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Show A V J K - JUNE 4, SUNDAY, Utah County, Utah 1961 SUNDAY HERALD Employment Prospects Up Pres. Wilkinson Tells of re mi urn Reputation' qf 'Y' Grads n Report Man 7Y' Alumni Completes Degree Elect Officers 71-Year-- ft- - Old g ambition was fulA filled Friday night for Leland J. Farrer, 71, Salt Lake City, when he received the bachelor of arts degree at commencement exercises at Brigham Young Univer'. sity. ';.;Mr. Farrer completed his degree in economics and modern languages," a task which he began in 1912, but which was interrupted by a life of business. 4 and He attended BYU t. married a BYU girl, Vivian to Stanford He transferred University, but; returned to Utah to work in mining for Col. C. E. Loose, then served in the U. S. Army in World War 1. He began working with the Utah Copper Co. in 1923 as an accountant, continued with thej firmi when-i- t changed to Kennecott Copper Corp., and retired Aug. 1, 1956 after 33 years of service. He returned to BYU this year tp finish up his studies! I life-lon- y-':-- 1912-191- Bon-net- i f '. "We are now enjoying the fruits of your labors,"! President Ernest L. Wilkinson told members of the Brigham Young University Emer itus Club Friday, morning. The emeriti, those who attend ed BYU 50 years ago or longer, met at BYU to renew acquain tances, conduct business and elect new oincers. . Named by the elections com- mittee and approved by the club members present, new officers will be George H. Higgs; Dr. Calif., r president; Henry Raile, Salt Lake City, vice president; Amasa I. Clark, Farmington j second, vice president; Mary Beesley Davis, Provo, secretary; Emily Weeks, Provo, associate secretary; and Edith Young Booth, Provo, historian! Approved as! directors were' Mark. Brimhall,. Provo; Jennie Knight Mangum,! Provo; Dr. Fran cis W. Kirkham, Salt Lake of all U.S. private and Walter Webb, Lehi. In City; charge investment .abroad is in Latin of membership will be Dora West America. Gourley, Pleasant Grove; Wil- lianu King Driggs, Los Angeles, !' Calif. ; and Claude S. Ashworth, Provo. In J. Special guests honored at,. the club meeting were Eva Maeser Finder Crandall, the only living child of Karl G. Maeser1, founder of the scholastic career, she hacf ajbaby academy, and 1 Hannah ; Stubbs only-- six weeks old. She and her eldest daughter, who was also a college student, took turns scaring for the baby as theyf alternated classwork. However,; occasionally, a class would conflict and the infant, snoozing peacefully, would nap in the classroom while Mother tackled, "veni,j vidi,j vici." was (cheered on Mrs. Muirhead ' on her college work by her children: Mrs. Adolf o Guzman who is now a teacher at Midvale Elementary School and the mother cf the Muirhead (grandchild, David Ernest: a son in Brazil on a mission ; a daughter in (junior nign scnooi ana ine youngest son, now 8, who is in the second Rose-mea- : d, j 4. i , j j '.BYU COMMENCEMENT PRINCIPALS 1 LDS Church President David O. McKay, left, talks with: United States Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona before the 86th BYU Commencement Exercises Friday night. Senator Goldwater gave the address to the graduates and received the honorary doctorate of laws. , 1185 BYU Graduates Grandma Graduates Latin; Took Toughest Course She CoyId Hear Senator Gbldwd ter . nor attempt to return to the past," he said. "This, is a key point in. the, conflict of ideas I which grip us today and . a pomt ' upon which the future of civilization could conceivably turn.' "Our responsibility, to the present and to the future is to discover under what conditions man has performed, at his efficient best. We must learn what philosophy and what system enabled men to make the greatest posn talents sible use of his . God-give- and human energy. We must pay close heed also to the philosophies and" systems which have stifled the individual and reduced the in dustry, incentive, and improvisation which breed progress. Learn Through Experience "The; entire: human race," he said, "must Tlearn through experience, for we have no method by which we can project our progress in the future unless we understand the principles and actions which contributed to the Without clear comprehen- ' past. .sion of the direction from which we have come, we cannot possibly chart the direction ''' in which . . j we would go.' Tlie Arizona senator outlined centuries of 60 known ' briefly world - history in which famines occurred in richest - f armland ; I j ' areas. "Down through the ages, countless millions, struggling unsuccessfully to keep bare life in wretched bodies, have died young in misery and squalor. Then sud- denly, in one spot on this planet, people eat so abundantly, hunger . is forgotten."not is answer race, for The from built was many America races, said the senator. It was that human rights the concept ' from- God, not governspring ment; that it is wrong to con- centrate power, in the hands of a few. Stresses Responsibility . "Stressing your responsibility," said Senator Goldwater, "I would remind you our way of life, our economics, our form of government are; not the result of accident or fortuitous circumstances. exThey came from hard-bitte- n face could who men periencedj facts, meet responsibilities and were willing to grapple with just such realities as "we find ourselves confronted with today. . . They knew that human nature is unchanging and is so designed men are at their best when they are 'given control over their own actions and allowed to receive the , fruits of their labor. "America is more than a geographical) location. It is the Dec- - - . ' - . r . -- . When daughter couldn't buck laration of Independence and the (Continued from Page One) ( - 1 1 One-fift- h registration line. Mother stepped ,in to show her how and discovered, when she had finished, that she, too, was registered for a full course at the uni' versity. least, that's how Mrs. John Muirhead, 216E. 7th N., explains that- - BYU i United States Constitution, with a system of local It is development and progress on the farm, in the factory, in the mine.. It is the creation of a worldwide commerce and the of travel by with opening of vast lines tongue in cheek! how she sea, land and air-- . J ."a triumph happened to be in she graduating of human progress. ; processional to receive a diploma Work For Change at commencement rites Friday at "I would urge you to work for Brigham Young University. change as you go out in the Actually Mrs.! Muirhead, the world," said Senator Goldwater. mother of four children and a "But work for the right kind of grandmother, has taken five change, the kind thai will be posi of college .since she first tive and helpful in charting the 4 years registered in 1953 at BYU, but right course for your lives and hadn't fulfilled her requirements the nation's life. for graduation until this spring "Don't tamper with the natural .when she completed her required laws, the fundamentals that have subjects to graduate 'bearing the been tested and proven," he said. school's first bachelor degree There are too: many voices in with a major in Latin. She began America today suggesting that her school work both to help her we change our historic concept with problems she was experiencof freedom by turning over more as the mother of a. partially ing and more power to .the federal deaf child and as therapy for government. There'; is also pre- the emotonal problems she was occupation with a subject called experiencing in connection with 'national goals' which I find; dis- the same problem. "I took the concerting. Because it presup toughest course I could find, in poses that we don't; have a na orderi to distract myself from tional goal sufficientj to the realiemotional problems," she ties of today. We do have a na- my She mot says. only took a difficult tional goal the one j contained in course, to maintain but the Declaration of Independence.' a B average managed in .all her work with Invocation was offered by LDS A's in the majority in the classes apostle Marion G. Romney, and of her major subjects benediction" was given by ApostleJ When Mrs. Muirhead began her Mark E. Petersen. In addition to Senator Goldwater, an honorary doctor of huROTC manities was given ' Henry' D. 13 ; to counselor President Moyle, McKay, and an honorary doctorate' of science to Dr. William Alton Ochsner, ."who has Thirteen Air Force ROTC cadone extensive research in cause and effect between smoking and dets received commissions as second lieutenants at commencement .' lung cancer, j exercises Friday night at BrighamFor Distinguished Service -Young University. Seven awards for distinguished are Calvard S. The cadets ' service were presented: Allen, Jerome, Ida.; Wayne L. The Joseph F. Smih family liv- Allen, Provo; Charles H. Cardon, ing award to "a. ifistinguished El Paso, Tex.; John L. Christen-secouple who epitomize all Jhat this Idaho Fals, Ida.; Gordon W. award represents.' Eugene and Gortler, Columbia City, Ore.; Ruth Savage Hilton. . Deon'R. Gubler, LaVerkin; Eldon The James EV Talmage scien- G. Lytle, Las Vegas, Nev.;' Jim tific achievement award to Dr. C. Phillips; Fresno, Calif.; d Verri Oliver Knudsen, physicist, R. Phillips, Panaca, Nev.; acoustician and former chancel- Wayne G.: Tobler, Salt Lake City; lor at the University of California Gerald L. Vincent, Sepulveda, at Los Angeles: j. Calif.; Frank M. Woodland, Boun"The tbraham O: Smoot public tiful f and James W. Young, service award to1 Herbert Curtis Farmington, N. M. Shoemaker, Utah State TaxjCom-missio- n chairman " and former state welfare chairman. Madsen, professor of music eme .The Jesse Knight industrial citi- ritus of BYU. The Karl G. Maeser distinzenship award to O. Leslie Stone Skaggs-Stonof and guished teaching award to; Dr. Milpresident of vice former president Safeway. ton Marshall, chairman of the The David O. McKay humani- physics and mathematics departties award to Florence Jepperson ments of BYU. self-governme- nt. A-- t ; j ! . , . - Because of the premium reputation of BYU graduates, employment possibilities at Brigham Young University are running upward, contrary to the national downward trend, Dr. Ernest Wilkinson, president, informed 1188 graduates and their families Friday evening, during the 86th annual commencement exercises held at the ,i ieldhouse. In 1959 only 82' per cent of BYU graduates knew commencement night what they were going to do; and last year, only 83 per cent, said Dr. 'Wilkinson. "But this year, 90 per cent of graduates have already determined wjiat they are going to do," he said. ; A total of 57.8 per cent already have jobs; 19.6 per cent will enter graduate study; s7.4 per cent are women who plan to1 marry and confine their activity to the home; 2.2 per cent expect mission " . Jones, the only student how living out : of the 29 who registered for President Maeser's first class in 1876'. Both women spoke, reminiscing about the old academy and commenting how they have watched! it grow int;o 'one of thk greatest universities in the United States." - . Ed-wa- rd grade.- Her father, Ernest Otto Cost of attending Church-supporte- d BYU, now $1000 a year, is still rated as a big bargain com- pared with "average costs na- 1 $1550; tionally, Church appropriations pick! up 71 per cent of the cost of operating thes university, with student tuition and fees paying 23,. per cent and, other income six jper cent, v j? Gifts' given the destiny fund up to April 30, 196lli totaled just, under $3 million he said. Twin goals of the university academic excellence and spiritual strength remain unchanged, said , Dr. Wilkinson. . j FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE i 1 ' pus." OPEN j EVERY MONDAY lil 9 p.m. I.l-mad- OR SMART NEV SHOES TO TAKE YOU ROUND THE CLOCK . . AT A PRICE YOU MAY EXPECT TO PAY FOR ONE PAIR For Summer's ' I u ; ; ' :. ? '' . . '; : 'v J; : T'. 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She- also, is looking forward to teaching in Korea, in 1964 where she has been invited to do so by Miss Goon Ok Whang, one; of her renters who became her good friend while at BYU.! Cadets Get Bars lrfrsXm !Trfed RICH or POOR, . end stu . o r . stu- dent teachers, he said. Dr. Wilkinson in his annual re port noted evidence of increased seriousness of purpose among ' '.": students.; He said "the newly instituted honors program, the change to the semester system, the increasing emphasis on graduate study, and, in fact, signs in every re--' spect of the University program point to student acceptance of the academic challenge . proffered them and emphasize the seriousness of purpose which is a domi nant characteristic on the cam 7 Dr. LoVerne Daly, Optometrist in charge :1 , na BYU ranks second in the tion as to percentage of its' dents enrolled in teaching third as to total number, of i AT ZALE'S JEWELERS : r ! calls, and two per cenjill enter military service. He said "it is appropriate io note at this time that despite the recession in which more than 5,000,000 are out of work, monthly governmental reports show there is always a shortage of engineers, social workers, teachers, nurses, draftsmen,! technicians, machinists and competent secretaries, stenographers and typists With the age of automation upon vis, it will become increasingly ' important ' that e veryone be competently trained in! some profession, trade or skilled occupation," said Dr. Wilkinson.j Dr. Wilkinson said salaries for BYU graduates have again risen this year. Averagej salary of all those to be graduated this year from BYU will be $ji783, the aver4 age salary for men, $5314 abd for women, j $4301. Highest compensation for a "'graduate receiving a doctoral degree is $10,200 a masters degree. $8640;'' and a bac. calaureate degree, $8400. 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