16 All of these organizations offer experiences in voting, in becoming a candidate for office within the rules of the Constitution of the Associated Students, or of particular organizations; in holding elective or appointive office; or in acting in a governing body, as a responsible member or representative for some campus group. (See Weber College Handybook.) Student Activities, department and student-sponsored, provide opportunity for the mass of students, or for groups or individuals who desire to pursue their special interests beyond class studies. See description of activity under Department. Department-sponsored: The Departments of Art, Business, English and Speech, Music, Photography, and Physical Education plan particularly for student participation in the following activities that are an integral part of the curricula r offerings of their respective Departments: 1. The Department of Art and The Department of Business Administration: Student publications. 2. The Department of English Language, Literature and Speech: Student publications, debating, extempore and impromtu speaking, oratory, interpretative speech, the drama, radio, and other speech activities. 3. The Department of Music: Opera, oratorio, choir, and ensemble singing; orchestra, band; and other choral and instrumental activities. 4. The Department of Physical Education: Intramurals; and inter-collegiate athletics; football, basketball, swimming, wrestling, boxing, fencing, tennis, track, field sports; and other individual and group activity. Other Departments direct students who sponsor activities professional in nature. See description of activity under Department. Student-sponsored: These activities are of four types as follows: 1. Professional Clubs, organized by students pursuing a major subject as follows: Alpha Iota (Business), The Business Club, The Dorianettes (Music), The Dorians (Music), The Education Club, The Engineers Club, The English Club, The Geology Club, The International Relations Club, (History and Political Science), The Musettes (Music), The Sociology Club, The Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society, The Tri-Vesta Club (Home Economics), and the Weber College Unit of the Red Cross. 2. Honorary Organizations: Letterman Club, membership of which is based upon participation in activities and maintenance of scholarship; Weber Club, made up of meritorious students, mostly sophomores: and Phi Rho Pi, a national forenic fraternity, membership of which is based upon recognized participation in debate and speech activities. 17 3. Service Clubs: Whip Club (women) and Wildcat (men), restricted to outstanding sophomores, organized to support College activities and promote school spirit. 4. Social Clubs: Chanodo, Iota Tau Kappa, LaDianaeda, Otyo-kwa, Sharmea, Sophvita, and Tiki Kapa (for women); Alpha Rho, Omega, Excelsior, Frenisti, Phoenix, Sigma Delta Pi, Skull, and Vikings (for men). College-community Activities, developed cooperatively by the College and the community, offer more extensive opportunities for cultural, educational and recreational programs, as follows: 1. The Ogden Community-Weber College Concert Series. 2. The College Lecture Series. 3. The Ogden Community Theatre. 4. The Community Physical Education Program. 5. The Community Service Bureau, organized to provide programs of merit to civic and church organizations, and to give development to talented students within the student body. THE AWARD SYSTEM The College supports an award system in order to accomplish the following objectives: 1. To stimulate participation in out-of-class activities. 2. To encourage a maximum achievement in a student's chosen field. 3. To recognize and thus promote outstanding services to the College. Awards are granted for leadership, services, and achievement on four levels: exceptional, outstanding, meritorious, and commendable. Recommendations for awards are made by the Departments through the Division heads and directed to the Awards, Scholarship, and Eligibility Committee, composed of faculty and student representatives. THE OFF-CAMPUS COOPERATIVE TRAINING The off-campus cooperative training program has grown out of the needs of students and employers of the communities within the Weber College area. It is designed to provide a program in which the practical skill phase of the occupation is taught on the job, and the supplemental instruction and technical phases of the occupation are taught at the College. This cooperative arrangement is advantageous to both the College and the employer. The program is unique in that it allows the College to provide training for small groups in a wide variety of occupations through using the equipment of industry. The student benefits also, since the program provides for his learning as well as his earning during the preparation period. The program is jointly planned by the employer and the Weber College Coordinator. The training plan includes a list of work processes to be learned on the job and also the specific courses the trainee will complete in the related instruction program of the College. Both the employer and the College attempt to coordinate several cooperating groups including Federal and State agencies, employer and labor organizations, all with the aim of giving the best possible training to each participating student.