Weber State University - Acorn Yearbook (Ogden, UT)

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Dayfcl O. McKay, lotmcr priactpfL h now riroj krt-lciii -r • 000,000 Mormons — PNdtnt of thr Church of jrtuT Chrnt of UHcf-day SaloU ANOTHER GENERATION, As I search for the source of my affection for the good old school. I find it not in its archi- tecture. not in its brick walk, its beams and rafters, not even in the classrooms that con- note so many fond memories, nor in the .scholastic courses of study and the efficient instruction of the professors who compose the excellent faculty, but in the personal in- tegrity and worth of the hundreds and thou- sands of students who in their lives in this old work-a-day world exemplify the ideals for which Weber Stake Academy — now W’ebor State College — has ever stood. These ideals are the eternal verities — indi- vidual freedom to choose one's life as long as one does not deprive another of that same nght; integrity, fair dealing, unbroken pledges whether spoken or written, faith in (kk! and belief that there is still good in our fellow men. hor the preservation of these and other fun- damental virtues, democracies of the world »re at tlii% very hour fighting on the high seas and on battlefields. To reconsecrate itself to the application of these indispensable ele- ments in true civilization is today the worlds most pressing need. These, and every other fundamental truth and noble virtue (War old Weber has ever held aloft a worth ideals. God bless the students ho cherish them, ami who. after graduation. «•xttnpllfy thorn in their lives, thus reflecting acltit-f] luster and honor to their Ixdoved alma mater lx?r State College - cherished by mir county, admired by our state, and lion- 0T,‘‘I ty all who have conic under her influ- ence. David O. McKay