Brigham Young University - Banyan Yearbook (Provo, UT)

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Piai£ij:u:Si i ' i liiaMJ-iiiii ii iu.e j- u ' r ' j T:Eiiii ' Buo ' Si HO would be without a year book if one is within reach? To me it is more than my diary, my history, or my biography. It is our diary, our history, our biography; and that which is ours is always more than that which is mine, as the we is more than the 1 or the me. I know that clasped within its covers are scenes and sentiments, which in time to come will freshen memory ' s fading colors, and help me to live o ' er and o ' er one epoch of my eternity, so full of life and love and labor well enjoyed. The year book is intrinsically of the school and for the school. To the stranger it is a sealed vol- ume. It is a current reflex of what the school has stood for from the student ' s point of view.

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JOSEPH F. SMITH, President Board of Trustees

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]k(B ' W ]pMM Lfid Mmi ©if itjia IB.T. W. ST IPs-dgMdaii ' SsDTgs 32. IBiri nlhiiM i T may not be amiss to state in brief what the school has aimed to stand for from the point of view of the Board of Trustees and the Faculty. First, and foremost, has been the aim of spiritual growth, that is, love of the Lord and loyalty to His word. His ways, and His institu- tions. To this end the school has stood for a fixedness of purpose, that is ever gaining strength, based upon ideas that are at once fun- damentally unchangeable, yet ever progressive. It has stood for evolution WITH our simple faith, not an evolu- tion FROM our simple faith; a growth WITH our infant purity, never a growth FROM it; an advancement WITH simple truth, and never FROM it. It has stood for a spiritual atmosphere through which not only a knowledge OF God but an acquaintance WITH Him might be obtained. A picture of College Hall might be taken, the singing of the choir, the prayer, the playing of the orchestra might be recorded on an Edison cylinder, but our feelings during these devotional exer- cises defy external representation — they are ours alone, sweet soul possessions. The spirit of the school cannot be photographed, neither can it be seen or heard. No one set of organs can make it interpretable, — even a simultaneous effort of all one ' s mental faculties cannot grasp it. Its comprehension requires the awakening of that which underlies the intellect, when one says, I know, but how I know, I know not. The school has stood for intellectual culture, meeting the institutional schol- astic requirements of the age, and even going beyond them in providing a larger field of choice for individual aptitudes than is usually found elsewhere. It has maintained a consistent balance between cultural and industrial education. The Faculty slogan has been, students shall not be led into mental mists, nor shall they be permitted to form the habit of failing. The Faculty and Student Body have stood together for clean sports and cultural dancing. The School has fostered such recreation as enriches the insti- tution and elevates the individual. It has had joy over conquest, without exulta- tion over the defeat of others. The school has stood for reciprocity between the Student Body and the Faculty. The former has had no occasion to make a de- mand, the latter no cause for issuing a command.