Weber State University - Acorn Yearbook (Ogden, UT)

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The Board of Education L. W. Shurtliff Pioneer. pathfinder, agnum, leader, nationalist. Originator of the peerless sentiment. Keep your jure lo the light and let the shadows fall be- hind. Kind, earnest, honest, optimistic, loyal, courteous, dignified. Connoiseur of trees and herbage. n erect gentle- man. A distinctive ty| c. un- forgettable. T. B. Evans Mail of affairs, organizer, disciplinarian. In word and act he is brief, pointed, em- phatic: in heart he is kindly and mellifluous, lie there, is his favorite watchword, which like the man is tersely com- posed. Born to govern and a general by tendency. Pro- found. James Wotherspoon Businessman, originator and leader. gentleman by na- ture and addiction, with the soft answer that turneth wrath away. Humanitarian, friendly, quiet, unobtrusive, but in- tensely aggressive when neces- sary. Stickler for the applica- tion of common horse sense in all things: business, political. Social and religious. David O. McKay |x stle, teacher, speaker, author, farmer, friend; eager, active, helpful, creative. Works too hard if any- thing. but avoids thus the rust and friction of idle hours. Knows upland solitudes and their poetic halo. Loves home and mingles socially. Personality, conta- gious: views, positive: utterance, dynamic. character. John Watson Tradesman, banker, leader. Vies with Themistocles in the recall of names ami faces. Vddresses thousands by their first name, with appropriate reminders, ffable. conversa- tional. helpful, busy, lias a real home: ivy-clad, embow- ered and (lower-fringed, all English in scope and beauty. Thomas E. McKay Stockman, farmer, teacher, community friend. I .over of Ogden’s nested vale (the best spot on earth I, where nature makes blitheful the soul of the tiller. Magnanimous, plain, earnestly emphatic, wears the untiring smile of kind-hearted- ness. home builder. John V. Bluth Master-clerk par excellence. organizer, leader. Loves the great outdoors. Ho|ics there will be baseball on the Ely- sian fields. To him. if you build aright, a column of fig- ures may be made lo look as beautiful as a column of the Parthenon. real minute- man, without amendments. True, accurate, orderly, intel- lectual. effective. Wishes he had been present when Jacob wrestled at Peniel. o