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Show Page 2 THE SIGNPOST Jim SupipoAt Editor Jacob Weese Managing Editor John McFarland Associate Editors Stanley Johnson, Edgar Driver Business Manager Orville Nielson Society Editor Norma Pantone Administration Morton Fuller Athletic Reporters Edith Berghout, Ted Collins, June Spong Features Harold Benson, Norma Barrows, Everel Harris, Mary Peterson, Donna Jenkins, Pauline Rogers, Marie Chevers, Audrey Bush, Sam Burton, Wendell Forsha. Contributors Constance Ford, Beth Cardon, Verna Watts Circulation Chet Gilgen, Barbara Reeves Typists Verna Watts, Thekla Holmes Published every other week by the Associated Students of Weber College Intermouiitam Publishing Co. d"' WEBER'S SHAMES Weber has three shames: One, the greatest, belongs to the students themselves. Another, of monetary importance, is traceable to the faculty. The last, of physical and recreational significance, must be the school's white elephant; nothing is being done to solve it. Gradually, without it being realized, one of the most ill mannered habits has sprung into being at Weber. There is usually a record attendance at the Friday assembly. That means that many persons witness Weber's shame. The shame of having students walk out of the assembly during the speaker's talk. The action would not be so bad if merely one or two students left, but whole rows get up and file out in a long line. Naturally, the speaker has to wait until the last of the multitude has left, for he is unable to make himself noticed above the thundering herd. Possibly the reason is that a part of our student body is so diluted mentally that it gets a headache whenever it hears someone speak. Then our students must indeed be lacking, because the talks given are gauged to the intelligence of afourteen-year-old. Or could the reason be that students come for the announcements and music or in the faint hope of hearing another dynamo like Mr. Glade. If so, they can see Mr. Young; he will devise another method for announcements. And we are sure that Mr. Anderson and Mr. Johnson will be pleased at some set time to give a special concert. But if students really have a haunting wish to hear powerful talkers, that is in the hands of the faculty and others who have speakers to invite. Such a mental relish resembles hunger for education, and should be a consideration at Weber. Yet if students come to the assembly and are disappointed, they should remain until it is over. If they can't under any condition stand the speaking, we feel that it would be well for them not to come at all. It is a shame, and noticeable, that Weber's students have lines of worry in their faces. The lines are the after-effects of standing before the bookstore window and shelling out and out and out until they are indeed out. Why do they have to give and give so much? One reason is that some Weber teachers have the fad of changing books every quarter, often before they exhaust the first text. We have to find the man or woman who could tell us why teachers who teach phases of the same subject during consecutive quarters have to require a different book every quarter. Until this condition is ameliorated, the cold aura of guilt will glitter about the heads of the profs. So feel a portion of thestudents. Are you in the custom of going into the gym for a daily game of table tennis? Then you know the disappointment of eagerly bursting into the room to find fellows draped along the walls and hanging over every solid object; all of them waiting their turn to play. A little satisfaction is received from telling the next arrival that there are only fourteen ahead of him More satisfaction is received from watching the ball curving in scimitar fashion from a slicing backhand, from observing the pale tracer like path of a forehand smash ricocheting off the edge of the table But it is still more pleasurable to be the one who execute th perfect chop. ra l"e There are many potential state table-tennis champions here develop XmCl " regrettable that is not another table to EVERSHARP PARKER j ) WATERMAN ) J FOUNTAIN PENS! I and PENCILS ! At S i t, v Jbs I Office Supplies 2414 Washington Blvd. I r :. El BOARD CONTROL It is not our intention to ridicule. However, it is our aim to gain full cooperation in making this paper the voice of the students. Judge us by this aim. Revenge is Sweet By L. H. MONSON He who seeks revenge sows seeds that will germinate, grow, blossom, and ultimately mature as the fruit of sorrow. Recognizing this potential power of revenge to destroy the tranquility of the soul, Christ discommended its practice. Giovanni Papini, in support of this Christian tenet of nonre-sistance, suggests for our consideration three alternatives for the injured man. He may resort to flight, seek revenge, or turn the other cheek. The man who runs away courts disfavor, develops courage in his opponent, and invites pursuit. Such cowardice does not solve the problem. He who seeks revenge destroys his own peace of mind. Since he harbors malice in his heart, he is miserable during the time he machinates against his ad- Do Your Christmas Shopping at KLENKE'S TOYS - CARVING SETS WAFFLE IKONS 350 24th St. Phone 559 OGDEN'S GREAT CHRISTMAS STORE Fred'AV-ALye Co Ocden. Utah versary; he feels mean while he is exacting the penalty; and he hates himself after it is all over. The avenger suffers with his adversary. Moreover, hate breeds hate; revenge breeds retaliation. And this vindictive spirit goes on reaping its harvest of ills interminably. The retaliatory . measures incorporated within the Versailles treaty and forced upon a vanquished people are responsible for much of the weltering turmoil we see in Europe today. The quarrel is not yet settled. No doubt, hundreds of thousands of men will again be piled on the altars of revenge. Obviously, is fatuous. a policy of revenge The only alternative left is the doctrine of non-resistance. The man who turns the other cheek displays the highest kind of courage, moral courage. Such intrepidity overawes an opponent, humiliates him. The non-resistant attitude breaks the chain of wrong at the first link. A recurrence of trouble because of retaliation is impossible. When Christ said, "If a man smite thee on thy one cheek, turn thou the other", he was not talking impossible idealism, but was presenting to us a practical philosophy of life. OUEN, xnxnmer ESTABLISHED 1870 (flqilf n. Stub PUBLISHING COMPANY A. 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