Utah State University - Buzzer Yearbook (Logan, UT)

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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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education is power Our president, H. Aldous Dixon, has said, “Many a life has been ruined by not being able to make a living and many a good living is ruined by not being able to make a life. Land grant colleges hold out one of the greatest opportunities to prove this phi' losophy.” From the clock in Old Main, across the quad, to Lund Hall, to the Library, to the Commons, the Engineering, to the Field' house, to the Union ... all these buildings go to make up the physical part of Utah State. But that alone is not what makes an institution great. It is the educational value afforded by the school that enables it to turn out so many distinguished alumni. Education is power. ... In college a student may learn nothing but chemistry, others only physics, math, or English. At Utah State they are not content with knowledge of. one subject but possess a composite knowledge of many things. It is knowledge alone that makes man progress. . . . When primitive man first discovered the use of fire then he began to find ways to put it to use. He could 4

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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