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Show Page 2 SIGNPO ST February 11. 1955 SIGNPOST BI-WEEKLY PUBLICATION ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF WEBER COLLEGE 523 Building 4 Phone Weber College 4-3491 Signpost Extension OGDEN, UTAH Editor Audri Montgomery Sports Editor r Vance Pace Club Editor Sharon Harris Assistant Sports Editor .' Ken Hull Cartoonist Dave Gunnell Feature Editor Sharon Larison Advertising Audrey Stevens Photography Dick Mabey Reporters....; Lynnette Richards, Sig Pont, Marilyn Arnold, Sharon Harris, Marianne Johns, Marcella Whaley, Jim Freston, Naricy Sanders, Glen McEntire. Weber Thespians Present Plays Several times during the year we have had complaints of neglecting the drama department in the Signpost. If you asked us why, we could give you a lot of reasons. But it is not the policy of the Signpost to make excuses. We would rather try and right the wrong we might do. Therefore, we would like to urge all Weber students to attend the Community Theatre play tonight and tomorrow night and also the Cellar Play that is coming up. A lot of work and talent is shown in these productions. We're sure you will enjoy the plays and we're behind anything the drama department does. Letters to The Editor Dear Editor: I think it's about time somebody gave the custodians a pat on the back for all the fine work they have done in keeping the school a better place for us. The mats in front of the doors between buildings were just what the doctor ordered. You hardly ever see one of our custodians when they aren't busy doing something more to make our campus one of the best. They deserve all of our thanks for keeping the walks cleared, the buildings warm and clean, and just for being the swell guys they are. Nancy Sig Pont's Much to my amazement, I find those illiterates around school who have never heard of a "boo." In all the very latest model dictionaries we find that a "boo" is defined as the new name (it's all the rage) for a dog. The reason for the change from the traditional "dog" is very obvious. All dogs are true blue. It doesn't sound very poetic to say "a true blue dog,' so it is now proper to say "a true blue boo." The real kick comes though when you spot two dogs and can yell with glee, "two true blue boos!" Boos are made of bones, barks, skin, and I guess that other stuff's hair. You can tell whether or not they're friendly by looking at their tail bone; if it wiggles they won't bite you, but if they growl with their mouth-bone, you'd better run. If they wiggle and growl at the same time, flip a coin and then run. Peculiarities One thing is very peculiar about boos: They love to chase cars. I think it's a time-consuming habit, because what would a boo do with one if he caught it? He'd probably let it go again. . Boos sure do hate mews! Chasing mews would be a lot more fun if the mews were good sports about the whole thing and realize that they are supposed to be afraid of boos, and are definitely not supposed to fight back. Brother, when a boo catches a mew, he really catches it, right on his soft black little nose. If only those blasted mews would pick on someone their own size! Boos come in all makes, models, and sizes. There are little bitty boos, middle-sized boos, and great , Dear Editor: I have a complaint. Whenever I go to Building 1 to get myself a lunch, it seems that all they have are sandwiches and I am told to go to Building 3 for something to drink. The same thing happens when I decide to get my lunch from Building 3. This proves very frustrating, and I'm 'wondering if both the sandwiches and the drinks could be kept in one building or the other, or in both buildings, so I could eat my lunch without running from one building to another until I'm twice as hungry as when I started. Frustrated big boos. (There are also human bozoe). Most of them are the four-legged, one-headed, two eye-balled, wetsy-betsy type of boo. Boos like humans when they feed them regularly, but if they miss a meal they really get teed off. Humans should always be kind to boos because it's liable to stunt a boo's personality if he gets teed off too often, and that will never do. I now leave you with this thought for the day to ponder over: Be kind to your true blue boo friends. Your Health (Continued from Page 1) in the usual routine because people become immune to foreign substances, or "bugs" in their area. Factors which increase susceptibility are fataigue and conditions caused when children are immunized for certain other diseases. Swimming pools or any large crowd seems to breed the disease in the polio season. The Salk Vaccine Doctors are pleased with the prospects of the Salk vaccine they are hoping it will permit conquest of polio if it is successful! Also it will provide an immunity against measles. The vaccine was made possible by the discovery that polio virus could be grown on kidney cells of the rhesus monkey. Gamma Globulin is being used to guard against both polio and measles but provides only temporary immunity. It is made from exhausted whole blood which has been stored and is losing its value for transfusion. Next issue: Cancer. What Happened to By Tom Quinn While wrapping up the pheasant under glass, in the about the front page that shook one single murder mentioned! Oh, there was a lot of claptrap about a trivial war going on between two of our tequila drinking neighbors to the south, and an ar ticle dealing with an automobile wreck that had sent five people to that big super-highway in the sky, but search as I would through the gravy stains and mustard smears, I could find no mention of murder. Decadent America Is this merely another-sign of a decadent America, an America without a good, red-blooded fiend in its length and breadth? Is there no one foul enough left to raise a heavy poker and flail about, doing away with doddering, old millionaires and nagging wives in the process; or to surreptitiously pour a little gasoline over a sleeping damsel and play flip-a-match? Have gory bathtub murders gone out of style? We still have bathtubs and people still take baths (that is, except for the smel ly slob who sits next to you in movies), so what's wrong with the monsters of today? Maniacs Common Back in the old days, when ma niac depressives were as common as Durnt Durgers at me local urive-in, two people meeting on the street didn't talk about the weather or tell smutty jokes. Instead they discussed their latest victims, often going into great detail describing the corpse and giving imitations of the departed's last minutes, complete with piercing screams, eye rolling, and death rattles. Student Budget (Continued from Page 1) number only 11 reported expenses for room rent and 18 for board. An average student's rent during that year was $129, but the actual costs ranged from $15 to $270. Eating was the largest single item in the out-of-town student's budget. The average was $175 for the year, but some paid as much as $700. Forty-three of the 70 reported paying an average of $16 in social club dues. The highest figure was $50. Some Spend Less Somebody did it! Yep, they got by spending only $4 for entertainment and recreation, but the average expenditure was $63 and one of the more fun-loving students ran up a bill of $360. Clothing was the biggest item for students living at home. Top wardrobe price in one year was $400 and $10 was the minimum. The 70 students spent a total of $8,741 at an average amount of $125 each. A Few Items These are just a few of the items accounted for in the survey. Tuition, fee, health, grooming, laundry, travel and contributions along with miscellaneous and capital expenditures were taken into consideration. Final tabulation showed that the average Weber College student's expenditures amounted to $635 before capital expenditures and that some got by on $202. The average, after money was spent on radios, jewelry, etc., was $750. Old - Style Murder? remains of a Spartan meal of local paper I noticed something me to the core there wasn t A person going out to tea always took a stomach pump along in case the hostess in a moment of whimsy slipped a handful of ground glass into the sugar bowl or added a dash of cyanide to the cream. A polite guest, having survived the tea, would often return later in the evening and carve up a few of the children in the same carefree mood, with no hard feelings on either side. Gory Past The gory glories of the past make the pure hearts of today with nothing more than a few eye gougings to their credit look like boobs. So, murderers ot tomorrow, arise, take your meat cleaver in hand, and go next door and take care of that guy who practices trumpet lessons at three in the morning. But do it soon, because he may walk in one day and rearrange your face with a blast from a twelve gauge shotgun for owning a noisy cat. Remember, strike while the iron's hot they struggle so much harder that way. My Mother Told Me My mother told me not to smoke. Ha ha, I don't. My mother told me not to drink. Ha ha, I don't. My mother told me not to neck. Ha ha! Weber Gets Gift From Early Grads Weber College was presented last week with two sets of books and the promise of a third set from two early graduates prominent in the field of education. Mr. Walter A. Kerr, Professor Emeritus, University of Utah, and Mrs. Kerr, presented the books, a complete library of poetical literature in 32 volumes, and the complete works of Mulbach in 18 volumes, because of a long association with the school, in which they attained their early education. The books are being catalogued now and will soon be placed on the shelves in the library. A third set, including the complete works of Aventhe and Schiller, two of the greatest German poets, has been promised Weber by Professor and Mrs. Kerr some time in the near future. Attended Academy Both Professor and Mrs. Kerr attended Weber Academy in its struggling beginning days and Kerr returned to teach in 1909-10. He came to Weber College as an instructor in 1949-50. Mrs. Kerr was a reporter for The Acorn and one of her stories appeared for many years in the souvenir edition. She was also ac- Attention, all Freshmen! A big party is ahead. Watch for the announcement on the bulletin boards. We're going to have a good old-fashioned hoedown. Loads of games, dancing, and food all you have to do is come. So look for the date and plan on it. Washington, Lincoln 2 Great Americans By Sharon Harris How great an honor and how wonderful an accomplishment, to live such a life, set down such a record and accomplish so much as to be remembered and honored, years after death, and to be written down in the pages of history. This is the time of year'we are honoring two such outstanding individuals, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, two of our greatest presidents. We have heard many stories of the honesty, dependability, and trustworthiness of these two men. Story of Lincoln The story is told of Lincoln walking two or three miles to return six cents to a woman who he had overcharged, while clerking in a grocery store. Washington has been remembered for his act of cutting clown his father's cherry tree, and then because of a desire to be truthful and honest, admitting it to his father and suffering the punishment.How many really great, important, renowned things, essential to the nation's welfare, did these two men accomplish. Young History Washington lived in a period of history when the country was young and unsettled. He became the first president of the- United States and carried his country through its most trying experience, that of building itself up into a country recognized as a free and independent nation. He truly deserved the distinction of "father of his country." Lincoln also lived at a period of time when the nation was going through a crisis, that of the Civil War. Uneducated Boy He rose from a poor, uneducated boy of undistinguished birth, to one of the nation's greatest presidents, and has been given the title of the "great emancipator," because of his freeing of the slaves. Both of these lives represent the American way of life. Both of them stood for freedom and democracy, and both served their country to the best possible of their talents and abilities. These are the reasons why we honor these two men. tive in school drama, playing the wife of Pygmalion, opposite the late Moroni Olson, in "Pygmalion and Galtea," and had the lead in "All That Glitters Is Not Gold." Professor Kerr is the author of several books, among them "The Life of Louis F. Moench." Jle was the principal speaker at the dedication of the Louis F. Moench statue last fall. Veber Choir Sings At Legislature The Weber College Choir, under the direction of Glenn L. Hanson, sang Thursday at the Utah Legis lature. Numbers on the program were: "Marches of Peace," "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," featuring a trumpet trio, "Devastating" and a medley ol songs Irom the coming college opera "Poberta". |