Weber State University - Acorn Yearbook (Ogden, UT)

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All major offices and informational services are combined in rhe Administration Building. Tfie Registrar's Office regulates classes and transfers and maintains student records. For advisory help, the offices of Veteran's Co-Ordinator, Dean of Men. Dean of Women, and Student Personnel arc available. The offices of Treasurer. Cashier, and Business, Purchasing and Accounting control most business transactions. The Superintendent of Build- ings and Grounds is responsible for the external picture of Weber. Also located in Building One arc the offices of the President and Dean of Faculty. Below, the Union Building gives evidence of the rapid campus growth. 4

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WELCOME TO THE WEBER CAMPUS! Four main structures, the Social Science, Business, Life Science and Physical Science buildings, 3rc the centers of learning on the upper campus. In these buildings a wide variety of subjects are taught by competent and inspiring instructors. A fifth ami larger structure, the Technical Education Building, houses auto mechanics, art and ceramics, photography, cosmetology, watchmaking, engineering, drafting and other subjects relating to technical and vocational fields. Part of the Physical Science Building's upper section if. devoted to a pleasant and well-equipped library. The Weber Gtmpus also has a shipping and receiving building and a partially com- pleted gymnasium. Several spacious parking areas surround the buildings, and rich green lawns provide an ample footnote to the awesome beauty of the ever- changing mountains that form the inspiring setting for our campus. In reality, the mountains are our campus; the only way for Weber to grow now is upward! Weber as a two-year college was a stepping stone for aspirants of higher education; now with the advent of a four-year program Weber's curriculum is already being enlarged to meet the grow- ing needs of the students and community.

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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.