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Show 255 receive diplomasin SUSC rites fm"mm,p,wmmmmtmmimim mm ").' mm t. "mi " 1,1 m"-?' "m"" f ":"!,'f"l" i a, ,..ja , I PROCESSIONAL. Dr. Royden C. Braithwaite,. right and former Utah Senator Frank E. Moss lead processional at Southern Utah State College graduation exercises held on the campus Friday morning. At right, LeGrand Richards, speaker at the Baccalaureate Services, views processional. "I am speaking in terms of both supply and demand, energy production and energy consumption. Our nation must find and develop new sources of energy. We must find ways of utilizing what fuel sources we already have more efficiently. Most certainly, we have to do away with energy waste," he said. Embargo Warning He went on to suggest that the Arab oil embargo of three years ago may have served a useful purpose in providing us with an early warning "of a challenge that we might have continued con-tinued to ignore." He identified for the graduates two necessary responses to the energy challenge. First "We need to restrain our consumption of traditional fuel sources and second, we need to develop and apply alternative technologies on both the supply and demand side, that will permit our nation's economic growth to continue." Regionally, he emphasized that we know there are great potential resources which could be harnessed to provide alternative energy sources. Other alternatives exists such as solar energy, geothermal and wind power, he stated. But the former Senator suggested that "there are equal, perhaps even more available opportunities in the Graduates from Southern Utah State College were told that their "greatest challenge in the coming years is quite simply to adjust from a society of fuel abundance to one of relative scarcity," by former United States Senator from Utah, Frank E. Moss. Moss directed his remarks to the challenges of the development of a strong energy policy and suggested to the some 255 graduating students that "without question, one of the world's profound challenges comes to your generation to help solve. How do we resolve the energy crisis?" Frank E. Moss, who delivered the commencement address and LeGrand Richard, member of the Council of the Twelve, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who spoke at the Baccalaureate services Thursday evening, were the recipients of Honorary Degrees in a special ceremony performed in connection with the graduation exercises. Valedictory Address The Valedictory Address was given by Mark Fredrick Dalley, a senior graduate from Summit. Presentation of the Honorary Degrees and the .'Viplomas to graduating students was by President Royden C. Braithwaite. He also delivered a "state of the school" message dealing with accomplishments, ac-complishments, goals and objectives of the institution. i area of increase energy efficiency." Change with Times He continued by stressing that "whether you are going to continue your education, to pursue careers in teaching, business or any other area, . . . recognize the great opportunities that come with changing national technology. Alluding to the fact that he had dwelt extensively on energy Moss indicated that there are other concerns: "Why does crime in our society continue to increase and what can we do? Why is divorce and family break-up increasing? in-creasing? Is arms limitation possible? Can we avoid nuclear war? Will cancer be controlled and conquered in your lifetime? Is there any form of life in our solar system or in other galaxies? Can the process of growing old be more satisfying and happy? Can we halt inflation and unemployment?" And in conclusion he said". . . You have a thousand stirring and profound opportunities. Idleness and complacency com-placency will not be your lot. The world demands action and answers. Each of you, in your own way and to the best of your ability, must help meet those challenges." The former United States Senator suggested to the graduates, and the many friends and relatives in attendance at-tendance at the commencement exercises, that "we must turn our attention to the world and times in which we live and deal with the realities of today. This state, our nation and the world are far; far different today from their condition when I graduated -- economically, socially and scientifically, basic human needs are the same. But, how to achieve necessary and desired goals is different for every generation and for every person," he said. Unmatched Challenges Alluding to the challenge to resolve the energy crisis he told the graduates "you come to your commencement in a ' period of challenge and change unmatched un-matched in this century or the last one. How you and your contemporaries meet these demands will determine the course of our country and all mankind." Referring to President Carter's challenge on the energy crisis Moss stated that few have challenged the facts he presented. Quite simply, the world is rapidly depleting its reserves of oil and natural gas. Something has to be done about it. We have built our economy and our way of life around oil and gas energy. "Today, however, we as a nation must accept what might be called the new realities. Adjustments of one kind or another will simply have to be made. |