The Geological Museum is located in the Department of Geology. The several collections of minerals, ores, rocks, and fossils add interest to geology classes. More than 150 species of fossil illustrate the development of life during geologic times. Part of the several hundred 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. An important collection is the John G. Lind 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. COLLEGE BOOKSTORE AND STORES DEPARTMENT The College Bookstore is maintained for the convenience of students and faculty. Here texts and supplies may be procured from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday and from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. During the first three weeks of the quarter the Bookstore is open from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The Store Department, where supplies are received and stored, is located in the basement of the West Central Building. FINANCIAL AID Scholarships In accordance with State law, Weber College grants tuition scholarships to neighboring high schools. The number of awards granted depends on the percentage of freshmen in attendance during the previous year from each school. Selections of students for scholarships are made through the cooperation of high school principals and faculty, division chairmen, and the committee on scholarships. Community, business, professional, and fraternal organizations grant scholarships to deserving Weber College students. Senior Institutions of learning annually extend scholarships to Weber College graduates. The College through its Awards 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, Utah State Agricultural College, Brigham Young University, Westminster College, as well as many senior institutions outside the State. Assistantships Deserving and capable high school graduates are granted assistantships for stenographic or laboratory work in the college departments. These, awards give financial assistance, excellent experience and highly desirable professional contact with departmental faculty members. Selections are made by the faculty members concerned, the Scholarship Committee and the Placement Office. 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's Fund, a small loan fund to assist a limited number of students. 2. The Ogden Rotary Club Fund, a sizable loan fund for worthy students. 3. The Wheelwright Student-Faculty Loan Fund, established in 1946 by David R. Wheelwright. The contribution of $2,000 was made with the idea that it be a perpetual trust fund to be loaned to worthy, needy students and also to faculty members. Application for these funds may be made to the College Treasurer. PLACEMENT AND FOLLOW-UP SERVICE The purpose of the Weber College Placement and Follow-up Service is two-fold: (1) to assist students in securing part-time employment while attending college, and (2) to assist graduates in obtaining permanent positions. The College works in cooperation with the local employment office of the Utah State Department of Employment Security to find suitable employment opportunities for students and to maintain current and accurate information concerning employment and occupational trends. THE COMMUNITY SERVICE The community assists the College in accomplishing the aims of its curriculum and services by reason of its location, the nature of its enterprises, and its environment. The natural advantages of Ogden City and its area are shared by the College and its students in such ways as the following: 1. The businesses, shops, and industries of Ogden City provide outstanding opportunities which enable students to take part-time employment and to work while they learn. This advantage is especially helpful in making arrangements for courses where both theory and practice are essential. Ogden is particularly attractive as a technical trade-training center because of the openings available to students who complete training courses in the trades. 2. The location of the community which the College serves enables it to cooperate with the high schools and senior institutions, the homes, and the students who are graduated from Box Elder, Davis, Morgan, and Weber County Districts. These students may live at home and attend college, a social and economic advantage to parents and students. 3. The Ogden locality affords abundant opportunity for field trips, observation, and study in courses in the sciences and the arts. Field trips in such subjects as botany, zoology, engineering, geography, geology, social studies, art, and photography are regularly scheduled. Situated forty miles from the Utah State Capitol, and within driving distance to mining and industrial interests of the magnitude of the Geneva Steel Mills and the Bingham Copper Mines, the College has access to these additional educational resources of the community. 4. The environmental features of the Ogden locality afford such recreational opportunities as mountain hiking, trout fishing, hunting, boating, swimming, golfing, motoring, skating, and skiing, all of which are utilized in the activity program of the College.