Ogden City needs them. And to the faculty, in order to present the college in a positive light, Tracy suggested, Prepare several lectures in your own field and present them to the wards when you are asked to speak Present your department in a popular way Each one here should boost every other department in the school, and never knock each other. During the autumn 1925 Mt. Ogden hike, student body president Donnell Stewart attempted to paint the flag pole and succeeded in spilling the white paint inside his overalls, and over his hiking clothes and boots. His nick-name, thereafter, became Flag Pole Stewart. The Faculty Reception that same Fall was held in the Gymnasium Ballroom with students, parents, alumni, faculty, and friends all invited to meet the faculty and president. Many Ogdenites attended, and the reception was used to strengthen the bonds between the college and the city. During 1925-1926, a faculty accreditation group from the University of Utah again visited Weber College to review faculty preparation, textbooks, class enrollments, library facilities, and laboratory facilities. The review committee seemed to be favorably impressed by Webers improvement, with much of the attention of the reviewers being focused on the English, Biological, and Economics departments. Weber was accredited by the American Association of Junior Colleges during the fall of 1925, and the credits earned by Webers graduates were accepted at other Utah institutions including the University of Utah (accepted 90 credits), Brigham Young University (accepted 96 credits), and the Utah State Agricultural College (accepted 93 credits). At the May 28, 1926 meeting of theWeber College Trustees, a petition signed by 58 students was presented which asked the Board to work toward establishing a third and fourth year of College work at Weber. The petition stated that it would be in the best interest of those students who would attend and for this community. More than one-third of a century would pass before the goal of this petition would be reached. The student association had been active during the 1925-1926 school year by sponsoring fourteen dances, four Freshmen parties, four Sophomore parties, several hikes, and two banquets. One hundred advertisers advertised in the Weber Herald during the year, and President Tracy reported to the Trustees, It has been a clean sheet. Students also participated in five debates, four oratorical contests, and were involved in nineteen performances of plays which had been observed by about 10,000 patrons. Eighteen faculty members taught in the academic departments of the school which numbered thirteen including Psychology and Education, English Language and Literature, History and Political Science, Political Economy and Sociology, Mathematics and Engineering, Physics, Home Economics, Modern Languages and Latin, Music, Dramatic Art, Exact Science, Biological Science, and Theology. In his annual report to the Trustees of the College delivered on May 28, 1926 as part of his commencement remarks, Aaron Tracy noted that the faculty at Weber College had a greater percentage holding Masters degrees than the faculty at Utahs other colleges and universities. Tracy went on to note that next year we shall have a higher percentage of Ph.D. men than any of these institutions. Tracy suggested to the Trus-tees and those others assembled at the commencement that this meant better teaching at Weber: When we consider that the men with the higher degrees in our three sister institutions are reserved to teach the upper classmen and that A.B. men largely, and those without degrees, are reserved to teach the lower classmen, then we are justified in saying that as far as the Freshmen and Sophomore years are concerned students in these years who attend the Weber College are being instructed by men better trained than those who teach the Freshmen and Sophomores in our sister institutions. In addition, our instructors teach but four classes a day with an average of twenty students to the class. This situation reveals the opportunity for individual attention to the students on the part of the teacher. Tracy noted that the average cost for educating a student at Weber over the past year was 151.86, and that eight religious denominations were represented among Webers students. The 1926-1927 cost for educating students at Weber College fell to 134 a student. In order to motivate students towards scholarship, during the 1926-1927 school year, a plan was devised to award students who received the highest percentage of As during each quarter a check for 5.00. During Spring Quarter 1927, the checks were presented to Arthur Marble and Thurma Scoville. On May 3, 1927, David O. McKay spoke at a Weber Devotional on The Place of Art and Music in Education. In part he commented on a painting of himself which had been completed for display at the College, and noted that the institution had always had a group of loyal men and women faculty and trustees who would almost die giving their wealth and life to see that Weber survived. The support of Weber College by the Church continued to increase and the budget for 1926-1927 was 58,000 which was designated to be distributed as follows: Teachers Salaries 45,000 Other Salaries 3,000 Improvements and Repairs 3,500 Equipment and Apparatus 3,000 Library 1,000 Gymnasium 2,500 Faculty salaries were not increased with this budget, but the number of faculty members was increased. The salary of President Tracy was increased to 3,600. Faculty salaries were increased for the 1927-1928 school year including: John G. Lind (Geology and Chemistry), 2,700; John Q. Blaylock (History), 2,600; Dilworth Walker (Business and Economics), 3,000; Wayne B. Hales (Physics), 3,000. Weber Colleges appropriation for 1927-1928 from the Mormon Church was 56,000 with an additional 10,000 being given to the gymnasium for college activities, and 56,000 for 1928-1929 with 9,000 for the gymnasium. The appropriation for 1929-1930 was 53,500 with a 9,000 gymnasium appropriation. As the college and the gymnasium operated on separate budgets, it was necessary for the college to rent gymnasium facilities for college classes and activities. A sabbatical policy for faculty members was administered under the direction of the Board of Trustees which allowed faculty members with seven years of teaching at the college to have a years leave of absence at half pay. At the May 27, 1927 meeting of the College Trustees it was reported that a number of people are advocating that Weber should become a