Volume I, Number 4 Monday, WEBER STATE ALUMNI NEWS April 5, 1965 1964-65 Looms as Eventful Year at WSC Good Judgment Prime Of Sires Weber State College ee President Goal Humanities The Division of Humanities, according to Babbitt, of Harvard, is designed to teach students to make “value judgments.” The training helps students to answer such questions as, Is this good or is it bad? Is this beautiful or is it ugly? Science has nothing to do with such questions. Just as the scientist works with a scientific method, so the humanist works with a humanistic method as a DR. LELAND H. MONSON way of discovering truth. . . . heads Humanities Dr. Leland H. Monson is the chairman of this division. The school. division has six departments, Many activities are conductthe Department of Art, the De- ed by the departments of the partment of English, Language division. Musicals, dramas, forand Literature, the Department of Foreign Languages, the De- ensic activities, art exhibits are parts of the work partment of Music, the Depart- important ment of Speech, and the Depart- done in the division. ment of Theatre Arts. All of the basic buildings These departments are head- needed by the division will be ed by Farrell Collett, Floyd completed by September — the Woodfield, Victor Hancock, Dr. Clair Johnson, Ben Noid, and auditorium, the Little Theatre, William P. Miller at his desk. Dr. T. Leonard Rowley. A to- the Art Building, and the Lital of forty-two teachers instruct brary. As additional classrooms students in this division. are provided, the division will This year thirty-three stu- be in a position to offer great dents will graduate from the opportunities to students interDivision of Humanities with a ested in this division of college B.A. or B.S. degree. Students work. No state school in Utah can major in many different is better equipped witi: physiof public policy. Many states fields in the humanities. cal facilities for the humanities do not have tuition fees. In The Division—of- Humanities than is Weber State College. With a well-trained faculty Utah it has been the policy to is growing rapidly. Next year require students to pay fees to sixteen new teachers will be- and with adequate physical facover part of the costs of op- gin instructing students in the cilities, the Division of Humanishould progress rapidly. division. These new teachers ties erating the institution. The 1965 come from many different in- Standards are being maintainUtah Legislature considered stitutions and have a wide var- ed on a high level so that the division can command the rethis question and enacted leg- iety of training. islation that requires resident Many of these teachers in- spect of students and of the facstudents to pay tuition fees struct students in evening ulties of other institutions. equal to approximately 20 per classes. Other evening classes Two national clubs are in the cent of the cost per student of are taught by a highly select division, Lamba Iota Tau (a naoperating the institution. group of teachers from sur- tional English society), and Phi Non resident students are re- rounding schools. The adminis- Rho Pi, a national forensics soquired to pay fees that equal trative officers in this Division ciety. The division is in the proapproximately 60 per cent of try to maintain a standard of cess of establishing a chapter the operating cost per student. work in evening classes equal of Delta Sigma Rho- Tau KapIn keeping with this legislation to that which is required of pa Alphi, another national forthe Weber State College Board students in the regular day ensics society. of Trustees has increased resident fees from the _ present $204.00 to $265.00 and non-resident fees from the _ present $354.00 to $513.00 for the school year 1965-66. We hope these inAgain this quarter there are many interesting events creases will not prevent stutaking place on the Weber State College campus. Some dents from attending. of them are listed below: Record Enrollment, Higher Tuition, New Construction Mark Year The school year 1964-65 is another eventful year in the history of Weber State College. In this, our second year as a fouryear college, many important developments are evident. ENROLLMENT The enrollment of the college is the largest in its history. In the previous year, 1963-64, there were 3427 enrolled in autumn quarter. It was expected that this would increase about 10 per cent for the current year. However, in autumn quarter 1964 the enrollment reached 4457 in day classes and an additional 1836 in evening classes. An analysis of this increase revealed that the number of high school graduates in the area had increased about 10 per cent, as anticipated. However, there were four other factors that influenced enrollment. (1) A larger per cent of high school graduates in the area enrolled at Weber; (2) A larger number transferred to Weber from other institutions; (3) There was a larger carry-over from each class to the next; (4) A large number of people enrolled who had completed two years of college in earlier years. UPCOMING EVENTS BUILDINGS The increased number of students enrolled each year has presented some difficult problems of providing space for the faculty and students. The first phase of the new Fine Arts Building, completed this year, It is difficult to project all has assisted greatly in meeting of these factors. However, based these needs. The second phase on a greatly increased number will be completed during the summer. This second of high school graduates this coming year, it is anticipated that We- phase includes a theatre comber’s enrollment for 1965-66 plete with stage and related faill be 5500; 1966-67, 6000; cilities and seating capacity of 1967-68, 6500; and by 1968-69, 350. Also included in the secour years from now, it should ond phase is a separate buildeach 7000. These projections ing for the art department. This ay be too conservative. Eve- building should be completed ing enrollments would be in by September 1965. The new liaddition to the above estimates. brary building should be completed by July, 1965. This buildFEES ing will be appreciated by the The question of whether or entire college. Our present linot college students should pay brary facilities have been very ny or part of the costs of opCont. on Page 2, Col. 4) rating the college is a matter April 1, Arena Play “Fantasticks,” Fine Arts Center; April 3, Baseball—College of Southern Utah, Here; April 5, Lecture and Artist Series—Edgar Bergen, Fine Arts Center; April 8, AMS-AWS Talent Show, Fine Arts Center; April 13, Weber State Singers Choir Concert, Fine April 15, Lecture Series—Karl Robinson, Arts Center; Fine Arts Center; April 17, Miss Weber State Pageant, Fine Arts Center; April 19, Religious Emphasis Week; April 20, Orchestra Concert, Fine Arts Center. May 1, Junior Prom, Union Building-Fine Arts Center; May 2, Sunday Afternoon of Sacred Music, Fine Arts Center; May 5, Junior High School Vocal Music Festival; May 6, Play, “A Man for All Seasons,” Fine Arts Center; May 13, School Recognition Banquet, Union Building; May 15, Senior Class Outing; Utah Ballet, Fine Arts Center; May 17, AMS Spring Activity Night; May 20, Band Concert, Fine Arts Center; May 22, Student Body Luau, Union Building; May 24, Dead Week starts. June 1, class work ends; June 4, Baccalaureate Fine Arts Center; June 5, Commencement and Service, Dance. DR. WENDELL L. ESPLIN Tech. Education chairman Tech. Division Provides Wide Variety of Skills The Technical Education Division is organized to give instructions on three levels — 1. Skilled craftsmen, 2. technicians, and 3. Engineering Technology. The programs to train skilled craftsmen are one and two years in length. Cosmetology and Licensed Practical Nursing are one-year programs. Auto Body, Auto Service, Diesel, Electronics, Industrial Drafting, Machine Tool, and Welding are two-year programs. Technician Education programs requiring two years to complete are offered in Data Processing, Diesel, Electronics, Industrial Drafting, Machine Tool, and Welding. Students who complete the Engineering Technology programs are awarded the baccalaureate degree. The division offers four technology programs as follows: Automotive Engineering Technology, Industrial Engineering Technology, Electronics Engineering Technology and Manufacturing Engineering Technology. Dr. Wendell L. Esplin is chairman of the Technical Education Division. The division is organized into ten departments. They are: 1. Automotive, which includes Auto Body, Richard Vandenberg instructor; Auto Service and Automotive Engineering Technology, John Gaz associte professor, head, and Blaine Hartog, assistant professor; Diesel, Gene Meske, instructor. 2. Cosmetology, Verna Taylor, instructor head, and Beverly Bray, instructor. 3. Data Processing, Leonard Nicholas, instructor head, and Clyde Howell, instructor. 4. Electronics and Electronic Engineering Technology, Hurschel Urie, associate professor head (on sabbatical leave 1964-65); Grant E. Horsley, assistant professor, acting head; Robert Salmond, assistant professor; Sidney Jensen, Alvin Larson, James Wright, and James Lewis, instructors. 5. Industrial Arts— the first two or three years of the four-year program is offered in the division. David Gailey, assistant professor, is head, with (Cont. on Page 2, Col. 2)