at es eee LA Son lcs fn ln Se eae ese M A | Ci: Par te: | Dae 3 ely * Gey * IO WEBER STATE ALUMNI NEWS PAGE 2 Four Class Reunion Groups To Gather Prior to Banquet Weber State’s alumni has s tarted something new this year by organizing a series of class reunions to be held prior to the annual Alumni Banquet Oct. 23 Such class gatherings are traditional at many of the larger universities. They tend to stimulate interest in the alumni program per see besides enabling specific class members to renew friendships. The class get-togethers will be held by the classes of ’45, Two new buildings open this 50, 55 and ’60, starting at 6:30 year at Weber State’s growing p. m. at separate locations in WSC Union. The main campus — the first phase of the banquet follows at the Fine Arts-Auditorium Cen- Alumni ter and the Residence Halls 7:30 p. m. The four classes will also be complex. honored during the main banThese will provide students quet program. Each of the class and faculty with sorely needed reunion chairmen will introduce facilities, and will give the his group, which will present campus new dimensions in sta- some form of entertainment. ture and enjoyment. Chairman of the 1945 reunion is Eugene Nye. Twenty Dirt is flying on the site of years ago when his classmates the Library Building, and arwere going to old Weber on the chitectural work is well along lower campus, resources and on a five-story Science Building students were in short supply, and an Administration Builddue to the demands of the war. to right) Mrs. William J. Critchlow, Jr., 3rd; Dale L. Gustaveson, Mike Murdock, Dexter ing. For one thing, no yearbook was Farr (Alumni board member), and Eugene Nye. Reunions will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the WSC Union as a new feature. Construction dirt and noises published that year, which provin will be a regular part of the ed a handicap to Eugene campus sights and sounds for rounding up compatriots for the reunion observance. several years, as WSC enlarges The 15-year reunion is chairinto her role of a four-year colmaned by Mrs. William J. (Peglege. gy Wood). Critchlow Jr., III. Excavation work on the sec- Chairman of the 10-year reunDespite modest circumstanc- is important, of course; they cial of the Diamond Jubilee ond phase of the Fine Arts Cenion is Dale L. Gustaveson, with es, Weber’s alumni activities should have a greater desire to year celebration, a lavish event Murdock, class of ’60, during the past have been con- continue their associations with that was designed to recall the ter—which will house a small Mike tinuous, varied, and important Alma Mater than students who bygone days of the institution. theatre to seat about 400, and heading the five-year reunion special areas for use by drama clan. to the college. attended Weber for two years, Under the direction of PresSo far as Weber State is conThe alumni has served as the then finished collegiate careers ident Reva Blair, and the hard and music departments—is also under way. cerned, the class reunions are link between the college and at other institutions. working Alumni board mema valuable aid to help update the community, and has managDuring the 1963-64 year, the bers, the year could be viewWithin the next five years, ed, through annual banquets WSC Alumni made consider- ed as being highly successful. the WSC campus will more than the name records system in the and other get-togethers, to keep able headway. A decision was ever have the look of a four- Alumni office. Both incoming President Busthe former students integrated made to hire a permanent alumyear institution. well and outgoing prexy Blair with the colleg activity, at least ni secretary, to work on a half~ Perhaps the opening of the have expressed the hope that to some extent. day basis beginning in OctoEVENTS LISTED residence halls is causing more each year the class reunion We would like to list names ber of 1964. interest among students than gathering will broaden, pulling of many of the Alumni board Much work was done‘to upA list of Homecoming most other new experiences of more of the members into acmembers and other workers of date the Alumni record of events follow: the early days of the new 1964- tivity. the past years whose efforts names of past students, a job Oct. 16 Coronation Ball. 65 term. have been so successful and im- that will be continued with a “We do appreciate the work of the class reunion chairmen 3 p. m. —Unveiling portant, but space does not per- greater concentration of effort. Oct. 22 The presence day and night and of board member Dexter mit us to do so in this issue. The Alumni constitution was Moench Statue. of the dorm students keeps the Farr, who was assigned to orHowever, we want to recognize revised and updated, and an 7:30 p.m.—Talent campus going with some kind ganize the reunions,” said Mrs. their work. Our heartfelt thanks explanation of the purposes of Show. of activity, and should assure Blair. to all for their valuable ser- the organization made at the good attendance at games, Oct. 23 6:30 p. m.—Class vices. college graduation exercises. shows, and the many other acReunions. During the immediate past Alumni officers met with tivities. More than 22 states SECRETARY year the Alumni Board has put members of the senior class to 7:30 p. m.—Alumni (Continued from page 1) and Germany are represented in much thought and work to- describe the reasons graduates Banquet, in the residence halls’ popula- and through it retain their asward tooling up for this year, should continue their associaOct. 24 10:30 a.m.—Hometion. sociations with their former when we would have our first tions with Alma Mater by joinclassmates, and place themselycoming Parade. four-year bachelor degree al- ing the Alumni. Within eight or 10 years, es in position to render valuable 2:00 p.m.—Game, ums. ‘ It was the Alumni, also, that WSC’s day enrollment should support to their Alma Mater. Having bachelor degree grads sponsored the outstanding soWSC vs. ISU. be around 8,000 or more. One of the biggest jobs at hand for the Alumni office is ‘to up-date records of graduates and former students, and keep the list current. This is an enormous job, and keeps the secretary at it all the time. It’s been estimated that some 100,000 individuals have attended Weber from the earliest days, when the institution was an academy. What a backlog to work from! The Alumni association wants all former students — those who attended Weber when the institution was an academy, and later a junior college—to join the Association. You are eligible if you attended Weber for one or more quarters. This year the alumni office is having its records transmitted from cards to a data processing system. This will be a great step in modernizing the system, and keeping the names and addresses current. WORK SESSION ... A student fee system that beS and associates at recent meeting. Front row (left to right) John M. Elzey, Mrs. James C. (Reva) Blair, Jr.. Dr. Don A. Buswell, Dr. James R. Foulger, Richard E. Myers, Mrs. Darrel Z. (Dorothy) Brown. came effective this school year provides the association an inBack row (left to right), Louis A. Gladwell, Dexter D. Farr, Mrs. Val (Karen) Lofgreen, Hugh R. Jacobs, Dr. Gerald Bingcome necessary to maintain a ham, Joyce B. Hallowell, E. Lynn Foley, Ferrel E. Carter. Absent: Dr. William P. Miller, Dean W. Hurst, Lee R. Cain. secretary and office. Art Center, New Halls Taking WSC ALUMNI BOARD ENJOYS GOOD YEAR, UPDATING OF RECORDS A MAJOR GAIN HOMECOMING _ cr Form