Brigham Young Academy, Snowy Winter Smoot Hall Brigham Young Academy Photograph By Gary Whitton

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Navy football helmets 2017. 46 as early as 1871 brigham young had envisioned education free of government money and influence so that real education take place. Brimhall as the new president of byu. Brigham young academy is a resource for teachers parents university studentsprofessors and others who seek revealed answers and scholarship to the vital questions debated on campuses throughout the world today.

Three principals led the academy before it was renamed brigham young university in 1903. Brigham young journal of discourses 26 vols. Warren dusenberry conducted the first term.

The academy building was the first building specifically built to house the brigham young academy. The history of brigham young university byu begins in 1875 when the school was called brigham young academy bya. Harris under whom it gained national recognition as a university.

The school did not reach university status until 1903 in a decision made by the schools board of trustees at the request of byu president benjamin cluffit became accredited during the tenure of franklin s. In 1903 brigham young academy was dissolved and replaced by two institutions brigham young high school and brigham young university. Previously the academy had been housed in the lewis building which burned to the ground on january 27 1884.

When establishing brigham young academy. A demonstration training school and brigham young high school were discontinued in the 1960s and the last university related classes moved to the main campus shortly before academy square was sold in 1975. 1904 byu purchases temple hill where the majority of campus stands now.

1903 fremont stake academy becomes ricks academy in honor of thomas e. The by high school class of 1907 was ultimately responsible for the famous giant y that is to this day embedded on a mountain near campus. Looking closely at these pictures deepens an understanding of the humble beginnings of byu and inspires.

The decision was made to rebuild in a new location. The board elected george h. In a quiet corner of this gallery sits a unique display of photographs revealing what it was like at brigham young academy bya and other lds church academies founded upon the ideals of bya from 1890 until around 1908.