by the community for the center. During 1974, the Stewarts and the family of Lawrence T. Dee each donated 1,000,000 to the College to go toward the special events center. In keeping with these donations the building was christened the Dee Center. A low bid of 7.1 million was accepted in December of 1974 for the building, and work on the building commenced early in 1975. Other funds were raised for the center by numerous fund raising campaigns including the selling of seats in the center for athletic contests. Final costs of the building would exceed 11 million with 5.5 million raised from the private sector and the balance provided by bonding and student building fees. During the fall of 1971, the College was given permission to plan and design a new technical education building. The planning of this new structure was evidence of the growth of the campus in technololgy as well as the liberal arts. During the same period, the College Development Fund began to make a major difference in monies attracted to the college with 125,000 donated during the 1970-1971 year and 160,000 given during the 1971-1972 school year. The campus community and the Ogden community were able to observe on the Fine Arts Building auditorium stage Peer Gynt, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Twelfth Night, Youre a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Guys and Dolls, the Utah Symphony, the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, Isaac Stern, Andre Watts, and Ballet West. Political debates concerning both campaigns and ideology were heard including a debate between University of Utah professor J. D. Williams and noted conservative M. Stanton Evans concerning Political Liberalism. In January of 1972, Jennings G. Olson and Melvin A. Cook debated the issue Be it resolved that Science and Revealed Theology are Irreconcilable as to the Origin and Age of Man. Art exhibits by Weber artists, students, and others were held both on and off campus. During the 1971-1972 school year more than 164,000 people attended cultural events staged at the college. In August of 1970, student tuition was increased from 125 a quarter to 135 a quarter. Non-resident fees were increased from 260 a quarter to 270 a quarter. In September of 1970, D. Parry Wilson became Dean of Learning Resources which included supervision of the library as well as assisting in the instructional program of the College. In November of 1970, the College was notified that the National Science Foundation had authorized a grant of 208,000 to the College over a period of three years. The monies were to be used for the improvement of science programs. An Army R.O.T.C. program was begun on campus during the 1971-1972 school year. For more than two decades, Webers requests for a permanent R.O.T.C. program had gone largely unheeded, and this new program was welcomed on campus with Colonel Glenn W. Knauer as the first Professor of Military Science at the College. It was also decided that beginning with the 1971-1972 school, the cost for parking decals would be raised to 6. During the Spring Quarter of 1971, the Utah Skill Center North was organized under the direction of the College at the Exchange Building which was the former office building for the Ogden Stock Yards. The Skill Center program was financed from both federal and state funds, and was focused to aid disadvantaged individuals. The pro-gram was initially directed by G. K. Mukai. During February of 1970, Weber was authorized by the Utah State Board of Higher Education to begin a management-logistics program for Hill Air Force Base. In February of 1971, Robert Folsom became director of Campus Planning. Weber grew as a four-year college in students, faculty, staff, land acquisition, and buildings. Webers four-year graduates began to be accepted at leading graduate and professional schools throughout the nation. During Fall Quarter of 1970 day and evening registration topped 8,600 (7,100 day students and 1,500 evening students). A new foreign language laboratory was constructed on campus, and foreign travel was encouraged. Campus discussions included the usual topics of college campuses (grades, classes, social life, and athletics), but also focused on the Vietnam War, the Peace Corps, minority rights, student demonstrations, and intolerance. Weber instituted mail-in registration to facilitate the process in 1970, and registration by telephone in 1988. A chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, national scholastic honor society, was chartered at Weber in January of 1971. The operating budget for Weber State College with a student body of over 10,000 students during 1970-1971 totaled 8,403,409 from the state legislature and student tuition which compared with a budget of 30,446 for the Weber Academy some six decades earlier (during 1913-1914) for a student body of 448. Enrollments were bolstered at Weber during the 1970s with the return of Vietnam war veterans to higher education pursuits, but with a growing economy, many students dropped in and out of college to further both their education and their ongoing financial needs. Webers total budget allocation grew to 9,970,700 for the 1972-1973 year (6,884,307 from the legislature and 3,086,400 from anticipated tuition). During the fall of 1972, Weber asked for a 10.4 budget increase and its request was ratified by the State Board of Higher Education. Earth Week was promoted on campus for preservation of human and natural resources by walking, biking, and discussions of current environmental problems. The college also decided in 1971 to move away from a block WS on the mountainside representing Weber State and instead to try to have mountain sumac grow in the shape of a WS. Speakers on campus included Ralph Nader, Bill Russell, Margaret Mead, Shirley Chisholm, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Eugene McCarthy, William F. Buckley Jr., John Kenneth Gal-braith, Max Lerner, and Jack Anderson. The college sponsored numerous events for high school, junior high school, and elementary school students including science fairs, history fairs, foreign language fairs, debate tournaments, and mathematics contests. In November of 1971, President Miller informed the Institutional Council that he had submitted his resignation to Peter W. Billings, Chairman of the State Board of Higher Education, which was to be effective at the end of the school year. By July 1, 1972, Miller completed 19 years as president of Weber State College - the longest term of any of Webers chief executives. He had been at the helm of the college during the major period of growth from a junior to a senior institution, and he had overseen much of the development in both curricula and buildings on the new