4='Distinguished" Alumni Director appointed (Continued from page 3) vice chairman and director. He iE. = Pa enaae AS oA ae = ices 1 ah es became president and chief executive officer a year later. He also served on the President’s Commission on Financial Structure and Regulation, the so-called ‘““Hunt Commission.” The Hunt Commission report was published in December 1971. Currently, Mr. Randall is president of The Conference Board and enjoys his role as motivator and communicator. her childhood home in Eden to board in Ogden and ee iwa SS “Myrtle rode in a wagon from Myrtle Ririe Barker, 93, 2559 N. 400 East, North Ogden, is excited about being honored as a distinguished alumni, although it is only one of many the spirited little woman has enjoyed. In the early 1970’s she was Pioneer Days Queen and has been Weber County Mother of the Year. She has fond memories of Weber Academy. She had English from President David O. McKay and said that his greatest attribute was his sympathetic nature. ‘‘No boy got into trouble, he had such a way of talking to them,’’ she said. When she came to Weber — Academy her mother brought her. President McKay knew Myrtle’s mother well as she did housework for his mother. He pinched Myrtle’s cheek and said, ‘‘Lizzie, the bloom in your cheek is all gone but it’s gone to your daughter.” Myrtle’s childhood home was in Eden and she boarded in Ogden for two years to attend school. Her sister brought her in the horse and wagon to Ogden every Sunday afternoon. When her younger sister was old enough to attend the Academy too, the family moved to Ogden so their father could have “his girls under his own roof.”’ She remembers taking sewing from Mrs. Evans and Botany from John G. Lind, who was “‘strict,’’ and algebra from large, good-natured Wilford M. McKendrick. The academy had many ‘good dances’’ where they learned to waltz, schottische and square dance. One year she belonged to a drama club that put on plays. Eden and North Ogden were great rivals and she met her future husband, Clarence Barker, at a baseball game between the two rivals. “I was considered an ‘outsider’ for some time when we married and moved to this house,” she chuckled, which seemed even more amusing since she has now lived in the same house 71 years. “Oh, I think I’m pretty well accepted now,”’ she added with a laugh. The home, in 1918. was a three-room home but the couple later remodeled and added an upstairs. They had nine children, Wayne, North Ogden; Jetta Farr, California, who died several years ago; Lorene Rasmussen, Brigham City; Phyllis Van Wagenen, Provo; Marvin, Verl, Page 4 Edith G. Hester, who has been employed at Weber State College for 13 years in various assignments, was appointed in July as director of Alumni Relations and Special Services. Mrs. Hester is well qualified for the position, having served for the past year and a half as acting director of public relations. She has also been publications director, public relations assistant, and news attend Weber writer, and began her career at Weber State as a part-time assistant in the Alumni Office in 1967. Academy" Mrs. Hester is excited is the An upcoming event about which establishing of alumni chapters in and Melba Larsen, North Ogden; Elaine Lowder, Concord, Calif., and the youngest son, James, who was killed during World War II, in 1945. Of the children all five daughters attended Weber State. “Clarence had the philosophy that we'd send the girls to college so they could get an education and earn a living if they ever needed to, and we'd divide the land among our sons,’’ said Myrtle. The Barkers owned and operated the Quality Dairy for many years. Twelve grandchildren attended Weber, and most of them married other Weberites. Now great grandchildren are calling the college their alma mater. Myrtle hasn’t lost interest either. She listens to one basketball game on the radio and watches another on TV, especially when Weber and Brigham Young University, her favorites, are playing at the same time. “I have to keep up with things,”’ she said, and is not only aware of sports but worldwide events, state and community. In fact Myrtle is so busy she couldn’t have an interview for a story until Friday because she was getting ready for the meeting of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Camp 32 in her home! She has been Captain of the camp key cities throughout the United States where WSC has sufficient numbers of alumni. The first city will be Chicago. WSC President Rodney H. Brady, Kent Peterson, alumni president, and Mrs. Hester, will fly to Chicago October 9 to establish this chapter. The second Edith G. Hester area will be Washington, D.C., followed by New York and Los Angeles. Former studentbody presidents who live in the area have been contacted and will serve as chairman of the initial meetings. Perry Perea, studentbody president of ‘67, will serve as chairman of the Chicago meeting. Mrs. Hester plans to develop in-state chapters this year as well. ‘Alumni membership will include senior students at WSC in order to get them involved in the alumni before they graduate. They will have their own chapter and our office will work closely with the student officers,’’ Mrs. Hester said. We also want to expand benefits for alumni such as group insurance which will include life insurance as well as disability, accident and hospitalization, she said. Alumni plans include tour offer’s, a San Francisco arts tour this fall and a “love boat” cruise from southern California to Mazatlan in the spring. ¥, An alumni recruiting committe: established last year will be continued and expanded. The _ relations office in searching for jy rs committee assists the student prospective WSC students. “pF gruel Mrs. Hester said the alumni offitesount will be sending out a mailer to | } alumni asking for additional | biographical information to help in assis the record keeping program. yD: “We would like all alumni to keg in touch with us when they move Bal and to notify us of any students they know about who may not be our mailing list,” Mrs. Hester said, Wiv Development and alumni are working jointly to have a large Wildcat sculpture made. It will be located on the landing of the Lindquist Plaza. Small bronze qback er replicas, from a limited numbered edition, will be given to donors of $1000 or more. several times since she joined in 1925. A recent family present to her was a snow shovel because the ‘‘boys’’ kept taking the other one off to the barn and she needed one for her steps. She was Relief Society President of the North Ogden Ward 16 years and Ben Lomond Stake Relief Society counselor nine years. A patriotic citizen, Myrtle has been a judge of elections a number of times. Longevity is a family trait. Of 11 brothers and sister, eight are still living. Myrtle keeps in touch with her large family at least once a month-calling them if they haven’t called her. They are a “good bunch’”’ she claims proudly. Myrtle’s healthy, happy attitude may be an indication of why she still finds herself a “‘center’’ around which that family gravitates. “Care in an unselfish way" Roosevelt Grier, who used to be big, bad and tough as a former professional football great with the Los Angeles Rams, stressed love and mutual understanding in a convocation series talk at Weber State College. The universal desire to be loved has a negative effect on individuals and society as a whole when it turns sour and people begin to feel they aren’t loved and start to strike out at others, he said. It is important for the good of society that we begin to care in an unselfish way, he declared. Exploitations of fears and dislikes have created many of the fears and tensions which are working to weaken society today. The childin the ghetto who is starting into ali of criminal behavior may be doingit because he feels he and his people are not loved and respected, Grier Snare very )_ said. The feeling that “I don’t care about you, all I want to do is to get mine’’ inspires too much of behavior today, he said. Selfishness is undermining all of society. oO on Life is full of too much rush and nd ai tension and the masses are becomingigg blind to what a beautiful thing it ca Yfter be for those who take the time to (noth: enjoy it. rack. It is essential that men should j take time to care, he said. i