1950 that the College should operate on a split-campus basis until the state legislature decided differently. The College community went to work to prepare a plan for the split-campus which suggested that the following areas would be housed on the new campus: the academic divisions of business, social sciences, humanities, life science, and physical science; the library; administrative offices for the president, dean of men, dean of women, superintendent of buildings and grounds, registrar, treasurer, and the guidance center; the cafeteria and bookstore. The proposed plan suggested that the following would remain on the lower campus: drafting, shops, physical education facilities in the old gym, the photography lab, the radio work shop, and assemblies, dances, school plays, and public lectures. The proposed split-campus plan placed most of the College on the new campus. The Moench Building, the gymnasium, and the Vocational Education Building were to be retained on the old campus, and all of the rest of the buildings were to be sold. On October 19, 1950, the Utah State Board of Examiners made up of the governor, the secretary of state, and the attorney general, granted an appropriation of 1,150,000 for the construction of buildings on the new Weber campus. On December 15, 1950, the State Board of Education approved the location of the first four new buildings on the campus together with the location of curb, gutter, and sidewalks. It was agreed that the buildings should be built of golden buff bricks, and it was the intent at this time that this color be used for all bricks for all buildings. Plans were drawn for the buildings by Lawrence D. Olpin who hadbeen employed as the architect for the buildings, and on February 13, 1952 a ground breaking ceremony was held which began initial construction. At the ground breaking shovels were wielded by President Dixon and Student Body President Fred Ball. Looking toward the new campus the students of Weber College began to plan for a structure which could house student activities. In a letter dated February 27, 1953, Val Lofgreen, president of the Associated Students of Weber College, petitioned the State Board of Education to permit the college to charge a fee of 4.00 per quarter or 12.00 per year to each student to create a trust fund to finance the construction of a Student Union building at some time in the future. Lofgreen reported that the petition had been adopted by the Student Board of Control. The petition was approved by the State Board in September of 1953, the funds collected were placed in a trust fund which made possible the construction of the first phase of the Student Union Building in 1960. In June of 1951, approval was given for the College to begin a nursery school. The old home in which the nursery school was located had previously served as the site for the administrative offices for the Ogden City Schools and more recently as the home for President Dixon and his family. It was located between the gymnasium and the Central Building on 25th Street. The nursery school would serve as a laboratory for education, psychology, family life, and other students. Melba Lehner was appointed as director of the school as well as a teacher, and the plans for the school included mothers of the children donating several hours per month at the school. Bythe fall of 1951, President Dixon and his family moved to their new home on 36th Street, and the nursery school occupied the old home. In February of 1952, the State Board of Education gave approval for a program in Practical Nursing at Weber College to begin in the fall of 1952. President Dixon noted that there were numerous requests for such a program from medically allied organizations in the Ogden area including both of the hospitals. Loy Doss was hired to teach in the program, and the laboratory training was to be held at St. Benedicts Hospital and the Dee Hospital while the academic program was to be conducted on the college campus. At the May 1, 1953 meeting of the State Board approval was given to Weber College to affiliate with Columbia University and five other colleges in the United States to establish an Associate Degree Program in Nursing Education to begin with the 1953-1954 school year. The program was intended to reduce to two years the three-year diploma program leading to opportunity for graduates to obtain Registered Nurse status by passing the required state examinations. The two year programs would be under direction of the colleges with cooperation from the hospitals while the earlier three year programs had been directed by the hospitals. This new nursing program began at Weber in the fall of 1953 under the direction of Ruth Stewart. The Columbia University grant did not provide funds directly to the college but it did provide funds to finance trips for members of the nursing faculty and administrators from participating colleges to meet at Columbia University and to correlate plans and evaluate the progress of the new program.Governor J. Bracken Lee proved to be an antagonist of both public and higher education during his two terms as governor of Utah (1949-1957). A reactionary politician who had begun his political career as mayor of Price, Lee vetoed the four-year Weber bill in 1949 over the threat of Blaine Peterson, Weber County Democratic chairman who warned him, Veto Weber College bill and kill yourself politically in Utah. You supply the ammunition and we will do the rest. As governor, Lee often found himself at odds with the Legislature over fiscal matters and resorted to the veto on a regular basis. During the 1951 legislative session, Lee instigated a bill near the end of the session which was introduced by Cache County legislators which would transfer Weber, Snow, and Dixie Colleges back to the Mormon Church. Lee defended his involvement with the bill by suggesting it was a money-saving measure during an inflationary period when the country was involved in war and that the Church would support the junior colleges well. In effect it was only one of Lees efforts to downgrade education in the state and was a reflection of his anti-intellectual attitude. The Ogden community was outraged at Lees acts and branded the bill as false economy. A Weber College Community Committee was formed under the direction of the Ogden Chamber of Commerce, and the committee noted that Weber College is larger than any other community college in Utah, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, or Nevada the U.S. General Education Board has selected the institution as one of the nations nine best junior colleges. State legislators were bombarded with