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Show Gov, Addresses Dedication Services at CSU Governor J. Bracken Lee, as guest speaker at the dedication of the new College of Southern Utah Library-Auditorium Wednesday Wed-nesday evening, praised school leaders for future planning in providing such educational facilities, facili-ties, and at the same time questioned ques-tioned the constant plaint that schools of Utah are undermanned underman-ned and poorly housed. The governor pointed out that never In history has so much money been expended on school buildings at all levels as in recent re-cent years, and maintained that no where can any finer school structures be found than in Utah. He also maintained that more people are devoting their time to education now than ever before. Governor Lee praised highly the leadership that has developed devel-oped the College of Southern Utah to serve the people of this part of the state, and who visualized vis-ualized and promoted the construction con-struction of such facilities as has been provided on the local campus cam-pus in recent years. Chase in Attendance Dr. Daryl Chase, president, Utah State Agricultural College, who was director of the local school when the beautiful new library-auditorium building was planned and $650,000 acquired for its construction, was also a speaker at the dedicatory services, ser-vices, and told of the future hej had visualized for southern j Utah's state school, and expressed expres-sed the opinion that all he had( hoped for had been realized. I Charles R. Hunter, chairman, j CSU committee of the board of j trustees, presided at the services, and remarks were also given byj Thorpe B. Isaacson, chairman of the board. The dedicatory prayer was bl Almo Sonne, member of the board of trustees. Music for the occasion was provided pro-vided by the college chorus and ; orchestra under the director of Professors Blaine Johnson and Roy L. Halversen, respectively, with piano selections by Irving Wassormann, Logan, member of the CSU summer school fac-ultv. fac-ultv. Visitors to the college were , conducted through the buildings on the campus. Including the new men's dormitory, which was , also dedicated. The tours of the buildings were made during the afternoon and evening hours. |