| Show COLLEGES HELD VIT VITALIN VITAL ALIN IN CRISIS Special to The Telegram PROVO PR PROVO VO Jan 31 Colleges 31 Colleges today arc are responsible for or the survival sur of the United States through the current economIc economic eco eco- crisis delegates to the fourteenth four four- tee th annual leadership conference told here toda today It It Is the work of the tho educational Institutions to devel develop p courage in young people that will enable them to carry carryon on ott until the last economic ill Is cured Dr Charles K Edmunds president dent of Pomona college Pomona Cal said The California educators educator's talk was the the- principal address of the fourth day of the session More than 2500 delegates a record-breaking record number from 80 80 X L. L D. D S. S church stakes throughout the world are arc registered Ask Questions Dr Edmunds asked two questions as as s he began his address at Brigham Young university They were 1 Are Arc we prepared fora for return to prosperity 2 2 If prosperity is delayed have w we sufficient courage to face the fut future future fu fu- fu- fu t ture rc no matter what It brin brings I I ani am Inclined to believe the latter 1 Is more important he said In launching launching launch launch- ing into development of his his' theme Our O r education should primarily aim ains aima a at developing the right attitudes and spirit to enable the student to face the future courageously and with witha a r reasonable amount of ad adaptation C Can ln Be Dc Developed Such courage and adaptability can be developed only if members of college college col col- lege loge and university teaching staffs poss possess this quality themselves he said laid Education is is' the largest business l In which the country is engaged Involving Involving In In- more people than does agriculture agriculture agri agri- culture he said While agriculture produces the most wealth yet et education education tion produces the thc power which should control application of this wealth p To people who are under the impression im ins- impression that education is primarily a function of government let me mc state that gifts and other forms of income to private institutions total a far greater great er amount than received by states for this purpose from taxation Returning to the types of leadership leader leader- ship which he believed colleges should Instill Dr Edmunds said This leadership leadership lead lead- can better come from private institutions because they are more free tree to give those of special ability opportunities to develop at their own speed Broad Education The speaker urged a broad education tion lion which would include religion and Education as parts of a single process with that process to be the continuous adjustment to ever higher levels of group roup living i Dr Edmunds told friends Thur Thursday day that at he served as acting professor profess r of physics and electrical engineering at atthe atthe atthe the University of Utah 36 years years' ago He Re assisted in planting the trees of that hat institutions institution's present site on ArOr Aror Ar Ar- Or or day 1899 he recalled Charles Charles Charl s H. H Skidmore state of public instruction urged som some method of ot preventing short circuiting to other sources of the 25 per per school child allocated by the state at the morning session Either by a new law or by mak making ng I the old law apply specifically in such sucha a manner that will st stop p ing of 01 this fund to other sources we must obtain the entire 25 per child for the purpose to which it was originally intended Superintendent Skidmore said Further consolidation of schools is anticipated he said but no immediate immedi- immedi ate ite or radical radic l changes chances along these lines Is exp expected X led Superintendent Skidmore str stressed ed importance of building up an m efficient effi cUi dent teacher personnel and the need for or making teaching more of a profession proCession pro pro- Cession than merely a job Reorganization Reorganization of junior high schools several years ago to include seventh eighth and ninth grades has resulted in but 36 per cent of the school population dropping out at sixth and seventh grades where 10 per cent had discontinued discontinued dis dis- dis continued prior to the change he said Education to at least 18 years of age was strongly urged b by Superintendent Superintendent Superintendent Super Super- Skidmore Keys to Development 1 Four kc keys s to the future development development develop develop- ment of ot the state state recreational recreational direction di dl- 1 agricultural marketing mining mining min mm- ing and manufacturing were manufacturing were listed by y S. S D. D Houston of the state planning planning plan plan- ning board at a well attended mornIng morning morn morn- ing session Tourist and recreational opportunities opportunities in Utah are second to none in In Inthe n the he world declared Mr Houston and 2nd nd urged urged development of Cf this as a means of providing employment and bringing money Into the state Agriculture is to th the thc point poin where farmers must rais raise the best t and mar mar- cetTin keL-in such a manner m min cr that t they y will r receive ire ive the most for their products if Ii it H is to succeed he said A. A C. C Rees chairman of the National Na Na- ional Council of American Indus try ry told delegates to the economic and and social section that labor unions aided and abetted by certain govern overn government meat ment officials have dressed the federal fed eral government up into one of the most fearful bugaboos that ever kept a business man awake at night dies CUes Union Threat ThC They have de defined collective bargaining bargaining bargaining bar bar- gaining to be whatever the union wants you to do and have maintained the threat to business m men n that the government will get you jou ou if you dont don't be Se good Collective bargaining in inthe inthe inthe the form of the N R A has failed ai cd to meet the crisis he said I Memories of the theater In fri carl early I history of ot the state were recalled by iy George Gcorge D D. D former manager of the old Salt Lake theater in m the history of Zion section Slides of e early arly ly theatrical scenes illustrated a lecture on leading dramatic figures of Utah In early days Friday the final da day of leadership week will bring two tuo sessions o of toe the state conference of social work to Brigham Young university State Senator Herbert B. B Maw taw will speak on A Prospective Program Program Pro Pro- gram of Social Legislation for S State tc of f Utah at the final general assembly assembly assem assem- bly in m college hall hail at 2 p. p m. m Speakers of the so social work sc section see sec tion Hon include State Superintendent Charles harles H. H Skidmore Dean Dears Milton J Bennion of the University of Utah Frederick P. P Champ state stale E ERA R A advisory advisory ad ad- committee chairman Mrs Burton W. W Musser l state senator and Hugo Anderson of the Salt Lake ake City community chest Leading authorities w will conclude lc lectures turcs of the week on the general theme Building Zion Today Truth Is a doctrinal foundation of Zion Professor Wilson said aid In developing de- de another phase of the general theme of the week Building Zion Today Any Zion that is to be built must be built upon the foundation of ot truth the university educator de de- dared Nothing can stand in this scientific question asking age that cannot stand the light of truth Professor Wilson developed ramifications ramifications of this theme Many of them applied to the thc affect of adherence to truth by average individuals Democracy the basis of ot American systems was indicted b by Dr William J J. J Snow professor of history at Brigham Young university The student of or history declared that democracy was a failure because it its t s seems seems ms to fail rail in em emergencies Dr Snow cited the World War var and the current worldwide depression as concrete examples of circumstances during which a centralization of power pow pow- er ci is necessary for concerted ac ae ac- ac tion During his address delivered before a capacity crowd Dr Snow discussed also the place of dictators in the modem modern mod mod- em ern world The political philosophies of Hitler Stalin of slain stain Dolfuss whose policies carry carryon on came under the critical survey surey of the thc professor The third principal lecture of the morning session of oC the fourth day of or leadership week was delivered by bv Dean Carl Eyring ng of the Brigham I Young university arts and science department I J f. f f |
