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Show Page 2 SIGNPOST Thursday, October 26, 1950 Signpost BIWEEKLY PUBLICATION ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF WEBER COLLEGE 402 Moench. -Building Phone..Weber College Extension 26 OGDEN, UTAH Editor Corene Martin Business Managers Jlamae Hansen, Janice Herrod Sports Editor Fred Ball Society Editor Shirley Jones Exchange Editor Flora Gardner Editoral Aviser L. C. Evans Business Adviser... E. M. Vietti Reporters :....Keith Downs, Lloyd Ferguson, Dell Foutz, Charles Hayward, Ann Lund, Ralph Jeppson, Clifford Pomeroy., , Are You Ready to Vote? Did you vote in the last student body election? Chances are you did not. What was your reason? Don't you want to be a part of the governing body of citizens Not only at Weber College, but also in the national elections. The right to vote gives you the power to help choose the people you think will represent you best. What do most of us do, though? We shrug our shoulders, and say, "One vote won't change things, so why bother to go over to the election booth?" . There have been times in our history when one vote in the electoral college could have determined the president of the- United States. Maybe our sophomore or freshman class officers are not quite that important to the nation as a whole, but they 'are to you and I, students at Weber College, who have invested in them the power to plan and direct our school activities. Whenever a nominating assembly is called, a handful of students show up while the rest either study or head for the CI. And what about the elections for campus queens? Why not help your friend win the title? If you were up, you'd count on her support. Don't you want Weber College to outshine the other schools in activities? Not only social, but academic as well. Don't you want a well-balanced social life to offset the studying? It"s even getting to the point where a person can get into an office simply because no one will run against him. Think it over. Exercise your power as a student at Weber College to cast your vote for who and what you want. Should Queens Be Limited? QUESTION: Should the number of queens that are presented on the Weber College campus be limited? FLORA GARDNER: "I believe the number of queens should be diminished, four would be plenty." CHUCK HAYWARD: "I don't think there should be any queens on the campus." MR. LARRY EVANS: "I like the queens because they help the scenery." DICK PARKER: "A large number of queens sponsored shows good school spirit." MARLENE BARNETT: "It is a good idea the more the better. It gives more girls a chance." ALVIN- CARTER: "I think .we have enough, but the idea is still good." Editor's Note: What do you think of a student opinion column? Let us know. Did You Know? MR. DIXON . . . Has been president of Weber College three times. One more and he will be as good as Roosevelt. MR. BATEMAN ... Is a Lt. Col. in the field artillery. He is a graduate of the Fort Monroe school of field artillery. MR. JAY OLSEN . . . Lifts weights for a hobby. He can prone press 250 pounds. MR. MILT MECHAM . . . Was present when President Roosevelt, General Marshall, Adrial Halsey, General Richardsen, reviewed his outfit before Quadulain. MR. DON RIPPINGER . . . Nothing definite. He has a wife to explain things' to now. Gotta be careful. MR. FARRELL SHEPARD . . . Is a graduate of the 1950 class of Weber College. BOY, DO I HAVE SOME HOT GOSSIP. MR. FARREL COLLET . . . Lt. Commander in the Navy during the past engagement was assigned to a ship three times and just as he stowed his gear he was ordered to land duty as an instructor. MR. LARRY EVANS . . . This column does not question the insanity of said Mr. Evans. MR. DELL FOUTZ . . . Robin Hood Foutz has actually killed a dar with a bow and arrow; maybe he's training for the position of Dan Cupid of the campus. Are Women In Politics? How would men feel if suddenly they had no vote and women ran everything ? Everything finally, completely female. In the October issue of Ladies' Home Journal, Judith Chase Churchill tosses that question to a forum of famous men in her article "If Women Were in Control." Here is - a cross-section of their answers. ' STRINGFELLOW BARR: Women would insist that the American "economic system" should stop being a slogan, should . become a system and should become economical.JACQUES BARZUN: Why ask us to imagine a condition which is already in effect, except for the vote which men still retain. GEORGE GALLUP: I do think there would be less corruption in government and more efficient service if women were in charge. JAMES F. BENDER, Ph. D.: I believe we would be better off than we now are. Our researches indicate that the female sex is: more intelligent, more peace-loving, more prudent in the management of money, and less eccentric. J. EDGAR HOOVER: I believe if Women took a more active part in civic, state and national affairs, a greater security and progress would inevitably follow. HOWARD DIETZ: Women will give us charm in government. I think that might save the world. Charm doesn't negate tough-mindedness. ''It's a combination of manners, smiles and diplomatic consideration of the other fellow. MARK HANNA: I think war would fade away. Women have no desire to see their homes broken up, their men roaring off on some dubious crusade. NORMAN COR WIN: The records show that until recently, at least, representatives (of the male sex) have not made out any too well. I cannot imagine the female of the species doing worse. RUBE GOLDBERG: If women were in charge, they'd talk the world to death. Therefore I think the world is better off being run by dumb, homely men than it would be if it were run by beautiful, intelligent women. IRWIN SHAW: Absolutely the worst thing I can think of the world would be exactly the same. Courtesy Ladies' Home Journal Spooks, Hobgoblins Await Fling On October 31 By Dell Fouta Tell Grandpa to nail down the catalog shack (with the crescent in the door) cause next Tuesday is Halloween. Don't fly off the handle when you find your Crosley Hot Shot on the front porch or the milk bottles balanced on the screen door; remember it is just that spook-prank dillie that sneaked up on you. You- should feel lucky that you weren't around in the good old day (say200 B.C.) when the hob-goblins were all turned loose for a night. In England, an old religious order called the Druids cooked up ' the whole idea. As a matter of fact they cooked up horses and cattle as sacrifices to the sun and moon-gods. Who knows, maybe our hot seat began when some horseface got in the way. These Druids thought that the evil spirits of all the dead were allowed to roam around one night a year. To fight them off they would build big fires and carry torches. Very clever torches too, with a pitchfork inside. The next day a big feast would be held and all the people would give thanks for the harvest and shoot the breeze about how many spooks they stabbed. The Roman saints also had a religious ceremony on that day, so they called it All Saints' Day, or All Hallows' Day. The spook night that came before the parties was called All Hallows' Eve and finally Halloween. The people in Britain had a lot of superstition attached with Halloween, most of which was fortune telling by various games. One game was played with three dishes; one fillecf with water, one with muddy water, and a third that was empty. A man was led to the dishes. If he picked the clean water he would marry a pretty maiden, the muddy water signified a widow, and the empty one meant he wouldn't marry. This game was all right until one chap got the empty dish three times straight and threw the whole works in the fireplace. Another game is to mix several coins in a pan of flour. The players must get the coins out with their teeth. This was probably the start of our first dough-heads. It's hard to tell if we are any better off without the old superstitions, because in those days people were too frightened to go out and put furniture on roof tops and the other mischief that Halloween brings today. Accident Policy Now in Effect An accident policy covering all supervised athletic activities has been subscribed to by the Weber College athletic department. This policy, which extends throughout the entire school year and covers every student participating in supervised athletics, is one of the finest policies I have seen, Milt Mecham, athletic instructor, said. This policy covers more and costs less than those of previous years, and is subscribed to by all the schools of the intermountain col-egiate athletic conference. Lloyds of London is the insurer. Wanna Win Easy Money? Have you handed in your cartoon yet???? If not take it to the Signpost office, room 402, Moench Building. All students are eligible to enter and the contest will be open all quarter. Entries will be judged on originality, neatness, relationship to campus life and student interest. A prize of five dollars will be given to the lucky winner. If you have a yen to see some of your work in print, here's the chance of a life time. POLEMICS (Editor's Note: This is the third of a series of controversial articles continued from last year and devoted to pro-con discussions of current national, international and local issues.- The feature is sponsored jointly by the International Relations club and Signpost. Today's topic is "Should the General Assembly by empowered to override a security council vote?" Pro , By Thelda Baker Priority consideration in this discussion must be paid the Security Council and whether its charter provided veto is being invoked at the probable expense of world peace. It can safely be assumed that the United Nations organization was conceived at the price of sovereignty sacrifices by each of the 60 member nations to checkmate World War III. Conceded, as such, it then falls to the affirmative to establish that the veto is an impediment to peace, if not an actual stepping stone to a major armed conflict. Majority Vote Needed The problem then remains to show that General Assembly action, a two-thirds majority vote as outlined in Secretary Acheson'shistory-shaping proposal, can avert an outbreak of hostilities at a figure most nations will willingly meet. Disorder is the probable, A-bomb devastation the possible alternative. That Russia is not so much interested in bettering international relations along the path to peace by U.N. arbitration and negotiation as in the spread of the politburo thesis "communist domination" is incontrovertible.Moscow Goal Apparent One need only point to Malik's shameful performance as Security Council chairman in August. The crafty Kremlin pawn made a deliberated mockery of decency, a sham of mediation. Hurling maledictions and epithets to divert from true . issues, he drew worldwide denunciation during 31 trying days that left no doubt as to the Moscow goal. Hatchet man Vishinsky'well-calculated Dr. Jekell-Mr. Hyde role no longer deceives. His too con-cilatory attitude of recent date in the face of half a hundred veto threw no one off the scent, earning only scorn for USSR tacticians and fear of their motives. Even in top official circles, it is openly accepted fact that the aborted Korean debacle was a Russ-backed stab at a vital zone. Too many tanks, guns, and heavy weapons captured by U.N. troops largely an American contingent bore the Russian manufacturing stamp. Communism vs. Capitalism Trace communist doctrine and dogma back to its origin. Found ers and followers are unanimous in this belief: Communis m cannot live peacefully beside its arch foe capitalism. against Russia -V 9 t1 4 'xk , ..I A united front and her satellite stooges is the only key to a durable peace. The Security Council veto has repeatedly blocked the kind of harmony and unified action essential to that end. U.N. Hastens Aid ' That the United Nations can act in the interests of . peace was demonstrated in the Korean outbreak when, in the absence of Russian delegates, incisive Security Council moves named North Korea the aggressor and hastened to aid the defender. Since that time Russia has returned to the council and the old technique with her. - The argument that small nations could band together under this arrangement and undermine world powers hardly seems valid. The rebuttal presents itself that small and widely scattered nations of divergent interests, cultures, and goals could hardly find a common bond or purpose to influence such action. The "peace'at any price" doctrine is dead. But there is still hope for permanent disarmament in the U.N. alternative that presents itself through the General Assembly vote. ALAMODE Con By Helen Hoskins Those who are opposed to giving the general assembly power to override the veto of the Security Council strongly maintain that the results of such an action would be offensive to the aims and purposes of the United Nations. The first probable result of a shifting of the power to the assembly, would be a withdrawal of Russia from the United Nations. This event would destroy the best possible chances of coming to any peace agreement with Russia in the future. The Security Council, which is the backbone of the United Nations, represents the largest and most powerful nations of the world. It is organized for the purpose of protecting the smaller nations from domination and aggression by more powerful neighbors. Many maintain thjat iw the veto can be overpowered by the assembly it will undermine the Security Council.In the general assembly issues are adopted rejected by a two-thirds majority vote. Here the vote of the smallest nation is equal in power to the vote of the United States, Great Britain or France. Unequal Power The unequal balance of power thus created is unfair to the larger nations. By this power of vote it is also possible that the small nations could involve the larger nations in petty wars. It is clear that the main purpose of this measure is to make it possible to cancel the persistent opposition of Russia's veto. However, in accomplishing this, the measure also makes it possible to render the veto of the United States powerless. The attendant evil may outweigh the power for good. The United Nations, to succeed, must bring Russia to some peace agreement, maintain in an equal balance of power between the security council and the assembly, protect and guide the small nations who may need their help, and promote the general welfare of all the peoples of the world. It may be impossible for the United Nations to create peace and to effectively accomplish its purposes if Russia should withdraw or if the veto of the world powers can be overruled. Open Forum Dear Editor: Do Americans have a Caste system? Your answer is undoubtedly no. Our Constitution tells us that all have the same rights and privileges, yet that is only as true as we will let it be. We, as individuals, often look at ourselves with pride, congratulating ourselves on our "tolerence" of people of other races, when actually the tolerance goes no further than not aggressively opposing those Americans whose color or ancestry is different from our own. We think of races and nations as inferiors, we are amused at their customs, their language and their culture, we don't accept them as equals. Worse though, than all we do, are the things we don't do. We permit others to persecute and do nothing about it. We go along with the crowd in ridiculing peculiarities of speech (peculiar to us) and making those whom we consider inferiors feel more and more emotionally upset. Any person, irregardless of race, color or creed, is inferior only when he proves himself as an individual unworthy of the respect of worthwhile citizens. Signed: An Open-Minded Weberite Junior: My pop has a wooden leg and it pains him something awful. Playmate: How can a wooden leg pain him? junior: My Mom hit him on the bead with it. |