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Show ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF WEBER COLLEGE OGDEN, UTAH, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1940 NO. 14 VOL 3 Weberite Wins In National Oratory Contest Best In Nation With Oration On Americanism Marcus Austad triumphed for Weber in the men's oratorical division of the forensic contests held during the twelfth annual convention of Phi Rho Pi, national debate fraternity, which closed Thursday evening, March 21. Weber played host to 206 participants representing 27 different schools from various chapters all over the United States. "The number attending was not only the largest we have ever had," said Mr. Leland H. Monson, head of the Weber college English department, and second vice-president of Phi Rho Pi, "but the representation was the most varied that we have ever had." Allen Conwill and Grier Stewart of Wentworth Military academy won first in the men's debating events and Earl Tanner and Blaire Burton, Weber's debating team, placed fourth. Virginia Intermont college at Briston, Virginia, sponsored two champions with Miss Georgia Bay-less adjudged champion in the women's oratorical division and Miss Reba June Long winning top honors in women's extempore. Two debating teams from Virginia Intermont college, one composed of Miss Bayless and Miss Long, the other composed of Betty Pullen and Miss Shirley Kilgore, both reached the women's debate finals undefeated, therefore, no distinction was made between first and second place. The final men's debate between the first-place Wentworth team and the second-place Glendale team, of Glendale, California, was broadcast over station KLO in Ogden. This debate, on the question of American neutrality, will also be published in the 1940 issue of Intercollegiate Debates, annual publication of superior college debating classics. It will be the first Phi Rho Pi tournament debate to be recognized by this publication. As the convention dispersed and speakers returned to their various alma maters, officials of the fraternity remarked that this convention had shown a decided mark of advancement. "The quality of the competition was the best that I have ever seen," remarked Mr. Raymond P. Kroggel, president of Phi Rho Pi and a member of the state department of education at Jefferson City, Missouri. "The arrangements for accommodations and entertainment were superior," he continued, "I consider the entire convention a success." "I want to express the appreciation of Phi Rho Pi for the efforts of Mr. Monson and other members of ycur faculty in assuming the responsibilities of this convention," concluded Mr. Kroggle. (BJwadwaty HELP WANTED SNAKES! By JOE WHITLEY Signpost New York Correspondent NEW YORK, March 26. If you have any snakes around lying idle and want to show the true fraternal spirit, you could express the varmints to the drama department of City college here and win yourself a spot in this cloister's great heart forever and aye. Only hurry! You see, the annual City college varsity show is coming up right soon and the script simply insists on snakes. The local gendarmerie has refused the impresarios permission to hunt in Wall Street, and Continued on page Two ENTHUSIASTIC DEBATERS TAKE TO RODS TO ATTEND TOURNAMENT Very calloused thumbs and weary bones marked the arrival of two Modesto college debaters at the national Phi Rho Pi tournament here last week. It seems that the fever of debate just gets in their blood, and nothing can stop them. It all started when Kenny Mason and Ralph Smith, two Modesto. California, boys heard about the national tournament at Weber. Being rather short of funds they decided to get to the tournament as best they could, which wasn't very good as they later found. They packed their bags and started out for Utah with the best intentions ever of "ridin' their right thumbs" all the way. But few motorists In California these days would risk picking up two strange boys. They might be "Okies." After finding that "flaggin' ghosts" would never get them to the land of Zion, they decided to try the age old rattler route. With this thought in mind they carded the first Utah bound freight Victorious . . . Marcus Austad . . . who placed first in men's oratory in recent forensic meet. Neff Tells of Factors In Education The annual Phi Rho Pi banquet was held at the Hotel Ben Lomond on March 0, with Raymond P. Kroggel, national president, acting as toastmaster. Dr. Sherman B. Neff gave the address of the evening and Mr. Monson, of the Weber college English department was given special honors. Dr. Neff said in his talk, "The Way Less Travelled By," that the contemplative life, as he called it, does not bring happiness. But it enriches existence. Dr. Neff outlined two courses. The other is that of experience. By which the speaker evidently meant simple existence as events direct it, without conscious improvement of the mind and without much guidance from the mind. Both Part of Plan In concluding his talk, Dr. Neff stated that both courses may be part of the great plan of which so little is known. Mr. Monson was made an honorary member of Tau Kappa Alpha, a national senior college honorary debate society, for distinguished service in the field of speech. Dr. Dixon was chosen by Mr. Kroggel to introduce special guests in attendance at the banquet. Among those presented were N. A. Pederson and Wallace Vickers from U. S. A. C; Russel Croft, president of Weber college alumni; Mayor Abbott of Ogden City; Dr. Morley from the B. Y. U.; and Aaron W. Tracy, former Weber college president and now at B.Y.U. Invocation was given by Aaron W. Tracy. Music Furnished Musical numbers were furnished by Weber college, Ogden high, Lillian Eastman, and Lee pain. Desmond Norton, Delbert Brown, and George Oxman played a trumpet trio, "Three Solitares." Miss Eastman sang "Was This the Man," and "Utah We Love Thee." Lee Cain sang "Friend O' Mine" and "United in Phi Rho Pi." Both vocalists were accompanied by Lester Hinchcliff. Kenneth Kuchler and Ramon Varela of Weber college accompanied by Eugene Brough, also of Weber college, played a violin duet, "Little Sym-phoniese." The Ogden Cappella Choir, under the direction of Glenn Hansen, gave their interpretation of "O Blest Are They" and "Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes." which slowed down enough, and settled themselves to the sway of No. 9. Kenny and Ralph were just beginning to enjoy the ride atop one of the Pacific Fruit's refrigerator cars, when along came the brake-man who insisted that they could not ride on top. They had to crawl between the cars and hang on. Their bags in one hand and their well-being in the other. Sleep was impossible on this trip. They finally arrived in Ogden Sunday, two very, very tired boys. After inquiring as to where Weber college was, they picked up their bags and left for the school only to find on their arrival that Mr. Monson had just left for home. They walked the ten blocks to Monson's house, only to find that Mr. Monson had just left for Weber. So back to school. When they got back to the school they found that Monson had left for home again. One of the debate officials took Continued on Page Two Scene at Election of New National Phi Rho Pi As the new Phi Rho Pi officers were snapped at conclusion of forensic banquet. Left to right they are: Leland Monson, of Weber college, retiring second vice-president; Hale Aarnes, University of South Dakota, who was retained as tournament director; Mrs Sylvia D. Mariner of Washington, D. C, re-elected secretary-treasurer; Raymond P. Kroggel, Jefferson City, Mo., re-elected president; and P. Mervin Larson, Chicago, new first vice-president. E. R. Black of Fortscott, Kansas, who succeeds Mr. Monson, was absent from the convention. Georgia Bayless and Reba June Long, above, representing Virginia Intermont college of Bristol, Virginia, with their classmates, Betty Pullem and Shirley Kilgore, garnered top-place honors in women's Phi Rho Pi debate. Writers to Hear Publisher Talk "Mr. C. E. O'Donnell, representative of Harper's Publishing company, will address writers and journalists . of Weber college in the auditorium on April 3, at eleven a.m.," announced Mr. Stanley Johnson, president of the Writers' club. Officers of the club, Stanley Johnson, Mildred West, and Glen Wade, are in charge of the arrangements for this assembly. "Our speaker will demonstrate actual publishing methods," continued Mr. Johnson, "and he will show actual manuscripts as they are considered by editors, with corrections appearing on them in much the way that English teachers make corrections upon student themes." In a recent communication from the publishing company, their rep-resenative, Miss Blanche Martinek, writes: Dear Mr. Johnson: Thank you for your reply concerning Mr. O'Donnell's proposed visit to your college. As Mr. D'Connell has already started on his lecture tour and is now on the Pacific coast, I am writing to him today (February 20, 1940) to arrange his schedule so that he will address a group of about 200 students of advanced composition, journalism and creative writing at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 3rd. I am extremely sorry that Mr. O'Donnell cannott accept your kind invitaation to give a more personal talk to the College Writers' club at 7:30 p.m. on that same day. As his schedule now stands he is to give a talk to a group of students at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, at 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 3rd. Again, kindly accept our sincere thanks for your cooperation. Cordially yours, Blanche Martinek. Weber Prepares For Spring Play Clifford Goldsmith's recent play "What a Life" is the three-act comedy that has been chosen as Weber college's spring quarter play. Rated as one of the most successful of recent broadway productions, it has been successfully produced throughout the United States. One of the most intelligent plays about adolesent character. "What a Life" presents humorously some of the problems of school administration. It treats satirically, sym7 pathetically, and seriously, the problems of students and teachers. Dr. Albert Mitchell, director, staates "Unlike any production this year, there are no set changes. This fact will eliminate the usual backstage 'drag' of set changes." Runs Blockade . . . Adolf Hitler, Bad Boy of Europe, who will deliver an autobiographical lecture to the W. C. student body on the subject, "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People." Tickets for his single (the one day stand is due to international conditions over which we have no control) and exclusive appearance may be purchased from Prof. C. H. Anderson. Der fuehrer appears at 11:00 o'clock, Monday, April 1, 1940. La Dianaeda Presents Minstrel Program Sponsored by the girls' club, La Dianaeda, the assembly of March 22 was centered around an oid fashioned minstrel show with the entertainers composed of a score of "shapely colo'd mammies." Miss Janet Morin was master of ceremonies supplying the necessary questions for the antiquated jokes characteristic of the old time minstrels.PREPARE FOR GOOD GRADES IN TESTS DURING QUARTER "Whew! That was some test, wasn't it. Surely wish I'd studied harder, don't you? I'm afraid I'm going to flunk that class." Who hasn't heard or said, himself, that very thing during the hectic week? Now that the days of reckoning have come, we are all wondering what (and why) we did all quartes and what is a ger-syncline, anyway? Thinking that a bit of advice on how to get good grades might come in handy (as a sort of ammunition for next quarter), Mr. John Benson, teacher of Psychology and Orientation, recommends aid to distressed students in the form of a small black and yellow library book. "The Psychology of Getting a Grade." Written by a man who has been both student and professor, the book is mainly for those who wish to go Grier Stewart, left, and Allan Conwill, who captured first place honors in men's debating at the recently concluded Phi Rho Pi tournament. Both hail from Wentworth Military Academy of Lexington, Mo. Business Group Slates Drama The cast for the play "Boss Versus Secretary," to be presented by the business department, has been chosen. "Boss Versus Secretary," by Walter Henneberg, Is a one-act play taken from the program of the 1939 Beta Sigma Tau open house at Drexel Institute, at Philadelphia, Penn. The setting of the play is the outside office of a small business concern. Miss Meigs, portrayed by Ellen Hadfield, is a typical example of a careless secretary. Her knowledge of office routine is comically low and she really makes it obvious. James Sims, the office boy, is played by Charles Daniels, and is a character to keep the audience in fits of laughter. He typifiees office boys all over the United Staates. George P. Blaine, who is none other than Mark Austad, is a roaring, easily upset, big business man and boss of the little concern. His booming voice shakes the office several times a day. Mark's portrayal of this character should be the hit of the show. Rosemary Thinnes should be distinctly good in the part of the office clerk, the dreamy, in - love - with-movie-actor type of girl, who couldn't part with her movie book or her box of chocolates for any boss. Miss Wendell, the perfect secretary, is Barbara Fleming. Her gracious manner, pleasing voice and personality takes easily with the boss, as it will with the audience. Miss Dorothy Coleman, shorthand instructor in the business department, is directing the play. Assisting her is Dolores Riggs, who will have charge of stage properties.The play is to be presented in an assembly presented by the business department on April 19. through college unscathed with learning, but who want good marks to please "Pa." You know, of course, that the method of giving polished apples to the teacher is out-of-date, and anyway the teachers have caught on. But there are other ways more subtle ways to get high marks in college, according to this book. Choose Good Looker In the first place, you must be careful in choosing your professor. It is unwise to sign up for a young, handsome professor in the hope of getting by on your captivating smile( he's probably engaged, anyway. Aren't you, Mr. Trevithick?) As a rule, the older, more mature professors would make a better (Continued on Page Four) Officer Hard Hit Lovers, Here's Chance to Get Your Start The whole scheme is based upon civic duty, but any student planning a June marriage can use some of the awards to set up housekeeping. On the other hand,non-matrimonial students who like to pick up a show ticket now and then and at the same time have no objection to helping their city and county become a better place, can do the trick by submitting questions together with brief answers about Ogden and vicinity its industries, landmarks, pioneers and builders to Mr. C. H. Anderson. Mr. Anderson is chairman of a faculty committee copperating with the Og den chamber of commerce m a special educational program about this part of the state. Any of the fifty questions used in a W. C. projected broadcast will receive an additional dollar. cents. Any questions used in pro jected broadcasts at other schools will reecive an additional dollar. Altogether there will be use for perhaps 150 questions. A second part of the contest has to do with brief essays upon the same subjects, listed above. The essays are to' be approximately 200 words in length. First prize- will be a money award of one dollar Second prize will be a sack of sugar. Third prize will be a sack of flour. King Next Lyceum; Tibbett Postponed Luther King, distinguished American tenor, will appear in the Ogden high school auditorium April 5 at 8 p.m. under the sponsorship of the Ogden community-Weber college greater concert or-ganizatiaon, according to Mr. Guy Hurst, W. C. lyceum chairman. Comments upon Mr. King's sing ing tend to be superlatiave. For example, the Pacific Coast Musician of Los Angeles says of him: "One of the most artistic and de lightful vocal artists on the Amer ican stage, regardless of race." Lawrence Tibbett, prev i o u s 1 y scheduled for March 30, has been postponed until sometime in May. The exact date will be announced later. Trade Students Get Added Training Students of vocational trades at Weber are receiving an education complete in every detail, even to the love for the noon-time whistle In Weber's vocational trades division is a little whistle, a min iature of the type found in com mercial plants of the city. By this means students are learning to drop their tools at the sound of the siren's wail. Forgotten Young Folks Will Get Their Due In '40 -'41 Says Head Faculty Members Return From Leaves To Take Regular Posts Opera Production Success Despite Setbacks By FIRST NIGHTER The light opera production "Naughty Marietta," although getting off to a slow start, finished its four-night run Thursday evening before a capacity house which clamored for curtain calls as the opera ended. The first night invitational performance given for Phi Rho Pi was decidedly a dress rehearsal and complications in abundance, involving both scenery and cast members, arose. The second and third nights, while better than the first night performance, were still on the way, according to the directors.Outstanding performances were turned in by the comedy leads Dan Bailey and Betty Mae Nelson. Ruth Taylor, in the romantic lead carried the singing part of Marietta well, but was outdone in acting by her alternate, Lorraine Baird. Her bert Smith as Captain Richard Warrington did not turn in the performance he is capable of. Lee Purrington was excellent in the portrayal of the character Rudolfo. Other leads, successful in por trayal of their respective charac ters were Don Bjorkland, Elsie McKay, Dallas Porter, John Johnson, Sherman Davidson, Lyle Wynn, Clinton Price, Grant Hinchcliff, Rosemary Pickens, Loyal Chris- tenson and Florence Cashmore. Orchestration and chorus com bined to make a delightful success of their share of the performance the last night. The opera was directed by Mr. Roland Parry with the assistance of Dr. Mitchell, Mr. Clair Johnson, and Miss Ida Stewart. Vassar Vamps Calmly Await World's Fair NEW YORK CITY, March 26. At Vassar they were rival queens in the campus social whirl. They beguiled cfaeir starry-eyed classmates for foui long years with tales of their family background and gold hoards, and did it so convincingly that each was secretly green with envy. They were graduated in 1938. They met for the first time since school at the Vassar club here a month or so ago. Each mentioned, very vaguely, a career in "interior decorating" and "social work." They met for the second time last Friday. Of all places they had to bump into one another at Madison Square Garden where the little Caesar of extravaganza, was holding one of his colossal try-outs for showgirls, dancers and swimmers for his 1940 Aquacade show. Both were picked as mermaids. It had gone far enough. All of a sudden they retired to hold a peace conference and to tell all. One had been toiling as a taxi dancer at the Roseland Dance hall. The other had been a candy girl at a Broadway five and ten. Epilogue. Currently they're roommates at an actors' hotel waiting for the World's fair to open Joe Whitley. Weber Enrollment Shows Increase Weber college has boosted its enrollment far above that for last year for the 6hird consecutive quarter, Mrs. Clarrise H. Hall, registrar, said today. Enrollment for the spring quarter stood at 860 Wednesday. This is an increase of 166 over the Spring quarter of 1939. PLANS READY FOR ACTIVE WEBER ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Weber college alumni will be definitely organized into an active body before the end of the 1940 spring quarter, according to plans now being carried out by Mr. A. R. Croft, president of the organization.Immediate steps include the sending of letters to all eligible alumni whose whereabouts are known, inviting them to contact one of the officers and complete their mem,-bership. Entrance requirements call for nothing more than former attendance at Weber and payment of a small entrance fee, tentatively set at one dollar, which entitles the member to all alumni privileges. Added inducements will probably include copies of Signpost and Scri-bulus. Mr. Croft also plans a spe The forgotten 65 per cent will next year receive part of what is due them if present plans of President H. A. Dixon carry on as he expects them to. In making this statement Wednesday, President Dixon said that the schools are attending very well to the 10 per cent who go on from the two year colleges into the universities and from there into the professions. And they are attending increasingly well to the 25 per cent who enter thesemi-professions. By semi-professions presi-ident Dixon stated that he meant such skilled occupations as nursing, contracting, trades, secretarial work, accounting. Speaking of trades specifically, he said that by the end of the school year Weber college will have placed all of its two-year students in jobs. Caught Midway But out in the communities, caught midway between elementary or high school and the problem of earning a steady livelihood are the forgotten ones. In mid-winter at the beginning of the quarter, about 100 of these were taken into Weber college and have since been preparing themselves for occupations. Tests have revealed that these persons have the intelligence to carry on capably. In fact, many of them rank with the highest of the regular run of students. Circumstances have caught them in an unfortunate, indefensible position according to President Dixon. And the schools must lend a hand to assist their rehabilitataion. Other Projects Having in mind this project and others for next school year, President Dixon looks forward to the return of faculty members who are now away on leaves but will be at the school for 1940-41. The return of Mr. Charles Osmond, physics, and Mr. Orlo Childs, geology, will make possible the introduction of a science survey course. Miss Lucy Denning, business, upon her return will no doubi -."ish to make expansions and additions in the secretarial field. Mr Thatoh-er Allred, public speaking and drama, will continue the original work he has been doing at Stanford this year. And the present Continued on page Three GLOSSARY OF CORN BY ROLFE PETERSON Never has a quarter gone by without at least one dri-jest devoted to a glossary of terms. These punny glossaries have set an all-time height in collegiate corn, but that doesn't discourage us. We'll try anything more than once. Since the basketball season is over and nobody has the slightest interest in anything about that sport, we will attemp, in today's glossary, to define most of the terms, both technical and slang, used by followers of the "oasaban pastime" (used by special permission of Al Warden). Dribble: Disposal of surplus saliva by infants and alcoholics. (Note: this is the type of thing you'll have to take in the rest of the column. It isn't too late to turn back.) Free throw: Vomiting after drinking "on the house"; popular at taverns, dives and Wednesday night club meetings. Pivot: Scraping off flesh when Continued on page Three cial issue of the Signpost, to be put out by alumni. Present student-body officers have pledged all possible support to the proposed activities in the belief that a live-wire alumni body is a definite asset to the school. Mr. Croft's plans are being helped along by the other alumni officers, Mrs. Mary Wilson, vice-president, Mr. Blaine Larson, vice-president, Mr. Karl Storey, treasurer, and Miss Dolly Tolidor, secretary; and the alumni board of director consisting of Dcrrah B. Van Dyke, chairman, Kent Bram-well, R. B. Petty, Junius R. Tribe, John Q. Blaylock, Vera Toone, Dan Alsup, Pat Quinn, Jetta Barker, Melvin Jennings and Floyd Farr, (Continued on Page 16) |