Weber State University - Acorn Yearbook (Ogden, UT)

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With Weber Day r I I' I, then being removed by Fred Ball, student body president, and Carol Barker, student body vice president. The mass of Weber supporters and invited guests then surged forward and, apparently conscious tnat they were participating in history, each hoisted a shovel of campus earth. A forenoon assembly and a noon luncheon honoring early class and faculty members and others were followed by a downtown parade just prior to the ground-breaking. The evening program completed the observance. John G. Kelly, speech and drama in- structor, was chairman of the day’s arrangements. He was assisted by an eager alumni organization and by a fa- culty alert to the meaning of the occasion. 92-ycar-old Mrs. Fredrick Louis Moench, center of interest as the honored guest of the day, re- ceives bouquet from David O. McKay. Other ladies are her daughters. Far left is Dr. James R. Foulger, assistant Ogden may- or, and center is George T. Frost, mayor. The moment was dra- matic. High kickers are, from left, Bar- bara Birkhead, Normo Lichfield, Joanne Barker, Jann Heiner. Night school upholstery class feature of This is Weber skit, of which Dr. Dixon commented, I hope that is not representative of our night school work! Noth- ing was left intact by Axman Laurence Burton and Sawman Wayne Carver. Women on stage arc Jane Ann Slater and Mrs. Carver, with Burton. 25

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An Era Begins Continued from page 2 eminence now rests upon the most able shoulders, I think, upon which they could be placed in order to have this institu- tion maintain and keep its place among the great institutions of our country.” The address of Mr. McKay, great early president of Weber and now the head of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, followed a tremendous appeal by Dr. Dixon for a four-year college. In a day filled with events memorial- izing the founding of the college and foretelling an even greater future, the afternoon ground-breaking rites were the other main feature to share public atten- tion. After the speeches ground was broken by Dr. Dixon, with shovels of soil Just a nice float, but with the spelling correct and fine by the Technical Division. You should have seen the Humanities float. Who did it? The spelling was all cockeyed. Delmar Dickson directs the com- bined bands and audience in the closing number at the ground breaking ceremony. The hymn was Purple and White. Actual ground - breaking, with Carol Barker, Dr. Dixon and Fred Ball hoisting the good earth. 24

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Georgia Bobolis ond Bob Van Dyke ore suave team in Fodor production. Douglas Carr, Diann McEntire, Dick Slater build comedy in Two Blind Mice. Theater Fare Otters Tragedy, Satire By Nancy Fcathcrstonc Comedy for cast and spectators closed the We- ber College theatre season with the May 7 to 10 tun of Two Blind Mice after the heavy drama of Othello as a theater workshop production and Fodor’s The Vigil by the Community Theater in winter quarter. In the final play, a John Kelly directed satirical farce. Dick Slater as an unusual lover pulled off shenanigans at the expense of the three military forces and other functions of government when complications arose because two elderly ladies continued to operate the Bureau of Seeds and Standards after its official discontinuance. Cast members included Merrill I fymas as the shy dance student, Robert Merrill as the manic mailman. Kenneth Robins as man with a car to park. Diann McEntire as Karen, the woman who could not hold a man. Douglas Carr as the doctor with a short stock of southern comfort, Henry Kafton as the “Skunk Cabbage marine, and George Francis as Ensign Jamison, untried in battle. The Shakespeare tragedy, edited and arranged by Mr. Kelly for the play box theater, ran a full week with an all-student cast with tickets sold out well in advance. Cast of Othello included Boyce Harris playing the ill-fated Moor, Dick Slater portraying villainous Iago. Jann Hciner as gentle Desdemona. Jarvis Anderson and Larry Wright double-cast as Lieutenant Cassio. Rebecca Wells as I a go's wife, Marilyn Lambourn as Bra- bantia, Margery Cook as Queen, Marian Hyde as Clown. Jeanic Smith as Young Girl, Carolyn Harmer as Lady. George Francis as Montano. 2d