The 97-foot-tall Carillon Bell Tower at BYU was built on the north part of the university’s campus in 1975 as a centennial gift donated by students, faculty, and alumni.
More than 50 years later, as the school is commemorating its 150th anniversary year, a plaque displaying President Dallin H. Oaks’s vision for the university as the new prophet and president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be mounted on the tower.
“I firmly believe that it is the destiny of Brigham Young University to become what past and present prophets knew it could become,” the plaque reads, quoting President Oaks. “With the consecration and leadership of this community, BYU will become the great university of the Lord—not in the world’s way but in the Lord’s way.”
The quote on the plaque comes from President Oaks’s first devotional address as prophet, which he delivered Tuesday at the Marriott Center on the BYU campus.
The plaque was unveiled at a special presentation held following his devotional address, along with a second plaque quoting the late church President Spencer W. Kimball, who dedicated the tower during the university’s centennial year.
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