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Show F ! V'.?;"" "... waa.j. snqw " ft " TJ1K HI It Til OF .IMKIiKMXlSM jutinctlve "Americanism- was born and nurtured on the & Vhis belief has been ably presented by Frederick Jackson :i''tie f&ge f Western American history. Am Young was a typical frontiersman and a typical Amer-';iL Amer-';iL and reared in a Puritan atmosphere, charged with the . ' t ,nd challenge of the western wilderness, he became an 1 leader in one of the great adventures of the western , convincingly maintained by Turner and his distinguished ' Ihe westward movement is our great "American Epic" ) r If Jiornion migration is, by common agreement, a unique II f; ( that movement from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific ''Moreover, Brigham Young and his followers underwent the ' ing process which other frontiersmen underwent. This w-4 consisted of repeating again and again as the frontier e-i certain experiences which made American institutions and "distinct in t'Pe from those carried over from the Old World. lir.j ' 0" then is the frontier and what is this distinctive Ameri-", Ameri-", '"jt which we boast? No fixed or final definition can be e fj ', either. In fact this very difficulty may be a basic charac-ltcj charac-ltcj ;,'j(each. No fundamentalist, no hundred percenter, can set ndf "-randard by wnich t0 measure accurately and truly the pa-iei pa-iei "o( hjs fellow countrymen. It may be said with considerable -ihat flexibility, not rigidity; that adaptation to new geographic!! geograph-ic!! ,.jMinic, and social environment, not conformtiy to an old Kt of harmony with present demands; that originality and .-tv not uniformity and traditionalism are basic characteris-IStR; characteris-IStR; '"')& frontier. Thus out of these qualities of frontier life an ...jisj, was born, which demanded economic equality, religious !Te! -jnd political privilege for all. The cornerstone of this democ-n. democ-n. is i 4WP and aoiding resoect for tne common man. Ringed individualism," an initiative that met every challenge 'ept . ojjjge, faith, and hope, and mastered difficulties seemingly ve- -,'intable was, of course, manifested to an extreme degree, and aurally, in this wildernesss life. This pioneer man channeled i; course, felled the forests, grubbed the brush, drained the ins 1 -s. protected his home from savages whose rights he was prone trard and whose lands he often illegally appropriated. In ragged individualism" sometimes then as now became ram-T ram-T -jMdualism, lawless and defiant of all authority. There were, uen -V in this rough wilderness life a deep spiritual idealism, a la p A ;or woman, a love of liberty, a spirit of independence which 1 "to -j-.sd in what we call Americanism, and k more comment seems necessary. The necessity of collec- ol cooperative action was not lost sight of. Corn huskings. -jags, collective action against the Indians, were common at :j!S of developemnt. In such an environment Brigham Young il aed. It will be the purpose in future articles to reveal the ol his leadership and show his relationship to the whole rid movement. Elictier article of this series by Dr. Wm. J. Snow will appear rail VU1!K TKAuhixg JOBS lLROVRuIon Cottam, Myles Judd and 0Hve noni Brigham Young university Z ; t An utah schoola' accord mg to the university teachers' P acement bureau. AU are grad. nates of Dixie junior college dents' th6y W6re outBtandinS tu- Mr- CoWam- son of Mr. and Kjl p. Walter Cottam, received ,,',.B' S' desree the Y in 1JJ4. He will teach his major S'bject, sociology, at Roosevelt t h k I He was Prominent in debating and public speaking ctivu.es during his two years The post of musl(, supervigor m the Maeser elementary school of Provo was granted to Olive Reeve, daughter of Mrs. Edward H. Snow. She comes to her position posi-tion well prepared, having taught at Hurricane high school in 1925- 26 and engaged in private piano teachlng at Dixie colege 1931 and 1933. Valedictorian at Dixie in 1933, she received her B. S. from B. Y. TJ. last spring. Prominent in dramatics at Dixie and the Y, Miles Judd, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Judd, will teach speech in the Vernal high school. He has taken part in and directed numerous plays, and in his senior year at B. Y. U. received the dramatic award. These students are included among the eighty-one graduates of 193-5 who have already secured secur-ed teaching jobs. Last year, a greater percentage of graduates, from B. Y. U. found employment than from any other Utah university, uni-versity, it was revealed in a recent re-cent survey made by a state newspaper. news-paper. Brigham Young university will open this year on October 1. with registration scheduled for September 27, 28, and 30. A record-breaking enrollment is expected ex-pected by university officials. |