Weber College realized a goal of long standing during the 1958-59 school year when the State Legislature passed a bill making the institution a four-year college. This was a great milestone in Weber's 70-year history, and was achieved through the patient efforts and hard work of many of Weber's present and past faculty and staff members, working with community leaders. Under terms of the bill, Weber will begin its first year of senior college classes in 1962, and the first class to graduate from the full four-year program will receive diplomas in 1964. The expanded educational program will provide great benefits to residents living within the Weber College area; for they will be able to obtain a four-year college education while living at home at a great savings in money. Many countless others, who have finished junior college education, now may return to Weber to complete classes leading to the bachelor degree. Also residents of the area will benefit. The athletic, musical, theatrical, lecture series, and many other programs attended by he public will be progressively bigger and better. The final drive to bring the college four-year status was headed by Dr. William P. Miller, college president, and many others of the college staff and faculty who literally worked day and night over a period of many weeks. Their efforts were so successful that the House passed the bill by a whopping margin of 53-7, and the Senate passed it by a vote of 16-8. In signing the measure, Governor George D. Clyde said he had watched the growth of Weber for many years, "and I regard this as a great opportunity for the college to serve the state and its youth." President Miller said Weber faces the greatest opportunity ever given a Utah educational institution in this century. "The degree to which this opportunity will be realized will depend upon the planning and the decisions made during the next two years," he stated after the bill was signed. "We hope we will plan wisely for the welfare of the thousands of young people who will attend Weber in the years ahead."