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Show g TtV? ;i WE & OGDEN, UTAH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1940 NUMBER I VOLUME It Renovations Completed On Campus Cafeteria, Library, Inn Expanded Supervised by Wallace Baddley, superintendant of buildings and grounds, a completely remodeled, repainted and repaired Weber Col-leg campus will greet the influx of students on September 16. Many of the renovations were started last year, but with the aid of student labor during the summer months they will be completed for use this fall, according to Mr. Baddley. Probably the largest single unit in the program is the new cafeteria and home economics department located in the Central building. Here new furnishings have created a cafeteria that will adequately serve the school during the coming year. The adjoining kitchen will make it possible to have many of the club banquets formerly held elsewhere within the school itself, oficials state. Weber's expanding student body will find additional classrooms in the newly renovated West Central building where classrooms have been prepared by being completely rewired, replastered, and repainted. Removal of the swimming pool from the Cenrtal gymnasium has made addition of wrestling rooms possible in their stead and the addition of the new college inn in the former wrestling and boxing rooms in the gymnasium building. Adaptation of the old cafeteria in the Moench building into a greatly expanded library department and a completely refurnished and relocated student body office in the Moench building were also features. "New Fluorescent lights in the sewing department, an inlaid ramp covering from the bottom of the gym building to the men's lounge, and complete washing, repainting, and refinishing treatment for the entire plant make the enlarged Weber campns one of the finest equipped school units in the Inter-mountain West," Mr. Baddley tales. Parry Announces Musical Program "The music department of Weber college is "on its mark" starting the new school year out enthusiastically planning a record year of activities," says Roland Parry, head of the music department. "There is an abundance of exceptional talent among the incoming freshmen, not to mention the extraordinary musicians, freshmen of last year, who will be back. And the spirit of it all seems to be sincere, wholesome and ambitions. We are very happy over the prospects. Already quartets, sextets, trios, and Musettes, the Dorian singers, and the large glee club are in the formative stage even before class work begins. The smaller musical units will consist of singers selected from the glee club, he says. Clair Anderson, director of the Musettes and of organ and piano activities on the campus also looks forward to a year of artistic achievement, as does Clair Johnson, band and orchestra director who hopes to maintain and carry on the high quality of the orchestral and band work supplemented by smaller instrumental groups, according to Mr. Parry. "If you have a singing voice, make use of it in the glee club. If ever wc needed to start singing our way through life it is right now when even civilization seems to be on trial. We expect to especially feature our large glee club in several concerts, in a Christmas oratorio, and in an outstanding operetta." Since in developing an opera or oratorio it is only possible to obtain proper coordination of different groups of singers by having them all meet daily as members of the glee club; this all vocal efforts will center around that organization, Mr. Parry reports. "As this is so, it behooves all singers who want to get the most out of school vocally to join the glee club," he concluded. "Perfection in music is our goal this year since we feel that the greatest satisfaction can be derived only from such an aim." Soph Tells Frosh School Secrets By GRANT NEl'TEBOOM Ungumm your eyes, Freshman, and roll over in the hammock. You're about to enroll in a school so bountifully big, so breathtaking-ly beautiful, so brobdignagainly of skip it, the point is, old Weber welcomes you! Which reminds me, I was listening to Mark lay 'em in the aisles at a local "Huggen's for Governor" convention the other night. He had just given them the one about the saddle steak when this poor lady in front of me doubled up like a folding chair. I topped her on the shoulder and asked, 'Tunny?" "No," she whispered, "my girdle (Continuel on Page Two) Variety Marks Scheduled Lyceum Units Cooperating once again with the Ogden Community Concert association in the presentation of musical programs, Weber's Lyceum bu.eau is rapidly completing its schedule for the coming year, according to Guy H. Hurst, Lyceum director. Lawrence Tibbett, Metropolitan opera star, who will appear on September 23, is the first number on the schedule. He is, however, listed as a feature of the 1939-1940 series inasmuch as he did not appear at that time as schedu.ed, Mr. Hurst states. "Unless more suitable arrangements can be made, only holders of last year's tickets will be admitted at this pre-season concert." Formal opening of the 1940-1941 season will be marked by the appearance on October 28 of Jacques Fray and Mario Braggiotti, duo-pianists who appeared in concert at Ogden with Rubinoff last year. Other numbers and their tentative dates have been listed as follows:October 30, Robert Aubert, Swedish concert pianist No vember 1, Trapp Family, aca-pella singers. November 15, Rufas Rose marionette troupe. December 3, Eva Jessye choir of negro singers. December 13, Emmanuel Feuer-mann, 'cellist. February 17, Yehudi Menuhin, violinist. February 19, Ernst Wolff, baritone.March 31, Helen Traubel, soprano.April 23, Barton harp quintet. Others who are also scheduled include Max Gene Nohl, deep sea diver, and Charles Eagle Plume, Indian dancer. "We are anticipating a very enjoyable season in conjunction with the Ogden Community Concert association again this year and are looking forward to one of the finest series we have had," Mr. Hurst said. ReturningMembers Strengthen Forensic Squad Bolstered by the return of many of last year's squad, and the addition of many freshman hopefuls, forensics will slate a calendar highlighted by many tournament meets as well as extensive intramural participation under the direction of Mr. Leland H. Monson, debate coach. Weber teams last year placed fifth out of fifty-seven teams at the Southern California junior col-leg tournament at Pomona; first and fifth places individually at the Ret urns . . . BETTY LOU BALCH Arizona state tournament at Phoenix; first places In debate, extempore, and oratory in the divisional Phi Rho Pi meet at Ephriam; first place in oratory and two second places in progessive debating, and fourth place in debate at the National Phi Rho Pi meet; and several places in tournaments at Stockton. The English department each year sponsors the James J. Barker annuel extempore contest between the freshmen and sophomores, and the annual novitiate contest in extempore and the Lewis contest as well as the high school debate tournament. Students participating in forensics are eligible for membership in Weber's Alpha chapter of the Phi Rho Pi national speech fraternity. Iits membership is the largest in school history at the present time, according to Mr. Monson. Phi Rho Pi members returning this year include Earl Tanner, Betty Lou Balch, Reed Coray, Glayden Russell, Mark Austad, Margaret Tingey, Camille Larson, Gale Rose, and Grant Neuetboom. "With one of the most extensive programs of Weber history outlined for our schedule, we are looking forward to a year rich in opportunity and experience for all of our students participating in our activities," Mr. Monson said. Famous Plays Planned For Production A year filled with activities of wide variety is planned by the department of speech and drama under the direction of Thatcher All-red, who has returned to Weber after a year on leave at Stanford universtiy, where he has been acting as instructor while pursuing graduate study. With "a year of activities just as full as is consistent with excellent standards of performance" as the department goal, preseason plans are being rapidly completed, Mr. Allred states. Stage scenery is being repaired and remodeled; lighting equipment is being overhauled; costumes and properties carefully re-checked. The department plans to present one full-length play each quarter together with a varied number of one-acts to be used in student assemblies and as special evening entertainments, according to Mr. All-red.For the longer plays the schedule as now arranged calls for a mod-edn drama to be presented shortly before the Thanksgiving recess. Sutten Vane's "Outward Bound" is receiving first choice as the season's opener. In the winter quarter a play offering maximum opportunities for a large cast is favored and Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" has been named. A modern comedy of manners will be scheduled for the spring quarter. "I am always hesitant, however, about definitely naming my plays until registration is completed and some acquaintance with the existing talent may be had," Mr. Allred explained. "I have wanted for the last few years, especially," he continued, "to develop at Weber a one-act play festival as an annual event.. Since the Brigham Young university discontinued the opportunity for junior college participation in its annual speech and drama meet, no such opportunity exists in any organized fashion in the state. We would want to begin by inviting casts from schools and other Little theatre groups close at hand, enlarging our programs as the plan gained perfection. Such a festival would do much, not merely to center interest in amateur productions at Weber but to stimulate interest in the best possible of which each group is possible from the whole area from which cases might be (Continuel on Page Two) Opening Set for Men's Lounge Masculinity will come into Its own at Weber college this year as the new men's lounge is put into use with the opening of school, Mr. Jack Hazen, Associated Men's president, states. The opening was scheduled for spring quarter of last year but was delayed when suitable furniture could not be immediately procured. Furnishings include modernistic steel-chrome furniture, day beds, Prexy . . JACK HAZEN rugs, reading lamps, and a radio. Included also will be card tables, one ping-pong table, and a pool table. The project was begun in the middle of the winter quarter of last year when the Vikings, desirous of presenting a piece of furniture for a men's lounge as a gift to the school, discovered there was no place to put such an article. A men's lounge committee was organized and was assisted by men's clubs and other school organizations. The lounge is located above the ballroom, at the top of the ramp in the gym building. On the same level as the gym balcony, it was formerly used as an archery range and play room. Remodeling, painting, floor refinishing, and installation of floor plugs was done by the school. Furnishings were purchased with money donated by clubs, organizations and faculty members, plus donations. The sum thus accumulated was matched by the school. "As the need for such a place has long been felt, the lounge should prove beneficial and really worthwhile in many ways. Besides providing a place to rest, relax, visit, or study, it will foster fraternity and friendship, making for a better and happier student body," Mr. Hazen concluded. Extend Welcome My welcome to you is sincere in its friendship and studied in its implications. For weeks I have watched the preparations being made for your coming. They include: Well organized student body meetings, carefully planned faculty council meetings, sweeping building changes, and new courses and departments added to meet changing conditions and enlargements everywhere. In all these various ways the institution is expressing its interest in you and its welcome to you. I am so pleased too that now the call has come for defense training, Weber finds itself admirably prepared. I think upon last school year with its peace, unity, and happy times, and I can not help but wish that we be given another year equally as enjoyable. The faculty joins with me in wishing you all good wishes. H. A. DIXON. Writing this welcome brings back forcibly to our minds the fact that September is cutting short our summer vacations. But when you know that you've got Weber College to return to, the loss of a few sets of tennis, or other summer activity is lost in anticipation. No words can picture to you who are entering Weber for the first time, the eagerness with which we who have been selected to guide you through your freshman year are lookikng forward to meeting you. We sincerely believe, however, that you will love Weber even as we, and pledge our every effort to making it as easy as possible for you to become a part of its life. To you who attended Weber before, we can only echo a hearty "welcome back," and hope that the coming year may continue your successes and friendships. Sincerely, THE ASSOCIATED STUDENT BODY OFFICERS. Enlarged Library Awaits School Opening Promising increased efficiency and accessibility, renovations on a greatly expanded library are being rapidly rushed to completion, states Miss Eva Browning, librarian. "Enlarging the general reference and study room to include the newspaper and magazine room in room 304, the addition of the former stock room 309 as a group study hall, and the placement of the hour-reserve stocks in the former library office (in room 308) enables all of the materials necessary to study to be readily available," according to Miss Browning. "The books here will be classed according to title and author only." Adapting the old cafeteria immediately below the reference rooms in room 202 to the general circulation and general storks division, is also included in the remodeling. This department, in addition to containing the card calnlogue, has the library office and a book repairing and binding shop. "Separating the reserve book department for the general checking desk Will great facilitate the handling of books and will enable the librarians to give the careful, personal attention to students that was impossible before," she continued. Miss Browning will be assisted in the library by Miss Wilma Grose in the reference department and Miss Ruth Ames in the general circulation depaftment. . . . JIARCUS AUSTAD EMMA MARTIN ETHEL HOGGE WINSLOW GARDNER DR. H. A. DIXON Acorn Sales Plan Offers Reduced Price Although the student initiated compulsory purchase plan voted upon last year was dissolved by the State Board of Control, students who purchase their yearbooks this year as they register will have the advantage of a price discount, according to Howard Page, business manager. The resolution calling for inclusion of the yearbook fee in the registration fee was turned down as being "inconsistent with state policy," Mr. Page states. "It was felt that many students are unable to purchase their yearbooks and the inclusion of this measure would greatly burden them." However, Mr. Page, assisted by Blair Lydell, associate business manager, have inaugurated a purchase policy to take effect immediately. It consists of a 17 per cent reduction in the price of .$3.00 for payment at the time of registration or before October 1. Students who enroll during the winter or spring quarters only will be given a similar period of time to act under the reduction, according to the plan. Pledge cards, signifying willingness to purchase a yearbook later in the year will also be issued at registration for those who wish to insure a copy of the Acorn. Weber College Welcomes New Students With Extensive Program Civilian Pilot Program Expansion Inaugurated With a group of from 45 to 60 students being accepted for primary training, and 10 students for advanced training, the Civilian Pilot Training program will be once again a feature of the Weber curriculum, states Dr. Robert A. Clarke, program director. The course will be furnished without charge to the students under a cooperative plan of the federal irovernnient. t- Weber college employs a teach ing staff of seven ground school instructors and three flight instructors in addition to Mr. Art Mortensen, flight manager. "Advanced training in the secondary course consisting of 12 hours of ground work and approximately 50 hours of flight instruction is available to about three tenths of the graduates from the primary courses given during last winter and those now in progress," states Dr. Clarke. Applicants for the beginners course must be between the ages of 18 and 25, be able to pass a rigid physical examination, and be in attendance at college. "With the army and navy air forces eager to accept men with C. A. A training, I am sure anyone entering these classes will be greatly benefited by it," Dr. Clarke concluded. Curriculum Includes Defense Course Designed to train men who have had some experience in vital trades to hold down johs in the national defense industries, the Utah State Board of Vocational Education sponsored the National Defense training program at Weber during the pr.st rummer months. Approximately 200 men have been trained during the course which is to be continued during the school year, Dr. Robert Clarke, director, said. Courses included work in the following trades: drafting, machine shop, welding, gasoline engine tune-up, repair and maintenance of heavy duty motorized equipment, electricity, aviation spray gun, aviation engines, and aviation metal work. Unemployed men attend a seven-hour class in the day course, while employed men enroll for a two and one-half-hour night school course held in the vocational building. Reed Coray Named Scribulus Editor Reed Coray will edit the 1940-41 issues of the Scribulus, literary and art magazine published each Editor REED CORAY quarter, David R. Trevithick, adviser, announces. Other sophomore and freshmen staff positions will not be filled until the appointment is confirmed by the Board of Control, he states. Mr. Coray was a staff member of the Ogden high school newspaper and yearbook, and will be remembered by Scribulus readers as the author of a character sketch, "Reese," which appeared in the winter issue last year. He also won the Junior Child Culture club scholarship to Weber for this year. Michie Sato Wins Oratory Award Michie Sato, Weber student from Roy, won the national oratorical contest of Japanese American Citizens league last Saturday at Portland. Oregon. Delivering the oration. "Nisei Problems and Their Solution Through Active Citizenship," Miss Sato became the first girl to win such an honor. Three Chosen Members of Teaching Staff By EMMA MARTIN Probably feeling every bit as strange in their new surroundings as any freshmen, the school bell will call to three new members of the faculty this year. Each fills a longfelt need as he steps into our rapidly growing teaching staff, and each comes adequately prepared to carry on Weber's traditional "good friend" teaching relationship as well as teach. Charles Espy is the new addition to the English staff. Study in Iowa and the University of Southern California resulted in his B. A. and M. S. degrees. He is a track star of wide repute and won three Olympic certificates during his athletic career in addition to breaking several track records. Mr. Espy was active in student government while attending college, also. At Iowa Wesleyan college, he held many positisns of trust including president of the associated student body while a senior. He assumes his teaching duties here after teaching in Iowa, California, and in the Lewis junior high school in Ogden. Associate vocational director is the post to be filled by William Harold Handley. Backed by an unusually rich experience in the commercial field of study, Mr. Hand-(Continuel on Page Two) Staff Named for 1941 Yearbook Vivid pictures of college life in word, photographs and art will have a prominent place in the Editor . . . BUDD JOHNSON 1941 edition of the Acorn, college annual, present plans reveal. Selection of the theme of the Acorn by staff members culminates three months of intensive work on the book already, according to Budd Johnson, Acorn editor. A complete dummy of the book Is now awaiting the opening of school. Other sections completed include the opening and divisional sections which will consist of scenic photographs of the campus which were taken last spring. "Addition of several new pages and a new two-color cover, close coordination between all members of the staff and individual photographs taken at a commercial studio without makeup will greatly add to the effectiveness of this year's book," reports Mr. Johnson. Campus snapshots and other photographs will be taken this year for the first time by the photography class under the supervision of Dr. Robert A. Clarke. Tentative staff members in addition to those named include Grant Neuteboom and J. M. Demos, associate editors; Betty Smalley, division editor; Louis Dixon, associate division editor; Roselia Larkin, society editor; Jerry Young, men's sports editor; Bernice McEntyre, women's sports editor, and Frank Arnold, intramural manager, according to Mr. Johnson and Mr. David R, Trevithick, adviser. Registration Ends September 13, School Opens 16th Weber college is rapidly registering the greatest enrollment in her history this week as plans to open school September 16 are nearing completion. Weber's unique guidance bureau isfun ctioning under the direction of Mr. Merlon Stevenson, dean of instruction; Mrs. Clarisse Hall, dean of women and registrar, and Betty Blair, president of the newly formed coed counselor group that is aiding in registration. Faculty members are advisors in the choice of subjects in the consultations that form thepre-reg-istration program daily in the gymnasium lobby. Although appointments were unnecessary to register last week, due to the increased demands upon the time of those assisting, appointments are now necessary, according to Mrs. Hall. These may be received at the registrar's office. Appointments for physical examinations by Dr. Wendell Thomson, medical director, required of all students upon their initial entrance, are also given at that time. Registration of students will continue all of this week and up until Friday, September 13, when final registration is set. An orientation assembly under the direction of the guidance bureau and the school officials will be held in the Moench building on the morning of the 13th at ten a. m. and will consist of the following tentative program: An address on the principles, purposes and opportunities offered by Weber college will be given by President Dixon. Student body government and activities will be explained by Student P.ody President Marcus Austad. The guidance program and methods of selecting from school offerings will be given by Dean Stevenson and the health program will be explained by Dr. Thomson. Friday afternoon '."ill mark the final registration in the gymnasium lounge. An open air, "get acquainted" dance will be held Friday evening in the Roman Gardens under the direction of school officials. All former students of last year, as well as those newly entering Weber, are invited to attend, accordr ing to Mrs. Hall. With classwork officially beginning on Monday, September 16, the coed counselors will act as guides to the new students and explain class routine, building locations, etc. Early during the first week of school, further orientation assemblies will be held. The girls' assembly will be held under the direction of the Associated Women Students' association in the Central auditorium. Roselia Larkin, president; Louise Dixon, vice-president, and Marian Fiet, secretary, will be in charge. The men's associaiton officers will have charge of the men's orientation assembly to be held in the Moench building auditorium at the same time. New Inn Features Fountain Service By GOSH "Cokes," "malts," "sodas," and all other fountain specialties dear to the heart of every Ed and Coed will reassume importance In collegiate life at Weber this year when an "honest-to-goodness" college inn will open as a result of the school-wide expansion program. Featuring enlarged facilities for book sales, a fourteen customer fountain with possibilities of comfortable (and private) booths for "you-know-what" later on, the combination book store-inn is scheduled for opening on September 12, on the lower floor of the gymnasium building, reports "Pat" Riley, bookstore manager. Weber has been without an Inn since the old one, next to the gymnasium building on 25th street, was found unsuitable for use last year. The inn will be open during school day- until five-thirty and on dance nights and for other special parties in the gymnasium building including basketball games. Davis Plays Host To Annual Coaching School Dutch Meyers, football coach at Texas Christian University directed the Armstrong Coaching school session, held here at Weber from August 12 to August 17. Sixty-five coaches representing nine different states attended this conference to discuss coaching techniques. Dutch Meyers is nationally recognized as one of Americas most outstanding coaches. |