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Show Published By The Associated Students Of Weber College Vol. 1 pr 1 1 No. 13 After a thorough survey of the high schools of our area, the registrar's office is able to release the following figures concerning estimated attendance "next year: High School Nu.nber Estimated Attendance Graduating at Weber Ogden 440 200 Weber 175 60 Box Elder 163 50 Bear River 110 20 Davis 199 40 Morgan 70 15 1157 385 Freshmen returning (estimated) 275 Miscellaneous 100 Total at Weber next year 760 HIGH SCHOOL DAY: Invitations have been sent to high schools of northern Utah, southern Idaho, and western Wyoming to participate in the musical and oratorical contests of the First Annual Weber college day, April 27 and 28, to be sponsored by the college and the retail merchants' division of the chamber of commerce. Men and ladies' choruses will compete in the music contests, and probably public speakers and debaters in the oratory contests. Two outstanding students in each contest will be awarded scholarships to Weber, one of whic'j will be offered by the college and the other by the chamber of commerce . Entertainment is being planned for the visiting students, who are also to inspect the W'oench building, the remodeling of which will be almost completed by the date of the event. The affair was suggested to college officials recently by a chamber of commerce committee composed of D. F. Peterson, Robert M. Hoggan, and V. C. Brown. They stipulated that the e-vent be an annual one, and are working for a greater number of contests each year. Although such events are conducted by the three major colleges of Utah, Weber is the first junior college to do so. SEASON ENDS: The superiority of Weber debaters became an established fact when Weber took the first three places in the Utah-Idaho debating tournament, conducted at B. Y. U. last Friday and Saturday. Weber was represented by 12 teams in a total field of 53 teams. Unexpected difficulties arose in the tournament when too many Weber teams survived the eliminations. At the end of the sixth round seven Weber teams were in the contest along with one team from U. of U. and one from U.S.A. C. In order to prevent Weber debaters from meeting each of er four teams were arbitrarily withdrawn. These were: E. Olsor-G. Thatcher, V. Peterson-G. Nielson, K. Foulger-B. Lind quist, L. Roberts-L. Somerville. The teams of J. Danvers-B. Francis, W. Beus'D. Bramwell, W. Alsup-C. Bybee remained in the contest. Beus and Bramwell put the last A.C. team out of the tournament, giving the first three places to Weber teams. These victories give Weber possession of the Utah-Idaho debating league trophy for the second time. Winning one more tournament will give Weber permanent possession of the cup. Weber was chosen as the location of next year's tournament. The results of the tournament follow: Lost 0 Won Franc i s-Danvers 6 Be us -Br amwe 1 1 6 Thatcher-Olson 6 Somervi 1 le-Roberts 5 Ni e 1 son -Pe t er son 5 Bybee-Alsup 4 Foul ge r -L i ndqu i s t 4 Kl omp-Langl o i s 2 Ross-Banks 2 Williams-Tracy 3 Green-Homer 1 Br agon j e -Lynch 2 Totals 46 16 FERA FOR CWA: As a result of the transfer of the Weber College project from CWA to FEP.A the completion of the work will be postponed two or three weeks. The remodeling of the main building will be resumed as soon as word is received from the new administration, possibly in a few days, according to George D. Johnson in charge of construction. It is hoped that 100 workers will replace the 60 laid olf when CWA activities ceased. Some of the rooms will probably be ready for class use in a few days. |