| Show BlUGILJrY0 7 G 111c JIjl I Iyo REASONS FOR FOUNDING IT DUCAriON is often defined de-fined li 1 > lining writers I 1 d if on el pedagogy ns the harI I har-I niornou development of II nil ihe powers of nnn I Brigham Young though Q I mending iu no qualifications I qualifi-cations as an educator was the first to put this theory into practical operation I oper-ation at least in Utah lie 1 had the I penetration to sec that secondary I schools devolc almost exclusive it i tcntion to intellectual I training there 14611TKM I 9 T f I i z If e t I 1 11 1101 t4 I i C i 74 44 1 4 14i U A1 I I I j it IPtz ke V4 1 7 I 11 I II 54W 11 7 I 7 Z9 = Iz Z OLD ACADEMY BUILDING sharpening the mind bit leaving vicissitudes i ofl fe to Llvcit direction 1 i for dle ro evil lot often chance turns it ill the Litter channel is is i onh too evident horn the number Lit educated el imm ils inside our prisons mil the crime and corruption that go unpunished outside the prisons lie therefore undertook to establish a school where character should be the first requisite and learning the see ond molhcrwords a school where morals md religion should be inculcated incul-cated by daily precept and example in connection with those sludies which ire indispensable to intellectual culture cul-ture Thc first requisite was thc location lie chose Provo probably because le foresaw how admirable a half rural city 1I0uid be for the growth of a great school TilE OLD BUILDNG Hc first purchased thc LClli block nn Center street which had been built for commcrcid urloe J > on the ground floor and for theatrical theatri-cal 1lrlOCS on the second Take the est twothinl of the od Academy Acad-emy building as shown in the cut and you will get a fair idea of the first home of the lrtlnm Young Academy Warren N Dusenberry WaS conducting ill it at the tune the Tmipmogos Academy i I branch ol the Deserct University I I The Brigham Young Academy t I 4 J I I I I I f 11 I I I 0 I f I I J 4l iw e I r j J I I kk I wil iL y I 41 > 4 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S f 25 V m Ifffi ffc I i o 4 szz fl PRESENT ACADEMY BUILDING fj ii kA I VMS founded Oct Iii 1875 on I which late President I oung xccu I ted i I deed of trust cnv i Yin q to the institution the building and premises i described together with the block of real P > tate jnt across the street I north from the Court House and stipulating among other things that I the Bible 1 the Hook of Mormon and 1 the Doctrine nt Covenants I should < 1 be among the regular text and reference book s I ENGAGEMENT or DR K G MAESER The next inportmt sup was to secure a teacher It J is doubtful whether there would have been a Hntlum ouiif Academy m the sense ot the present institution halt his choice of a principal been otherwise other-wise thin as it was Dr K 1 G I Mieser was engaged teaching the I rwentieth ward sehool mil conducting conduct-ing a class in theory and practice of teaching in the Deseret University at the time he was called to the new position I po-sition i ren Uuscnbcrry haJ gone on with his school under the newly 1 i JIo l ttr 111 appointed board of the aaidemy till I April 21 < 1876 when Dr Macscr Miecccdeel him in a preliminary term I often weeks beginning with vcnty I nut students mil closing with sixty I eight I Hut the real work of th wad I I emy began August 107 IIhio li date Is counted is the bcg < nm or tile first uuidi ue yeai icsiden I Daniel II Wells was present mil funnily opened the school bv dedication dedi-cation Dr M ieser IIIS made principal prin-cipal with M 1 II I 1 lardy I < md lee e SniJOt as assistant tcichcrs I THE FIRE The school soon outgrew its first I quirtets and President A O Smoot built too commodious additions I which added tour large class rooms I Hut the hid been in use only I one semester when on the night of January 1891 the whole structure was destroyed by lire The 1 re being II no insurance it was i total lo3 mil I one which the academy depending as it did mainly upon tuition for I plort could ill ifford to sustain i I I hmin J crclnily one dIY WS lost lor through tin energetic action of the board and faculty suitable quarters Were obtained for the remaining terms md the year following about two t thirela of the large 1 r C M I I w irchousc near the depiit was eased mil subdivided so as to ic co nmod itc about 100 students Ilcri the se 100 remained till January 4 iSjs when the new building was dedicated Dr Mic cr was released to asume the wider sphere of general superintendent of Church schools which from the f mother institution at Provo had fronn into a system if three clIl I I leLes thirty two Stake academies I ami five > emlnal csand Professor I Benjamin ClulTsuceeeekd him is prin cijil m oltice Inch with the expa I sion i If the institution to the I rank of a college md high school combined I has been changed to that of piesi I dent llms closed the first epoch of the I Brigham Young Academy The Church his now assumed fill control of the institution and every I liter diy Saint has therefore a direct voice mils m in ienient rollovmg is the board of trustees I elected 1 at the last mntul confercnee I held April 6 1897 MZ Ceo Q Cannon Brigham Young Dun John W II Dusenberry K G Mieser I Reed Smoot Edward Partridge I Par-tridge D I C Young Suii Y Giles Win II Scegnullcr fhos R Cutler and Stephen I Chipman |
