These Sparks Set Off Social Firecrackers THE PERFECT SISTERS Although named after the immortal pheasant known as the Phoenix, this hot-shot club has no plans for burning down to a cinder occasionally the way the original bird did. As of 1949 the Phoenix "Sisters" have little to do with modesty. Members explain they are so known because, "As a club Phoenix does not smoke or drink and this is denoted as sissified by some on the campus. The name is also given us by some men's clubs because Phoenix consistently has such high club grade point averages." (2.10 last year, says registrar.) The maroon and gold sweater boys have other brags, including the majority of male student body officers since the club was chartered in 1935, and successful aims to promote student government and encourage student activities. Membership, officers concede, is "typified by character and personality 99% character and 1% personality." Ambition: to beat Excelsior in everything. Club sponsored events are: The annual Christmas dance, the Snow Ball, complete with sweetheart; Milkmaid contest and annual assembly. Present officers are: Jerry Nilsson, president; Gordon Allred, vice president; Dwight Morrell, secretary; and Rodger Moore, treasurer. DOWN TO THE SEAS Whether or not there is a definite meaning for the word "Viking" as applied to the W. C. club of the same name appears to be a mystery even to the president, Ken Alvord. It sounds as if it may refer back to the hearty Norsemen of old, but the resemblance isn't exactly clear. They plan full participation in the club intramurals for this year. This activity may build muscles but a Scribulus writer remains foggy as to how these muscles are similar to the huge biceps of Lief Ericson's crew. Club members can be identified by their gold and green sweaters bearing the Viking shield. Just a word of advice to new pledges: "Outstanding activity is planned for the annual hell week." A pillow tied around the posterior may not be exactly becoming but, as the old saying goes, an ounce of prevention . . . Officers under president Ken Alvord are: Don Mathewson, vice president; Frank Nebeker, secretary-treasurer; and Frank Lund, athletic manager. IN AND OUT OF EVERYTHING According to President Luan Ferrin, the meaning of "Skull" is a "bony layer just under the skin of the head, known to many teachers as the thick substance they try to cram knowledge through." In the club of the same name are "hairy apes and those who have to wear wigs for hair." The "boneheads," as they are sometimes called, have alumni in almost all the leading mortuaries in Ogden. As proof they list the following names among their outstanding alumni: Darling, Larkin, Myers, and Lindquist. Of interest to students is the tentative modernizing of the club's annual Dan McGrew assembly. There will also be sponsored a dance, the name of which has not emerged from their skills. "All the great men of the world are connected with skulls; so when you might be inclined to criticize us remember that deep down in your anatomy you too have a skull." Leading the boys in the black and white sweaters are: Ferrin, president; Donald Larsen, vice president; Milton East, secretary; Owen Barker, treasurer; and Quinn Call, athletic manager. 10 FIRST, LAST, ALWAYS Handsomely garbed in sweaters knit in club colors blue and white, and exalted also by an escutcheon made up of all sorts of significant bric-a-brac, Alpha Rhovians mean it when they describe themselves as the most active men's club. This whirlwind outfit enveloped Weber in 1940 without much forewarning, faded like other social clubs during the war, and became epidemic again in 1945. Touched off to an early start on the consistently maintained plan to be most active, the Omegans commence the year with a proposed amateur boxing card under'the auspices of the amateur athletic union. Then at their Collegiate Promenade on January 13, gold wrist watches will be presented to Mr. and Miss Collegiate contest winners. During spring quarter comes the best dressed coed competition in fashionable clothing, "always a contest which draws much attention." The school year closes for Alpha Rho with the rousing excursion to Bear Lake, "by far the best party thrown by any club anywhere." Quotes Jerry Jacobs, club prexy: "I'd like to add that merely because some Alpha Rhovians spend more time in the pool hall than they do in the classroom doesn't mean they're not good students. It simply means that the beer halls haven't opened yet." Big wheels are: Gerald (Jerry) Jacobs, president; Robert Shurtliff, vice president; Don Hirschi, treasurer; and Farrel Maw, secretary. BRAWNY HEARTBREAKERS In characterizing themselves, the Sigmas (Sigma Delta Pi) are like many noble organizations and persons in that they assume the shrinking violet pose and so conceal something pretty good. Just for example, the lads who are so successful in intramural sports don't even look once at the opportunity to describe themselves as "hairy-chested." But they are not above including the adjective "intellectual." Among things they say of themselves are these. "In our organization we claim three types: athletes, scholar-intellectuals, and all-around fellows, large, small and medium built fellows." Aims are aiding and cooperating with students and administration, developing fellowship. Especially, the club will add to fellowship and its popularity with the ladies by sponsoring the "annual bathing beauty contest and dance." Sigma does not say whether or not the dance will be conducted in bathing suits, but that seems to be a possibility. Officers are: Lynn Moore, president; LeRoy McFarland, vice president; Leigh Hales, secretary; and Don Herbert, treasurer. ONWARD AND UPWARD Excelsior does not find the social graces distasteful. Its members are "the Arthur Murrays of the campus." In chasing after the club slogan of "Onward and Upward," the "Big E" boys are many other things, including "oldest and best club on the campus, founded in 1931." Evidently the annals of Excelsior contain nothing negative because, "As Adam was first, so is Excelsior." Some members of other social clubs have offered to write in not so "secret records" for purposes of variety. As a matter of fact, this may have been done secretly while the scroll submitted by Excelsior was temporarily lost, since one adjective among several purporting to describe Big E members was heckled. Among those that got by were typical, reflective of college spirit, friendly; but someone evidently hauled back on the rope finally because after "intelligent" was a double-barreled question mark. Activity program of the club includes the Hansen memorial smoker, sweetheart ball complete with sweetheart selected by a prominent movie actor, Snow Basin party and club party every week, besides the usual intramurals and rush party. Officers are: Seth Blair, president; Keith Leish-man, vice president; Harry James, secretary; Daron Dewey and Horace Argyle, treasurers. 11