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VERA PACE.
Behold the sparkle in her eye! Her
time has been largely taken up with
gaining honor&. The most conĀvincing
orator in school.
LAFAYETTE JOLLEY.
"Muse not that I thus suddenly
proceed;
For what I will, I will, and there's
an...
Seniors' Farewell
"WHEN we look at ourselves in the light of thought, we
discover that our life is embosomed in beauty."
Experiences left behind us assume an even more
pleasing form than we had anticipated, and as the timle apĀproaches
when the...
The City Government
OUR school has bee.n noted for its efficient student
body organizations, chief of which is the school
city. The students of the B. A. C. have been
granted a city charter, and they have enacted city
ordinances. Thus they are...
A Little Laughter
A LOVE LETTER.
The following unique epistle was picked up lately in the
street:
"Dear Bill, The reason I didn't laff when you laft at me
in the post office yesterday, was becos I hev a bile on my
face, and I can't laff. If I laff...
The Founding of the "A"
l1T WAS on the twenty-second of October that we built the "A" on the mountain side. \;Ve built I that letter as an expression, to all who behold it, of the loyalty and high esteem we have for our
school. It is a monument...
HIGH SCHOOL
'T^HE mere mentioning of the
term "High School" brings
trooping to my mind a host of re-minisences.
Some of my memories
send thrills of pleasure coursing
through my body; some send chills
of displeasure. The pleasurable
sensations far...
The oNew Gymnasium
THLETICS at the college this year entered upon a
new era. For years our basketball teams have
struggled under the handicap of a makeshift gymna-sium,
inadequate in all respects. Not only was it
adverse to good training but it was...
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
The Philomathean Club. During the year 1915, eight live, active students, after much seriousness, organized a club which they christened the "Philomathean," meaning "Love of learning and letters." From that day until the present the club has been...
Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah)
GRADUATION. Graduation requires sixteen units of successfully completed work. Credits will be given for work done in other standard high schools, but at least four units of work must have been completed at the Murdock Academy. No credit will be...
Beaver Murdock Academy--Beaver (Beaver County, Utah)
History of the Class of "23": The class of "23" started high school with their ideals "to excell." When the time came to choose their banner, there was nothing that fit every individual as "excellorst of 23," and if you will believe me, everyone...
BEAVER COUNTY
LOCATION OF BEAVER COUNTY
Situated on the west side of the Tushar range of the Wasatch Mountains, Beaver County is rich in natural resources and its history is a monument to the courage of its founders. Fertile, cultivated fields of...
CHAPTER Two
EXPLORERS AND IMMIGRANTS
FREMONT AND OLD SPANISH TRAIL
According to John C. Fremont, a scientifically-trained government explorer, the old Santa Fe Trail on which the large Spanish caravans or pack trains traveled from San Pedro to...
It was a cold and unpleasant place and had been rejected by others who had gone to more favorable locations south of here. My previous years had been associated with pioneer life in Iron County in the interest of building and Military duties. In...
teer men and teams who responded to the call for aid. Among those who came to Beaver were Edward Tolton, William J. Allred, Hyrum and Roan Fowler, Elijah Hoopes, John and Henry Bryant, Fred Clark, Mr. Donald and others.
LAND GRANTS AND GOVERNMENT...
surveyor, and his assistants, each block having four lots 12 by 12 rods. Parties selecting lots applied to the Probate Court of Beaver County, which, considered their rightful claims and awarded to the owner the lot and block he was entitled to,,...
Plenty of room is found here for camping, all free. Fishing is good, either from the shore or from the lake. Boats can be rented for a reasonable price.
It is only a short drive on Highway No. 21 up to and across the Big Flat to what is called the...
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...
1923 to 1929; George Marshall Jr., 1923 to 1935; C. A. Bailey, 1925 to 1929; E. N. Thompson, 1926 to 1931; D. J. Williams, 1926 to 1931; Henry Bowman Jr., 1929 to 1933; John C. Tolton, 1931 to 1935; Parley B. Fisher, 1931 to present; Joseph C....
The Wells Fargo Express established an office in Beaver about 1877 or 1878. Charles Woodhouse was manager.
James Low, a native of Scotland and a convert to the Mormon Church, was one of Beaver's original pio-neers. He took an active part in the...