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Show I Opportunities unlimited grads told In the largest Southern Utah State . College Commencement Com-mencement to date, 285 seniors sen-iors received bachelor's degrees de-grees June 5 and heard the commencement speaker advise ad-vise them to take full advantage advan-tage of the fulfillment and unlimited opportunity they can find in the world today. Ellis L. Armstrong, commissioner com-missioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, told the graduates grad-uates and guests that for the first time in history, man has the physical, moral and economic econ-omic capability of providing a good life for everyone. He observed that it is trite to say that this is a troubled - re. r "":f f m 'I ' world, and this fact is nothing new. "But, this is a far different dif-ferent world vastly different as far as man is concerned n than it has ever been before," " he stated. j He said that he gets quite concerned over the emphasis J these days of the negative. "There are no magic solutions solu-tions or easy solutions all ? we need, really, Is to get , with it." The areas of environment, , population and world peace wiiroiiBMiniiiiiirtH iii baiiiinwiii iwiimiiii.n umiiii mi mtm I ELLIS ARMSTRONG ADDRESSES SUSC GRADS achievement. Honorary doctorates were? conferred upon Mr Armstrong,, Arm-strong,, Warren H. Bulloch, Cedar City, and Mrs. Corinne II. Sweet, Salt Lake City. In Baccalaureate services Friday evening, Elder Bernard Bern-ard P. Brockbank, assistant to the Council of Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints said, "There is no center more secure than ono built around knowing the true and living God " He told the graduates that in their thirst and desire for life and adventure, they should not wander so far from their center and place of refuge ref-uge that they are unable to return to it before they are . lost in the undesirable ways of the world. j "Today's 'deprived genera-tion' genera-tion' may have the greatest challenge of all overcoming affluence," he said. "Today's I youth may find their most . formidable task in conquering themselves." "The fact of the material $ well-being of today's youth may deprive them of experi- $ ences and motivations essen- tial to success and the self- & fulfillment we hear so much $ about," Elder Brockbank said. He also advised the gradu- $ ates to appreciate their great national heritage, to sift care- X fully so that they can distin- guish the false from the true $ and see the evidence of divine $ power all around. h were cited by Mr. Armstrong as perhaps man's biggest prdblems. "Pollution is not an especially tough or awesome problem," he said. "We have the technology to deal with it. We have in the past lacked the commitment, and now we have that. So we are on our way." He said that he felt the pop-ulation pop-ulation problem too will yield because of the worldwide programs pro-grams that are underway. He cited factors for the probability of world peace as the capability of worldwide self destruction, a closer bond between the world's nations, influences of world tourism, and the teaching of today's children that they matter. Valedictorian Evalee Math-eson, Math-eson, Cedar City, predicated her talk upon the reality of achieving the "impossible dream" and what the graduates gradu-ates of her class could contribute con-tribute toward realizing this |