Nineteen essays comprise this personal and historical look at the University of Utah and the relationship between the university, its people, and the community. Essays include: "One Cannot Live Long Enough to Outgrow a University" (Ramona Wilcox Cannon); "Ever in the Freshness of Its Youth" (G. Homer Durham); "The Final Payoff" (David W. Evans); "This Was the Place for Me" (Thomas J. Parmley); "A Means to a Very Specific End" (Merlo J. Pusey); "Gone the Meadowlarks" (Sydney W. Angleman); "It All Happened Very Quietly" (Fawn M. Brodie); "To Love the Game beyond the Prize" (James R. Jack); "It Is the Love of Books I Owe Them" (Wallace Stegner); "The University Reflects in Miniature the Nation as a Whole" (LeRoy Eugene Cowles); "More Than Any Other Place On Earth" (Dorothy Snow);"Artist on Campus" (Lowell M. Durham); "A Shovelful of Live Coals" (William Mulder); "To Draw Vision to a Distant Horizon" (Paul W. Hodson); "The Gift Made Possible" (Alberta Henry); "Look Homeward, Angel" (Jack H. Adamson); "From Innocence to Sophistication" (Sterling M. McMurrin); "That Space and Sunlight" (Teodor Berg); and "A Living Tribute to the People of Utah" (David Pierpont Gardner). A brief introduction is provided that discusses the beginnings of the University. (LC)