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Show Page 2 SIGNPOST February 25, 1955 SIGNPOST BI-WEEKLY PUBLICATION ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF WEBER COLLEGE 523 Building 4 Phone Weber College 4-3491 Signpost Extension OGDEN, UTAH .OiO Editor Audri Montgomery Sports Editor Vance Pace Club Editor Sharon Harris Assistant Sports Editor Ken Hu Cartoonist Dave Gunnell Feature Editor Sharon Lanson Advertising Audrey Stevens Photography -,T JD,ick AMabf7 Reporters Lynnette Richards, Sig Pont, Marilyn Arnold, Sharon Harris, Marianne Johns, Marcella Whaley, Jim Freston, Nancy Sanders, Glen McEntire, Jean Forsgren. Sez Who? Read It and Weep It seems the general trend at Weber College today is to see how fast publications can be destroyed. What many students don't know is that the yearbook was almost discontinued because not enough students had their pictures taken. Right now the Acorn is making a terrific fight for life. No one knows whether Scribulus will be published or not. Last year Scribulus was outstanding. The pictures and articles were full of interest to the students. But did you know there were only three or four who did almost all the editing, composing and etc.? That's a very small representation from a college as large as Weber. More Interest Last year the Signpost made a big comeback. There was quite a lot of interest. But, even so, members on the staff reported unsatisfactory cooperation on many stories. It is little better this year. Several years ago the Signpost put out a paper as large in page size as the Ogden Standard-Examiner (1940 for example). They also put out a weekly paper at one time. At the present time the Signpost has a staff that would be capable of producing a weekly paper. Makes Comeback z We think that if students would give a little more interest to publications there would be better coverage in the newspaper and we could publish a yearbook and a literary magazine that could compete with any senior college publication. A little reading doesn't hurt anyone and maybe you might learn something or read something that will actually make that straight board face of yours laugh. Good Luck, Debaters The debate tournament being held here today is an outstanding example of youth in action. Certainly the question, concerning free trade, has caused many students to learn more about national affairs. There is a lot of work goes into the preparation of affirmative and negative speeches and rebuttals. The minds of debaters are sharpened to the point that they can detect even the smallest fallacies in their opponents' arguments. Pongratulations to all of you and good luck in your remaining debates. 18-Year-Olds (Continued from Page 1, Col. 1) ture experience; whereas, the assets of a good soldier are training and physical fitness. Told What to Do The teenager in the service is told what to do by his superior officer, who possesses experience that has taken him years to acquire. He is twenty-one or over. If you say old enough to fight, old enough to vote, then why not say too old to fight, too old to vote? Bth of these statements are illogical. The qualities, skills, and knowledge involved are not comparable.Most young people do not have independent minds. Many parents would influence their children's vote. Youth Are Radical Young people are radical and respond to untested ideas. Proof of this can be found in the history books. The fact that dictators have won through the youth is evident. How did Mussolini and Hitler gain power? 'They got most of it through the youth. With parades, rallies, and propaganda they soon had the youth following their path like sheep. Some political figure with totalitarian ideas could sway the youth of America if the youth was in position to elect him. This could happen in the United States. Sharmea Wins Talent Show Prize of $15 Sharmea copped the first place prize money last Thursday at the annual talent show amid cheers from the audience and members of all the participating clubs. The winning skit was based on the song, 'Watermelon Weather," so popular last season. The setting was in the Southland and the 40 club members appeared in blackface. President Carma Stanger accepted the prize money for Sharmea.Second place honors went to Chanodo with "Springtime," and third place to Otyokwa with Use Jean Hull as the "Lonely Little Petunia in an Onion Patch." The prize money of $5, $10 and $15 was presented by AWS and AMS, who sponsored the show. "On the Sunny, Side of the Street" was presented by La Dia-naeda. Other clubs participating were the Spanish Club, Phoenix and Sigma. Several numbers were offered between skits by Sheldon Dahl, on the organ, Kayla Kerr and her guitar, Carma Johnson and Dolores Anderson with "Fiddle-dee-dee." Ronald Bingham on the piano and Dan Reeder and his harmonica. Iff s What's Wrong With Women? What Would You Say? By Nancy Sanders The question asked by your roving reporter this week (take note, girls) was "What is wrong with Weber College women?" "They are con- Y ceited and unso- A :ki rt: , 5 (Jlciuie. uuuiac, mere are excep- tions to every case but they are few and far between. Weber College women are cute, and there are plenty of them around here, I guess, but I don't know whether they are available or not. Lee Thompson Besides, I'm jealous because I didn't get invited to the Preference Ball." "Do you want my honest, unbiased o p i n i o n? The only thing I think is wrong is that there are too many boys for the girls and there're not enough girls around. That's my only complaint, there just aren't enough to go around." Norman Russell 'Listen, I know of two guys in this school that have got dates to that silly little dance and I ain't one of them. The women around here just haven't got that get up and go. I think they are scared of men. Yes, siree! Ken Robins wants a date, too." "There's not enough of them. They are all very good looking with a few exceptions and they are very aggressive. They aren't very intellectual maybe I should say they are in-t e 1 1 e c tual, but thev hide it '.C.'LS well " Carlos Seegmiller Letters to the Editor Dear Editor: The parking situation at Weber is bad and the bad turns to worse when we get hit with a little bad weather. I'm speaking for all the students who drive cars and have classes at both campuses and only seven minutes in which to get to them on time. When there's a little snow and ice on the roads I think I'm fairly safe in saying that it's an impossi bility to get yourself untangled and out of the parking lot and then drive to the other campus in the time allowed. The teachers have been very understanding about this but that doesn't make up for the lost time. My idea" would be to get the traffic moving in one direction. That is, have all the cars enter at one side and exit only on the other side. This would alleviate the head-on collisions at the upper turn. A stop sign at the lower crossroad would aid thestop-start-stop-start method of entering and leaving at the lower end. And for those guys who park on these narrow turns; a good, swift kick in the pants. Sincerely, Duane Rasmussen I! h I a" -vi i i Dave Felt Debate Tournament (Continued from Page 1, Col. 4) and the seven contestants with the lowest total scores will compete for top honors. Six extemp finalists will be chosen by the same method, and the contestant with the lowest total score in all three will be named winner. Provisions Made The home economics department will serve a luncheon for the coaches of the various schools at 12:30. It will be in the Home Economics Room in the Life Science building on the upper campus. Parking space has been arranged on the lower campus and south of the upper campus for 200 to 300 cars and buses. Since school will be dismissed early today, it will leave the parking lot nearly vacant to provide for the guests. A chrysanthemum by any other name would be easier to spell. 18-Year-Old Vote (Continued from Page 1, Col. 2) world are being denied today. The end result is that by the time legal voting age is attained, the fire has died from lack of fuel. Those opposed to allowing18-year-olds to vote argue that at 18, America's youth are too immature to engage in such an important political venture. But another look at the Georgia poll shows that students are not, for example, unduly influenced by friends and parents. Hence we must take any arguments implicating immaturity to be based on pure assumptions not facts. The poll demonstrated further that the younger set are willing to work to get out the vote (something that oldsters hardly lean toward) and are not swayed by campaign oratory. President Endorses President Dwight Eisenhower, a man who knows well America's youth, is one of the plan's strongest endorses. Through his efforts, and those of other great men like him, the issue is gradually gaining aceptance and sympathizers as both sides are clarified for more and more people. Proof of this can be seen by observing that in 1943, 437" of students polled wanted the question adopted, but by 1954 this figure had climbed to 65! Perhaps this is the most important thing to consider of all the teenagers themselves really want the right to vote. They want such an opportunity because they are eager to play a part in the drama of freedom, and by playing such a part they become benefactors of liberty. Battle Cry Whatever else men may say about lowering the voting age to 18, they cannot successfully refute the battle cry of the plans followers. "Old enough to fight old enough to vote." Which means in essence that if we, the youth of America, are sufficiently mature to fight for our country and its principles,- then we have a right to be a part in determining the operation of these principles. Above all, we must see that there is more than just a proposed law to consider here, there is a moral element also. And if we think and analyze both sides of the question, we must come to realize that if nothing more, no country can give to its citizens a greater gift than that privilege which gives them the right to determine a part of their destiny, even if it be a small part. Dear Editor: One of the improvements that could be made very simply on our Campus is that of naming outbuildings!I believe it would create more school spirit to call the buildings something besides Building No. 1 or even Life Science or Business Building. I ' know of no other colleges where the buildings are not named after well-known or beloved educators. University of Utah has the Park Building, at the BYU there is the Eyring Building and the Grant Library; and even on our lower campus we had the Moench building. It should not be too difficult to draw from the history of Weber outstanding men in the various fields for this honor. To list a few, we could choose such names as Dr. Lind, Dr. Terry, Prof. Moench, Mr. Blaylock, Mrs. Tanner, David O. McKay, James L. Barker, or Aaron W. Tracy. Along with the added dignity to our new campus it will afford an opportunity to keep the names of our prominent educators in front of the students as a constant reminder of the heritage and opportunities that are ours. Sincerely, David W. Buss WANT AN AD IN THE SIGNPOST? See Audrey Stevens or Dr. Vietti for rates, etc., before next Thursday. Dear Editor: "Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! See the greatest exhibition of human asses in these parts! They are on display daily in the halls of Weber College!" This may well be said of the displays of public necking which are seen daily in our halls of higher education. In my opinion, necking 'in public is a practice to be looked down on and done away with. One of our best known faculty members states: "Necking does not belong in either the classrooms or halls of public institutions. Such actions are not indicative of a high level college." Other opinions which have been voiced around the campus are, for example: "Public necking is a display of adolescence." "Some of the students at Weber act like they were still in high school!" "Public necking in our halls doesn't present a very good picture to visitors at Weber College." Necking may have its place but it isn't in the halls of public institutions, and someone should inform our human octopi of the fact. After all, a girl is to be seen, as well as heard, and she is pretty hard to see when she is surrounded by the tentacles of one of these animals. These creatures seem to have taken it upon themselves to show the world this new and revolutionary art of necking which they have so ingeniously discovered.If there were a need for further education on the subject there would be courses offered for the uplifting and edification of the inexperienced and uninformed college student. But there are no such classes available so the logical conclusion is that there is no need for public necking at Weber College, and because there is no need for it, public necking should be done away with. Someone should lay down the law in regard to this subject and then enforce it. Public necking is the common practice of monkeys in the zoo; let's raise Weber College above the zoo level! Informatively yours, Mud Words of Wisdom Everybody in Herb Shiinor'.s town, he admits, always knows what everybody else is doing, but they read the local paper anyhow, to see if anybody's been caught at it. |