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Show W MB Welcome to Weber PHI RHO PI Debaters Be Sure to See 'NAUGHTY MARIETTA' Next Week ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF WEBER COLLEGE OGDEN, UTAH, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1940 NO 13 VOL 3 Weber Is Host to National Phi Rho Pi Debaters Eft . . Weber to Present 'Naughty Marietta Coming Week Presentation Is Postponed For Phi Rho Pi "Naughty Marietta," We ber college operetta ot tnis year, will be presented Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, March 19, 20, and 21 in the college auditorium, it was definitely announced I yesteday by Mr. Roland Parry, director of the production.A special performance will be held tor the fm rtno ri debaters on Monday the 18th and will be by invitation only. A cast of one hundred fifty people, including choruses, will be ready for the opening curtain on Monday. Daily rehearsals have been held for the past week to get the production in shape for the performances."This production is the largest ,'and finest that has ever been presented at Weber college," Mr. Parry said. '"Naughty Marietta' is the classic of light opera and is difficult to present, but we' have done our best to make the production a success. We have a fine cast of voices that can't be equaled anywhere in junior college circles. Work has been in progress for the last three months to bring .this production to the public and I sincerely believe it will be worth everyone's while to come out and see it." , Assisting Mr. Parry in this production are Dr. Albert Mitchell and Mr. Clair Johnson. Dr. Mitchell directs staging of the production, and Mr. Johnson directs the orchestra. Comedy in abundance will be supplied by Dan Bailey, as Silas and Betty Mae Nelson, as Lizete. The romantic leads are taken by Ruth Taylor and Lorraine Baird as Marietta, and Herbert Smith and Grant Hinchcliff as Captain Richard Warrington. The other members of the cast are: Don Bjorkland and Sherman Davidson as Etienne Grandit; Elsie McKay and Dallas Porter as Adah; Lee Purrington and Kay Crocket as Rudolfo; Grant Hinchcliff and Herbert Smith as Sir Henry Blake Jphn Johnson asLieutenant-Governor Grandit; Lyle Wynn as Florenze; Rosemary Pickens as Fleice; Florence Cashmore as Fanchon; and Loyal Christenson as Nannette. Reader A fcn-JeJt A TOUCHING TRIBUTE By Jack Branham "The time has come," The walrus said "To talk of many things . . . So I figured it's about time . . . That we paid homage to The unsung heroes Of the Signpost .... The men who make our "rag" Possible .... The printers, JoHoDo .... And especially Brower , . . When it comes to make-up Brother Brower's quite The man. He can solve our Endless string of problems, Brower can. But by means of mental telephony,I find that a most serious Problem Exists .... Brower isn't happy . . . , Teh tch! isnt's that a shame For he's pining His heart out Longing for the good old days before . . , . The Standard started printing the Signpost. Brower's Lament "When the 'jitterbugs' are silent, and the last strip has left the 'ghost.' When the last man on the day (Continued on Page Four) Directs Opera . . . Roland C. Parry, who presents "Naughty Marietta" next week. Scribulus Features New Writers By First-Nighter Most meaningful development in the winter issue of W. C. Scribulus, distributed at the end of the win ter quarter, is the number of new student writers present. Among those who have written for other school publications but have not made the magazine before are: Mildred West, Helen Moore, Glen Wade, Eugene Allen, Berneice McEntire and Edna Miller. Vet eran student writers appearing again are Clyde Miller, Rolfe Peter son, Louise de Wit and Editor Stanley Johnson. Freshmen com ing out for the first time are Floyd Seager, Reed Coray, Rankin Mc Intyre and Norine Call. Walt Prothero and Keith Wil cox do the student art. Mr. Farrell Collett in art and (Continued on Page Pour) DIXON MEETS NOTED PEOPLE AT LEADERS' CONFERENCE Editors note: The following article-- ls a promised account or 6ome pnases of President Dixon's recent trip to the convention of American Association of School Adminiatrators. By Dr. H. A. DIXON Irvin S. Cobb Irvin S. Cobb, the "sage of P a d u c a h," the man who makes learning loathsome and ignorance deliciously fascinating, was a delight to the hearts of over-worked public school officials. Cobb affirms that he was so busy learning practical things about his own neightborhood and community that he had no time to go to school and study about the countries that are remote in distance, and the histories of the dead past. Cobb believes in scientific procedure. He believes that in all of our thinking we should assemble all of the facts, organize the facts, verify the facts, and draw conclusions only as the facts support these conclusions. He told Bob Burns' story about an old friend of his who went up above the town into the cliffs and worked for several days undermining a huge boulder. When the boulder finally did start, it gained so much momentum that it leaped over the foothills, entered the town, crashed entirely through the livery stable, through the front of the beauty parlor and came to a rest in the lobby of the town bank. The whole village was aroused and gathered around the huge stone. Finally Mose, Bib's friend, rushed into the bank all out of breath and examined the stone carefully. After straightening up he put both hands in his pockets and said. "Yep, no moss." This, according to Irvin Cobb, is a good illustration of a scientific attitude of mind. Cobb says, "If you steal what one man has learned and writeen that is plagiarism, but if you steal from twenty that is research." Much Incensed Cobb seemed very much incensed about the communistic tendencies (Continued on Pate Two Weber Has Large H. S. Debate Meet Monson Plans Another Increase in '40 Said to be one of the largest tournaments in forensic history, the seventh annual high school debating tournament, held under the direction of Mr. Leland H. Monson, was held at Weber college Friday and Saturday, March 1 and 2. Four hundred and twenty-six speakers, representing 28 schools, entered the contest.Plans for the 1941 tournament are now being laid by Mr. Monson. Sweepstakes Winner Sweepstakes winner of the tournament was Milton George, Preston, Idaho, who placed first in the extemporaneous speaking division and, with his teammate, Evan Bosen, of Preston, first in the men's debating division. First and third places in the women's debate were captured by Wasatch high school of Heber. Ogden high school took second place In the men's debate and third place in oratory. First in oratory and third in extempore went to South high school, Salt Lake City. With four teams in thesemi-finals of mens debate, the Caldwell high school of Caldwell, Idaho, placed third in men's debate and second in extempore. Second place in women's debate and second place in oratory were taken by West high school, Salt Lake City. Winning Speakers The winning speakers in the various divisions were: Mens debate: First, Milton George and Evan Bosen, Preston; second, LaMar Buckner and John Vernieu, Ogden; third, Ernest Skinner and Leslie Montgmo-ery, Caldwell. Women's debate: First, Norma Broadbent and Marjorie Clegg, Wasatch; second, Beverly Bushey and Julia Dorius, West; Third. (Continued on Page Four) MOST WEBERITES ATTEND 'U' FOR UPPER DIVISION University of Utah apparently is the most popular place for undergraduate study as far as Weber college faculty members are concerned.In a recent census taken from information received from the college catalog it was learned that twenty members of Weber's faculty have obtained undergraduate degrees at the local state university. Brigham Young university ranked second in undergraduate degrees with sixteen. Utah State Agricultural college was third. Thirteen Weber college faculty members spent their undergraduate years at the U. S. A. C. The following schools also awarded bachelor's degrees to Weber college faculty .members with one apiece: Heald Engineering college (San Francisco), Hastings college (Nebraska), Colorado State College of Education, New York university, and University of Minnesota.The U. of U. also proved most popular in granting masters' degrees. Ten received either the M. Assembly Features Wildlife Picture Mr. Lee Kay of the Utah state fish and game department presented a technicolor motion picture of Utah wild life at today's assembly in the Moench building auditorium. According to Mr. Whitney Young, assembly chairman, Mr. Kay is well qualified for such an illustrated lecture, having served as educational adviser for the state department for a number of years. Since this is also National Wild Life week, the lecture proved of interest to local sportsmen and outdoor enthusiasts. Excerpts from Victor Herbert's "Naughy Marietta," the college opera now in rehearsal, were included in the program. Program Swap Made By Local Group Thirty Weber college entertainers bussed to Provo last Friday to produce an exchange assembly at Brigham Young university. In return, that institution will present an assembly at Weber in the near future. Friday's entertainment took on the semblance of a family affair when Miss Dorothy Dixon, B. Y. U. student body vice president, turned the assembly over to Weber by introducing her father, President H. A. Dixon, who has served for eighteen years as an officer of the B. Y. U. alumni association. After telling a couple of good jokes, Dr. Dixon introduced Weber student body officers, Dan Bailey, and Miss Helen Moore, who worked with Dr. Dixon and the assembly committee in organizing the program. The remainder of the program was entrusted to master of ceremonies, Rolfe Peterson, who first introduced two numbers sung by Mr. Clair Andersons Musettes. Next were two songs by Betty Mae and the Boys Betty Mae Nelson, Clair Whitely, and Luman (Continued on Page Four) Editor Presents Plea for Scribulus Material An early call for material for the spring issue of Scribulus was issued yesterday by the editor, Stanley Johnson, following the appearance on the campus of the literary magazine last Thursday. "Because of the issuance of the yearbook and the general rush that accompanies the closing of school, we will publish the magazine earlier in the quarter than usual," the editor stated. "We will need to have contributions correspondingly earlier. We were pleased that the last issue presented so many different forms of writing and so many different student writers. We hope as many show interest in writing articles, stories, and poetry for the spring issue, and that they do it soon." It was also stated that the spring Scribulus will probably contain glamor photographs of both boys and girls. A. or M. S. degree from the Salt Lake institution. University of Southern California with four ranked second in this field, and the B. Y. U. was third with three. U. S. A. C, University of Chicago, and N. Y. U. with two apiece tied for fourth. Other schools with one apiece are: University of California, University of Iowa, Northwestern university, Colorado State college, and Iowa State college. When it came to doctrates the Weber teachers show no partiality. The Ph. D. degree was granted by Iowa State, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Cal. Tech. The University of Hidelberg in Germany awarded the doctor of philosophy degree to a retired member of the local factulty. Medical schools of Northwestern, Columbia, and Loyola (Chicago) universities conferred the M. D. degree upon the health instructors. President Dixon holds the lone Ed. D. degree. U. S. C. awarded him this title. Birdmans Red Face Provides A Right Ripping Good Tale "I only hope that all my acci - dents are as trivial as that," said one of Art Mortensen's flying students Tuesday, as he proceeded to leave what was his first accident while solo-flying. It seems that the aviator had just completed thirty minutes of tail-spin practice and was getting ready to go down to a landing when . . . "R-r-r-r-rip!" The student reach-forward to remove some dirt from the instrument panel. As he Speech Convention Beginning Is Set For Sunday; Schedule Runs Through Week Forensic Meet Chiefs . . . WEBER DEBATERS TRIUMPH IN SNOW COLLEGE TOURNAMENT Blair Burton and Earl Tanner of Weber college won all the debates they participated in at the debating tournament held last. Friday and Saturday in Snow college at Ephraim, Utah. Reed Coray and Gale Rose, and Betty Lou Balch and Camille Larson comprised two of four teams in the tournament that won five rounds and lost one. There were two divisions of extemporary speech. Betty Lou Balch won first place in her division, while Reed Coray won second place. Gale Rose won second place in the other division. Mark Austad and Grant Neute-boom tied for first place in the oratory competition. LaMoian Suttlemeyer also won third place in interpretive reading. Mr. Monson and Dr. Mitchell accompanied the students to Snow college. Dr. Mitchell was in charge of the oratory and extemporary speech department, while Mr. Monson took charge of the debating.Other junior colleges who participated in the tournament were: Dixie, the Agriculture college, Carbon county and Snow. Betty Lou Balch was elected the regional Phi Rho Pi student representative for the coming year. Dr. Mitchell was elected to be the second vice president of Phi Rho Pi. reached forward he automatically pushed the stick of the airplane forward. Down went the nose of the ship. "R-r-r-r-rip!" There went that ripping sound again. What was it? The wind tearing the fuselage a part of a wing beginning to fall off? The student gave up all idea of concentrating on thespiral-for-a-landing. His main objective was to get that plane down to the ground safely. He cut the throttle and made hia approach to the Raymond P. Kroggel, Phi Rho Pi president, and Hale Aarnes, tournament director, above, arrive in Ogden to complete plans with Leland H. Monson, left, second national vice president of Phi Rho Pi and head of Weber college English department, for the national forensic tournament to be held at Weber next week.. Fawn Plenty Sorry, Statistics Show "I'm sorry I forgot your lunch . . . I'm sorry I forgot your lunch . . . I'm sorry . . . period!" These are some of the sentences Miss Fawn Simpson was writing last week until here eyes were sore and her arm was cramped. So were the right arms of her friends, but that is off the record. When questioned about what she was doing and why she was doing it, Miss Simpson, a pledge to Iota Tau Kappa, replied. "In case you can't see for yourself, I'm writing 'I'm sorry I forgot your lunch' one thousand times!" "Why?" "Well, you see Tuesday the fifth of March I forgot Luella London's lunch and I was s'posed to bring it on accounta I'm a pledge and she's a member. I said I was sorry I forgot he.r lunch and she said if I was really sorry I would write 'I'm sorry I forgot your lunch,' a thousand times and number them! So that's what I'm doing. I've spent all my free study halls and half my classes to get the d thing done! ield Plunk! The landing seem ed to be okey. He taxied to the hangar and started to climb out of the ship. "R-r-r-r-rip!" There was that noise again. He felt something clawing at the seat of his pants er, pardon me what was left of the seat of his trousers. It seems that the student had caught his pants in the buckle of his parachute, and every time extreme tension was applied to a certain spot "R-r-r-r-rip!" There was that sound again. Leaders Anticipate Entry Of More Than 200 From All of Nation First Phi Rho Pi convention ever held in the intetrmoun-tain west will open at Weber college Sunday, March 17, when debaters from throughout the United States will register at two p. m. at the Hotel Ben Lomond. "We are anticipating approximately 200 people," said Mr. Leland H. Monson, head of Weber's English department, who is the second vice president of this national forensic honorary society for junior colleges. "There will be coaches and students from chapters all over the United States." "Mr. Raymond P. Kroggel, president of Phi Rho Pi, says all indications show that the national enrollment will be 25 heavier than ever before," continued Mr. Monson. "Roy C. Brown, a former president, indicates that he is sending teams here from Bristol, Virginia." Notables Coming From Down South, East Officers who have made definite plans to attend are the president, a member of the faculty of the Altus Junior college at Jefferson City, Missouri; Mrs. Eula Peterson, first vice-president, a memzer of the faculty of the Altus Junior college at Altus, Oklahoma; Miss Sylvia D. Mariner of Washington, D. C, secretary-treasurer; Mr. P. Merville Larson, national editor, faculty member of Hutchinson Junior college at Hutchinson, Kansas; and the student representative, Miss Kathryn Hopfinger of Itasca Junior college at Coleraine, Minnesota. "We are not certain," continued Mr. Monson, "whether or not our third vice-president, Mr. L. K. Pritchett, will attend." Mr. Pritchett is a member of the faculty of Lees-McRae college at Banner Elk, North Carolina. Handsome awards will be presented to first and second place winner:; in the men's and women's debates, extemporaneous speech, oratory and after-dinner speaking contests. Trophies Will Be Plaques Trophies consist of plaques in the form of a shield with a gold emblem of Phi Rho Pi centrally mounted on a stained mahogany background. The names of the winning teams will be engraved upon these plaques. Plans have been completed for the entertainment of the delegates during their five days here. Among the highlights of the schedule are the registration at the Ben Lomond hotel at two p. m. Sunday, March 17, and the officers' dinner at Valley House at six-thirty p. m. of the same day, with President Kroggel presiding. Monday's program begins with an assembly in the auditorium of the Moench building at eight a. m. The Associated Women Students of Weber college will sponsor the informal tea at four p. m. in the women's lounge in the gym building and the delegates will attend the Weber college music department's presentation of "Naughty Marietta" at eight-thirty p. m. in the auditorium. Dr. Sherman B. Neff of U. Will Speak At twelve-fifteen on Tuesday, March 19, Phi Rho Pi will hold a luncheon at the Ben Lomond hotel. The Ogden Chamber of Commerce will then escort the debators on a sightseeing tour of Salt Lake City. Dr. Sherman B. Neff is scheduled to speak at the Phi Rho Pi banquet to be held at the Hotel Ben Lomond at six-thirty p. m. Wednesday, March 20. Dr. Neff is the head of the English department at the University of Utah. Said Dr. Neff: "I have chosen as the subject of my talk at the Phi Rho Pi banquet, 'The Way Less Traveled By.' I really have something very definite to say however vague and unappealing this title may sound." Wednesday's program will be completed with a dance sponsored by the Weber college A. W. S. in the college ballroom at nine p. m. Debate finals, which will close the convention, begin at four forty-five p. m. Thursday, March 21. According to Mr. Monson, 24 schools had enrolled in the tournament from all parts of the nation. They are: Windgate Jr. college, North Carolina; Weber college, Ogden, Utah; Carbon Jr. college, Price, Utah; Glendale Jr. college, Glendale, Cal.; Hutchinson Jr. college, Hutchinson, Kansas; Virginia Intermont college, Bristol, Va. ; Branch Agricultural college, Cedar City, Utah; Snow Jr. college, Ephraim, Utah; North Park college, Chicago, 111.; Went-worth Military Academy, Lexington, Mo.; Duluth Jr. oollege, Duluth, Minn.; Parsons Jr. college, Parsons, Kansas; Altus Jr. college, Altus, Oklahoma; Modesto Jr. college, Modes; Cal.; Pomona Jr. college, Pomona, Cal.; Pasadena Jr. college, Pasadena, Cal.; Albion Normal college; Seminole Jr. college, Seminole, Oklahoma; Muskogee Jr. college, Muskogee, Oklahoma; Fort Scott Jr. college, Fort Scott, Kansas; Springfield Jr. college, Springfield, South Dakota; Stockton Jr. college, Stockton, Cal.: Virginia Jr. college, Virginia, Minn.; Los Angeles City Junior college, Los Angeles, Cal. |