FIFTY YEARS AGO — 1920 I was very disappointed in practice. If we play like that we will get beat three times this week. I scheduled a short practice on Thursday to get ready for the game. On my way home I decided I would have to get the morale and enthusiasm up for the games and be more aggressive at practice. | might even have to chew someone out to show that we mean business. After practice I went to Salt Lake to take in another high school ball game. Tonight I got home at 11:30. Thursday: Thursday morning I went to the dressing room and posted an article on the board that picked Idaho State to win the conference. When | got to my office there was a note on my desk reminding me that I was to speak to the Kiwanis Club at noon. I wondered if they had heard all my jokes already. I worried a little more about a defense for the Idaho game. I was hoping to get the ball down court on the fast break but I also remembered that they played a slow down ball game two years ago and beat us. I talked with Sessions Harlan about early release and getting the ball to the middle on a fast break. Visscher arrived from Bozeman with the scouting reports and was concerned about Idaho State. They are very quick. His reports indicated that Montana State might be a much better ball player that | thought needed special attention. The whole team responded during the following drills and we finished practice with good hustle and attitude. Gene and I felt the team was ready. I talked with Bill Orr about the necessity of defense and expressed my confidence in his shooting ability. = I went home and spent a couple of hours with my wife and two boys. I hadn’t been home much lately. I had to — go over to the gym later to see Idaho coach Wayne — I went home about 10 p.m. “ae Friday: Friday morning Gene and I went over the Idaho game films again. We decided Idaho would definitely zone us and figured Taylor had some defensive deficiencies we — could take advantage of. a I received a call from Hugh Sloan in New York, our former team manager and one of the best recruiters on the East Coast. He wanted to know how we were doing and what progress we were making with some players in th Philadelphia area. | had another call later from a local fi telling me that I was playing Willy Sojourner wrong an he had a few suggestions for me. I thanked him. | remembered that the pressure was on because we had not lost a conference game since I became head coach. vii I received several calls from Dave Sackolwitz and Rich Nielsen came in and I reminded members expressing interest in tonights game and givin us their support. At 3 p.m. I went to the pre-game me and detected a bit of tightness in the ball players. This w a good sign. We had to be razor sharp for this ball ge I went back to the office for a while but the tension w. starting to build up so I went to the gym to try to rel some anxieties in a hand ball game. Sometimes it pays off — we beat Idaho 83-63. We won this ball game but tomorrow was another day everything would start all over again. . . Don ARTIST, Jardine EDITOR, EDUCATOR Weber Alumnus Don Jardine has recently accepted a position with the University of Minnesota as a vocational art instructor. Mr. Jardine studied art at Weber College under Farrell Collett and later received a B.S. and M.S. from the University of Utah. In addition to his duties with the University of Minnesota Mr. Jardine is Associate Director of Education for Art Instruction Schools and is editor of the Palmer Writer Magazine and ‘The Illustrator.’? Mr. Jardine previously taught art at the Salt € Art Center, Westminster College and Bountiful High School. An Ogden Native he is the son of Mrs. L. H. Jardine, 669 - 28th Street. Glenn Eklund, Laurence Burton and Dean Hurst were leaving Weber College to join the armed services. Glenn Eklund was the school business manager for 194445, Laurence Burton was freshman class president and active in college theater productions. Dean Hurst, nicknamed “Barrymore” was the star of several college productions. “Lt. Wayne Bundy, former prominent student of Weber College was guest speaker at an assembly, Thursday, February Ist. Lt. Bundy is an officer in the U.S. Navy where he is stationed on one of the newest and largest battleships”’. Signpost Jan. 1945 Ten pledges became full-fledged members of the Sophvita social club at Weber College. The new members were Marian Meister, Merle Payne, Ruth Frecker, Elise Marie Doxey, Phyllis Erickson, Ruth Jean Bott, Phyllis Shaw, Dorothy Madden, Irene Grow and Vera Mower. Starring roles in the spring comedy entitled “Hay Fever” went to Julian Stephens, Joan Allred, Barbara Berry, Dale Brown, Pat Jurgens and John Shorten. TEN YEARS AGO — 1960 Preliminary plans for a one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollar Gymnasium has been approved by the state and the Ogden Architectural firm of Grix, Plowgian and Blackburn had been authorized to start work on drawings. Dr. William P. Miller, College President, said construction bids were expected to be invited in the spring if money were made available for the structure in time, as expected. Completion of the building was expected in time for use by the fall of 1961. The Weber College Basketball team under head coach Bill Mann traveled to Provo to hand the B.Y.U. freshman team a 71-67 defeat. Bill Crain was high point man for Weber with 20 points. “Oedipus Rex” was the winter dramatic offering at the Moench Building with John Elzey directing. Members of the cast included William Higley, Judy Cavalli, Bob Wood, John Hale, Norman Brample, Phil Mathews, James Eggleston, Cheryl Paxton, Linda Owen, Lois Stoddard, Sherry Boedeker, Joyce Eldredge, Kaye McGarry, Gary Olsen, Dennis Bramble, Janet Bell and Carolyn Sommers. i S.me FIVE YEARS AGO — 1965 St was to keep it short and of time on the zone offense the man-to-man offense. I practice to arouse the games and yelled at one ase aan ago. for today spent a lot work on angry at the coming Ao eat freshman two years My practice plan aggressive. We had so we planned to decided to get aggressiveness for local friends and facult The master musical production of the year was “A Nautical Knot” by Maud Elizabeth Inch and Rhys Herbert and produced by Professor William H. (Pop) Manning. Accompaniment to the 75 voice group was by the school orchestra under the direction of Professor E. W. Nichols. Weber’s student body officers wrote ‘Weber is speedily passing from high school to a great college. The school year 1919-20 marks the period of transition”. Student body officers for the class of 1920 were R. Stanley Rhees, president with Amanda Chamberlin as vice president and Cleone Lindsay secretary treasurer. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO — 1945 Anderson then over to the dorm to see the team members. club than the record showed. “Sach” that Idaho’s Ron Adams had beaten him as a The Weber College debate team scheduled two meets, one with Box Elder High School at Brigham City and the other with Ogden High School at Weber. Members of the debate team were Delbert Wright, Clarence Brown, John Emmett, and William Kasius with Professor Earl B. Snell acting as debating coach. From the Weber College calendar of 1920 Jan. 10 — We show Morgan how to play basketball. Jan. 16 — Gen. John J. Pershing comes to town. Feb. 18 — Miss Violet Wall reads a selection from “Mill on the Floss’’. Kansas City Missouri was the scene of the Bi-ennial convention of Blue Key National Honor Fraternity. Brent Pulsipher, an outstanding member of the local chapter of j Blue Key was to represent Weber State at the convention. Coach LeRoy Overstreet and the Weber State Swimming team were to host Western State College and Utah State University in a three way meet at the Wildcat pool. Members of the tank team included, Greg Bateman, Farrell Bryan, John Shackleford, Ralph Green, Don Spendlove, Howard Mikolash and Elbert Emley. Weber State College was to present its second arena production of the season on February 2nd with John M. Elzey and Ruth Thatcher starring in Euripides’ classic Greek Drama, “MEDEA”. The play was to be directed by T. Leonard Rowley, who had just returned from a 15 month sabbatical leave to work on a Doctorate at the University of Minnesota. Six young ladies entered the contest to select the Sophmore Queen for 1965. The contestants were; Tamara Bailey, Susan Davis, Nancy Wilson, Dixie Taylor, and Pat Nelson.