In 1921 President Franklin S. Harris proposed the establishment of an Extension Division at Brigham Young University. The Extension Division’s main purpose was to broaden the reach of the university and to allow it to have a positive impact on the lives of residents of Utah and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of …
The educational underpinnings of Brigham Young University were laid in the early 1860s when Wilson and Warren Dusenberry moved to Provo and established the first Dusenberry School. The Dusenberry brothers arrived at crucial time in the cultural formation of early Provo. Territorial leaders were beginning to emphasize the importance of education and citizens in Utah …
The first home of the Brigham Young Academy was the Lewis Building. The J. W. Lewis Store was built in 1867 and was soon purchased by Brigham Young. The Lewis Building was a brick building located in downtown Provo. When Brigham Young executed the deed of trust establishing Brigham Young Academy he stipulated that the …
One of the most popular summer activities for BYU students is hiking Mount Timpanogos. Mount Timpanogos is the second tallest mountain in the Wasatch range and is located off of the Alpine Loop which can be accessed through either American Fork Canyon or Provo Canyon. Not many students realize that hiking Mount Timpanogos has been …
Brigham Young University selected the cougar as its mascot in 1923. Eugene L. Roberts, a coach and faculty member, suggested the cougar because it is native to Utah and it exemplified the traits that he hoped athletes competing for Brigham Young University would have. These traits included strength, agility, grace, quickness, and beauty. In 1925 …
Brigham Young University is a private university that seeks to develop students of faith, intellect and character who have the skills and the desire to continue learning and to serve others throughout their lives. It traces its mission to the deed of trust used to establish the Brigham Young Academy in 1875. Brigham Young founded …
The need to integrate the sacred and the secular in the fledgling Brigham Young Academy meant that discipline at the school was strict. Karl G. Maeser had been educated in a German educational tradition that emphasized the need for order and obedience to established regulations. Maeser saw rigid moral discipline as a way to help …
Benjamin Cluff, Jr. enrolled as a student at Brigham Young Academy in the spring of 1877. He excelled at his studies and was asked to teach in the Primary Department in the fall of 1877. This began a nearly thirty year association with the Academy. His early teaching experience created a deep desire in Cluff …
Attend any major sporting event at Brigham Young University and you will hear a rousing rendition of the Cougar Fight Song by the BYU student body. The familiar strains of the Cougar Fight Song were written by Clyde D. Sandgren and became the school fight and pep song in 1947. It replaced the previous pep …
One of the more frequent reference requests fielded by the University Archivist involves the need to gather information about classes that individuals had taken as students at Brigham Young University. Sometimes the requests are for individuals writing their family histories and they want to be able to accurately describe the coursework that they did as …