Brigham Young University - Banyan Yearbook (Provo, UT)

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Dr. Karl G. Maeser was re- sponsible for much of the ear- ly success of the school. Beginning EDUCATION BUILDING 1 R£ .J ■[f ..v. ' j . B -jgHK . i n ' 1 K Hl 1 . ' i B M I It was a serious business for this staff of the B.Y.A. Stu- dent in 1891.

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Students of the new Brigham Young Academy pose in front of Lewis Hall on West Center street, first campus home. At a time when Provo was emerging from pioneer conditions, when adobe houses were replacing log cabins, and the old-fashioned horsepower parked beside fence posts, a group of men possessed with foresight looked into the future. In the year 1875 a deed of trust estab- lished Brigham Young Academy, and Karl G. Maeser began teaching with his first twenty-nine students in Lew- Is Hall. Disaster struck in 1884. On a midnight in January flames leaped through the roof of the box-light structure, casting a glow upon the snow for blocks around. A critical financial period followed and the school, now located in the Z.C.M.I warehouse, meagerly survived upon loans and donations. Finally in 1892 the new Education Building on lower campus was completed. When the group entered their new home. Dr. Maeser gave his farewell address; Benjamin Cluff was named the new President. ...In The It was the day of sixty-minute football when these proud fellows won the state and college championship of 1 897.

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Expansion to Upper Campus K.-.. %- % % - T-Ki-i Burros were used for transportation up the mountain- side on the first Y Day in 1906. The horseless carriage hadn ' t made much headway yet when this group came up to dedicate the site of the Maeser Building. Under the supervision of Benjamin Cluff the school took rapid strides forward. He inaug- urated sunnnner sessions with emi- nent educators from the East as guests. In 1903 the name was changed to Brigham Young Uni- versity and George H. Brimhall became the new President. University Hill was acquired and the nucleus of the University began to unfold. Professional architects and builders contribu- ted to the expansion program. With united efforts faculty and students responded to the call of the President by digging pipe trenches, laying floors and ce- ment walks, and constructing a giant Y upon the mountain- side. New buildings erected were the Maeser Memorial, the Mechanics Arts Building, and the Women ' s Gymnasium.