Weber State College Comment, July 1987, page 3 WSC Studenis Manufacture WSC Receives $500,000 Gift contributions of this size if not larger. We hope that we will have some over a million dollars,’’ Hinckley said.@ College Seeks Relatives of Founding Fathers Weber State is looking for relatives of the college’s original founding fathers to help in the century celebration that begins next year. Relatives of the college’s originators, early friends of Weber State or members of the first Board of Trustees will be honored as special guests during a large birthday party planned for Jan. 7, 1989, the 100th birthday of the college. Original founders include Louis W. Shurtliff, Joseph Stanford, Robert McQuarrie, Charles Middleton, Nils C. Glygare, David O. McKay, Louis F. Moench and Thomas J. Stephens. ‘“‘We feel it would really help us celebrate if we could have some of the founding fathers’ descendants. We wouldn’t be here now if it wasn’t for those early people,’’ said Sharon Young, chair of the Centennial Celebration. Any relative of Weber State’s patriarchs should contact the WSC Alumni Office weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at (801) 626-6569 or Mrs. Young in the evenings at (801) 479-9192. In 1923 lugged 300 flag pole where they as well as students at Weber College pounds of cement and a to the top of Mt. Ogden planted the country’s colors those of the college. That began a yearly hike to the top of Mt. Ogden and Pres. Stephen D. Nadauld wants to rekindle the old tradition for the college’s centennial celebration. Mt. Ogden Hike Revived The ‘‘Flaming W’’ hike to Malan’s Basin and to the top of Mt. Ogden will be resurrected as a part of the 1987 homecoming activities calendared for Oct. 26-31. On Oct. 5, 1923 Weber College students, faculty and staff hiked to the top of Mt. Ogden carrying sand, cement and four sections of steel flagpole weighing 300 pounds. The flagpole was planted, the U.S. flag and the Purple and White were raised, and David O. McKay, then president of the college’s Board of Trustees, spoke. In the years that followed, the hike became an annual event followed by a bonfire in Malan’s Basin. The bonfire became so popular that the students added small fires over the side of the hill to form a flaming ‘‘W.’’ One year, however, the mini-blazes started a / brush fire on the hill, and after the U.S. Forest Service put out the fire they also permanently quenched the ‘Flaming W”’ tradition. Not long after the traditional hike ceased. ‘“‘We’re trying to revive the hike, without the flames,’’ said Edie Hester, executive director of the alumni association. In addition to the hike, there are class, student officer, football, Signpost and other reunions planned for homecoming week. A host of other activities are also set. Any group wishing to plan a reunion or calendar an event should contact the alumni office at 626-6569. The three Weber State students who created a world’s first, and took first place in an electronics engineering competition sponsored by Bourns, Inc. had high motivation. Their graduation depended on the project. “We had to do well. We didn’t have to win to graduate, but our final grade depended on how well we did,’’ said Bruce Wilson, one of three WSC senior electronic engineering technology students involved in the project. The competition was among student from Weber State, the engineers University of Utah and Utah State University, but for the three at Weber State the contest was more than a shot at the $5,000 first-place prize. Every technology student at the college is required, as part of their senior to design and manufacture work, something that would have use in an setting. Students don’t industrial graduate until the product is acceptable to the faculty advisors. The design has to be financially possible and practically useful, so when Bourns announced a contest to come up with an ‘‘electronic readout for a potentiometer’’ Wilson, Clay Poulter and Michael Jackson adopted the project. “‘This is a very classy design, very well done,’’ said Dick Kallage, president of the Precision Control Division in of Bourns Inc., headquartered Ogden. The item developed by the students for the potentiometer is the world’s first electronic readout, Bourns ofIn the past the readouts ficials said. The potenhave been mechanical. tiometer controls the voltage in a piece of machinery, and is manufactured Future _and marketed by Bourns. ' Bourns potentiometers will incorporate the WSC project, Kallage said. “They did this on their own in| itiative. The only instructions they had were to beat the other two schools,”’ ' quipped Kent Randall, dean of the WSC School of Technology. ‘‘This is what I call a win, win, win project,’’ said Kallage. ‘‘The college wins the money for new equipment or whatever, we meet some fine engineers, and you students win by getting a chance to work with industry.”’ “If we’re going to compete with our Japanese friends the cooperation bet- ween industry and education has got to tighter,’’ Kallage be tighter and added.@ New Alumni Board Elected The alumni association recently elected a new alumni president and vice president and selected eight new members of the Board of Directors. John C. Lofgreen and Christopher G. Davis will serve as president and vice president respectively for a one year period. New board members include J. Todd Anderson, Robert H. DeBoer, Bryan F. Hurst, Lou W. Johnson, Robert E. é Lindquist, Joanne S. Robinson, C. Bervard Smith and James D. Urry. The alumni board of directors oversees all alumni activities that promote the general welfare of the college, help maintain alumni interest in the college, and promote activities that further the best interests of the college, its students, patrons and alumni. The new July 1. appointments took effect Michael Jackson, Clay Poulter, and Bruce Wilson (I to r) of Weber State designed the world’s first electronic | readout for a potentiometer. They won $5,000 and the right to graduate in the , process. Paine, A $500,000 anonymous gift to the Weber State centennial gift campaign kicked off the opening of that drive as the college works towards raising $13.1 million. The gift is in the form of a deferred trust and was given to the college by a member of the WSC Foundation’s Board of Directors. The contribution represents the largest single gift to date in the campaign, said John Hinckley, campaign chairman. ‘“‘We’re delighted with that size of gift. It’s extremely significant and gives us a lot of momentum. It indicates the great interest there is among businesses, citizens and alumni,’’ Hinckley said. The WSC Foundation is a group sponsor of the drive to establish a substantial endowment that is part of the college’s Centennial Celebration. Weber State announced a goal of raising $13.1 million during the next two years. The money raised will be used for scholarships, equipment, books and for other college needs. ‘“‘Weber State has been a four year ‘institution for only about 25 years, and that means the first graduates of the four-year college are now in their mid 40’s and are just starting to acquire the wealth where they can make a donation to the college. But there are a lot of folks making significant contributions that did not even attend the college. That’s pretty thrilling,’’ he said. The foundation has donated more than $630,000 during the first months of the fund raising campaign. ‘‘We expect that we will have more “World First”