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Show . - - . . , W E & C O A. JL, E C Wish the Student Body Pleasant Holiday Greetings President Dixon, Faculty And the Student Officers -o ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF WEBER COLLEGE VOL. 3 OSDEN, UTAH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1939 No 7. li fir . . ' LT- 1 Literary Opus Appears In Pale Buff Writing Style Realistic, Sophisticated By FIRSTNIGHTER Another artistic success, was the pronouncement that greeted Scribulus upon its appearance this morning. The autumn issue of the literary magazine, now at the college bookstore for distribution, uses the warm tones of brown ink on pale buff paper to produce a seasonal effect. The varied writing of the issue shows sophistication. It is both cynical and realistic. Scribulus is edited by Stanley Johnson, who accounts for himself with "Rain and a Duck and a i Horizon," an autumn impression beginning with the colorful days of Indian summer and progressing to the mournful, melancholy period of the ebbing season. "Frisco Fling," by Rolfe Peterson is another nonfiction article, humorous Hfe-in-the-raw narrative that was almost censored. "'. Learned These Things," an anony mous entry signed only by "Tim othy Haye, is a biting denuncia' tion of educational systems. "Power of Concentration," a satire by Shirley Poulton, tickles the funny bone and "Flood," a description by David Shurtleff, completes the list of feature articles. Fainting Used In the fiction field are "Jungle Rhythm," a story of adventure in Africa by Dan Bailey, a subject m spired by the Farrel Collett paint ing used as the frontispiece. "Cir cumstantical Evidence," beginning as a serious study of a failing doc tor, but ending with a roar of laughter, is David R. Trevithick's contribution. "The Return of the Lost Chord," by Kathleen Graham is a short story based on an actual occurrence. Release, by Va Nyle Evans, a realistic story of a prison er's discovery of freedom, and "Tom," by Jeanne Johnson, the character sketch of a preacher's mischievous son, are other out standing fiction entries. Several poems used include "Apostrophe," by Louise DeWit; "I Made Woman, by Michael Creag or; 'Peace" and "Memory," by Kuth Myers. An effective page is formed by the combination of a brilliant photograph of withering autumn leaves, taken by Bob Pet erson, and a poem, "Remember," by Stanley Johnson. Illustrations by Walt Prothero and two full-page features by Mr. Collett are all well done, giving the magazine some outstanding art. Hunting Scene Bob Peterson's photography, besides the study of autumn leaves. included a hunting scene, showing the hunter in silhouette and reflected in water below him, and an interior Christmas scene showing two college boys waiting for Santa Claus. The two-page spread, a study of Mount Ben Lomond, was taKen by Jerry Johnson. The magazine staff includes Stanley Johnson asa editor, Walt Prothero as artist, Bob Peterson as photographer, S h i r 1 e y Poulton, Donald West, and Jesse Jensen as sophomore associate editors; Va Nyle Evans, Gale Rose, George London, and Dolores Riggs as freshman associates; Von Holt as business and circulation manager, Barbara Arnold and Dorothea Brophy as typists, and Mr. Trevi-thick as adviser. "Now that students have seen the autumn issue," the editor stated, "we hope that many of them will begin work on contributions for the winter issue. We want to urge them to do their writing over the Christmas holidays, so we will have an even better magazine nex quarter." Writers' Club Hear Noted Author Mrs Eva Willes Wangsgaard, prominent Ogden writer and one of the state's best known poets, was the guest of the newly formed Writers Club at their meeting December 6. Mrs. Wangsgaard discussed poetry and read several poems from her new book, not yet published, called "Down This Road." It will be her second complete volume of verse. Mrs. Wangsgaard, who has contributed poetry to national magazines and such newspapers as the New York Times, told of writing on common, everyday subjects. "Most of My poems have dandelions or plowed ground in them." she said. The recent meeting was held at the home of Mildred West,vice--president of the club. She.' Stanley Johnson, president, and Glen Wade, secretary, acted as hosts. Members of the club and those interested in writing and who intend to become members were urged to work on articles for contemplated pulibcation over the Christmas holidays. Sponsors of the club say it is destined to produce writing that can be sold to outside publications. Successful writers will be guests of the club at future meetings. Players From piij 0 ijjj Top row: David Lund, Park; Stanley George, Paul Reiger; Conwey Morris, Apfel; Rolfe Peterson, first thug; Dan Bailey, Hanus; Dan Curtis, Ripple; Von Holt, Oglethorpe. Middle row: Aaron Roylance, Misty; LaMoian Suttlemyre, Stephen Minch; Betty Lou Balch, Mrs. Rutledge; Gerrit Wolthius, second thug; Mark Austad, Charles Duffy. Bottom row: Rosemary Thinnes, Angela; Lorraine Baird, Penelope; Marjorie Tanner, Martha Minch; Willard Jensen, Mr. Arlington; Loyal Cfiristenson, Hallie Arlington; Isabella Edward, Delia; Margaret Tingey, Christabel. College Band Offers Symphony Symphonic band Interpretations by the local organization, led by Bandmaster Clair Johnson, were presented in an evening of entertainment in the auditorium, Dec. 5. Musicians of the band proved versatile in their renditions of heavier music ,in their accompaniment for individual soloists, and in the ability to put over in an attractive, personalized way novelty numbers which delighted the audience. Mr. Roland Parry, head of W. C. music, said that the foregoing estimate, worded by him, was a general one with the listeners. The program follows: Stradella Overture Flotow Three Slippers Johnson Trombone Trio: Eugene Riley, Willard Azeltine, A. C. Cook Concertino Weber Clarinet Solo with band Richard Murdock On the Trail Grofe Flirtations Clarke Cornet Trio: Desmond Norton, Donald Prout Delbert Brown Mandalay . . Speaks Vocal Solo with band Herbert Smith Dollin' Up Dolly Bueche Piano Solo with band Eugene Brough King Cotton Sousa Beautiful Colorado De Luca Baritone Solo with band A C. Cook Cypress Silhouettes Bennett Finale PERSONNEL Flute, Ruth Johnson. Oboe, Jay Cook. Bassoon, Marjorie Hampten. Clarinets, Richard Murdock,' Raymond Kunzler, Don West, Don Purkey, Joe Layton, Wayne Craven, John Eyre, Barbara Arnold. Saxophones: Tal Wardle, Robert Parker, Max Soelberg. Percussion: Clyde Williams, Edwin Cardon, Anthony Lewis. Cornets: Desmond Norton, Delbert Brown, Donald Prout, Jack Davis. Horns: Afton Huff, Lewis Harding. Robert Hughes. Baritones: A. C. Cook, Uriel Berryessa, Ross Eskelson. Trombones: Eugene Riley, Willard Azeltine, Grant Rees, Kieth Wilcox, Stephen Jones. Basses: William Purcell, Carlyle Green, David Peters, Harold Sedgwick.Symphony Lyceum Youthful Musicians By FLORENCE CASHMORE A near capaciy crowd of music lovers was entertained richly Saturday evening by the Kryl Symphony orchestra at the Ogden high school auditorium in a Webercol-lege-Ogden community concert feature.The orchestra, a modified Havdn orchestra, so-called because of the complete instrumentation yet limited number of members, added fullness and richness to the playing. Each number was artistically done. Outstanding was the fact that the performers were all com paratively young. I he stately conductor. Bohumir Kryl, commanded the attention of the audience throughout the evening, directing his young artists with ability and without score or the baton. The renditions of the soloists "The Star Wagon Students Give Okeh To Maxwell Anderson Play By MARY HUGGINS Before an enthusiastic audience Maxwell Anderson's "The Star Wa gon", was presented in the college auditorium December 11 and 12 by the Weber college speech depart ment. The audience applauded Dan Bailey's able interpretation of Hanus and Loyal Christenson's portrayal of the sparkling Hallie Arlington. The lead roles with La Moian Suttlemyre as Steve and Marjorit Tanner as Martha were played with admirable restraint. The pruddish widow, Mrs. Rutlege, and the bullying Charley Duffey, played by Betty Lou Balch and Mark Austad came close to stealing the show. For the most part the audience responded warmly to the; mood of the play; however, the sensation caused by the love scene of Martha and Steve seemed to be embarrassment entirely unqualified by the warmth of the scene. The production was, on the (Continued on Page 2, Col. 1) Plans Slated for Founders' Day Demonstrations by each department of Weber College will be a part of the program for Founder's Day on January 7, it was announced Wednesday by Mr. C. H. Anderson, chairman of the committee in charge of the day. Also included on the program of the day will be an assembly given in the auditorium. The demonstration will be given by each department of the school and will show what the department is doing to help the students in their vocations. The demonstrations will be so arranged that visitors may walk through the school and see every demonstration. Along with these demonstrations will be held an assembly in the auditorium. Tenative plans call for a dramitization of the theme of Weber College in the past and at the present time. Definite plans for this assembly havenot been arranged by the commitee as yet. The committee in charge of the day consists of: Mr. C. H. Anderson, chairman; Mr. John Benson and Miss Marian Read of the faculty; Rolfe Peterson and Miss Barbara Reeve of the student body; and Mr. Stanley Benson and Mr. David J. Wilson of the alumni. Pleases Oqdenites; in Orchestra were truly professional. Irene Walthers, charming soprano, thrilled the audience with her presentation of "Hark! Hark! the Lark," "Seleste Aida," from the opera "Aida," sung by Richard Kloko, the tenor soloist, and a harp solo by May Hopkins were well received by the listeners. Florian Tabach, violin soloist and first violinist of the orchestra; gave a finished artistic concerto by Mozart, written when the prodigy was only ten years of age. This concerto, recently discovered, retains all the elements of a finished composition, and was perhaps the highlight in the program. The full orchestra presented next the "Sixth Hungarian Dance," of Brahms, "Tales from the Vienna Woods." "The Prelude" to the "Maestersinger." opera of Wagner, and the ever popular "Unfinished Symphony," by Shubcrt, in which the group were at their best. i Accidents Beset Amateur Players By HELEN MOORE Mr. Charlie Duffy, better known as Mark Austad, was slightly injured and very embarrassed when he stepped through one of the "rocks" of the picnic scene of "The Star Wagon" during the matinee performance Monday afternoon. Fortunately for Mr. Duffy, he fell outside the range of vision of his audience, but the entire auditorium echoed resoundingly as he crashed through scenery. Although rather badly shaken up and bruised, Mr. Duffy continued the scene without further hesitation.Vivian Polidor, a backstage indispensable, was also nursing an injury today. Hers occurred, however, during the performance Monday evening. Afraid of letting it go off too soon, Vivian held onto the fire-cracker that was to sound like Steve's 1902 vintage automobile. It exploded in her hand taking parts of the thumbnail and two fingernails with it. Mrs. Rutledge, or Betty Lou Balch, the energetic choir leader, returned the morning after dress rehearsal with a severe case of "make-up-itis" in her eyees. This malady, caused by getting make-up in the eyes, induces the eyes to run continually which, according to Mrs. Rutledge, is most uncomfortable.No other serious accidents have occurred. But Marge "Martha Minch" Tanner left her shoes on the dressing table Monday night, a sign, in theatre cirles, of very bad luck. Instruction Car Slams Into Tree Crash, bang, zowie, and the little blue and white car was wrapped aroung a tree. Yes, it was the Weber college instruction car and the only tree within one hundred yards, but somehow they managed to get together. Dead center. How did it happen? Well, one of the au otmechanic students was towing another car to start it. Driver of car number one turned around to see if his tow was following. Result, one bent axle, one smashed headlamp, one flat fender. Air blue with reprimand. The damaged vehicle had been used to teach local students the fundamentals of good driving. College Inn Is Vacated for Sure Weber belles are tolling the sad fact that the College Inn is out. Mrs. Lulu Hadley just plain "Lou" to hundreds of hungry college students said today that the inn's condemnation has been renewed, this time emphatically. At the beginning of the fall quarter, authorities slapped a decree of condemnation on the rickety building. Public opinion favored a reopening, however, so Lou started all over again with the understanding that the building would be renovated and strengthened. But the owners thought the shanty unworthy of expenditure, so Lou is forced to pack up her surplus crushed ice and the nickelodeon and move to i better climes. Vocational Delegate Returns Home Mr. LeRoy Blaser, Weber college vocational instructor, returned from Grand Rapids, Michigan Tuesday morning. Mr. Blaser at tended the national convention for vocational education as the dele gate from the state of Utah. He is president of the Utah state organ ization. Prominent among the speakers at the convention were Paul Mc-Nutt, W. J. Cameron of Ford Corporation, Dr. Charles H. Judd, di rector of N. Y. A. Educational Program, Charles S. Matoon, Major Frank McSherry, chief of staff, U. S. army. Major McSherry believes we need more vocational training in skilled trades. Aviation needs it, and right now the army can't get men without crippling industry. There would be a shortage in case of war; and, therefore, he advises the expansion of trade and apprentice schools at once. Mr. Matoon stated that we are in the midst of industrial growth in the airplane business that is both extensive and permanent. During the last four years there has been a 100 per cent increase in the government air service. In commercial aviation there has been an increase of 4 per cent in recent months. Mr. Cameron, representing Henry Ford, said that Ford Trade School has 6,000 young men in training. Vocational education must create an atmosphere that acknowledges that a skilled worker is the equal of any man. Mr. Judd asserted that nearly 50 per cent of the young people go into such jobs as clerking and factory work and leave school without being properly trained or guided for this work. He can see a revision is necessary to make room for this large group. Colleges and high schools should adjust. College preparatory work should be given only to those who intend to go on to four-year schools. Dixon Moves to New Home Kris Kringle will drive a moving van when he brings Christmas to President H. A. Dixon and his family. They are moving into their new home here on the campus by December 25. The building into which they will move was formerly the offices of Ogden city schools. Before that it was a private residence. Vocational carpentry students have been working under the direction of Mr. Lorenzo Petersen, carpentry instructor, all fall to complete remodeling by the holidays. Phoenix Sponsors Radio Program Ross Ekins, Weber radio manager, announced today that the weekly college radio program tonight at five o'clock is to be sponsored by Phoenix club. Tentative plans for the program include musical numbers and a dramatization of critical moments in the club's history. Eugene Brough, who is in charge of the program, states that Phoenix wants to present a quarter-hour's entertainment in' keeping with the "high standards set previously by Weber radio workers." The program begins at five o'clock this evening, and is heard over KLO. Amateur Snoops Slate Press Conference Local Writers Will Send Representatives Colorado State College of Education at Greeley, Colorado, will be host to about 200 student journalists from over twenty colleges and universities throughout the mountain states at the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Press Association next January 25, 26 and 27. The Signpost staff plans to send at least one delegate to the convention. A car load of delegates will be sent from Weber college if financially possible. The convention last year was held at the University of Utah. Weber was well represented. 1 Each year student newspapers from the different member colleges are judged according to the following: general newspaper excellence (grand prize), best sports, editorial, front, and society pages, and best news, feature, and sports stories, and best editorials. The Utah Chronicle, University of Utah student newspaper, won the grand prize last year. Dr. Grant M. Hyde, director of the University of Wisconsin, school of journalism, will judge the papers from fall quarter issues submitted to him. Hal R. Harmon; editor of the Utah Chronicle, is president of the association. Other officers of the association are: John Muller, Colorado School of Mines, vice president; Viola Reich, Colorado State College of Education, secretary; Bill Ward, editor of Student Life, Utah State Agricultural college, and Norma Moore, Colorado Women's college, directors. Robert Wid-lund of the host school is convention manager. C. A. A. Students Test Wings Twenty student pilots under the direction of Art Mortensen, flight instructor, and William Pons, assistant flight instructor, are taking daily trips skyward in the two new cub training ships obtained for the training of the students under the civil aeronautic authority program. In the first flight lessons the young aviators were given instructions in instrument reading, safety precautions, straight flights, turns, climbs, and glides. About the third trip the student began practice on takeoffs and landings. "Many people think there is danger in flying," said Art Morten-sen; "but with modern airplanes and good flying weather a pilot with good sense is safer in an airplane than in a car. If a plane crashes it probably rates the front page of a newspaper as a story, but if a car crashes it will be hidden in the back pages of the paper if 'it rates at all. Because of this publicity, people think that airplanes are dangerous, but they aren't." "It's really a big thrill to look down upon the earth and see things from a different angle," said Charles Manning when asked how he liked to fly. Some of the faculty members and even some students seem to be rather skeptical about the flight instruction, but the twenty student pilots are thrilled with the idea that actual flight has at last begun. Weber college is the first school in Utah to begin flight training under the CAA program. Neither the University of Utah nor the Utah State Agricultural college has begun flight training. Barker Addresses Authors' Club Nancy Barker, modern languages instructor, gave an address to the Authors' Club of Salt Lake City yesterday. Her subject was "The Development of French Drama." She discussed the part that French plays have had in the literature of that country. Miss Barker has spent some years in France, studying its language and liternture. and is now preparing her thesis for a doctor' degree in the field of linguistics. Dr. Robert Clarke Tells Sigma Xi Radioaction Explains Earth Changes "Measurement of Radioactivity in the Earth's Crust," was the topic of a speech given by Dr. Robert Clarke before the Sigma Xi club in their quarterly meeting at the Brigham Young University Monday. Eminent fraternity members from throughout the state were in attendance. Highlights of the speech were summarized in the following words of Dr. Clarke. "A knowledge of the radioaction of the earth's crust is important in the field of geology in unraveling the history of the earth, in explaining present processes. In predicting future changes, and in explaining the source of the energy involved in dynamical movements of the earth's crust. Radioactivity Phoenix Prepares First Formal Dance Of Christmas Season Date For Snowball Is Set For Night of December 20 Weber college's Christmas spirit will be rolled up in one compact chunk as part of the Snow Ball now being rolled around the campus by Phoenix men. Fred Foulger, Phoenix president, prophesies "the biggest dance of the decade" on the night of December 20 when the Snow Ball gets a final push in the college ballroom by Lenny Wight's brass section. This dance is traditionally onet of the two or three most colossal events of the school year. Initiated several years ago by Phoenix, the affair has grown to he Weber's official expression of Christmas holiday spirit. Foulger hints at a big surprise during the evening's climax crowning of the one and only Phoenix queen in person. Girls who failed- to make the contest finals aren't taking it very hard, though, since the queen is doomed to kiss Fred as part of her crowning. Finalists in the queen contest are: Anne Danvers, Barbara Reeve, Janet Morrin, Janet Hilton, Betty Smalley, and Betty Lou Balch. The queen of queens is to be selected the eve of the dance by Phoenix members. She will be honored at intermission by a formal presentation of gift and flowers. Foulger is being assisted in dance preparations by several club committees, chairman of which are: decorations, Dan Curtis; orchestra, Sylvan Godfrey; queen contest, Lewis Briggs; publicity, Keith Wilcox. Eugene Brough is in charge of a banquet to be held immediately after the dance for Phoenix members and alumni. Said President Foulger today: "When I kiss 'em they stay kissed!" The Snow Ball will be the official conclusion of the fall quarter social season. Challenger Takes Monson to Chicago Mr. Leland H. Monson is leaving December 26 on the Challenger for Chicago to attend the National Association of Teachers of Speech convention. Mr. Monson says, "I am going to talk before this group on the subject of 'Teaching English Fundamentals Through Speech, and, in general, I'm going to tell them that the fundamentals of English may be summed up under the heads of substance and style, of having something to say and saying it well, and that I behove that those two fundamentals can be taught very well through speech. I personally believe that part of the required courses in English composition could more profitably be spent with oral rather than with written work. A combination of the two gives for effectiveness." Mr. Monson will also meet with the national officersof Phi Rho Pi to plan the national tournament to be held at Weber. Mr. Monson will return on January 2. Librarian Goes East for Yule Miss Eva Browning, Weber librarian, is deserting Ogden for more metropolitan surroundings this coming Yuletide season. She left for Chicago on the Challenger Thursday evening. "I anticipate nothing but pleasure and excitement," said Miss Browning before departing. Don't get the idea that she is going to spend one of those famous Christmas days all alone in the big bad city. Definitely not! Spending Christmas in Chicago is more or less of a second nature with Miss Browning.and she and her many Chicago acquaintances are planning a holiday celebration. "I won't miss our Christmas snow, if there is any, by going away," said Miss Browning. "If there is snow here in Ogden, I'll bet I see it in Chicago too!" gives the most reliable method of computing the age of the earth. "Recent measurements on the distribution of radium in the ocean promise to be helpful in solving the problems of ocean chemistry, and point to the fact that plants and animals in sea water are the means whereby radium is being precipitated to the bottom. "Our conclusion is that in man's attempt to satisfy his insatiable curiosity regarding the past he will find it very profitable to follow the faint but potent trails of the Uran-iam thorium families." The club, a national honorary fraternity for science men, boasts four members in the Weber college faculty, Mr. Walter Buss. Dr. Ernest Miner, Dr. Robert Clarke and Dr. Dean Anderson. Holy Yuletide In Marionette The true spirit of Christmas has been brought to Weber by the Stevenses, Marionette artists. Such was the favorable reaction of the large crowd of lyceum enthusiasts that aetended "The Nativity," a puppet performance presented by Olga and Martin Stevens December 8, in the Weber college auditorium. Common were expressions of wonder and admiration at the fineness of the preformance. Particular admiration was expressed for the lighting effects used in portraying heavenly visitations. The charm, poise, and naturalness of the marionette and the effective musical accompaniments found special favor with the audience.. Many expressed the opinion that the marionettes were so skilfully manipulated that they achieved, to a great extent, all the gestures and expressions employed by skilled human performers. Much consideration was given to the fine detail work of the production. Popular approval was bestowed upon the small donkey, which bore the Virgin Mary, when it characteristically pawed the ground in impatience.There were many children in the packed audience. Classwork . . . By Wilmer Perry In the tusiness department, Mr. Ira Markham teaches a course designed to bridge the gap between the school room and the job. Integrated Office Practice, as it is listed in the catalog, tends to help the student by teaching advanced business through laboratory work in actual experience in downtown offices. It integrates facts and skills learned in the school room as they apply to actual situations. Mr. Markham asserts that it is the only course of its kind that he knows of in the state of Utah. "Approximately all placements in business made through the business department will be made from the group who successfully complete this class," said Mr. Markham, Professor Quizz has entered the classroom of Dr. Miner, botany department instructor. Each member of the class is required to write up a list of questions sufficiently clear and understandable for the class standards. Sides are evenly divided and the questions are fired away. A maximum of ten seconds is given to the one answering to to begin his or her answer to the question. Failure to do so exits them from the contetst. In turn, if the one asking the question fails to answer, it or gives the wrong answer, they are also asked to sit down. "It's a splendid way to review, although the students pick easy questions for fear they themselves will be unable to answer them," mused Dr. Miner. Mr. Young, zoology (pronounced as in "go" not "zoo") instructor, has finally discovered that the only way to prevent students flunking such terms as zygomastoidians, etc. in his exams, is to provide an unabridged dictionary for frequent reference purposes. "It's one of the best things I've found so far," claimed Mr. Young. Mr. Collett, and his art class, both new comers at Weber college this year are going great guns as can be seen from their various works of art scattered throughout the institution. Ten students are taking an exclusively vocational art course. In addition a great many others are taking it along with their regular school work. Things should be interesting In the art class next quarter, bet-cause, according to Mr. Collett, real live models are going to pose for the students. Illustrations are to be made from these pbsings and made up on the order of those found in commercial magazines, with perhaps entries being made to such magazines. The bacteriological laboratory, scene of the growth of many a bacteria has been improved by the addition of a preparation room through cooperation of the vocational department, according to Instructor Anderson. Of great interest to the students of this department is the kissing of culture plates to reveal the bacteria content of their respective kisses. Thus, many a secret tale of who, where, what, why, and how has been revealed throughcomparisons. |