Show A Year of Decision Forecasts A Future of Promise Perhaps there is no true formula for solving the question If measured in terms of of what makes a university the University of Utah is not a great Even with an enrollment of more than the University of Utah cannot make claims of being an exceptional But if measured in the University of Utah or can a significantly vital a truly great One full academic ear has just into It was a significant year for the University of We have not been content to weather the storm of The Future is Ours providing facilities for more than most of whom were anxious to get an education in the most expeditious We have cocked an eye at the and have decided that it may be ours if we are willing to work for As viewed by most the university becomes great when it has exploited every avenue which leads to service of the community and the this means sending into the community not only young men and women who have received broad cultural backgrounds and liberal educations for but persons equipped with the latest knowledge and artifices of the If the state of Utah comprehends the need for existence of up to date research an outstanding faculty and more the state has been too poor and too myopic to do anything about obtaining Lack of funds and apathy of the as evidenced in the 1946 fight for additional revenue conducted by the university administration and have slowed plans the university has had for lifting itself by the bootstraps from the level of an upper division high It remained for the university and the people o the state themselves to take the an Development fund was set eventually to provide the money for the expansion and research The Development fund has aimed its program at bringing to public attention a fact recognized for some time by industries in which technology is that a well-equipped local university is essential to local Scholarships and gifts have begun to come Latest of these was the offer of two scholarships to the School of Mineral Industries by the Utah Fuel aimed at promoting Utah's coal a few of the outstanding faculty members have been relieved of many of their teaching duties to devote time to A bid for top educators in varied fields has been and is being made by the acquisition of acres of adjacent and surplus Fort Douglas will provide the room for expansion if appropriated by The outlook at present is Establishment of a School of Mineral of a peace- time department of naval New Schools Established science and of a School of Fine development of a Graduate school which this year conferred its first and of a department of pharmacology all have been steps Since the there has been even a in student The university theater has offered student actors the chance to play with top The Chronicle for the first time was published Our athletic teams were of the highest prewar Our debate offered a chance to compete in foremost national garnered foremost national Plans are underway for an enlarged Ur needs are The bait Lake Dental society points out the need for a Dental school and an enlarged Medical Facilities for in every field and a strong Research library are needed and ift every dime helP n moie our prospects will be very And if the n past year is an the University of Utah ma become a university of |