June 4, 1970 Dixie College, St. George, Utah COMMENCEMENT EDITION Dear Graduate: This has been a most successful year at Dixie College. Your student leaders have been outstanding and have presented many enjoyable experiences for your benefit. Your teachers have indicated satisfaction in program accomplishments and the traditional Dixie Spirit is still alive. 1 could list many instances to prove that the college is moving ahead at a very rapid pace. Perhaps the most important one to students is that the Student Union contract bids were approved on May 20 by the State Board for Higher Education. This, of course, means that the contract will soon be signed and construction will begin. In recent months it has come to my attention as it has to yours, 'that the colleges and universities across the country are experiencing serious student unrest. I have announced in speeches a number of times this year that Dixie College students are not about to tear down anything before they are prepared to replace it with something better. Let me present a challenge to you as you leave Dixie College and seek additional goals. We are all aware of the conflict which confronts our nation. . . conflict in ideas, conflict in ideals, and conflict in identification, and my challenge is that as you view these conflicts, keep your perspective. Ask the question: Is America a nation coming apart at the seams and on the brink of disaster, or is America a growing, prosperous nation, struggling with the problems of success. Of course there is tragedy, degradation, poverty, slums, discrimination, and hard-cor- e unemployment; not because they are new, because they have always existed, but because we have achieved such affluence that for the first time in the history of the world a nation is almost within range of eliminating many of these, and I submit that our system has provided for the vast majority of our people a way of life unparalled in the history of jhe world. Problems such as air and water pollution, the blight on our cities, mass transportation needs, traffic, highway problems, crowded schools and colleges. . these are all problems which can be traced to our tremendous growth and success as a nation. So dont lose sight of the fact that we are dealing with the problems of success and not the problems of failure, and I assure you that the situations are vastly different. Certainly, the problems we face today are serious, but other generations in other times have also faced serious problems. Dixie College graduates have always been a real compliment to this institution and I have no fear that you will add stature to the and image of Dixie. You live in a very exciting time of human existence. You have great opportunities before you and, of course, you have tremendous problems, but I believe you are going to be fully capable of facing up to them and solving them. Good luck. . Sincerely yours, Ferron C. Losee President