58 6. Students who distinguish themselves in forensics may qualify for contests held with other colleges within the State and elsewhere. Such contests include debating, extempore, impromptu, oratory, interpretative reading, and poetry reading. Students who meet the requirements may achieve membership in the Utah Alpha Chapter of Phi Kho Pi, national honorary forensic society. 7. Play Production. Play production at Weber College is fostered in two ways: First, through a joint-effort between the college and the community known as Ogden Community-Weber College Theatre. Management of this enterprise centers in a Board of Directors composed of members of the College staff and the Associated Students as well as from the community at large. The second means whereby the College fosters plays is through a Departmental enterprise, solely, known as Theatre Workshop. This group produces annually a varied series of both one-acts and full-length plays. Productions of this group center in the Cellar Theatre of the Bertha Eccles Hall but are presented at times, also, in the main auditorium and elsewhere in the community. Through alliance with the community and through the Cellar Theatre series of plays, students are given an exceptional opportunity at Weber College for enjoyment of plays and for participation in the various phases of play production and in little theatre organization and management. 8. Radio. Students are given an opportunity at Weber College to practice radio speaking and production skills under professional conditions. The Weber College Radio Workshop presents numerous radio programs. Membership in Radio Workshop is dependent upon successful appearance in special auditions conducted for the group at the beginning of each quarter. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION English Composition and Rhetoric 1. Basic Communication. A study of communication by means of reading, listening, writing, and speaking. Habits of critical and logical thinking are encouraged. Special emphasis is placed upon an extended expository paper in which students are taught a process of collecting materials and organizing them into an effective verbal structure. Three quarter hours. Autumn, Winter, Spring. Staff 2. Basic Coummunications. A course in the forms of exposition and argument, emphasizing the use of these types through reading, listening, writing and speaking. Clear thinking is stressed as a means of accomplishing the major purpose of effective communication. Three quarter hours. Autumn, Winter, Spring. Staff 59 3. Basic Communications. A course in the forms of description and narration, emphasizing the use of these types through reading, listening, writing, and speaking. Techniques of effective reading of narration and poetry are stressed. Three quarter hours. Autumn, Winter, Spring. Staff 4. Argumentation and Debate. A study of the principles of argument. These principles are discussed in connection with the preparation of the national debating question. Two quarter hours. Autumn. Monson 5. Argumentation and Debate. A continuation of English 4. Prerequisite: English 4. Three quarter hours. Winter. Monson 6. Journalism. A study of and practice in the fundamentals of news writing. The class gathers news for the College paper, Signpost, composes, and edits it. The instruction includes: (1) journalism as a vocation, its opportunities and renumeration; (2) newspaper organization; (3) nature and evaluation of news; and (4) simple and complex story types. Three quarter hours. Autumn. Evans 7. Journalism. Class members are apprentice editors for certain issues of the College paper. Newspaper plants and scholastic press conferences are attended. Students do newswriting in class. Three quarter hours. Winter. Evans 8. Journalism. A course concerned with policy in the news, feature story types, editorials, news editorials, news editing, copyreading, proofreading, headlining, and makeup. It is aimed at acquainting the student with all editorial room functions. Three quarter hours. Spring. Evans. 11. Vocabulary Building. A course designed to give a student the correct pronunciation of words, and working knowledge of the best methods of enlarging his vocabulary. Two quarter hours. Autumn, Winter, Spring. Staff 12. Magazine Writing. A study of vitality and style in the magazine article; also physical problems of format and content. Problems of editing and publishing Scribulus, the College magazine are considered. Contributions are required. Three quarter hours. Autumn. Nilsson 13. Magazine Writing. A study of imaginative writing involving description, generalized narrative, and language with a strong image-making appeal. Editing and publishing of Scribulus continued. Contributions required. Three quarter hours. Winter. Nilsson