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150 years of light: BYU kicks off sesquicentennial celebration at Tuesday's devotional
In a 1975 speech recognizing Brigham Young University’s 100th anniversary, Spencer W. Kimball shared how The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ flagship university could progress into its second century. The former church president told BYU students they needed to be “bilingual” in the language of scholarship, or secular matters, and in matters of spirituality. Kimball’s words were revisited Tuesday in the Marriott Center at BYU’s first devotional of the fall semester, where the school kicked off the 150th anniversary of its 1875 founding. BYU Advancement Vice ...