Weber State University - Acorn Yearbook (Ogden, UT)

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Above: A'H'rac'I'ion a+ 'rhe Mardi Gras. Righlr, +op ro bo'Hom: Sania cheers A.W.S. Chrisrmas Ball: Swee'l'hear+ Ball ushers in Valen'Hne's Day: Weber's winfer campus. iA dvne Up rhe ramps +0 +he ballroom in +he gymnasium building where indirecl' lighling effecls casl shadows over lhe currenr decoralions, parade Weber couples. Transformed by +he alchemy of +wiligh'r, 'rhese dayrime denizens of hall ancl s+air become ladies and genrlemen of campus Sdxcial lifefllj nighf rhe gaieiy of lhe lixarclil ras air. Winler brings Pho ji9c'jS'ow Ball nd '+ y A.W.S. Chris1'mas V g X I gfL5fThe ullra-m dem po of fhe Frosh , ,Y1,s yriwzf- W yy. Bl y ihe old-fashiflned charlyrn of 'rhe Excelsior 'il 5 '. 3 ll . S ar+ ll plegfes ajy glolesr. Occasionally, is-i.n i la pdl f l Cl' - 9 l M oe n ch a u d I- 'roar special programs

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Above: Weber follows fha feam fo Colorado. Leff, fop fo boffom: Jean's music inspiresg LaVon capfures fhe Friendship cupg Club presidenfs fie fhe friendship lcnof. When day Blackoufs have dimmed San Francisco. Buf lcilo- waff curbing on fhe Weber campus is nof in vogue: curfew is non-exisfenf. Unfil fen o'clock nighfly, lighf waves guide book worms and lasf- minufe-required-book readers. Under a lone lamp, aspiring organisfs fill fhe aucliforium wifh vibra- fions. Over in fhe soufhwesf corner of fhe campus roclcbouncl geology classes engulf a lasf minufe review preparafory for one of Child's chillers of fhe marrow. A+ Presidenf Dixon's home a plea- sanf glow welcomes his counfless guesfs. High up in fhe fop sfory window lighfs lead wandering publicafion sfaff members fo fhe scenes of dead line rushes.

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1 if Q , Q N I N 4:2 lf! X ES 1 '34 K If Y W' ' Iii' 7 ,gg ' I I ff 2 Q r Wai. , .. V X :Mx A Tix? 7, .,Al,?T, N Danny inspecfs uproofed gianf in Lesfer Park. ,Bag gre priorifies. ,, J, iff:- Wxfl J KKKXVQ '1x- Kill ' f X .a'1 9 ' -eiiygvg ., 4,1 ff-if, fy P ' gr C The year of I94I-l942 was nof only one of polifical unresf buf also one of greaf furmoil among Nafure's forces. Weafher wenf on fhe rampage. Sfafe law allows as a legal excuse for absence from school fhe impassibilify of roads. To fhose few sfudenfs who managed fo reach fhe campus fhe day of fhe big wind, fhe ioy of a day's vacafion was slighfly clouded by fhe prospecf of being blown ouf over fhe Greaf Salf Lake before reaching fhe none foo secure sancfify of home. Winfer sforms surpassed fhose of any four monfhs' period for years. Buf by some sfroke of luck all girls were shod wifh high rubber boofs despife fhe rubber shorf- age. Boofs, boofs, boofs. Grandchil- dren will hear of fhe boof rush of '4l. No puddle of wafer, no slighfly damp spof was safe from a pair of waders. The pedal appendages of every female were encased from sole fo knee in rub- ber. Some were enough fo make a Russian cavalry officer iealous. Ofhers made Buffalo Bill and Billy fhe Kid look like amafeurs. ln February a cold spell senf fhe mercury fo asfoundingly low depfhs. Spring fhaws inundafed base- menfs and filled guffers. Buf books and sfudenfs came fhrough if all.