which rustic letters and notes were appended. The first issues were nine and one-half inches by fourteen inches in size, but by issue number four, the size was increased to eleven and one-half by fifteen and one-half inches. The number of pages in the paper grew as the school year proceeded. With the second issue, the Signpost printed the budget of the Associated Students of Weber College. The budget indicated that of the 8,802.50 in projected expenses, the most costly projects for the student body included the Acorn (1,600), athletics (2,200), dance expenses (800), debate (805), and the Signpost (700). The staff of the new newspaper included Frank McQuown as managing editor, Max McEwan as associate editor, with other members of the staff including Elzada Carlson, Dorothy Dixon, Aurlene Osmond, Pat Quinn, Morton Fuller, Bart Wolthuis, Jacob Weese, Chet Gilgen, Hugh Garner, and faculty member Cluster M. Nilsson as advisor. Advertisements in the initial issues suggested good luck, congratulations, and a long life to the Signpost. The College Inn advertised a Dutch Lunch at ten cents, sandwiches for ten cents, malts for ten cents, and hamburgers for five cents. Initially the Signpost was published on an every other week schedule and included articles on all aspects of college life, advertisements, and news of the campus. Athletics, social events, and students poking fun at each other were all part of the news. Debate meets and cultural affairs also received coverage in the initial issues of the paper. During the fall of 1937, the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters held its meetings in Ogden on November 5 and 6 with sessions at Weber College and at the Hotel Ben Lomond. This was the first time the Academy held its meetings in Ogden, and the Signpost carried the news of the meetings. The 1938-1939 Signpost grew to eleven and one-half inches by seventeen and one-half inches in size, and by the end of the school year, the staff included twenty-six members. John Lindquist edited the paper at the beginning of the school year with the title of managing editor, and by years end, Jacob Weese was the editor with the title of editor-in-chief. Standards for the Signpost were announced by professor Leland H. Monson at the September 12, 1938 faculty meeting. They included 1. That it shall be truly representative of the whole student body and provide equal opportunity for expression to all students, faculty members, and departments of college life. 2. The newspaper shall serve to further favorable publicity for the school. 3. The paper shall have nothing derogatory or destructive to college purposes and ideals and shall not engage in objectional personalities but rather in its criticism shall be impersonal, constructive, and upbuilding. 4. The paper shall maintain a high standard of journalism, avoiding sensationalism and low sense of humor. The fiftieth anniversary of the college was celebrated on January 7, 1938 by a special assembly program held during the morning. Those participating on the program included John Q. Blaylock, William H. Reeder, state superintendent Charles H. Skidmore, David O. McKay, Rev. John Edward Carver, David B. Moench, James L. Barker, Joel E. Ricks, and Aaron Tracy. These individuals spoke and recounted the history of the college from its beginnings. Honored as a special guest at the Founders Day program was Dr. J. G. Lind who had taught at Weber for 41 years. Linds interest in geology and mineralogy had begun when he was a miner in Park City during the 1880s, and his fondest memories included his hikes in the mountains with his students. During the afternoon, a groundbreaking ceremony for the new vocational building was held with the first shovel full of earth taken by Lorenzo Waldram, one of the first instructors at Weber. He used a shovel which had been especially prepared with a purple and white handle. Plans for the new vocational education building which was to be built on Adams Avenue between 24th and 25th Streets and which was to measure 171 by 116 feet had been completed by the architects by the end of 1937. The cost of the building was estimated at 146,000, with the building having two stories on the west side and one on the east. The breakdown of costs was to include 100,000 for the building and the remainder for equipment. The building was constructed as a Public Works Administration project. The business and cosmetology programs were to be housed on the second floor with drafting, telegraphy, electricity, welding, auto mechanics, carpentry, plumbing, plastering, and masonry on the first floor. As the curriculum was developed for vocational training it was divided into three types: preparatory training during the day or pre-apprentice programs; part-time training during the day in the trades, industries, and distributive occupations; and evening school which would include instruction for apprentices. The vocational building was dedicated on January 6, 1939 which was observed as Founders Day with the dedicatory prayer offered by State Senator Ira A. Huggins including the words, We thank thee for a building in which to learn and think intelligently. In both curriculum and activities, Weber College struggled to be successful as an institution of higher learning and vocational training as well as a place where students developed socially. The 1937-1938 sophomores told their freshmen counterparts that not only should freshmen wear freshmen dinky hats (green beanies), but that freshmen were barred from using the front entrance to the Moench Building during freshmen week. During the same year, upper division college courses were offered at Weber College under the direction of the Extension Division of the University of Utah, with some of the courses being taught by Weber faculty. Through the 1930s, the summer school program was administered by Guy Hurst and usually ran for a single term of six weeks. During January of 1938, Weber alumni living in the Washington D.C. area organized and agreed to meet once each year, and David Kennedy was elected president of the group. In April of 1939, Lucile Owens Clark Petty who had been serving as Dean of Women resigned, and Clarisse H. Hall was appointed to the position and also retained the position of registrar. During the 1937-1938 year, the football team under Bob Davis direction won the Intermountain Junior College championship and the basketball team with co-captains Floyd and Clyde Morris and coached by Reed Swenson won the Intermountain Junior College title as well as the Intermountain A.A.U. championship. Through the decade of the 1930s, as many as two hundred students were assisted on