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Show Page 6 SIGNPOST May 15, 1964 Former WSC Athletics To Honor Stevenson un Monday, May 18, in a program will be held in honor uig msirucior at weoer btate. The program will be in honor of his 43 years here at the school. Dr. Gilbert C. Moesinger will be master of ceremonies at 41 ji . . , , he program that will include vv u nam r . miiiei ii vv amen, Sports Director at the Ogden Standard-Examiner; Ed Ward; Reed K. Swenson, Director of Athletics, and Lynn Foley, President of the Boosters Club. Following this there will be the presentation of a gift by Keith Wangsgard. This program is being sponsored by the community. The following is a tribute written by Al Warden: Likeable Merlon Stevenson, athletic director and football and basketball coach at Weber Academy, later Weber College, now Weber State College, during the early 20s and 30s, retires from active teaching in June of this year. In the long ago, Steve starred in football, baseball, basketball and track and field at Granite High School. His coach was Wid Aahton. He graduated from high school in three years ... a real oddity anywhere.At the University of Utah he starred in major sports under Nelson Norgren and Tommy Fitzpat-rick.Steve served two years as assistant to Malcolm Watson before taking over as head coach in 1923. In nine seasons in football he won eight Intel-mountain grid titles and lost one. His Wildcats played McKinlay in Honolulu in 1928 and again in 1932. He was on leave in 1928 but accompanied the team and Coach Delton Bramwell to the Islands. From 1924 to 1932 he was head of the math department and handled football, basketball, track and tennis as a sideline. When the chores became too heavy at the close of the 1932 season he resigned from sports. His 1926 erid 24 for nine opponents. His teams won 46, lost 14 and played two football ties. He always insisted that his athletes maintain a high scholastic standing and contends the higher the scholarship, the better the. football team. He served under five college presidents. He has served as head-man in math and chairman ui uie 'pnysicai science division lor , &?. many years . . . one of Weber's , largest divisions. ' J? T 1 .1.' Steve served a hitch in the Army in World War I. "Weber College has always been an outstanding college and has attained national prominence," said Stevenson. "I am grateful for the associations I have, enjoyed with students, athletes, members of the faculty and friends. Monday night's dinner will be the biggest thrill of my career. My sincere thanks to all of you wonderful people." Steve is married to the. former Kate Lynn Peterson. They have five sons and 18 grandchildren. See DR. VERNE NIELSEN For Your New CONTACT LENSES 3225 Washington Blvd. Show's over, you're hungry, where to go? WHERE? COMBES DRIVE IN OF COURSE! COMBE'S DRIVE - IN 385- 12th if if if i i I if ri 1 the Weber State Union Building-. of Mr. Merlon Stevenson, retir- , . tributes given by President 1 I I M 1 i I Mr. Merlon Stevenson n 1 y i I I I I I V I v 1 1 'I 1 P. Banquet Scheduled for Retiring Educators ! Weber State College Famltv Ass or i u t i nn will Vi An m- -nrr retiring members and memorialize four deceased members at an annual banquet meeting Saturday at 7 p.m. in the WSC Union. The retiring members are Mel xuii oLeveiisun, uruiessor oi en- peering, and Richard Vandenberg, lon L. Stevenson, professor of en- assistant professor of auto body The four deceased are E. Smith Murphy, associate professor of chemistry, who would have retired at the close of the school year; Loy F. Doss, assistant professor of nursing; Glenn L. Hanson, associate professor of music, and Lorenzo E. Peterson, professor of technical education. The four died since last January. Merlon L. Stevenson, professor of engineering, has been a faculty member at Weber since 1921, with the. exception of one year. He served under five college presidents.From 1924 to 1932 he was head of the math department and coached football, basketball, track and tennis teams. Two of his. football squads made trips to Hawaii, in 1928 and in the early thirties. GRADUA TION SUITS f fC;if I'll ' if & In 1962, he was released as chairman of the division of mathematics and physical science at his own request, but continued teaching until this spring. Richard Vandenberg, assistant professor of auto body, has been a Weber teacher since 1940. He be- PACIFIC & CONTINENTAL NATIONWIDE THRU-BUS SERVICE Charter & Tours See or Cal) AL COVIEO 2481 Grant Avenue 393-6868 THE SMART DRESSED GRADUATE WILL WEAR A SUIT Leven s FROM MODERATELY PRICED CHOICE OF MANY, MANY STYLES AND FABRICS Come in Now and The Rush! 2305 WASHINGTON OGDEN EASY CREDIT TERMS at $4i95 gan his career as an evening instructor in the old Vocational Building on lower campus, where he taught classes for the old Public Works Administration of the fed-(Continued on Page 7, Col. 2) 40 Fabulous Years W orld's Greatest Music "Valley's Heartbeat" NEWS SPORTS 1430 Listen to Weber State College Program 10:30 p.m. Sunday 1 Beat BLVD. ft KLO RADIO |