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Show As usual, since May of 1944, the granddaughters of Brigham Young and the Brigham Young Assn, have honored the memory of the great colonizer in Salt Lake City on his birthday anniversary. The Granddaughters Assn, which was organized on May 8, 1944 by Eugenia H. Rampton, elected her honorary lifetime president. New officers elected during the Hotel Utah luncheon were Lucile Furr, great-- granddaughter, president. Others are Suzanne Bowers, great - great - granddaughter, first vice president; Lurene Wilkinson, great - granddaughter, second vice president; Doralee Madsen, great-gregranddaughter, secretary; Betsy Newton, great - granddaughter, treasurer; Jo Anne Koplin, great - granddaughter, Georgia Mouritsen, publicity; Georgie H. Steed, granddaughter, adviser. Emeline Nebeker Thurman was the former president. One of the granddaughters places a wreath on the Brigham Young Monument June 1, bis birth anniversary. This year Mrs. Steed placed the wreath. Eighty one descendants of Brigham Young were present. Including 13 of the 36 living granddaughters, 26 great - granddaughters, 33 great - great - granddaughters, and nine granddaughters. In the accompanying photo are grand at historian; - -- great-great-gre- Granddaughters of Brigham Young honored at luncheon on the eve of birthday anniversary. See story to identify. daughters, from left, front, Claire D. Bergstrom, Beatrice Y. Moore, Eugenia H. Rampton, Lyle Y. Gates. Back row, ...Service Coo finned from Page II to give and take In the search for harmony and you need unselfishness of the highest sort thought for your partners tako f desire for yourselves. This the place ing is respect. It is part of your quest for the abundant life. Third, mastery of self. Perhaps die surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his The comer stone of such a persons value system is never "What will others think? but rather, "What will I think of myself? One teacher commented, In the last analysis, I have to be true to myself; but it is a little tough to do that when I am being false to my students, because I'm a teacher not for my sake, but for the sake of my students. And if I do them any mental, physical, emotional or social harm, then I drag diem down with me into what ought to be, but cannot be, my own priself-respe- vate purgatory.' of the imperative requirements One life is to be able to make choices. In order to do so one must know how to look at things and oneself. One must also learn that to live means being able to cope with difficulties; problems are a normal part of life and the great thing is to avoid being flattened by diem. The battle for may leave you a bit bruised and battered, but always a better man or woman. is a rigorous process at of us want it to be efforttoo many best; less and painless. Some spurn effort and substitute an alibi. We hear the plea, "I was denied the advantages others had in their youth." And then we remember the caption which Webster, die cartoonist, placed under a sketch of Abraham Lincolns log cabin; Others say, I am physically limited." History is replete with people possessing physical limitations. Homer could have fat at die gates of Athens, have been pitied and fed by coins from the rich. He, like Milton, the poet, and Prescott, the they were historian, had good alibis blind. Demosthenes, greatest of all great his lungs orators, had a wonderful alibi were weak, his voice hoarse and unmusical and he stuttered. Beethoven was stone deaf at middle age. They all had good alibis they never used them. "Mr. Mean To has a comrade, and his Have you ever name is "Didnt Do. chanced to meet them? Did they ever call on you? These two fellows live together in the bouse of "Never Win," and Im told y Self-maste- ill-fe- it is haunted by die ghost of Might Have Been." Should temporary setbacks afflict us, a very significant part of our struggle for is the determination and the courage to try again. y f Orlob and Constance Y. Stark. Gaylen S. Young, a grpr'i-jon- , wreath at the graveside, 140-ls- placed a t Ave. To Others Is Akin To Duty' that a television sportscaster, speaking the Rehan S. West, Georgie H. Steed, Dorothy H. Mathews, Edith Y. Booth, Alta Y. Jenkins, Naomi Y. Schettler, Gladys Y. stellar performance of Y. of A. Tittle, one of the truly great quarterbacks of professional football, described a play where Tittle was the key man. He said: "Tittle has received the handoff and Is looking downfield for his receivers. But bis line cant hold, and the tacklers are upon him. But wait Tittles fading deeper into his own backfield, eluding tackier after tackier. Again he looks downfield and a receiver is moving toward the goal line. The pass is away and caught for the touchdown. That was a great second effort by Y. A. Tittle. Most of us will need that second effort as we pursue lifes journey. In the words of the fight song of a Yonkers, New York high school: Lead u, oh lead n, Great Moulder of men: Out of the darkness to strive once again. Your world moves at an increasingly rapid pace. Scientific achievements are fantastic, advances in medicine are phenomenal, and the probings of the inner secrets of earth and the outer limits of space leave one amazed and in awe. In our science-oriente- d age we conquer space, but cannot control self; hence, we forfeit peace. Through modem science, man has been permitted to fly through space at great speeds and to silently and without effort cruise 60 days under water in nuclear-powere- d ships. Now that man can fly like a bird and swim like a fish, if only he could learn to walk on earth like a man. Amazing as has been mans exploration of space, his achievements on earth have been scarcely less remarkable. The computer, says Time Magazine, "is in fact the largely unsung hero of the thrust into space. Computers carefully check out all systems before launch, keep track of the spacecrafts position in the heavens, plot trajectories and issue precise commands to astronauts. These fabulous machines are changing the world of business, they have given new horizons to the fields of science and medicine, changed the techniques of education and improved the efficiency of government Could It be that these machines which can add, multiply, divide, sort, eliminate and remember will someday be able to think? The answer is definitely negative. While the computer is an advance in man's thinking processes as radical as the invention of writing, it is neither the symbol of the millennium nor a flawless rival of the human brain. There are limits to human genius. Man can devise die most complex machines, but he cannot give them life or bestow upon diem the powers of reason and judgment. Why? Because these are divine gifts, bestowed solely at Gods discretion. made a computer once, it with infinite care and precision exceeding that of all the scientists combined. Using clay for the main structure, He installed within It a system for the continuous intake of information of all kinds and descriptions, by sight, hearing and feeling; a circulatory system to keep all channels constantly dean and serviceable; a digestive system to preserve its strength and vigor in perpetuity; and a nervous system to keep all parts in constant communication and coordination. Lying there on the ground in the Garden of Eden, it far surpassed the finest modern computer and was equally dead. It was equipped to memorize and calculate and work out the most complex equation, but there was something lacking. Then God drew near and "breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and (Genesis man became a living soul. God 2:7) This is why man has powers no modern computer possesses or ever will possess. God gave man life and with it the power to think and reason and decide and love. With such power given to you and to me, mastery of self becomes a necessity if we are to have the abundant life. Finally, joy in service. To find real happiness, we must seek for it in a focus outside ourselves. No one has learned the meaning of living until he has surrendered his ego to the service of his fellow men. Service to others is akin to duty, the fulfillment of which brings true Joy- - Describing the Joy of fulfillment of duty and service to God and country, Sir Winston Churchill, upon die unconditional surrender of enemy forces during World War n, declared: "Weary and worn, impoverished but undaunted and now triumphant, we had a moment that was sublime. We gave thanks to God for the noblest of all the sense we had done our His blessings duty." You are leaders. May I remind you that die mantle of leadership is not the WEEK. Eh cloak of comfort, but the role of responsibility. service will be to youth. Youth needs fewer critics and more models. One hundred years from now it will not matter what kind of a car you drove, what kind of a house you lived in, how much you had in the bank account, nor what your clothes looked like. But the world may be a little better because you were important in the life of a boy or a girl Dr. Hans Selye says wisely in his book, The Stress ef Life, "Neither wealth, nor force, nor any other instrument of power can ever be more reliable in assuring our security and peace of mind than the knowledge of having inspired gratitude in a great many people. This is the joy which comes through service. As you graduates file solemnly from this great institution of learning, may you ever look backward with pride and look forward with hope. Your training, your experience, your knowledge are tools to be used skillfully. They have been Your conscience, your love, your faith are delicate and precious instruments to guide your destiny. They have been God given. You ask, "Is there a safe way for me to tread through this world of uncertainty and infinite challenge? I answer you in the words of Louise Haskins who wrote in her poem, "The Gate of the Year" : Perhaps I your caution: . And I said to the mao who stood at the gate of the year, "Give me a light, that I may tread safely into the unknown. And he replied, "Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the band of God. That shall be to you better light. And safer than a known way. than a I bear witness to the truth of this advice and leave my blessing with you, the graduating class of 1967. May you realize a full measure of success in your personal quest for the abundant life through, OBEDIENCE TO LAW RESPECT FOR OTHERS MASTERY OF SELF JOY IN SERVICE I earnestly and humbly pray, in the name of Jesus Christ, the Author of the Abundant Life, Amen. ' |