“Go-get'em" magic It went something like a ride on a magic carpet . . . but the magic of the WSC Allied Health Medical J thd CRN . Aamir. : ks ead tie Technology team was expertise and a highly competitive “‘go-get’em” attitude that swept the team into National first-place winners. Michael Beard, professor of medical The winning team is chosen with two of three rounds.” In the regionals the team meet competitors from Hawaii, California, Washington, Idaho and Colorado. Winning the regionals the WSC team headed for finals with Michigan, Iowa, Texas, Florida and Washington of the team, is quick to state that the D.C. The Pontiac, Michigan team had whole Allied Health faculty and staff serves as coaches and it’s a combined effort. n winners several times and as they entered they looked at the WSC team and said, ‘‘we’ll beat this team - no “We were a bit concerned when the sweat.’’ Weber scored 100 to 65 the first game and a resounding 100 to 45 - technology, officially named as coach team was pulled together because they were such a fun-loving group and we were afraid they weren’t very competitive. That was before they got into the fray,’’ Mr. Beard said. The team last year consisted of three seniors, one junior and one junior alternate. The Seniors, Neil Sweeten, ‘John Staley, and Crys Park, team captain, graduated in June, 1980. The Junior team member was Lance Carpenter and the alternate, Kim Thompson. Both Lance and Kim, now Seniors, hope to become members of the team this year. “I would like to be on the firing line this year,’”’ said Kim. The five swept to an undefeated victory through state, regional and national competitions. _ “Just to give you an idea of the competition,” said Professor Beard, ‘the team faced teams on the state level such as medical technology teams from BYU* USU and U of U. Preliminaries narrow to two teams. in the final game. Only the captain of each team is allowed to speak. The other members of the team must communicate their answers to a question, either in discussion or writing, to the captain in 30 seconds. “That is the difficult part,” explained Lance, ‘‘trying to give an answer you know on a complex question in just 30 seconds.”’ Each team member specializes on certain medical technology areas such as hematology, coagolation, clinical chemistry, fluids (body and other than urine), immunohematology, microbiology, urinalysis, seralogy and immunology. The captain of the team, Crys Park, was a “generalist.” “A captain has to be able to come across extremely confident and sure of themselves,” said Professor Beard. “The Allied Health faculty and staff have set up a pool of questions to fire at the team while they are in ‘training’, which is two or three times in honor of former professor (Continued from page 1) there. Co-workers laughed at his educational desires and said ‘‘you’ll be an old man before you get through.” ‘Father was tremendously with his day starting over at 5:30 a.m. This regimen would have been impossible without the support and encouragement of his wife, Dr. Monson said. Page 2 are. It’s a great learning process,’’ he said. “T have to admit they could be threatening. They are far ahead of where I was when I graduated,” Professor Beard said. : Many of the questions relate hopefully physicians will recognize — their competency and consult with — their clinical laboratory scientists, ig medical technologists. Lance has decided he wants to go‘ to medical school and become a doctet He feels the medical technology background has been excellent for his goal. 4 Kim wants to work as a medical technologist in a hospital and then gv diagnosing cases and making recommendations for treatment, or on and obtain an M.S. in a specialty back-up treatment if the common But first . . . they want to face the” medical technology students in this | Mary . years intramural college bowl . . . nly receni come out on top. Again. They're treatment is not possible. Medical technologists are showing their competency as diagnostic -experts, said Professor Beard, selling and felt that he came back a better teacher. “President Tracy felt faith-in-self field, hematology or microbiology. already started on their magic. Ada Monson ‘I spent seven years of my married life attending universities and my wife was the most completely cooperative person imaginable.”’ Ada Button Monson died in August, 1980. The couple had six children, one died as an infant. After earning his B.A. in 1925 from the University of Utah, Dr. Monson took out a loan and he and his family went to Chicago for a year where he attended the University of Chicago. President Tracy was also at the University of Chicago and put Dr. Monson’s name in the Weber catalog for the following school year. He spent Dr. Monson started a debate class at Weber in 1928 and eventually brought forensics to national attention. Success included 73 national plaques. A high school forensics tournament was started at Weber in 1934 and continues today. It includes debate, oratory, impromptu and extemp. When Dr. Monson retired in 1968 as many as 1400 students were participating in the tournament. In addition to his work in the speech-debate areas and literature, Dr. Monson was head of the English department and chairman of the Division of Humanities, supervising 65-70 teachers. ‘“When I first started at Weber we had 200 students. I have seen Weber grow right from the roots. It is a tremendous school,’’ Dr. Monson said. ¥ | _ He has also written six books,a Cr ~~ seven-year series on the Book of Mormon for LDS Relief Society lesson) by Ray and lessons on the Book of Mormon used for over 25 years in the Sunday School and translated into five languages. One ¢ at Webs _ student: Although Dr. Monson has retired from Weber he has by no means . age * er ne retired. He teaches volunteer classes # the Golden Hours Center on “The ‘ — Shakespeare and the Bible as =. literature, serves on a number of = Ch committees, both civic and church am ea is completing 13 ward histories anda) ©" Fon stake history. ch. _ All th China 1: st dyin was very important.”’ Weber in 1924, Dr. Monson’s strong desire carried him through a stiff class the train station to the U, took classes and labs, caught the 5 p.m. train to Ogden and worked an eight-hour shift at the Ogden Union Railroad, riding his bicycle home and arriving at 2 a.m. as the actual bowl games. We zero in on the areas where their weaknesses Dr. Monson had been on the road After he completed the two years at Lake City at 7 a.m. he walked from a week for four months. They are timed and given the same point value President Tracy always knew when interested in my going on to college, his first book to me was an unabridged dictionary, even though he himself, had not had the opportunity for a formal education. He died when I was 18 but I worked and saved for an education,”’ said Dr. Monson. began at 5:30 a.m. when he rode his bicycle from his home to the train station across town. Arriving in Salt ‘81. a number of summers at the University completing his M.A. in English and Speech. _ During some other summers, Dr. Monson was a salesman for Intermountain Knitting Company and ‘“‘made more money in the summer than all year at Weber.” ‘‘Money was nothing compared to teaching,” said Dr. Monson, who is convinced that “a man’s happiness should grow out of his work, even as a fruitful flower grows out of the bud.” Theatre named load at the University of Utah and a full eight hour work day. 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