Brigham Young University - Banyan Yearbook (Provo, UT)

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■,am flpsa HARVEY L. TAYLOR, Vice-Presi- dent %. ( ' r TEE PRESIDENCY OE TEC The job of transforming an ideal into workable reality is one of the most diffi- cult tasks. Into the hands of President Ernest L. Wilkinson and his assistants has been placed the responsibility of transforming the lofty ideals of the leader- ship of the Church into a successful system of education. The success of the administration in this endeavor has been marked by the amazing growth of the University in size and stature. The school has become the largest church-sup- ported university in America, and the reputation of the quality of its students has spread throughout the world. This success is the result of long hours of preparation and earnest endeavor. The administration is made up of men who have spent many years of studious preparation. To their scholastic qualifications these men have added the strength of humble, dedicated hearts, and a desire to work devotedly for the students of their university. Thus on the same strong and unified structure of the head, the heart and the hand, rests the organization of Bngham Young University. To the University, President David O. McKay and his counselors have made this promise . . . because of its combination of revealed and secular learning, the Brigham Young University is destined to become, if not the largest, at least the most proficient institution of learning in the world, producing scholars with testimonies of truth, who will become leaders in science, indusry, art, education, letters, and government. EARL C. CROCKETT, Vice-President WILLIAM E. BERRETT, Vice-Presi- dent JOSEPH T. BENTLEY, Administra- tive Assistant Wm. NOBLE WAITE, Assistant to the President 14 CLYDE D. SANDGREN, General Counsel

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The students of Brigham Young University are blessed with the living ideal and leadership of men who have learned the strength of true intelligence. President David O. McKay, his coun- selors and the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints act as the Board of Trustees of the University. These are men of dedicated service who spend their full time teaching a philosophy in which education is the basic precept. But their ideal of education stands out and is brightened by the spark of living truth. It cries out as a grave message to a world that has become preoccupied with a war of technical advance and to a civ- ilization that has become over-balanced with a single standard of knowledge. The leaders of the Church and the University visual- ize education as an opportunity for youth to gather knowledge, evaluate it properly and utilize it in happy successful lives. This vision is founded on truth, for these men have achieved their pos- itions of leadership because they have come in contact with life and achieved mastery over it. With faith in their convictions they foster the creation of opportunity for young students to gain wis- dom, grow in spirituality and enjoy creative activity. On this bal- anced structure of the head, the heart and the hand rests a hope in the future. Photographs— Lynn G. Hale 13

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JNIVCRSITY Photographs— Prince Watkins The distinction of great men is their success in facing life and gaining the most from it. President Ernest L. Wil- kinson, by balancing the factors of ac- complishment, has become a great and respected leader. Because of his great spiritual ideals he has been called to be president of Brigham Young Univer- sity and head of the vast education system of the Church. In his practice of law and his work for the BYU his in- dustry and diligence have won him great respect. President Wilkinson has learned the strength of the unity o! the head, the heart and the hand.