Weber State University - Acorn Yearbook (Ogden, UT)

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The communit - of Ogden. Utah, sprawls lazily out toward the Great Salt Lake, and is lost in the haze of late October. Weber College is beautifully situated at the base of the Wasatch Mountains 3nd overlooks the lovely city of Ogden, Utah, in the valley of the Great Salt Like. Ogden is the second largest city in the state and the largest railroad center in the intermounrain area, and is fast becom- ing recognized in industry anti commerce as well. Today Weber penetrates community life as only a college can when it has the community's interest at heart. Weber provides the community with a center of academic achievement which is available to all in the form of daytime and evening classroom instruction. Weber's en- tertainment is not restricted to her students alone. The community is invited to join in many of the college sponsored activities. Our football and basketball games arc a source of interest to citizens who may be affiliated in no other way with the college. Ogden residents find value in the artist and lecture scries sponsored by the college every season. Various areas of our 6

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About, the front entrance of the Union it a masterpiece of design detailing even down to the sidewalk that welcomes students and visitors alike. Be!ou is a view of the Technical Education Building showing the impressive moun- tains that rise above it. cornfield, symbol of birth In 1943, the Faricutan oleano erupted in a cornfield in Mexico. Nine years of ■ e expanded the cone to a height of 3.000 feet. In 1947. , gr College had a similar beginning in a cornfield. l mmcnsely in its fourteen years to include £ht buildings ami 2,300 full-time and special day students, autumn quarter. Before the beginning of the free school movement and even afterward, many students attended school for only a few months during the winter. Many were denied schooling altogether. Weber Academy accepted the challenge of teaching these men and women. By offering preparatory or elementary courses the Academy provided an opportunity to acquire at least a knowledge of the common branches, and by offering high school subjects, provided an inducement for higher learning. Weber Academy served a definite need in the com- munity and made a valuable contribution to the cause of education in Weber County and in the State of Utah. In 1947 a new homesite was chosen for Weber College. Set majestically above the city of Ogden, Utah, the site had plenty of room for a growing Weber family. This year our Weber College Union Building was in use for the first time, and with the completion of our new gymnasium Weber will at last be unified on one campus. This is a far cry from the cornfield that was once our campus, a far cry from the wooden sign that proclaimed the future of Weber College. There were many who expressed skepticism at Weber's ability to hold sufficient classes in four buildings. Others felt a split campus would present difficulties; but for many years now Weber has maintained the two campuses. The lower campus is the location of many historical structures, among them the Mocnch Building, named after Louis F Moench, founder and first principal of Weber College. The new buildings being completed and others in the planning stage may make the lower campus obsolete in reality but never in the hearts of Weber students; the lower campus will always be of great historical and sentimental value to all of us. In its early years Weber College operated under the name of Weber Stake Academy. When Weber Stake Academy opened ,n January. 1889, it was primarily a preparatory school with a few high school courses added. Many of the students at- tending Weber were men anti women who had not com- pleted the equivalent of an eighth grade education.

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L'nion Building arc available to community organizations and special groups for banquets, lec- Hircs and symposiums. Below left: Governor George D. Clyde represents statewide interest in the ;row- ing Weber campus as he tours the Union Building with President Miller following itv September 25th dedication. Btloti right: Guided touts of the Union Building were conducted for returning alumni as a part of the Homecoming Week activities. nc taf never overlook the fact that every year Weber is graduating students who are better equipped to determine the future of the community, better qualified to accept the challenges community provides and better prepared to increase the cultural environment in which they will eventually participate. On the other hand, one must never underestimate the value of the community to Weber Gillcge, for without the community there would be no Weber. The com- munity and the college must continue to work together and serve each other for the bene- fit of the interests of both, for only by so doing can they come to a realization of their highest potentials. 7