Show Weber v eber College Intends To Occupy City Block Pres Tells Crowd Cro Head of Trustees Disposes of Rumor That College May MayBe MayBe MayBe Be Discontinued Other Prominent Speakers Heard at Fo Founders Day Evening Program That Weber college collige will continue to operate and row grow with tho th city wee was the declaration of or Th Thorn mas E McKay president of the th board of of o the college Friday night at the annual Founders Founder day exercises Ho He H made mid the st it President Aaron W Tracy of oth the tho college colleye h had d told him ilm and the th thlire large lire audience that there thero has hai ha beena been a rumor that We Weber r would close within A tear sear eor or two President McKay revealed the fact te-ct that Weber plans plan to erect buildings building almost complete complete- completely ly 11 around tho outer edge cd of the city block on which the tha th present school building and gymnasium are aro located In the th center ot of the block will be a beautiful campus he said Already have we w 0 made plans for the th construction or o II a gridiron field LIBERAL WITH u VID ID u President McKay complimented the business men inen of Ogden for tor their operation co-operation In furthering the college It was at that point that he h said ld Because of o your our co- co cooperation cooperatIon cooperation operation I am going to speak freely treely tonight And then ho hi sold said aid Those Thos rumors rumor of our oar doe doe- closIng doIng leg Ing are only rumors When the th time tim comes come for tor We- We Weber We Weber ber to close clos the th board of trustees trustee the faculty and the tho student body will know It first L Weber college Is not going to close cloie Within tour lour year ears tIme tim we have shown a 0 remarkable growth groth There were ST 87 college students here bore the th first year and there ther are 4 7 E G here her now no- That Is our an- an sweet It Is true tru that the th authoritIes of tho the church have had many die dis- distracting dis responsibilities but they th have been most roost liberal with this school Not Net ot once have hav they re- re refused re refused fused a e request for tor money during the last lat four our years Ho lIo then spoke of the tho th efficiency of the th Institution We W We have hav a bigger percentage of Ph D men In our school chool today than any other Institution In Ia the tho th state I am quotIng quoting ing jog a n University of ct Utah professor when I say that Weber eber offers otter bet bet- bettor bettor bet bettor tor training today than does the th state tat university Students Student hero here have ha the tho th person personal 1 contact with professors proCessors that they do not have there Speaking of the th college In a monetary sense lie h said Id Salt Uke Lako business men roen e estimate that the University of Utah Is I worth annually to them Each student exp expends from to 1000 1000 annually So the they do In Ogden Those students student who are of Ogden would take tako It elsewhere for their education making making- O den Os-den den suffer suHer as aa they should gain A A year two-year unit at a college Is not enough President McKay said In closing We W Are ar looking forward to the time tim when hen Ogden ill ti n-ti support a 1 year tour college ollege g A P BIgelow elow president of ot the Ogden State bank speaking to the subject of Commercial and In- In Industrial In Industrial Development De In Ogden gave the reason for tor his confidence In Ogder's Ogden's future Ogden Is al- al almost almost al almost most the th center of ot Utah Idaho and Nevada evada Those tour four states have hav a II total area of 3 a- a square mites miles six times the size of the th New England states Ogden Is 1 today second only to Salt SaltI La Lake ke In size In that territory I W We Ve have men of ot courage vi Ti vision el- el slon sion and energy who are com corn commanding commanding manding our business omenta mo We need more mor of ot them and with Ith them we can not tan fall President recounted that Salt Lake was first first And nd then the th cities of Ogden BrIgham and Provo Each one he be related Is ll situated along alone the edge Of a river Ze He H said that Ogden was the th largest lars of ot any an- of ot those cities excepting Salt Lal Lake e be- be because because b causo cause of ot the th river in conjunction with the coming of the railroads IMPROVEMENT MADE IAD Mr BIgelow told the tb audience of the th discouraging di cour conditions ex- ex exIsting ex existing hero here In agriculture In 1859 the year of ot the founding of the cOllege and of ol Ills his coming here Factories later made a better market he be h said suld Then the lh raIL raIL- raILroads railroads rail railroads roads made mad an n extensive market Later he ha h spoke apok of the th development of the th grain and livestock markets I and of ot the th coming coming- of ot other In- In Industries industries In Industries Our livestock market today Is Ithe 1 I the th greatest In the th country except except- exceptIng excepting excepting ing Denver and Omaha A little later heId he saId Mid Id of the th grain Brain mar mar- market market market ket It Is ranking favorably with Minneapolis St Louis Kansas City and Omaha Oman among the greatest grain markets of ot the country In hi his closing remarks he ho rank rank- ranked ranked ed td Weber college colleg as one on of o the fundamental Industries saying that It l Is 15 impossible to estimate the amount of o good which has been done dono don by the tho school D p S Spencer of ot Salt It Lake Lak Ore Ore- gon gon Short Short Line general passenger pa agent t expressed d his appreciation of the operation co of ot Ogden In behalf of his railroad system W WH H f Chevers general agent of ot the em In Ogden was also pres pros present present ent cat A L Winsor Insor professor proCessor at the college traced the th growth Of ot edu- edu education education du-cation du cation In Ogden Ofden lie He H said Ogden has more students proportionate to Its population between the tir ages aies age of 6 C and 21 than any other city of its sIze alz in the th United States On the other hand he h said wo we w have less wage wg age earner between the theace ages of o 20 0 and to 60 than any other city of the theme th tame same me size This Thi puts the Iho greatest burden of o education on the th fewest shoulders shoulder Ogden city Is limited In the building of more schools In his final analysis analysts Of ot the sit sit- situation sit situation nation he ho urged that we look to the future providing for tor the th needs of others other educationally There are aro many hundreds who will be unable to go so away to college c Mayor George E U Browning de- de delivered de delivered livered the address of welcome welcom at atthe the exercise He H praised those who iho ha have hav vo had chart chars of Webers Weber's destinies and faIth In the advancement ot of the tho col loge lege ics Ii- Ii I C Van Yan Buren director of the Weber eber gymnasium spoke on Rec flee in Ogden He lie related that square pianos organs orfan and other musical Instruments were brought across the th plains by horse hors and wagon Such sacrifices In bring bring- bringIng brine Int lag Ing Instruments instrument not necessary to subsistence ho pointed out as a be- be beIng be jag Ing a basic quality of ot the th people Musical numbers number were ere given on the program and a one-act one plaY was presented by the Weber coun coun- county coun- coun county county ty high school after which a dance was held In the th gymnasium |