Utah State University - Buzzer Yearbook (Logan, UT)

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education is power ' president dixon 5trong executive ability tempered by a fine ability to get along with people.” . . . “He is a man with great leadership qualities, high Christian ideals, exemplary character, and unquestioned integrity.” President Dixon was born in Provo, Utah. His father was one of the founders of the Farmers and Merchants Bank. President Dixon graduated from Brigham Young High School and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Brigham Young University. He then went to Weber College as an instructor of modern languages. In 1917 he was made president of the school. He left Weber to obtain his Master of Arts degree from the University of Chicago and returned again to become president of Weber. Receiving his Doctor of Education degree from the University of California, he returned in 1937 to again become Weber’s president. He served on President Truman’s commission for higher education, and is on the advisory committee of the United States Board of Education. 6

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keep himself warm, cook his food or melt metals with it. With this knowledge he elevated himself above the rest of the animals. Down through the ages man, little by little, acquired a knowledge of many things — paintings, metals, writing, science. From this came new inventions that man could use for his own comfort. Ability to use one’s knowledge is called progress. Today we live in an era surpassed by none. Our knowledge is almost limitless. As long as we continue to learn and use our knowledge for the good of all mankind, the world will continue to progress. We can reach heights today undreamed of. Education, the passing on of knowledge acquired, is a vital part of this progress. Without education, people cannot hope to advance. World leaders, men in industry, professions, must know. Men who are successful have spent as many as twenty years acquiring an education that enabled them to become successful. Today they are still learning. Yes, Education is power. Through it, man has a chance to build for himself a life unsurpassed. 5

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Carl W. Petersen Roger C. Armstrong George D. Preston Fern B. Ercanbraclc J. V. McLea Newell V. Sanders R. O. Porter R. J. Potter George M. Fistcr Charles R. Hunter The Board of Trustees of a college is the link between the college and the people of the State. Members of the Board are chosen by the governor of the State. They are the policy-making body of the institution. Theirs is the job of choosing a president, or approving faculty members; they direct financial matters, accept grants, approve appropriations. All this they do without recompense. They are like referees in a ballgame. They make the final decisions which make the game run. These men and women are chosen from all parts of the State of Utah. They are chosen for the ability with which they can handle their job. They offer their services to the institution and gain a quiet satisfaction from a worthy cause and a job well done. 7