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Show February H. SIGNrOSI Officials Welcome Legislators to Weber County, Ogden Weber County commissioners extend their greetings to the Legislators and guests. We appreciate the fact that the Utah Legislators, busy as they are this season, are so deeply concerned with our educational problems, that they are making aget-acquainted visit to our county and our Weber college virtually as a body. As commissioners of this county we are convinced that the future of this area is bound up in large measure with the future of your, and our, Utah educational institution, Weber college. It has performed great community and county, and we feel, even state andnation-wide, services for us over the years when these were needed. Its progressive leader, Dr. Henry Aldous Dixon, has endeared himself to us and has been of such extensive civic and educational benefit in our area that it is difficult to express too fully our appreciation for the work he has done since coming here some fifteen years ago. His ideas have proved interesting, progressive and beneficial in application, and have justified his ranking as a national authority on the junior college and higher education generally. Weber itself has been ranked among the leading junior colleges of the United States. As living proof of the institution, its graduates are leaders in religion, in the professions, in business, and in a variety of other pursuits, including civic service. Their endeavors are felt far beyond the ,confines of Utah, but Weber County is especially grateful for its share of these Weber graduates. As chairman of the county commission, I make these remarks for the commission to give you gentlemen an idea of the school's extensive benefits to this and other areas. These facts, I trust, will explain also our deep concern that this fine state educational institution be subsidized and otherwise implemented so that it can fulfill the growing needs of our rapidly increasing population. Best wishes of the commission to you all. Lyman M. Hess Commission Chairman Weber County On behalf of city officials, I welcome the State Legislators here. And I am sure they appreciate all our hopes, dreams and ambitions where Weber college is concerned. After they have toured the campuses, I feel they will realize our requests are not unreasonable. Our sincerest hospitality is theirs this day. George T. Frost Mayor of Ogden Legislators' Visit Honors Yeberf Says Weber College President The reception accorded by our esteemed legislators to the Weber College singers gave me no end of satisfaction. I was proud of our singers, and also proud and appreciative of our legislators. It made me feel sure that we all see alike in placing the human soul far above anything that is material, and in recognizing that our nation's greatest strength lies in its people and their development. It also pleases me to know that the state legislature is doing us the honor of accepting our invitation to pay a visit to the upper and lower campuses in order that it might see our problems firsthand and help us in this present critical state of transition of the institution to arrive at the correct solution to our problems. I feel that such firsthand knowledge and eagerness to secure all of the facts must inevitably arrive at the right conclusions. For these reasons and those of affection and friendship toward many of our most respected legislators, I am happy to extend a hearty welcome to them and their wives from Weber college and our Ogden community. H. A. DIXON President Student Prexy Greets Visitors On behalf of the Associated Students, we take this opportunity to extend the state legislators a welcome to our campus. We appreciate their presence on the campus so that the students have an opportunity to become better acquainted with the senators and representatives of our state legislature. We hope that this trip to Ogden may aid you in planning a beneficial program of legislation for Weber. The student body as a group is ardently behind the move for a four-year college, and feel that such an expansion is indicated by the educational needs of an area with our population.May we wish you only the best in the vital work that lies ahead of you this session! Val Lof green Student Body President Player Award May Be Good, Bad Board of Control sneaked one over on us when it decided to give game recognition to an outstanding basketball player. Although this award is a new thing around here, it is indicative of worthy interest on the part of the student body governing council. Such initiative, designed to aid the team and improve activities under the jurisdiction of student officers, is a sign of active concern which vcould well prove encouraging in all other student activities. Active students, and probably half-active students, too, get a lift from such interest. It does not, perhaps, need to go as far as this one does. In fact, impact of such an award as this on team play should be carefully considered. Whether the recognition is damaging or beneficial depends largely upon reaction of individual players to it. If they become self-conscious and try to star, then the result seems damaging to the team. On the other hand, if the players accept it mainly as a token of student body interest in team welfare and success, then there is benefit in the award. The wise student, intent on "going somewhere," is just being plain smart about his future when he helps both himself and the school by engaging in student activities. The thought here is that such activity is distinctly within the province of the board of control to encourage. The Flower Shop of ELIZABETH IIUTH 2514 Washington Blvd. Phone 6811 Back Talk Students Call For Finances, Facilities to Meet Heeds Signpost: Utah state legislators will spend a day at Weber college. Their time will be spent at the old and new campuses, attending an assembly, and getting better acquainted with Weber college. Through their visit they will, undoubtedly, sense the spirit of mutual support that exists between faculty and students of Weber. Being legislators, they will surely ask themselves what is the cause of the fine spirit. When they meet our own President Dixon, their questions will be answered, and many more, also. They will know what has been the driving force that has made Weber college what it is. They will see the dreams and creations of Henry A. Dixon when they visit the new campus. I only hope that they recognize the new campus for the progress it is. I hope that they will realize the time and effort put forth by the faculty and students to obtain what we now have. I also hope they realize that you cannot get something for nothing. Jim Swenson. Signpost: In a recent issue of theStandard-Examiner, there appeared the proposed budget for the state of Utah. The largest cuts in the budget were apparently in college and university funds. Governor Lee, being a self-made man, must think that education is unnecessary, and that we should all go through the "school of hard knocks." Hidden further down the column was Governor Lee's funds, which were to be increased $4,000 to help run his office. The cost of upkeep and office help must have increased in the governor's office, only. There isn't much that we can do about it right now, except to appeal to his better judgment, but in two years' time we will be able to express our feeling through the use of the ballot box. Keith Oram. Signpost: I wish to sound off about the proposed budget cut. Governor Lee wishes to cut our budget by $267,- 000 for the biennium. As I see it, we are already operating on a skeleton budget. Have you ever been in the chemistry lab in the annex? You just about suffocate every time you have an experiment because there are no blowers to carry off the deadly fumes. 1 wish that you would take the legislators over there, so they can see the "hell" we go through to complete an experiment. So, please, Mr. Editor, try to do everything possible so that this college can act like a college. Bob Draney. Signpost: Unfortunately, the people of Ogden, the second, largest community in the state of Utah, are lacking a four-year college. Even more surprising is the fact that both Logan and Provo, which are considerably smaller than Ogden, have local universities from which they can benefit. U.S.A.C. and B.Y.U. are undoubtedly, exclusive universities. The former is an agricultural college, while the latter is a Mormon university. If Weber becomes a four-year college, she may not become an exclusive university, but she will aid all the countless numbers of education-starved people who are now looking forward to a four-year college in this area. Leslie Kobayashi. Signpost: There is a great deal of controversy over the Weber college budget and the four-year college. Governor Lee has proposed a cut of $267,000 off the budget for Weber college. This would, of course, leave us very, very short. Utah has always been proud of its education and schools, and a four-year college in Ogden would give the citizens of Utah even more to be proud of. We can see the viewpoints of Gov. Lee's program, in trying to cut the budget as much as possible, but surely, he should not d. this at the expense of education, especially in an expanding world of inventions and highly technical civilization. There must be some other place in the budget where we can economize and still forward the cause of education. We will have a hard time trying to get our four-year college, but eventually w e a r e bound to. There is too much force behind education to let one man stop the growth of Utah. Garth Fowles. Signpost: There are many reasons why Weber college should be extended to a four-year college, with two additional divisions. In this community there are many people who would desire to attend a four year college where they may work for additional education. Many people in business, education, arts and sciences and technical work would like to attain degrees Bachelors and Masters. They want to remain at home where their work is located and not have to move to some other city where this higher education is taught. I sincerely believe that the establishment of a four-year college would greatly benefit the community and enrich the people who reside in Ogden and outlaying cities and towns. Blen Stoker. SIGNPOST BI-WEEKLY PUBLICATION ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF WEBER COLLEGE 402 Moench Building Phone Weber College 3-8431 Signpost Extension OGDEN, UTAH Editor Dave Lindsay Business Manager Valerie Egbert faports Fage rrri m r-i; CartoonisT .". Kazuo Teramoto Photographer j Fred Rabc Reporters Ruth Berntsen, Nancy Downs, Marjean Bird, Gene Schneiter, Kay Daines, Bette Woolsey Faculty C. M. Nilsson, Ed Vietti, Dean Farnsworth, Dean Gardner The style center of Ogden SINCE 1924 2459 Washington Blvd. |