Show USE Seniors Hear TV TVA A Chief at al Ril RilLand Rites Land Grant Colleges Extolled in Graduation Address Telegram Leased Wire Ire LOGAN Partnership between such agencies s as the Tennessee Valley Authority and land-grant land colleges for decentralization of ot government to solve various problems problems problems lems confronting the nation was advocated Saturday by Dr David E. E Lilienthal chairman of at the theT theT T TVA V A A. A in his address to graduates of Utah State Agricultural college Dr Lilienthal delivered his address address address ad ad- dress to members of the graduating graduating grad grad- class at exercises at-exercises conducted in the main auditorium Two honorary degrees were conferred conferred conferred con con- by the institution in addition addition addition addi addi- tion to those awarded the members of at the graduating class Degrees of at master of science the highest the school awards were presented to James T. T Jardine director agricultural experiment stations U. U S. S department of at agriculture agriculture agriculture agri agri- culture and William Peterson di director director dl- dl rector emeritus Utah extension service Confer Diplomas C. C G G. Adney president of the board of trustees presided at the exercises Dr W. W L. L acting acting act act- ing log president conferred the diplomas diplomas diplo diplo- mas in place of Dr Franklin S. S Harris president who is in Greece on a state department mission You who receive a degree from this college today should be proud Of the distinction Dr Lilienthal said for this is a land-grant land college one of the unique American American Ameri Amen can institutions in every state inthe Inthe in inthe the Union that symbolizes and embodies embodies embodies em em- bodies a great democratic conviction tion that Uon-that that progress In life of community and the nation comes through education of t the e people I of the land grant college go back to days of ot Abr Abra Abra- ham Lt ln's It has bl been beel n a dyn InStitution Like tike any force for education Uon that Is la worthy of ot the name it must con cori continue o to grow and develop to meet new conditions and new obligations obligations obligations obliga obliga- to the people Form Partnership In the Tennessee valley he continued in the past dozen years cars there has been a convincing d demonstration that the land-grant land colleges are institutions of education education education tion with such a capacity for development development development de de- de- de and adaptation to new conditions opportunities and new obligations The partnership par t n e r s hip worked out between the T TVA V A a federal regional development corporation corporation cor cor- and the land-grant land colleges colleges colleges col col- col- col leges of seven Tennessee valley states constitutes a new chapter i in the long and honorable history I of this characteristically American educational institution The speaker told graduates The liThe new chapter and its portent Is the theme of my talk for tor this story from the off far valley of the Tennessee bears directly on an Issue that concerns every everyone one in inthis inthis inthis this graduating class every member member mem mem- ber her Q of your faculty indeed faculty indeed all men of serious purposes everywhere everywhere everywhere every every- where in our land That issue he said is nothIng nothing nothing noth noth- ing less than this question How can we Americans find a reasonable reasonable reasonable reason reason- able and workable way to halt and to reverse continuing trend toward centralization of power inthe in inthe inthe the vital affairs of our lives Jives centralization centralization centralization cen cen- In both private administration administration administration admin admin- of economic affairs and andIn andIn andIn In governmental centralization of administration in Washington bureaus bureaus bu bu- and departments centralization that brings with it remote economic control and absentee government 1 Dr Lilienthal Warned warned the issue Is no narrow one of states state's rights versus federal or congressional powers Only an antiquarian will fall fail to recognize that the nation must entrust federal government government government gov gov- with extensive powers and responsibilities and these re- re See Page 4 Column 2 Graduates Hear Address by TV TVA A Chief Continued from Page One will win be broadened rather than narrow narrowed d as time goes joes on How can It be otherwise he asked in view of ot the advancements advance advance- I ments merits in transportation and communication communication com corn the new mobility of our population the swift contagion of at our once local problems But he continued there is a avital avital avital vital distinction between federal powers cowers and the administration and execution of those powers Because Be- Be i cause ca the federal government has hascen been cen entrusted with a responsibility and because federal approprIations appropriations appropriations are arc involved it does not follow ollow that the function must e be administered in local ocal c com communities 0 m m u n nIt I t I 1 e c s by federal agents employed by and reporting to o a distant Washington bureau The real iss issue isse e is not one of states states' rights but rather how can the people eople of ot our vast country enjoy the he advantages of a strong and responsive central government and yet et escape th the thc evils and hazards of ot con concentrated economic power powe and of remote top heavy centralIzed centralIzed central- central zed public administration T TV V A History Dr Lilienthal reviewed In detail th the history of T V A from its conception con- con In 1933 when the poor farmland farm farmand farmland land and along the river was used to grow corn com and cotton and rous floods occurred to the present pres- pres ent nt time when the valley has 26 darns dams ams controlling the river developing developing devel- devel ping power and utilizing the Muscle Shoals plant to produce great quantities of ot phosphate fertilizer fer- fer to rebuild the land It is our conviction n that in a democracy development of re resources re- re sources agriculture and other ields must ultimately rest on n the n of the people not education ii In the narrowly defined schoolroom sense but education which has as its purpose bringing facts acts and information to the people so they may act in accord with the best est scientific and pr practical knowl- knowl c edge dge Education through the land- land grant college system has helped us produce incredible quantities of both loth Industrial and agricultural products with which we were able to o win two world wars The recent war is won but there remains the I peace we do not yet have and there here remains the struggle which we dare not relax against forces both oth at home and abroad that would substitute te the blanket general general genral gen- gen eral ral rule of at remote control for those hose precious assets of regional and nd local life of at learning and will on n which the growth and greatness of f this nation are arc based Land-Grant Land Schools Dr explained In Inthe Inthe the Tennessee Tennesee valley we wethe the T TVA V A people cople and the land-grant land college people eople who have worked with us have lave tried not to forget this And Andow now ow that the horizons horizon of resource resource utilization are widening It behooves behooves be- be hooves us all to watch well how the tie remainder of ot this new chapter of f federal and state government and local collaboration is written The tiThe land-grant land colleges as I have tried to show have a great past ast Always close to the regional regionald and d local grass roots they have helped the country to grow and have lave grown up with the country Not Jot only have they matured the tremendous new forces of the technological age they also have developed the knowledge and capacity capacity ca- ca by which these forces must be harnessed to the service of human human human hu hu- hu- hu man life and enlargement of human human human hu hu- hu- hu man freedom The land-grant land colleges of the nation he emphasized can an aid aidIn aidIn aidin In finding a way to h have ve a strong alert and responsive national government government government gov- gov gov gov- and yet encourage a decentralized decentralized de- de centralized administration of those essential responsibilities the people have vested In their central gov gov- In her valedictory address addres Our Destiny In the Making A. A Noreen Ting y Logan likened the fictitious fictitious development of ot Frankenstein Frankenstein Frankenstein Franken stein by movie makers with the present development of at th the atomic bomb and declared civilization may have created a monster that will destroy It it At Crossroads Mans tiMan's greatest power la Is his In in- in Through it he has pushed to new intellectual frontiers and has brought mankind to the atomic age an age In which as never before before before be be- fore he lie stands at the crossroads Science is the product of mans man's ability to rationalize like a knife it can kill and maim or cure and The Th commencement opened with the academic parade from the library around the south wing of the old main building to the audi audi- Dr Lilienthal and Dr Wanless led the graduates graduate Program included Coronation March from The Prophet college college col cal lege orchestra directed by Dr N. N W. W Invocation Rev M Miner ner er E. E Bruner Shine On Oh Star mens men's I chorus directed by Prof W. W H. H Manning Miss Tin- Tin jey's jeys valedictory Hungarian Dance No 5 by the college orchestra preceded Dr Lilienthal's Lilienthal's Lili- Lili cn address Spring Is In My Heart Again the mens men's chorus conferring of degrees degree Dr congratulations to the graduates by LeRoy Hillam Salt L Lake ke City president of at U USA S A C Alumni and benediction Dr W. W v. v W. W Richards director Logan Institute of Religion |