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Show July 1987, page 6 ty Weber State College Comment, Welcome, Class Of ’87 by John C. Lofgreen Alumni Association President Congratulations on your graduation from Weber State and to your accomplishments along the way, and welcome to the WSC Alumni Association. The Alumni Association is an active, vibrant part of the college, and a way - for you to stay in touch with your alma mater. We are currently planning a number of activities for homecoming week, including the restoration of the famous ‘‘Flaming W Hike’’ to Malan’s Peak, a Family Night, an artists and authors party, a SK race, a banquet and awards program, a Homecoming dance, and the traditional football game. Through participation in the Alumni Association your college enthusiasm and involvement need not diminish. Also in the planning, and awaiting approval from the State Building Board, is an Alumni House. The planning, financing, and groundbreaking for this facility has been anticipated for many years, and this looks to be the year of commitment and construction. Plan to be a part of it. Clyde Mueller, a 1987 Arts and Humanities graduate, cracked open a new world with his graduation. He and the approximately 1,900 others that are his classmates are the newest batch of students to complete their education at Weber State. 1,900 Grads Fly From College Nest. n oxymoronic sense of melancholy and excitement over pending change filled the air as close to 1,900 graduating students filed into the Dee Events Center for the college’s 99th Commencement Exercises. Their faces reflected a pride at having accomplished a difficult goal, delight to be done with tests, papers and assignments, and a marked degree of apprehension as they recognized the end of one way of life and the beginning of another, as yet unknown, era. ‘*T really made it,’’ said one as he walked through the processional line. The class of 1987 represents the newest batch of Weber State alumni, swelling the ranks of that organization to approximately 40,000. ‘“‘We have studied, we are ready, our chance will come,’’ said J. Todd Anderson, the student speaker. ‘‘But we cannot sit and wait for it to come to us. The success we make of our life’s career will depend on our own in¥ Students graduated from schools at the college with associate and bachelors, degrees. is ; q all seven master’s, one-year itiative.”’ The college awarded three Honorary Doctorate of Humanities Degrees to Herbert B. Maw, former Utah governor, Myrene R. Brewer, Ogden businesswoman, and H. Tracy Hall, scientist and inventor of the world’s first synthetic diamond. Mrs. Brewer and Dr. Hall are alumni of Weber State. ‘Read difficult books, the kind where you have to have a dictionary in hand to understand what they’re saying,’’ Dr. Maw told the graduates. ‘‘Romance and adventure novels are desserts. Desserts taste good, we like them, but the mind cannot live on that.’’ Dr. Maw, at 94, is still a practicing lawyer, and is only four years younger than the college. He encouraged the students to continually develop their intellect. ‘It doesn’t matter how old you become in years, you’ll never become old in mentality if you grapple with difficult problems every day,’’ said Dr. Maw. Dr. Hall exhorted the graduates to be honest, noting that such a trait is essential to a nation’s survival. ‘“‘There are many nations in this world where the bribe is standard practice. Corruption, favoritism, nepotism, special privilege, cruel punishment, detentions, unlawful procedures and oppression abound. I do not think that you want to live in that kind of country,’’ Dr. Hall said. Mrs. Brewer spoke to the graduates of liberty, loyalty and love and remembered a 77 year association with Weber State. ‘Our house was just two doors south of the Academy. It had a great Herbert B. Maw, Myrene R. Brewer and H. Tracy Hall (I to r) received Honorary Doctorate of Humanities degrees during graduation. fascination for me as a curious little four-year-old girl. In those days Weber Academy gave to Jefferson Avenue what Weber State gives to Harrison Boulevard today--class,’’ she said. Some students shouted as_ they received their diplomas, others waved while onlookers cheered. Most just smiled. ‘‘Regardless of subsequent studies, moves, Occupation or marriage, I urge you to develop and maintain an interest and active involvement in Weber State as an institution that played a formative role in your lives and future. I hope you will cherish the time spent here as a positive challenge; a time of personal development and growth,”’ WSC President Stephen D. Nadauld told the graduates. received Over 1,900 students diplomas during the college’s 99th Commencement Exercises. 7 |
