an annual basis in working on campus for wages that were provided primarily through the federally sponsored N.Y.A. Some of the wages earned by students were given directly to the college for payment of tuition. During this same period of time, each student who entered Weber was given a physical examination at the college. Assemblies were held every Tuesday and Friday at 11:00 a.m. On October 25, 1938, Weber student body officers Merle Allen and John Lindquist asked Ogden City Commissioners for the bell that hung in the bell tower of city hall. The hall was to be shortly torn down, and the students explained to the commissioners that the bell would be used on campus as a Victory Bell. The bell which had been called the curfew bell in the city had not been rung for several years although it had been in the city hall tower since 1888. The bell weighed about 1000 pounds and was 34 inches in diameter. In November of 1938, the city commissioners decided the bell should go to the college, and the bell first appeared on a college float during the Homecoming Parade, November 11, 1939. Under the direction of James McCormac, an instructor in Machine Shop, it was mounted on the chassis of an Austin automobile which allowed it to be moved from place to place on wheels. It became a symbol of victory and school spirit and was used particularly by the Wildcats (a pep club for men students) and the Whip Club (Womens Pep and Service Club). The school fight song Were going to ring the bell of victory tonight was written by Roland Parry and served as a rally song for the next twenty-five years. The faculty usually met for an annual Christmas party, and in 1938, it was held at the Green Gables with each guest bringing a novelty gift worth 10 cents. The faculty salary committee report was given to the general faculty by committee chair Charles Osmond on April 1, 1939. In this report, Osmond noted that the faculty recognized that the settlement of salary problems should be accomplished through the administrator of the college rather than through the State Board of Education. The faculty committee suggested the formulation of a salary policy for administration of salaries to attract teachers, to encourage professional growth, to promote objectivity, and to maintain high morale. Osmond suggested that the elements to be considered in a salary policy should include: flexibility; rankings for teachers with increased compensation for executive duties; should recognize service to the college, professional preparation, professional experience, and quality of instruction; and should provide for sabbatical leaves for professional growth. The report of the faculty salary committee was accepted unanimously, including the provision for a more liberal sabbatical leave policy. This salary recommendation and the broadened interest in sabbatical leaves was an indication of a faculty becoming more professional and more involved in the governance of Weber College. As enrollments grew, the need for student housing also grew. From 1940 to 1952, the old Weber County Courthouse located at 440 24th Street was used as a college dormitory. The building was leased from Weber County for 1 a year from 1940 to 1952, and housed a wide variety of students and others who needed temporary housing in the Ogden area. Initially the building housed male students and young men who were sponsored by the National Youth Administration (N.Y.A.) with the supervision of the facility under the direction of Milton C. Mecham, Weber College physical education instructor and assistant football coach. Other dormitory supervisors during its 12 year history included Charles C. Espy, an English instructor, and Basil Hansen. World War II brought about a number of changes for the dormitory and the college. A year after the war began, of the 100 occupants of the dormitory, fifty percent were Weber students and the other 50 percent included Hill Field mechanic learners, army and navy civilian pilot training students, and employees of Ogden area war industries. From April 17, 1943 to August 3, 1944, all of the earlier dormitory residents were forced to find other housing as the building became the residence for naval cadets who were training to fly, and the building took on the atmosphere and designation of a naval ship. About 100 cadets all in different stages of flight training occupied the building. From August of 1944 to the fall of 1946, the old courthouse operated as a dormitory for women students of Weber College with Mae Welling as supervisor. From the fall of 1946 until the summer of 1952, the dormitory again became the residence of male students of the college, particularly meeting the needs of returning servicemen. By 1950, although rooms at the dormitory were relatively inexpensive ranging from 12 to 15 a month, most male students wanted separate housekeeping rooms with cooking facilities, and so dormitory occupancy began to dwindle. From 1952 to 1954, the college used the old courthouse only for storage, and in 1954, the college asked to be released from the lease agreement with Weber County, and the request was granted. As enrollment of women increased, the college needed places for women students to reside. During the summer of 1942, President Dixon was authorized to prepare the Bohon house, newly purchased by the college, to be used as a womens dormitory. From 1948 until 1959, the Bertha Eccles home on the northeast corner of 26th Street and Jefferson Avenue was also used as a womens dormitory by Weber College. In 1948, the seven living children of Bertha and David Eccles, donated the property to Weber College, and it became known as Bertha Eccles Hall. The beautiful mansion, after some remodeling in 1948, had facilities to house up to twenty-four girls, with sixteen being the average number of residents. House-mothers at Eccles Hall included Lydia H. Tanner, Mae Welling, and Gertrude Stallings. In addition to its use for student housing the basement of the building was used as a cellar theater for dramatic presentations and was the stimulus for the Monson Theater located in the Browning Fine Arts Center. By 1959, with the college campus having moved to Harrison Boulevard, Bertha Eccles Hall had few residents, and an agreement was made at the recommendation of the Eccles family transferring the property from Weber College to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was later used by the Ogden Arts Council. In all of Webers efforts at student housing during this period, two to four students were usually housed in each dormitory room. In the years just prior to the entrance of the United States into World War II as war had begun in earnest in Europe, the attention of many at the college was turned