26 WEBER COLLEGE - OGDEN, UTAH The contests in Extempore Speech, Oratory, and Impromptu Speaking are conducted before special assemblies held for the entire student body and invited guests. Additional minor contests are conducted within speech classes as a part of class activities. Students who distinguish themselves in public speaking are given opportunity to qualify for contests held with other colleges both within the state and elsewhere. Students who distinguish themselves in speech activities may achieve membership in the local chapter of the national Phi Rho Pi honorary forensic society. The Department of English offers opportunities for participation in student publications and forensics. The Department of English supervises all student publications. The Acorn is the college annual. Participation in this activity gives students two kinds of experience: editorial and business. Editorial work consists of planning the book, arranging art designs, pictures, cover, and format generally; of writing resumes of the year's activities, and of copy and proof reading. Business involves making contracts for photography, printing and engraving, soliciting, advertising, and selling the book. The Weber Sign Post is the college newspaper intended to provide practical journalistic experience for those who have an interest in newspaper writing. Scribulus, the college quarterly, was conceived to serve a three-fold purpose: first, to provide practical periodical experience for those whose primary interests are in creative work; second, to stimulate the student body generally to self-expression; and third, to give a more utilitarian purpose to class exercises in composition. The forensic program of the English Department sponsors debate and cooperates with the speech department in extempore and oratory. The Department of English directs all debating activities of the student body. Debating has as its curricular basis a course in argumentation. Those who represent the college in interscholastic competition are chosen upon merit from the school generally. Participation in one intercollegiate debate makes a student eligible for membership in the local Utah Alpha Chapter of the national Phi Rho Pi honorary debating society. The department each year sponsors the Novitiate Contest in extempore speaking, the purpose of which is to orient new students in Weber College and to initiate them into the speech program of the college. The English Department cooperates with the Speech Department in preparing students for the various speech contests. The Department of English sponsors each year the Weber College High School Speech and Debating Tournament. The Department of Physical Education provides for mass participation as well as for the exceptional athlete. The Department of Physical Education teaches the fundamental skills and strategy in various activities in the physical education classes. To provide opportunity for further participation of all students, the programs of intramural and interscholastic athletics have been organized. Interscholastic athletics are designed for the exceptional athlete. Inter scholastic competition is provided in football, basketball, swimming, wrestling and boxing, fencing, tennis, track and field. These sports provide competition between the junior colleges of Utah and Idaho. WEBER COLLEGE - OGDEN, UTAH 27 Regular schedules are arranged in the various events in the Intermountain Junior College Athletic Association. Intramural Athletics are planned for the mass of students. Competition is organized in a larger variety of sports so that all members of the student body may compete in the activities of their choice. The program is confined to the various groups on the campus, and the management of contests is largely in the hands of student managers and directors under the supervision of the Physical Education 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 pro mote sportsmanship, 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: inter scholastic and intramural activities. The interscholastic activities are athletic sports and speech activities. Athletic sports include football, basketball, track, wrestling, boxing, swimming, tennis, and fencing. Inter scholastic speech activities include debating, extempore, oratory, interpretation, radio, and acting. 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 freshmen, are given for participation in the various school activities. Recipients of awards are eligible to membership 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 supervision and guidance of the Assembly Committee. The student body is encouraged to present as many programs as it is capable of present-