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Show SEC. 563 P. L. & H CALENDAR Wednesday, n p. m. One Act Play Festival. Thursday, 8 p. in. One Ac( Play Festival, Friday, II p. m. Whip Assembly. . 8 p. in. One Act Play Festival. Saturday, x p, m. One Act Play Festival. NOTICE In observance of the April 1 holiday for members of the Sign, pusl staff, there will he no issue ol the Signpost . .Monday, April 1. C O JL C I WEDNESDAY, MAItCH 37, 1946 NUMBER 12 VOLUME !) Web IB N - Enrollment Skyr ets John B. Sehedulei lecture Series Noted News Analyst To Appear As Final Attraction for Weber Students As the final presentation of the Weber College lecture series John B. Hughes, news commentator, war correspondent, and nationally acclaimed expert on far eastern affairs, will appear April 1 at 8:15 p. m. in the Moench building auditorium, according to an announcement today by Clarence Wilson, Chairman of the lecture series. Farrell Collett. art department director, will introduce Hughes. National Acclaim Hughe's lectures, scheduled through the National Concert and Artists corporation, New York City, have been acclaimed by both civic groups and college audiences throughout the United States. According to reports from these who have heard a Hughe's lecture he is both convincing and effective as a speaker.Hughes recently returned from the Pacific war theatre with eye witness information on the war with Japan. He was also in attendance and reported the proceedings of the San Francisco United Nations conference. Varied Career He started a long and varied journalistic career as a reporter for the Long Beach Press. Suc-ceedingly he has been a drama editor, actor, stage director,l-a-dio announcer, writer, commentator and lecturer. Hughes presents three lectures on his current tour "America Leads," "Pacific Forecast" and "News and Views with John B. Hughes." Which of the lectures to be presented at Weber will not be known until Hughe's arrival here. Admittance will be by student body card. Doctor Anderson Condition Critical C. H. Anderson, history instructor, is reported critical at the Thomas Dee Memorial hospital, where he lias been under treatment for nearly three weeks with a heart ailment and embolism in his ankle. The veteran Utah teacher, who has been at Weber for che past 12 years, suffered a heart attack over a year ago from which he reepvered sufficiently to return to the school. Special Department Formed To Handle Educational Problems Of Returned Vets A special department designed? to handle the problems of veterans efficiently and quickly in cooperation with representatives of the Veterans' Administration has been set up in room 100 of the West Central building under the direction of Dr. Robert A. Clarke. In addition to Dr. Clarke, the college has employed Dr. Vernon F. Larsen. whose job it is tc help veterans make "an occupational choice. Through testing and counselling, he will be able to offer considerable assistance to re. turned service men having a disability forcing a vocational change, the director said. Others who did not have a vocation prli r to entering the service, can also make a wise vocational selection through his assistance, it Hn ghes For Weber To Get $73,000 In Excess Fees According to an announcement by President Henry Aldous Dixon, the state board of examiners has voted to permit Weber college to utilize registration fees collected in addition to state monies advanced to the school. Under the new plan, the school will be permitted to use fees in excess cf advances made in an ticipation of the fee collections. Weber college reported an estimated $73,000 collection of fees for the biennium. Authoritative sources believe that most of this excess fund will be available for improve, ment of the Weber facilities in an extensive expansion program. A similar arrangement was voted for Carbon college. Signpost Gets New Editor Cluster M. Nilsson, Weber Journalism advisor, recently an. nounced the provisional appointment of Jack Branham, former Weber student, as editor of the Signpost to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Paul O'Connor. Branham has had a varied journalistic career since last attending Weber in 1939-1940 when he was associate editor of the Signpost. He left Weber in 1940 to become a member of the Salt Lake City bureau of United Press. He entered the army in 1941 and served three years overseas in the Pacific theatre. Upon discharge in July, 1945, he became editor of a morning daily in the San Francisco Bay region, the Richmond Record Herald, and resigned this post in February 1946 to continue his education at Weber. was indicated. Interprets Law As senior training officer. Lowell Cutler, employed under civil service by the Veterans' Administration has the function of interpreting the law to veterans and assisting with training problems affecting disabled veterans both in school and on the job. The assistant training officer is Dean Gardiner, whose duties correspond to Mr. Cutler's. He also is employed by the veterans' administration. Dr .Clarke stressed that rhe relationship between these two men and Weber college personnel onccrned with aiding -.he veterans is cooperative. ' The work is greatly aided by being in close touch with each other in the same general office, he said. Registration Begins Part of huge line which formed early Saturday morning in preparation for spring quarter registration. Four Thousand Attend Opera Performance; Rate Production 'Best' JACK LARSEN EXCELLS IN ROLE OF FRANCOIS VILLON By FIRSTNIGHTER Rated by those attending as "one of the best things Weber college has done," Friml's "Vagabond King" showed last week before approximately 4,000 Ogdenites during the five-night run. As Francois Villon, Jack Larsen excelled in the tenor lead. When he came onto the stage, the spectator sensed an immediate lift in the entire cast which assured success increasingly as the lights opera proceeded. Both Elaine Stoker and Edna Mae Noorda gave him able support in the soprano role of Katherine. Stoker was facile in her part and her powerful song also impressed. Noorda, quite different in her presentation and personality on the stage, yet pleased see pictures on page 3 with her sincerity, -growing as the opera progi-essed to its dramatic clcse. Their work was aided materially by Larsen, the lover. Both sing ably. For delicacy of interpretation in a part wherein either the lumbering Guy Tabarie or the tottering Oliver, jolly fellows both, but obviously ponderous, might easily have mashed her delicate (Continued on Page 3) is working with the program part time, chiefly administering Unit, ed States Armed Forces Institute tests to those who have an incomplete high school education, and giving college aptitude tests to aid in counselling. Keerefl it ri,... V., ..1 I . . I ine two secretaries in the veteran office are Mrs. Bertha Var. iens. employed by Weber College and Mrs.sBetty Rounds, employ, ed by the V. A. Veterans can now come to one place for answers to all questions concerning such matters as finances affected by veteran pay, for assistance in the solution of educational problems, for job placement and vocational choice, and finally for on-the-job training, chiefly for disabled veterans Dr. Clarke pointed out. School Officials Name Four To Secretary Jobs School officials Tuesday announced the appointment of four new office assistants in the offices of the president, registrar, dean and treasurer. President Henry Aldous Dixon's new secretary is Helen Pow. ell, who succeeds Marvel Murphy to the post. Louise Dixon, the president's daughter, has been secretary on a temporary basis. Previously cashier in the treasurer's office, she has been succeeded there by Mrs. Norma Stan. For three years director of civilian public relations work at tin- Utah ASF depot, Mrs. Lila Petersen is the new secretarial assistant to Registrar Clarisse H. Hall. At the depot, she was also editor of Victory News, news sheet of installation. For the past year, she has been employed in the city recre. ational department. The fourth secretary is Mrs. Ava Andelin. who will assist Dean M. L. Stevenson. Unlucky Thirteen Reside In Dorm Unlucky 13 fellows are staying at the W C dormitory, located at 2454 Adams ave., first door south of the Vocational building. The eight original dormites are Jay Nichols, Reed Snow. Ray Barnard. Ted Spencer, Robert Odcnthal, Charles Beutler, Alfred Parker and Harold Tippetts Five newcomers have not identi. fied themselves yet, the elder residents report. v I vet Aide Winn Entran 1 8 'ppb Seven Bundr :i8ic Predk. : Dr. Konen A. Oarxe, veteran ooruinaior, counsels-veteran on registration matters. Missing Weber Student Is Declared Dead Sgt. Charles R. Black, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henry Black, Ogden, has been declared dead by the war department. He previosly was listed as missing over Formosa June 13, 1945. A-native cf Twin Falls, Idaho, he was born July 16, 1923. He graduated from Ogden high school and was attending Weber college when he entered the service. Prominent in school bands, choirs and a cappella groups, Sgt. Black was a radio operator on a B-25 bomber and had been overseas about four months when he was listed as missing. Survivors, besides his parents include four brothers, Henry J. Black, Ogden; B. B. Black, Boise; Karl Black, Oakley, Ida., and Capt. Gaines Black, recently released from the medical corps. Also surviving are seven sisters, Mrs. George S. Simmons, and Mrs. Willard O. Lamborn, both of Ogden; Mrs. Uarda King, Twin Falls; Mrs. Thelma Kirt-ley and Mrs. Iris Porter, both of Eoise, Mrs. Inez Rackham. Nampa. and Mrs. Rhoda Erick-son, Oakley. Ida. Weber To House Child Center Ogden's child-care problem moved a step closer to solution this week when Pres. H. A. Dixon offered the facilities of Weber College to house such a center. During the war years, nurseries were supported by the Federal government. When this aid was withdrawn, local child-care centers were forced to clcse for lack of funds. President Dixon explained that housing would be furnished by the college at no charge, but operating expenses of approxi rr.ately S200 per month, will probably have to be raised by some sort of subscription. The center, will probably be located in the West Central Blgd. and may eventually bput on a permanent basis. A - f Theatre Group Will Present Play Festival First-nighters were preparing to attend the opening night of Weber Ccllege-Ogden Comunrty theatre's second annual one-act play festival with the presentation of four plays tonight in Weber college Moench Building auditorium. First 'curtain is at 8 p. m. Additional presentations of the festival are scheduled for March 28, 29, and 30. Four Tonight Tonight's tow plays include; "Escape by Moonlight" by Ken neth Crctty, "The Little Darl-ling" by Peggy Oliver, "Fire in the Night" by Carol Jean Ven-delj and "Last Flight Over" by Allean Lemmon. Thursday, March 28 the pro gram will feature "Grandma Pulls the Strings' by Delno and Carb, "Be Home by Midnight" by Christopher Sergei, "The Valiant" by Halworth Hall and Robert Middleness and "Joint Owner in Spain" by Alice Brown. Friday, March 29, "Alice Blue Gown" by Rose Campion, "The Pampered Darling" by Beatrice H. McNeil, "The Fickel Friend" by . Beatrice M. Casey and "Friend of the Family" by Edith B. Delano will be presented. Finale Saturday Last night of the festival. Saturday, March 30, will feature "The Florist Shop" by Winifred Hawkridge, "Little Darling" by Peggy Oliver and the "The Lighthouse Keepers" by Paul Cloquemin. Casts of the plays have been J selected and direction supervis ed by different groups. Prominent among play groups are Ogden schools, L. D. S. organizations and local clubs. Admission will be by season, ticket or 25 cents per evening. Seven Added To College Staff Seven members have been added to the college staff, including a book store manager and accountant in the treasurer's office, beginning this quarter.They are: Dello G. Dayton, so. cial sciences; Talmage De-Lange, business; Edward C. Larsen, veteran training; James R. Foulger, psychology and orientation; Joseph F. Shepherd, bookstore manager; Blaine Hartog, auto body repair, and Thomas (Pat) Riley, accountant in the treasurer's office.Mr. Larsen and Mr. Riley have been on leave. Mr. Riley has been in the armedforccs, and Mr. Larsen has been an educational supervisor at Hill Field. Weber Librarian On Recover Route Miss Eva Browning, librarian, is recovering at the Holy Cross hospital. Salt Lake City, following an appendectomy. Miss Wilma Grose, reference librarian, is supervising library activities during the absence of Miss Browning. Cumulative Figures Reveal 925 Register For Three Quarters Spring quarter enrollment totals 710 students, key-noting a trend toward the 1300 day school students that boomed W C activities in top pre-war years, according to figures released by Mrs. Clasisse H. Hall, registrar. Cumulative figures for the year so far, computed by counting every person who has registered regardless of withdrawals, shows an enrollment of 925 students for the three quarters. " W. C. Instructor Gets State Centennial Post Appointment of David R. Tre. vithick. former instructor in English at Weber college, as director of public relations for the Utah centennial commission has been announced by the commission.Mr. Trevilhick left Weber Sri June of 1941, to become chairman of the Utah public welfare commission. In June of 1944. he took leave of absence from the welfare commission to accept an assignment with UNRRA as director of country operations on attachment to Supreme Head-quarters Allied Expeditionary Force mission to Belguim and Luxembourg. After three months planning work in London and eight months field service in Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Holland, and Germany, he went on special assignment io Greece to set up displaced persons processing centers along the Greece-BuJgaria and Greece- Yugoslavia borders. in September of 1945 Mr. 'Ire- vilhick returned to Ogden on ' engineered expansions to take leave cf absence and in October ! care of it. These include sev-went to the Far' East as one of eral additions to the teaching two American members of an 1 staff and for the veterans the international fact-finding commission to study the displacement of population in the Orient. He visited China, Indo-China, Siam, Malaya, -the Netherlands Indies, Burma, and India and returned to the states in February of this year by way of the Mid. die East and Europe. College News Briefs From Other Utah Schools Dr. Cecil J. Watson, head of the department of internal medicine, University of Minnesota medical school, will arrive in Salt Lake City this week to give the second annual William R. Tyndale lecture under auspices of the University of Utah Medical foundation, l ull Speed Assuming a full peacetime tempo fbr the first time since 1942, the Branch Agricultural Latest information on prefab-was host to students and instruc. tors from a dozen Utah and Nevada high schools. As part of the BAC annua! vocational day ceremonies, more i than 350 high school students entered in various contests and demonstrations during the forenoon of last Saturday. Hundreds of ethers participated in non-competitive events throughout the day. According to officials, participation far exceeded early expectations and response of students and high school instructors was gratifying. Flattie to Tie , Students from Wasatch aca. I demy and Snow college, lower fs Top ft Murk? d in Fall i The 1946 fall quarter enroll ment will no doubt reach the pre. war figure, according to the estimate of Dr. Henry Aldous Dixon, school president. Showing the steady increase in students, greatlv augmented by servicemen iaKing advantage of government proffered educational opportunities, the fall quarter recorded 485 students and the winter quarter 650. Newcomers in the winter quarter totaled 192 persons and in the spring 172. Some students also withdrew at the close ol each quarter. Fall enrollment of veterans at the school amounted to 63 reg. istrants, the winter quarter had a sign-up of 277, and the spring so far has 342 servicemen entered. Dr. Robert A. Clarke, who is director of veterans' serv-ices here, said when he released the foregoing figures 'h3' 10 or 15 of the former fighters are registering daily. Registration will not be encouraged now that the first two weeks of the quarter have elapsed, Mrs. Hall pointed out. Night- school enrollment fitt ' ures have not been made avall- able, but Mr. John Benson has reported a heavy registration in I that, department. I aking note ot the increase in the school. President Dixon has setting up of a special department.j Special plans are also under j way for the expected increase next fall. Olher Utah educational institutions of college and .university grade are also heav ; Ily enrolled and expect a still I greater registration next fall. 'division, tied for first place in all over school competition at the Sanpete division speech meet held at Snow college recently. Officials report winners are making plans to attend the region four meet at Panguiteh March 29. Queetl Aspiranls Three prospective Greek letter queens have been nominated for the title Pan-Hellenic who will reign at the annual Pan-Hellenic ball at Branch Agricultural college March 30. Interest In the voting is reported to he running high among frn-fernlty men at the college. Final selection of. the queen will be a featured activity on the day of the annual Greek letter dance to be held in the school gymnasium. Theme of the dance will be, "It Might as Well be Spring." Housing Aiil Latest information of prefabricated houses which will be erected for student war veterans of Utah State Agricultural college indicate the veteran's village will contain 154 structures (Continued on Page 2) |
