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Show WEBER COLLEGE SIGNPOST Thursday. 'April 19, T943 Pause in Reverence Weber college, along with the rest of the nation, mourns t lie passing of the Pres-i'lent of I ho United States. A reverent per-iinl (hiring t,,. assernhly which followed the ktunning announcement of his death win devoted to him in music and prayer, and it was apparent that every student iuid faculty member present was moved b the solemnity of the occasion. One had the feeling that in that rao-thnnl political differences were forgotten, Bhd that personal animosities were wiped away. Only one thing had real importance and you could sense ii taking hold of fyeart and minds i he re dedical ion of thi:i school to the democratic principles and ideals, for which Franklin l)clano Hoo evell fought and died. A Lasting Peace In a recent assembly address Dr. Dar yl Chase of the Logan Institute of Relig-ion, siressed the idea that students are often totally unaware of the political and economic forces at work in the world forces which sooner or later may affect them with personal and tragic force. It is doubtful if Weber students at this moment arc concerning themselves with the vital World issues which may, according to the 'way they are handled, mean peace and security or death and tragedy for the children they will one day rear. How many of us feel even a prick of alarm when we hear statesmen speak of a twenty five or fifty years interval of peace as the one goal we may hope for? Is there no stidb thing as lasting peace.' Perhaps not unless our own generation, unless we, here at Weber college, and thousands of others like us, study the ways of peace and make our voices heard above the noise of battle and the all too familiar din of political controversy. There are many great and good men in the world who believe that lasting peace can be more than a dream, and they have written books and articles on the subject too mnnerous to men! ion. Kvery college student, however involved he may be in school and personal affairs, should feel it his first compulsion to study such books, and ally himself with those who ate working for the thing on which the iife of the world depends a durable and lasting peace. l ake It Personally Sure, tus.ybe your dad will give you $18.75 so you can buy a war bond. Yon really don't want to be left out of this bond drive that is in full swing at Weber college now. None of us do. And, of course, if you can persuade your dad to buy your bond for you Hut for just a moment let's look at it from another angle! Did you ever think that it might be a good idea to do a little sacrificing yourself.' AN' 1 1 ' not make this one really your bond, not one that is yours merely because it has your name on it. What .about your baccalaureate suit or dress.' Are you being more extravagant than you need to? Imagine for a moment, if you can, the dee) thrill of satisfaction it would give you to be able to say, "I did without things to buy this bond." Then it becomes something personal. Von might say it is a bond between yon and your serv ice man. or men. Don't you think it mig'h'i give him an extra boost, a new spurt of energy to know that you .ire behind him enough to make a sacrifice of some of your personal luxuries to buy a bond .' Your buying a $25.00 bond won't win the war, but it makes you glad to think you are a part of a movement that is worth while. Remember the last straw that breaks the back of the Nazis. At least it's something to dream about. Put your money into war bonds today, and in ten years it will come back to you. increased by one-third, and you will have the satisfaction of knowing you've helped to put this unsteady wirld hack on its feet. Boners for Braithwaite In Christianity a man can have only one wife. This is called monotony. The Bible is against bigamy when it snvs no man can serve two masters. The greatest miracle in the Bible is Definition patient wolf. when Joshua and he obeyed Don DeWitt Sor President The very fortunate students of the University of Colorado had an opportunity to see a presentation of Shakespeare's "Othello," starring Paul Robeson in the title role. It was presented by the Theatre (luilil for just one performance on April 4. The popularity of this play was shown by the tottg line of people waiting to buy tickets. Ike Armstrong, football c.ocah at the University of Utah, has been chosen by Chester Gould, the creator of Dick Tracy, as the latest character in the Dick Tracy comic strip. The name of this character is Meatball." Mr. Could said, "Mr. Armstrong not only has all the physical requirements for my new character, Meatball, but all his personality traits as well. This will be of great assistance to me in developing the character in Ehe plot of the comic strip." Ike Armstrong said he felt proud and flattered to be selected. Pie said that he realized the great responsibility but would do anything to bring fame to the campus of the IT. The following verse published in the Y News from the B. Y. IT. seems to illustrate well what many of us feel: Now I lay me down to bed Sufrin' from an ache in me little head, ( In the morrow I will wake Up at dawn or even daybreak'. And to finals I will go Trudging through the ice and snow, 'Till I reach the classroom door Where the teacher will ask for more Than me little brain can recall So l flunk That is all. of a gentleman: Merely a told his son to stand still him. Among the noted buildings of Greece was the Esophagus, a building dedicated to Jupiter. Blessed are the weak in heart, for ley shall see God. The wise men brought gold andfrankfurters. The prevailing religion of England is Hypocrisy. Buddha lived a normal life with a wife and family, and when he was thirty, left home in search of happiness. Another result of Methodism was that peace was raging throughout the country. In Japan most of the people are called confusions and the religion is calledeon-fusionism. The Signpost Editorial Office: 114 Central Building-Published semi monthly by students of Weber Junior College Editor Lujean Putnam Business Manager Don Dewitt Front Page Fern Peterson, Yvonne Howard Society Editors Mary Larsen, Iris Kunzler Editorial Page Joyce Sparrow Sports Editor Bay Dabb Business Assistant Marilyn Taylor Circulation .Manager Bonnie Decker Photographer Harold Tippetts Faculty Advisor Mrs. Thatcher Allred FRONT PAGE: Nona Johnston, Joan Woodland. EDITORIAL PAGE: Joan Allred, Pat J urgens. SOCIETY PAGE: Iris Kunzler, Club Reporters. SPORTS PAGE: Dale Brown, Eugene Nye. Member of the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Press Association 1944 -:- Member -:- 1945 Associated Collegiate Press Asafoetida Works for Belly Acres; Glue Factories Miss Sure Bet on Plu By Joyce Sparrow If you will pocket your "A" book and cruise up to just east of I Thirty-sixth and Harrison blvd.. you will find ten acres of adjoining real estate named "Belly Acres." You will also find, located in the heart of these estates, a red barn with a green roof. Then, If you will examine closely, you wiil see a horse! Most of the city folk, by now, have seen a hcrse once or twice in their lives, and most country folk have too, but none have seen such a horse as is stabled in the heart of Belly Acres. Her name is "Asafoetida," and she is a very educated horse (although she is said to be a fugitive from the glue factory.) You can get her started for one end of the field, and wnt-n she gets there she will turn right around and come back. Only three people know how to spell Asafoetida but six men own aer and each one takes his turn using her to plow once a week. Now there is only one thing wrong with this horse and it's really a problem her theme song is "Don't Fence Me In." The reason for this is, she's a modern plug and loves Twenty-Fifth st. She escaped once, and ,t took one of Weber's alumni Athletes 1o catch her and bring her back.- Dr. Dixon said the Byrnes' CUrfew announcement was a reat blow to Asafoetida. That s why these ten gentlemen bought their land up near the mountains, so the horse could get out of her bad environment. Asafoetida has been very sad lately, because she and Dr. Dixon are great Iriends and he has been out of town so much. Belly1 Acres is owned by ten men, namely: H. A. Dixon, C. H. Anderson, W. H. Handley, Guy Hurst, M. L. Stephenson, orenzo Peterson, R. J. Kings-on, Glen Perrins, Stan Brewer, R. B. Petty, each owning one-half acre of the land. If you heard an explosion last fall, it wasn't the Germans. It .as these men getting rid of the huge rocks on their estates. However, now you will not find a rock on the place. Most of their farming has been on paper and they have completely furrowed their ninus. Their plans will go into effect any time. The families have enjoyed several parties up .iiere aneady such as cdfn husking bees, barbeques and picnics. To get the water up to their Victory gardens, they had to pipe it in from the city mains. Mr. Perrins placed a hydrant ivery twenty feet so that all .ie has to do to irrigate is run down the row and turn on taps. After the war they will all build houses on their huge estates. Harry Nelson, famous horticulturist and gardener from cuuornia looked at their acres and proclaimed they were ideal for homes, but at the present they have orchards on them and they plan on planting flowers, potatoes, squash, parsnips, radishes, etc., in their Victory gardens.The co-owners of the horse thought that after this year, if the meat shortage increased, they would have to get their proteins through horse meat, but they have uecome so attached to Asafoetida that they hesitate co think of it. They also thought of the old proverb, "You can't eat your horse and plough with it, too." Book Notes By an Incurable Reader Coming across some volumes of Ludwig Bemelmans, not too often taken from the library shelves, one is led to wonder if a taste for this writer has to be acquired, like a taste for olives or caviar. An offhand peep into "Hotel Splendide" or "Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep" will disclose a collection of absurd pen and ink colored drawings that may lead the uninitiated to feel that he is viewing nothing but hte unrestrained scrawls of a kindergarten pupil. Looking closer, however, he realizes that no child could have commanded the droll irony that has gone into these strange little figures, nor could a child have invested thme with the meaning which Bemelmans seems so effortlessly to have' flung into his lines. The pictures, one discovers, are like his writing. They have a gentle philosophy fo their own, and like his writing, too, manage to combine in some para- Beloved Weberites Are Going Plaees A Weber-goer of long standing is Pat (Toola) Jurgens, whose beguiling way with scripts and grease paint has made her a favorite with Ogden audiences. A woman of many interests, Pat also slings a wicked golf club, collects records, writes novels, and bakes flawelss chocolate cake. Pressed for a statement as to her number one preferences, she confessed that near the top are Mr. Braithewaite, Russian books, and lieutenants with brown eyes, if possible, and silver wings on their chests. Pat has lived in Ogden most of her life and has been featured prominently in some capacity or other in a great many of the community's speech and drama activities. The wide variety of roles which she has capably act- ted, both while attending high there any peculiar odors aboul school and Weber college, re-jt? veal her as a very versatile i Ti,.0. u,,j,i- .. , . these budding writers are dis-young woman. Now discharging the duties of secretary for the I cvering that when they observe Ogden Community Theatre or - ?anization, she has found time ,o hold leading roles m all ot Lhe three plays which have thus far been produced, and to assist in college forensic activities. Pat plans to leave for New York; with her sister during September, to study drama at Feagan's, a school which has given many promising young actresses a start in the right direction. With a sigh of envy her friends wish her godspeed and good luck, anticipating the day when they will sit in a Broadway theatre on a Jurgens' first night, and murmur, "I knew her when . . ." Institute Sponsors Dr. Daryl Chase The character of the world of tomorrow will be determined by the extent to which the teachings of Christ are figured in at the peace table, said Dr. Daryl Chase in a recent address before the faculty and students of Weber college. Dr. Chase, director of the L. D. S. Institute of Religion at the U. S. A. C. and author of "Christianity Through the Ages," declared that religion doxical way both coarseness and delicacy. Ludwig Bemelmans is a south German ex-waiter who has ab sorbed many impressions from many continents without ever losing his zest for new ones. As Clifton Fadiman so deftly puts it, he has the "double capacity to see freshly like a child and comment shrewdly like a grown-up Mnct crprtpsflllv likpd nf his works, perhaps, is that amusing account of his South American junket, "The Donkey Inside." As for his newest offering, a novel called "The Blue Dan- lube," the reading public is still I trying to decide whether it is up to the usual Bemelmans standards, but, as present sales would seem to indicate, they re having a wonderful time mak ing up their minds QUALITY CLEANING CO. 2213 Washington Rlvd. PHONE 2-5133 FOR Asafoetida Thornley Gives Night Class Writing Pointers Eleven students in W. R. Thornley's evening class in short story writing are now studying some of the fundamentals that make up a good piece of writing whether it be a short story, a novel, or poetry. Good short stories, according to Mr. Thornlcy, are poetic in that they appeal to all the senses. The students are practicing observing people and things and writing about them using significant detail to make the reader experience vicariously what they have experienced. What was there to see? What sounds were there to hear? Could anything be felt? Were 1 'hese things and then describe them in an interesting way, they are developing imagination in writing, and 1 his is extremely necessary. They see how contrast, comparisons, and fresh figure's of speech, can add not only to the interest but also to the accuracy of description. They write little bits of description employing these principles, and the class and the instructor analyze these bits. Also they analyze published stories to find examples of the good points for which they are striving. Now they are studying specific magazines for slant. A little later in the course they will learn the fundamental structure of the short story as divided first in to the beginning, middle, and end, and then divided further into scenes. They will learn some of the principles which make a short story a type of literature with a distinct form, not merely a story that is short. could be a powerful force in shaping the world of tomorrow, but pointed out that there are bad as well as good religions.A good religion, he says, encourages men to worship with their minds; a bad permits Christianity to "bog down in a palaver of sentimentality." A good religion, Dr. Chase continued, must follow the truth wherever it leads, no matter what traditions and concepts it upsets; a bad religion is one which blocks, rather than follows, scientific progress. If enough men. of good will disciples of the "good" religion take concerted action to see j that justice is the watchword at our world conferences, Dr. Chase believes that future wars may be averted. No one now can predict what will happen, he says, but assures us we shall know the future of the world when "we find whether the God of Mammon shall preside at the peace table, or whether a place will be left there for Jesus Christ." 1-DAY SERVICE Memory of Van In the Music He On March 29. 1945. Van, Nance, student of Weber college and the University of Utah, died at his home in Kaysville of a heart ailment. His friends here and in the armed forces will remember Van as one of the most vivid personalities who ever sat in on a dance committee or drank a soda in the C. I. He was exciting company, having a kind heart but a biting wit, and a disconcerting way of seeing through his friends' pretenses and making them laugh about it, however unwillingly. Van was perpetually enthusiastic about something, a new recording of Richard Crooks, a forthcoming party, or an as yet unexplored character on the campus. He wore bright colored sport shirts, and a massive turquoise ring that flashed up and down the keyboard when Prof Cains Decree With Semn, Fun Have you ever tried to cross a stream on rocks and inwardly cursed when you slipped, and got an unexpected wetting? Dr. Orson Whitney Young evidently has. because when he was studying to get his doctor's degree he made a study of the green, slimy glop you slipped on. Whoever thought yen could attain fame, glory (and a doctor's degree), by simply rowing around a lake ind getting a beautiful suntan. According to the Young technique, you dive out of the boat 'o the bottom of the lake and cut bulrushes off at their roots, float them to the top, and make your way back to the shore and a tent you have rigged up as a laboratory. "A Limnological Investigation of Periphyton In Douglas Lake, Michigan," is the seventy-five dollar title he gave to the thesis he wrote on his experiences. If you're curious you may read it for yourself in the January edition of the "Transactions of the American Microscopical Society."The study is related to fisheries biology, and to improve streams for fishing it is necessary to study this material. Dr. Young's study of this slippery but interesting material, is the first to be made in America, although European scientists have written a few incomplete studies of it. Dr. young attended summer school at the University of Michigan for eight years. He and his family lived in a house trailer on the shores of Lake Douglas during three of the summers that he attended the Biological station of University of Michigan near Chebaggan and Mackinaw city in northern Michigan. Twenty-two different books, which were written by European authors, were used for reference during his study. Dr. Young may have brought the proper degree of professional dignity to his project, but he admits with that disarming smile of his, the whole thing was fun. Mothers' Day MAY 13 See Us for (; rooting Cards Books Stationery The College Lives on Loved ever he was busy making his particular kind of magic with u piano. It can be said that he was irreverent of convention, having a sharp mind and an ironic sense of humor, but that he loved and was deeply sensitive of fine things of all "sorts, particularly music. It is perhaps the greatest possible tribute to Van, as a musician and a person, that his friends rmember him most vividly when they hear the strong chords of a piano breaking through a Rachmaninoff concerto, the sinuous music of the Arty Shaw "Nightmare," or the delicate flutter of French horns in a Debussy nocturne that w;is his special pleasure. Because his memory lives in music, Van. for most of us, can never die. Letters To The Editor Dear Editor: Any alert college student must have observed our behavior and attitude toward visiting servicemen. I believe that as long as long as they keep their place, we should go out of our way to welcome them and make them feel that Weber college is a place they may come to at any time for the fellowship and sociability they deserve. Former Weber students are sometimes mentioned in assemblies, and do get attention, but I'm referring particularly to those who have not had any connection with the school, and are here mainly to look about. They are all servicemen and are doing a big job for us, so shouldn't we show them that we realize it? Last month, a sailor remarked to his pal, "Let's go, Matie, I guess we aren't wanted here." My wish is that others won't be compelled to say likewise in the future. We don't need toover-welcome them, as a few girls are inclined to, but we should speak to them. Make them see the friendship of our Weber family.. 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