Intoxicated by Ink about the authors . . . Ernie Cox is a professional writer who turned student. He became tired of being mistaken for a college man so he entered Weber in December as a freshman. He states the general rule of writing success is to progress from a newspaper man to magazine author. Scorning any such rule, he became a success writing detective stories for magazines, and has now settled down to a profitable career as a reporter on the staff of the Salt Lake Tribune. He has held various jobs, and is a veteran of World War II. He decided on a writing career when he sold his first story to a national magazine before he reached the age of twenty. Betty McFerson was an ambitious writer in journalistic circles at the local institution two years ago. She left some contributions in the files. One of them is included in this issue. The title is "Deadline." Jerry Carlile is a graduate of Granite high school, one and a half years in the navy, and seven quarters at Weber college. He was forward on the college basketball team and editor of Scribulus. Now a "scooter jockey" at the Utah general depot, he plans to enter San Jose State college as a probable education major. Jerry insists he leads a "highly uninteresting life." Instructors predict a future as an author. June Van De Graaff, whose keen sense of humor is evident in her witty writing, is a former student of Weber college. She is now a secretary to the manager of Ogden municipal airport, but is attending a journalism class at night under Glen Perrins. Although she prefers writing short stories and poetry, she also finds newspaper work very interesting, and would someday like to make writing a full-time career. Writing is her favorite hobby, but she mentioned that dancing and gardening were among her favorite pastimes. Neil Hess is the blond, limber-limbed cheer leader who yells his lungs out at our basketball and football games. He comes from Garland, Utah, and is a freshman at Weber this year. He is especially interested in art because he paints, in creative writing because he writes articles and short stories, and in members of the opposite sex because he is the author of "For Better or for Worse." Roily Robison is the editor of Scribulus this year and a man of few words as such. He is not majoring at present, but he is interested in journalism. In his spare time he writes sports articles for the Salt Lake Tribune. "Busy" is his middle name for he is active in nearly everything at college. He likes all sports and has no time for hobbies. Any other secrets about himself he refuses to tell. Gordon Allred true to the tradition of his literary family, has become a contributor to Scribulus. He is a freshman from Ogden high school, and at the present time is taking a general course. Gordon is a typical outdoor enthusiast. He likes to hunt and fish, and spent last summer on a trail crew in Idaho. He has no particular hobbies, and his favorite subjects are gym and lunch. Clifton Thompson graduated from Carbon high school, Carbon, Texas, as a letterman in basketball, track, and baseball. After three years as a pharmacist's mate in the navy, he became a newspaper man, working on the Los Angeles Times and the Ogden Standard-Examiner. He is six-foot-four, weighs a hundred and ninety pounds and is married to an Ogden girl by the name of Elaine Evans. He entered Weber during winter quarter as a journalism major and plans to return to newspaper work after graduating from college. Joyce Mitchell is a freshman at Weber and is a graduate of Ogden high school. A jack-of-all trades, she tries nearly everything from swimming to cooking. Her favorite classes are English, psychology and hallology. Some day she hopes to teach first graders their three R's. She is editor of winter quarter Scribulus. Richard Shorten is a lanky sophomore who likes baby-faced girls and hates cabbage. He graduated from Ogden high school in 1947 and is now an education major at Weber. Writing has always interested Dick, along with the rest of his hobbies, but he finds that college keeps him too busy to do much of it. After considerable thought he decided psychology was his favorite subject, but that military small arms is his real love. He hates work. By JACOBS