During that meeting, a fellow law student related a boyhood experience that had occurred just after he had been ordained a deacon. One Sunday morning, the Elders Quorum in our ward held a special testimony meeting characterized by spiritual warmth and personal openness. We developed close friendships with many of those who were experiencing, as we were, the great expanding of our minds as we learned the tools of intellectual analysis and the expanding of our spirits as we drew close to the Lord through such experiences as marriage and the bearing of our first children. When I was a law student, my wife and I attended a student ward in which most of the members were graduate students. The title for my remarks today, brothers and sisters, is a simple one that will leave you wondering what I mean I hope it will be clear by the time I have finished. At that time, at least, I was glad that there was some truth in that observation. He said, “A rooster says ‘cock-a-doodle-doo,’ a patriot says ‘Yankee Doodle-doo,’ but a coed at Ricks or BYU says ‘Any dude’ll do.’” This obviously does not apply to us, except for the occasion on which I proposed to my wife here in Provo a number of years ago. I said that I did not know the difference, but that I had always wondered about that very question. A friend of mine, a graduate from another school in this state, recently asked me if I knew the difference between a rooster, a patriot, and a coed who goes to an LDS college. I also would like to share with you something I recently heard about students in the Church schools, so that we can be alert to what the enemy is saying. I want you BYU people to know that the people at Ricks appreciate your interest. It has been a source of great satisfaction to me to notice the support and concern that BYU people have for Ricks College. Provo and Rexburg have much in common, not the least of which is that in these two cities are two great colleges. I do not know how many more years that will continue we hope that they will become acclimated to Rexburg soon. If you were to ask our children where they are from, they would still say Provo.
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