) | ‘COMMENT ~=MARCH 1979 PAGE 5 Academy geting House on eet and Grant rsand speeches ay of school” ly 100 studenecepted and __partments, hediate, and ic. cts talghetwo teachers, a ‘Edwin Cutler ‘arithmetic, government, n, physical and 11), ge; history, or- ohy, ‘@ship, physics, gy, theology, vocal Germa@ophy, theory and > of teptidents brought m ‘‘sl bottles of soap erasulpes.’ ition Foreseeing ationgesthood, the sweeping results of returning World War II Veterans and work there were the MIA, “baby boom’’ President Henry Aldous Dixon began to press for a new campus with room for growth and four- -, choitinestic groups for year s and@pilties were en- status. Some doubted his assessment but he was proven accurate when the college burgeoned with 2,000 d as wipsleigh parties to lle, empto resorts and veterans. rst dépheld March 16, the su s ved that the yn of ti pould be equal.” rmatitgad y two girls and aghee boys. The sfi-and the af- re side OI ysophigtywas organized 1 weekieh musical selec‘eading lectures were ad. ys In 1947-48, as an indication of good faith, the legislature appropriated $50,000 to Weber College if they could match the amount. In ten days the community raised $60,000 mostly from private and corporate donors. The funds were used to purchase 175 acres east of Harrison, part of the land on which the college now stands. roduce, chicken Now in its 90th year, Weber State College has been a four-year college and Salaries of the faculty ly and they were paid ilickets redeemable at since 1959with its first graduating class in food. {or financial reasons, deeded Weber College 1964. It is one of the largest un- dergraduate campuses in the nation and has a fully-accredited vocational : The Weber with spring and College was summer of 1954 a split campus four buildings on the new site surrounded by dirt roads and no grass. Dust sifted into the buildings when the wind blew. and liberal arts program, likely sur- passing even the expectations of early leaders. ‘Courtesy of the Ogden Standard”