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Show Girls Play Dumb To Avoid Hurting Male Feelings (low often have I heard tl xpression, J like Vm beautiful bul rluinb." The principle Wea among some M my sex is Hint we shonld limit our knowledge, so ag to not overshadow the magnifieienl mules and thereby gain their disapproval. I remember hearing my grandmother discourage my cousin against beeoming a doctor because "women doctors seldom m;i i tv. In violent opposition to tbis. I appeal to all the girls here at the college to take I'nll advantage of all the privileges offered to them. One should not fear education hni challenge and conquer it. To work-, to gain, to achieve thai is life. To ponder, to hesitate, to stop thiit is useless existence. Come on girls don't stop now we're ileal ing 1 he lop ! Edna Joyc Thorson Teachers Are Human Too! SI intents I), i Villi onet know y o von have tr teacli for vom ers Not just the classes but all the teachers here at Weber. At the first of the year on an assem bly all the teachers wore introduced. Did 1 yon listen and find out all their names.' Yon should have. f you only knew that the teachers have a much harder job learninu the names and faces of all .the M iideut.-. von would find il easy to rei'Oi: nie them and speak. Teachers aren't such. " beet le brows, when vol i know them. No Place lor ScandaJ Every newspaper has a policy as to the type of material LI will publish. It is the desire of We, the Staff of the Signpost, to make clear at this ti"'e, the ideals il will follow during the coming year. Every member of the staff is devoted to serve YOU, the public; to give you the news by printing straight facts; to pro vide interest by printing features, humor, However, this paper will not lower itself to print scandal. For scandal sheets or "gossip columns" as they are commonly called tend to disfigure and misrepresent facts. To the ordinary reader it is painful and down right embarrassing. It is highly undesirable for any school paper to print scandal and usually later on proves disastrous to the publication. It would please us greatly if in the future yon readers would read our paper from top to bottom, but we assure you no matter how hard you look you will never find scandal in I he Signpost, Friendship 50-50 Deal i, i, .. At il 0u! Do you get along with your fellow students.' If you don't, do you know whose fault il is.' Xo, it isn't all their do ing. II is more titan I i kely your ow n lit tie fault. Some of the fellows and gj-flls going to WO think- the world owes them something. Yes, most of the -indents are friendly, but there are some who Jook .at people wi III an, "I 'm better I ban j on ! ' ' look. Remember, kids, You ; are, just as good as anyone else, but not one bit better!" So don't act like il I Don't he hus.li-Tul! Speak lo everyone.. i Learners Sliiinnin Books Some students don't seem to be taking advantage of the new books the college is receiving. Many of them are very interesting and they are carefully choosen for the students. Some are novels, others are books that have information that would held the student" through school, others would be very good for book reports, f you would stop and read the titles that are displayed by the door of the circulation department of the library, we're sure yon would go in and take one or more of the books out to read. Trevithic Tells Of Threat In Wartorn Countries (Rdllw'S Note: Prior to his leaving for 'lie::i a week ago we prevailed upon David it. Trevithick, former Weber teacher and 'now an Internal ionsi' ioeial worker wit IV I1NH l!A. lo write down his impression of (he no.lwji- mess). By David R. Trevithick 11 is a common and natural thing for icople to believe that complete military ll'eeess establishes in the world nuicklv and inevitably those principles of life for which the winning side fought. The virtues of what a democratic people fight for are so readily apparent and so fundamental to good living that their iininedi-ale application is taken to be a simple and easy matter of course. Since the allies went to war against Germany to defeat imperialism and to insure to the world the four freedoms, it is consequently natural for Americans who have not been abroad during the war years to expect that living conditions in Europe are improving rapidly, that there is unanimous rejoicing at Germany's defeat, and that the peace gives every promise of being a just and lasting one. Contrary to I hose conclusions, that the elementary liberties and privileges must become straightway part of the life of people to whom they have been denied, living conditions in Kurope are very bad and are likely to be worse this winter than at any time in recent history. There are -ome person.- iii the liberated oamntries who are son v that Germany did not win; and there are very real possibilities that the peace will be neither just nor lasting. The defeat of Germany caused consid- i.-ibl.- destruction of property in those countries that Hitler had overrun, and the advance of the allied armies did not bring-to tho.se count rie.-. the flood of badly need-id civ ilian supplies that was expected, nor did it offer to all liberated peoples the privilege of immediate politicalself-de-terminat ion. Moreover, many lucrative businesses which had flourished under Nazi rule were destroyed to the great annoyance of those who had made handsome profits from collaboration. So it was with genuine feeling that some bewildered European coined in the first months of liberation the since of-tenused prayer: "Oh, God, liberate us from our protectors and protect us from our liberators. If one uses the single fact of having or not having the basic physical comforts, as a standard of judgment , however, it would not be true lo sa (hat all people in even the worst off l .11 countries arc likely lo i uffer great hardships tbis win-ler. People of sufficient financial means, sonid-ties . collaboration gained, will live in warm and well-fed ana weil-clothed comfort, just as they have done all through (he war years, for there are black markets which will furnish everything one could wish to those who are able lo pay. Transport problems, destructive of supplies and prices, and a v ariety of other factors make ordinary living a game of high finance which the common man hasn't the means to plav. Kven at best there would hardlv he cough to provide the necessities for all. So Some will have more than they need and some much less until the slow processes of economic recovery can be applied to the family of ordinary or sub-standard means. The establishment of an economy in Kurope which will make at least the necessities available lo the total population will come in due course now that international trade can he resinned and the tremendous prohlems of industrial and agricultural rehabilitation attacked with the means and energy that formerly were demanded for prosecution of the war. But this in itself will not be enough to make living comfortable or peace secure. More important to the future is the translation of present theory of political liberty into the pracice ofself-determination. Europe has many protem governments sponsored by the allies which are looked upon by the people who"' they rule as being imposed and unrepresentative. Only the most naive belief that wars are fought for the purely humanitarian purpose of insuring to a weak people the privilege of choosing freely its own type of government. 1 world would ltal' attacked first attacked China, or when Germany invaded Czechoslovakia. The smaller Kuropean countries realize well that the greater allied (lowers have some measure of interest in being their weaker brothers' keepers because (hose weaker brothers possess things which are attractive, not attractive to rule directly but attractive to influence. For example, the geographic importance of Greece, and political and economic importance or the Balkin states, the geographic and commercial importance of Belgium and the Netherlands. The deirree of gentleness with which iesc influences can he exercised and the -peed and satisfaction with which truly - 4 J Hey Page 2 WEBER COLLEGE SIGNPOST Wednesday, Ooloher 81, 1946 Coed Expresses Admiration For Returned Servicemen Now Deep In Collegiate Life , Marge, Let I s In! Kampus Kwotes Tour Of Library Gives Classes 'Birds'-Eye' View Some siucents found the library to be very strange and mystifying until they were through it in their orientation classes. Mr. Hayes, Mr. Neville, and Mr. Anderson recently took their classes on this tour. Miss Gross, one of the librarians, acted as a guide and instructor. She said she would give the students a bird's-eye view of the library. Resuming football after a two- I Miss Gross started by point-year lay-off due to the war, the ' in ou the different departments . . ,,. , ,, , such as the circulation depart-Agncultural college scored a! L . , " H ' b t . I ment. the reserve books dennrt- : surnrisinsr win over Montana i .., 1 , campus, 1 ran into Stanley Pur-1 .' 1 ww w ""y F , - i university. The stage was set , periodicals and newspaper de- rington who told me he was go- Hkoimiin h tor a ro or ill hnmeeominp ramp paitment. in: to nave a ljuuu nine utu.mai: i ... a . , , c, . , e b i in the Aggie bowl Saturday when he knew a certain party who had j Coloraclo A. & M. Rams invaded a certain something which made i Logan, every Halloween just certain. n" Initial steps for the planning While struggling up the hill of the BYU's long-range build-to college this morning,' in time ing and expansion program on last week. First buildings under the plan will be a science building and additional dormitories.Mesa college at Grand Junction, Colo., plans to continue junior college athletics after a three year lapse due to the lack Weber College Student Body Prepares To Celebrate Halloween In Gay Fashion By Don E. Jones ( Once again it is the time of J year when the spooks and gob- lins trample people's faces in : "Jacobowsgy and the Colonel" and leave them with their empty was the first college play to be jugs to moan about it. presented to the students of the Everyone seems to be in the j Univrsity of utah- It was the mood for celebrating this Hal- ! St0ry of three relSs strug-loween.' The war is over the I gUng f'' exislence durinS the hnv ,nre hnme anH i C'ark days Of 1940. nedy has his jug of cider. Speaking of jugs, yesterday, while meandering around the to make that dreadful 8 a. m. class, I was suddenly awakened by a gush of wind sweeping past me which, when it settled, down, revealed itself to be none other than Wilford Lieshman. He ox-plained his hurrying to school with this quote, "Well, I don't j of participants. Competition is want to miss any classes this planned with Trinidad junior col- If this were not so, tr ave gone to war when Ithiopia, or when Japan week because next week' I m afraid I'll be in bed with a cold of course." By this it seems that everyone is going to have a swell time except, of course, Sad Face O'Connor who says the only fun he has on Halloween is playirtg spin the bottle with 15 girls, whose names I cannot mention because of strictly personal reasons.Well, while Kay Randall and Ted Whitmeyer sit home and debate with Glen Wiley as to whether or not Roosevelt will rise from his grave in time to run for election, the rest of us will be scouting around town looking for the boys with the hard cider. Anyway it looks as if there w ill be h a popping when the witches ride in '45. lege and Pueblo junior college. Construction for a new men's dormitory will soon be underway at the Colorado Agricultural college. A $20,000 building fund was contributed by William A. Braiden and the, building is to be a memorial to his son. It is therefore being called Braiden hall. The film "So Produly We Hail," was shown to many students that filled the assembly hall at the Santa Monica city college. The faculty dismissed their classes early so the students could enjoy this picture. Fifty-two students will receive bachelor degrees this semester at the University of New' Mexico. No formal graduation ceremony is scheduled but graduates wiU receive their diplomas by mail. She then gave a brief liis- (ory of libraries, how they classified books by grouping-them' according to the color and size of the book. Miss Gross then (old us of the up-to date grouping of books by the Dewey decimal system. Next, the students were told how to use the card catalogue and distinguish each of the different types. Miss Gross had drawn each type on the board. They consist of author cards, subject cards, title cards and, reference cards. Each student received a slip of paper which contained the library rules. These rules tell you how to go about borrowing the books and how you must pay a fine if you keep them out too long. This brief survey of the library was very interesting as well as informative. Miss Eva Browning is the head librarian and Miss Wilnia Gross is librarian in the reserve section... Miss Ruth Perry is the librarian of the circulation section of the library. Many new books are coming into the library for the students enjoyment in reading. Some of the most recent ones are "The Story of Penicillin," "Soldier to Civilian," and "One Man's Meat." Miss Browning and Miss Gross are willing to help the students any time and extend an invitation to all students to come to the library often.-Lois Godfrey. Dear Editor: i I propose a tost! A toast, to ! those courageous men who when j returning from the war baltle- fields all over the world have the initiative and enterprising ability to go on working and studying wthout even taking a much needed rest. Do you not think it takes only the aptitude of great men to go on living for tomorrow and not thinking I am tired loday. but I will pick up my life tomorrow again. Now let me sleep. Yet we see these boys all about us here at the college. I am proud that these are the men who insured my freedom and I propose a toast to their health, happiness, and well-being. Sincerely yours, Edna Joyce Thorson Dear Edna Joyce, We should never forget those who fought for us in this war, and we should especially remember those who paid for our protection with their lives. Editor Dear Editor, It seems everylime a pencil needs sharpening the owner has to hunt all over Weber college for a sharpener. It would have time and leg work and it wouldn't cost too much to put a pencil sharpener in the center hall on each floor of the buildings or even in every third room would help. Won't you see what you can do please ! Dear Penciless Polly, Penciless Polly I imagine the answer to the broblem is to use a typwriter like I m doing now my pencil is broken too! Editor Dear Editor, To the theatrical world the statement "the show must go on," is an unwritten law. No matter what happens or how personal feelings may enter into the picture, actors carry on this proud and justly tradition. It's just another way of saying teamwork, we've got to stick together.And to this end, the students of WC should be congratulated. So far this year the spirit has been great. The only thing is to keep the fire burning or even fan the blaze a little at limes. So kids, keep the smiles wide and high and back every effort that is extended to us to make TTiis year and WC -the best ever. Richard Dear Richard, Righl ! With continued school spirit we can't help but make this year the best. Editor Dear Editor. Who is Yclgdim? Dear Frosh, Revealing a fellow journalist's pen name is a bad policy, but if one should spell "Yclgdim" backwards an answer might be found. Editor Dear Editor, I find taking subjects that re quire a considerable amount oi reading hard to master. Please advise me how to overcome this handicap. Thanks. Troubled Dear Troubled, Drop your hard to handle subjects and take more gym. Editor SIGNPOST Editorial Office 214 Moench Building-Published semi-monthly by students of Weber College Editor Paul O'Connor Business Mgr Henry Jensen representative governments can he established will determine how soon full economic recovery can be accomplished and how endurable and satisfactory the peace will be. The poor political and economic status of the smaller countries in Europe provides fertile soil for the propaganda of those who enjoyed great prosperity under Nazi rule and for those who would like to create dissension anlong the great allied powers as a means of preserving something that they fear they might otherwise lose. Their threats of communism on the one hand and of domination by the greater democracies on the other are argued with considerable success in this period of adjustment when the fruits of the allied victory are slow in coming. Though t belie are or seem to he iu most instances good and plausible reasons why such conditions exist, at present, the abstract facts of scarcity of supplies on the civilian markets and the maintenance in office of unpopular governments have meat effect upon the many small and diverse nationalities of Europe who feel that they are not living politically or economically in their otii right but only as adjuncts to 'the greater powers. Unless the causes for their just complaints are removed and the causes for their unjust complaints properly explained away, the many little voices of any small states will make a big enough noise sometime to cause exponents of the two great political and economic philosophies to choose up sides, and then the world will be on fire again. Recordings, Effective Background For LDS Sunday Service Beautiful sacramental recordings prove to be a very effective background for comments given during the lovely LDS services held every Sunday at the Institution's chapel. The meetings begin at 11 a. m. vvith students from the college making up the membership. From time to time guest speakers are chosen to leave beneficial messages with the students. A cordial invitation is extended to all members of Weber college. The officers consist of Harold Eibbets, supt. ; Grant Garner and Grant Wood, counselers; Keith Midgley and Maureen Martin, receptionists; Elaine Smith, secretary; Gloria Parry, chorister, and LaDona Gamell, accompanist. Asst. Editor Junior Barnes Front Page Elaine Broad-bentEditorial Page Virginia Lee, Eva Deane Tippetts Society Page Iris Kunzler Sport Page Phil Kenny, ' Dean Baddley, Leon Wood Photographer Calvin Love- land Cartoonist Jack McBiidc Faculty Advisor C. M. Nils-sonBusiness Advisor Harold : Hanley Circulation Manager Leo B. Adams Circulation Staff Edna Miles, LaRae Anderson, Adpna Call, Donna Smith, St'an Purrinton, James Farr. . Reporters Betty Wilson, Elaine Broadbent, Louise-" Mueller, Bonnie Burke,:.-Edna Joyce Thorson, My- . rna Broekmeier, Don E. Jones, Lois Godfrey, Richard B. Dover, Jay Thackeray.Member Associated , Collegiate Press Nonsense? Mrs. Allred: "I heard you talking to yourself while you were taking your bath, Thatcher. That's a bad habit." Mr. Allred: "I wasn't talking to myself. I was talking to the soap. I srpped on it." "I regret to inform you that : your wife's mind is completely gone." "I'm not surprised, Doc. She's been .giving me a piece of it every day for 20 years." Two ghosts were playing poker when a knock came at the door. "Who is it," they asked. "Rigor Mortis may I set in?" Love the delusion that one woman differs from another. mmmm i mm ELLISON DRY CLEANING CO. 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