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Show September 22, 1961 THE DIXIE SUN Page 2 New Teachers RETROSPECTION AND LOOK FORWARD by A. Karl Larson The year 1961 is significant both at Dixie College and in the communities of Utahs Dixie. It is significant for St. George because it is just one hundred years ago this coming November 25th that William Fawcett and Robert now Thompson drove their wagons into the valley where St. George is comlocated. These men with their families were the vanguard of the pany of pioneers who arrived during the first week in December 1861 and built the city of St. George. Picture yourselves in their places, if that is in any way possible. They were almost entirely on their own resources, for it was well over 300 miles to Salt Lake City and nearly 500 miles from the Pacific coast, with the most primitive roads leading to either place. The soil was impregnated with alkali, and for thirty years a turbulent stream defied their efforts at controlling it for irrigation. Yet, control it they did, in the face of continuous perennial disaster; and the raw forces of nature that many times threatened their desruction, in the end became their means of sustenance. The pioneers made many mistakes, but they profited from their errors. They builded well. The evidence of their tenacity in seeking and creating the everlasting verities is seen in the homes, the highways, the fruitful fields, and in their temples of learning and worship. The sublimity of their idealism is revealed in the stately Tabernacle, finest art in the entire history of the Mormon example of the faith; m the splendid Temple which draws the eye of every traveler as he approaches this sheltered valley from any direction; and in the sturdy walls of the Dixie College Administration Building. chapel-builde- at Dixie College The womens physical education and dance instruction at Dixie will be headed this year by Miss Emily Roberts of Salt Lake City. Miss Roberts graduated June, 1961 from the University of Utah where she was Vice President of Orchesis dance group, and danced and choreographed for many student productions. She has taught dancing in Salt Lake City and has done some professional dancing. Miss Roberts spent this summer at college in Colorado Springs, where she studied under broadway dance choreographer, Hayna Holm. She should do an excellent job here at Dixie with all her experience and qualifications. Miss Roberts is proudly wearing a diamond ring which she received on August 24. Her objective: to educate the community to artistic and recreational dance and then get married. rs These things are the physical manifestations of the spiritual force which has been the motivating influence in this valley since the Pioneers entered it one hundred years ago. is a significant year for Dixie Nineteen hundred and sixty-onJust fifty years ago this September this institution was created by the same devotion and sacrifice which built the Tabernacle and Temple. The Pioneers built these structures because they hated crudeness and ignorance, and because they loved knowledge, learning, and beauty. On them they lavished all their love of the things that for them constituted the Good Life. e College also. These things they have left to you, the students of Dixie College. They did it because they wanted their own children and you to grow physically, intellectually, and spiritually to the full limits of your possibilities. They were never satisfied with mediocrity themselves, and they would not expect you to be different. As you begin your work on the fiftieth anniversary of the birth of this great institution, remember that its founders rightly expect you to do the best that you are capable of achieving. What is a man, , If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? A beast, no more. Sure he that made us with huch large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and godlike reason To fust in us unused. Mrs. Gregerson, of Gunnison, filling a vacancy at Dixie College this year as an English instructor. A graduate of Utah State University, she received her masters degree last spring. Previously, Mrs. Gregerson taught English and Spanish at Gunnison High and Logan High. In the past she has also found time to serve as an officer in the Associated Garden Clubs on both a state and national basis, direct a girls chorus for many years, travel extensively throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and appear on television in connection with civic beauty programs. She is now completing a book on the history and biography of a certain Mellor fami- Utah is Workman of Salt Lake City in the St. George Temple. Mr. Miles objective: to bring to all students of Dixie- a realization of the opportunities in science that exist today. New assistant coach at Dixie this year is Mr. Owen Dixon, former coach at BY High and B. Y. U. Mr. Dixon was at BY High from 1947 to 1952 and at the university from 1952 until 1961. He graduated from the Brigham Young University with a B. S. degree in physical education in 1946. Mr. Dixon will assist head football coach Keith Rogers in football and baseball and will be head coach for the wrestling team. - Theatre Staff New Organization A newly organized Theatre Staff for the Dixie College drama department was announced this week by Marion J. Bentley, department chairman. Designed for greater effeciency of operation and maximum growth and development of department personnel, the new staff will formulate polity and supervise technical aspects of all production. It is also hoped that the Theatre Staff will provide the community with a more effective rental service of department equipment. The Theatre Staff will consist of seven permanent members. The student representative to the Community Theatre Council and the designers for specific productions will be members of the group. Staff positions include stage manager in charge of scenery construction and technical supervision, a staff artist, and the manager of costumes, publicity, promotion, lighting and properties. The group will meet at a weekly luncheon to discuss policy and coordinate activities. Announcement of appointments to the Theatre Staff will be made later. President's Message (continued from page JIMMIE'S and 1) edge live on a high social and eco- nomic plane. This story has been duplicated in its broad outlines in mny corners of the world. Men do not only match their wits against other men, they match them against other living things and against the physical world. Intelligence, resourcefulness, perseverance, knowledge and skill these make the difference. So necj essary are they that our democratic society has established schools of high learning where you can concentrate full time on developing them and making them important tools to use in moulding your own future. Our program both formal and informal, is geared to one end to help you become a more effective and worthwhile person. Now, in my considered judgment, its effectiveness as an instrument of personal development will depend on the faculty and on you. Give it more than you ought They believed these words of the great poet. They expect you to believe them and to translate them into action. The Spirit of our Pion- lyMrs. Gregerson and her husband, eers is watching you, and you will not disappoint them. a contractor and inventor, have one son who is now married and is studying Mr. Daniel Miles, born and educated in our own St. George, is FOUNTAIN LUNCH the new physics, chemistry and math instructor at Dixie. He graduated from Dixie College as valeSandwiches and Fries dictorian in 1955, and from the University of Utah with honors in 1960. Mr. Miles served a 2l2 year in Spanish America. Active mission WE BUY AND SELL ALL TYPES OF COINS in all sports throughout his high school and jr. college years, he Where the gang meets! won All Conference (I.C.A.C.) title in basketball. On August 25, he married Lenora to. pre-me- d. Is |
