28 WEBER COLLEGE - OGDEN, UTAH Community Projects Community organizations assist worthy Weber College students. Chi Omega Sorority: The alumnae organization of Chi Omega Sorority, in Ogden City, established as an annual social service project, in 1934, the raising of a fund to assist a Weber College girl in obtaining an education. The applicant for this fund is recommended by the Scholarship Committee of Weber College upon the basis of scholarship, participation in student activities, and personal need. Junior Child Culture Club: At the beginning of the 1936 spring quarter the Junior Child Culture Club, of Ogden City, adopted as a project the helping of worthy, needy students of Weber College to obtain text books on a loan basis. It is the purpose of the club to add to the Weber College library each quarter, current text books so as to build up an adequate library section of texts and reference books to serve students in this capacity for future years. A student welfare committee receives requests for the use of these text books. Guidance Program The Dean of Instruction administers an effective guidance program which assists the individual student to adjust to college life. The Student Guidance Committee directs the work of the student counseling and is in charge of educational and vocational testing in Weber College. The chairman of this committee, the Dean of Instruction, devotes most of his time to interviewing students and advising them in regard to their work and college problems. Pre-registration periods preceding each quarter provide opportunities for valuable personal contacts and ample time to meet registration problems. All registrations are approved by the Dean of Instruction. At the close of each fourth week, the instructors file with the Registrar the scholastic records of all students who are doing unsatisfactory work. These students are referred to the Guidance Committee for consultation. Students who have failed to maintain a ratio of one grade point or a "C" average at the close of the quarter are placed on probation. Their registrations may be limited for the following quarter. Each member of the faculty assists in the guidance program. Consultations with individual students, to help them master the subject matter and correlate it with their study plan as a whole, aims at stimulation in academic attainment and in personality development. Emphasis is placed upon the guidance of students with exceptional abilities. One of the aims of the guidance program is to encourage those with superior gifts to take superior places in society. Another important feature of the guidance program is the course in Freshman Orientation required of all students entering the college. This course not only deals with problems of orientation to college life, methods of study, use of library, principles of mental hygiene, etc., but also, it attempts to acquaint the new student with the curricular programs, registration procedures, administration policies, and student body organizations and activities of Weber College. The Dean of Women has general responsibility for student welfare. It is the function of the Dean of Women to direct the interests of the women students in their educational, financial, and personal problems; to WEBER COLLEGE - OGDEN, UTAH 29 be concerned with the social activities of both men and women through her contact with organized student activity and living groups; to advise students to make wise choice of recreational and social relationships; and to aid in providing an environment that is favorable to their all-round development. The Dean of Women is concerned especially with the orientation of new students to college life and work, her purpose being to help them to discover and develop their potentialities in order that they may get the most out of their college experience. She has under her supervision the houses and dormitories in which women room and board. Health Service The Health Program provides an educational and advisory service to every student. The Health Service is designed as an educational and advisory service, its benefits extending to every student enrolled in Weber Collge. Its specific functions are: (1) To give a complete medical examination to every student upon his initial entrance at Weber College; (2) to notify parents and students regarding results of the examination, and to recommend corrective work; (3) to re-examine, at reasonable intervals, students with physical defects; (4) to supply a nursing service that consists of consultation and advice but no treatment; and (5) to initiate protective measures against the spread of disease. Summer Session The Summer Session, held for six weeks during June and July, serves the need of Terminal Students who are seeking positions in the business world by providing opportunity for continuous training in shorthand, type writing and secretarial technique.