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Show -jromwom THE 1946 Spring Quarter at Weber College witnessed a transformation brought about by an influx of mature men and women returned from the armed services and the defense industries. They are serious-minded, eager to work toward their greatest self-realization in the shortest possible time, willing to devote long hours to study, and dissatisfied with mediocre attainment. They have set standards of achievement far above those expected of the ordinary graduate just leaving high school. The 1946-1947 school year will be characterized by the high standards of accomplishment they have set. Weber College is making extensive preparations to adapt its programs to new conditions. Although enrollment will be more than doubled, class size will be kept comparatively small because the teaching staff will be increased. Present ideals of education for the individual will be maintained. The speed, mass production, and uniformity of product that are ideals of modern industry will be avoided. Students will be made to feel at home. Individual participation in class and out-of-class activities will be encouraged. The programs of athletics, dramatics, public speaking, debate, lectures, concerts, and radio will be expanded to unprecedented proportions. It is hoped that student self-government will be developed until the College becomes a model of democratic living, practicing the concepts of democracy that are fundamentally humane, moral, and spiritual. These are some of the joys and the adventures in store for faculty and students of Weber in the forthcoming year. H. A. Dixon President of Weber College |