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Show Weber men and women will miss the eight year contact of Dr. Bennion as past Superintendent of Church schools, to renew it through his appointment to the advisory body of the present administrative system. They will like always to retain his inspiration, his spirit of youth; they will like to catch that infectious enthusiasm of his, to respond to his wit and sparkle and laughter; they will like to be stimulated by that keen challenge of mind, that impulsiveness of heart, that strength and wholesomeness which reflect his clean living; they will like to remember that charming sweetness of manner with which he extends to them always tender, comforting courtesies. Sensitive to fineness, to virtues in big men, to the real essence of their contribution to society; spontaneous in ex- pressed recognition of the little and the big things; in the heart of Weber he is that scholar and that gentleman who is the embodiment of youth's ideal in Weber's consciousness. Superintendent Joseph F. Merrill has endeared himself to Weber for qualities, common to big men, reflected in a year of difficult transition, when he came to her first heading a visiting committee from the University of Utah where he served as Director of the School of Mines and Engineering. He was honest-minded, direct, encouraging, constructive; a man with a sincere desire to be fair in his judgment, a man who wanted first to know the truth and then to have conditions right; a man who respected the desire of those influenced by his decisions; a man of tender feeling, of sensitive regard for the will of those whose lives he touched. Weber loved him then for his breadth of vision, the quiet consistent confidence that has been maintained in department relationship where he has suggested means for accomplishment of objective and acknowledged credit when due. In administrative relationship now, Weber welcomes him to counsel her youthful spirit. |