20 ANNUAL CATALOGUE Student Government Student Government privileges provide opportunity for character education and training for citizenship. The Associated Students of Weber College includes all registered students who have paid all fees prescribed by joint action of the State Board of Education and the Associated Students of Weber College. The privileges of membership in this organization consist of the right to vote in all elections under the control of the student body, the right to become a candidate of office within the rules and regulations governing those contests, and the right to such other privileges as may be determined by the Board of Control. The executive officers of the organization consist of a president, a vice-president, a secretary, and a treasurer. The appointive officers consist of the staffs of the various authorized student body publications, manager of athletics, manager of dramatics, cheer leaders, and such other appointive officers as may be provided by the Board of Control. The association serves to promote the scholastic and social welfare of the college, to insure a spirit of harmony and cooperation, and to regulate student activities. The Sophomore Class and the Freshman Class are the two class organizations within the student body. The Sophomore Class includes all men and women of sophomore standing organized to promote class interests, interpret and preserve Weber traditions, initiate freshmen, and to assume leadership in matters of social welfare. The Freshman Class includes all men and women of freshman standing organized to carry on activities of a competitive nature designed for novitiates of Weber, and to sponsor particularly each year the College Prom given in honor of graduating sophomores. Each class elects officers to the position of president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer. The Associated Women Students is an organization including all women within the student body. The Associated Women Students is an organization within the general student body in which every co-ed automatically becomes a member when she enrolls in the college. It is the purpose of the Associated Women Students to develop among the women of Weber College such activities as will promote fellowship and democracy; to cooperate with the student body in all matters pertaining to the student life of the college; and to provide a medium through which the women students may express opinions on matters of interest to them, a medium through which the social standards of women will be made and kept high. The council consists of a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, re porter, Women's Athletic Association president, the vice-president of the Sophomore Class, the vice-president of the Freshman Class, and a representative from each women's club. Regular activities of the group include the Get Acquainted Party at the opening of the year, the Mothers' Tea, a formal dancing party each quarter, and a tea for the graduating sophomores. WEBER COLLEGE 21 Clubs and associations serve group interests within the student body. It is the policy of Weber College to encourage the organization of clubs and associations that serve varying group interests of an honorary or social nature. Each of the women's clubs is organized to serve a distinctive purpose: Otyokwa, to promote the spirit of friendship and good sportsmanship; LaDianaeda, to further culture, beauty and friendliness; TriVesta, to promote interest in culture, sociability, and the home; Iota Tau Kappa, to study etiquette and to promote friendliness; Riding Club, to foster an interest in riding; and Whip Club, to promote school spirit. Likewise, each of the men's clubs is designed for a special purpose: Excelsior, to promote the raising of college ideals; Phoenix, to study student government and promote student activities; Frenisti, to further aesthetic interests; and Phi Rho Pi, national honorary de bating fraternity, the stated object of which is: "Through the furtherance of the arts of speech to crown man's glorious past with a still more glorious future." The Orion Club and the Weber Club are honorary, their membership being restricted to meritorious students who annually win awards in recognition of their services to the student body. Student Activities The student activity program prepares for social responsibility and leadership, and for appreciation of the cultural and aesthetic sources of enjoyment in leisure time. In the belief that fulfillment of the objectives of a junior college education are best realized when students are prepared for the fullest participation in life, for social responsibility and leadership, and for appreciation of the cultural and aesthetic sources of enjoyment, Weber College encourages a student activity program which provides for such development. The Committee on Student Activities consists of five faculty members and six student representatives. This committee is responsible for calendaring all student activities, exclusive of athletics, and supervising all social activities. Clubs and student body units sponsor a choice dance program. The social calendar is rich in its offering of planned affairs. One of the outstanding features is the high quality dance program sponsored by the active clubs and student body units of the college. Once a year each social club: Excelsior, Otyokwa, LaDianaeda, and Phoenix, is host to a choice social evening of dancing. During the year different student body units sponsor traditional dances of an informal and formal nature. In the autumn quarter are scheduled the President's Reception, the Associated Women Students' Ball, and the Christmas Dance; in the winter quarter, the Associated Women Students' Ball, the Acorn Dance, and the College Prom; in the spring quarter, the Associated Women Students' Spring Formal, and the Reception to the Graduates. The Department of Music offers opportunities for vocal and instrumental group organization. Each year the Department of Music concentrates its efforts upon the development and performance of a standard light opera, and an original musical continuity or a musical comedy written and produced