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Show (T SEC. 562 P. L & R. CALENDAR September 25 Home football game, Weber vs. Fort Douglas. October 1 Freshman orientation assembly, pep rally, and watermelon bust. October 2 Home football game, Weber vs. Idaho Southern Branch. October 6 Assembly. October 9 Pep assembly. October 10 Get Acquainted dance, nine p. m., Weber college ballroom.IN THIS ISSUE Extended Day School Double Track Policy New Institute Director 'reshman Orientation Assembly Student Marriages Football Schedule Women's Intramurals W S B NUMBER I VOLUME 6 OGDEN CITY. UTAH. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1942 -1 -J 3 I. 'LP" , , . In Instruction Program Extended Day School Replaces Night School Many Courses Are Available To Supply Nearly All Needs, Kilburn Says; Interested Persons Should Inquire Night school at Weber college is to become an "extended day" school, according to Mr. H. Parley Kilburn, whose appointment as director was announced last week by President H. A. Dixon. This means simply, Mr. Kilburn said, that courses ordinarily taught only in the day school will now be taught in the evening also. This is an effort to meet the needs of those students who are working in defense industries and wish to continue their academic or occupational training. The work offered will be of two types: (1) courses for which terminal credit is given, and (2) courses for which regular college credit is granted. Especially Important "It is especially important dur- I ing this time of crisis, Mr. Kilburn said, "that students carry on their regular tcademic programs leading to preparation for entrance into higher institutions and for higher degrees, and to better prepare themselves for positions of leadership when and if they are called into active service in our armed forces. "The experiences of our allies in this struggle have emphasized the necessity of preserving the fundamental cultural values of our society. The very best way for any young man or woman to best serve his country at this time is to enroll in part-time courses and prepare for one of the manw technical positions that have to be filled in our armed forces or in the larger civilian army that will supply materials to the men at the front." War Commissions The war time commission lately announced an eight-point program for education in the war effort. This program recommends: (1) Guidance in critical occupations and services; (2) basic training in science and mathematics; (3) pre-flight training in aeronautics; (4) training for physical fitness; (5) optional military drill when it can be given; (6) citizenship training; (7) pre-induction training for firmed forces and war production; (8) essential community service. Mr. Kilburn stressed that the extended day school program will be geared to meet the needs of th United States by fitting individuals into the above program. Academic Subjects A rich offering of academic subjects, he said, will be organized to meet the needs of studnts preparing for technical service. Students should express their interest in such subjects to the college authorities, for it will be possible if there is sufficient demand, to organize courses in commercial art, accounting, chemistry, physics, business English, Spanish, speech for young executives, engineering, rcdio, retail selling, biology, and social sciences. Other subjects in which courses will be taught if demand justifies (and this demand must be indicated by anyone interested) are literature, music, recreation, home economics, consumer problems for sales people, geology of Utah, shorthand, and current economic and political problems. Credit will be offered for these courses. Defense Work Classes wii lalso be offered, as usual, in vocational and defense work. To enable interested persons to make known their desires, the office of the extended day school will be open from ten a. m. to eleven a. m. daily. The phone number to be dialed during that hour is 4431, extension 14. In the evenings between six p. m. and ight p. m. the number to dial is 4431, extension 1. After October 5, these evening hours will be lengthened to run until ten p. m. Dr. Young Does "Office Boy to President" Act Dr. Orson Whitney Young has done it again. Last summer that lively instructor pulled the fat out of the fire by getting himself a doctor's degree on a thesis entitled "Lim-nological Investigation of Periphy-ton in Douglas T ike, Michigan." This summer, in the interests of the war effort, he tried out the "bottom run of the ladder" idea, probably just to prove that he hadn't lost the touch. He hadn't, even though the bottom rung was pick and shovel work. At the last hearing he had shoveled the rest under and been made straw boss of the whole blamed earthworks. An Assembly And Bust . . . Big plans are being formulated for the annual freshman orientation assembly, and the pep rally and watermelon bust immediately following it, on Thursday, October 1, at seven-thirty p. m. in the Moench auditorium. The assembly, "absolutely vital to incoming freshmen," will feature President H. A. Dixon, who will at that time give his annual address of welcome to the Weber college student body. Mr. M. L. Stevenson, dean of instruction, and Wayne Carver, student body president, will also speak, and student body officers will be introduced. Supervising the assembly program is the orientation department under the direction of Dean Stevenson. They will present important orientation instructions to the freshmen and have planned several appropriate musical numbers. Immediately following the assembly, at eiglit-thii ty p. m., a 15-minute pep rally will be broadcast over radio station KLO. The school hymn will be rendered by Jay Olson, noted Weber tenor, and Heber Jacobs, W. C. alumnus, will lead in some peppy cheers and yells. At the conclusion of the broadcast the assembly will adjourn to the square in the center of the campus block for a watermelon bust. "All the watermelon you can eat" has been promised by the student body officers, and they hope all Weber students will take advantage of the offer. Incoming freshmen are' especially urged to attend these events, but, of course, returning sophomores will be equally as welcome. Admonishes John Vernieu, student body business manager, "You'll never be the same if you miss the activities of Thursday evening, October 1." 'Nough said! Succeeds Woodruff KOYDEN C. jmr': mKBSKUBbbL HtmM I Music Series Starts With Robert Weede Ballet Russe, Other World Famous Features Follow The Ogden Community-Weber College Greater Concert series is this year slated for an early start with the appearance of Robert Weede, baritone, in the auditorium of the Ogden High School October 3. The entire series, according to Mr. Guy H. Hurst, committee representative of Weber college, will be composed of seven outstanding numbers to be presented between October and April. Weber college students are automatically ticket holders for the series. Mr. Weede's appearance will be his first in Ogden, and will enable Ogden music lovers to hear a voice which music critics of New York have selected as most likely to succeed the noted Lawrence Tibbett. Mr. Weede's appearance is made possible because the artist will be enroute to San Francisco to sing the leading role in a west coast opera, October 5, Mr. Hurst reported. Students must have completed registration by the afternoon of the perform ance m order to gain free admission.The second number on the program will present the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo on its fifth transcontinental tour, to appear November 16. Cornelia Otis Skinner, well-known to Ogden audiences, is scheduled to follow, November 28, after which the series will bring Kilenyi, noted pianist in January; Mozart's famous opera, "The Marriage of Figaro" in English, February; the Belgian piano-string quartet, March; the noted violinist, Francescatti, will close the series in April. This year's series has already been over-sub'scribed, members of the committee report. This does not mean that there will not be seats available to visitors or out-( Continued on Page Two) . . . BRAITHWAITE Dixon, Student Officers Lay Down Double Track 1942-43 Policy For Weber College in War Time Student body officers for 1942-43 see a grand year ahead for Weber college. It's in their eyes. Left to right Beth Khees, vice president; Marvel Murphy, secretary; and John Vernieu, business manager.. $X?r For W.C. Training A joint board, composed of representatives of the army, navy, marine corps, and coast guard will be on the Weber college campus October 8 to explain their programs of deferred enlistment, Dean Merlin L. Stevenson announced recently. "Students wishing to qualify for officer training are urged to investigate the various types of enlistment possible, so that they may be prepared to make the most of the opportunity presented through the officers' visit," he added. "Parents or prospective enlistees are also invited to attend the meeting." Dean Stevenson's office has been busily investigating the various possibilities for national service on the part of college students since the close of school last spring. A summary of these findings indicates that a program has been set up by each branch of the military service to assist students who can (Continued on Page Two) Physics Department and Radio Work Merged Into New Radio School Combining the Weber colleger- physics and radio departments will assist in meeting government needs for radio service men and women, Mrs. Charles Osmond, department head, said Tuesday. The remodeling program necessitated by such a merger has resulted in two class rooms adjacent to two fully equipped laboratories. In addition, adequate stock room space has been provided by transferring the photographic dark room equipment to the second floor of the Moench building, thus making available the former dark room for radio and physics apparatus. Out of the funds made available for vocational training for war production workers, the college has secured many fine test units as traceometers, signal generators, oscillographs, dynamic analyzers, wave meters, and vacuum tube voltmeters. Such apparatus together with the fine assortment of radio parts and materials should make possible not only one of the finest radio service schools in the country during the war emergency period, but should result in a permanent radio department for the post-war period, according to Mr. Osmond. It is this after-the-war period that will bring many new phases of radio and television which will require special training to meet th demands of a rejuvenated industry. Weber officials feel that preparation for war service will also mean a preparation for industrial service, Mr. Osmond added. At present Weber is employing three instructors to train about 60 Teachers C. ill IMVIJ 111 V I IEIIIUI Education at U' C. L A. Six weeks of instructive studycollege instructors studying prob-under Dr. Rosco C. Ingalls were I iems pertinent to their own school reported by the Weber college I situations. A "consultant" is de- teachers who this summer attended the Los Angeles junior college workshop in terminal education sponsored by the general education board, founded and subsidized in 1902 by John D. Rockefeller. President H. A. Dixon of the col- lege keynoted the comments of the otner tnree attending teacners when he said: "It is a pleasure to breathe the atmosphere of a great university and to study the problems of junior college education in company with the experts of that field." President Dixon served as consultant to the workshop during a part of the six-week period. In addition, he worked out a problem as did the participants, who were Radio School Equipment . . . LrV jHP'v i Instructor Lester G Donkin, left, and mechanic learners in radio who have been selected by Hill field Enjoy Summer Tormina! fined as a member of the workshop teaching and advisory staff. Dixon Compares The problem President Dixon selected was the preparation of a table showing the contrasts and comparisons of the three types of education currently found in junior colleges. These are vocational, educational, general education, and university preparatory (regular academic) education. The first two types of education are described as terminal inasmuch as they are intended for students who stop school at the end of two years or sooner, President Dixon said. Dr. Robert Clarke, head of the vocational department at Weber student tfale Butt.-rfieid inspect radio authorities. Facilities are now such that several times tiiis they are Wayne Carver, president; college, for a part of the period replaced President Dixon as con sultant to the workshop. He like wise worked out a problem. His problem had to do with a detailed method of in-service training for vocational teachers who come into his department from the trades, usually without previous teaching experience. Mr. C. H. Anderson, instructor in history and political science, de veloped a plan for a course of study in the general education field aimed at maki lg the terminal stu dent a reasonably well informed and civic-minded individual in the duties and attitudes needed by Americans of today. Works on Publicity Mr. C. M. Nilsson, instructor in English composition and journal ism, said that the title of his prob lem is "Publicity in the Junior College." He worked out four phases of the general topic. These were the need for publicity, gen. eral recommendations for publicity the junior college student news paper as a publicity medium, and a check list by which junior col-(Contlnued on Pago Two) radio apparatus. number may be tr three shifts are ir Situation Calls for Observance of ertain Imperatives (Editor's note: The council to which President Dixon refers in this article was held by Weber college students and faculty last year shortly after it became apparent what effect the impact of Pearl Harbor and total war was having upon the United States and, to an unprecedented degree, upon the colleges. Many of the recommendations of the council w?re acted upon the moment they were phrased, so urgent was the crisis, but many of the suggestions required more time for incorporation. These will no doubt have a great deal of influence upon the school year now beginning. This Is the inference one receives from President Dixon's timely remarks.) By PRES. H. A. DIXON Most of the educational imperatives for 1942 - 43 which I shall summarize were suggested either directly or indirectly by the Weber college joint facuty-student war council of last year. I shall, in the main, extract those imperatives which are more pressing at this time, from the council's long reports, organize them, and place them here where they will be given the prominence which they deserve. It is imperative: 1. That both faculty and students be extremely sensitive and responsive to our country's needs. The proper attiude is carried into force by such commendable examples as that of Yale. The deputy to President Seymour described the Yale attitude and plan in these words: "We are following the military concept that the students are only loaned to the university in order to prepare better for duty with the armed forces and industry. Faculty war counselors prompt-went into a huddle with each student, signed him to a specific course of war training. Some 75 per cent of the students elected enlisted in the army, navy or the marine reserves. The rest ..l.-e to prepare for war jobs in industry. Undergraduates were pleased with the plan because 'Most of us feel that we have something lined up in the war effort'." (The joint army-navy-marine board has arranged to be at Weber college October 8 to describe fully to students and parents the opportunities of the enlisted reserve of Weber college.) Develop Daring 2. Tha Weber college, which is a local community and area institution, develop the qualities of courage, daring and imagination necessary to adapt its thinking and practices to rapidly changing conditions. This recommendation is being implemented by the faculty workshop September 21 to October 5, which seeks to give emphasis to educational priorities. 3. That the educational services so necessary to the perpetuation of American culture and civilization be maintained even if the program must be streamlined and accelerated.4. That we all strive to understand the issues of the war and that we do not permit its benefis to lapse after the war cases; further, that the freedom which the individual must surrender during the war is restored to the individual after the war. 5. That physical fitness be stressed as never before. All students and faculty members should be required to take the school doctor's physical examination. Remedial physic 1 defects should receive prompt medical attention. More physical education demanding universal participation, with greater emphasis upon the vigorous, tough, body-building exercises and activities, should be the rule. Modify Activities 6. That out-of-class or student activities continue to be considered part of the institution's regular curriculum, charged with the re sponsibility of ultimately making students self-governing, teaching them to plan, to live with others, and to cultivate a taste for whole some recreaicn and culture. The student body must, however, make modifications in its program as a result of the war. The student com mittee recommends: (1) Retrenchment in the number and scope of activities nd in student body ex penditures. (2) Emphasis upon those activities that benefit the greatest number of students. (3) Giving acivities a turn toward community and country service. (4) Admitting service men to activities at one-half price. (5) Keep-'" up present standards of school; (ConUuued on Pago TwoJ i |