Utah State University - Buzzer Yearbook (Logan, UT)

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CL he iLiglit of the “ j .” i We were told that it was there. We visioned it. It lay out before us on the plowed fields. It nestled in the hay. Its form was in the new stubble. The desert set its image on the horizon. The trailing band drew its outline. W e whispered it to our souls. We yearned to see and know. We saw it was there. Over to the eastward, as the Sacred Star was eastward. W e followed. Not as men of wisdom; but as seekers of wisdom.” It was elevated: actually and ideally. W’e warmed with its light. Our souls were quickened. It entered our eyes, flooding us with exalted sense. We stood before it. It was ephemeral! Fancy fashioned it into magic meanings. It was looking W est. Aryan Civilization had always looked W est. Empires were W est. Realized hopes were W est. Achievement was W est : and the Romance of Achievement. It was keeping watch for new conquest. It was marching West. The hills were Fast. Strength, support, might, protection, permanence were Fast. We entered it. It greeted us. welcomed us. and made us its own. It took our dreams and made them deeds. Of our fancies it made footholds by which we might climb; of our aspirations it made action, our sentiments it made sure. It translated our mysteries into science: our potentialities it made dynamic. We left it. Labor is Life.” it whispered, pointing out the way to the fields. Lowry Nelsony ’16.

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SOUTH WING OF MAIN BUILDING EXPERIMENT STATION w