Dixon and Professor Manning would entertain the students by singing their duet “Give Me The Old Time Religion,” or part of it, before they would break down laughing at themselves. A highlight of those assemblies, at least in my opinion. centered on Professor Nichols, the music professor, and his family and his Ladies Band. Dorothy Nichols. his daughter, frequently entertained us by playing her cello, and Lorin Nichols, his son, sometimes played his cornet. Lorin’s ap- pearances were not as frequent as his sister’s, for Lorin was one of the originators of Jazz. music his father would not tolerate. When Professor Nichols was conducting his orchestra playing such music as “Barcarole.” son Lorin would commence “jazzing’ it. The music would halt, Lorin would be reprimanded, and the playing resumed. Professor Nichols also taught music in his home. and the girl who later became my wife, Grace Parker, took clarinet lessons from him, and played in the Ogden Ladies Band. which he organized and conducted. This band needed a good trumpeter, so Professor Nichols sometimes required his son Lorin to play in parades with the Ogden Ladies Band. In revenge, Lorin would sluff school classes and spend time in a favorite poolhall. His father, more than once. said to me: “Floyd, will you see if you can get Lorin out of the poolhall and back to his classes?” I usually could. Lorin Nichols was a redhead, and he became nationally famous as Red Nichols and His Five Pennies. He and his orchestra barnstormed the nation, and some of his band members later became leaders of the nation’s Big Bands. We all remember Red Nichols records. which are now treasured collector’s items. During World War II Red Nichols took a vacation from his music and worked in a shipyard in California. When he staged a comeback in a California nightclub, it was Louis (Satchmo) Armstrong and his band that marched in and assured Red’s comeback was a big success. During my years at Weber Academy, the church that owned it decided to build on the campus. facing 25th Street, a gymnasium, later known as Weber Gymnasium. Students and their parents, among them my father, spent much time soliciting donations for the gymnasium’s construction. Eventually, it was finished and opened, but any of the Weber Academy students who used its facilities, such as swimming pool and handball courts, were required to pay the same fees as the doctors, lawyers, professionals, and businessmen paid. An unusual occurrence happened at Weber Academy when a Mr. Brodie became a member of the faculty. As I recall, he was there for only one school year. His wife was a daughter of Thomas E. McKay, a brother of David O. McKay, and they lived for that school year in the old Dr. Edward Rich home on the school campus. Mrs. Brodie would later write a book titled No Man Knows My History, its subject being the Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith. The book was not well received by church members and authorities. One day. after the graduation lists were completed, Professor Hilton inquired of me why I had not petitioned for graduation. He was on the graduation committee. I replied that I was just a junior. He said that made no difference, that I had enough credits to graduate. I decided to stay for the senior year. That fall of 1919, the Board of Trustees of Weber Academy initiated a plan to convert Weber Academy from a high school to a college. which they named Weber Normal College. The first step was to discontinue the enrollment of the freshman high school class and commence the enrollment of students for the first year of college. When school started that fall. I learned that I had not been enrolled as a senior high school student. but as a first-year college student. This was the first year that a college class was organized at Weber Academy. It consisted of only first-year college students. but it also comprised the entire student body of Weber Normal College. We called it the College Class, and when the class officers were elected by the students, for some reason that I never understood, I was elected College Class President. This was, in other words, the very first student body of what was later to become Weber State University. A Sealed J. Stuart “Monk” ¢ nvelifie Halliday ’°’26 s I looked at the picture of myself in the football sweater. I began to remember the award system at Weber. Ist year award 1919: The year Weber first started to play football. A white pullover sweater with a block purple W in the center. I still have the sweater, but the block W is gone. 2nd year award 1920: White coat sweater with a purple block on it. I have that sweater. 3rd vear award 1921: White sweater with purple block W on it. 1 do not have that one. 4th year award 1922: A big blanket with purple sections at the top and bottom and Page 14 of 14 Betty Noble