32 Service clubs are Whip Club, composed of outstanding sophomore women who work to support College activities and maintain College spirit; and Wildcat Club, composed of outstanding sophomore men who work for the same purpose as Whip Club in relation to the student body. Professional clubs, organized by students pursuing a major subject, are The Future Teachers of America, The Engineers Club, The English Club, The Sociology Club, The Business Club, The International Relations Club, The Tri-Vesta Club (Home Economics), The Geology Club, The Musettes, The Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society, and the Weber College unit of the Red Cross. Honorary organizations are Letterman's Club, membership of which 'is based upon participation in activities and scholarship; Weber Club, made up of meritorious students, mostly sophomores; and Phi Rho Pi, a national honorary forensic fraternity. The Inter-Club Council, which consists of a president, secretary, one freshman and one sophomore representative from each social club, the Dean of Women, and the Dean of Men, supervises and controls all social club activities. The Council aims to (1) create good will and cooperation among the clubs; (2) unify effort in promoting worthwhile projects; (3) assist in organizing new social clubs with the aim of providing opportunity for membership for every student who desires to become affiliated with a social club in Weber College; (4) regulate club activities so that they will result in wholesome entertainment for their members; and (5) regulate rushing, pledging, and initiations of these social clubs. Department-sponsored Weber College student activities directed by the departments of Art, Business, English and Speech, Music, and Physical Education offer students opportunities for development along the lines of their special interests. The Department of Art, and the Department of Business offer opportunities in student publications. The Department of English Language, Literature, and Speech offers opportunities for student participation in student publications, debating, extempore and impromptu speaking, oratory, interpretative speech, the drama, radio, and other speech activities. The Acorn is the College Annual. Participation in this activity gives, students two kinds of experience: editorial and business. Editorial work consists of planning the book, arranging art designs, pictures, cover and format generally; of writing resumes of the year's activities, and of copy and proof reading. Business involves making contracts for photography, printing and engraving, soliciting, advertising, and selling. The Weber College Signpost is the student body newspaper. It is an eight-column, four-page publication printed at two-week intervals. It is written and edited by the students of English 6, 7, and 8, although any member of the student body may become a staff member by application and regular contribution. Scribulus, the College quarterly, serves a three-fold purpose: first, it provides practical periodical experience for those whose (primary interests are in creative work; second, it stimulates the student body generally to self-expression; and third, it gives more utilitarian purpose to class exercises in compositions. The W. C. Handybook is the official handbook of ready information prepared by a sophomore staff as a convenient guide to the College life—its administration, activities, songs, cheers, and directory. _ 33 Debating has as its curricular basis a course in argumentation. Students who represent the College in interscholastic competition are chosen upon merit from the College generally. Participation in three intercollegiate debates or discussions makes a student eligible for membership in the Utah Alpha Chapter of Phi Rho Pi, national honorary debating society. The Weber College Debate and Speech Tournament for high schools in the Intermountain Region is sponsored by the Department each year. Extemopre speaking is encouraged as a regular class activity in English and Speech. The Department further conducts a Novitiate Contest in extempore speaking, the purpose of which is to orient new students in Weber College and to initiate them into the speech program of the College. The two winners of this contest represent the Freshman Class in the James L. Barker Contest. The James L. Barker Contest was originated for the purpose of stimulating interest in extempore speaking and of encouraging competition between freshman and sophomore students. The winner cf the contest is honored by having the numerals of his class engraved upon a silver cup, and by receiving an individual cash award of ten dollars provided by the donor, Professor James L. Barker. Impromptu speech competition among individual participants is encouraged particularly by the Anderson Jewelry Company Award. A gold medal is presented each year by this Company to the winner of an annual impromptu speech contest conducted by the Department. A major intercollegiate oratorical contest on the subject of 'Americanism," sponsored by the Ogden Chamber of Commerce each year in the interest of promoting American ideals, is also conducted by the Department. The Chamber of Commerce provides as a permanent College possession a gold cup on which is inscribed the name of the winner and his class numerals. The winner receives a gold medal. 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 Rho Pi, national honorary forensic society. Play production at Weber College is carried on through the joint effort of the College and Ogden City Recreation Department under the direct management of Ogden Community Theatre. This organization, which took effect in 1944-45, sponsors the various aspects of dramatic enterprise expressive of the community interest as a whole. This union of college and community interests assures the student superior opportunities for theatre experience in the following ways: (1) it assures him an expanded program and, in consequence, increased opportunity for roles, (2) it guarantees a greater and more advanced opportunity for stage and technical crews, (3) it provides superior training in acting as a result of opportunity for the students in casts composed of persons possessing greatest experience and finest abilities in the community, (4) it establishes a greater enthusiasm for plays on the part not only of players but of audiences as well, yet centers the whole enterprise of the community in the College itself.