Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah); School yearbooks
To Professor Reinhard Maeser. Who has been a potent factor in developing a greater Murdock from the day of its founding, and whose earnest teachings and advice have led us to seek a nobler and higher plane of life, this book is repectfully...
Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah); School yearbooks
The Brown and BLue All honor, flag of Murdock! We loved your colors true, When yet our school was but a child -- The B.B.B.Y.U. We loved to see your waving, On every Festal day, And shouted loud your praises As you floated grand and gay! ...
Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah); School yearbooks
tickets, laundry bags, yea even Eras, the 17's elected as official head of the family, W. H. Bakes, as president, to guide us through the trials and tribulations of our freshman year. From the very start we developed our famous hoggish spirit in...
Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah); School yearbooks
College Class, Clara Wilson, Paul Maeser, Camilla Maeser. The members of the College Class do not have to speak for themselves - others speak for them. The ordinary college freshman class of fifty would contain about three students of...
Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah); School yearbooks
Missionary Class. The Missionary Course was organized January 30, 1917, as a winter course and was completed in eight weeks. The course was under the instruction of Brother Reinhard Maeser and Gerrit de Jong, Jr.; the former gave the daily class...
Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah); School yearbooks
Debating. A short review of our Debating activities will in no way be out of place here. In the past much interest has been taken along this line and we have put up splendid fights with our sister schools. In some of the encounters we came out...
CHAPTER FIVE
SOCIAL LIFE IN PIONEER DAYS
HOME DRAMATICS IN BEAVER
One of the first dramatic companies in Beaver was managed and sponsored by Robert Stoney and Henry Blackner. Jenny Harris and Sarah Ann Stoney, both talented and lovely young women,...
PIONEER DRAMATIC TALENT OF BEAVER
Rol Tanner
J. Frank Tolton
Robert, Charles and Gus Stoney
Dan Martin
Al Fennemore
Lyman Shepherd
Rienhard Maeser
Mrs. S. C. Maeser
Sarah Ann Stoney
Elizabeth Fotheringham
Sadie and Renth Huntington
May...
Joseph S. Horne took the principalship for one year then was followed by Willard Gardner for two yeas Reinhard Maeser headed the school from 1918 to 1920. 1916 Miss Mary J. Ollerton, who had been with the instution from the beginning, accepted a...
Silver Reef Mine, Mr. Field decided to move his office to Milford, but on account of no support he moved back to Beaver.
On February 19, 1881, the SOUTHERN UTONIAN came into existence, published by Frank R. Clayton and Company. The Utonian told of...
first of December 'till late in February an assistant was furnished Mr. Horne. The balance of the time he taught alone.
"The textbooks used were McGuffy's Readers, Ray's
Third Part Arithmetic, and Blue-Backed Spelling Book. Almost all reading was...
Space will not permit the naming of all those who have been instructors of the youth of Beaver, however, among those who taught until about 1890, we mention the names of Charles J. Thomas, Solomon Wixom, J. F. Tolton, Andrew S. Anderson, Robert...
had as his assistant, Charles T. Stoney, who had been attending the Brigham Young Academy. This school immediately became very popular, so that night session were held for the benefit of adults who could not go in the daytime. A class in teacher...
and Charles E. Murdock. Up to this time it had been known as the Academy building. Now it needed a new name. The school children were asked to submit names. Mr. Maeser suggested to a pupil that it be named in honor of Dr. John R. Park, so long the...
Edgar White as Superintendent and Gertrude W. Gillies as clerk of the board. Mr. White resigned in 1918 to study medicine, and Karl Gilbert Maeser was appointed to the position. Others who have served as county superintendents are Miss Sara Keener,...
Photos of new building at Murdock Academy and of first faculty at Murdock. Standing left to right: Edward P. Kimball, music director; E. D. Partridge, principal; Renhard Maeser, instructor; John Grimshaw, carpenter; Josiah Rogerson, janitor;...