Show Cedar City State Normal Norma School School Cedar City It D Dee Perhaps no town In the State hu has before It the immediate prospects ot of growth by Cedar City II Its immaterial possibIlities ar are al all allbut but boundless Situated In the center or of a region buit built ot of mountain or of Irn iron and unmeasured feld fields ot of col coal and with the Ibe corn com practically assured It is II In the breaking dawn of luch such a day or of prosperous development as hu has come to even the mol moat fortunate or of cities WhIle the ar are mainly concerned wih with the material poa of time tho country ry there are IH L e r others who wi will want to know Ime seine thing ot of the educational facilities with withIn In the tho reach rench ot of residents ot of this IbIs part ot of our State To such Buch It Is pleasing to tosa 8 sa that educationally little Is ii lift to tobe tobe be desired While time the former interests are aro potential yet et to lo b be developed the lator latter are kinetic have been developed With the exception ot of Logan Ogden Oden Prove and Salt Lake CI City no town 11 In Inthe the State hal lies educatIonal hl I advantages that admi admIt ot of any comparison what whatever whatever ever with those possessed by J Cedar CI City Realizing the for al an institutIon giving Instruction the grammar grade grades And recognizing time the justness Justnes ot of the claims claim put forth b by byth th southern people tor or such luch tIme the eec C Cond ond State March 1 II 1197 passed a bi bIll the establish lent ot of a Branch Norman orman school In either Beaver or Iron count county The committee on location Dr John R Park lark Dr James E Talma Talmage and Dr RI Karl 0 Maeser Iller ater after investigating thoroughly the claims ot of the various towns lowns of at the two to counties unanimously decided that the Ibe school should b be beat beater er In elar Celar City The Cedar committee spent 0 In fItting up temporary quarters for on the school chol which WI was opened Sept 20 The teaching cor corps win madl made up a as follows n B S Ilal George W Decker U 13 Pd no ard n It Drigge and Annie E Spencer The fhe story or of the building or of the schools permanent home Is II filled with interest Order Orders were cre given early In the tell fill ot of ST for forthe or orthe the lumber and ond brick and some lome work wn was don done In excavating for tor the base bue meat ment but Q a fierce winter setting In Inthe Inthe the fiercest since work wa was di continued But Dut In January 95 93 Imme immediately neer after the holiday vacation wor word wal was from the University or of Jr regents that I If the new structure of at wn wa not nol completed for tur the opening the ensuing tall fall the Branch would be discontinued The situation was a In the extreme The winter had made go good the promise ot of the fall for severity Put nut the mi mel see sage cale called for tor some lome heroic measures to b be taken laken an and b be taken quickly At once eer every muscle of the community I was 8 knotted wih with labor Teams Team single I and double were ere sent Into the moun tam 2 20 mi mIles from home where thy they worked for tor two months month In snow tOW from e C to 10 1 15 tet feet deep and In a temperature that kept time the lear near the zero A H t i I a a i if 1 f I L J 1 f 1 j S 1 i j I Ij 1 J I II 1 I I J Jr j 1 I II L r f I oI r T TI z 3 T I 1 1 r T T T TT T TT F t 4 r rT rf T T f L f Tf t T TJ J 1 r J JJ J 1 T UNIVERSITY BRANCH NORMAL SCHOOL CEDAR CITY UTAH I 11 mark mOt not at the t tIme e and once or It to 40 degrees below Work orl on the brck brick kin kiln was U resumed and pushed to 10 In hi Ie e or of raIn snow Inow and cold But the end was wa 11 Ily the time spring Wi was read ready to come fet feet or of lumber shingles together with the brick sand and lime were on the site 1 Ity tJ fall a ne new modern building wa was ready for tor school Cedar had redeemed her hel pledges to 10 the State The ct cost involved was wal all as follows There hall had Nn on the tho temporary Quarters 10 11 tim permanent buIld buIldIng Ing lied had coat 12 mor more with an al ad OO for the heating plant and the ground fr for the building had been beell In addition to this there had to 10 b be deposited wih with the State as uril valued at Ul before a cent Of nf the Icho school maintenance fund could b be obtained for or It Its I support durn during the first year ear Altogether the little town of Cear Cedar with some lome lo 1500 inhabitants had inside ot of one yar r made an actual outlay In money anti labor ot of nearly 00 an effort unparalleled In the hl history lon ot of the State For this immense um sum Ih the legIslature lt of ig made are a re reimbursing appropriation or of 70 whIch after m meeting Ihl the cash debts In rul full wu was sufficient to pa pay the citizens cn only 8 per cent or of their dul dues this lose being borne bornt largely largI b by Iho those who ho hid had gIven riven their labor hen a Cul full history ot of Cear Cedar CI City is III wrItten no chapter wil will be of at greater and Import uric CI nor will 1 an any teil more inure that wi will reflect more fliers honor An and credit on 11 its people than that which narrates the efforts and toils lolls connected wih with the establishment ot of this school So 80 long lone lonea longas a as the school chol exists 1 it wi wIll be a living speaking monument to their energy zeal and devotion to the cause ot of education time cause cule ot of love or of truth Time Tho growth or of the school ba has ben been X remarkable The ht people o the South o ti have hae cm come to 10 regard It u as lIterally 1 It drI drais not from Utah alone but from the neighboring late States In three years rear the tho attendance ba has nearly doubled the Instructing force h baa been double doubled and the Increased interest can cannot In not nOl b be measured The number of stu students tu dents the first year car wu was 18 the Ic mid ond year tar the third year ear and for tl Present year we 8 have dy reached d 19 Th The cure course or of given here herewith with two Iwo In the third year I Is identical wi with h that given 11 in inthe the limit three years year or of the State Nor mat school cur course e at the ot of Utah The fourth year ear of the CUlt course is II not at present offered The building and equipment ar are bt bet thal themi the mot most hopeful would ex cx sire pct pact almost as much a as he could dt di The building In II a three story brick In the basement are located the bier boiler r mourn cal coal bunker physical and biologIcal laboratories antI the manual training rom room On the first nor norare floor are th the principals principal room waiting room and three large larre class Ia morn On the top floor I is located Ihl the library the assembly room also alo Ite fitted up and Ule used U as a lymn lum anI and the ert rum room The Th heating and vent venti ventilating lating plant I is of the mot most moden modern antI approved type The heating I effected by steam heaters anti and hot air fUe flues the later latter all also furnishing a constant supply ot of tur vuro air taken laken immediately from the The hot hol air flues together with another set t for tor the remal of at the foul toul air makes mum an I Ideal pal ventilating Item The is IB for the work dol done ot of the best The laboratory is furnished II with ape II Ial designed for Cor the work In 1001 and botany There O are microscopes one of oC the Itt tt cit anti h 11 and tor lor for tor work In embryology 1 chemical Ilu for study tudy Ih th the various accessories needful for Cur students In their work in n the physical laboratory are an air machine of power telegraph tIe 1 phone dipping ln batterIes Jal jars levers and pulleys pUlley bl bails spectroscope magnets U II tubes tube X XRay Hr tub tube bridge t t t graphy tac fact Iryl for tor a thorough high course courle In physic Thc manual training n tam excellent apparatus for work In tha that subject In i lathe adapted not only for i h I but for tor lIght metal work such uch 11 ii and bra brass turning drilling anti but bur burIn buting In ing a forge torre with anvil Ice and screw cutting tools tool and the small ml tools te h a as chisels Uw saw etc The fhe library lulY easIly ranks rank among the very ef beet lt schol school lIbraries In time State Stale While hl the number ot of bk books II not u cx Jae large something over oer 10 1000 I volumes volume the books lok an are al alt new and have been purchased under intelligent ent direction so 10 that there Is II not n a bk book on t the ht shelves which h I Is not of oC actual practical working value alue This library is II thrown open to the use of the citi citizens zens 0 as well a as ot of Itu students enl The physical culture department I In is well n IPpie Supplied with the lher lighter tug tUI Ich such as wands dumb dumbbells bl and In dun clubs clubB The art department I is well 1 supplied with Ith desks models and draw logs The instruction Includes from lUl stilt Ie ito a as wel well al as moel models and out outdoor dor door sketching Wih this I ii joined a brief study ot of artists and their work This enumeration or of material and ap apparatus aratu though brief ali anti Incomplete I wi will Indicate the possibilities of oC the school chool A As a fac place for tor securing training ot of I a high school I it lies hu few It if any superiors In time the West Welt Il Its advantages are many Situated near time the rim of tle time Oret Greet Basin I It ha has R a more ordinarily healthful The cot cost to students for I living 1 In I is II rm room light end and tre fIre being obtained tot fOI 13 pr per week and this may mar b be made much cheaper b by th the usual club method Those attending here ar are en entirely tree free from the many immoralities let met with In the larler larger cities Chases In the school chol are smaller than In man manat many of at the more populous institutions and andas 8 as a ful result th Mu student elt gets et more In attention lInt Dut any account ot at the school would ho be decidedly Incomplete whIch did not speak pak ot of the great reat work done I by anti and his associate teach teacher er Most ot of what time the school is tOday I it ow owes directly to them Beginning their work In the midst ot of a spirit which out outside outside side or of the tho immediate neighborhood we a at bet best mildly indifferent and sometimes antagonIstic they have han b by bonet honest effort and hard work by strict moral conduct and teaching buil buIlt up a 0 strong an sn san In I its favor The have hae dont donl a mighty work 81 As Aa to the future ther there can b be 1 I a doubt doubt The prospect ot of the I development ot of the country to tir I wih I its rapid t I as well I as Ih history or of th the nil nI justify the belief that In numbers number I ime alreadY In or of work I It I must son soon take rank wih with the ery b bt t I institutions of at the State Th quart T r Tore rare ore are tn even now inadequate I been divided Into seeton sections and lon I crowd the recitation looms Sti d dents nt are constantly entering and ni 1 it Iq he not ea to see e how many 1 he e accommodated To Ta tur turn Ja Is II al all but criminal criminal and yet et an another another other year promises to bring this con condition dilon All oiher questions are an for tor the thelme time Ind and the great tl I bern m now placed 1 before the school men man for solution II Is Hol Ihal we for or our students of the coming |