WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
BOOK
"Dixie College: Monument to the Industry of a Dedicated People"
by Edna J. Gregerson
Copyright: Edna Gregerson, 1993
Printed by Franklin Quest Co, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Tables Preface Acknowledgements Introduction The Glory of God is Intelligence Early Mormon Education Territory of Utah and the Cotton Mission Established Notes The Struggle to Build Cultural Standards Attempts to Establish Mail Communication Order Begins to Be Established The Building of Schoolhouses Beginnings of the St. George Academy Denominational Schools Appear Woodward School Established Early School Leaders and Teachers Notes A Dream Is Realized Beginnings of a Stake Academy Request for a Beaver Stake Academy First Appropriation for St. George Stake Academy Building Plans Determined A Call for Faculty Applications Opening Date Established Opening Celebrations Notes Building a Firm Foundation The Academy Becomes Dixie Academy A Unique Form of Student Government Expansion of Faculty and Curriculum Plans for a Library Dedicaton of Academy Building Contributions of Staff and Students First Dixie Academy Graduates Religious Instruction Dixie Academy Holidays Established Normal College Begins Notes The Enating Years Donations for School Departments The College Farm Scholarship Funds Established Building the Gymnasium Campus Buildings Added Teacher Salaries and Certification The Teacher Training Program Good Roads Day Enrollment Growth Dixie Junior College Financial Problems Confronted Loyalty to the Nation The Curriculum Expands Tha Faculty Church Involvement School Presidents Notes Time of Crisis Education Costs Increase Seminaries Established Chancellor Frank Strong Notes The Orphan Years Community Service Pressure to Close Schools Budget Cuts Announced Church Offers Junior College to the State of Utah The Transition Period The Dixie Education Association Loyal Leaders in the Orphan Years Notes Conclusion Notes Appendix A List of Cotton Missionaries Appendix B Contributors for First School Appendix C Donators of Cash and Labor Appendix D First Students at Academy Appendix E Student Officers Appendix F Student Constitution Appendix G Dixie Academy Missionaries Appendix H Evaluation Sheet Appendix I Dixie Servicemen Appendix J List of Graduates and Class Members from 1911 to 1936 Appendix K List of Teachers and Staff to 1936 Appendix L Church Commissioners of Education to 1971 Appendix M President B. Glen Smith's Biennial Report Bibliography |
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