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Show Creers direction during the fall of 1935, two new positions were created: Dean of Instruction to which Merlon L. Stevenson was appointed and Dean of Women which was filled by Lucile Owen Clark. The creation of these two new positions is evidence of the growth of the college academically. The Dean of Instruction position was an indication that the administrative duties of the college were being divided largely into two areas: instruction and faculty relations handled by the new Dean and the relationships with the State Board, the legislature, other institutions, and the community to be handled by the president. The position of Dean of Instruction was renamed Dean of Faculty in 1947 and in 1967 changed to Academic Vice President. In March of 1936 the State Board of Education approved a recommendation from President Creer to reorganize the academic program of the college. The reorganization included the creation of a division of Liberal Arts, the division of Science, and the division of Business. This system of academic divisions would remain the general pattern for the institution during the junior college years. Other recommendations from Creer during his first year as president which were approved by the State Board included a fifty cent per quarter per student lyceum fee, a one dollar annual student medical fee, the opportunity to schedule out-of-state football games, and the opportunity for Weber to grant scholarships to senior high graduates to the number of six percent of the total registration for the year. At the first faculty meeting of the 1935-1936 school year, President Creer gave a lengthy address in which he outlined his educational philosophy particularly as it applied to Weber College and his administration. In part he suggested the following: 1. Faculty meetings would be held only when called by the president - there would be no regular schedule. 2. It would not be necessary to issue keys to the building for the buildings would be open until 10 p.m. each night and there would be night watchman service after closing time and on Sundays. 3. The assembly program was to have one assembly each week. 4. Weber College is not in competition with the three accredited universities of the state. Webers task is to feature fundamental courses in the liberal arts. 5. Major emphasis should be placed on scholarship in the classroom, and a real college atmosphere should be created. 6. There is much need for improvement in the library so that it will be used well by both students and townsmen. It should become a reservoir of knowledge of distinct value for both immediate, practical, and leisure purposes. 7. Communications with the State Board and other state agencies should be through the president. 8. A written student body constitution is needed. 9. Each member of the staff should avail himself of every opportunity to improve himself scho-lastically. To assist with scholastic development, a Leave of Absence policy is being instituted with the State Board. 10. The determination of curricular policies will, in large measure, be left to the heads of departments. 11. The aims ofWeber College include: the promotion of better citizenship; the training of the youth for more effective vocational service; and the enrichment of life through the creation of a happier and more satisfying program of leisure. 12. Weber College should become the center of cultural activities for the city of Ogden. ollowing his speech to the faculty, Presi-dent Creer noted that the committee structure for the college would be changed with the following committees established: assemblies, athletics, eligibility, entrance and graduation, library, publicity, schedule and catalogue, scholarship, student affairs, student aid and employment, student body government, and student body publications. The president appointed at least three faculty members to each committee at this first faculty meeting, and in part the new committee structure was a plan to have the faculty more involved in decisions for the institution. Through his tenure as president, Creer placed much emphasis on the library, on building the library collection, and on the need for students to use the library even more than they would use textbooks. He often suggested to the faculty that they needed to require the reading of library books and on occasion there was a lack of library minded-ness. As the first 30 scholarships under the Creer administration were granted during the spring of 1936 for the next school year, the president noted that ten would be given to music students. The 1935-1936 orchestra had a membership of 24, and the band included 21 members. Several new clubs emerged during the 1935-1936 year including International Relations, Iota Tau Kappa, Whip, Phoenix, and Phi Rho Pi, and fencing was added as a competitive sport between Weber and other colleges. The faculty decided on December 10, 1935, that a two-hour final examination period should be adopted for each class which set a pattern that continues to the present day. A new orientation course was added to the curriculum and first taught during the fall quarter of 1936. The course included a presentation of general knowledge regarding the college and college work and in part was planned to help students make emotional and mental adjustments to college work. It was a course that all freshmen students were required to take, and Walter Neville and John Benson were the first instructors. During the fall of 1935, Scribulus appeared a quarterly magazine of contemporary letters. It included articles by students and faculty, poetry, art work, and humor. The eight by ten and one-half inch magazine included from twenty-four to thirty pages of literary work as well as advertisements and was an outlet for the writing and artistic skills of many Weber students. The 1936-1937 college catalog was more extensive than earlier catalogs. Graduation requirements were spelled out in detail as well as registration procedures, college liability, the commitment of the college to student guidance, academic standards, and regulations concerning probation and dismissal. As listed in the catalog, the division of Liberal Arts included courses in education, English, French, German, history, home economics, Latin, music, orientation, philosophy, physical education, political science, psychology, sociology, Spanish, and speech. Courses in the division of Science included the following areas: agriculture, anatomy, bacteriology, botany, chemistry, engineering, forestry, geography, geology, hygiene, mathematics, physics, physiology, and zoology. The division of Business included courses in economics and business, and these courses were designed to prepare men and women to enter business as a profession. During the Creer administration, the Utah and national economy was |