Show Lf STew ew Seminary Under Con Con- Construction m in Vernal I i In 1923 the Uintah Stake pre pre- presented presented pre presented the county school district ree rEC of cost cat and encumbrance the academy Since that temp It has haJJ been used continuously to souse louse secondary school pupils and andis andl is at present pre ent spoken of as the Junk Jun I Ilor lor for lor high school building The do do donation nation Cation of ot this building to the school I district was part of a church wide church I The state had grown to toI toa toa toa a point where here It could support suCh educational Institutions sod soi so I these pioneer educational ures ures were relinquished to the I State Its control and support I There was no intent at that time for fer the Church to give up Its program of religious education It was merely supplemented by the seminary system T Tie The e yeas yeu alter after the Academy building was trans trana I fen ed tp the school sem- sem semInary seminary sem seminary inary was taught in a room re- re rei reserved re reserved i served for that purpose In the academy The following year the I Stake purchased a house across the road east of 01 the present high II school building and held classes there w The need tor for more class room pace apace in connection with the tab tab- tab led the Stake to build a room adjoining the e a east t wall of that building It was felt that un- un until yi un-yi til the state Stale y y was as able to construct a seminary building this hs room could serve that purpose pose pur In order to mate male mal e it as as s convenient as pea pea- pos possible sible the Stake built the side calk alk between the h high gh school and the thai tabernacle Since that time semi semi- seminary semi nary I room nary classes have been held in this Although this class room has become be- be become come be-come come known n as the seminary build build- building building building ing it was regarded at first only das purt as a temporary room for that pur- pur purpose purpose pur purpose pose to serve sene only until the could build a seminary building proper The class clasa room has hns sen cd its purpose as well as could have ha been expected Present needs and the growth of our con con- con consolidated n- n school system has ren-I ren ren rendered I dered dared the building less suitable than ever eter The inauguration th this yea year of at a Q plan whereby hereby the gen general I eral church funds lunds will 1 be used to finance mor more than half of the I II I building costs has made this an an I opportune sear ear for lor the B Stake Ice to build the Seminary It has long an- an anticipated an an |