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Show THE SIGNPOST Page Three CO-EDITORS SHIRLEY CRITCHLOW DONNA JENKINS Social vswi& on (jJoboh Qolkqs. QampuA REPORTERS FLORENCE CASHMORE ELINOR CLARK They Wish They Were . A. W. S. Coed Day At South Fork; All Are Invited They Love It . . Weber Mothers Honored At A. W. S. 7eo Mnday, May 6, 1940 Critic Gives Evaluation of Varsity Show Creative Effort By JAMES LUVARIS Varsity Show of 1940, with music and lyrics by Betty Mae Nelson, story by Rolfe Peterson, and direction by Grant Neuteboom, was played in the Weber college auditorium Wednesday and Thursday evenings, April 24 and 25. The production, though not fin- ished, nevertheless provided about two hours of entertainment to near capacity audiences on both nights. Between-acts were filled out by a professional orchestra. Ironical and incongruous as it may seem, it is generally conceded that weak and unpolished spots in varsity shows add to their effectiveness. So with this one. Miss Nelson deserves considerable credit for her contribution of such songs as "Spring Fever In the Middle of the Winter," "Stars In the Lake," "Big Brown Eyes," and "You'll Do In a Pinch.' Lanky Dean Arbuthnot (Rolfe Peterson) and Mr. Ramsbottom (Grant Neuteboom), Varsity show director, deserve credit for their work. Sascha (Peterovskevitch) in the person of LeMoyne Petersen, Russian scholarship student, added to the comedy by his direct impulsive antics. He enthusiastically welcomed the news that Comrade Stalin had instituted a new series of purges. Later when he learned his own name was on the fatal list, he denounced communism and immediately decided upon a college education. Throughout, the play had touches like this one based, no doubt, more upon truth than upon fiction, as the authors of varsity plays usually interpret truth. That is: perhaps college is mildly better than a purge. The plot followed the traditional theme of all varsity shovs, namely, the efforts of the student body to produce a show and the complications arising because of financial difficulties and lack of co-operation on the part of some students or the faculty or both. If this one had been different, however, it would have contributed more creatively to the Weber college tradition. Because of a few weak points In the acting and transitions, the show cannot be summarily criticized as weak. The students, after all, accomplished the purpose for which they set out. On future occasions when they attempt more, they will do better. SamdalA of JJts PERSONAL AFFAIRS BY BYE Seen in the accounting room were Marion Toone and Larry Craig. Neither looked very happy. Sad things these lovers' spats. Did any of you girls have a date last Friday? If you didn't here's the reason. Lottie had a monopoly yessir, seven all in one night. Congratulations to Betty Mae. We hear she's working for KSL now. Did we ask last week who Alan Bader's next heartbreak would be? Well now, could Audrey Fenstermacher be the answer? They were seen together (very much together) last Friday night. Glen Hartley has stopped frequenting the Egyptian alone. He now goes to the Old Mill with Kay Blaes. Do you want to hear something tender?-Sure you do. Edna Lough ran carries a tennis ball around with her all the time. Know why? Ferrin gave it to her. Isn't love grand! When we ask Lewis Briggs if he was going down south over the vacation, he said no, for his folks were away and he could have too much fun at home. Now Lew, is that the right attitude? Reed Anderson wants all his fans to know that he isn't afraid of girls; he just prefers Central junior high girls. We wonder who broke the geology room window. Rumor has it that Hal Morris and Lib Jones might know something about it. Rolfe Peterson wants to register a complaint. No one sent him any flowers for the varsity show. For the latest forecast on the Luman Green, Lenny Wight, Neva Huggins triangle you have to see any one of the three. We can't find out a thing. By the way, Margaret Todd and Lenny Wight got together after the varsity show. Emma Jean Hinley and Pot Bramwell have had another little (?) misunderstanding. It seems he told Emma Jean he was going right home the other night. The catch came when he wasn't home at all. Land-a-goshin, of all things! Ross Ekins has been walking home with Janet Hilton every night lately (another result of the Varsity Show). It seems Ross was trying to horn in on Paul Limberg's territory. As far as Janet's concerned it's no soap. Many a Weber lad is do wnin the mouth. The reason? Marian Butler has moved to Alaska. 3mbsLvW DON'T ii WHAT Presented May 6 and 7 WEBER COLLEGE AUDITORIUM LUNCHES AND at DOKOS (Marvel Sigma Delia Pi Initiates New Members Sigma Dela Pi held formal initiation ceremonies for seven eleg-ible pledges at the home of Jack Poorman Wednesday, April 23. The triangle, symbol of the club, was carried out in both decorations and favors. Besides active members and pledges, several alumni members and founders were present. Those who officially received the right to wear the triangle are: Carl Moss, Jack Munson, Lionel Chambers, Bob Lathrop, Don Purkey, Worth Wheelwright and Howard Peterson. La Dianaeda Club Holds Formal Initiation Formal initiation was held for the last of the La Dianaeda pledges at a formal tea held Sunday, April 27, at the home of Donna Jenkins. Six girls exchanged their pledging star for the gold moon set with the pearls of beauty, culture and friendship. Refreshments were served following the ceremony. The pledges who became members are: Marion Flet, June Way-ment, Ellen Hadfield, Bernice Per-rins and Ruth Mary Purdy. Members present were: Florence Main, Shirley Poulton, Carol Smith, Janet Hilton, Donna Jenkins, Charlene Clark, Afton Huff, Lottie Lund, Marcelle Simpson, Margaret Tarran, Lau Rene Thompson, Virginia Allen and Marjorie Anderson. U)&ak itxaminet? MISS A LIFE" FOUNTAIN Hendricks) ' They wish they were what? Home? No. They're merely trying a sneak to get along on the girls' outing. Left to right: Lee Purrlngton, Stomo Ochl and Jay Cook. , . - Retailing GERTRUDE THODY By Donna Jenkins Miss Gertrude Thody, when asked what her department, Retailing, is doing to adjust the Weber student to his vocation, answered by telling me of a proposed vocational cooperative retail" training course which will be in operation next year. "Young men and women," said Miss Thody, "will take a retail job in a store, only with the idea of using it as a stepping stone to another position, or to earn enough money to continue on in college, preparing for a professional career. This is the wrong attitude. Retailing is a career in itself. The fellow or girl who has the right kind of a personality and who is interested in this type of work, will, with training, find the boundaries in this field limitless. Fallen Arches The common conception of one engaged in retail work is that of the girl selling behind the counter, masking the aching of fallen arches with a cheery smile, and a "May I help you, please?" She is the woman who is worn out at forty-five, but retired at fifty. She is the woman with the face that is so used to being creased up in a smile that when it relaxes, it hangs undecided, lost. The conception, of course, is rather preposterous, as is the idea that those engaged in Retailing are limited to very low salaries. The wages, in this profession as in any other profession, vary with the ability and interest of the one engaged in it. "One of the charges made by employers against the modern public school," Miss Thody stated, "is that prospective workers fail to acquire practical knowledge while in school. Since this charge is a common one, it would appear from the standpoint of employers, that the proper educational system should be one in which the pupils would be able to get the practical as well as the theoretical training needed in their subsequent vocations."Change Courses But what will the schools do? Are they willing to change their courses? As a result of such complaints, there has been an attempt to bring about such changes as will make schooling of greater practical value. The cooperative program which has been planned is such an attempt, to give practical training to young people interested in taking up Retailing as a vocation. This program is just a tentative proposal. An entire course will be planned with the aid of the Re tail Merchants' Advisory Committee.The course is open for selected young men and women who are interested in training for junior executive positions in retailing. Special courses are offered in the morning with students working in stores in the afternoon. Application must bo made for the course, and the merchants' commitee and the instructor will select the applicants.-Marshall Field Miss Thody was trained under a similar program in Chicago, in connection with Marshall Field's. At one time Marshall Field took sixty young women direct from college to manage a college clothing department which they had installed for the pre-school rush. A trend towards such departments with college girls working in them, since they are for the college girl ana wno Knows what the college girl wants better than another girl from college, has been noticed in Ogden, and several of the better clothing stores have communicated with Miss Thody in connection with just such drives. The proposed course, however, is not just for training in selling. It will cover advertising, window display, and several other fields. It is preferably a course for the young men and women who are Foods and Nutrition LYDIA TANNER By HELEN MOORE "Gee, it smells good here," I exclaimed as I stepped in the door of the home economics room and greeted Mrs. Lydia Tanner, instructor. "If that's a sample of what goes on in here, I'm sure our readers will want to know plenty about you, Mrs. Tanner." As the pungent odors of cooking food wafted in from the kitchen, Mrs. Tanner began her story. "I received my training in foods and nutrition at the Utah State Agricultural college and taught there prior to coming to Weber. I have been here 26 years. Holding A Man "What are the advantages to a girl of studying dietetics aside from learning to cook well enough to hold a man for a reasonable length of time?" I asked. "I should think holding a man would be good enough reason, don't you?" "I suppose. But sometimes a girl likes to know how to cook for others reasons. What are some of the fields one may enter?" "The first and most important field is home-making. This is a profession which is never overcrowded, is the most extensive profession a woman can enter, and needs just as much training and previous preparation as any other a woman may enter. Also under homemaking may be classed work in community welfare and parent-teacher activities." "What are some of the other fields?" Other Fields Mrs. Tanner listed them as follows: 1. Child development (elementary school teaching, nursery school education, parent education, children's clinics). 2. Budget service (department stores, banks.) 3. Social service (nutrition, rehabilitation, visiting housekeepers). 4. Hospital (dietitians, teaching dietitians, metabolic workers, clinicians). 5. Teaching (secondary, adult and college teaching, admini-tration, personnel advising). 6. Extension (state leaders, demonstrators, club workers, specials). 7. Institutional management (school dormitories, commercial dietitians, factories, tea rooms, cafeterias, hotels). 8. Research (colleges, private corporations, government). 9. Commercial demonstration (demonstration of equipment, demonstration of food, radio programs). 10. Journalism (special writers, woman's departments of magazines). "Well, Mrs. Tanner, there is certainly plenty of reasons for learning how to cook other than the old one of reaching a man's heart through his stomach." She agreed, and as I took my leave, I said to myself, "There's a woman who certainly knows her corned-beef and cabbage." planning careers, with a possible executive position in the future. ROTARIANS ROTARY-ANNS I join with Weber College bidding you welcome. Make my office your headquarters. J. EDWIN. INTERMOUNTAIN KNITTING MILLS J Edwin Nelson, Pres. 1879 Wash. Blvd. Phone 38 Dictators of Fashion "Coed day for the Associated Women Students of Weber college," announced Shirley Poulton, president of A. W. S., "will be held at the Weber stake camp in South Fork, May 10. All girls are invited to attend. Bus transportation will be provided. Each spring, a special day is set aside as a play day for the girls. In past years it has been held on the campus or in Lester park. In the evening the A. W. S. will meet with the Associated Men Students, who are having an outing at the Ogden stake grounds, for a large bonfire and general community sing. Each girl will be expected to bring her own lunch, but popsicles and drinks will be provided by the Girls' association. Games will be taken care of by W. A. A. The girls may either join teams or work In doubles or alone. Roline Pitt and Margaret Feeney are in charge of the transportation. Whip Club Starts New Custom Whip club will initiate a new custom May 9, in the lounge, in order to get all Whip mothers acquainted. Rolene Pitt, president, states, "This reception is the first ever held in the history of the Whip club. We hope it will become a tradition so as to promote friendliness between the mothers, the club and the faculty." Thekla Holmes and Betty Turn-bull will act as co-chairmen, assisted in decorations by Betty Hill, Eleanor Evans and Jean Wheelwright.An informal reception will be between the hour of 6 and 7. During 7 and 8 a program will be given. Decorations will be carried out in the school colors, purple and white, and the Whip, the club's symbol. In the receiving line will be the club officers, Mr. and Mrs. E. Hall, Miss Ida Stewart, and President and Mrs. Dixon. All faculty members, their wives, and Whip mothers are cordially invited to attend. Vikings Select Spring Shirts Vikings have selected new spring shirts for the warmer weather. The shirts, dark green, will allow freer movement at the initiation ceremonies.Spring quarter pledges, fellows who have finally succumbed to the hairy-chested charm of the Vikings, are: Nayland Parker, Orlo Snow, Darrell Mayfield, Fred Ken-dell, Malcolm Birch and Lynn Nelson.A. M. S. to Hold Outing At South Fork Associated Men Students will hold their annual outing Friday, May 10, at the Ogden Stake park. The students will meet in front of the Moench building about noon. The fellows will be transported to the Ogden stake camp in South Fork canyon in busses. The program will consist of baseball games and horseshoes. The officers for the following year will be presented. Refreshments are being planned by the A. M. S. officers.I know of no imminent danger to the United States, and I know of no powerful enemies. Senator Alvah Adams, Colorado. You can't get anywhere by beating a horse that is tied to ahitch-ing-post Presidential Candidate Thomas E. Dewey. Success and Happiness Sophomores May We Continue To Serve You May we continue fo serve you as well and faithfully in the future as we have in the past! Ogden's Leading Dept. Store C. C. MIBSM CO. 2265 Wash. Blvd. The out-of-doors. They will see Left: Marion Butler; Phoenix Sophs Fete Freshmen The sophomores of Phoenix defeated the freshman members Sunday, May 5, at an outing near the Girl Scout camp. Those present were: Dan Curtis, Athleen Cordon; Blair Evans, Helen Fuller; Clair Whitely, Ruth Packer; Ross Ekins, Ann Danvers; Keith Wilcox, Betty Lou Balch, and Frank Mann, Druce Foutz. Another event, on May 18, will be the annual banquet at Salt Lake In the Hotel Newhouse. This will climax the club's activities of the year with perhaps a minor party or two between the banquet and graduation. Pledges soon to be made members are: Foss Robinson, Blair Lid-dell, and Luman Green. Faculty Women To Hold Tea, Review Book Faculty Women's Spring Tea will be held in the women's lounge, May 13. Mrs. Roland Parry, newly elected president for the ensuing year, will review a book by Anita Black entitled, "The Changing World In Plays and Theatre." Mrs. Milton Cooper, chairman of the hostesses, will be assisted by Miss Eva Jimmerson, Mrs. Ralph S. Gray, Miss Dorothy Coleman, Miss Ida Stewart, Mrs. Clyde Decker and Mrs. Harry Burchell Bookman to Marry In Late May Tom "Pat" Riley, charge d'affaires at the college bookstore, announced yesterday that he plans to marry Miss Elda Belnap, 217Thirty-first street. "The marriage will take place May 24 if I can get away from the book store that long," Pat said. "The honeymoon trip will have to wait until summer vacation." Vital statistics on Miss Belnap reveal that she is blonde, good-looking, and number one hash-slinger at Newberry's. Her phone number is 622-J, but it is too late for that now. The inter-American order was not built by hatred and terror. It has been paved by the endless and effective work of men of good will. President Roosevelt on Pan-American day. Special Bates for Graduates Hotel Ben Lomond Bldg. Phone 4660 N Ml mi SI M plenty of it on the A. W. S. outing. all right, Margaret Tingey. Cartoon Folk Supreme At W. C. Barn Dance Betty Smalley and Jack Hazen, personifying "Daisy Mae" and "Little Abner," were supreme at the Hayseed Hop, traditional student body barn dance, held April 30, in the Weber ballroom. The dance climaxed a two-day celebration, during which print dresses, aprons, and overalls flooded the campus. Daisy Mae and Little Abner were selected from a group of potentials nominated in assembly Friday, March 26. This is a direct deviation from the procedure of other years, when one fellow ruled alone as "Hayseed King." This year the king and queen were presented at intermission to govern for the rest of the evening. Also featured at intermission were the Saddle Tramps with their own interpretation of corn. Music was provided by the High Hatters' orchestra. Excelsior Club Inducts Pledges Excelsior held frivolous initiation for their remaining eight pledges Wednesday, April 24, at Uintah lke. Larkin Patterson and Harold Nicholas were in charge of the initiation.The pledges initiated were: Car-lyle Green, Jay Bachman, Walt Woolsey, Lloyd Luddington, Mark Austad, Gerret Wolthius, Kay Crockett, and Bill Warnock. SCHOOL Pens and Pencils Inks Erasers Rulers Portfolios Scotch Tapes Note Books ) Loose-leaf Papers Engineering Equipment Books of All Kinds for College Needs and ALL SORTS OF REFRESHMENTS Milk Nickels Drum Sticks Fudges Chewing Gum Life Savers Candies Get School Supplies And All Sorts of Refreshments at JJul QoOaqsL jOdJl SitihSL . Mothers of Weber college students were honored by the Associated Women Students at a tea Tuesday, April 30, from three to six in the women's lounge. The tea table was adorned with colorful spring flowers. Assisting with the pouring were Mrs. Clar-isse Hall, dean of women; Mrs. Guy Hurst, Mrs. H. A. Dixon, and Mrs. Lydia Tanner. The Mussettes and a string trio from the music department furnished entertainment for the afternoon.Committees in charge of the tea were: Louise Dixon and Marie Stander, refreshments; Margaret Bachman and Ethyl Hogge. invitations; Carol Smith and Rosella Larkin, lounge committee, and Florence Main, music. The sixteen council members were hostesses. About two hundred guests called during theafternoon. Chanodo Voices Spring Vacation Chanodo celebrated the spring vacation Wednesday evening at the home of Marion Toone. A short business meeting was held. Then all seriousness was thrown aside, and the members enjoyed themselves at games. At the conclusion of the evening light refreshments were served. Otyokwa Parties Members, Guests Otyokwa entertained at a tea by candlelight at the home of Rosella Larkin Sunday, April 28, in honor of their alumnae. About a hundred guests called between the hours of four and six. Assisting with the receiving were the club adviser. Miss Ruth Peterson, Miss Mary Peterson, Ruth Tol-hurst, Clara Miller, June Tracy, Doraine Herbert, and Shirley Critchlow. Farrell Ensign, Kathleen Painter and Valene Checketts, past club presidents, and Mrs. Clarisse Hall presided at the tea table. The committee in charg of the entertainment consisted of Isabel Edward, Clara Miller and Neva Huggins. The arrangements for refreshments were made by Rosella Larkin and Doraine Herbert. In charge of table decorations were Barbara Reeve and Betty Lou Balch. SUPPLIES |