members without the intention of granting tenure. 7. present faculty members who have been employed five years at Weber College immediately prior to the adoption of the tenure policies will be granted tenure. The Board of Trustees granted tenure for the first time to seventy-four members of Webers faculty in May of 1962. The Board of Trustees also agreed in May of 1962 that faculty salaries should be paid over twelve months changing the ten month salary policy which had been in existence for several years. In June of 1962, the Board approved participation of faculty and staff in a group health insurance program. With Webers move into the senior college ranks, one question that was raised was what should be done about current and future athletic programs. At an October 30, 1962 meeting held in the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington, President Miller and Athletic Director Reed K. Swen-son participated in the organization of a new athletic conference which included as member schools: the University of Idaho at Moscow; Idaho State College in Pocatello; the University of Montana in Missoula; Montana State College in Bozeman; Gonzaga University in Spokane; and Weber State College. Webers Board of Trustees approved Webers membership in the conference at a meeting held on November 20, 1962. Three months later, on February 25, 1963, at a meeting held at Gonzaga University, the name Big Sky Conference was selected as the name for the new athletic conference. The Weber Board of Trustees also approved an arrangement with Edde Air Lines to serve the transportation needs of Webers athletic teams. The airplanes initially available were usually DC3s with an occasional DC4 and or Constellation. When basketball coach Bruce Larson decided to leave Weber at the end of the 1958-1959 school year, he was replaced by Bill Mann, and in May of 1960, Mann decided to enter private business and was replaced by Dick Motta. Reed Swenson, chairman of Webers division of physical education, served for 13 years as president of the National Junior College Athletic Association (1949-1962), and was honored by the Association upon his leaving that office in March of 1962. Student activities included elections, dances, debates, athletic contests, and cultural events. Throughout the decade of the 1950s, winners of college personality and beauty contests were often selected by pictures sent to leading personalities in the United States. Male actors like Tony Curtis or Cary Grant were asked to select the college sweetheart or queen, while female actresses like Janet Leigh or Doris Day were asked to select the male sweetheart or king. On other occasions, winners were chosen by the vote of students on campus. Ivy Baker Priest, treasurer of the United States, William Shirer, Ogden Nash, Ann Landers, and Eleanor Roosevelt were among the speakers attracted to Ogden by the Weber College Lecture and Artists series. The Weber College drill team, the Colleens, performed at athletic contests and other events in their Mother Hubbard uniforms. The freshman class which signed up for classes in the fall of 1960 received special recognition as the first seniors to register at Weber College, as they would have the opportunity to be the first to attend Weber and graduate in four years from Weber State College. The College continued to attract large numbers of high school students to debate tournaments and also to the new science fairs. A budget of 4,109,470 was approved by the State Board of Education in September of 1960 as the budget for Weber College over the next two years to take it into senior college status. The budget was 41.3 higher than Webers budget for the previous two years. In preparation for the faculty and curricular needs of a senior institution a number of new faculty members were employed including: Caseel Burke, Dallas Peterson, Florence Barton, Glen Ward, Glen Wiese, Paul Butterfield, Helen Farr, Richard Van Wagoner, Charles Moore, Daniel Favero, James Tolman, Gerald Grove, Richard Jenson, Dick Williams, Spencer Seager, and Margaret Waterfall. During 1961, the position of Dean of Students was created and Merle E. Allen a member of the education faculty was chosen to fill the position. William Stratford who had been Dean of Men for 15 years decided to return to the classroom and teach psychology, and Milton Mecham was appointed Dean of Men. J. Farrell Shepherd who had managed the college bookstore since 1946 was named as director of the union building. Marva Gregory who had been Dean of Women for 8 years and Dean Mecham would serve under the direction of Dean Allen. At the end of the 1961-1962 school year, Clarisse Hall who had served the College faithfully as registrar retired, and Milton Mecham was appointed as registrar. In June of 1961 professor William Z. Terry retired from classroom teaching at Weber College at the age of 89. Terry began his career at Weber Academy as a teacher in 1895, became principal of the Summit Stake Academy in 1907, rejoined the Weber faculty in 1913 for a brief period and then opened an accounting office in Ogden. Terry had taught at Weber College on a part time basis in the department of mathematics since 1940. The 1961 Fall Quarter registration saw 2,334 students sign up for classes. This was an 18 increase over registration a year earlier. Students at Weber represented 45 Utah high schools, 21 states, and 8 foreign countries. An additional 1,636 students registered for evening classes during the 1961 Fall Quarter. Three hundred twenty-one students graduated at Spring Commencement held on June 1, 1962 held at the Ogden Tabernacle, and Rendell N. Mabey, chairman of the Weber State College Board of Trustees, gave the Commencement address. Mabey suggested that trained minds are the ones which go on to achieve greater things; he urged the graduates to become as educated as they possibly could. With Mabeys speech and the other commencement activities of 1962, an era came to a close in Webers history and another began. The Commencement closed the door on Webers four decades as a junior college, and opened the door to Webers future as a senior college. The Commencement was also somewhat symbolic as it was held on Tabernacle Square where some of the earliest meetings of the Weber Academy had been held. Webers strength came from its past preparation and the dedicated faculty, staff, and community which had nurtured the institution through difficult times. The next quarter century, leading to Webers centennial year as an educational institution, would see growth and development in every aspect of the institution.