organist Can I Forget You? Kern Blue Danube Stra.ss 9 Musettes Du Bist Wie Eine Brume. Schumann De Glory Road ....Jacques Wolfe Come to Me In My Dreams . . Noble Cain Dorian Singers Hills of Home Oscar Fox When the Sun In Splendor Rising Donizietti Weber College Quartet Purple and White :. William Manning None but the Lonely Heart Tschaikowsky Glee Club, Ruth Taylor soloist. Mowis, symphonic poem Johnson Symphony in D Major Allegro . . . Haydn Nocturne Mendelssohn Marche Slave Tschaikowsky Orchestra Intermezzo from Cavallieria Rusticana Mascagni Hail, Bright Abode, from Snn- hauser Wftgntr Chorus and Orchestra In an official statement, Mr. Parry today extended his gratitude to the whole of the music department for the fine spirit of cooperation exhibited by each member.natural year thus spreading the work throughout the entire year. Specialization If specialization in one accounting field is desired, Mr. Nielsen " would advise starting in a larger city. The local jobs are smaller and there is a larger variation in types of work to be accomplished. People here in the West don't appre- ' ciate the work of an accountant because of inexperience with them. Hence, Utah boys, who, according to Mr. Nielsen, work harder and do better than the average fellows find their beA opportunities in the larger cities. "Accounting means lots of hard work preparing and lots of hard work afterwards," he admitted, "but it is a better stepping-stone ( to a job than any of the other phases of a business school." "How about some personal element, Mr. Nielsen?" I asked. "Ah you wouldn't be interested x in any personal element of my life no color there but if you insist, I attended Snow college where I was a friend of Mr. Nilsson, went to the 'U,' and was a bookkeeper in the old Schramm-Johnson Co. when I graduated. In January, 1932, I started as a junior accountant with Lincoln G. Kelly Co. and 'was taken in as a partner in 1937. I am now married and have one child." "Wouldn't you like to say something personal about Mr. Nilsson?" I queried. , "Ah, yes," Mr. Nielsen hesitated. "Just say that I knew Mr. Nilsson at Snow college where he was an athlete of minor note." Hear Your Favorite Artist on RCA Victor or Bluebird Records New Stock of BENNY GOODMAN RECORDINGS Glen Bros. 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