In this Alumni Directory, our focus is on the often-forgotten BY Academy secondary senior classes between 1877 and 1903, and on the BY High School senior classes from 1904 to 1968.

In 1881 Brigham Young Academy's Scientific Department broke new ground by awarding a "collegiate diploma" to James E. Talmage, the first such BYA diploma to be issued. This raised serious questions about whether a secondary school could issue a "collegiate diploma" that would be recognized by colleges. James Talmage and others were required to take extra tests at other colleges before their collegiate credential was accepted.

BYU and the BYU Alumni Association keep records of BYA collegiate-level graduates, but have not in the past kept comprehensive lists of BYA high-school-level graduates. That is why our emphasis in this Directory is on high school graduates. Nevertheless, in this Directory we will also track the relatively small number of BYA students who received BYA collegiate degrees between 1881 to 1903, simply to avoid confusing the two groups, and because there is much overlapping. [We have also added the earliest BYU graduates, 1904 to 1935, for the same reasons.]

BY Academy High School Class of 1881, and Collegiate Class of 1884. Thomas Adams. Commercial. Certificate in Bookkeeping and Commercial Arithmetic, and Certificate in Algebra. Source: The Territorial Enquirer, June 22, 1881, Provo, Utah. BY Academy Collegiate Class of 1884. Thomas Adams. Graduated Friday, June 13, 1884, with a Scientific collegiate diploma. It included proficiency in: Algebra, Geometry, Triginometry, Surveying, Physics, Chemistry and Bookkeeping. Source: Territorial Enquirer, Friday, June 13, 1884. This was one of the first 3 collegiate diplomas awarded at BYA. ~ ~ ~ ~ Thomas Henry Adams was born on September 11, 1864 in Nephi, Utah. His parents are Samuel Lorenzo Adams, Sr. and Mary Ann Morgan. He first married Mary Nageli [or Neagle] on December 10, 1885 in St. George, Utah; she was born on February 15, 1864 in Santa Clara, Utah. He second married Lillie May B Leavitt on December 10, 1930 in Bunkerville, Clark County, Nevada. He died on December 24, 1945 in Bunkerville, Nevada.

BY Academy High School Class of 1883. Edward Snow of St. George, Utah. Graduated Friday, June 15, 1883, with a Bookkeeping certificate. Source: Territorial Enquirer, Friday, June 15, 1883. ~ ~ BY Academy Collegiate Class of 1884. Edward H. Snow. Graduated Friday, June 13, 1884, with a Normal diploma. Source: Territorial Enquirer, Friday, June 13, 1884. ~ ~ In 1884, he also received a "collegiate" diploma, one of only 3 awarded up to that time. It included proficiency in: General History, Political Science, Physical Geography, Higher Arithmetic, and Bookkeeping. Source: Territorial Enquirer, Friday, June 13, 1884. ~ ~ ~ ~ Edward Hunter Snow was born on June 23, 1865 in St. George, Utah. His parents were Erastus Fairbanks Snow and Julia Josephine Spencer. He married Sarah Hannah Nelson on September 24, 1885 in St. George, Utah. He died on July 18, 1932 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Interment, St. George, Utah.