Inauguration ceremonies for Franklin S. Harris, October 17, 1921

Inauguration ceremonies for President Franklin S. Harris were held in the Provo Tabernacle. Many General Authorities of the Church were on the stand as well as the outgoing president, George H. Brimhall. On the left was a pennant from Cornell, where Dr. Harris had received the Ph.D. degree, and on the right a Y pennant. He was the first BYU president ever to enter office with a Ph.D. degree and in his inaugural address expressed his intention of making BYU "The Great Church University." | Source: Wakefield, Lynn, from the L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University. “Inauguration ceremonies for Franklin S. Harris, October 17, 1921,” available at https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/BYUPhotos/id/302/rec/5.
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