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Show SEC. 562 P. L. & R. E 6 E R C r t t-J C E I ' I W V A T - SHAVE HITLER SAVE AMERICA buy NUMBER 2 OGDEN CITY, UTAH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1942 VOLUME 6 Student Publications Take Twin Literary Awards . U.YWIU PRODUCE v THIS YEAR, TO MEET 5ti WAR NEEDS, ENOUGH FfW MILK TO FLOAT V' .. ALL THE NAVIES OF ALL fs C UNITED NATIONS National Magazine Publishes Saga Of W. C. learners' School Is Credited With Meeting Phase Of War Emergency National attention will be centered upon Weber college achievement in the vocational trades field when the November issue of the Junior Journal comes off the press. Eight pages of the Journal and the front "spot" will be devoted to an article entitled, "The Weber College Mechanic Learner Program," according to information received by President H. A. Dixon from Dr. W. C. Eells, editor of the publication. The article describes the accomplishment of the great western area centered about the Ogden air depot (Hill field) in which the Utah state vocational department and Weber college played leading parts, in providing hundreds of mechanic learners with adequate terminal skills to meet the war emergency. The subject is treated as a successful experiment in terminal education. Work of Sanders The work of Mr. George Sanders of the United States office of education, of Dr. Robert A. Clarke of the Weber college vocational school, of President H. A. Dixon, of the Weber college trades teachers, end of the advisory board composed of local men (Dr. Frank Bartlett, Mr. A. R. Mortenson, Mr. F. H. Fridenstine, and the two Weber college officials previously named) is featured according to the work each did. Weber's accomplishment is described as a an achievement in terminal education and as a most necessary work of education upon which hinged the success of the war effort in the Ogden air depot control area. This area reaches into the middle west and includes the western and northwestern states. Learners' Future According to the article, over 2000 learners have been graduated from Weber college in the brief time that the program has been In effect. In all, approximately 3000 learners are located at Hill field or somewhere else in the control area. These learners later become mechanics in the armed forces or are promoted to higher positions in the mechanical trades. A well defined series of promotions is available with suitable salary increases. The learner is also a member of the civil service. Altogether the future of the mechanic learner is- described as "fortunate" both now and as it will be after the war. Also in training as flying cadets at San Antonio, Texas, are Pete Petrie, Jimmy Nielsen, Bob Gud-mundson, and Larry Garr, all of whom attended Weber in 1941-42. Another former Weberite who is now a flying cadet is Carl Wood, '42. He is stationed at Nashville, Tenn. Mrs. Wood is the former Sue Boyle, who also graduated from Weber last year. The Hand That Slapped the Kids Turns the By BONNIE CLAY she plans to paint brown turn Was all this I had heard about out pink or would do sne women doing mens work in the ,, . . war effort so much propaganda realIy Palntln8 a complete air-or so much baloney or so much I plane. She hopes to do better in straw or so much metal shavings? time. So I sauntered over to the vo- Her reasons for entering the cational building and edged my ! training are those of a patriotic way inside, like Heinrich Himmlor citizen, to help win the war, to himself. And here is the dope. ! have a steady job for the duration. Sometimes it is metal shavings After the war? There is a boy and sometimes it is what I just in the medical corps, said the dope. Miss Lucie Dumont, a mechanic I learned about the dope from, learner in the machinist section Miss Dorothy Gerton of 2333 Cus-: is a dark-eyed French irl. Want-tor avenue, Ogden. That is what, ing to help in the emergency, she she is, a "dopcr" and painter of closed her career as a florist in airplanes in a mechanic learner Denver to come to Ogden and class under the direction of Mr. , try her meehnnir.-il nhilitv Vandcnburg, instructor. She said that she and 13 others are learning all about aircraft painting. The women come from Denver, Salt Lake City and Ogden and remain at the school for six or eight weeks. After completing a course which consists of six hours of shop work and two hours of instruction daily, then they are sent to Hill field. They are paid $1200 per year during the period of their training. Miss Gerton said that the women like the work, which is largely repairing canvas, cleaning and painting aircraft. Miss Gerton ad mits that some airplanes which State Men Do "Real Audit" At the College Auditors from the Utah state auditor's office spent 10 weeks at Weber college this summer, depart ing September 10. In reviewing their work here, Mr. W. H. Handley, school treasurer, said yesterday that theyper-fo-med the first real audit the school has had. Their recommendations were most valuable, he indicated, although the complete report will not be available until some time late in October. Mr. Victor Sagers, deputy state auditor, supervised the work. Five accountants began the audit, remaining at the school nine days. Three of them continued the work for the rest of the 30-day period. Mr. Sagers and an assistant completed the audit, spending another month and a half at the school. When completed, their report will be approximately 250 pages in length. Reports of previous audits have been around 45 pages long and been based upon three days' work by one auditor. The period covered by the audit was from June 30, 1938, to June 30, 1942. Some recommendations made during the course of the study had to do with keykeeps, student notes, the bookstore, and student body accounts. A major suggestion was for simplification of the system of registering. Accordingly school of ficers altered the registration pro cedure. One change reduced the visits to the treasurer's office from four to one. I 4 Frosh Chairmen Take Office Until Election Will Be Favored For Permanent Class Head Position The freshman class of We- ber college has chosen for its ! temporary class chairmen, ; r J ' Junior Blair, Herbert Wiese, and Bob Peterson in the po- r Sitions of chairman, and vice ; Chairmen, respectively. Offi- ! . , , ' r J I Cial elections for permanent ; officers will be held during i the first part of November. These men have additional significance because it is probable that they will be candidates for permanent office. Coming from Weber county high, Blair possesses a background in school government consisting of the high school offices of boys' association president, yearbook business manager, and membership on both social and scholastic corn- Lathe uumont passed ner civil esrvice and aptitude tests successfully and has completed two months of training. She expects to be working at Hill field December 1. "I've had no serious accidents as yet," she commented, "and I believe it Is because I have tried to keep alert and have always worn gogles to keep the splinters away from my eyes. "Please tell the women that the course is very interesting and I hope more will join it. My main difficulty lies in the mathematics, but my instructor, Mr.. McConnac, is very helpful, and so I believe that I'll make it all right." Election for S. B. Treasurer Is Next Wednesday By unanimous vote of the board of control, the resignation of Jack Davis from the position of student body treasurer has been accepted. A special election will be held Wednesday, Oct. 28, to elect a new treasurer and also cheer leaders. Candidates may be placed on the ballot by a petition of 50 bonafide members of the student body on or before five p. m. Friday, Oct. 23. To be eligible for the position of treasurer, the candidate must have had or be taking one quarter of collegeaccounting. Carver Announces Student Body Com. Members Sophomore students approved by the board of control to act on various student body committees were announced recently by Wayne Carver, president, as follows: Assembly committee: Betty Shurtleff, Lois Croft, Edna Lichfield, and Wealthy Purrington; Dr. Orson Whitney Young, adviser.Awards committee: Lorraine AI-dous, Marian Lund, Kathryn P. Brough, and Dorothy Cardon; Mr. Clarence Wilson, adviser, Dance committee: Mary Olsen and Raymond Sanders. Standards committee: John Deru and Evelyn Applonie; Dean M. L. Stevenson, adviser. Lyceum committee: Adele Hodgson and Caroline Hobson; Mr. Guy H. Hurst, adviser. Athletics commit tee : Willis Wynn and Betty Lu Smith; Mr. Reed K. Swenson, adviser. F r e s h m an representatives on these committees have not yet been named. ' This list does not include all committee appointments. Others have been made previously. -fmittees. He was an active participant In the fields of athletics and debate. Coming from Ogden high, Wiese is most noted for his speech activities. Wiese was student debate manager for the Ogden high debate a.nd.1" considered a capable debater in Utah circles. He is now attending Weber on a scholarship pfesented t1?im f or , caPt"rim? first place in the mens A" division debate at the Weber college speech tournament of last spring. He was also president of Forum, boys' de- bating club, and the Forensic league at the high school Bob Peterson is best known for his accomplishments in the field of art. But an indication of his athletic ability rests in the fact that he participated in basketball at O. H. S. Bob also edited the sports page of the Ogden high school newspaper, Tiger Highlights.Post-War World Is Subject for Collegiate Debate The national Phi Rho Pi junior college debate question for the current year has been selected, Mr. Leland H. Monson, Weber college debate coach, announced Wednesday.Dealing with a world of postwar conditions, the question reads, "Resolved: That the United States should establish a permanent federal union with power to tax and regulate international commerce, to maintain a police force, to settle international disputes, to enforce such settlements, and to provide for the admission of other nations which accept the principles of the union." Although no specific case outlines have as yet been formulated, students of the college debate circle have begun the fundamental task of accumulating material pertinent to the subject of debate. Many 1942 Weber graduates will pursue their studies at institutions of higher learning this fall. At the Brigham Young university are LaMar Buckner. Marjorie Vowles, and Evelyn Stromberg. Opal Rog-erson, Catherine Taylor, Avon De-Vree. Josephine Foulger, and Dick Herrick have joined the Aggie student body at Logan. Bettie Davis, Shirley Chamberlain, Chloe Yates. Sophie Reed, Marion Knighton, and Victor Greenberger will attend the University of Utah. Alfred Picks Steinbecks For Fall Opus Play Depicts Lives Of Invaders and Conquered Peoples "The Moon Is Down," by- John Steinbeck, considered one of the year's biggest hits in the world of drama, has been chosen for fall production at Weber college by Mr. Thatcher Allred, instructor of drama and speech. Demanding the most mature ability that Weber college can muster, the play is one of military significance carrying an undercurrent of man's innate love for freedom. The story evolves around the lives of people under the suppression of a military invader, and is directed, also, towards depicting the actions, desires, and emotions of the invading soldier. With the selection of the play completed, other than the actual preparation and production only one problem remains that of choosing the cast. "Information concerning try-outs, available to all registered students, will be published shortly," announced Mr. Allred, "however, in seeking to tie up college interests with those of the community, there is the possibility that we may reach off the campus for alumni talent. Faculty members may also be allowed to take part. "Students desiring to tryout are requested to contact Mr. Allred. "As a greater incentive to those participating," Mr. Allred has expressed the desire to "present the play for a solid week instead of the usual three-night run of years past. It is my opinion," he states, "that the gradual improvement over a week's period before the audience is necessary for the students' best." The play being of a military nature, Mr. Allred has voiced the plan of allotting one night of the week to each of Ogden's surrounding military bases. Editors Publish Directory Early Opening of school found Caro line Hobson, editor of the Weber college handbook, and her staff putting the finishing touches on the "freshman bible." The forthcoming edition of the college directory will be off the press this week. Editor Hobson refuses to divulge the theme of the book, stating mysteriously that it is "a military secret." The handbook contains the names and addresses and phone numbers of all Weber students and faculty members, and also the rules and traditions concerning the conduct of freshmen. Miss Hobson is aided in her work by the following staff members: Mary Olson and Edna Lichfield, associate editors; Betty Shurtleff, Lorraine Aldous, Lois Croft, Kathryn Hone, Marvel Murphy, David Meyer, and Bert Strand. Bill Johnson, '41-'42, and Morry Ludden, '41-42, are both in the armed forces of the United States. Johnson is serving with the army, and Ludden is with the merchant marines. New Institute Head Has Rich Background By ROBERT PETTY Mr. Royden C. Braithwaite will direct activities of the L. D. S. institute of religion on the Weber campus for the coming year. He has assumed the post left vacant by Dr. Asahel D. Woodruff, who recently left to accept a position at Cornell university in Ithica, New York. Mr. Braithwaite has a rich back-v ground of experience in institute and religious work as well as a keen understanding of student problems. A native of Utah. Mr. Braithwaite graduated from Snow junior college, where he was student body president, in 1933. He then served a two-year mission for the L D. S. church in the Texas field. In 1937 he graduated from the Brigham Young university, where he was senior class president. Since that time he has done considerable summer graduate work both at the B. Y. U. and at Stanford university in California, majoring in personnel and guidance.Though comparatively young in years, Mr. Braithwaite is a veteran teacher, having taught at the Wasatch seminary at Weber, Utah, and at the Jordan high school seminary. During the past year Mr. Braithwaite was director of the L D. S. institute at Dixie college in St. George, Utah. Besides taking over the director- Orion Scholars Edit Edward Anderson ,editor-in-chief of the All American Signpost for last year. Maurine Duffin, editor-in-chief of the All American Acorn for last year. New Type Mag Will Be Pictorial Review of Quarter Assuming the general characteristics of the Acorn, yet employing a more informal style, the new Weber college magazine is scheduled to appear about 10 days before the end of the autumn quarter, the editor, Irene Bushell, said yesterday.The magazine will present a pictorial review of school activity each quarter and will attempt to record each major event of the year. Tentative plans for the autumn issue include many informal shots of first registration and orientation days. In addition, various other happenings about the campus are being recorded, and staff members are keeping photographers busy with new ideas to be "shot." Editor Bushell announced that the staff for the magazine will be chosen during the early part of next week. Artists and photographers are especially urged to attend the staff meetings, which are held every Tuesday afternoon from three to five p. m. Other positions on the staff include complete business and circulation departments, several associate edi tors, and fiction writers. ship of the institute, Mr. Braithwaite will also be the advisor of the men's chapter of Lambda Delta Sigma, national religious fraternity. Through this channel he has already become acquainted with many students of the college. Needless to say, Mr. Braithwaite is very enthusiastic about the institute program as well as the beautiful building which is now in his charge. However, he wants the students to know that the building and facilities are for their use and disposal. Regarding the scheduled program he stated that "the entire institute program will be geared to meet the spiritual needs of college men and women as they live and work in a world at war." Mrs. Braithwaite shares with Mr. Braithwaite enthusiasm for the coming year's work. She not only has the job of being advisor to the women's chapter of Lambda Delta Sigma, but is also chief ad visor to the two little Braith- waites (both boys). Winners Marorie Vowles, business manager of last year's Signpost. LaMar Buckner, business manager of last year's Acorn. Visiting Teacher Makes Study Of Local Set-Up Investigating the new "kinks" of the local school, Miss Fern Young of the Snow college faculty Ephraim, spent last week at We ber. Miss Young is on leave from her school for one year for the pur pose of making a study of the leading junior colleges with the objective in mind of applying the best of what she finds to her own school. She was assigned to this project by President James Nuttal of Snow college. She said that she had planned at first to spend only a iay or two at Weber, but that after she began to study the local set-up and talk with the teachers, she found that it would take a week "to scratch the surface." She plans to supplement her investigation at the school by research in the various records, courses of utudy, and special publications pertaining to Weber college. When she was leaving, Miss Young reported to the paper that she had been "so warmly and courteously and cooperatively received" by the personnel of the school that she wished to leave her central impression with the Signpost. She went on to remark that she had found the school to be in contact with life situations, to be altering and adapting to these situations, and to be con-tageous with spirit and enthusiasm for what it is doing now and for what it might do in the future. Blair Johnson, '42, is in training as a flying cadet at San Antonio, Texas. He was recently married to Gloria Hall, also of the class of '42. Johnson played guard on Weber's basketball team last year. Here Tuesday . THE GREAT VIRGIL f : '"Tfy BSftk. All-American Comes to Weber Acorn Pictures, Coverage Treatment of Athletics Rated Best Last year's Acorn has been rated "All-American" by the National Scholastic Press association. The Acorn was one o ftwo U. S. junior college yearbooks to receive such an award. The volume was rated with annuals from other junior colleges whose enrollments ranged from 500 to 999 students, with less than 500 students in a separate class. The critics had this to say about the Acorn: "Ogden's junior college yearbook, the 1942 Acorn, is out standing in its class." Sports Is Best Pictures and coverage and treatment of athletics were both rated as superior, and various other departments were scored as "excellent."Miss Maurine Duffin, editor of the '42 Acorn, enjoyed a varied and outstanding career at Weber. Active in speech, she was a member of the debate squad which traveled to South Carolina in 1941 and to Missouri in 1942, and she also gained state-wide recognition as a speaker while attending Davis high school in 1940. A member of Chanodo social unit at Weber, Miss Duffin also qualified for membership in Orion, Weber's highest honorary club. She maintained a "B" scholarship average during her attendance at W. C. The business staff was headed by LaMar Buckner, manager. He was assisted by Jack Davis, Marvel Murphy, and Marjorie Stuart. Teachers Advise Mr. Charles C. Espy was chief advisor to the yearbook assisted by the following instructors: Dr. Ernest Miner, photography; Mr. Farrell Collect, art; and Mr. O. M. Clark, business. Miss Duffin was assisted in the production of the Acorn by the followin gstaff: John Vernieu, Lesbeth Lucas, and Helen Mally, associate editors; Billy Johnosn, art editor; Douglas Stringfellow, associate. The editorial staff was composed of Lorraine Cook, Roy Gibson, Lorraine Dame, Louise England, Pauline Black, Emmett Wiggins, Yoshi Sato, Alice Hodges, Arlene Paul, Kay Huss, and Pat Meissner. New Members Join Weber Teaching Staff Miss Alta Hirst and Mr. H. Parley Kilburn are the 1942-43 additions to the college faculty. Miss Hirst replaces Mrs. Helen (Alleman) Ajax ia the home economics department. She obtained her master's degree from the University of Oregon and has attended other universities. She has taught in the Preston, Idaho, high school, has been acting head of the home economics department at University of Oregon, and was last year member of the Snow college faculty. Miss Hirst has many new plans for the home economics department, she said. In the psychology department, Mr. Kilburn will act in the capacity of instructor of applied psychology. He will also direct the night school at Weber college. Mr. Kilburn has just returned from Stanford university, where he did work for a doctor's degree in education. He represented Weber college at the second annual meeting of the tenth corps area commission on college problems relating to national defense, which met at Stanford. Mr. Kilburn's experience as a teacher includes principalships in Logan and Morgan and teaching in Davis and Weber county schools and at Snow college. He has always been active in civic and community affairs. Houdini's Successor Will Appear On Weber Stage "The Great Virgil" will perform the most "spectacular and sensa-. tional" feats of magic that have I ever been performed on the Weber college stage, Tuesday, Oct. 27, at eight p. m., according to Mr. Guy Hurst, Lyceum director. Virgil is the recognized successor of the great Houdini. To perform his acts, he finds it necessary to carry with him a 10-ton truck of equipment. Among the menagerie is a live leopard. This animal will vanish,: cage and all, from before the spectators' eyes. Another act is the sawing of a woman into two parts. If the illustrations which have pnmd in nflvwricp fan hp helipved. he severs her through the middle, School Paper Gains High A.C.P. Rating Reaches "All American" Class Despite Critic's Deductions "Your paper is outstanding in practically every department weaknesses are mainly those of omission, rather than inherent errors in the material. Congratulations on a fine job!" This was the summary comment written on the final page of the scorebook which rated last year's Signpost, Weber college student newspaper, superior and gave it, the ranking of all American. The scorebook arrived Tuesday from the headquarters of the Associated Collegiate Press at the University of Minnesota, Minn. Fred L. Kil-dow of the Minnesota department of journalism is director of the organization. Deductions Deductions made because of the variations from the standard set up by the Associated Collegiate Press in its score-book were in make-up 25 from the possible 265; in departments and features 30 from the possible 270; in news values and sources 40 from the possible 250; and in news writing and editing 75 from the possible 340. These deductions Miss Jean Anne Waterstradt, this year's editor, said would give the current staff something to shoot at. This is the second consecutive year that the Signpost has achieved the all American rating. Students who were chiefly responsible for the merits of the paper were Edward Anderson, editor, and Marjorie Vowles, business manager. Others Sweat Others who put their sweat and tears into it, as the advisor, Mr. C. M. Nilsson said, were Lesbeth Lucas, front page editor; Opal Rogerson, society editor; Oren Jacobs, sports editor; Jean Anne Waterstradt, editorial associate, Robert Blakeley, circulation and sports reporter; Emmett Wiggins, music reporter; Doris Owens, "contest editor; Keith Holbrook, business assistant; David Meyers, cartoonist and photographer; William Johnson, cartoonist; Dorothy Cardon, society reporter and typist; and Avon De Vree, typist. The class in journalism published the paper for the student body, and members of that class not mentioned here also contributed. F. T. A. Issues Call For Recruits Stimulated by the conviction that teachers should be trained in professional and civic leadership as ' well as in student psychology and education, the Weber college chapter of Future Teachers of America has launched a campus-wide recruiting campaign for new members, Miss Caroline Hobson, club president of last year, announced yesterday. "An urgent need for well trained educators confronts America today," said Miss Hobson. "If this is your chosen field, allow us to help you make the most of it. Enter into our program and study subjects relative to the educational trends of the United States, and we guarantee your teaching ability will be increased by the experience."One of 110 chapters of a national organization with headquarters in Washington, D. C, the Weber college club is sponsored by Mr. John Benson, college education department head. Students desiring to obtain further information concerning the F. T. A. are requested to contact Mr. Benson or Caroline Hobson. Ursul Hawkcs and Joyce Edson, both '42 grads. are training to be nurses at the Dec hospital. too. The woman is his wife and still he remains happily married, evidently to the same woman. The magician's appearance here is made possible only by the coincidence that he is going through Ogden on his way to a grand showing in the northwest at Portland and at Seattle. Students will be admitted to the performance on their Lyceum cards. These will be ready for distribution this week at the treasurer's office. There will be a charge for the public. According to Mr. Hurst, the charge to the public will be nominal although he fears that there will be room for only a limited number of non-students and these must make arrangements promptly. - |