32- Instructional Aids THE COLLEGE LIBRARY The College Library provides a rich store of materials especially selected to serve students and faculty who are following the curriculum. The collection, which is constantly growing in cultural value, includes more than 18,000 volumes in addition to a working library of pamphlets, documents, and bibliographical aids. The College, through its library service, subscribes to 120 literary, scientific, and educational periodicals, as well as to state and national newspapers. The Library is located in the Moench Building. The office of the Librarian, and the general Circulation Library, which includes the Catalogue Department, is on the first floor; the Reference Department, Reading Rooms, Periodical Room, and Reserved Book Room are on the second. The Library is open from 8 a. m., to 5 p. m., and from 7 p. m., to 10 p. m., except Friday when it closes at 5 p. m. On Saturday it opens at 9 a. m. and closes at 12 o'clock noon. It is closed on Sundays and holidays when the school it not in session. AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS The College maintains a Bureau of Audio-Visual Materials, the services of which are available to the Faculty, students, and the community. The Bureau administers the procurement, distribution, maintenance and utilization of teaching materials and equipment. THE MUSEUMS The Zoological Collection, a collection of vsrte orate animals, mostly from the Intermountain Region, is housed in the Department of Biology in the Moench Building. Preserved amphibians and reptiles, as well as standard study skins of birds and mammals form the nucleus of what is intended to become a survey collection of the vetebrates of the western United States. Several cases of mounted specimens and a synoptic survey of insects and other invertebrates are also available for study. The Weber College Herbarium, is housed in the Department of Botany, Agriculture and Forestry, in the Moench Building. The herbarium is representative of the plants of Weber County and is being rapidly expanded to cover the flora of Utah and adjacent states. It also contains two hundred sheets of South Pacific plants, and several hundred plants from the eastern states. The herbarium is open to Weber College students and to others whose training is such as to enable them to profit by its use. The Geological Museum is located in the Department of Geology, West Central Building. The several collections of minerals, ores, rocks, and fossils add interest to geology classes. More than i.hO species of fossils illustrate the development of life during geologic times. Part of the several hundred mineral specimens are arranged according to Dana, and others are from important or interesting localities. The rock collections, consisting of more than 300 specimens, are arranged to show rock types and localities. A very important collection is the -John G. Liucl collection of ores, minerals, and rocks collected during more than forty years of service by Dr. Lind. It includes large suites of specimens from mining areas and elsewhere in Europe, Mexico, and the United States. All these are housed in the West Central Building. -33 College Bookstore and Stores Department The College Bookstore is maintained in Annex 2 for the convenience of students and faculty. Here texts and supplies may be procured from 8 a. m., until 9 p. m., from Monday through Friday. The Store Department, where supplies are received and stored, is located in the basement of the West Central Building. Financial Aid SCHOLARSHIPS Weber College grants tuition scholarships to neighboring high schools in accordance with the State law governing this activity. The numbers of awards granted to each school are based upon the percentage of freshmen in attendance from the respective schools during the previous year. Selections arc made through the cooperation of the high school principals and faculty, the College division heads, and the Awards, Scholarship, and Eligibility Committee. Many scholarship students are selected outright by the high schools. A number of the awards are made by the Division heads to students recommended by the high school principals and faculty groups. In addition, Weber College awards special music, speech, English, and athletic scholarships. Some scholarships are granted to Weber College freshmen for their continuation as sophomores; often, however, deserving freshmen award winners are given fellowships or assistantships which mean money as well as expenses, and contact with professors in their laboratories. These awards are keenly sought after and are valuable. A number of work scholarships are also available. In addition, special scholarships are sponsored by clubs and individuals. Among these are the following: 1. The Howard D. Merrill Memorial Scholarship, a full-tuition scholarship given by Dr. L. S. Merrill in honor of his son, Howard who was the first Weber College student to sacrifice his life in World War II. 2. Chi Omega Scholarship. 3. Home Economics Award. 4. Lydia Tanner Award. 5. La Dianaeda Scholarship and Award. 6. Robert Hansen Memorial Scholarship. Senior Institutions of learning annually extend scholarships to Weber College graduates. The College through its Awards, Scholarships, and Eligibility Committee avails itself of such opportunities to obtain scholarships for graduates of the College. Included among this type of grant are those offered by the University of Utah, The Utah State Agricultural College, The Brigham Young University, as well as many senior institutions outside the State. LOAN FUNDS The College maintains a student aid fund administered by the Student Aid Committee. Loan funds available are the following: 1. The Weber College Faculty Women Fund, a small loan fund to assist a limited number of students. 2. The Ogden Rotary Club Fund, a sizeable loan fund for worthy students.