Laurence Burtons cabin at Moose Creek. On the way back to the cabin from a day of fishing on the Madison in Yellowstone, Pres. Dixon entertained us during the entire two-hour drive with a string of German songs he sang in German. It was a phenomenal performance. At the end he added a few in Welsh. I think he was on an LDS mission in Germany. He really loved us all here at Weber. The last time I saw him was at his home on 36th Street. He was retired then and even though not quite as full of his old zest insisted I let him show me some of his prime fruit trees out back. I dont remember seeing him again after that. Reminiscing is pleasant but it can be spiritually debilitating. The bronze Louis F. Moench facing east, about to step forward boldly and confidently, is not looking back. And neither, I suppose, should any of us. We need to get our bearings every so often but mostly we cannot risk the luxury of too many backward glances. Neither could Lots wife or Orpheus. The past is prologue, as someone wisely said. The present is a razors edge. Only of the future can we be sure and only then that it is coming. But as we draw near to the centennial, waves of nostalgia will irresistibly begin rolling in and we will lie back and let them wash over us. Well, enjoy yourselves. Louis and I are going for a walk. A Brief History of the Alumni Association Louis Gladwell and Dean W. Hurst Certainly no history of the college would be complete without some reference to those former students who, knowingly or not, constitute the alumni body. As a company is judged by the quality of its products, so is an institution of higher learning ultimately measured by the quality of its graduates, and Weber State has produced some great ones in virtually every segment of society; renowned scientists, statesmen, educators, artists, entrepreneurs and businessmen; hosts of leaders in a variety of professional fields; luminaries such as David O. McKay, Fawn Brodie, J. Willard Marriott, Mark Evans Austad, H. Tracy Hall, David M. Kennedy, Ernest L. Wilkinson, Elizabeth Shaw Stewart, and the list goes on. Given the rather unique circumstances of the founding and subsequent history of the school, it would be expected that an Alumni organization would be formed because of the fondness that former students held for their alma mater, classmates and faculty. That student, faculty and graduates cherished the little Weber Stake Academy during its earliest days and on through the years as the school expanded into high school, junior college and eventually todays senior status is evident, although alumni records are sketchy and the history of such organization incomplete. Because of the loss in 1953 of considerable Alumni Association records, research endeavors could find only partial accounts augmented somewhat by oral information provided by old-timers; but enough documentation was secured to provide at least a capsule history and brief background into the institutions Alumni organizations and related activities throughout the years. Reference to Alumni activities is found in early A com yearbooks beginning in 1905. In 1909 the Alumni elected officers and undertook a major fund-raising project for a new gymnasium building which would Louis Gladwell, former student and well known journalist and reporter joined the college staff in 1957 and served as director of public relations, information services and alumni for twenty-two years. Dean W. Hurst has been associated with the college since student days in 1944. He joined the college in 1967 and retired as Vice President for College Relations, July 1987.