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Show NEW BUILDING READY FOR B. Y. U. FALL TERM Students returning to Brigham Young university for the opening of the autumn quarter on September Septem-ber 26 will find the new Joseph Smith building ready for occupancy occu-pancy as a religious and social center. cen-ter. Filling a number of long-felt needs, the structure contains a spacious auditorium, classrooms, banquet halls, cafeteria, and lounges. The new building will play a significant sig-nificant part in the training of the emotions and the spirit which President Franklin S. Harris believes be-lieves necessary to national security secur-ity and well-being. "There is a definite tendency now among college administrators to recognize the need of educating the heart as well as the brain," he declared. "Of course, we must never neglect training for clear thinking we never faced a period when clarity of thought was more needed; but to meet the challenge of the totalitarians, we of the democracies de-mocracies must develop the right emotions and a hardy spirit in young people." With a larger faculty than ever before 157 men and women, 16 of whom are returning from developmental develop-mental leaves of absence ranging from ten weeks to three years in length and with improved physical phy-sical facilities, the university will face the 66th year of its history stronger than ever, according to the administration. More than 1600 courses are provided in the five colleges. Many of these classes, class-es, especially in sciences, mechanic arts, and related fields, have been focused upon problems of preparedness prepar-edness and national safety. |