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Show 26 WEBER COLLEGE - OGDEN, UTAH tion Department. Intramural sports are organized in the belief that the following purposes of the program serve the vital interests of young people: (1) recreation, (2) social contacts, (3 group sport, (4) health, and (5) permanent interest in sports. The Women's Athletic Association develops student enthusiasm for recreational activity through sports. The aim of the Women's Athletic Association is to develop enthusiasm for recreational activity through sports with socially desirable qualifications, to encourage the spirit of service to the college, and to promote sportsman ship, leadership, and friendliness. The slogan of the organization is "A sport for every girl, and a girl for every sport". Through its intramural program it provides student leadership for spontaneous and organized play, and recreation for the women students of the college. The intramural program is divided into two sections, clubs and tournaments. The clubs which function continually throughout the year are: swimming, dancing, pingpong, fencing, and riding. The three main tournaments of the year are: tennis, basketball, and volleyball. Membership is open to any woman in the college who desires to participate in sports. Award System The Award System stimulates extracurricular activity and honors meritorious students. In order to stimulate extracurricular activity in the college and to compensate the students in some manner for such activity, an award or honor system is maintained by the Associated Students of Weber College. Activities eligible for awards fall into two groups: interscholastic and intramural activities. The interscholastic activities are athletic sports and speech activities. Athletic sports include football, basketball, track, wrestling, boxing, swimming, tennis, and fencing. Interscholastic speech activities include de bating, extempore, oratory, and interpretation. The intramural activities are based on personal competition for participation privileges. They include: student publications, drama, music, and student body government. Awards, in the form of medals for sophomores and certificates for fresh-men, are given for participation in the various school activities. Recipients of awards are eligible to membershp in the "W" Club, an honorary organization. Higher awards are given to members of the Orion Club, composed of the ten to fifteen outstanding students in the Sophomore Class. Assemblies Assembly programs are educative and cultural in their nature. The general weekly assembly programs are prepared under the super vision and guidance of the Assembly Committee. The student body is encouraged to present as many programs as it is capable of presenting. It is the aim of the committee to design programs that are educative and cultural in their nature. The best of talent in and out of the college is secured. Attendance at assembly is not compulsory. WEBER COLLEGE - OGDEN, UTAH 27 Lyceum The College Lyceum Service creates a center of art and culture. The College Lyceum Service is maintained for the purpose of creating a center of art and culture in the community. Lecturers, musicians, dancers, and other artists of national and international reputation are engaged to appear on the regular lyceum program. From ten to fifteen members are presented each year to the students and patrons of the college. Students maintain these programs by the payment of a lyceum fee. Employment Bureau The Employment Bureau assists students to find employment. The Employment Bureau of Weber College, established on a permanent basis in 1937, is maintained for the purpose of assisting students to obtain employment while attending college, and helping to place graduates in permanent positions. College-trained men and women with superior ability are always in demand in the industrial area of the West. Weber College serves both students and business executives by establishing contacts for them which result in their mutual benefit. Students wishing to avail themselves of this service should register with the Bureau upon entering the institution. The service is free to all regular students. Scholarships Weber College grants scholarships to incoming freshmen. Weber College grants to incoming freshmen twenty general full-tuition scholarships each year. Recipients of these scholarships are determined by the principals of the high schools from which the students are graduated, the number of awards to any one high school depending upon the number of students from that high school in attendance at Weber College at the time the scholarship grants are made. In addition to these general scholar ships, Weber College awards annually a varying number of special music scholarships, some full and some part-tuition, the recipients of which are selected by the Head of the Music Department at Weber College and passed upon by the President of the college and the Faculty Committee on Awards and Scholarships. Higher institutions of learning grant scholarships to Weber College students. Higher institutions of learning annually offer scholarships to Weber College graduates. The Utah State Agricultural College and the Brigham Young University each give one full-tuition scholarship. Students recommended from Weber College have been successful in obtaining scholarships from the University of Southern California, Occidental College, University of Chicago, Northwestern University, and the College of the Pacific. Weber College students have also won the Willard D. Thompson scholarship to the University of California, and through competitive examination, the privilege to enter the California Institute of Technology. |