Weber State University - Acorn Yearbook (Ogden, UT)

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 1 a F. C. VAN BUREN Through his own deep appreciation for a clean w adolescent life, through yjr his long observant ex- $ perience with the main- it. tenance of health, Mr. Van '% Burets has been in a pos- ition to give superior it direction for the building A? of better physiques. it cPhysical Education HE department of physical education has conscientious- —ly and persistently labored to build into the students’ minds an ideal of wholesome living and a plan for nttainine- greatest bodv ef- fiency. Gymnasium floorwork is given during the entire year. Muscle- building and body-training exercis- es mould the students into form; games of basketball and soccer add to the zest of competition. Inter- class activities develop a desire for athletic perfection while class lec- tures promote an understanding of health aims and education. As spring approaches, novelties are introduced. Each year during early May the entire department presents a gym circus, featuring stunts with cleverly-constructed animal mimics and attractively costumed dancing choruses. At times, musical comedies set in real- istic backgrounds are given as in- novations. Interest is kept at a max- imum throughout the year, climax- ed by the circus or special work during the final weeks. ULL of beauty, in simplicity and strength, the arch is an opening into realms in which great masters of science, literature, and religion hold prominence in each of their definite fields of achieve- ment. On the staircase leading to it are marks made by youth, an un- ceasing surge of young men and women that have attended during years of academy and junior college history. Every thumb-print has be- hind it some quaint experience, every scratch upon the metal cap- ping, a story of hurrying feet. If wood and metal could talk, what tales the old steps might tell! Page 24

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 CLARISSE H. MALL Cares of college files anil records rest upon Mrs. Hall, yet beneath her burden she not only ex- acts efficiency in the high- est degree, but also retains an ever-increasing ability to win friends and to maintain a disposition un- ruffled, frictionless. (Registrar PON the accuracy and com- pleteness of the records is built a super-structure of transferred credits, references for business purposes, and settlement of disputed credit rights. Through her ability to keep the multitudin- ous figures at pencil point, and her accuracy in all details, the calls made upon the school’s files arc answered quickly and correctly by Mrs. Hall. The file, containing the registry cards of the entire student body, stands formidably in the office defying anyone to solve its intrica- cies. Mrs. Hall meets its challenge and keeps it constantly correct and ready. Alumni records and all stu- dent body transactions are kept with the same scrupulousness. UR highest steps rest beneath a tall Gothic arch. It is a gateway to higher knowl- edge, a gateway to the land of books wherein past and present may be read and understood, broadening the views and ideas cf students and their relation to life and its complex problems. It is an inspiration to lovers of symmetry, a work of architectural art. Page 2}

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cPhysical Education SPORT generally enjoyed, and an excellent vitalizer, the swimming activities have proved popular. The freshman registration was unusually large, while a number of sophomore stu- dents returned to continue their work in advanced swimming. During the first year of instruc- tion the work centers about the fundamentals; strokes are mastered, speed and grace acquired, and the elements of diving and life-saving are learned. Throughout the swim- mer’s section the training revolves about two aims: to acquire excep- tional skill and form, and to win the American Red Cross Life-Savers seal. This year the desire of the depart- ment has been satisfactorily car- ried through. All the students are capable swimmers, many have at- tained an enviable ability, and not a few are proud bearers of the life- savers insignia, won after constant and vigorous training during their gym class hours. MRS. F. C VAN BUREN An all-around good sport and an excellent daughter of the waves, Mrs. Van Buren instills in her stu- dents a love for healthy sports and a desire to master the art of aquatics. Under her careful tutelage, dives become graceful, strokes powerful, and life- saving theories usable. HEY have led many into the quietude of the reading room and the novel library at the left, which offer opportun- ity for the gaining of an adequate knowledge of stories, new and old, classic and modern; to the right where field records of agricultural and geological surveys offer valu- able material for research work in either of those fields of endeavor; and under the tall archway from the realms of book lore to a place of worship, a rich beautiful room that inspires a reverent silence and sincere devotion, that brings to light the clean, pure thoughts which form in some measure the character of each Weber College student and friend. Page 2 J