HISTORY* Weber College, founded as ail academy in 1889, was organized as a junior college in 1922-1923, and transferred to the State of Utah in 1933. Since that time, it has been a state-supported junior college operated under the direction of the Utah State Board of Education. For many years the college campus was located near the downtown business section in Ogden City, and it was not until 1954 that the College was moved to a new campus site at 3800 Harrison Boulevard. With 175 acres of land, a stadium, and four classroom buildings, Weber College in September 1954 pioneered a new progressive undertaking in community and state educational history. Weber College has been accredited since 1932 by the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools, the same organization which approves all higher institutions in this region of the United States. The College became a member of the American Association of Junior Colleges in 1931, and the American Council of Education in 1939. *See Historical Chronology Page 180. THE COLLEGE SERVES THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY The College, while serving the State of Utah as a whole, gives special attention to the educational needs of the people of the Weber College community from which it draws the major portion of its students. Educational opportunities are made available to youth and adults through both day and evening classes. To provide for the professional, vocational, and cultural needs of youth and adults alike, the College offers the following programs of study: 1. Academic courses and curriculums adequate to meet college and university lower-division requirements. 2. One- and two-year curriculums in the vocations to prepare for positions in business and industry. 3. General education courses and extra-curricular activities that will enable one to make a success of living as well as working. 4. An adult education program organized primarily to develop personal improvement and occupational efficiency. OBJECTIVES The College strives to develop the following qualities, attitudes, knowledge, and skills in its graduates: 1. A wholesome philosophy of life. A college education should concern itself not with the intellect alone, but it should embrace moral, spiritual, and religious development. 2. Active and enlightened citizenship. The graduates are expected to participate in community, state, and national affairs as well as to understand other peoples and cultures of the world.