24 WEBER COLLEGE - OGDEN, UTAH ENGLISH AND SPEECH 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. Publications 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 on the presses of the Ogden Standard-Examiner 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 composition. The Transit is a combined literary-pictorial magazine providing experience in editorial, art, lay-out, and business fields. It is published quarterly and contains a pictorial record of the Weber College year, as well as poems, short stories, articles, and other features by students and faculty members. The staff is composed of students who work under the supervision of a faculty adviser. Forensics 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 is sponsored by the Department each year for high schools in the Intermountain Region. Extempore 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 freshmen and sophomore students. The winner of 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 presented each year by this Company to the winner of an annual impromptu speech contest conducted by the Department. A major inter-collegiate 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 Depart- WEBER COLLEGE - OGDEN, UTAH 25 ment. 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. Drama Play Production activities consist of three full-length plays, together with a varied number of one-act plays presented annually. In these productions qualified speech majors are called upon to assist in various phases of the production, including work as assistant directors. In instances of opera presentation, those interested in speech development may forego production of a major play during the Quarter and unite their efforts with those interested in musical activities. MUSIC Each year those whose interests are in the field of music concentrate their efforts upon the presentation of the traditional Christmas Oratorio and three formal concerts. Choral activities center around the College Choir. There are six smaller ensemble singing units: The Dorian Singers, a selected group of male vocalists; the Musettes, a traditional choral group of women; the Mixed Quartet; the Symphonettes, consisting of fifteen women and one male soloist; the Trio; and the Duet. The Soloists Club includes only those selected singers who have reached a cultural state in their development where they can represent Weber College as vocal soloists before the public. These combined musical organizations unite their efforts once or twice during the College year to present a formal concert in conjunction with the Symphony Orchestra. Community Activities Definite support to and aid for the educational program of Weber College is afforded by contributions, services, scholarships, and community cooperation of various types as follows: (1) part-time work that makes it possible for students to earn while they learn; (2) advisory committees of union men, artisans, and employers who sponsor vocational courses in their particular fields, counsel with instructors, and promote the advancement and placement of students; (3) organized bodies like the Ogden Chamber of Commerce Committee for Weber College, its Committee on the Guidance and Placement of Youth, the educational committees of the various civic, social, and literary clubs, and the United States Employment Service; (4) superintendents and high school principals and teachers who actively promote articulation between the high schools and the College; (5) community enterprises that give ample opportunity for student expression; (6) The Ogden Community-Weber College Lyceum Course; and (7) scholarships, loan funds, and trophies contributed by organizations and citizens, and by Weber College and institutions of higher learning.