Brigham Young High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Provo, UT)

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1911 to 1920 The high school class of 1912 built the stone and iron gate on the south- west corner of the campus. Many of the sidewalks surrounding the campus remain as memorials to these various high school classes. Besides the Education Building, which was classed the High School Building until 1922, the High School has used three other buildings—the Arts Building, the Men’s Gym, and the In- dustrial Arts Building. The Men's Gym had its beginning in an article which appeared in the school news- paper in 1899 written by Eugene L. Roberts. This article pointed to the need of a gymnasium. Adequate funds, however, were not available to construct a separate gymnasium; but when the Training School Build- ing was approved, a third floor was added to the original plans and was devoted to a gymnasium. The building was completed in 1902 through the financial assistance of Jesse Knight.

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The Arts Building was constructed to serve as a missionary training school. Apline, Nebo, Utah, and Wasatch Stakes contributed funds for the building. Emma Lucy Gates sang a series of concerts to raise money to equip the third floor for home eco- nomics. It was named the Lucy B Young Domestic Department, The building was completed in 1904 and dedicated in 1908, The construction for the Industrial Arts Building began in 1904, It was the philosophy of Brigham Young that boys should learn to do something with their hands as well as their minds, and this building was in par- tial fulfilment of that philosophy. This building was constructed in order to provide courses in iron work and mechanics. The first blacksmithing class was approved in 1904 and got underway in January, 1905, when citizens from the city of Provo donated ten forges.