on community committees; and then he informed legislators and government officials on an ongoing basis about Ogdens plans for Weber College. Dixon spoke widely to service clubs, educational groups, and to the legislature. His well developed plans, his personal prestige, and the support of the local community pushed Weber College forward. Faculty members who had been serving in the armed forces returned to Weber and new faculty members were hired to meet student needs. Returning to Weber from service during the war were Charles Espy, Milton Mecham, Farrell Collett, Ralph Jen-son, Glenn Neilson, and Ferron Losee. Instructors, new to Weber, who joined the College faculty in the years just following the war included Ross Hardy, Marva Gregory, Victor Hancock, Glen Alexander, Dello Dayton, Doyle Strong, Paul Huish, Harold Bateman, Talmadge DeLange, Edward Larson, Edward Christensen, Clifton Larson, Ralph Monk, William D. Stratford, James R. Foulger, Blaine Hartog, and Lawrence Evans. Thomas (Pat) Riley was hired as an accountant in the treasurers office, and J. Farrell Shepherd as bookstore manager. About 700 students were enrolled in summer courses at Weber in 1946. Walter Buss, geology instructor instituted a 5,000 mile rolling classroom during the summer of 1946 on a bus equipped with blackboard, screen, movie projector, and other learning tools. The traveling course of historical and physical geology was carried out by visiting sites from Los Angeles to Yellowstone Park, and Glacier National Park to Crater Lake, with the students camping out along the way and cooking their own meals on a group basis. Duringthe summer of 1947, a similar summer experience was sponsored by the college under the direction of Buss, Ross Hardy, Victor Hancock and Merle Chipman as the Weber College College on Wheels bus covered 6,500 miles from Ogden to Mexico City. By the Spring of 1947, the State School Board had adopted a salary schedule which related to all of the faculty at Weber College and of immediate importance was news that each instructor was to receive a raise of 450 to 500 beginning with the next school year. The Flaming W hike had been a Weber College tradition since the 1930s. It really was a part of the longer Mt. Ogden hike but more students were usually involved in the shorter hike that went to Malans Peak and culminated in lighting a flaming W. During World War II, the hike had been held in Cold Water Canyon. The Flaming W hike on September 25, 1945 was directed toward Malans Peak and attracted more than two hundred students, faculty, and alumni. The group hiked to Malans Peak where the W was lighted at 9:00 p.m., President Dixon sang a song, faculty members Thatcher Allred and Whitney Young were involved on the program, and Dean Hurst, a former student and currently a paratrooper on leave, spoke. A hot dog roast followed the program and the group hiked back to Ogden in the moonlight. Hurst returned to Weber as a student and with Rulon Garfield and Laurence Burton, put together an old-time vaudeville song and dance team that entertained the Weber Community at the Founders Day program which was held at Ogden high school in January of 1947. The Founders Day Program was a celebration of 58 years of Weber College and includeda dinner, a breakfast, and Varsity Vignettes with a 110 member cast of singers, comedians, and dancers that celebrated Webers past and future. The Signpost reported in the fall of 1945 With more men on campus, rationing of men has been discontinued. Beginning during the 1945-1946 school year, mens social clubs began a comeback on Webers campus, as most clubs had been dormant during the previous three years because of the war. The 1946 Acorn was very cosmopolitan in its approach having pictures and features not only of Weber and its community, but it also featured numerous G.I. photos World War II pictures and sites including pictures captioned Nazis Catchin Hell, Jap Midget Car, Burma Temple, Hindu Temple, and Nagasaki. Womens campus organizations included: Kalamata (founded in 1935); LaDianaeda (founded in 1934); Otyokwa (founded in 1932); Sharmea (founded in 1946); Sophvita (founded in 1940); and Tiki Kapa Kapa (founded in 1939). Mens organizations included: Alpha Rho Omega (founded in 1940); Excelsior (founded in 1931); Phoenix (founded in 1935); Sigma Delta Pi (founded in 1938); Skull (founded in 1938); and Viking (founded in 1938). Initiates to social clubs were required to go through an initiation week known as Hell Week which often included dressing up in funny clothing during part of the week. The Weber Handbook sometimes called the Handybook which included student names, addresses, and phone numbers along with yells and cheers and information about the College was helpful for student information and involvement. Other campus clubs included the Engineers Club, English Club, Sociology Club, Business Club, International Relations Club, Tri-Vesta (home economics) Club, Geology Club, the Musettes, the Journalism Club, Phi Rho Pi (the Debate Club), Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society, Pre-Medics, Delta Phi, Lambda Delta Sigma, Whip, the Wildcat Club, and Future Teachers of America. The athletic program was expanded following the war, particularly in the areas of football and basketball under the direction of Reed Swenson, Weber College athletic director and basketball coach. During the fall of 1946 the College was able to field a football team for the first time in several years with Milt Mecham as football coach, and 75 players turned out for the team including Dick Williams, Joe Kenny, Harry Burchell, Darrell Weller and Charlie Mills. Late in the Fall of 1946, the Weber football team traveled to Honolulu, Hawaii by plane to play the Micks the McKinley High School Alumni. During the winter basketball season of 1946, the Weber Wildcats surprised the Utah State basketball team by defeating them by a score of 47 to 41. Wildcat forward Don Jesperson scored 23 points in the game. Webers basketball team went on to win the Inter-mountain Junior College Championship for 1945-1946. By 1947, Weber College attendance at football games had increased to 5,000 or 6,000 fans a game. Webers success in athletics was the responsibility of Reed Swenson, athletic director, and in March of 1949, Swenson was elected president of the National Junior College Athletic Association. For athletic and other activities like homecoming, large numbers of Weber students became active participants as well as ob-