Weber State University - Acorn Yearbook (Ogden, UT)

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ADMINISTRATION William P. Miller President 'eber College is on the threshold of the greatest expansion in its history. During the next decade Weber will experience a greater period of growth, both in its size and its services, than has occurred at any time in the past. Enrollment at Weber College will likely in- crease two to three times during the next ten years. At the present time there are twice as many children eight years of age as there are those of eighteen years of age within twenty miles of the campus. This potential doubling of freshman students v hen added to a steady increase in the general population, plus the added upper divi- sion courses, makes the estimated enrollment in- crease of two to three times very realistic. The authorization granted by the 1959 Legis- lature for expansion to a four-year degree-granting institution opens the doors to wider instructional offerings that have been denied Weber in the past. Many hundreds of individuals in the Weber Col- lege area will now be able to continue their upper division college work. Weber has been a local and national leader in the field of junior college education. The op- portunity is now available to expand this leader- ship to a still wider field of influence. How well we accept this challenge will be measured by our accomplishments during the next few years. William P. Miller 6

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Follow our endless line; see our functions; watch our progress. Look at this annual; dedicated to our school, its students, its faculty and staff, and its community. THE ENDLESS LINE... . . . from acorn, to seedling, to mature oak; so mature we Weber students, our ideas, and our works during the school year. Through our endless line, we per- ceive our ideas and achievements in our classrooms, athletics, academic concepts, and social functions. We will conceive Weber's influence on the community, and the support of Weber's functions by the community. Views of ourselves, our qual- ity, and our college will be seen from the infinity of our endless line.

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William D. Strafford Dean of Men Wallace D. Baddley Supt. Building! end Grounds Clarii te H. Hall Registrar Guardians and shapers of the endless line have been such of- ficials as dean of faculty, registrar, deans of men and women, school treasurer, superintendent of build- ings and grounds, chairmen of divisions, heads of departments. As during this crucial past year the lifeline of Weber been shaped for the school, these persons, with President, have been for actual molding of the greater institution. These dedicated educa- ors have been impelled by a vi- ion. The growth of Weber College to four years, says Dr. Robert A. Clarke, dean of faculty, means a greater investment in the people if serves, and in turn permits more rapid development of area econ- omy and better jobs for its gradu- ates. Higher education is an vestment in people, which pays rich dividends in increased crea- tiveness and skills and better citi- zenship. To the individual come dividends in higher income and greater service. Robnrt A. Clarico Dein of Faculty The new campus, accordirg to Wallace D. Baddley, buildings and grounds superintendent, has a possibility of becoming one of the most beautiful campuses in the West. Situated as it is, with the mountains to the east and the val- ley and lake to the west, it pre- sents an ideal setting. The present campus, of course, is only a be- ginning of what it will become in years ahead. Dr. William Stratford, dean of men, forsees that an especially significant campus addition will be the union building. It will pro- vide facilities for gracious parties and many types of social activities and meetings far beyond our pre- sent scope. Marvi H. Gregory Dean of Women Jamct R. Foolger Tceatorer Predicting a doubling of the sfudentbody in less than ten years, registrar Clarisse Hall ex- presses the hope that Weber will continue to be known as The Friendly School.