Weber State University - Acorn Yearbook (Ogden, UT)

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Talma :e- E. Dclange Chairman The rapid increase of technology and industry guarantees future job security for business majors. The Business Department has as its purpose the training of students to enable them to earn a living and contribute to the advancement of the business world. Business has broken up into a large number of specializes! groups. There are hundreds of separate tasks today in con- trast to a few dozen occupations in our earlier history. The office of an enterprise is devoted to the direction and co- ordination of the various activities of that enterprise. O. M. Clark Daniel Favcto Paul M. Hansen Bill S. Hcnric Guy H. Hurst Edward C. Larsen Carmen Reeder Clarence G. Wilson A skill in typing is as beneficial to the general student as it is to the business major. 23

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Philosophy students discuss notebook grades in front of the- current events bulletin board in the Social Science building. The study of American history helps young citizens to appreciate their heritage and to under- stand that active participation in civic affairs is important to the future of our democratic society Department of General Education for Social Science offers two general courses designed to give students an insight on social, political and economic issues of yesterday and today, and their importance in determining our life of tomorrow. The Depart- ment of Anthropology discusses the origin anti development of man physically and culturally, including the basic theories of rate, and the structure anti functions of language. The Department of History and Political Science attempts to correlate a study of the past to present day problems and activities, to give concepts and methods of politics and to make a comparative study of govern- ments in the world today. The Department of Orientation helps the student in adjusting to his new environment, assists him in his problems and guides him in his selection of an occupation. The Department of Education is primarily for persons planning a teaching career and deals with the teaching theories and prac- tices of American public schools. The Department of Psychology is primarily planned to provide an understanding of one's self and others through a study of human behavior. The Department of Philosophy deals with the knowledge of the causes of all phenomena, both in mind and matter. And the Department of Social Science studies the constitution, evolution and phenomena of human society. 22

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 A study of economics gives chest- future secretaries a background in the economic foundations of the United States. An ability to manipulate office machines increases the overall amount of work accomplished and contributes to the ease and efficiency of office work. The ten-key punch is the fastest machine in the commercial office. It saves time because it records all the data, thus facilitating re- checking and correcting. It gathers, classifies and preserves data of all kinds and makes, uses and preserves records. Ingenious systems of record keep- ing and filing have been invented and scores of clever appli- ances and marvelous office machines arc available. As a four-year program, Weber will train business teachers and offer majors in accounting and business administration, and will continue with a separate two-year program. Economics is a science which is concerned with the communal problems of economic life. How men acquire wealth and how they use it are important to economists; but their principal concern is with the intricate interrelations of the various wealth-obtaining and wealth-using activities and their relation to the community. Like every science, economics proceeds upon the assumption that there is some sort of order in the phenomena with which it deals. There is some measure of regularity and predicta- bility in economic phenomena. The Business division offers classes in accounting, manage- ment, business law, salesmanship, advertising, business mathe- matics, statistics, calculators and personal finance. The Economics division teaches principles of economics, eco- nomic history of the United States, agricultural economics, economic geography, and current and industrial economic problems. 24 1