Joseph Smith THE GREAT FOUNDER FOREWORD AND DEDICATION THE purpose of THE ACORN is two-fold: first, to make a record of the activities of WEBER COLLEGE as an institution, and second, to present that material which will aid each individual associated with the college to construct a personal record for himself. There are, then, two requisites for type of content and method of presentation. In the first place, the dominant theme of the whole year should be interpreted, and second, as much material of interest as possible should be incorporated in the plan. Since the publication of the 1928 ACORN, we have passed through a year of extensive activities into newer and wider fields than ever before, a year full of variety. Probably more predominantly during the year than expansion, the foreshadowing of a change in the control of the college has been the center of our interest. The recent announcement that the Church intends to withdraw from the field of secular education after June 30, 1930, has aroused apprehension as to the future of the college, not only among those closely associated with the institution, but also in Ogden's community generally. It is probably but little realized by most of us the part that has been played by the Church in bringing education in Utah to its present stage of development. Ideals of education adopted from New England, and incorporated in the charter for the City of Nauvoo were carried by the pioneers to Utah. Consequently, when these pioneers came west, one of their primary interests was the immediate establishment of schools to provide the necessary educational facilities, religious and secular. Thus, we have education sponsored from the beginning, and where necessary, directly controlled by the Church until the State and municipal governments should be able to continue the work. Now comes, it appears, the end of this pioneering, and the last step approaches when the. Church schools are to be placed in other control. And with this closing, we more fully realize the part that the Church has played in promoting education in this State. It is appropriate then that this book should be dedicated to the growth of education in Utah through Church control. Not only have we felt a coming change in administration this year but also an expansion and growth unexcelled in our activities. Never before has so much progress been made in both school activities and extension of departmental subjects into new fields. A year of fine social events, a continuation of football championships, a Honolulu trip, a place in the Basketball Tournament again sponsored by the college, and two men on the all-tournament team, oratorical contests of high standard, three debate tours covering more than half of the United States, an extensive program in the drama with two school plays presented and three Moroni Olsen plays brought here, in addition to our continued progress in all the other fields of activity represent the material that it has been necessary to treat in this book. A new angle has been outstanding in our activities; the community as well as the college has been represented through this expansion. The type of book that seemed best to suit these conditions appeared at once to be the scrap book, allowing an entirely different treatment of subject matter with signed articles from a large number of contributors, informality of treatment being stressed throughout. The members of the Staff hope that in this book you may find a great deal of interest in recalling your connection with WEBER COLLEGE in 1928-1929.