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Show Weber college signpost Wednesday, January 17, 1945 Ecklund, Burton and Hurst Leave For Armed Service (Jlenii Kklund, Lawrence Burton, and Dean Ifur.-t will booh be leaving Welter college to join the ranks of the I' ,S. armed forces. All three have been outstanding in exl ra curricular activities. Glenn Eklund, who Is leav-$- ing for the maritime service, will report Thursday, January 18, for his physical examination. Glenn was elected Weber college business manager for L944-45 school season by acclamation and has performed an admirable task in that position. Lawrence Burton, rreshman chiss president, will be leaving on or about January 20. He made a name for himself at Weber college as a co-author of the productions of "Hamlet" and "H. M. S. Pinafore" and he displayed his talents as producer and actor in both. He has a fine record, in the speech field and his executive ability has been shown through his service as a class president. He and his co authors are responsible for presenting the most successful party and dance Weber college has had for several years in the form of the Polyga-Dnlats' Prance Dance of Friday, January 12. It might bo mteresting to know thai Lawrence can also play the piano and a medley of Stephen Foster melodies on the violin. Perhaps the most fortunate of the trio is Dean Hurst as he doesn't leave until February 10. Dean "Barrymore" Hurst has distinguished himself with his dramatic abilities. He carried the role of the doctor in the recent Ogden Community theater production "Dark Tower." In the farces "Hamlet" and "H. M. S. Pinafore," he did much to make both performances successful. He is an affable person and his absence will be felt at Weber. Officer Arrives at Utah ASF Depot Second Lt. Richard W. Kendall, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Kendall, 5101 Proctor ave., Oakland, Calif., recently leportod for duty with the quartermaster torps, Utah ASF depot. . He entered the army in June 1943, and was commissioned as it second lieutenant in November of the same year. He came to the Utah depot from Camp Maxey, Texas. Prior to entering the service he was employed by Bethleham Steel company, Alameda, Calif. Lt. Kendall attended University Of California, and Harvard Graduate School of Administration where he received degrees. The lieutenant and his wife are living at 611 Monroe, Bonneville Park. FELLOWS: Come Here For Sporting Goods Hunting Supplies Billiards Pool e Magazines THE MECCA 338 25th St. Dial 2-0992 I month of December have reach- Y THE A WL VC mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm' ccl a new hi"h (,f 11,0 Per cent & M . iirflflffi W nlTlMinfflflHWfc iiiM nn m Mk Jiml PLAYED ,hM0 mi , Second in His BASE- m ufrtR Ff&v BALL wMfBur Wt -h n,fC0 fMi Sk YOU CAN MAKE m C 1 rG wl Ik v mo , tm' -J m side won't to) CVC4V if; f. , - - W Washington SmjJT 1H'Z,,C, LltX-. iW THE STORE OF SENATORS AND JTA BUY MORE kW GREATER VALUES DETROIT TIGERS, WAR. OGDEN BILLIARDS ' IMewwwriting It was Mark Twain who said, "Everyone complains about the weather, yet no one does anything about it." Well, the news writing class which meets Tuesday and Thursday evenings from seven to eight p. m. in room 215, proposes to have Ogden do something about it. At least, so says Mrs. D. R. Wheelwright, one of the students who says in a news feature: "Utah should throw out its chest and boast about our wonderful climate more than we do. "We might learn a lesson from our neighboring state, California on how to 'sell climate' lo visitors. Now that we have so many new residents who have come to Utah for warwork, it's time to boast more than ever before. Maybe we can convince them to like Utah climate so well they will want to stay, and never go back to brave the blizzards of the east, or the heat of the west. "Be happy with the weather. When the sun is shining brightly and a beautiful blue sky glows above us, we hear people say 'How I wish it would snow, sowe could be done with winter, while it is the proper time to have it.' "Others again will tell you this story: T am sure happy the streets are nice and dry, and not icy and slipjery, for I do love to take a daily walk in the open it buoys me up. It makes me forget there is a war on for at least while I am outdoors.'"So instead of complaing about the weather, be a booster soon the world will get to know Utah for its wonderful climate. With weather like it has been this winter, we can afford to boast a bit!" Depot Skyrickets Over War Bond Goal Final figures on the sixth war loan drive released today at the Utah ASF depot show the largest total sales for any bond drive in the installation's history. Totals show an aggregate of $278,325.84 purchase price which exceeds the quota assigned by Ninth service command by $38,-905. 28 and is $28,325.84 more than the depot's self-imposed goal of $250,000 for the purchase of a Flying Fortress. Totals include civilian pay deductions and cash sales, and military cash sales.. Major R. L. Baker, depot war bond officer, states that $250,-000 of the amount has definitely been alloted for a Flying Fortress which will bear the depot's name. Brig. Gen. Ralph Talbot Jr., commanding general, in congratulating Major Baker, Dr. Dar-rell Wolff, civilian war bond supervisor, and war bond minute men said, "It is very gratifying to note the whole-hearted support with which Utah ASF depot employes responded to the call during the sfctth war loan drive. Not only will the war bond purchases procure equipment for troops in the field, but workers have created a reserve for them selves which will be of great as sistance in the future. Payroll deductions fcr the month of December have reached a new high of 100 per cent Two Freshie Girls Retell Adventures Of Reeent Holiday In Old Mexico A Mexican holiday south of the Rio Grande where the orchids grow wild along the roadside, and the wavy-haired sen-ores are handsome and gallant, was enjoyed by Ann Bailey, Leonore Young, and Mrs. Gladys Pratt Young. Leonore and Ann Spent a gala three months in Mexico City to acquaint themselves with the ways of the Mexicans before attending the University of Mexico where instruction will begin in February. In Monterey, Mexico, over a hundred miles south of the border, Ann and Leonore saw their first bull fight. "Tame, but a mite bloody," they said. Quite unusual and enjoyable was the Promenade a square where boys would form a line and walk around one side making eyes at the girls as they went around the other. Here it was that Leonore and Ann first met Pedro and Oscar. Mexican boys it seems, are allowed to escort the girls home if the girls' mother or lather, or both are walking five steps behind. An estimable pratcice, but not conducive to impromptu romances!Chivalry still lives with our southern neighbors. The gallant senors use the Sir Walter Raleigh method, and all the way home sweep the walk in Davenport Portrays Music's Golden Days Too often a writer's early works are forgotten in his readers' enthusiasm over a later best-seller. Marcia Davenport, author of the recent success, "Valley of Decision," is also author of a less well known, but definitely more consequential book, "Of Lena Geyer." Written as a fictionized biography, the story deals with the life of one of the world's great opera singers. Alma Gluck the Lena Geyer of this book is also the mother of Marcia Davenport, who handles her material with an artistry and impartiality rarely found in those who write of near relatives. All characters and settings have a convincing quality about them which leaves the reader feeling, at the close of the story, that he has been living in the "golden days" of music, sitting in a box at the Paris Opera with the Due de Chartres, as the overture to the "Barber of Seville" strikes up; walking the streets of New York in the 1800's; or standing outside Lena Geyer's dressing room with an armload of roses, surrounded by an intoxicating atmosphere of grease paint and silk top hats. Those who know music will find satisfaction in this book; those who know little will discover their appetite for it in-creasng. Miss Davenport's descriptions of the music which is the book's nucleus are at the same time exciting and edifying. The reader becomes caught up in the enchantment of a famous voice without needing to participation and 16.14 per cent payroll deductions which places the installation as the highest in the Salt Lake area. The depot was the first class A installation in the Ninth service command to attain thte treasury flag for 90 per cen participation and 10 per cent bond deductions, and was also the first class A instalaltion in the service command to attain 100 per cent participation and 12 per cent gross pay, it was reported. i front of the girls with their hat i I or coat or whatever is handy. Under the direction of Rus-sian born Sonja Verbinski, Leo-' nore studied singing and from , Senor Aguia she was taught the technique of the Spanish dance. Miss Bailey studied piano from Senora Maria. The girls found that any night of the week they might enjoy some play, opera or operetta, in the ancient Spanish-built playhouses along Juarez avenue. Every day from two to four o'clock, Leonore and Ann could I be found during the Siesta hour exploring asixteenth-century monastery admiring its extreme ornateness, floating on the quiet waters of Zochimilco, poking about in the ruins of an Azetc dwelling or collecting sweet smelling gardenias for two cents apiece or orchids for four cents American money. Highlights which impressed themselves upon Miss Bailey and Miss Young were the unusual politeness of the Mexican sen-ores, the marked dilatoriness of the Mexican "limited" which has been three hours late every run for over three years, the lack of "hot" Mexican food, and the embarrasment which occured when a baffled Mexican could not comprehend and a dramatic pantomime was necessary. hear it, through the sheer power of words. In Lena Geyer, the author draws us a character whose chief quality is a passion for singing, so strong that every- j thing else must give way to it. Her Slavic strength towers j above and envelops surrounding considerations in much the same j way her voice envelops the hearts of her vast audiences. When she is called upon to choose between love and her career, , there is no hesitation, j "Of Lena Geyer" is, all in all, a book which should impress 1 wartime readers with a feeling ' that some things of real value I remain untouched and indes-! tructible no matter what the years may bring. WAR BONDS Signal Corps Photo Pvt, Isidore Sack, New York, displays German cement captured in France and being used to build road to an American airport. Confiscated materials help the U. 6. war effort but War Bonds pay for the vast quantity of materiei necessary for victory. u. S. '1 revsuiy Department Visit Mexico Ann Bailey Lenore Young Map Making Device At UASF Depot A jeep that not only takes you there but tells you where you've been recently, arrived at the Utah army service forces depot, according to Major James E. Todd, engineer supply officer at the depot. The jeep does the work, but the "thinking", is done by an "odograph," mounted on the ve hicle, which automatically charts the course that has been cov ered. The Instrument was featured in a recent issue of Civil Engineering magazine. Engineer officers state that over a period of years there have been many attempts to develop such a device for rapid route surveys. After intensive cooperative research and test program, models were produced possessing the necessary rug-gneedness, reliability, and accuracy for military operations. In the odograph, direction is obtained from a magnetic compass and distance is determined from the speedometer connected to the vehicle's transmission. The intensity and direction of the instrument changes but slightly as the vehicle is subjected to road shocks, vibration, changes of temperature, and various other causes. When the instrument is in operation a complete check on the compass compensation is required every few days, according to Captain James F. Beall, engineer maintenance officer. The odograph has a variable type of map scale gearing and can plot maps to any scale from 1:30,000 to 1:500,000. The map table will hold an 8V2 by 11 inch sheet of paper. The weight of the entire device is approximately 200 pounds, states Captain Beall. Officers say that the military use of the odograph may be roughly divided into two classifications; map making or plotting the position of observed ?V jectives relative to a given base; and navigation, or finding objectives whose positions relative to a given base are not known. By means of the odograph unknown terrain can be mapped W AA Iiitramurals Star Tenneqiioit Tennoquoit tournament started the women's intramural activities Friday, January 5, with La Dianaeda, Iota Tau Kappa, Tiki Kapa and Sbphvita as winners of the first round. These four clubs will play for the championship title during the next two weeks. Club teams will make the series an exciting contest.New team managers selected for winter quarter sports are Carol Shaughnessy, Kalamata; Lynnette Harbertson, Otyokwa; Jean Marshall, La Dianaeda; Marilyn Kingston, Iota Tau Kappa; Virginia Lee Pohl, Sophvita; Arlene Bachman, Tiki Kapa Kapa; and Elaine Rundqulst, Chanodo. Other sports featured during this quarter will be squash and basketball. A swimming meet has been planned for the near future. New Mirror Shows Awkward Dancing On the north wall of the girls' gym there hangs a large mirror. This was added to the physical education department's equipment upon the request of Miss Mae Welling so that the girls may see and be properly horrified by their awkward movements in the routines of dancing classes. In the presence of this mirror it is hoped, the girls will remedy their angular, ungraceful movements and substitute gestures of swanlike grace. Dancing classes are popular with the Weber girls, as is revealed by a registration in the two classes of more than a hundred students. rapidly. For such types of maps ;n addition to the plot of the road map, the locations of important points or objects can be plotted either by driving the vehicle to the point, or, if the object is som edistance away, by estimating its locaion with the range finder, or by plotting on the map table by resection. A map can be placed directly on the map table and as the plotting pencil moves across the map the traced form can be compared with the map to ascertain that the correct route is being followed, according to depot engineers.To reach a given objective, the position of which is known relative to the starting point, the objective is plotted to scale on the map table and the vehicle then driven in the general direction of the objective following roads or other convenient routes. The odograph has been found to be particularly valuable at night when guilding land marks are not visible, says Major Todd. Officers state that because of the high maneuverability of the jeep the odograph can be taken over almost any type of terrain, and as the survey is made the odograph notes such details as the general rise and fall of the ground, possible rising grades, and valley lines. Considerable saving in time and an increase in accuracy is effected by the use of this instrument as compared with the method of running a lin eby compass angles, pacing, or chaining. Another use" of the equipment will be for highway inventory surveys, engineers believe. As the odograph is driven over the road, alignment will be automa tically plotted, and information on type, width, and condition can be placed directly on the map. Details such as railroads, bridges, sidewalks, grade crossings, buildings, and homes can be accurately noted on the map a they are passed. WATSON-TANNER CLOTHING "Smart BRAMWELL'S Wildcat Team Meets Defeat in First Tilts Weber Wildcats, under Swenson, have engaged in a On December 23, they battled the Logan Aggies on the Weber court and were handily defeated 63 to 20. The opposition was strong in this game, but Grant Garner paced out with six points for the Wildcats. During the holiday vacation, the team met the Hill Field teams, one of officers and the other of enlisted men, to be out-scored each time. The final scores for these tilts read 40 to 26 and 34 to 33. The University of Utah reserves dealt out a tricky defeat on January 5 to the score of 72 to 40. Dorton and Jones of the Utah team were high men during the game, scoring 25 and 22 points, respectively. Our Wild- Dr. Crane's Dainty Dora Listed As War Casualty By .lean Allred It seems that several copies j of a marriage suitability test by Dr. Crane have been observed floating around the halls of Weber, usually within the orbits of Mr. Neville's sociology students. Not that we need be disturbed by this fact because after all, there aren't really eough marriageable males between here and Hill Field to count. Still, suppose the war came to a sudden end, and copies of this potentially dangerous manuscript fell into the hands of returning soldiers! Perhaps the best proof of its subversive possibilities is in Dr. Crane's own words, "According to survey, the average American male prefers the girl who is fond of flowers, praises her boy friend in public, is dainty and feminie, is sympathetc and tender hearted, and will blush in an embarrassing situation, or shed tears when confronted by pathos, or unusual unhappiness." These quotations supposedly represent the average American male's preference in maid- Adults Now Learn Newswriting Methods Weber college has received outstanding recognition for its trend towards practical applicable education. Every adult in Ogden city has the opportunity of participating in this educational program through the various classes offered each night at the college. Classes are taught in various subjects of the major fields of modern education."News Gathering and News Editing" is an outstanding course offered by the college night school. Since news is one of the most important phases of our modern world as a media of portraying to us what happens allaround the globe, this is a most interesting and timely course. Glen Perrlns, managing editor of the Standard-Examiner, and also instructor of the Journalism class, makes the course practical as well as interesting each Tuesday and Thursday, from seven to eight-thirty p. m. Mr. John Benson, director of Weber college night school, invites the public to investigate the program.Apparel" tBe direction of Coach Reed number of games to date. 4 cats matched the Ute backet for basket during the first half; the grueling pace proved too much during the last half. In this game Garner, Crockett and. Ballantyne where high point men for Weber. On January 10, the Wildcats traveled to Hill Field again where they were defeated in a double header. Ballantyne took top scoring honors again. Although the Wildcats have been on the tailing side of the score board thus far, prospects are bright and school spirit is not wanning under the decisions. Many more games are scheduled and the team feels that a? rally is forthcoming. only charm. What effect can this be expected to have on the home-coming G. I.? (1) He is geared by war to play "follow- the-leader," to put his trust in authority; (2) he has probably been away so long he has forgotten what, if any, were his preferences In women berorc he left. 4 Therefore, the prodigal may reasonably be expected to seek out the Dainty Dora type of girl typified in Dr. Crane's document, and what follows? Disillusionment! Dainty Dora is an,' extinct species, since girls have been forced to develop minds of I their own and a skillful way with 1 the welding torch. As soon as I they discover, however, what is happening, they will undoubtedly whisk from their war jobs. . 1 occasioning a collapse of indus- " 1 try, and unable to adjust sud- denly, may reasonably be expected to join the men in gen eral nervous prostration. Students! Are you going to continue to harbor Dr. Crane 4i like a Nazi spy in your midst? Mr. Chairman, I move that all available copies of this subversive pamphlet be collected for a bonfire as soon as possible . . . we could even make it a marsh- Egyptian NOW SHOWING The Greatest Hit of the Last 10 Years "WINGED VICTORY" STARTS THURS. 2 Great Hits KAY KYSER & HIS BAND Ann Miller Victor Moore In "CAROLINA BLUES" Plus "THIS STRANGE AFFAIR" With a Hure Cast Also Cartoon, Novelty and News I INFANTILE I ; I PARALYSIS I ; V - V J QUIT BUSINESS SALE Our Lease Cannot Be Renewed Everything at 1-3 to -2 OFF |