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Show Page 2 DIXIE SUN March 13, 1987 Dr. Shipps speaks oh Mormonism 1930, and how many of these people are now returning to such places as St. The nations leading scholar on Mormonism will be the guest speaker at the annual Dixie College Juanita Brooks Lecture Series, Thursday, March 12, 1987, at 7:30 p.m. in the historic St. George Tabernacle. Dr. Jan Shipps, professor of HistoryReligious Studies and Director of the Center of American Studies Univerat Indiana University-Purdu- e sity, Indianapolis, Indiana, is widely recognized as an expert on the mor- mon religion. When Newsweek magazine and other national media publishes a story on Mprmons, they call Jan. When a hot story breaks, such as the blacks Soma and the priesthood, pro-ER- Johnson, Mark Hoffman and many many others, they call Jan. She is the author of, Mormonism the Story of a New Religious Tradition, a work which has been described by Richard Bushman, a great Mormon scholar, as one of the most significant books on Mormonism ever published. Shipps presentation in St. George, deals with the outmigration of Mormons from the Rocky Mountains since - George, for retirement. It is titled, The Scattering of the Gathering and the Gathering of the Scattered, and will become a chapter in her new book. Dixie College President, Douglas Alder, who became acquainted with Dr. Shipps when he studied in Indiana, and again later at Utah State University, says her appearance at the lecture series is indeed significant. Jan Shipps is the foremost nonmormon scholar on Mormonism, and is an active Alder said, Methodist, who has become a top scholar on M)ormonism.and has written many articles on Mormonism and has reviewed scores of books. She is a very thoughtful and interpretive commentator on the Church. She takes the position that Mbrmonism is as much a separate religion as Islam or Judaism. When asked why she has not converted to Mormonism, she explains that her profession in religious studies requires that she study it as a religion. She feels that her worth to the Mor Church is greater as a than a believer, since she can look objectively at the issues. Because of her writing, research and of LDS historical knowledge documents, Shipps has had contact with virtually all scholars of mormonism. She has delivered scores of scholarly papers on the subject and served one year as president of the Mormon History Association, the first woman and noniMormon to fill the office. Shipps, a native of Alabama, is married to Dr. Anthony W. Shipps, who is presently English librarian at Indiana University. He is considered a quotation sleuth, and is the authority for finding English quotations for clientele around the world. The lecture series, named for Juanita Brooks, former Dixie College professor of history and a leading LDS author and brilliant scholar, is free to the public. Much of the information in this armon ticle came from stories published in the Logan Herald Journal in March 1985, that were written by Mrs. Elaine R. Aider. Alder inauguration, western concert, BBQ e and tourney highlight secession O hole-in-on- There are numerous people coming from all over the country to be a part of the event and President Alder is very excited about it. There will be several people that have been his students over the years as well as instructors he has had. The woman that is coming to give the Juanita Brooks Lecture, Dr. Jan Shipps, Thursday night is from Indiana, and is a former colleague of President Alder. Some of his most revered mentors will also be in attendance. have just written an article on why we hold inaugurations and it was my intention that the inauguration be a modest thing and what we are doing is just taking part of the time that is here for the celebration of the Dixie Center. One of the big things that I hope the inauguration will do is help people see the importance of the Dixie Center. It is to be a media event and both the inauguration and the celebration of the Dixie Center were scheduled to take place while the Board of Regents will be here. Once a year the Board of Regents comes to St. George and what we try to do is to consolidate all the expenses into just one time, and k piggy-bacon each so that it is being done quite inexpensively. Rather than He said, Some of my most revered mentors will be here from the University of Utah, all of my colleagues and presidents that I have a great reverance and the commissioner will be here. As part of a story that he wrote for the Spectrums Insite column, he said, Let me add one more thing, 1 having the inauguration earlier, and have all the people come down for it and then have to come down again for the board meeting, we put all these together along with the Dixie Center so there will be about nine things going on at once. The inauguration is a big event but it is just part of the bigger package. continued from page 1 ' tetafcm, all I have to do is show up. I have been writing a speech for several weeks but that is all taken care of now so I just go get in line. Editor SUN STAFF BOX Brad Fullmer Manager Tracy Slate Production Manager Todd Slade Photograper Kelly Moulton Staff Jerry Campbell, Michelle Curtis, Marty Farr, Denna Humphreys, Bruce Humphreys, Deedre Peterson, Kim Peterson, Ron Rushton, Leslie Shell Staff Mascot Griffen Gruff Advertising Advisor Ed Rogers The DIXIE SUN is published every two weeks by the students of Dixie Col lege The opinions expressed in the SUN do not necessenly reflect the view- should be submitted point of the staff or the advisor to Ed Rogers in the ground floor of the Student Union Building behind KRDC radio The DIXIE SUN staff reserves the right to edit letters, or not to print a letter submitted to the Editor All letters must be signed to be printed in the newspaper President Alder relayed, The first thing I said was, why should we have a formal cermony? This celebration is much like the one that took place on September 12, 1911, I read all the documents and they spent a whole week honoring the opening of the college. Such a meeting is a ritual, yes, but it created a memory in a direction that brought the students, parents, faculty, and the people of the community together to commit themselves to this new college. While that is what we are trying to do, renew that commitment each time we have a commencement or install a new president. This weekend, we are gathering people from all over the state and here in Southern Utah and bringing them all together. Dixie secession activity list The following is a list of the activities which will be going on during the secession. Thursday, March 12th, 7:30 p.m. Juanita Brooks Lecture Series. Friday, March 13th, 9:00 a.m. Dixie College Institutional Council. 12:00 noon State Board of Regents Lun- cheon, with Institutional Council. 1:00 p.m. State Board of Regents. 3:00 p.m. Dixie Secession Hole-in-Ocontest. 5:30 p.m. Registration and Robing of Platform Guests. 6:30 p.m. Inagural Procession. 8:30 p.m. Inagural Reception. 9:00 p.m. Mel Tillis & Dottie West concert. Saturday, March 14th, 9:00 a.m. State Board of Regents General Secession. 12:00 noon Dixie Secession Auction and Barbeque. 3:00 p.m. Dixie Center dedication. 8:00 p.m. Dixie Secession Southern Ball. Jan Shipps, the nations leading nonmormon expert on Mormonism, will be a guest speaker at the annual Juanita Dr Brooks Lecture Series Thursday, March 12th, at 7 30 p m in the St. George Tabernacle Utah Supreme Court holds session in Fine Art Center The Supreme Court of Utah celebrated the 200th anniversary of the Constitution of the United States by holding session outside of Salt Lake City for the first time ever. Court was held in the Fine Arts Building Auditorium at Dixie on Thursday, March 5th from 9:00 to 12:00 a.m. Five Justices of the Supreme Court came to St. George to hear the arguments of three cases: Case number 20108Western Kane County Special Service District No. 1 v. Jackson Cattle Company, case number 19375-DiState Bank v. Kirk Braken and Linford Braken, and case number 20075 John Call Engineering, Inc. v. Manti City Corporation. The case between Western Kane County Special Service District No. and Jackson Cattle Company involves an attempt by the Kane County Special Service District to use Jackson Lane and an adjoining road for public access to a new sanitary landfill. The County contends that the two roads are public roads. The cattle company claims the County abandoned the two roads and therefore is prevented from using them for public purposes. The trial court has ruled for the cattle company and the County has appealed. In this case, the court must decide whether or not Jackson Lane and the adjoining road are public roads, and if so, whether Kane County abandoned them. The attorney representing Western Kane County is Hans Q. Chamberlain. Representing Jackson Cattle Co. is K.L. Mclff. The case concerning xie 1 Dixie State Bank and Kirk and Lin- ford Bracken arose from a dispute over the terms of a security agreement. The agreement was entered into by Dixie State Bank and Kirk and Linford Braken to finance a pickup truck. The security agreement provided for payment of reasonable attorney fees if the Brakens defaulted on the loan. Approximately six months after the agrement was signed, the truck was lawfully repossessed by the bank. The bank then sued the Brakens for the remaining amount still owed on the loan. On the date set for trial, the Court entered a judgment against the Brackens for the amount still owed on the loan. This judgement was based upon an agreement of the parties. The trial court also awarded the bank $1500 for attorney fees. The bank appealed that decision to the Supreme Court claiming that the award was not enough. Representing Dixie State Bank were Michael D. Hughes and Dale R. Chamberlain. John Miles presented the evidence for Kirk and Linford Bracken. , The Supreme Court must decide if the amount of attorney fees awarded was reasonable. The last case presented to the Supreme Court that session involved a dispute between John Call Engineering, Inc. and Manti City Corporation. John Call Engineering performed professional services on a sewer project for Manti City. Manti City ordered work on the project to stop after 10 months. In turn. Call |