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Show Page 2 THE SIGNPOST Editors George Gunnarson, Reed Alexander, Knolyn Hatch Advisory Editor Jacob Weese Business Manager Orville Nielson; assistant, William Chase Society Editor Norma Pantone Athletic Editors Jack Syphers, Melvin Manfull Features Norma Barrows, Chall Allred. Ted Collins, Stanley Johnson, Josephine Kunz, Everal Harris, Mary Peterson, Harold Benson Contributors Dwight Williams, Eva Rogerson, Constance Ford, Hugh Garner, Beth Cardon, Pauline Rogers. Circulation Chet Gilgen, Barbara Reeves Typist Verna Watts Photographer ' 7 ' Robert Peterson I,ul)lisht'(l every other week by the Associated Students of Weber College IntermounUin Publishing Co. -"Q- We Parade His Weakness Probably each of us has an inferiority complex. And no doubt each of us who has a higher intellect makes fun in some way of those who are mentally ill or are feebleminded or misshapen. We bolster up ourselves by making the other person feel small. We hide our weakness by demonstrating another's. The funny paper exemplifies this tendency. The funny paper is really not funny. In the grade school we all helped to make fun of the fat boy and the midget. We poked fun at the dullard. We chased him, threw rocks at him. The teachers were also inadequate. They never tried to know their pupils. They never found out their pupils' fears and problems. They did, however, praise one child and scorn the other. They were partial to the pupils whose parents were socially prominent. In high school the prominent socially were given the high positions in the R. 0. T. C. In all life the rich have to be catered to and the poor have to be put in their places. It is a shame that class distinction exists in the world and in America. We all need a little more human understanding. Each person needs to be fitted into the niche in which he can be effective and happy. We need not parade his weakness. All Doors Fly Open It is amazing to discover the extremes to which some people will go once they have acquired the habit of stealing. Such a practice is a potential factor in shaping the entire life of an individual. The thief assumes the shady characteristics of a thief. In this, humanity is not unlike the insects. Insects assume the color of the food they feed upon. But such camouflage does not work well with humanity. The unbalanced attitude toward life goes with man into his solitude and influences his inward emotions. To thus surrender his emotions to such a trashy habit as theft is even more vicious than excessive drinking. In contrast, the healthy attitude the students of Weber college have displayed toward this weakness is commendable. Their fine character and honesty is a fortune in itself. Immediately after the assembly some time ago, both missing watches were returned to their owners; and information regarding the whereabouts of other property was tactfully given. Congratulations. Students possessing a high degree of honesty can do without riches! All doors fly open to them, and they can enter without money and without price. They are as welcome in every household as the sunshine. And why not? They carry light, sunshine, and joy everywhere. Bees do not sting a creature smeared with honey. (Continued from Page 1) mother his canned tennis balls to make some spring salad. JO KUNZ Because she is a friend of ours. Because we are friends of hers. Also because she would never get her name in the paper unless we put it in. (Laugh here) VAL GODDARD, VERN HAD-LOCK, and MAX BURTON Because they pooled their resources and gave us a quarter. Vern furnished the tokens. (As if they had any sense to spare.) If they had a spare it would be flat anyway. Oh well, three nuts on a stooge are worth two on a bush. PHYLLIS CARDON Because ESTABUSHEO 1870 Wa&rn. Btnh Supports Local Athletics I OUR SPORT PAGES COVER THE SPORTING I she has brown eyes. Also because she has such good intentions. Because she was queen of the Acorn Ball and still thinks it was a rare distinction. Well, wasn't it? RAULSTON ZUNDEL Because he asked us to. Because his inmates call him Zunzie Wunzie. And because he hails from Plymouth and innocently believes that that's where they got the rock to land the Pilgrims on. Honestly, we strained our eyes and still couldn't find his hometown on a road map. With this ostentatious outpouring, we take leave of you until two weeks from now, at which time we will present our concluding installment of "The Truth About Fallen Arches" or "The Adventures of a Flat Foot." Charlie fJctJe By MELVIN MAX FULL Everybody screams for winning teams. The wolves that howl at the door are only toothless shades compared with the wolves that yap at the heels of a coach who does not turn out a record-breaking team. And yet, the coaches are not always to blame, for more teams have made great coaches than great coaches have made wonder teams. At Weber there are three factors that inhibit the growth of a winning track teach: (1) There is no incentive for the potential track stars to report for practice. This condition is brought about by the lack of trips. No athlete relishes the idea of working out two hours a night for a trip to Provo or Salt Lake City in a buckboard, commonly called a bus. Oh, yes, lest we forget, the athlete may win his letter. If he is fortunate enough to win his letter in his freshman year, he is given a butter-wrapper which entitles him to buy his letter and a sweater if his money holds out; but he cannot wear his hand-earned award until it has been awarded to him by the Award Assembly in the last week of school. The lack of incentive is also due in great part to a second reason. (2) The appropriation is so meager that the coach is handicapped.. Money may be the root of all evil, but it would be a sweet root to Coach Losee. It is because the appropriation is anemic that the trips are cut to the minimum I believe one is the minimum in any quantity. Athletes care little how filthy the lucre is, for few have been known to turn down a free trip (and meals) and the occasional chance to score again the winning touchdown for the coeds. If the appropriation were raised, more trips could be provided and more men would report for track. Love for dear Alma Mammy has not yet outweighed the thoughts of a good time on a trip. (3) Then, the facilities for track at Weber are practically non-existent. During this season the trackmen have had to wade ankle-deep in the cinders of the old Ogden high school track. These wading parties came as a distince pleasure, however, because they were much better than not practicing at all. The Weber waders sandwiched their practices between those of Ogden high. The Ogden stadium, more recently the adjunct to the stockyards, is definitely out as a place to practice. The track has now got to the stage at which the attendants will not let their saddle horses venture out on it. It has been rumored, however, that a glue-footed mule was able to negotiate the ruts. So, students, it looks as if a winning track team will remain in embryo until the appropriation is increased and the city or someone supplies a semblance of track facilities. Hikers Meet At China Town W. C. Hiking club met the Geology club at China Town located up Lost Creek canyon last Sunday. Besides the scenery, the unique adventure of the day was finding a skunk caught in a trap. Several of the party were willing to sacrifice a pleasant trip by setting it free, but Miss Ida Stewart put her foot down-but not on the skunk. EVERSHARP PARKER WATERMAN FOUNTAIN PENS and PENCILS At STEVE'S j Office Supplies Music Dep't Students Present Concert An evening of instrumental and vocal music was presented by the music students of W. C. Wednesday under the direction of the music department. The directors were J. Clair Anderson, piano and vocal, and Clair Johnson, instrumental. The audience was responsive and commented favorably. "It was a great achievement to perform music of this stand-dard. The orchestra has worked hard and gave a fine rendition of all the numbers," Mr. Johnson stated immediately following the performance. Miss Rose Burchell's vocalization, the audience felt, was probably the best she has ever given. The program follows: Symphony in G Minor (Mozart), Allegro molto, Andante, Menuetto. Allegro assai, orchestra; Gavotte, solo for double bass (Popper). Audrey Bush and orchestra; Cello concerto No. 5, Andante (Goltermann), Beth Blown and orchestra; Violin concerto No. 23 (Viotti), Constance Ford and orchestra ; La Plus que lente (Debussy), Erma Chad-wick, organ; Etude (Chopin), Neva Huggins, piano; Fantasy Impromptu (Chopin), Cleo Burrows, piano; La cathedrale en-gloutine (Debussy), Gerald Miles, piano; Caprice viennois (Kreisler), Musettes; Buona Notte (Nevin), Musettes; Jewel Song, from Faust (Gounod), Rose Burchell, soprano; Eg-mont Overture (Beethoven),orchestra. Blaser Household Enlarged The hour was early 6:47 a. m. May day was just beginning and the world was full of sunshine for Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Blaser. All because at that moment they became parents of a seven and a half pound girl. The child was born at the Dee hospital. Both mother and child are well, Mr. Blaser says.- In celebration of the event, Mr. Blaser treated the faculty to a box of assorted chocolates, Tuesday afternoon in faculty meeting. Faculty members say that this treat should have been the fourth, not counting Reed Swenson's Jimmy, but that it wasn't. SCANDALS OF THE WEAK The latest dents in the lockers from leaning are being made by Howard Poulter and Isabelle Read; Bob Montgomery and "Charlie" Clark; Morton F. and Kathryne Farr. In case you Some of the things that didn't happen in Provo last week! Whew! The machine shop fellows and the Engineers' going down the same day was just a coincidence, really! Stu Wheel-right found himself with two wimmen; a prize group of the lowest form of idiots (all from Weber college) were introduced; and Bart had to get a friend to prove that he was really from Weber college! If you want to hear a good case of stammering just ask Sammy what he was doing with the policeman on Brinker Ave. the other night! And the policeman was so shumrny! HAMBURGERS After the Dance SPECIAL NEW STYLE May be had only at The Pig Stand We Meet at JOHN'S For the Best 406 25th Street EAT Brown's Ice Cream FOR HEALTH MADE IN THE CLEANEST FACTORY IN THE WEST 1cuf CerHer By CHALL ALLKE1) Dear Son, Dick: Well, there ain't much to write about, son, things are pretty slow here on the farm. Eggs are up, butter is down, the crops are in and your pa is out. You wrote about wanting some cash to buy note, paper with in yer last lette; I am enclosing some that I bought in town the other day. It was all wrapped up so nice and there was something about tissue paper writ on the role. I know you'll be able to use it. Your little heifer cow had triplets the other nite. Pa sais to tell you that they'er both a gittin along alright. You menchend a guy by the name of Washington in yer letter. Was he the one that said no man should serve more than S vears in the wash house, or was he the one that threw the bull accross the Mississippi for a dollar? We had one them new-fangled shows out here the other day, you know the ones where the people talk in them. Me and pa set threw it seven times, but they lust kept saying the .-ame things ever time the show was shown so we kinda got tived of it and went heme. Anyway, yer pa's roomatism got to acting up. Yer little brother says you kin have yer tooth brush back if you need it. He has found himself a corn cob that he says is just as good and he don't use as much of my Old Dutch Cleanser as he did when he used that old brush of yern. Yer old sow had an awful big bunch of pigs this year and they sure are cute. Honestly, honey, they look just like you did when you were little. This brewnet Briem gal that you been goin' with must be awful nice. Bring her home if you want to, son. She kin milk old Susie, water the ducks and tend the hawgs till she kind of gets ust to the fram work. Do you think she kin pack two cans of butter milk, or a sach of wheat under one arm and a little pig under the other? Yer sister got hitched the other day. She snagged some feller frum up near the brewery. It cost your pa six sheep and a horse, but she said it was worth it. She had been usin so much of our molasses on her hair lately that we have had to eat skim milk on our flap jacks. Some of the neighbors said something about it being a military weddin. I don't know what they mean. Yer be love ed Ma PROSPERIZE For Those Who Demand THE BEST Dry Cleaning 3 Hour Service on Request Available only at the SANITARY LAUNDRY Dry Cleaners - Dyersj 1810-22 Washington Blvd. Phone 4161 Ogden, Utah j NEWS OF THE WORLD j 2414 Washington Blvd. i |