Brigham Young High School, Class of 1904.

The academic year of 1903-1904 marked the first official year of both Brigham Young University High School and Brigham Young University, after Brigham Young Academy was dissolved in June 1903, at the end of the 1903 academic year. Since 1876, Brigham Young Academy had always been a secondary school, with a relative handful of collegiate graduates. The 1904 graduating class, for example, included 5 BYU graduates [11%], and 41 BYHS graduates [89%]. Special thanks to Scott Cowley for research as of May 2008, and additional research done. [August 2013]

In this Directory we have included BYU graduates from 1904 through 1935, because many of them were also BYA high school graduates, or BYHS graduates -- there is some overlap. Our goal is to list all high school graduates, and we include a few collegiate names only to reduce ambiguity. If you find errors, please notify the Webmaster.

Brigham Young High School Graduate, Class of 1904. Laura Pearl Adams. She also received a Special Certificate in Elocution. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 98.

Brigham Young High School Graduate, Class of 1904 and 1906. Mamie Beesley graduated from BYH on May 23, 1904. Source: Program, Graduation Exercises 1904, BYU High School & Normal Departments, Monday, May 23, 1904, College Hall. (Note: 1904 is the first year for BY High and BYU -- previously both were called Brigham Young Academy.) ~ ~ ~ ~ Brigham Young High School Class of 1904. Mary J. [Mamie] Beesley. She received a High School Diploma. Source 2: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 6. ~ ~ ~ ~ Brigham Young High School, Class of 1906. Mary (Mamie) J. Beesley. She also received a Certificate in Elocution. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 6. Mamie Beesley was the third and fourth grade teacher in the Lehi public schools, teaching in the Franklin Building, in September of 1902. [The Standard, Ogden City, Utah, September 12, 1902.] ~ ~ ~ ~ Mamie Beesley was a teacher in the Grantsville District school in September 1909. [Tooele Transcript, September 8, 1909.] ~ ~ ~ ~

Brigham Young High School Graduate, Class of 1904. Edna Berg. She also received a Special Certificate in Elocution. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 168.

Brigham Young High School Graduate, Class of 1904. Dell Delos Boyer. He graduated from BYH on May 23, 1904. Source: Program, Graduation Exercises 1904, BYU High School & Normal Departments, Monday, May 23, 1904, College Hall. (Note: 1904 is the first year for BY High and BYU -- previously both were called Brigham Young Academy.) ~ ~ ~ ~ Brigham Young High School Class of 1904. Dell D. Boyer received a High School Diploma. Source 2: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 8. ~ ~ ~ ~ Dell was born in 1879 in Springville, Utah. His family came from the Pennsylvania Boyers, who in turn came from an earlier "Bayer" ancestry in areas of what is now Holland and Germany. A portion of the Boyer DNA has been traced to John Alden, famous as a Mayflower pilgrim who wooed for another and won for himself. Boyer's earlier secondary education at what was then the Brigham Young Academy high school, was delayed by the ill health he had endured in much of his youth. Through his ambition and the sacrifices of his family, he acquired training in Los Angeles to become an osteopathic physician. He served humanity well. He married Grace Guymon. More by example than by word, he taught his children logical reasoning, compassion, love of others, honesty, and discipline applied with understanding. He also taught such skills such as pitching horseshoes and growing vegetables. He loved to travel. Family trips to Yellowstone and to what are now national parks in Southern Utah, driving the primitive roads and cars of that day, were real family adventures. Dell Boyer became a widower when the youngest of his children was only eight. Fifteen years later he married another fine woman. They shared many happy times, and she cared for him during a long illness. He died from prostate cancer at the age of 82.

Brigham Young High School, Class of 1904. Sytha Brown of Provo graduated from BYH on May 23, 1904. Source 1: Program, Graduation Exercises 1904, BYU High School & Normal Departments, Monday, May 23, 1904, College Hall. (Note: 1904 is the first year for BY High and BYU -- previously both were called Brigham Young Academy.) ~ ~ ~ ~ Brigham Young High School Class of 1904. Sytha Brown received a Normal Diploma. Source 2: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 10. ~ ~ ~ ~ BYH Class of 1904. Sytha Brown of Provo, a Normal Student, BYU [& BYH] Class of 1904 Listing of Fourth Year Students (seniors). Source: Brigham Young Academy & Normal Training School, Catalogues & Announcements, for 29th Academic Year, 1904-1905, p. 174.

Brigham Young High School Graduate, Class of 1904. Viola Busby. She also received a Special Certificate in Elocution. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 11. ~ ~ ~ ~ Viola Busby was born in 1886 in Spring City, Sanpete County, Utah. She graduated from Brigham Young University High School in the Class of 1904. Viola Busby, of Salt Lake City, Utah, married Jacob Alonzo Acord (1882 to 1948) of Provo, Utah. They were married in St. Anthony, Idaho, on November 20, 1904. Their children included: Donna Viola Acord (1911 to 1991), and George Frederick Acord (1906 to 1975). Viola Busby Acord died in 1936 in Salt Lake City.

Brigham Young High School Graduate, Class of 1904. A. [Archie] M. [Myron] Cheney graduated from BYH on May 23, 1904. President of the Senior Class of 1904. Source 1: Program, Graduation Exercises 1904, BYU High School & Normal Departments, Monday, May 23, 1904, College Hall. (Note: 1904 is the first year for BY High and BYU -- previously both were called Brigham Young Academy.) ~ ~ ~ ~ Brigham Young High School Class of 1904. Archie Myron Cheney. He received a High School Diploma. Source 2: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 1, Page 99.

Brigham Young High School Graduate, Class of 1904, at the age of 35. G. N. Child [George Newport Child] of Lehi, Utah. He graduated from BYH on May 23, 1904. Source: Program, Graduation Exercises 1904, BYU High School & Normal Departments, Monday, May 23, 1904, College Hall. (Note: 1904 is the first year for BY High and BYU -- previously both were called Brigham Young Academy.) ~ ~ ~ ~ George Newport Child was born on February 11, 1869 in Clover, Utah. His parents were John Child and Elizabeth De St. Joor Child. George N. Child married at least twice: ~ ~ First, to Florence Willes of Lehi, Utah, married on December 23, 1891 in Manti, Utah. Florence Willes was born on July 23, 1871 in Lehi, Utah. Her parents were William Sydney Smith Willes and Lucinda Alzina Lott Willes. Florence W. Child died on November 29, 1905 in Lehi, Utah. Her interment, Lehi, Utah. ~ ~ George Child second married Julia Alleman on June 3, 1908 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Julia was born on September 8, 1873 in Springville, Utah. Her parents were Benjamin Jordan Alleman and Sariah Jane Starr Alleman. Julia Alleman Child died on January 23, 1935 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her interment, Lehi, Utah. G. N. Child served as Superintendent of the Salt Lake City schools, employed by the SLC Board of Education. George Child died on July 9, 1932 at the age of 63 years at the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, following surgery.

Brigham Young High School Graduate, Class of 1904. Leolette Christenson [spelled Christenson twice on graduation program, but actually Christensen] graduated from BYH on May 23, 1904. Source 1: Program, Graduation Exercises 1904, BYU High School & Normal Departments, Monday, May 23, 1904, College Hall. (Note: 1904 is the first year for BY High and BYU -- previously both were called Brigham Young Academy.) ~ ~ ~ ~ Brigham Young High School Class of 1904. Leollette Christensen received a Normal Diploma. Source 2: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 75. ~ ~ ~ ~ Josephine [Josephina] Leolette Christensen was born on August 17, 1874 in Spring City, Sanpete County, Utah. Her parents were John N. [Johan Nicholi] Christensen and Christine C. Johnson Christensen. Marriage: not yet known. Photo @->More Info, 1899, teacher. She died on August 9, 1963 at the age of 89.

Brigham Young High School Graduate, Class of 1904. Hannah Dunn. She also received a Special Certificate in Elocution. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 18.

Brigham Young High School Graduate, Class of 1904. D. J. Edmunds of Wales, Utah, graduated from BYH on May 23, 1904. Performed a violin solo at graduation exercises. Source: Program, Graduation Exercises 1904, BYU High School & Normal Departments, Monday, May 23, 1904, College Hall. (Note: 1904 is the first year for BY High and BYU -- previously both were called Brigham Young Academy.) ~ ~ ~ ~ Brigham Young High School Class of 1904. David G. (sic) received a High School Diploma. Source 2: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 19. ~ ~ ~ ~ BYH Class of 1904. David J. Edmunds of Wales, Utah, a Normal student, BYU [& BYH] Class of 1904 Listing of Fourth Year Students (seniors). Source: Brigham Young Academy & Normal Training School, Catalogues & Announcements, for 29th Academic Year, 1904-1905, p. 174. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1905. D. J. Edmunds graduated from the Brigham Young High School Normal Department on Wednesday, May 31, 1905, in College Hall. [Apparently graduated from high school twice, in successive years, first with a high school diploma, second with a Normal diploma.] At the 1905 graduating exercises, he delivered a Report to Education, Science. Source 1: Program, Normal & High School Graduating Exercises, Wednesday, May 31, 1905, College Hall. ~ ~ ~ ~ Brigham Young High School Class of 1905. David G. Edmunds. He received a Normal Diploma. Source 2: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 2, page 19. ~ ~ ~ ~ BYH Class of 1905. David J. Edmunds, a Normal student. BYU [& BYH] Class of 1905 Listing of BYH Normal, High School, Commercial, Music & Arts and Industries Graduates, Catalogues & Announcements, for 30th Academic Year, 1905-1906, p. 176.

Brigham Young High School Graduate, Class of 1904. Fred J. Fjeldsted. He also received a Special Certificate in Band and Orchestra. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 2, page 80.

Brigham Young High School Graduate, Class of 1904, Brigham Young University, Class of 1907. Harvey Fletcher. Harvey Fletcher graduated from BYH on May 23, 1904. Source 1: Program, Graduation Exercises 1904, BYU High School & Normal Departments, Monday, May 23, 1904, College Hall. (Note: 1904 is the first year for BY High and BYU -- previously both were called Brigham Young Academy.) ~ ~ ~ ~ Brigham Young High School Class of 1904. Harvey Fletcher received a High School Diploma. Source 2: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 22. ~ ~ ~ ~ Brigham Young University Graduate, Class of 1907. Harvey Fletcher. He received the Bachelor of Science degree (B.S.) in May of 1907. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 280. ~ ~ ~ ~ Harvey Fletcher, born September 11, 1884 - died July 23, 1981. Dr. Harvey Fletcher was born in what was then the small town of Provo, Utah on September 11, 1884. He was the son of pioneer parents, and had no early ambitions to become a scientist or scholar. His pursuit of a formal education led him to a distinguished career as a scientist, engineer, and educator, and he is recognized for his contributions to the study of acoustics, speech, medicine, music, and atomic physics. As a young man, Harvey Fletcher's ambition was to follow in his father’s footsteps building houses, and to work with his uncles in their grocery businesses. In stark contrast to the pioneering spirit of his parents, his view of the world could be summed up in the following quote: “As I looked across the Utah Valley, I thought that the tops of the mountains that I could see in any direction marked the end of the world where people live. On the other side of these was the great ocean. There were cracks in the wall that held the ocean back, so that the water from the ocean leaked through and formed the various streams that come down from the mountains.” Though his father had only four months of formal education, it is evident that Harvey himself valued school. By 1901 he had finished eighth grade, and he progressed on to the only institution in the Utah Valley that offered an education beyond this level. He enrolled in Brigham Young Academy at the high school level, and as part of the curriculum was exposed for the first time to math, physics, and chemistry. Though he had to repeat his first course in physics, achieving the highest grade in the class the second time around, he eventually excelled in his studies, graduating from BYH in 1904 and from BYU in 1907 with a B.S. In 1906 he was one of three students -- the others being Elmer Jacob and Clarence Jacob -- who climbed the mountain to help Professor Ernest Partridge, with his equipment on top of the Academy building, survey the "Y" to be created on the mountain. Fletcher spent a year teaching physics and mathematics at what had then become Brigham Young University, and he spent his summers running government surveys in the unexplored mountain country of eastern Utah and supervising the building of water mains that would supply the town of Provo. By that point, he had decided that he wanted to pursue a Ph. D. at the University of Chicago so that he could develop a successful career as a scientist. He was a little nervous about going alone to Chicago, so he persuaded Lorena Chipman, whom he had been courting, to marry him and join his adventure. Without prior admission to the university, the couple moved to Chicago and took their chances. Indeed, because much of the curriculum offered at Brigham Young was not accredited by Chicago, and because the degree that he earned only involved three years of college level courses, the university initially deemed it necessary for him to take four years of courses in order to move on to the graduate program. While this was beyond his means, Robert A. Millikan, then an assistant professor, proposed that Fletcher enroll as a special student, carrying out the first year of classes for the graduate physics program. Successful completion of these courses, plus one year of make-up work in undergraduate courses, earned him entrance into the graduate program, from which he earned the first summa cum laude degree ever granted by the University of Chicago. It was during his tenure as a student at the University of Chicago that Fletcher worked with Robert Millikan to measure the charge of an electron. This research later contributed to the field of electronics and its subsequent use in the television and radio industry. Having achieved his goals in Chicago, Fletcher returned to BYU in 1911 to teach, as he had vowed he would, where he became the only faculty member to hold a Ph.D. He was appointed chairman of the Physics Department, and he taught at his alma mater for the next five years. It was then that he accepted a position with Western Electric Company in New York, and his record of achievement blossomed to unprecedented levels. He was appointed Director of all Physical Research at Bell Telephone Laboratories, where he published 51 papers and two books, and was awarded 19 patents. Much of his research is considered to be an authoritative source, and his books, Speech and Hearing and Speech and Hearing in Communication are accepted treatises on the subject. Fletcher directed or was involved in numerous research projects, which led to the development of products and technology that are widely in use in our daily lives. His oversight of a project on hearing aids led to the development of the first such device to employ vacuum tubes. In the 1930’s, he and Wilden Munson formulated a graph that is now referred to as the Fletcher-Munson Loudness Curves, which correlates between sound intensity and loudness. They devised this by getting groups of people to judge when pure tones of two different frequencies were the same loudness, and averaged their results. Another technological advancement that Fletcher pioneered involved clarity in the transmission of sound via telephone. His research involved the perception of sound from the typical talker to the typical listener, and how small imperfections in speech sounds affect the ability of the listener to recognize what is said. It was concluded that more precise instruments that would convert sound waves into electrical form and then back into sound waves with minimal distortion were required in order to make the telephone the remarkable communications device that it is today. Harvey Fletcher was also instrumental in the promotion of stereophonic recording and transmission. In 1931 Fletcher, along with colleague Arthur C. Keller and conductor Leopold Stokowski, recorded and transmitted, from the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, monaural and binaural (stereo) sound. Fletcher and Stokowski made a presentation at Carnegie Hall in 1940 with recorded stereo music from a three-channel system using sound on film with a frequency range from 30 Hz to 15,000 kHz and a volume range of 120 decibels. A 4th track was used as a loudness playback control track. The New York Times reported. “The loudest sounds ever created crashed and echoed through venerable Carnegie Hall last night as a specially invited audience listened, spellbound, and at times not a little terrified.” Fletcher’s achievements are not restricted to ones associated with his work for Bell Laboratories. He helped found the American Acoustical Society and became its first president. He was president of the American Society for Hard of Hearing, an honorary member of the American Ontological Society, an honorary member of the Audio Engineering Society and an honorary member of the American Speech and Hearing Society. He was awarded the Louis E. Levy Medal for physical measurements of audition by the Franklin Institute in 1924. He was president of the American Physical Society which in the leading physics society in America. He was elected vice-president of the America Association for the Advancement of Science in 1937. He is a member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, and an honorary member of Sigma Pi Sigma. He is also a member of the National Hearing Division Committee of Medical Sciences. He was given the Progress Medal Award by the American Academy of Motion Pictures in Hollywood. He acted as National Councilor for the Ohio State University Research Foundation eight years. In addition, he has received honorary degrees from Columbia University, Stevens Institute, Kenyon College, Case Institute of Technology, and the University of Utah. Harvey Fletcher continued to contribute long after his retirement from Bell Laboratories. After his retirement, he founded the Engineering program at Brigham Young University and continued to maintain an active role in a research program having to do with Acoustics well into his 80’s. Fletcher enjoyed fishing because it allowed him to spend time with his sons, all five of whom earned doctorate degrees, and attributed much of his success to his wife. He died on July 23, 1981 in Provo Utah, just weeks from his 97th birthday. Countless individuals make use of and appreciate the technology that he helped to develop during a stellar career that spanned almost seven decades. Truly, this man blossomed from his humble beginnings and aspirations, to become a character of great influence on the everyday lives of much of mankind. ~ ~ ~ ~ BYH Class of 1904. Harvey Fletcher of Provo, Utah, High School, BYU [& BYH] Class of 1904 Listing of Fourth Year Students (seniors). Source: Brigham Young Academy & Normal Training School, Catalogues & Announcements, for 29th Academic Year, 1904-1905, p. 174.

Class of 1904~Honorary. [Athough she attended BY High for four years, she did not have all of the credits needed to graduate with her class.] Margaret Grace Greer was born in Wallsburg on October 31, 1880. She was the 9th child of eleven children born to Harriet and Dixon Greer. She was sorry she could not graduate from BY High but William Albert Nuttall had asked her to marry him in November of 1904, and she felt that would be the best thing to do. They went to Salt Lake on the train and were married in the temple at about 4:45 pm, after having been in the temple since 8 in the morning. They were married on the 16th day of November 1904 by John Winder. Grace was the mother of 8 children. She lived to be 91 years old. (See website for her story.)

Brigham Young High School Graduate, Class of 1904. Dennison E. Harris of Colonia Juarez, Mexico. He also received a Diploma for Shorthand and Typewriting. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 2, page 181. ~ ~ ~ ~ BYH Class of 1904. D. E. Harris of Colonia Juarez, Mexico, a Commercial studednt, BYU [& BYH] Class of 1904 Listing of Fourth Year Students (seniors). Source: Brigham Young Academy & Normal Training School, Catalogues & Announcements, for 29th Academic Year, 1904-1905, p. 174.

Brigham Young High School Graduate, Class of 1904, and Brigham Young University Graduate, Class of 1907, later received Masters Degree at BYU. Franklin S. Harris, Sr. President of both BYU and USAC. Frank S. Harris graduated from BYH on May 23, 1904. Source 1: Program, Graduation Exercises 1904, BYU High School & Normal Departments, Monday, May 23, 1904, College Hall. (Note: 1904 is the first year for BY High and BYU -- previously both were called Brigham Young Academy.) ~ ~ ~ ~ Brigham Young High School Class of 1904. Frank S. Harris received a High School Diploma. Source 2: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 180. ~ ~ ~ ~ Brigham Young University Graduate, Class of 1907. Frank S. Harris. He received the Bachelor of Science degree (B.S.) in May of 1907. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 180. ~ ~ ~ ~ Franklin Stewart Harris was born on August 29, 1884 in Benjamin, Utah. His parents were Dennison Emer Harris and Eunice Polly Stewart. Franklin married Frankie Estella Spilsbury on June 18, 1908, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He died on April 18, 1960, in Salt Lake City. Interment, Salt Lake City, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ Franklin Stewart Harris and his brother, Dennison Harris (of Benjamin, Utah), came to Brigham Young Academy in 1903. After graduating from Brigham Young University High School in 1904, Franklin was called back to Colonia Juarez to teach science at the Juarez Stake Academy. The deseret lands of Utah, southwest United States, and northern Mexico early presented a challenge to Franklin, and he dreamed of conserving, watering, treating and fertilizing soils for a greater crop yield. Upon his return to BYU he made the acquaintance of and became the assistant to Dr. John A. Widtsoe, director of agriculture. A lasting friendship followed and soil chemistry became a driving force for each of these scholars and teachers. F. S. Harris graduated from BYU in 1907. In this year he courted and won the affections of one of the more popular girls on the campus, Estella Spillsbury of Toquerville, Utah. He often repeated that this conquest was the most significant act of his life. Her vivacious personality pervaded all groups in which she mingled. His life was completely complimented by her gracious charm, friendly attitude toward faculty and students, and easy adjustments to a varying social life, whether in Mexico, Russia, Iran, or diplomatic Washington. Franklin's educational leadership extended from 1907 to 1950, 24 years at BYU and ten years at Utah State Agricultural College (Utah State University). Franklin S. Harris served as president of both Brigham Young University (1921-1945) and the Utah State Agricultural College (1945-1950). ~ ~ ~ ~ FRANKLIN S. HARRIS, B.A., M.A. (Brigham Young), Ph.D. (Cornell). ~ ~ ~ ~ Standing on the campus where as a country boy from Benjamin, Utah, he had dreamed of the future, President Franklin Stewart Harris said on Founder's Day 1923, "Behold the greatest university campus in all the world - in embryo. More students will come, the faculty will be enlarged, new colleges will be added, and there is no end to the improvements which can be made. Truly the campus is the setting of what will undoubtedly be the greatest university in the world, a place to train for leaders." ~ ~ ~ ~ Harris arrived on the BYU campus as president at age 36, armed with a doctorate from Cornell University, a national reputation in agronomy, a love for the arts, and a vision of crafting a great university. In his inaugural address, President Harris outlined an ambitious plan to lead BYU to considerably higher academic levels. Although Brigham Young Academy had granted degrees as early as 1897, had begun awarding four-year degrees in 1900, and had changed its name to reflect university status in 1903, the unaccredited school was still essentially an intermountain denominational college when Harris assumed the presidential helm. In fact, the university had more high school students than college students. Harris was determined to raise the standards of the 46-year-old school, an ambition that remained constant throughout his presidency. ~ ~ ~ ~ Within five years of being president, Harris organized five new colleges--education, arts and sciences, commerce and business, applied science, and fine arts. He also added graduate and research divisions as part of his goal to upgrade the scholarship and academic standing of the university. Wilkinson said Harris' objective was to introduce BYU students, faculty, and trustees to the world of a modern, well-organized university. As a lover of the arts, he encouraged the first college of fine arts in the West, which was established at BYU.

Brigham Young High School Graduate, Class of 1904 and 1905. Clarence James Hawkins. He also received a Special Certificate in Band and Orchestra. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 119. ~ ~ ~ ~ Brigham Young High School Class of 1905. Clarence James Hawkins. He received a Music Diploma. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 2, page 119. ~ ~ ~ ~ BYH Class of 1905. Clarence J. Hawkins, a Music School graduate. BYU [& BYH] Class of 1905 Listing of BYH Normal, High School, Commercial, Music & Arts and Industries Graduates, Catalogues & Announcements, for 30th Academic Year, 1905-1906, p. 176.

Brigham Young High School Graduate, Class of 1904 and 1906, and Brigham Young University Graduate, Class of 1907. George R. Hill, Jr. He graduated from BYH on May 23, 1904. Source 1: Program, Graduation Exercises 1904, BYU High School & Normal Departments, Monday, May 23, 1904, College Hall. (Note: 1904 is the first year for BY High and BYU -- previously both were called Brigham Young Academy.) ~ ~ ~ ~ Brigham Young High School Class of 1904. George R. Hill, Jr., received a High School Diploma. Source 2: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 28. ~ ~ ~ ~ Brigham Young High School, Class of 1906. George R. Hill. He received a Special Certificate in Elocution. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 28. ~ ~ ~ ~ Brigham Young University Graduate, Class of 1907. George R. Hill, Jr. He received the Bachelor of Science degree (B.S.) in May of 1907. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 279.

Brigham Young High School Graduate, Class of 1904. Ora L. Holbook. She also received a Special Certificate in Drawing. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 30. ~ ~ ~ ~ Ora LaVern Holbrook was born on June 12, 1884 in Provo, Utah. Her parents were Lafayette Holbrook and Emily Angelina Hinckley. Ora Holbrook married Bines W. Dixon on May 6, 1909. She died on June 6, 1969 in Santa Monica, California.

Brigham Young High School Graduate, Class of 1904 and 1906, and Brigham Young University Graduate, Class of 1908. Etna Neal Holdaway. In 1904 she also received a Special Certificate in Vocal Music. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 30. ~ ~ ~ ~ Brigham Young High School, Class of 1906. Etna Neal Holdaway. She received a Special Certificate in Elocution. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 30. ~ ~ ~ ~ Brigham Young University Graduate, Class of 1908. Etna N. Holdaway. She received the Bachelor of Science degree (B.S.) in May of 1908. Source: Students Record of Class Standings, B. Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 279.

Class of 1904 ~ Honorary? Elmer Ackeret [or Acred] Jacob. He married Maude M. Beeley, BYU Class of 1909. Elmer was a student of Professor Ernest D. Partridge. Partridge had been asked to design a giant block "BYU" emblem on the mountain above Provo, and supervise its survey in 1906. Partridge taught Brigham Young high school and collegiate students in mathematics, agriculture and theology since 1897, and was an expert surveyor. Three of Professor Partridge's students, Elmer (Ackeret/Acred) Jacob, Clarence Jacob, and Harvey Fletcher, BYH Class of 1904, BYU Class of 1907, climbed the mountain and staked out the outline of each letter. ~ ~ ~ ~ A son of Elmer Ackeret Jacob, named Elmer Acred Jacob, graduated in the BYH Class of 1939.

Jefferson, Florence M / Jefferson Parley P. [incorrect surnames]. See Jepperson, Florence M. / Parley P. Jepperson [correct surnames].

Brigham Young High School Graduate, Class of 1904. Florence M. 'Jefferson' (Madsen) [actually Florence M. Jepperson]. She also received a Special Certificate in Vocal Music. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 122. ~ ~ ~ ~ Florence M. Jepperson was born on December 15, 1886 in Provo, Utah. Her parents were Samuel H. Jepperson and Minnie Johnson Jepperson. She married H. Franklin Madsen. Florence J. Madsen died on April 8, 1977 in Provo, Utah. Her interment, Provo City Cemetery.

Brigham Young High School Graduate, Class of 1904. Parley P. Jepperson. He also received a Special Certificate in Band and Orchestra. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 84. ~ ~ ~ ~ Parley Peter Jepperson was born on November 2 [or 1], 1883 in Provo, Utah. His parents were Samuel H. Jepperson and Minnie Johnson Jepperson. Parley Jepperson married Kathren Kroupa. His profession was music. Parley P. Jepperson died on February 5, 1920 at the age of 36 in Provo, Utah. His interment, Provo City Cemetery, Utah.