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Show Page Two THE SIGNPOST Thursday, April 25, 1940 JJul COsJbsA. QdUsisl Siqnjfioht ,,, , , Official Student Paper of M(,M ,,;. Puolislica Semi- Editorial Offices Monthly During WEBER JUNIOR COLLEGE 42 "oench The College Year u Building NORMAN BOWEN, Editor-in-Chief GLEN BREWER, Business Manager JACK BRANHAM, Assistant Editor REED ANDERSON NEWS EDITOR EDITORIAL COUNCIL: FEATURES: Chairman Jesse Jensen "ilma Perry, Willis Oborn, Mildred West, Kathleen Davis, Fred Foulger, Members: Barbara Reeve, Robert Pet- Robert Peterson, Clyde illerM, Jessie erson, .'Mary Huggins, Claramay Patter- Jensen, son, Dick Thomas, Mildred West. CONTEST EDITOR Mary Huggins SPORTS: CIRCULATION AND EXCHANGE: Editor Dan Bradshaw Dick Thomas, Kent Baggs Assistant Kathleen Davis TYPISTS: cnriFTV' Beth Wheelwright, Charlene Clark SOCIETY. ThekIa Holmes Co-editors: Shirley Crltchlow, Donna Jenkins CONSULTANT CM. Nilsson REPORTERS Members of Journalism Class Member of Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Press Association SHOW APPROVAL With furrowed brows and worried minds the Acorn staff along with its adviser has long time be-moaned the difficulties encountered in publishing the college annual especially in that phase connected with the selling of the book. But the Weber College Student Body with its whole hearted approval as shown by the elections of April 22, showed without a doubt that they are in favor of eliminating this most difficult task of publishing a year book. By means of this resolution, every student will be insured with a high grade college annual and it will make possible the letting of contracts and staff appointments in the spring of the year which will enable the editor and the sophomore portions of his staff to have completed certain requirements for the book long before fall quarter begins. This of course makes for a better book under the present uncertainty that hangs over the Acorn where by half of fall quarter usually goes by before it is decided that there is to be a year book and contracts are let and the work begun.' Eradicating the evil of the present selling campaign makes for more time for the staff to put in of actual construction of the book which will also insure a better publication. By everyone having a book a thorough representation of the student body will be made by every student having their picture in the book. Finally, but by no means the least important, the student body budget will be relieved of its most costly item and the appropriation for the publishing of the book will witness a definite beneficial increase over the present financial difficulties connected with it's publication With these benefits in mind the Student body should be congratulated on their fine stand by editors, advisers, and even the student body, both present and especially the future. THE NAZI AND THE COMMUNIST (With apologies to Mr Lewis Carroll) The Nazi and the Communist Were walking hand in hand; They wept like anything because Men wouldn't understand How high and true their motives were, With nothing underhand. "Take Chamberlain," the Naii wailed, "Why should he act so sore? "I do not want a foot of land "Nor yet an inch of shore." The Communist said nothing but, "You said that once before." "If ninety planes with ninety subs "Bombed him for half a year, "Do you suppose," the Nazi said, "That he could get it clear?" "I doubt it," said the Communist, And scratched a hairy ear. "O little Slavs, come walk with us," The comrades did beseech; "A pleasant wak a pleasant talk Along the Baltic beach" ("When we have shared the boodle There'll be enough for each") Then came the Liths and Esths and Lats With faltering steps and slow. VITALITY LOST Lost!! The spirit and vitality of the sophomores.Lost!! The good work of the sophomores. Lost!! Lost!! The sophomores. It has been noted by some of our professors that the sophomores are no longer putting out the work they are capable of doing. No longer are they fulfilling assignments as assignments should be filled. No longer do they have the "pep" that sophomores should have. What's the matter, sophomores? Why the let down? Could it be that spring fever has made almost every sophomore one of its victims?? Perhaps you, as a sophomore, do not know whether you have spring fever or not. To aid you in your determination, a few symptoms follow: I. A terrible feeling of laziness. 2. The desire to stay out of doors. Anything to stay out of a stuffy lecture room. Perhaps this is the reason of the popularity of a certain botany class called Spring Flora of the Wasatch. 3. The habit of "sliding through" as many classes as possible. 4. The lack of the industrious feeling of wanting to study. 5. The "let's cut classes and take in a show" attitude. 6. The all-important factor of day dreaming. 7. The general feeling of "Oh, me!" These are only a very few of the symptoms. If you are still undecided as to whether you have spring fever or not, ask one of your teachers in whose class you are "failing." Sophomores! Are we going to let it be said about us that we are letting down? Some even think that we are coasting on our laurels of the five past quarters. Are we guilty of this? We have heard the expression among students that the sixth quarter of work doesn't amount to very much anyway. Doesn't it? Come on you sophomores. Let's find these "lost" articles and put ourselves where we belong. Campus Datebook Thursday, April 25 4:00 p. m. A. A. V. W. meeting. Dr. E. Allen Bateman will speak on "Teachers' Retirement." Room 101 Central building. 8 :00 p. m. Varsity show in Moench auditorium. Admission student cards or 35 cents. Friday, April 26 11:00 a. m. Tiki Kapa Kapa spon-sores assembly in Moench auditorium. 8:30 p. m. Lyceum program. Jose Iturbi, pianist at Ogden high auditorium. Monday, April 29 7:30 p. m. Sociology club presents Lydia Tanner speaking on "Home Managing." 10:00 a. m. Utah State conference of social work in Moench auditorium. 2:00 p. m. Another meeting of the Utah State conference of social work. Tuesday, April 30 11:00 a. m. Assembly sponsored by faculty. In Moench auditorium. 3:00 to 6:00 p. m. A. W. S. Mother's Tea. 9:00 p. m. Student body presents Hayseed Hop. May 1-2-3 Spring vacation. Two trips planned, Geology trip and Soils trip. Reviews I'LL TAKE THE HIGH ROAD They brought their freedom in their hands, And stood there in a row. The little Slavs said nothing. What could they say, you know? "This isn't war," the Nazi cried, "We have a new technique; "We show the world how painlessly, "The strong can help the weak." . The Communist said nothing, for His tongue was in his cheek. The little Slavs stood silently, And rubbed their trembling shins. They wondered if this brotherly love Would leave them with their skins. The Communist said nothing but, "Where are the goddam Finns?" "Well, comrade Joe, this is your meat," The noble Adolph cried. "I have some business in the West "That cannot be denied." The Communist said nothing: he Could wait for time and tide. 1 Sliver and Gold ROSS HAWKINS JACK CRANE ROSS & JACK LUNCH AND DINING ROOM (Ross Gray) Air Conditioned Fountain Service 364 25th Street Open All Night Ogden, Utah Be satisfied and sure of guaranteed jewelry when you buy your graduation gift from Packer & West (Lew Austad) Reputable Jcwelery Since 1916 2359 Washington Blvd. , "-rrni n innnmmn,! DON 'T MISS WHAT A LIFE" Presented May 6 and 7 WEBER COLLEGE AUDITORIUM (Alva Burton) . mimninnnnnnminnnmimnlitlt)M)M in To Enjoy Our Refreshing HEALTH DRINKS 5c We Suggest 5c (Isabelle Edwards) ICED GRAPE JUICE ICED ORANGE Jl ICE ICED CARROT JUICE ICED GRADE A MILK HOUSE OF HEALTH 480 21th Street By Jesse Jensen "I'll Take the High Road," by Wolfgang Langewiesche is a story of how the author started in avia tion, and why he is now so inter' ested in it that only death could stop him. The book is filled with thrilling experiences that the author has seen or gone through. In the author's own words, "I am no helmet- ed, begoggled hero of the skies. As a pilot, I am merely an amateur, and I know it. The air itself has a way of reminding me. But I can't help talking. You take the air, you take America, and you take an airplane, which of all the works of man is the nearest to a living being mix them up, and you have a drug which will knock all proper reticence right out of you." The author was so enthralled with flying that he sold his car, camera and other things of value merely for the purpose of buying flying time. He is most explicit in describ ing how a pilot loses all sense of space while in the air. The author says, It is purely psychological There is something in the air that befuddles a mans sense of space. When in the air one cannot sense his own speed or judge his own height. For the pilot, that means trouble. He cannot gauge decently the things he most needs to gauge. Strangely enough, "this be fuddling power of the air has no official name; call it the factor X of flying." The author takes considerable space in describing his first parachute jump. He says, "The fall was violent. I fell and fell and fell face downward, my left hand clawing at a cornfield, right hand on my heart, holding the ripcord. I fell so hard I couldn't even be afraid; I was all filled out by the feeling: 'Oh, boy, oh boy, here I go'." One day the author and a big blond girl flyer teamed together and bought flying time. But as luck would have it, their team didn't last because the girl was killed in a crash. And then something big hap pened in the author's life. It was the birth of the poor man's air plane, the flivver. From then on, in this cheap plane, the author covered thousands of miles in cross-country flying. One day the author dropped the ship and his lady friend in the woods. They were caught in a fog and as it closed in on them, they had no other choice than to set the plane down. It was in the woods. "According to the laws of physics, the Cub, touching down at only half the speed of a heavier ship, would hit only one-fourth as hard no harder than a car slithering into the ditch at 25 miles per hour." As luck would have it, the plane was caught on the tip of a small pine tree and the ship stopped. "I fingered the propeller, and it was whole. Inci-edulously I grabbed the wings and shook them; they were rigid as ever, and were not touching anything but soft branches. The ship was intact. Ten feet before us were some high tree stumps. Ten feet behind the tail were some young pines, double man's height. All around was forest." With the help of friendly hunters and woodsmen the plane was removed and the flight continued. "I'll Take the High Road," is written in a most interesting style. The author has you almost rolling on the floor in laughter in his humorous way of writing. Anyone reading the book is bound to get a new view towards aviation. As for me, a student already interested in aviation, and having had a few hours in the air, the book completely made up my mind as to what my future life's work or at least hobby will be. With the Alumni WE HAVE 'EM An Open Letter Censuses show that many a promising young man turns out to be a man who keeps on promising. Dear Dr. Dixon: This morning I was suddenly startled into the realization that in six weeks my junior year at S. C. will be a thing of the past. The months have fled quickly because I have been working and studying so hard. I wish I could pass as quickly and easily as time. Ever since I found out what S. C. was really going to be like I have been wanting to write you to tell you what I have been doing. In fact, I have been considering it seriously since January. Every time we get a Signpost Dad and I have felt a noble urge to write thanks for it, but something else always interferes. We find ourselves looking anxiously for the Signpost every two weeks to find out what is happening to Weber. S. C. is a wonderful school and I have more than enjoyed my year here, but it cannot compare with Weber. S. C. does not have the friendliness, sincerity, personal attitude, and even school spirit of Weber, but there are many advantages to be found here. The opportunities in radio work is one of the big advantages. Since the first of the year I have been on the staff. We are the only university who has any official connection with television, although, of course, many are experimenting with it. We have a regular broadcast each Wednesday evening. The first television show in which I took part was one of my own scripts. We do the shows at the Mutual station KHJ, so I have the opportunity to meet many of the announcers and producers. As a result, I have been able to see most of the important radio shows, such as Lux Radio Theatre, Bob Hope, and many others. On Wednesday afternoons we do a round table discussion through a direct wire from KRKD. The last show was given me to supervise. So I have been taking part in round table discussions, working on television shows, writing radio scripts, acting in the dramatic shows, and even doing children's fairy tales. I have joined Gamma Beta Alpha, the radio fraternity, so you can see where I spend most of my time. The two newspaper clippings taken from S. C.'s Daily Trojan tell about it in more detail. Just about the highlight of mv year was last Sunday night when uamma Jrfeta Alpha initiated Alec Templeton. He was called out of town for the first initiation with the other honoraries so we held a special one for him. The notice read, "Radio fraternity entertains Alec Templeton," but I think he turned the tables on us. He had only been in the room about five minutes before he headed for the piano. He was introduced to each one of us separately, shook hands, repeated our names, and then com posed musical impressions of us. They were uncannily accurate. I had the impression that he could see much better without his eyes. He left the piano for the initiation ceremony. After that he went back and played his extemporane ous composition, "I've Been Initiated." We recorded it and each one will have his own record. He played for us his "Oh, Johnny Opera" and several of his impersonations that have been recorded. When someone suggested he eat, he even composed a song about that. The whole evening was one I shall never forget. Templeton, himself, is a young man, only about twenty-six, and he thoroughly enjoyed being around college people. He is extremely social, but very nervous and sensitive. When he accidentally knocked over a small table, he shook like a leaf, but he was very gracious about it. He is constantly making up his own words, such as "zic," "yacked," and "hackle." He is obviously a genius. He can listen to two persons, and afterward play the symphony on the piano. In many ways he is quicker and more accurate than a person who can see. He has hundreds of recordings and can thumb through them like lightning picking out the one he wants every time. Last Monday I had the opportunity of meeting another important person. He is John Cromwell, the man who directed "Abe Lincoln In Illinois." I was chosen along with another girl to try out for the part of Elizabeth Edwards for a scene from that picture which Mr. Cromwell was going to direct at S. C. Though the other girl got the part, it was wonderful experience for me. My picture was taken for three different newspapers with Mr. Cromwell and the fellow who was going to play Abe Lincoln. Also pictures were taken for Life magazine of the actual direction, and we were taken to the RKO lot to see the picture. I guess the Varsity Show has been presented with great success by now. Betty Mae wrote me that it would be April tenth. S. C. was going to use my varsity show until they found it had been presented before. It is too bad Betty Mae isn't here to help me By Bowen Weber college has an alumni. One that, unfortunately, has received much too little publicity. We really are quite proud of them. Therefore, we would like to make a column dedicated to them and their activities a regular feature of this page. Welcome will be all contributions concerning any former Weber college students. Address them to the Signpost.Aurline Osmond, '39, it seems, is attending the University of Southern California. And how! Active in radio circles, she was recently pledged to Gamma Beta Alpha, collegiate broadcasters of America. Previously she had appeared as Mary Todd in a scene from "Afbe Lincoln In Illinois" during a demonstration directed by John Cromwell, who directed the original film presentation. A member of SC's department of radio and television, she belongs to the television production staff which writes, produces and acts in all television broadcasts sponsored by the department. Additionally, she assists in the general office routine, writes script and is a member of the board of strategy. Miss Jeanette Morrell, former Weberite and daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Morrell of Ogden, was presented the .Maud Howell Smith award at Washington, D. C. recently for her outstanding work in Eugene O'Neill's tragedy "lie," a one act play directed by Colin Clements. And then there's Farreil Ensign, last years sophomore class vice president and president of Otyokwa, who is making a battle out of it for the vice presidency of the A. C. student body. She's only the finals to go. Robert Polidor, former s. b. prexy of a few years ago, has been selected for entrance into Harvard's school of business. With a scholarship in sight. Jacob Weese, last year's editor of this humble rag, recently turned out his first issue of the University of Utah's Alumni magazine from his new position as editor. Nuff for now , . . Trade Teacher 'Cheats Swiss Out of Job' Switzerland used to make both the cheese and the watches. First it lost the cheese business, and now it is being done out of the timepiece monopoly. This time the nigger in the ironworks is a Scotchman. Mr. James McCormac, teacher of machinists, has taken over where the Swiss left off. He fixes the watches with another one, but I imagine she is doing great things for Weber. Dad and I both send best wishes for the success of graduation. It won't be long until the family will be seeing you again, and they can deliver our greetings to everyone in person. Until then, tell Helena and Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Tanner and Dr. Miner and all the Dixons and the rest "hello" for me. Sincerely, Aurline Osmond Letters to the Editor Dear Editor: Does the staff of The Signpost keep its finger on the pulse of the school? Does it publish items representative of the interests and ideals of the majority of its readers? Is it a paper for the self-styled aristocratic element of the school or is it for the common student?Let us see an editorial that gets down to earth and explains in words of one syllable just what forms the policy of this paper. Whether this is an ideal that is never reached, or whether both feet are on the ground. Whether material comes from highly selective minorities or whether despite close vigilance it is pos.sible for an item to be slipped in that has some relation to the bulk of students. Are all departments contacted for items of interest, and if there are items are they published? Is it a good policy to gather vocational interviews and items from sources outside the college, before discovering that there is a functioning vocations division in your own front yard? Is it a good policy to advertise outside interests rather than departments of your own school? It may be refreshing to know that there is humanity in a dentist, but what vocational interest is aroused? How could this interest be realized, anyway? There isn't a school of dentistry in the state. We of the vocational department would like to see your reporters, and find out what has happened to material previously sent in. Why not recognize that there is a vocational department in your school? We feel that a good opportunity for advertising the school is being grossly neglected by refusing items of vocational interest. Yours, GEORGE McPHEETERS. Weberambling CHEATING ALUMNI DRIVE PROGRESSING (Continued from Page One) sending of Signpost copies soliciting by direct mail is being done. Mr. Bramwell expects that this way the membership will be increased from the fifty enrolled members at present to at least three hundred. Weber's graduating class automatically is admited to membership for one year. At an alumni meeting held the first of this week the organization decided to send each member a copy of the Signpost once a month and sponsor a column in this paper. In addition to receiving the Signpost each month, paid up members are admitted to all functions at which student body cards are honored for one-half admission price. and clocks in such strange ways that even their own makers wouldn't know them. But it pays. For example, on the north wall of the vocational building hangs a clock that is different, especially since McCormac laid hands on it. In place of showing ordinary numerals, its face shines forth with the letters WEBERCOLLEGE reaching around the dial. Thus, when the little hand rests on L and the big hand on B, it's six o'clock and quitting time for anyone. But "Mac" is not yet unwound. Sometimes when a professional watch repairman downtown can't make head or tail out of a chron ometer, Mac will be called in to do both. COMING TO OGDEN Dorothy Lamour and Tyrone Power are co-starred for the first time in one of the most dramatic pictures of the year JOHNNY APOLLO which starts Sunday at the Egyptian Theatre. Not since JESSE JAMES has Tyrone Power had such a dramatic, powerful role, and lovely DQrothy Lamour reveals her true allure for the first time. Walt Disney's latest and best full-length color cartoon PINOCCHIO is the current attraction at the Egyptian Theatre and is definitely a "must see' picture. ENSIGN DRUG COMPANY PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS 3S3 24th Street Ogden, Utah (Jay Perry) Surgical Supplies, Knee Caps, Ankle Braces Elastic Belts, etc. LUNCHES AND FOUNTAIN at DOKOS (Marvel Hendncki) By Mildred West Question: The question of students' cheating in exams has been brought before the faculty. What is your opinion of this problem? Ada Weir: Personally, I think it's terrible. Jesse Jensen: I hate ponies; but when it gets to work horses and tractors, that is the limit. Jim Summers: I think that cheating in a class is as much a reflection on the teacher as the student in most cases because it shows that the student isn't interested enough in the class to get the lessons for himself, and he has to get them from someone else. i Aaron Roylaiice: Cheating? Examinations are just a farce anyway. If there were some method of inducing the student to study the following quarter, examinations should be done away with entirely.'Stanley Johnson: It is something that a student does against himself, but it has become so common that some teachers accept the fact that some students will cheat no matter what they do; so they . just accept cheating as a regular factor of an examination. Charlene Turner: I've seen plenty of it done, but I feel that the cheater is cheating himself because ' he has paid to learn the subject; and if you are like me. I'm Scotch. Kathleen Benson: Well, personally, if I study hard in a class and expect to get a pretty good mark, it makes me "madder'n hops" to see someone else get a better mark without the work; but maybe there's another side to it. Betty Smeding: I think cheating is terrible; but if some of the students arc going to cheat and get ' better marks, everyone should be given the same privilege. Michael Creagor: I believe in cheating as much asapple-polishing. If you must apple-polish to get by in a class, then I don't see why cheating should be looked down upon. They both belong in the same class with students who havent' courage enough to do anything on their merits alone. Mr. Walter Buss: Seemingly, one way to avoid cheating in exams is the open book test and some thought questions. 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