ee Received honorary doctorate degrees: by Carol O. Hinckley .; / 1 < Almost 1,800 students donned cap and gown to accept their hard-earned handshake fom President Brady and purple ligh for | | embossed folder — representing, at last, on, who , GRADUATION. ig 3 This “Class of 1982” is ten percent larger i heologyg . } than last year, and by far the largest in the ‘a or at the 3-year history of WSC. corner of hile he 1 Commencement featured speeches by — = lindquist, and students: Jill Niederhauser and Richard Hackwell (cover). Three prominent Utahns also received Honorary Doctorate of Humanities degrees: SS Donnell B. Stewart, Dr. Terrel H. Bell, and Mr. Lindquist. Four faculty members were singled out to cs pe bead pet & he prominent Ogden businessman, John A. i habe nt In his commencement address, former WSC graduate, John A. Lindquist, said that even. ee erie. fire aii be honored. as ‘“‘Presidential Distinguished Professors.” (See story on page 4) though the campus and the numbers have : grown, ‘“We did have a lot in common with you today. We had a dedicated and underpaid faculty, an inadequate campus, a starvation operation budget, but most important,” he op, ming 3 ) said, “an enthusiastic, intelligent and willing Te student body.” es to WSC is “Best in the West’ led in heated “We were the best of the small schools in ) the West, just as Weber State College is today — best among the biggies.” in from S was to He called for graduates to pay back the aid imily, a lewing —_ > were Hill A at es she its. eamed. { — caiatateenh“ ie cating bridge. lave one rthur. ersary, from ussing | live f i. > Sons: oe V debt to WSC for their education in “loyalty, enthusiasm and support”’ for the college. “You repay just the way a thoughtful son repays his parents — by your words, actions and deeds,’ Lindquist continued. Jill Niederhauser also expressed the need for students to express thanks to WSC and to those who have gone before. _ “We owe our education not only to those who discovered the knowlege which we have Richard Hackwell challenged graduates to imagine themselves in positive situations in their minds and then work to accomplish their fondest images. Dr. Terrel H. Bell is currently Secretary of Education, U.S. Department of Education, and served as Utah Commissioner of Higher Education from 1976 to 1981. He also served as superintendent of Weber County Schools. We become our self-images He said if graduates picture themselves as failures, they will become failures; if they picture themselves winners they will become winners. ‘‘We become the images of our minds,”’ he said. And images come to our minds as we recall our own graduation day — of long lines, of _ gowns and tasseled hats, and a sense of accomplishment. We remember friends and teachers — and most. of all ourselves and the doors which have been opened to us because of the hours and weeks and years we spent behind the doors of WSC. And what will today’s graduating class remember when they reach the age of 95 and 96? Will this year’s class of 1,800 graduates seem as small to future readers of their stories as 1907’s class of 17 seems to us today? e Does this class of 1982 house within its masses bank presidents, college presidents and famous movie stars? Will readers in 2077 chuckle at the John A. Lindquist is chairman of Lindquist and Sons, Inc., and Washington Heights Corp. He is a former president of the WSC Wildcat Club, and served on the Alumni Board of Directors as well as being an active member of the WSC School of Business and Economics Advisory Board. recollection of basketball players frantically running up and down the court, or the immodesty (or Heaven forbid — the modesty) of today’s uniforms. What is ahead? What kinds of ‘‘improvements”’ will we see ‘from now to then that will ‘‘antiquate” our push-button, microcomputerized world. We can only dream and surmise, and wish the class of ‘82 the best of luck in making our fondest dreams — and theirs, come true. been taught,”’ she claimed, ‘‘but to those who 7 made the facilities of this institution available for our use. Certainly no student has earn his education!’’ : Solve personal problems She said graduates must express appreciation for their education by contributing something to society in return. ““This may be manifest through a solution to a great problem or through solving problems on a personal level.” The breakdown of graduates by school: Allied Health - 367; School of Business and Economics - 219; School of Education - 198; School of Art and Humanities - 128; School of Natural Sciences - 93; School of Social Sciences - 179; School of Technology - 301; Bachelor of General Education - 67; and General Associate Degrees - 185. Donnell B. Stewart played a key role in the planning and development of the Dee Events Center andis anardent supporter of Wildcat athletics. He served as student body president of WSC in 1966; has been on the Alumni Board of Directors and a member of ae WSC Development Fund Board of Direcors. Page 3