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Show Thursday, may 23. 1940 THE SIGNPOST Page Threft Weber Campus News of Year, In Pictures And Weber looms large on the Intermountain J. C. sports horizon with an invincible eleven and an exceptional casaba squad. TOP: Alan Christensen, three letter man, scholar and winner of the Armstrong athletic-schol ar award. Center and lower are the recently elected officers of the Sophomore class; Grant Neuteboom, president, and Ardell Russell, secretary. Betty Smalley, included elsewhere on the page ,was elected vice president. ach Ferron Losee and next year's recently elected track captain, Willie Thomas .discuss 1941 track prospects. Left, we see the phenomenal growth of the C.A.A. program. Farther left we find that Weber did big things in the realm of radio. And still farther left is re vealed the year's accomplishments of the Signpost. Top: Rolfe Peterson, S. B. President extraordinary, outstanding graduate, soon-to-be Business man, with Barbara Reeve, W.C.S.B. vice president, scholarship winner, who were chosen as the typical boy and girl of W. C. Center left: Betty Mae Nelson. The varsity show with its "Big Brown Eyes" and "Mr. Skeleton" can be laid to her door. Center right: Betty Lou Balch, debater and extempore, recently added the J. S. Lewis Impromptu speaking contest, and the secretaryship of the "W" club to her laurels. LOWER LEFT: And then there was the big wind of "40. . . Better known as Blair Burton, debater and scholar extraordinary. Lower right: Jack Hazen, newly elected A.M.S. prexy. Seen above reigning as a bewhiskered king of the "Whisker Frolic." By DON ROUSH Busy year ahead so says issue one of Signpost for the school year 1940-41. New courses, opera, several plays, lyceum numbers, social clubs, A. W. S., A. M. S., dances, parties, athletics, etc., etc., are but a few of the activities. Plenty of opportunity here! Your friends, my friends, the student body officers. Well, anyway their pictures filled the space. School begins with a thump and the social clubs doing most of the thurrping. Signpost announces high school contest. Robert Peterson, appointed editor of Acorn. Mr. Stevenson returns. Western State turns tables on us. Pasadena comes to town. Rush parties, rush parties, and more rush parties . . . Ogden high moves to Weber. O. H. S. officers take over frosh offices. Budget okehed. Frosh like college but are still wondering what it's all about. Men organize Pep club. Pasadena comes out on short end of score. Wow, you should of read their paper! Rushing, rushing, and more rushing.Dirty Cords , My, my, Barney! Where did you get those dirty cords? Pledging, pledging, the rushing's over anyway. Utah Academy of quite a few things convenes on campus. Scribulus threatens to be out by Thanksgiving . . . Old alums andnot-so-old ones come back to see how we're getting along. Homecoming's the idea. Deis, what happened to your rally? Stag dances prove popular. How did those cute Hawaiian men get in here? . . . Writers' club organizes. Plans to hold semiannual meeting. Loan ball next big thing. Well, anyway, we gave it a lot of publicity. Retailing a field of opportunity, so say Salt Lake big shots. Wildcats butcher Westminster and prepare for sojourn down Mexico way . . . What is the perfect junior college like? Stan Johnson has the answer. Phoenix spreads propaganda for Snowball and Snow queen. Weber dominates all-confererce team. Scandals and more scandals. Merry Christmas. Registration Sources Eleven hundred Weberites crowd campus. (Registrar's figures.) Letz, and company go to California to debate. Of course the trip was no incentive for going. Dixon visits Idaho Southern university. Founders' day tells history of Weber in picture, song, and story. Nineteen bookworms make three point average. Record broken. Ricks falls to Weber twice on home court . . . Six journalists go to R. M. I. P. A. conference in Greeley, Colorado. Visit Denver n the way. Delegates insist they learned something. "High Tor" prsented for Finnish relief. More scandal. Wildcats continue to lead . Jaysee conference. Expansion of campus is planned by Signpost. Some truth to it. Excelsior selects six Otyokwas and one La Dianeada to try for Sweetheart. The L. D. got it. Mesa beaten by Cats. Maybe we'll win the championship . . . Charm week and charm getters. Men take the background . . . 426 high school debaters flood campus. Jones gets mug in the paper. Bi-annual opera presented. Trevithick announces matrimonial plans thus ending speculation. Wildcats bow to Snow Cagers . . . Phi Rho Pi conventioners throng campus. Boy, were those Virginia girls cute! Men grow beards or something. Phi Rho Pi Aftermath Campus has not completely settled down after convention. What happened to Adolf? He didn't get here . . . Alumni make drive for membership. Somebody said something about a men's lounge. See you at the college prom. I heard somebody went anyway . . . A. S. W. C. elections along with their back-slapping, mud-slinging, etc. Scandal and more scandal. Spring vacation but it didn't last long. Sixty-five students, two buses and Buss leave for parks tour. All get back O. K. Rotarians come from six states to study W. C. terminal division. Huggins says there's still a high school paper contest on. Men's outings, women's outings and I'm about out. Awards, Orion, associate of science, associate of arts, certificates of completion, banquets, ends it all . . , Successful Year, Avers Orion ? Members of Orion for 1940 have declared the events of this last year to be superior to those of last year in a survey of student opinion recently completed for the Signpost. The 17 students interviewed declared the Signpost, entertained the Phi Rho Pi convention, scholarship, and the work regarding the addition of new buildings and grounds to be superior to the corresponding feature of last year without one excepting vote. Students were asked to mark each of the representative events listed as "better," "the same" or "worse" than that " of last year and to mark as "O" those events or accomplishments which they had not attended or hadn't noticed. Items for which the Orion members showed the most enthusiasim were the Signpost with 17 votes of "better," the enrollment with 17 votes of better, the project for adding the new buildings and grounds, with 17 votes, of "better" and the vocational program with a vote of 16 "better" and one vote of "same." Other items in the survey were rated as follows: Debate Competitive debate 12 Entertaining Phi Kho 17 Pi convention sponsoring the , high school debate tournamentlO Drama Fall play 7 Spring play 9 Fall one acts (average rating) 4 Winter one acts 6 Spring one acts 6 Varsity show 7 ' Benefit ekits 8 Fublic Speaking Extempe 7 Oratory 14 Organizations A. W. S 10 A. M. S 11 Sociology club 10 Club social program 12 Student body social program 8 Club assembly programs ... 8 Publications B. S. W. 'O' Signpost 17 0 Scribulus 9 6 Acorn 13 2 Music Opera Naughty Marietta ...11 2 Vocal radio program, May 12, 1940 K S L 10 2 Symphony concert, tall quar. 6 5 Christmas musical 3 7 Thanksgiving band concert . 6 4 Instramcntal solo recital .... 2 5 Musettes 9 5 Dollans 9 4 Glee club 4 6 Enrollment 17 O Add. of build, and grounds .17 0 Vocational program 16 1 Scholarship 5 5 Public relationa 15 2 Instruction 5 9 Publicity 12 2 Sociability of students .... 8 8 Dance drama 5 6 Weekly radio programs ....10 3 A shot reminiscent of campus fun (we do mean fun.) The Print Dress Week and Print Pants Day, A.M.S. Herewith the dirtiest shoes in school appr opriately enough, at the foot of the page. Parade of qeuens review of top feminine pulchritude. Words and more words. Raves and more raves. If the Acorn can da it, so can we. Left, top to bottom; Kay Storey, football queen; Ethel Hog5e, typical Freshman girl; Betty Smalley, queen of Hayseed Hop. Above, Janet Hilton, Snowball Queen and Bunny Hug sponsor, Right, top to bottom: Beverly Peterson, Excelsior Sweetheart of Sweethearts; and Barbara Reeve, Acorn Queen. Right, Bob? |