Weber State University - Acorn Yearbook (Ogden, UT)

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Multiplication, division, addition, subtraction, per- centages. and subtotals are easily figured on the Burroughs key - driven calculator, an efficient machine which adapts to any office use. 25

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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

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One aim of Weber College is to serve the community, and one of Weber’s greatest services is the large output of skilled workers it provides. Some of these skilled workers serve their country in its defense plants. Technology is the greatest single ingredient in the operation of defense plants. In discussing defense in terms of production, we find that several aspects are necessary. Production involves drafting, mechanical draw- ing. electronics, machine tool technology, theory of machines, and machine processes. All these courses are offered at Weber College and arc regulated so that all phases arc complete. Classroom space, time, and subjects are arranged to meet the needs of students. Thiokol Chemical Corporation. $pcrry Rand, and Hercules Powder Company, in their expansion to Utah, need trained men and woemn in the technical fields. Weber College can furnish these skilled employees in two years. Under the tech- nician program, a student completes two years of specialized education, after which he is ready to be- employed as a skilled technician. A great opportunity is made available through this program to jxirsons who want and would enjoy a technical job for good pay with a minimum amount of schooling. Aboi f Watchmaking demands dexterity and patience in handling the innumerable parts that make things tick. . • : Students in auto mechanics learn proper care of the outside, as well as the inside, of automobiles. Richard S. Best Paul C Butterfield Arvilla Clark Young high school graduates arc not the only group which comes under the technician program. Classes arc offered to the apprentice which enable him to improve his status in business, and refresher courses arc available for journeymen. With our rapid rate of advancement a person ignorant of new facts and developments has no place in our technical society. The people of America demand a large number of services. By utilizing the many classes Weber's technical division pro- vides a student may become a servant of the community, or he may use the skills gained thereby for his own personal benefit. 26