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A collection of yearbooks from Weber Normal College which comprise the years 1919 to 1923. Included in the yearbook are photographs of students, class officers, faculty, the Board of Trustees, athletics, and departments within the college. It also contains sections about the clubs and organizations within the Academy, literary pages, student poetry, and advertisements from local businesses. 1922-23 edition published by Weber College. |
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Show Calendar JULY 2-Aaron W. Tracy chosen as president of Weber College. AUGUST 24-First issue of the Herald. SEPTEMBER I-Grand opening rally. The program and dance proved to be an enormous success. SEPTEMBER 6-Faculty advises parents in regard to registration. SEPTEMBER 7-Tenth grade registration. Sophomores wander around through the building exploring, getting lost, etc. SEPTEMBER 8-Senior high registration. Greetings exchanged. Nan spoke, without thinking, to a young man that she had never planned to look at again. SEPTEMBER 9-College registration. Much superiority and dignity displayed. SEPTEMBER 11-Class work begins. Lack of seriousness a noticeable feature. SEPTEMBER 13- The college has a rousing program. Claude Helm present in unusual abundance. SEPTEMBER 15-First Student Body program. Winks is introduced to the students. SEPTEMBER 18-Juniors' moonlight hike to Malan's. SEPTEMBER 19-Manning demands an explanation in reference to the hike. Taylor answers "that it is a closed page in Weber's history." SEPTEMBER 20-Bill Marriott and Frances Cragun chosen as a team to guide the college. Other officers elected. SEPTEMBER 22-Girls give a snappy program featuring Eleanor Shorten and Lois Jones as typical men. Seniors give a dance at night. Ruth Wright displays her personal ideas -with rushes from a nearby pond-in the decorations for the evening dance. SEPTEMBER 26-A. Lincoln comes to life. Students see him from the Orpheum roost. SEPTEMBER 27-Moroni Olsen reads to the students. Winks sleeps in the Acorn room instead of working on an issue of the Hearld. SEPTEMBER 28-Moroni Olsen produced some laughs in a series of one-act plays. SEPTEMBER 29-Weber wins the first football game of the season from the Alumni. Fat Passey's ability in getting around was a feature of the game. SEPTEMBER 30-Trail blazed to Mount Ogden. Hole for the flag-pole blasted in the rocks. Those on the trip started on horses but ended visa-versa. October OCTOBER 2- Girls' first efforts launched to out-do the boys. They choose capable officers. OCTOBER 3- Second Weber Herald. Milton Halls, the editor, takes his first view of its pages. OCTOBER 4-Every student hikes to Mount Ogden, and crawls back. Tired students resolve they will never go again. Willard Marriott talks from a lofty position. OCTOBER 5-Football men sore because they couldn't go to Mount Ogden. For spite they lose to B. V. C. Dance at night. Stiff limbs used in the hike were again placed in action, causing many disagree- able expressions. OCTOBER 6-Bud Stewart breathes a sigh of relief-school discontinued for conference. OCTOBER 7-8-Conference continued. OCTOBER 9-School resumes its former state. Charles Taylor over-sleeps and loses 1%. OCTOBER 10-Dr. Henderson tells the health class about their heads. A number of numskulls present. Trip to Provo suggested. OCTOBER 11-Burlesque on the Merchant of Venice. Wilkinson appears with large rimmed glasses; and immediatley received the title of "Binnacles." OCTOBER 12-Athol Tribe, believing that the world is round, plays the role of Columbus. Lawrence Budge and May Pickett, who are aging fast, play the parts of the father and mother of the noted historic character. OCTOBER 13-The Weber eleven gets a victory from the Saints after a bitter engagement. The score was 13-9. Monk spills his blood for Weber. L. B. C. Josephs gives an enjoyable recital. OCTOBER 16-Merchant of Venice played by the Alumni with L. B. C. Josephs of New York as "Shy- lock." (Mrs. Bertha Eccles Wright directed the play.) The cast is banqueted at her home after the performance. OCTOBER 18-Much weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth-students are deprived of two days of school, due to the L. D. S. Teachers' Convention. OCTOBER 19-Lady faculty members organize for defense. Miss Parry is chosen as the guiding star in this movement. OCTOBER 20-Wilkinson says that football is a man sized job. "That is the reason," he continues, "that I could never play it." OCTOBER 21-Final drive for the gym begins. OCTOBER 23-Tracy urges the students to push the gym (which direction he did not state). He also ad- vises them to aid in advancing the movement launched for a college hall. OCTOBER 25-A. M. Merrill, principal of Ogden high school, urges the college students to pay more attention to personal conduct. OCTOBER 26- First Barker Contest is held. Athol Tribe is winner for the Seniors. OCTOBER 27-"Winks" is presented with a Book of Mormon by the students, with a wish that he study it. Farewell program and dance Liven in honor of Llewelyn R. McKay, who is to leave in a short time for the German Mission. Davis defeated by Weber: Score 15-o. OCTOBER 29-Public Service Bureau gives complete programs at Farr West and Pleasant View. OCTOBER 30-Tracy tells of the fist fights of old. Milton H. Welling gives a brief address. OCTOBER 31-Theology in devotional. Strong speakers give rousing addresses. Ruth states that her class is the best class in school. November NOVEMBER 1-Mr. Poulter warbles like a bird, demonstrating his voice. Don B. Colton, U. S. congressman from Utah, addresses the students. NOVEMBER 2-Second Barker Contest. Llewelyn McKay toots his horn for the last time and wins for the Seniors. NOVEMBER 3 Third Barker Contest. John Cragun brings victory to his Sophomores. Such rejoicing follows that the senior high thinks the Sophs are going to declare a holiday. The Weber eleven plays in the mud. Box Elder defeats our stars In a score of 14-0. At night the students again indulge in a dance. NOVEMBER 6-Platt and Reed dislike devotional, and therefore depart therefrom. Mr. Poulter becomes a soldier and represents the American Legion. Coach Stevenson kicks down air castles during a talk in devotional. NOVEMBER 7-Ed. Woolley hangs around Madge Campbell. Beginning of another romance. NOVEMBER 8- Principal Merrill talks to the high school student body. His subject is "Guide Posts of Life." NOVEMBER 9 Fourth Barker Contest. Nan Emmett discusses student body government in good shape and gains first place once more tor the Seniors. NOVEMBER 10-Fifth Barker Contest. Each contestant avoids the subject, "The results of the election," in a remarkable manner. Carl Green wins for the Seniors. NOVEMBER 11 Weber mud divers tangle with Ogden high. The outcome is as usual. NOVEMBER 13-President Tracy thinks the Weber squad are dumbells. This idea, however, soon improves. NOVEMBER 14-Miss Parry is again in defense of the women. She reports on a Western College Girls' meeting at the U. of U. NOVEMBER 15--Monk and Porter begin to serve a term in the form of a lay-off. NOVEMBER 16 Sixth Barker Contest. Sophs thanking Sterling Wheelwright for winning first place. NOVEMBER 17-Seventh Barker Contest. Ruth Folkman becomes champion for the Juniors by gaining a first place. Hurrah! for the Juniors- Ruth Brewer's class. Farewell dance for Elder Leslie J. Christensen. NOVEMBER 20- Monk and Mighty arc seen near Weber. NOVEMBER 22-Surprise: Mr. Manning is good-natured and tells the students the story of the Bohemian Girl. Parts of this production are rendered by talented singers. Juniors have a theatre party. NOVEMBER 23-Eighth Barker Contest. Wallace Greenwell stars for the Seniors. NOVEMBER 24-Heber J. Grant Oratorical Contest. Elizabeth Seppich winner in the College; Eileen Agren winner in the high school. NOVEMBER 26 -Public Service Bureau has a great time on the road to and from Morgan where they render a program. NOVEMBER 28-Heber's words certainly do move her (out of her tracks). "From the Bohemian Girl" presented at the Orpheum by the musicians of the school. NOVEMBER 29- Great love and appreciation expressed for the exam held before Thanksgiving. NOVEMBER 30-Thanksgiving recess. Bill Price eats too much and is absent the following week. December DECEMBER 4- Alice Condie displays her voice before the high school on the subject of Education. DECEMBER 6-Mr. Neilson delivers an address appropriate for "Better English Week." DECEMBER 8-Mayor Francis and Commissioner Larson praise the people of Ogden and congratulate the students for their desire to attend school. Budge and Couch compete for the Student Body presidency. Students wait at the ballot boxes to vote. Budge wins by small margin. Girls entertain at night. Wonderful changes are made with a magic "transform-"er." Inez Jeppson acts as a professor. Dance afterward. DECEMBER 9-Basket ball season opens with a victory for the locals over the L. D. S. U. Score 26.- 21. DECEMBER 11-President Browning speaks on "Being Clean." DECEMBER 12-Claude Helm and his A. B. C. working well. Student body disagrees with some of his ideas, however. DECEMBER 13-Public Service Bureau aids the Eleventh Ward in one of its programs. DECEMBER 14-Van Tanner chosen as president of the debating club. Attorney D. J. Wilson addresses the organization. |