Brigham Young University - Banyan Yearbook (Provo, UT)

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iso ffiaaaimigBBfflaiK w Bto tthw. What is the spirit of the V? A scattering of books and papers, a few thoughtful gnawings on the end of a pen, and somehow the mysterious process of learning takes place. Whether it be on a shady lawn, hud- dled on a cold bench, or surrounded by the atmospheric shelves of books, the grasp for achiev- ing an awareness of a subject is there. From the beginning, mankind has searched for that which he does not know. His questions have sent him through civilizations, and from old worlds to new. And we search still. What are we looking for? These hours spent will not be the end of the search. But by the rich experience of knowing a gifted teacher, of conquering an im- possibility, of having an absorbing intellectual discussion with a few friends, of proving a fact, the urge to learn becomes greater, and sends us on to seek again. It is the academic

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The university was founded under the direction of the prophet of the Lord, and under this direction it is still being guided. Here the everyday academic world is not divided from religion. Here, on Sunday, the classroom stops being a classroom and becomes a place of worship. Administration, faculty, and students, join to comprise different wards and stakes functioning as units of the Church. The univer- sity was founded under the directive that not even the multiplication tables should be taught without the guidance and spirit of the Gospel. It is under this leadership that the university is living today. An integrated world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ as a daily living purpose was a goal nearly a century ago when the Brig- ham Young Academy was founded. It still is. COLLECT IVISM ON