Class of 1913. Della Rasband. Graduated from Brigham Young High School, in the Arts Department. Source 1: 1913 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, pages 63-81. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1913. Della Rasband. She received a BYH Art & Manual Training Diploma in 1913. Source 2: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 38.

Class of 1913. Melvin Reed. Graduated from Brigham Young High School, in the Music Department. His photo and name appear, but his name is not in the separate "Roll Call". Source 1: 1913 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, pages 63-81. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1913. Melvin Reed [not Reod]. He received a BYH Music Diploma in 1913. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 7, page 204.

Class of 1913. Alma Wilford Richards. Graduated from Brigham Young High School in the Academic Department. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1913. Alma W. Richards. He received a High School Diploma in 1913. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 380. ~ ~ ~ ~ Alma W. Richards is an Olympic champion, and the most accomplished athlete in the history of Brigham Young High School. Source: 1913 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, pages 63-81. ~ ~ ~ ~ See his website biography. ~ ~ ~ ~ Alma Wilford Richards was born on February 20, 1890 in Parowan, Utah. His parents were Morgan Richards and Margaret Adams Richards. Alma married three times: First, to Marian Gardiner on March 30, 1918. They were later divorced. He second married Anita Gertrude Huntimer in August of 1932. They were later divorced. He third married Lenore Catherine Griffin on June 25, 1948. Alma W. Richards died on April 3, 1963 in Long Beach, California, at the age of 73. His interment, Parowan, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ A track star from Brigham Young High School became Utah's first Olympic champion. July 8, 1912, in Stockholm, Sweden, marked a great moment in BYH history. That's when Alma Richards sailed over a bar 6'4" high to win first place in the running high jump at the fifth modern Olympic games. Richards was a student at Brigham Young High School when he went to Chicago to try out for and, though virtually unknown, make the U.S. Olympic team. Some athletes trained on the ship that took them to Europe, but Richards felt that his event was not suited to shipboard practice so he just relaxed. He began intensive training in Antwerp, where the team had a layover, and continued to train until his event was called. During the competition, as the bar was moved higher, Richards required the full three attempts allowed to clear 6'1", 6'2", and 6'3". When the bar was moved up to 6'4", he later told an audience in Provo, he felt discouraged and chilled. But, he continued, "Then I thought of the B.Y.U., Utah and my friends there, and the old United States and made the spurt—and chill and all went over the bar in the first attempt." Richards excelled at many track and field events, including the broad jump, pole vault, shot put, discus, and the 100 and 400 meter races, and competed until 1932. During his career he set 55 records. Besides his Olympic feat, other major achievements included decathlon champion at the National AAU meet in San Francisco in 1915 and high point honors at the Inter-Allied World Games in Paris in 1919. Born in Parowan, Utah, on February 20, 1890, to Morgan and Margaret Adams Richards, Alma Richards attended Murdock Academy, graduated from Brigham Young High School, attended Brigham Young University, graduated from Cornell University, and received a law degree from the University of Southern California. He served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War I. Although he was admitted to the California Bar, he elected to teach school rather than practice law. He died in Long Beach, California, on April 3, 1963, survived by his wife, Lenore Griffin, a son, and three daughters.

Class of 1913. Archie Robbins. Graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1913. Name on list, but no photo. Source: 1913 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, pages 63-81. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1928. Archie Robbins. He received a BS Degree in 1928. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 383.

Class of 1916. Leroy J. Robertson. He received a High School Diploma from the BYH Music Department in 1916. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 9, page 79. ~ ~ ~ ~ 1996 NEWS ARTICLE: Composer Portrayed Lovingly in Biography. By William S. Goodfellow, Deseret News Music Critic. "A year ago [in 1995] I did a story on a new CD of some of Leroy Robertson's compositions - the first recording of any of his music in years - and immediately afterward people began asking me where they could find out more about this man who was once considered Utah's foremost composer. Well, a good place to start would be this new biography by his daughter, Marian Robertson Wilson. Issued in time for the Utah Centennial - which also happens to be the 100th anniversary of Robertson's birth - it recounts in loving detail the early years in Fountain Green, where he made his first violin from a cigar box; his move to Pleasant Grove, then to Brigham Young High School; his years with Chadwick at the New England Conservatory of Music, where he won the Endicott Prize for his Overture in E minor; and his eventual return to Utah, climaxed by his being named the winner of the $25,000 Reichhold Award for his ``Trilogy'' in 1947, a feat that garnered him international attention. That is a long way from the slopes of Sanpete County, where Robertson penned much of his music while tending sheep. And in between come fateful encounters with everyone from LDS apostle Melvin J. Ballard, whose comments planted the seed that would later grow into the ``Oratorio From the Book of Mormon,'' to composers Ernest Bloch and Arnold Schoenberg and newly appointed Utah Symphony conductor Maurice Abravanel, who would become Robertson's most ardent champion. I wouldn't have minded more analysis, especially of some of the pieces. Nor does the prose always flow as it might. But the man himself emerges from these pages, as do behind-the-scenes glimpses of such things as when Robertson left BYU in 1948 to take the chairmanship of the University of Utah Music Department - largely to help build both the U. program and the Utah Symphony - and the eventual mounting by the latter of the ``Book of Mormon'' Oratorio, which had at one point been scheduled for the 1947 Pioneer Centennial, only to be replaced by Crawford Gates' ``Promised Valley'' - something Robertson learned by reading it in the newspaper. Indeed, if there is a subtext in this book, it may be one of dashed hopes and missed opportunities. Again and again one reads of promised performances of Robertson music by the likes of Milstein, Menuhin and Stokowski, performances that never materialized. One also cannot help but wonder if Robertson was right not to go for the Rome Prize that Chadwick wanted to put him up for in his student days and to reject the offers that were put before him after his subsequent out-of-state successes (including the directorship of the Cleveland Institute of Music). Of course, if he hadn't, music in Utah would have been the poorer. And not just because of his music but also because of the countless composers and musicians he influenced during his years here (including yours truly). Factual errors, like typos, appear to be minor - things like attributing the Utah Symphony's pioneering ``Judas Maccabaeus'' recording to Westminster, when actually it was for the Handel Society. (The Westminster recording came later.) Or referring to those early Kingsbury Hall opera productions as having ``laid the foundation for what would become Opera West,'' when what is meant is almost certainly Utah Opera. More bothersome is the lack of a complete list of published compositions and/or recordings of Robertson's music (though several are referred to in the text itself). After all, just as those who hear the music may want to read the book, those who read the book may want to hear the music. And they need to know how." [Published in the Deseret News, Sunday, September 29, 1996.] ~ ~ ~ ~ Leroy Jasper Robertson was born on December 21, 1896 in Fountain Green, Sanpete County, Utah. His parents were Jasper Heber Robertson and Alice Almyra Adams Robertson. Leroy married Maggie Naomi Nelson (sic) on September 1, 1925 in Milton, Morgan County, Utah. Maggie was born on December 18, 1900 in Milton, Utah. Her parents were Waldemar Theador Nielson (sic) and Karen Marie Jensen Nielson (sic). Leroy J. Robertson died on July 25, 1971 in Salt Lake City, Utah. His interment, Salt Lake City, Utah [or American Fork, Utah]. ~ ~ ~ ~ BRIEF BIOGRAPHY: Leroy Jasper Robertson was born to Jasper Heber Robertson and Alice Almyra Adams Robertson in December of 1896 at Fountain Green, Utah. Fountain Green is a small community located in a mountain valley approximately 100 miles south of Salt Lake City. The family were descendants of the Utah pioneers. A love of music was evident early in Leroy's childhood. It is said that as a youth he herded sheep for his father in the west desert of Utah and his experiences there were later believed to have influenced some of his music. His parents evidently were not wealthy but supported the development of Leroy's talent away from home. He is said to have studied first under Anthony C. Lund and had gained a reputation as a violinist when he graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1916. He made his way to Boston to attend the New England Conservatory of Music, graduating in 1923. Leroy returned to Utah to teach and supervise music education in public schools until being appointed to the faculty of Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1925. This same year he married Naomi Nelson and they were eventually blessed with four children. During his time at BYU he served as director of the school of music from 1935 - 1936 and 1946-1947. He continued his own studies at home and abroad and received bachelor's and masters degrees from BYU in 1932. In 1948 he left BYU and accepted a position at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. One of his reasons for doing so was to assist his friend Maurice Abravanel in the development of the Utah Symphony Orchestra. Leroy served as chairman of the University of Utah Department of Music from 1948 to 1962, and is noted to have taken the curriculum to national accreditation standards. Together with Abravanel and William Christensen, co-founder of Ballet West, he is credited with helping lift Utah into national prominence in the arts. In 1953 Maurice Abravanel, in an act of encouragement to his friend, scheduled a performance for the Utah Symphony to debut Leroy Robertson's 'Oratorio from the Book of Mormon,' thus forcing the composer to put the finishing touches on the work that he had begun over thirty years earlier. The concept had come from a conversation with a church leader, Melvin J. Ballard, during a train journey in 1919. His daughter relates the account of how one of his most well-known pieces from the oratorio, his setting of "The Lord's Prayer" came to him as he picked up chalk in an advanced music class he was teaching. The words and music setting entered his mind and came so rapidly that he scarcely could capture it, but just as the bell rang he finished notating the piece on the chalkboard. Not too overwhelmed to be practical, he immediately copied it down on manuscript paper to avoid the chance of it being erased by the evening custodians. Much of the composition work for the oratorio, however, was done at home, amid the activities of the family. The debut was a success and the oratorio was very popular locally. A commercial recording by the Utah Symphony in 1961 brought wider prominence and it was performed elsewhere. The setting of "The Lord's Prayer" from the oratorio was recorded by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and released as a 45 single (phonograph record). Leroy continued learning and completed a PhD at the University of Southern California in 1954. He wrote many compositions for orchestra, choir and piano performances, along with hymn tunes, and one hymn text. He received numerous awards during his career. In addition to his more public professional endeavors, Leroy was a member of the General Music Committee of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) for over thirty years and served as its chairman for a time. Leroy Robertson was described as tall and in addition to being a warm and caring family man, was noted as a gifted and devoted teacher who cared about his students, helping them develop their talents. His students included some who became well known, such as Crawford Gates, Robert Cundick, Darwin Wolford and his daughter, Marian Robertson-Wilson. The remarkable life of Leroy J. Robertson drew to a close in July of 1971. His music continues to uplift and encourage today, with eight of his hymn tunes included in the current LDS hymnal. Source

Class of 1913. Arnold Robinson [actually Robison]. Graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1913. Name on list, but no photo. Source 1: 1913 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, pages 63-81. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1913. Arnold E. Robison. He received a High School Diploma in 1913. Source 2: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 48. ~ ~ ~ ~ Arnold Edgar Robison was born on August 4, 1894 in Provo, Utah. His parents were George E. Robison [BYA high school Class of 1892] born in Fillmore, Utah, and Ella Smoot Robison born in Provo, Utah. Arnold was a World War I Veteran. Arnold married Marie Spafford, BYH Class of 1914 (see her alumni profile). Dr. Arnold E. Robison, Sr., died on March 23, 1941 at the age of 46, of a coronary occlusion. His interment, Provo, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: Funeral services for Dr Arnold Edgar Robison, 46, well-known Provo physician and member of the Utah Valley Hospital staff who died Sunday of a heart attack, will be conducted Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. in the Provo Fifth LDS Ward chapel by Frank T. Bennett, bishop. Dr. Robison was born in Provo August 4, 1894, a son of Dr. George E. Robison and Ella Smoot Robison. He attended the Provo schools [graduating from Brigham Young High School in 1913], BYU, and the University of Utah, prior to attending Rush Medical College, Chicago, the University of Nebraska, and Columbia University. He married Marie Spafford on September 4, 1917 in Provo. During the World War [I] he was in charge of the medical laboratory at Fort McHenry, Maryland. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Marie Spafford Robison; a son Arnold E. Robison Jr.; two daughters, Betty Jane Robison and Rosalie Robison, Provo, and a brother, Joseph S. Robison, Lehi. Friends may call at the Berg Mortuary and at the residence, 257 East Center Street, prior to services. [Salt Lake Telegram, March 24, 1941] Link to obituary. Link to death certificate.

Classes of 1913 and 1917. Franklin G. Slaugh. He received a BYH Agriculture Diploma in 1913. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 7, page 229. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1917. Franklin G. Slaugh. He received a BYH Normal Diploma in 1917. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 7, page 229.

Classes of 1913 and 1914. Ida Smith. Graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1913. Name on list, but no photo. Source: 1913 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, pages 63-81. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1914. Ida Smith. She received a BYH Music Diploma in 1914. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 7, page 233.

Class of 1913. Mary Smith. Graduated from Brigham Young High School, in the Arts Department. Source 1: 1913 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, pages 63-81. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1913. Mary Smith. She received a BYH Art & Manual Training Diploma in 1913. Source 2: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 7, page 231. ~ ~ ~ ~ Mary Bernice Smith was born on November 13, 1891 at Manassa, Conejos County, Colorado. Her parents were Albert Ricks Smith and Irene Ursulia Haskell. She married Horace Edward Monson [BYH Class of 1911] on June 24, 1914 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She died on May 11, 1979 in Rupert, Minidoka County, Idaho. Interment, Pleasant Grove, Utah.

Classes of 1913 and 1914. Merle Snyder (female). She graduated from Brigham Young High School, in the Arts Department. Source 1: 1913 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, pages 63-81. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1913. Merle Snyder. She received a BYH Art & Manual Training Diploma in 1913. Source 2: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 67. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1914. Merle Snyder. She received a BYH Normal Certificate in 1914. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 67. ~ ~ ~ ~ Leila Merle Snyder was born on August 13, 1893 in Provo, Utah. Her parents were James Edwin Snyder and Leila Marie Mecham Snyder. Merle Snyder married T. Earl Foote [Thomas Earl Foote] [BYH Class of 1916] on July 11, 1917 in Manti, Utah. Merle Snyder Foote died on April 20, 1988 in Provo, Utah. Her interment, Provo City Cemetery, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ Article about her art.

Classes of 1913 and 1917. Albert Southwick. Graduated from Brigham Young High School, in the Academic Department. Source 1: 1913 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, pages 63-81. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1913. Albert J. Southwick. He received a High School Diploma in 1913. Source 2: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 73. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1917. Albert J. Southwick. He received a BYH Music Diploma in 1917. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 73.

Class of 1913. Ann Spafford. Graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1913. Name on list, but no photo. Source: 1913 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, pages 63-81.

Class of 1913. Annie Spafford. She received a BYH Art & Manual Training Diploma in 1913. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 75.

Class of 1913. Winnie Stonebrake. She received a High School Diploma in 1913. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 7, page 244.

Classes of 1913 and 1914. Leo Stott. Graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1913. Name on list, but no photo. Source: 1913 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, pages 63-81. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1914. Leo Stott. He received a BYH Normal Certificate (1 year) in 1914. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 8, page 52.

Class of 1913. James G. Stratton. Graduated from Brigham Young High School, in the Academic Department. Source: 1913 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, pages 63-81.

Class of 1913~Honorary. Alice Eliza Strong Peterson was born on October 26, 1895 in Alpine, Utah County, Utah. Her parents were Samuel Oscar Strong, Sr., and Fannie Ann Devey Strong. They were married in December of 1886. Alice was baptized by Joseph F. Marsh and confirmed a member of the Church by J.T. Bateman. Alice, the second of their three children, was educated in Alpine, American Fork, Lehi and at BYU High School in Provo. Her special interests included preparing and giving readings. Her older sister was Estella Fannie Strong, and her younger brother was Clifford Oscar Strong, Jr. She met her future husband, Ira Louis Peterson, in Provo [BYH Class of 1915] and married Ira on November 28, 1917 in Salt Lake City, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ Ira Louis Peterson was born on January 26, 1896 in Ephraim, Sanpete County, Utah. He died on March 23, 1975 in Salt Lake City. He was buried on March 26, 1975 in Alpine, Utah. Ira was employed as a high school teacher. Fourteen months following their marriage, they moved to Huntington, Utah, where her husband taught school. In 1918, moved to Castledale, Utah, where her husband taught in the Emery Stake Academy. In 1920, they moved to Morgan, Utah. Their first baby was born in 1918, second in American Fork in 1920, third in Morgan in 1921 and the fourth in Morgan in 1924. Their names: Keith Maurice Peterson, Morley Dean Peterson, Ramona Peterson, and Phyllis Peterson. Alice taught in both the Sunday School and the Primary in North Morgan Ward. She served for two years in the Stake Board and Primary in Morgan Stake. In 1929, they moved to Salt Lake City to the Highland Park Ward. Alice served there as a Primary teacher. In 1930 they moved to the Wells Ward in Salt Lake City. She taught Primary and later became a counselor to Sister Behumin in Primary. Alice served on the Stake Primary Board in the Wells Stake. She served as a counselor to Sister Carrol in the Ward Relief Society. She served as Vice-Captain and later as Captain of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers. From 1952-1954 she served on the North Salt Lake County Camp of Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Stake Mission. She also served on Granite Stake Primary Board. Her total service to Primary work was 22 years. She served as second counselor in the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. She was released in 1957 to become a member of the Granite Stake Primary Board. Alice Eliza Strong Peterson died on March 10, 1974 in Murray, Utah. [Ira Peterson subsequently married Edna Henrietta _____ Peterson on September 19, 1974 in Salt Lake City, Utah.]

Class of 1913. J. Bert Sumsion. Graduated from Brigham Young High School, in the Commercial Department. Source 1: 1913 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, pages 63-81. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1913. J. Bert Sumsion. He received a BYH Commercial Diploma in 1913. Source 2: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 412. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1923. J. Bert Sumsion. He received a BS Degree in 1923. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 412.

Classes of 1912 and 1913. Irvin Tippetts, of Lake Shore, Utah. Graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1912. Source: 1912 BYU Mizpah, BYH section, photos and names on pp. 1 - 62, 105. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1913. Irvin Tippetts. He received a BYH Normal Diploma in 1913. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 94.

Classes of 1913 and 1916. Louie Van Wagoner (female). She graduated from Brigham Young High School in the Arts Department. Source 1: 1913 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, pages 63-81. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1913. Louie Van Wagoner. She received a BYH Art & Manual Training Diploma in 1913. Source 2: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 99. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1916. Louie Van Wagoner. She received two diplomas in 1916: a BYH Normal Diploma, and a BYH Arts Supervision Diploma. ~ ~ ~ ~ Louie Elizabeth Van Wagoner was born on November 30, 1893 in Provo, Utah. Her parents were John Alfred Van Wagoner and Sara Ellen Stark Van Wagoner. She married Jesse Marsden Smith on July 19, 1917 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She died on June 16, 1939 in Mesa, Arizona. Interment, Snowflake, Arizona.

Class of 1913. Nina Vance. Graduated from Brigham Young High School, in the Normal Department. Source 1: 1913 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, pages 63-81. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1913. Nina Vance. She received a BYH Normal Diploma in 1913. Source 2: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 98.

Class of 1913. Roland Warner. Graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1913. Name on list, but no photo. Source 1: 1913 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, pages 63-81. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1913. Roland L. Warner. He received a BYH Music Diploma in 1913. Source 2: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 7, page 330. ~ ~ ~ ~ Roland Lehmann Warner was born on March 30, 1894 in Salt Lake City, Utah. His parents were William John Warner and Johanna Lehmann Warner. Roland married Regelia Naegle on October 15, 1919. Regelia was born on February 3, 1900 in Toquerville, Washington County, Utah. Her parents were Enoch Nephi Naegle and Leonora Francesca Taylor Naegle. Regelia married three times: First, to Roland L. Warner; second, to Cornelius Alder Shettler on August 6, 1953; and third, to Clive Hollocombe Clift on May 6, 1977. ~ ~ Roland Lehmann Warner died on June 9, 1981 in Salt Lake City (or Murray), Utah.

Class of 1913. Fern Watson. She received a BYH Normal Diploma in 1913. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 7, page 335.

BYH Classes of 1908 and 1913, and Faculty. Ernest G. Whitwood. Source: 1908 BYH Commencement Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1913. Ernest G. Whitwood. He received a BYH Music Diploma in 1913. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 3, page 423. ~ ~ ~ ~ Faculty & Staff. Ernest G. Whitwood, Training School, 1908-1909.

Class of 1913. Cleo Wigginton [actually Wiggington]. Received a BYH Normal Diploma in 1913. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 7, page 372. ~ ~ ~ ~ Cleo Wiggington (female) was born on April 5, 1891 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She married Leo Pratt Musser on June 6, 1914, and they were later divorced.