es eee a Cover Photos Basketball Coach Phil Johnson, Dr. Orson Whitney Young, David O. McKay. Crowd action at basketball game. the next ten years Application Pending The Alumni News Published quarterly by the Associated Alumni, Weber State College, Ogden, Utah 84403 Second Class Postage Paid at Ogden, Utah Vol. 7, February 1970, No. 2 Michael C. Macfarlane ‘62 - editor Associated of Weber Alumni State College Member American Alumni Council ts who came back to school from the Christmas holidays in January 0 eoaae decade that was to be the greatest in the history of this institution. For who were here in 1960 there was an air of excitement on campus. Looking do long expanse of lawn from the Administration Building to Harrison Blvd., no the Technical Education Department or south beyond the present Union Bu there were large anxious areas, waiting for the expansion to begin. It was a that Weber College was about to come of age. The 1960 edition of th i admonished the students to; “Follow our endless line; see our functions; w ch ogress”... There were 2,524 students at Weber College in 1960 and then the little yawned and stretched and came alive. The year 1961 saw the Weber Boom with construction proceeding on both the new Student Union Building ar Gymnasium and the enrollment of the first freshman class to attend a full fou at Weber. The last few years have seen the dreams of many faculty members re Construction reached completion on one building after another; first cam Arts Center and the Art Department. Next the library, the very founte college campus, and most recently the ultra-modern Science Building, le nd planetarium. ag In 1963 the Big Sky Athletic Conference was born with Weber, now W | College, always up there near the top in all major sports. These fruitful | f many a Big Sky championship trophy come home to Ogden to roost and Web ball players were putting their names to professional contracts. The decade sixties was capped with the triumph of the NCAA regionals in Los Angeles. The seventies dawn on an enrollment of almost ten thousand students, many out-of-state students housed in the four new dormitories on the south : campus. This Weber State College that we look on with pride today is OFFICERS M. LeRoy Mecham, President Roy C. Nelson, First Vice President Wilford G. Fowers, Second Vice President BOARD OF DIRECTORS Joseph H. Florence, Immediate Past President Mary Rae Christensen Allen Ivan J. Heslop Jane Powell Eddins Thair Blackburn Dr. A. LeMoyne Petersen Dr. Rulon Garfield Ronald T. Halverson Paul Bott Lyle Wynn William Hudson Raelene Sommers Brian Norma Litchfield Willie Michael C. Macfarlane, Executive Director Dr. James R. Foulger, Alumni Treasurer Dr. William P. Miller, W.S.C. President Paul Neuenschwander, ASWSC President b the) many men and women who have given long years of dedicated service to bi i this point. This is a time however, not to forget the many things that arey' done. The new Administration Building should be completed in the near futu that what will come? A new department of education, business, more libr new field house? 4 #iB In 1971 the Wildcat basketball team meets Utah State University. Wha’ after that? Utah, B.Y.U. or perhaps even the All Utah Holiday Be Tournament? In the fall of 1971 the Weber State gridders take on powerful Aggies from Logan. Will that also be followed by a thawing athletic cold war? Will there be football games with Utah and B. eventually see Utah State, Weber State, Utah and Brigham Young Uni same athletic conference? Each new decade is ushered in as fresh and full of hope as a new | approach the next ten years with the same fresh new hope. The realization often leads us to dream greater dreams; Nobel Prize winners among the fa honors programs; men of learning from every part of the world visitin; to study. Looking back over the sixties we can see that these are no dreams but all within the realm of possibility, and most certainly possibl who have enjoyed any part of this institution will remember the be given us and work to make the future a brilliant reality and no longe. ‘ few. ies e- THE SF Dr. Orson Whitney lectures to a Zoology Class. AUDUBON AT WEBER by Dr. Orson Whitney Young from birds to ecosystems The Audubon Lecture Series exists now as the longest continual lecture series at Weber State College and goes back to the fall of 1952. The series was first brought to the campus under the joint sponsorship of the Weber College Natural Science Club and the College. Howard Knight, who was a teacher of Vertebrate Zoology at Weber in 1951 and 1952 conceived the idea and was ), pe rmental in bringing the series 0 Ogden. Our first program in 1952 was to attract bird lovers. Robert C. Hermes, a veteran wildlife photographer and still an active Audubon lecturer, brought us “Bonaventure Diary”, a film and lecture Covering the myriad of sea birds nesting ©n Bonaventure Island in the Gulf of the St. Lawrence River The hall of the old Moench Building upstairs was the scene of this first lecture and every one eee 722 8 was filled at fifty cents - From the beginni _. pa Sorte of fo BUM Rich sad ee re ate )Wning. With a exce ti id Moench Building fewAuditorium hosted the Bf the edubee : orium hosted Hew Fine Arte a ectures until the 19 nter was completed in renowned p poet aot eet, the rought us 4 hin Satitied ecturer Tope” and even tee entitle Wild Seats of the Ss oe hundred enough auditorium were not During that year, of the 250 cities regularly showing the Audubon films, Ogden was tied for first place in overall attendance at these lectures. The first subjects were all in North America until “South to Siesta Land”’, took us to Mexico, the first foreign country to be featured. In the years to follow many countries came to us through the eyes and lenses of the Audubon nature photographers. With infinite patience these naturalists prepared for our viewing films and lectures on areas and subjects far off the tourist trails that few of us would see in a lifetime. In the eighteen years of continuous offerings, the Screen Tours have become the “Audubon Wildlife Films” and our series has expanded from three to five programs a year. At the same time, the character of the films has undergone a complete change. When Mr. Hermes initiated our series he showed gulls, auks, puffins and other sea birds, their feeding their courtship and raising their young. His last picture and fifth here at Weber was called “River of Grass” and featured the Everglades of Florida. He showed the Everglades in their completeness as a great complex of living things growing in a specialized type of environment called an “Ecosystem”. It is common now for the Audubon lecturers to describe not only the birds, mammals, trees and insects but also the human inhabitants of the various “Ecosystems” or environments. The Audubon series has become very important at Weber State as a part of our teaching effort. The faculty members of the life Science Departments want their students to see the principles of science in action in the life of the forest, the ranges, the watersheds, streams and lakes. They also regard the Audubon program as a valuable tie with the community, since it lets people know that our science courses have a practical and a beautiful relationship with the life that goes on around us. The faculty members of the Life Science Departments are grateful to the agencies and individuals that have helped in promoting the Audubon program. The Ogden Standard Examiner has always been most helpful in advertising and promoting the Audubon programs to the people of the community. Many people on campus have given much special assistance to this program, among them: Lou Gladwell, Publicity Director, Daniel Martino, Director of the Fine Arts Center, Mrs. Mary Lou Lindquist, his secretary and stage manager Lou Johnson. There are still two more Audubon films to be shown this year; “Tidewater Trails” to be shown March 31st and “Coastline California”, which will be viewed April 23rd. This has been a rich and rewarding series for Weber State and we look forward to many more years of excellent nature films. For the beauties of nature and our place in its proper management and appreciation, remember the Audubon.