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Show 0 Page 2 SIGNPOST October 26, 1951 Editor.. SIGNPOST Bi-Weekly Publication Associated Students of Weber College 402 Moench Building Phone Weber College Extension 26 OGDEN, UTAH ..Corene Martin Business Manager - Dick Slater Society Editor - Cheril Heiner Sports Editor - Dell Foutz Editorial Adviser Wayne Carver Business Adviser E. M. Vietti Reporters Jan Heiner, Allen Cook, Charlotte Stark, Kent Weathers, Bert Taylor, Adrian Howell, Jerruleen Davis. Chit and Chat By Those In The Know We were talking about writers and writing. She was an old classmate of Signpost and had once edited the school literary magazine. Now she was married to an accountant and had a healthy, red-blooded contempt for such limp-writed things as she had spent her youth pursuing. "You used to have all the marks of a good writer," we said, trying to praise her. "Oh", she said, looking a little hurt, "but I've improved a lot since then," and revealed she was thinking of taking a night class in bacteriology. Signpost flipped The College Anthology under our cozy book rack the arm pit and tried to look unperturbed as we walked away. Our favorite philosopher contends that man should act logically and deny validity to anything on a basis of blind faith. But just the other day we saw him order a serving of cafeteria beans without tasting them beforehand. The way contradictions multiply just amazes Signpost and our cosmic view. Confronted on the sidewalk by a kind lady who lectured us for an hour on the lack of patriotism among the young, we were just a bit amused when she turned into the bank and found it closed for Columbus Day. Signpost, without being very pugilistic, enjoys the antics of the fight gang. Especially did we think John Mooney of the Salt Lake Tribune-Telegram hit it on the nose when he replied to Hack Miller of the Deseret News. Miller had hinted that Rex Layne had been drugged during his fights with Rocky Marciano and Ezzard Charles. "He sure was" chortled John, "right back to his corner." Signpost noted with its anti-militaristic eyes the presence a few days ago of the Navy recruiters on the campus. Alert to the magnificence of uniform, we thank the Navy for the ink blotters and hope they will call again. Now that that inevitable progenitor of neurosis and withdrawals the research paper has been assigned in the Basic Communication sections, Signpost notices a greenish tint around the gills of the instructors as well as the students. One charming instructoress limped from a class meeting, cast furtive looks up and down the hall, and muttered to Signpost "I think I've assigned more work than I can get written in time to meet my own deadline," Signpost, staunch supporter of the faculty, marvels somewhat that communication, which is supposed to be basic, can become so involved when the research paper is attacked. It Pays to Advertise in the SIGNPOST A College Newspaper That Is Distributed Throughout Weber County For Information Call Weber College Extension 26 Criminals Are Made Not 'Naturally Born' What makes a criminal? Rocco D'Agostino, handcuffed and bleeding, was booked on a charge of selling narcotics. He was just twenty years old and it was his third arrest. G. M. White draws a tragic picture of the life and times of this "little tough guy" from the New York slums in "Do You Remember Rocky?", a Profile of Youth article in the October LADIES' HOME JOURNAL. Today "public interest" in Rocky is dead, and he is at Elmira Reformatory with other young criminals, learning a trade. He would have preferred to go to Sing Sing with older, better-known criminals, because he had heard it was "tough" at Elmira and Rocky had been bullied all his life. He couldn't understand why the newspapers had called him "tough guy." Poor Environment Rocky never knew his father, who had been deported to Italy after two convictions of assault one of them brought by Rocky's mother. The family of seven children subsisted on Home Relief, often went hungry. At public school Rocky's teachers remembered him as "a pale, thin boy, small for his age, and poorly nourished," socially immature," "loses interest easily." Being small, he was beaten and bullied by older boys, although he was never punished at home. His only trip outside the city was two weeks at a Boys Club camp when he was nine. First Steps He played truant when he finally got to junior high school and held many jobs,' for short periods of time. His teen-age social life was centered in the Spanish-Puerto Rican section and a street corner brawl led to his first arrest. Four months later he was picked up with a gun in his possession. Then he turned to narcotic peddling, an easy way for him to get money and into jail. Rocky asked the court for mercy, but Judge McCullen replied, "What the defendant has done not only affects him, but everybody else. Who is responsible, I cannot say. I wish I had the answer. I wonder if anybody has." Theatre Crowd Has Calendar of Plays Theatre Workshop has chosen for its first production a very successful and popular Broadway, comedy in three acts The Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry. Plans have been changed, however, and instead of presenting public performances of the play, Theatre Workshop will be doing it as a class project only, stated Mr. John Kelly, director. Cast Members Members of the cast include: Diane Mclntire, Dick Slater, Clyde Hull, Doris Simonson, LaRee Beus, Whit Young, Ross Giles Bob Merrill, Georgia Bobolis, Jann Heiner, Jeane Smith, Fern Olsen, Jarvis Anderson, Larry Wright, and George Francis. As for their children's play, "The Golden Goose", Theatre Workshop, like so many hunters have done lately is putting their "bird" in storage to be brought out and enjoyed at a later date, according to Mr. Kelly. Valuable Experience Although the work put into the Theatre Workshop productions can not always be enjoyed by the public, the players feel that the time and effort is "worth it" anyway, for the experience alone. Theatre Workshop actors not only portray the characters in their productions, but they must make their own scenery and props, are responsible for getting their own makeup and costumes, and must take care of all advertising for the play. In addition ,the players are also the stage crew, and take care of lighting and sound effects off stage. In this way, declares Mr. Kelly, every member plays an important part even though he may not have secured the leading role in the play. The Bachelor is a happy guy, He has a lot of fun, He sizes up all the cuties And never Mrs. one. ... ' 1 Dr. William Z. Terry Dr. W. I Terry Is Compiling Weber College History Dr. William Z. Terry, instructor of mathematics, has announced that he has finished writing the history of the preparatory school at Weber College. Dr. Terry hopes to present it at the meeting of the Utah Academy of Arts Sciences, and Letters to be held at Weber College November 16 and 17. First Part Completed This is the first part of the history of Weber College, which Dr. Terry has been working on for about a year. He has the material ready now for the history of the high school at Weber; it just needs to be written up. Added Assistance Dr. Terry says that this writing has been started by half a dozen people at different times and they have all helped his writing. The main purpose of his writing is to get the history of the school all in one place, so that people can get a picture of what ' the school has done over the years. The Editor So you don't like the Signpost, huh? Think it's dull? What are YOU going to do about it? Signpost, digs into its shallow coffers and offers a five dollar prize to the student, on the paper's staff or off, who writes the best feature article between now and December 20. Every kind of subject is available for you, from prominent athletes to the girl who keeps bees in her bedroom. Dig out the strange facts about your friends, faculty, school, and write them up. If we like your article we'll run it with a by-line and appropriate photographs. If we like it well enough, you get the five dollars. If we don't like it, thanks for trying and try again. How to Study Hints Given by Visiting Japanese Student Wataru Mayeda here from Japan on a five-year passport to study television, has a plan for making good study conditions. In case you might want to use his plan, here it is in brief: Wataru says: If I couldn't solve a problem, I would use what we call in Japan "the change in environment". I would think about the problem while relaxing in bed or driving around. So far this has worked well. If I just did not want to study, I would play the piano, sing a song, or read a good book. Then I would be ready to start studying my favorite subject. This we call "the change in mentality". If I become sleepy, I use what we call "a rough operation". I go to the bathroom to soak my head and wash my face with cold water. Also, I have a Japanese proverb tacked on the wall above my desk. I always see those few sentences which read like this when translated:If your thoughts go to play instead of study, say "Do you want to become ignorant? Don't you know your heart moves with your intentions? Don't you know the minutes that pass do not return? Don't you know the days pass like lightning?" Take a pencil, open your book. The glow of happiness will now shine from your body. Books, pencils, and papers await you! Gof Problems? So Has Everybody Research papers are in full swing once more. ' The library is a buzzing behive of busy bees digging and delving for enough material to mold into a suitable sized theme. If you're one of the 99 out of 100 students that don't know exactly, what to write about, here are a few local problems that can stand a little digging into. 1. How much lye goes into a gallon of C.I. coffee and what effect it has on the consumer. 2. Where Dr. Stratford gets his suits and ties and how much they pay him for taking them away. 3. What year the records on the Juke box in the C.I. were changed and who dreams up their selection. 4. Research papers, their origin and where the originator can be reached. 5. 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