Weber State University - Acorn Yearbook (Ogden, UT)

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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Utah State Board of Education Charles H. Skidmore George A. Eaton John A. Swenson James A. Langton Mary W. Johnson Albert J. Ashman David W. Henderson George L. Rees William O. Bentley. Jr. Selma L. Fahring Henry W. Taylor

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TO THE CLASS OF 1937: MAY I commend the Class of 1937 for their evident achievements at Weber College during the past year in all lines of activity—scholastic, civic, extra- curricular. and social. I have appreciated your loyalty to the Faculty and to the Administration, your enthusiasm and interest in activities sponsored by the Student Body, and your sincerity of purpose as noted in your excellent application in the class room. My advice to you is to continue your educational program until you feel assured that you are adequately prepared to discharge efficiently the complex re- sponsibilities of citizenship. In your quest for happiness may I suggest five basic needs. (I) A Vocation. Economic self-sufficiency is not only desirable but quite necessary in this complex and highly industrialized modern age. Idleness breeds discontent and promotes revolution and radicalism. Stability and contentment, on the other hand, dependent, however, upon economic self-sufficiency, are essential factors for progress. (2) A Hobby. Second only in importance to vocational efficiency is the proper use of leisure time. Hobbies, if directed along the lines of clean, wholesome, recrea- tive. and creative educational values are essential to a balanced program of happiness. (3) A Friend. The ideals of charity, toleration, and altruism—the recognition of the worth of human values, in short. Ihe cultivation of friendship—these are proper objectives for a well meaning and successful life. •t) A Cause to Defend. An appreciation of the worth of American ideals and insti tutions—a recognition of the superior value of democracy as an agency in the development of the individual as a determinant factcr in society, a vigorous desire to preserve rather than destroy those proved institutions that have effected progress—in short, the acquisition of a worthwhile cause to defend is a motivating stimulus for happiness and success. (5) A Church. The acquisition of a sense of security in life through the recognition in this universe of ours of the certainty of a Divine Creator and of the distinct limitation of man and his need for divine guidance—in other words, the deve'op- ment of our spiritual selves—this is necessary if happiness is to be acquired. DR. LELAND H. CREER. President.