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Show Page 2 THE SIGNPOST Jim Supifw&t Editor Jacob Weese Associate Editors Pauline Rogers, Stanley Johnson Business Manager Orville Nielson Society Editor Norma Pantone Athletic Editors Jack Syphers, Melvin Manfull Features-Norma Barrows, Everol Harris, Mary Peterson, Harold Benson, Edgar Driver, Ted Collins, Helen Fletcher. Contributors Robert Montgomery, Wendel Forsha, Donna Jenkins, Knolyn Hatch, Josephine Kunz, Eva Rogerson, Stuart Wheelwright Morton Fuller June Spong, Constance Ford, Charles Letz Circulation Chet Gilgen, Barbara Reeves Typists Verna Watts, Thekla Holmes Photographer Stuart Wheelwright Published every other week by the Associated Students of Weber College Intel-mountain Publishing Co. NEWSPAPER POLICY Nothing can be worse than being a politician. The poor sap has to cater to and please everybody. The final result, as everyone can plainly see, is a fine case of scrambled brains. But in giving the above statement we must have been dopey with despair, because all journalists know that the prlitor of a neutral paper has the worst job in the world. We pity all fence straddlers. How they must ache and yearn to be in one field or the other. Besides, what aj precarious position! They have to ward off a barrage of insults and propaganda from both sides. And they also have to continually pat and pacify both sides. Is it any wonder they occasionally lose their balance? Who can blame them? The policies of a paper are determined by those paying for it. In a daily paper this might be a private fortune or a corporation. But in either case the editor listens to and obeys the big voice or finds a new job. A college paper is run in the same way. The student body is the factor controlling it. But seldom does its control come to the surface. Now here is where the faculty come in. As guardians of the school's reputation, honor, and integrity they are ever on the alert for any adverse influence. Surprisingly enough, they realize there is danger from the inside as well as the outside. And under their watchful eyes the college paper goes to press. A school is a conservative institution. Occasionally a professor has been indicted for radicalism but that is the exception. Ordinarily the school is supposed to be a stable influence striving to train the youth to fill his niche as a proper, decorous citizens. Such is the commandment from the higher powers. In striving to comply with this the faculty is everlastingly watchful. Every thing going into a college paper has to be wholesome, pure, dignified, and instructive. It must not tear down but must build up. Everything must be said with a smile ad nauseum. What the student body wants is enjoyment. The more odd, funny, surprising elements in the paper the more it is enjoyed. It must be collegiate, racy, andup-to-date. Risque columns are the most widely read. The blood of youth runs hotly and they want to be appeased, startled, and stimulated. And so our aim is to strike a medium. In doing this we are buffeted from one course to the other. Our time is spent in keeping our composure, pacifying all comers, and persuading ourselves that the effort is worthwhile. ESTABLISHED 1870 (?ij6rn. Slat; The excellent Lyceum series brought to Ogden this past year has been of real value to the community we congratulate Weber College, for it was their initiative and effort which made this series possible. Central Market Fresh Meats, Fruits and Groceries Your Home Owned Merchant Phone Nos. 4115 - 4116 2447 Washington Blvd. Kear Entrance 2248 Kiesel Ave. What I Expect of My College Career By KNOLYN HATCH So far college has been very disappointing. I have frightfully overestimated itsjoy-giving qualities; but getting off in any kind of race is provokingly disturbing. It is easy to understand one's desire to get under way. However, I'm sure that when things get moving along I'll get my stride and will. I'm sure, find the pace easy enough. It's simply a day at a time. Smart Fellows The matter of getting socially adjusted is of prime importance to me. Life is pretty much a matter of give and take. I'm sure that I won't find college life greatly different from my previous school experiences. The proper balance between work and play is just the same. No one should carry more "brain teasers" than he can masticate with comfort. A lot of these smart fellows have a reputation to live up to and deprive themselves of the proper diversion. They are always too busy with this or that to mix with the fellows, and it isn't long until they are on the outside looking in, instead of being inside saying what to do next. There are extremes. I'm Counting; on Myself I'm counting on myself to take the middle course. I'm not planning to be popular at the cost of being a ridiculous fool, nor a "brain truster" at the price of being absurdly comical. I don't consider myself a baby. I am well prepared to do college work. It's simply a matter of getting off right and staying right. It takes a smart man to be dumb in the right places. The chap that's too brilliant doesn't get into a lot of the best spots. Versed in Human Nature The successful man is one well versed in the art of human nature and with the ability to adapt himself to its moods. The point is to gather from the college all the useful data that the professors have secured. It may be of use in life's journey, but the bulk of it will do little more than help to expand one's horizon. If the college can succeed in extending one's vision, the time spent will be profitable. Chances are that the various types of individuals will contribute quite as much as the curriculum.Outstrip Brilliance Hard work often is mistaken for brilliance.. Hard work will often outstrip brilliance. There's no disgrace in a man's proper estimate of his ability. There is no disgrace in discovering that he may net have a super intelligence and that his mind is only of ordinary brightness. It's well to have limitations and to keep within certain bounds. My Children The struggle and strife of life will at least convince us that individually there is little for us to do except make our best contribution of self in the hope that our children will show improvement. There's no way of my repaying my parents except by encouraging my children. My debt and I feel I owe one can only be repaid to my father and society by improving myself and passing an untarnished banner along to posterity. My fond hope is that my college days will garnish and embellish my life with the useful and beautiful implements of manhood. Geadtr hri-JeM (Continued from Page 1) Affirmative. Honorable judges, worthy components, ladies and gentlemen, and Le Moyne Petersen.We of the affirmative maintain that final exams are irrelevant, unconstitutional, and should be stricken from the records. We shall attempt to prove this not by words, not by actions, but by horrible examples. Exhibit A. Look at Edgar (Truck) Driver. Last week he was the acne of happiness he loved life. Observe him now his shoulders are bent, his forehead is as furrowed as a farm in the springtime, he is a has-been. And what has wrought this awful change? Exams, friends, exams. Exhibit B. Sigma Delta Pi. Whether you know it or not, kind friends, these young men in the prime of their lives have bit on so many hard questions that their canine teeth are bark 7W OaiU (Continued from Page 1) brilliant responses in class made his instructors predict for him a productive future. "BooKlearning" came easy to him. It took little ellort on his part to set the pace lor the rest ot the class. His teachers had said that he was going places ana he prooably would. College to him was no naraer tnan graue school. Yes, he would prooaoiy make his dent in the world. And so he graduated. He stepped out of the camearals oi nigner learning into tne world wnich spread itself at his leei. With a last word of praise, his instructors shook his hand ana said that they would be waiting to hear from him. They waited. Other prodigies came and went, but still the "Prodigy" had not taken the world by the horns and thrown it. When his college diploma won the last frontier of college for him, he waited on the steps waited for someone to come up and grab him. Because of his excellent work at the university, people did come up and grab him. But the position which he was offered placed but a minor strain on his thinking ability. He waved the offer away. He would take the biggest and best position open to a college graduate. Finally physical necessities such as hunger, lack of clothing and shelter things which he had formerly considered unimportant, forced him to take an inferior position and be glad to have it. Soon he became accustomed to the grind. He was content to sink down in obscurity and become just another common worker. He was making a fairly substantial wage and that was the only thing which really mattered to him at the present. Someday he would do something really good. Someday he would be a really great man. But right now he didn't have the time or the ambition. And so he plodded along a meek little satisfied artisan.Meanwhile the professors still waited. But they waited in vain. The name they had hoped to see flashed in bright lights never appeared. The fame which they had predicted for their "Prodigy" never came. ing. (Incidentally they're making a powerful lot of noise). We could go on to tell you more gruesome details, but Time Fails Down! we say, down with exams! They're too final. Negative. Honorable judges, wordy opponents, and audience, if there be any such among you. Our friends of the opposition have stated that a certain well-known club is barking from having bitten on so many hard questions. But. ladies and gentlemen, common sense will tell you this is a false statement. It is an accepted truth that barking canines do not bite. We of the negative maintain that it would be unjust to send students forth into the cruel world without first having had a taste of the suffering and disillusionment they are to experience there. It just wouldn't be cricket. Exams are without a doubt the epitome of the aforementioned sufferings. Before we call time on ourselves, we should like to apologize to our opponents. We realize that we have been rather disagreeable and controversial about the whole matter, so to show them we still love them, we'll say, "Down with exams! They're too final!" We Meet at . . . JOHN'S SWEET SHOP FOR THE BEST 406 25th Street Anderson Lumber Co. Building Headquarters Complete Plan Service for New Homes and Remodel Jobs ESTIMATES AND Phone 128 yut Cetner By EDGAR DKIVEK It isn't true. All beautiful girls are not dumb and all intelligent girls are not homely. Take, for example, Weber's high school speech tournament last week-end. It was my privilege to help with the contest, both in supervision and judging. Friday night I was handed a list of six names and instructed to report to room 101. in the Gymnasium building. Since rooms were at a premium, we were forced to utilize even the offices. As I was in charge of this group, I proceeded to make myself at home. I settled down propped my feet up on the desk in the big comfortable chair, and relaxed. "Now." I thought, "if I only had a nice big black cigar." After calling the roll, I cracked a couple of very dry puns, borrowed a watch, and let them proceed to orate. The first contestant was a young lady. (I think she was a lady she looked like one). The points on my judge's sheet ran something like this nice, face, figure, hair. Good voice, nice shape. Poor organization. Legs? Yes ... Well, for one hour we con sidered the fates of nations. I tried sleeping but an exceptionally enthusiastic outburst right in the middle of my dream made me jump and fall off the chair, thereby fracturing my reputa-tation.I did come to a decision I decided that if these were rep resentative of the youth of Ameri ca, I have no fear for the future of our country. Every oration was inspiring. The parties should be congratulated for their work. Reed Anderson (Continued on Page 3) Ogden Wins Trophy (Continued from Page 1) over station K D Y L at 5:30. An invitation to present next year's finalists over K D Y L was extended by the station. Monson Directs Leland H. Monson was director of the tournament with the following chairmen: David R. Trevithick, women's debate; Cluster M. Nilsson, men's debate; Thatcher Allred, oratory and extempore; Marjorie Jennings, judges; and Barbara Reeve, program committee with Betty Jean Light and Ralph M. Fuller committee members. First Tournament The first Utah state high school tournament was held March 9-10 in 1934. Fifteen teams of two members each representing six Utah high schools Ogden, Weber county, Box Elder. Davis county, and South and West high schools of Salt Lake debated on the question "Resolved that the United States should provide for the stabilization of the dollar." Anthony Yarbrough and Russell Harris of Ogden high merited first place in the tournament by winning six contests with no defeats. Another Ogden high school team composed of Paul Packer and Delwyn Ras-smussen took second. The Lorraine Clark Phillip Thompson team from Davis county came in third. Walk a Block and get . . . Quality Cleaning - Repairing At Popular Prices Geo. F. 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