34 WEBER COLLEGE - OGDEN, UTAH WEBER COLLEGE - OGDEN, UTAH 35 Weber College was awarded a contract to train a quota of twenty regularly enrolled students for the 1939-1940 school year. For the 1940-1941 school year it appears that at least this many students will again have the opportunity to participate in this program. It provides for a Controlled Primary Ground school course of seventy-two clock hours and a Controlled Private Flying Course with a minimum of thirty-five hours of flight training. The Civil Aeronautics Authority recommends this program as an extracurricular activity and sets as its chief objective the safe training of a large number of private pilots. Those who satisfactorily complete this training receive Private Pilot Licenses. The Ground School Program is open to all who wish to register for it. The entire program, including the flight training, is placed on a competitive basis and is available to young women and to young men between eighteen and twenty-five years of age who regularly enroll as college students. Award System The Award System stimulates extracurricular activity and honors meritorious students. In order to stimulate extracurricular activity in the college and to compensate the students in some manner for such activity, an award or honor system is maintained by the Associated Students of Weber College. Activities eligible for awards fall into two groups: interscholastic and intramural activities. The interscholastic activities are athletic sports and speech activities. Athletic sports include football, basketball, track, wrestling, boxing, swimming, tennis, and fencing. Interscholastic speech activities include debating, extempore, oratory, interpretation, radio, and acting. The intramural activites are based on personal competition for participation privileges. They include: student publications, drama, music, and student body government. Awards, in the form of medals for sophomores and certificates for freshmen, are given for participation in the various school activities. Recipients of awards are eligible to membership in the "W" club, an honorary organization. Higher awards are given to members of the Orion Club, composed of the ten to fifteen outstanding students in the Sophomore Class. Community Activities Community contributions and services aid the educational program. The demand for a state junior college in 1933 did not need to be created; it already existed. From the day of its charter, the communities of the Weber College area have been loyal to the school. This loyalty has taken the form of definite support to, and aid for, the educational program. Some of the most important community services are: 1. Part time work that makes it possible for one-fourth of the students to earn while they learn. The department each year sponsors the Novitiate Contest in ex tempore speaking, the purpose of which is to orient new students in Weber College and to initiate them into the speech program of the college. The Department of English cooperates with the instructor of Speech in preparing students for the various speech contests. The Department of English sponsors each year the Weber College Debating Tournament. The Department of Physical Education provides for mass participation as well as for the exceptional athlete. The Department of Physical Education teaches the fundamental skills and strategy in various activities in the physical education classes. To provide opportunity for further participation of all students, the programs of intramural and inter-scholastic athletics have been organized. Inter-scholastic athletics are designed for the exceptional athlete. Interscholastic competition is provided in football, basketball, swimming, wrestling and boxing, fencing, tennis, track and field. These sports provide competition between the junior colleges of Utah and Idaho. Regular schedules are arranged in the various events in the Intermountain Junior College Athletic Association. Intramural Athletics are planned for the mass of students. Intramural athletics are planned for the mass of students. Competition is organized in a larger variety of the sports so that all members of the student body may compete in the activities of their choice. The program is confined to the various groups on the campus, and the management of contests is largely in the hands of student managers and directors under the supervision of the Physical Education Department. Intramural sports are organized in the belief that the following purposes of the program serve the vital interests of young people: (1) recreation, (2) social contacts, (3) group sport, (4) health, and (5) permanent interest in sports. The Women's Athletic Association develops student enthusiasm for recreational activity through sports. The aim of the Women's Athletic Association is to develop enthusiasm for recreational activity through sports with socially desirable qualifications, to encourage the spirit of service to the college, and to promote sportsmanship, leadership, and friendliness. The slogan of the organization is: "A sport for every girl, and a girl for every sport." Through its intramural program it provides student leadership, spontaneous and organized plays, and recreation for the women students of the college. The intramural program is divided into two sections; clubs and tournaments. The clubs which function continually throughout the year are: swimming, dancing, pingpong, fencing and riding. The three main tournaments of the year are: tennis, basketball, and volleyball. Membership is open to any woman in the college who desires to participate in sports. The Civil Aeronautics Authority provides a Civilian Pilot Training Program. The Civilian Pilot Training Act of 1939 authorized the Civil Aeronautics Authority to conduct a program for the training of Civilian pilots through the educational institutions.