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Show SIGNPOST Friday, January 23, 1948 RECORD RAMBLIN With Bill The Last Word WHO GETS the last word with the professor? What a question to ask. Don't you know that the professors' always get the finale in the show? Well Bethlehem, Pennsylvania's Lehigh University students fooled them all, the professor reigns supreme no longer. UNDER A PLAN drawn up by the school's student council the student now gets a chance to judge the performance of the professors. After each semester's grades are turned in, the students of Lehigh embark on their own sadistic pleasures at the expense of their guides along the proverbial path of knowledge. Instructors are given grades by the students on ten major criteria, and graded above average, average, or unsatisfactory, according to their performance in the pleasantries of student judgment. MERITS OF THE professors are judged on clarity of presentation, success in establishing course foundation, preparation for class meetings, effectiveness in arousing interest, stimulus to critical thinking, effectiveness in giving individual help, definite-ness in assignments and course procedure, friendliness toward students, fairness in grading quizzes, and promptness in class meetings. Ah! What pleasant ways to end the semester (or the quarter). LEHIGH'S UNIQUE faculty approved the plan as an expression of democratic cooperation and freedom, and even elaborated on the plan to the extent of including a judgment on the relative merits of the courses taught. STUDENTS SOMETIMES feel that they have no voice in the courses and instructors presented by the school, and the 'Lehigh plan' does much to remedy that situation through its modest judgment of the merits of the professors and their courses. It also offers a valuable bit of competition to the actions of instructors, thus serving to better their teaching methods. How about the Lehigh plan moving west? Conservatism Is Theme Of Stegner's New Book "Second Growth." a new novel by Walla Sterner, comes as some what of a letdown after his "Big Rock Candy Mountain" and "Remembering Laughter". However, the former was autobiographical and the later inspirational, and an author can't always be uniformly good. Although it does suffer by comparison wifh his earlier work, this book is better than the average novel of recent years and is always readable. The story is the metamorphosis of characters living in a small New England town which deliberately resists progress because its main source of revenue is the tourist trade of big-city people. Prefer Simple Life These summertime residents prefer their vacation spot to remain "unspoiled" by such modern conveniences as theatres and gas stations. Many are rich sophisticates and some are lecturers and professors on vacation from the universities. (As Stegner puts it: "The complex people prefer the simple life.") The town and its natives remain almost the same as in Revolutionary times. It is a backwater and an anachonism and the people are dull and ignorant of life outside their own small locality. . Andy Mount is a boy who was Dorn ana raisea m tnis small community and is a rarity because of his intelligence, fie, like the other villagers, hardly even dreams of leaving and is a little frightened when an opportunity to go away to college presents itself. A professor, one of the regular "summer-folk", recognizes the potential values in Andy and offers to arrange for his enrollment in a college. Decides To Go Andy is overrwhelmed by the idea and almost decides to go. However, because of his disreputable relatives, a feeling of responsibility to a stranger who raised him, and the strong ties that the village seems to hold on its own, he begins to sink back into the lethargy that is characteristic of the region. Later developments make him realize how wrong his attitude is. Kaplan is a Jew who lived in a Russian ghetto before migrating to New York. Because of ill health he comes to live in the resort town. He isn't aocepted by the town because he is a. "Jew" in their eyes and an outsider besides. Kaplan has long since renounced his religion but doesiv't try to convince his (Continued on Page 3, Col. 2) Signpost , WEEKLY PUBLICATION OF ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF WEBER COLLEGE 402 Moench Building Member Associated GoUe6iate Press Phone 2-0447 Editor Phil Tunks Co-editor Dick Layman Business Manager Jean Heimke Sports Editor Keith Hunt Business Assistant - -Lorrine Price Reporters: Emma oLu Barnes, Charles Carver, Dick Nilsson, Helen Schafer. AFTER DANCE PARTY Why Not a Snack, Light Lunch, or Dinner? Also Fountain Drinks Ma's & Pa's CALL FOR RESERVATION "VARSITY Magazine f , s V V for Young Men s jT "I i M of and Mcur with your or mi wovod m, Horryl" BEFUDDLED Courtesy Doesn't Pay By MUDDLE G-Items Veterans acquiring dependents after entering training under the B. I. Bill as single men should notify Veterans Administration immediately so that an adjustment may be made in their subsistence allowances. V. A. increases payments on the date it is notified and not retroactive to the date the veteran actually acquired a dependent.In order to insure the uninterrupted receipt of benefit payments, veterans should notify Veterans Administration immediately of any change of address. Government checks cannot be forwarded from one address to another. Unless V. A. is informed of the new address, the checks delivered to the old address must be returned to V. A. pending proper notification. Weber Forum Dear Editor: I would like to know why nothing has been done to provide some sort of housing for the veterans and their wives. Almost every other college in the state has been doing something about this situation, no matter how large or how small the institution. I'm sure that if some means were provided for these men and their families to have a roof over their heads the population of the college would increase. As the leading junior college of this section it is quite a discredit to us that this unfortunate situation must continue. Surely the city as well as the college officials are aware of the facts, yet nothing is being done to overcome the conditions.Is politics playing a part in this lack of housing or does Weber college feel that it can get along without the aid of the Veterans who are returning to the campuses of America in such great numbers? Dick Wilde fw Mffifwfrwwjmf Let me apologize to you, one and all. You see, I really didn't realize just how old and beat-up some of the jokes used here are until Hy Sander used one I had intended to print, between the acts at the talent show. Not that it wasn't funny, because it wasn't. Elmer Taylor, Alpha Rho Omega president, relates an interesting experience he had recently on a bus. Elmer, upon seeing two ladies board the bus, clutched his load of books (Teachers, please note) and struggled to his feet, gallantly proffering his seat to, he supposed, one of the ladies. With a grunt, another man, who somehow had managed to climb on ahead of the women, lowered himself into the xacancy. There he sat throughout the remainder of the ride, seemingly oblivious to the plight of the ladies and the homicidal glances being cast his way by one Mr. Taylor. Men may not always get up and give a lady their places, but they're only too glad to do it for another man, Daff ynitions Bartender a fizzical, culturist. Acoustic what you use when you play pool. Seasickness outward bound. Bet It can be lost in more ways than won. Mosquito he always bites the hand that feeds him. Long marriage one that has lasted at least 20 awed years. Bagabond a female tramp. Better what every young girl should know. Sculptor a poor unfortunate who makes faces and busts. My girl from Mexicali Was cute from head to toes. She sat upon a cactus plant And Mexicali rose. Then there's the girl whose boyfriend told her they'd have to dig up a ring before they could get married. Just how literally he meant it she didn't realize until he And The Flowers Are Furnished by OLIVE and MARK Klerike Floral Member of F. T. D. Association OGDEN, UTAH 2955 WASH. BLVD. PHONE 5789 FOR YOUR RECORD NEEDS Always Shop in Ogden's Largest Self-Service Deparfmenf Carol Porter There are probably quite a few record fans who allow themselves a certain amount of money per weeK, any, tui- sssssssks$s num, or whats have you, for rec- Vjk ords. If you do'jVl wen, inert-s a chance for a line ; investment thatsl will reap divine d i v i d e n ds and nothing but. It's a Capitol album of that impeccable King Cole Trio. A fine oldie made famous by the "Cole" manner is "Makin' Whoopie". You'll get a kick when the King tells you all about makin' whoopie in his unique, subtle manner.An oft heard jazz classic "Too Marvelous for Words," provides an interesting vehicle for the trio, and they masterfully maneuver about, with King Cole's vocal and piano deftly leading the way. A "cancion" in that South American idiom was chosen one of the trio's instrumental capers, and "Rhumba Azul" displays the versatility and artistry of the group. You'll want to get up and rhumba when you hear this one, even if you don't know bow. "Honeysuckle Rose," a jazz classic, is also given a fine instrumental treatment. If you listen to this record you'll hear some really great kicks so keep everyone quiet while this is spinning on the turntable. This last side is perhaps my favorite a seldom heard tune that can be heard many times by setting your dial on automatic, relaxing on that soft sofa, and just listening to "This Is My Night to Dream." Man, what a lift to chase away that low -down feeling fine, bouncy tempo a sinuous vocal by the King the Trio's touch. An example of fine technique, precision and interpretation. took her to the cemetery, handed her a shovel, and said, "Start digging."Well, pledges, how does it seem now that "Hell Week" is a thing of the past? Too bad that this year's members will never he nlpdo-ps when you're members. See you at the basketball game tonight! Patsy's Popcorn Shop 2574 Wash. Blvd. Th. 2-9266 Let Patsy's attend your party with fresh Buttered Popcorn, Butterscotch Popcorn, Strawberry or Chocolate. All kinds salted nuts, caramel, cinnamon or chocolate coated apples 6 flavors salt water taffy. 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