Brigham Young High School, Class of 1908. Ethel Smith. She received a Normal Diploma. Source 1: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 219. ~ ~ ~ ~ Source 2: Ethel Smith. 1908 BYH Commencement Program.

Brigham Young High School, Class of 1908. Marcellus Smith. He received a Music Diploma. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 264.

Brigham Young High School Graduate, Class of 1908. Heber C. Snell. Source: 1908 BYH Commencement Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1912. Heber C. Snell. He received a B.A. Degree in English in 1912. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 3, page 389.

Brigham Young High School, Class of 1908. Ann Snow. She received a Normal Diploma. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 265. ~ ~ ~ ~ Ann Snow was born on November 5, 1885 in Panaca, Lincoln County, Nevada. Her parents were Jeter Snow and Mary Alice Gardner Snow. Ann Snow married David Webster Esplin (widower) on March 25, 1931 in St. George, Utah. David Webster Esplin was born on September 20, 1868 in Nephi, Utah. He died on May 18, 1960 in St. George. His interment, Orderville, Kane County, Utah. Ann Snow Esplin died on May 28, 1957 in St. George, Utah. Her interment, St. George, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ David Webster Esplin was a handsome young man with a good build, black wavy hair, and fair skin. On January 10, 1890 (when he was 22 years old) he married Mary Hannah Hopkins, a daughter of Leprelet Joseph Hopkins and Ann Victoria Spendlove Hopkins from Glendale, Utah. They were married in the Manti Temple. Mary Hopkins Esplin died on March 3, 1929. After David's daughter, Wanda Esplin, married Jeter Clinton Snow and they moved to St. George, David came and stayed with Jeter and Wanda Snow. Here David met Wanda's husband's eldest sister, Ann Snow, whom he married in March of 1931. They lived at Orderville for some time, then in 1941, they built a new home in St. George, where they lived for the rest of their lives. Source.

Brigham Young High School, Class of 1908. Charles Snow, Jr. He received an Agriculture Diploma. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 265. ~ ~ ~ ~ Source 2: Charles Snow. 1908 BYH Commencement Program.

Brigham Young High School, Class of 1908. Nellie Starr. She received a Normal Diploma. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 266. ~ ~ ~ ~ Nellie May Starr was born on May 17, 1886 in St. George, Utah. Her parents were Edward William Starr and Mary Ostensen Starr. She died on June 3, 1972. ~ ~ ~ ~ Her age in May of 1908: 22.

Class of 1908? Vera Stubbs. I was born on October 29, 1891, on South Academy Avenue (now known as University Avenue) Provo, Utah, to John William Stubbs and Clarissa Matilda Turner. I was born at home. After finishing kindergarten, my family moved from South Academy Avenue to 227 East 200 South in Provo. This was to be my parent's home for the rest of their lives. I entered beginners grade (a grade between kindergarten and first grade) the very first day the new Maeser School opened. I was 7 years old at the time. Because I had been to kindergarten and knew my alphabet and many other things, they moved me ahead into the fourth grade. My favorite subjects were arithmetic (which I wanted to do constantly), grammar and spelling. To this very day I still like to diagram sentences. Sometimes I will sit and do it in my mind. When they would give me a spelling list at school, I would take it home with me when I would go for lunch and I would have them all memorized by the time I would go back to school in the afternoon. I graduated from there in the middle of the winter when I was fifteen years old. I started at Brigham Young Academy the following fall. I attended the Academy for two years. In my studies at BY High School I didn't take the things I would have like to have taken. My father thought I should take a straight high school course - algebra and things like that - and I would have liked to have taken a business course or art. I loved art and I got in a class or two each year. I loved that and I could do that pretty good. When I was nineteen years old I was dating a returned missionary from Farmington, Utah. He would come down on the train for Sunday dinner and then catch the train and go back in the evening. That was what our dates were like. Sometimes I would go to Farmington to spend some time with some friends of mine and we would date while I was there. We would pack a lunch and go to Lagoon at night to the dance. In July of that year I met Francis Moulton. France and his brother boarded at my Aunt's who lived right next door to us. France's brother introduced us. I went with him to the dance on Saturday night and then we dated again during the week. I invited him to dinner the following Sunday and Sunday afternoon the fellow I was dating from Farmington came unexpectedly. I had to go next door and tell France that he couldn't come to dinner because another fellow had come. After dinner my date from Farmington caught the train to go home and France and I went out on a date. That night he asked me to go steady so I wrote to the fellow in Farmington and told him that I didn't want to date him any more. We dated about every night that France was in town from then on. In August he brought me to Heber to meet his family. We stayed at Francis' sister's, Josie Todd, home. He was working as a plumber at the time and he had to travel back and forth from Provo to Heber on jobs they had contracted. Sometimes he would be gone a week at a time. We went steady until October 29, 1911, and then we became engaged. That was the most exciting birthday present I think I have every received. France wanted to get married right away but I told him we had to wait a little while. I just didn't have enough time to get ready. We didn't have much money and mother had to make my wedding dress. I had to get my trousseau prepared. My grandmother helped us and we made three beautiful quilts for my trousseau, sheets and pillowcases. We set the wedding date for December 13, 1911. France had to be ordained an Elder so we made a special trip to Heber. Francis' uncle, Heber Moulton, ordained him an Elder and they gave him a Temple Recommend the same day so we could go to the Temple. Mother helped us get ready for the Temple. She had to prepare the Temple clothes for both of us. France's mother lived in Salt Lake so she wasn't able to help with the preparations, so mother prepared both our Temple clothes. I had to get my recommend from Bishop Berg of the Provo 1st Ward. We started through the Temple session at 7:00 and didn't get through until 3:00 in the afternoon. At that time they didn't have any food in the Temple and I don't think they had water fountains. We were exhausted by the time we got out of the Temple. We traveled back to France's mother's home and stayed there that night. We left the next day to go back to Provo on the train. Our reception was held at my parent's home in Provo. For our reception we had a big cooked dinner of chicken and salads that mother had prepared for us. France and Chase operated a garage in Heber. The first few years it did very well. They had the Ford agency and sold many cars for thirteen years. In 1929 the depression came and they had so much money out on cars they had sold, they lost their business. They turned the business over to the bank for what he owed on it. Chase and his family moved to Salt Lake where he had work. France opened up a small garage across the street and sold gas. Sometimes he would make a dollar a day, sometimes a little bit more, sometimes a little bit less. We had to live on that while the depression was on. We had a little money saved in a building and loan bank in Salt Lake City. We thought we could draw out a little of that each month and live on it. I would take out about a hundred dollars a month to live on and with the things that we could raise we did alright. One month I hadn't used all of the money I had drawn out the previous month so I went to Salt Lake and drew out only fifty dollars instead of the hundred. The next day we read in the paper that the bank we had our savings in had closed and we lost all of our money. If I had known what was going to happen, I could have drawn out all of our money the day before. HISTORY OF VERA STUBBS MOULTON AS TOLD BY VERA STUBBS MOULTON IN MARCH 1980

Brigham Young High School, Class of 1908. Georgina Swenson. She received a Normal Diploma. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 267.

Brigham Young High School, Class of 1908. Eli F. Taylor. He received a High School Diploma. Source 1: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 267. ~ ~ ~ ~ Source 2: Eli F. Taylor. 1908 BYH Commencement Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1911. Eli F. Taylor. He received a BA Degree in 1911. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University (BYU Records Office), Book 5, p. 212.

Brigham Young High School, Class of 1908. Lee R. Taylor. He received a Normal Diploma. Source 1: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 144. ~ ~ ~ ~ Source 2: Lee R. Taylor. 1908 BYH Commencement Program.

Class of 1908? Nena Hazel Thatcher. ~ ~ ~ ~ HER OBITUARY: Nena Hazel Thatcher Robinson, age 103, died in her sleep December 21, 1993. She was born December 7, 1890, Provo, Utah, to George Bond Thatcher [one of the first students at Brigham Young Academy] and Sarah Jane Beckstead Thatcher. She met Harold Henry Robinson while they were attending the Brigham Young Academy and they were married April 6, 1910. They had 77 years together. Her posterity numbers seven children, 20 grandchildren and many great-great-grandchildren. As recently as one month before her death, she often could be seen walking along Main Street in Farmington for her daily walk. Hazel kept busy helping her children, keeping a beautiful home and serving in her church. She has been a wonderful example to her family and we love and honor her and will miss her. She is survived by her children, Dolores and (Whitney) Clark, Pasadena, Calif.; Thatcher and (Edy) Robinson, Ventura, Calif.; Vera Stringham, Bountiful, Utah; J. George and (Edythe) Robinson, St. Louis, Missouri; Leo J. "Dick" and (Ida) Robinson, Kearns, Utah; Mary Sandberg, Salt Lake City, Utah; and Hal H. and (Helen) Robinson, Edmond, Oklahoma. She was preceded in death by her husband, a sister and four brothers. Funeral services were held Thursday, Dec. 23, 1993, Farmington, Utah. Interment, Farmington City Cemetery. [Deseret News, Wednesday, December 22, 1993]

Class of 1908 ~ Honorary. Halmah Chase Van Wagenen was born 3 October 1891 at Midway, Wasatch County, Utah to David L. Van Wagenen and Avis Mary Bronson. He attended Provo Elementary and BYU High School. His favorite recreation was fishing and traveling. A special talent of his was cabinet-making. His hobby: Home repair. Halmah was an Elder in the LDS Church and was baptized September 6, 1901. He married February 7, 1918 at Provo, Utah County, Utah to Mabel Buella Harding. His business activities: Grocery manager, magazine salesman. He migrated from Provo to Midway to Provo to Salt Lake City, Utah. His civic activities: PTA. He served a mission to Western States June 18, 1912 to August 10, 1914. Halmah had two sons and four brothers and three sisters.

Brigham Young High School, Class of 1908. Maud Wakefield. She received a Normal Diploma. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 269.

Brigham Young High School Graduate, Class of 1908. Alonzo E. Wall. [Alonzo Edward Wall, Jr.] Source: 1908 BYH Commencement Program.

Brigham Young High School, Class of 1906 and 1908. Chloe L. Welcker. In 1906 she received a Special Certificate in Elocution. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 269. ~ ~ ~ ~ Brigham Young High School, Class of 1908. Chloe L. Welcker. She received a Commercial Diploma. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 269.

Brigham Young High School, Class of 1908. Margaret Whiting. She received a Normal Diploma. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 68. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1922. Margaret Whiting. She received an AB Degree in Art in 1922. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 100.

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.

Brigham Young High School, Class of 1908. Don Carlos Woodward. He received a Normal Diploma. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 272. ~ ~ ~ ~ Don Carlos Woodward, Jr., was born on October 4, 1886, in Fountain Green, Utah. His parents were Don Carlos Woodward, Sr., and Cecelia Christensen Woodward. He married Ella Irene Branch on August 15, 1910 in Farmington, Utah. Don Carlos Woodward, Jr., died on March 3, 1929 in Carbon County, Utah. His interment, Price City Cemetery, Utah.

Brigham Young High School, Class of 1908. Hugh M. Woodward. He received a Normal Diploma. Source 1: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 70. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1908. Hugh M. Woodward. Source 2: Hugh M. Woodward. 1908 BYH Commencement Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1911. Hugh M. Woodward. He received a BA Degree in 1911. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University (BYU Records Office), Book 5, p. 243. ~ ~ ~ ~ Hugh McCurdy Woodward. The first President of Dixie College in St. George, Utah, was Hugh McCurdy Woodward. President Woodward was born in December, 1881, in Huntington, Utah, to Enoch J. Woodward and Ann L. Raymond Woodward. He attended the Uintah Stake Academy in 1900-01, the Brigham Young High School in 1902-03, Beaver Branch BYA in 1905-06 and Brigham Young High School in 1906-08, graduating in the Class of 1908. He received his Bachelors degree from BYU in 1911 and was promptly hired as the first principal of the St. George Academy. He and his wife, the former Emily Timothy [BYU, Class of 1925], were the parents of three children, one son and two daughters. Their son was William Jennings Woodward, born October 8, 1915, in Los Angeles, California; died July 27, 1969. One daughter was Esther Carol Woodward, born January 7, 1921 in Burley, Idaho; died September 28, 1977. After the announcement of his appointment, many older folks in the St. George area shook their heads in doubt worrying if anyone so young and in­experienced could handle the rugged over-aged and oversized characters that were likely to enroll in the new school. When Professor William J. Snow of BYU was home for a vacation in Pine Valley he was asked about Woodward. He is said to have replied, "If he can't handle it, I don't know who can." According to the school's first announcement, the curriculum was designed to provide for four years of high school work. Courses were planned in 15 different subject areas. Even though school was a few days late in opening, the enrollment far exceeded expectations. The first week's totals showed 121 students had registered but later in the year over 135 students were enrolled. The St. George Stake Board of Education set the registration fee at $15.00 per year for that first year, but later reduced it to $10.00 payable in two equal payments. Students often gave produce and hauled wood for the school or labored in some other way to provide the money for tuition. A lifetime registration fee was offered the next year, 1912-1913. A student could register for $16.00 for his/her lifetime plus $10.00 for each year. They could then attend the College for as many years as they desired. The school had its own bookstore so that book prices could be kept at a margin just above cost. The church and school leaders were very conscious of keeping the expenses for students at a bare minimum. That first fall Principal Woodward, with suggestions from the faculty and the students, organized a school government. Laws were written to govern the Academy. The student self- government worked out well, perhaps giving the students greater freedom than that of other schools in the State. The new student government was run according to the City Commission form with a Chief Commissioner, five other Commissioners, a Chief Justice and Prosecuting Attorney. The officers were responsible for writing the laws and regulations to run the school. They were then submitted to the student body for ratification. A 10-member police force was chosen to help carry out the school laws. This form of student self-government worked so well that several Colleges and high schools in Utah and other Western States sent for pamphlets outlining the system. The first school constitution was ratified January 29, 1917. Some of the school laws reflected the LDS religious background. The use of tobacco and liquor was prohibited. Students convicted of boisterous, ungentlemanly or unwomanly conduct risked expulsion. Visiting the local pool hall was prohibited and it was unlawful to use profane language. Students having a grade point average of 75% or lower were not allowed “out” on weekends. Principal Woodward was always concerned with establishing policies which would help the growth and future stability of the new academy. They established a preparatory school in 1912 to help students below high school grades to prepare to achieve in the more advanced classes. The tradition of “D” Day started during the 1912-13 school years. The Class of 1913 went to the Sugar Loaf rock on the Red Hill north of St. George and painted the numerals "1913" in large white letters on the face of this prominent landmark. This move created considerable attention both among the students of Dixie and many of the townspeople; but most concerned were the students of the Class of 1914. This class was three times as large as the class of 1913 and this younger class, known as the Dolphins -- so-named out of respect for their president Dolph Atkin -- decided that 1914 would look much better on the face of the Sugar Loaf than 1913. As a result, it was only a few days until the original numeral "3" had been obliterated with red paint and a brand new figure "4" appeared in its place. After this, it was not unusual to see a change in the figures every few days. In fact, it became customary to look toward the Sugar Loaf each morning to see who had been on the job during the night shift. After the class of 1913 graduated, the members of the Class of 1915 sprouted a few wings for ambitious projects and took up the challenge where the Class of 1913 had left off. The encounters were not confined to the Sugar Loaf on the Red Hill. Quite a class rivalry was started. It was not long until the school and the student body officers met together and began talking of the possibility of a program that would bring all the students together and would do away with this heavy class rivalry. It took some time to achieve the desired results, but out of this effort came the idea of building a school letter on one of the surrounding hills, and writing the word "Dixie" on the Sugar Loaf in place of any class numerals. Soon after school began in the fall of 1914, it was decided by the interested students, faculty, and many of the townspeople, that the proper place to build the school monogram "D” was on the face of the Black Hill west of town. Friday, February 19, 1915, was a great day for Dixie High School (later Dixie College.) That was the day set for the actual building' of the "D". It was that school's own holiday, and was to become the first regularly established holiday for Dixie College. The activities included a downtown parade in the afternoon, a lunch and after-lunch program on the hill, and mid-afternoon sports on the campus, the lighting of the "D" about 9 p.m., and the closing event of the day, the D-Day Dance. This feature has become very prominent during the course of the D-Day History. At the dance the D-Day Queen and her attendants receive appro­priate honor participating in the floorshow, and everyone present is made to feel that the "D" Day activities are an integral part of Dixie College and the Dixie Spirit. In 1918, President Woodward left St. George and went to the University of Utah, where he obtained his Masters Degree. In 1920 he went to the University of California for his Ph.D. He worked for the Bureau of Public Health in Washington D.C., in 1920-21, and returned to BYU in various capacities until 1936. He spent four summers as a Professor of Education at the University of Washington. He was elected to the Utah State Senate in 1935, and was persuaded to become a Democratic candidate for Governor in 1936. President Woodward became a Professor of Philosophy at the University of California and taught there from 1937 to 1940. He died August 11, 1940 in San Francisco, California. [Some records say he died on August 12, 1937 -- no explanation.]

Brigham Young High School, Class of 1908, and Faculty. Robert L. Woodward. In 1908 he received a Normal Diploma. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 70. ~ ~ ~ ~ Faculty & Staff. R. L. Woodward, English teacher, 1901-1902. ~ ~ ~ ~ Professor R. L. Woodward, of Vernal, principal in Roosevelt and in Millard counties. He owned a ranch at Cedarview in the Roosevelt area. Mrs. R. L. Woodward's maiden name is Searles. The Woodwards lived in Provo in 1914. ~ ~ ~ ~ Robert Lewis Woodward was born on February 24, 1870 in Fountain Green, Sanpete County, Utah. Some records show his parents as George Washington Johnson (sic) and Maria Jane Johnston (sic) (Buckley) His parents had 11 children, 9 used the surname Johnson, and the two youngest used the surname Woodward (Robert Lewis Woodward, b. 1870, and Don Carlos Woodward I, born 1864, both in Fountain Green, Utah). Other records show that his mother, Maria Jane (Buckley) Johnston married James Woodward, Jr., (1823-1887) on December 26, 1883 in Salt Lake City, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ Robert Lewis Woodward married twice: First, to Annie Rosetta Searle on April 10, 1889 in Mountain Dell, Uintah County, Utah. Second, to Loretta Thompson on July 3, 1925, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Professor Woodward died on April 12, 1952 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Interment, Springville Evergreen Cemetery.

Brigham Young High School, Class of 1906 and 1908. Edith H. Young. In 1906 she also received a Special Certificate in Elocution. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 202. ~ ~ ~ ~ Brigham Young High School, Class of 1908. Edith H. Young. She received a Normal Diploma. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 202.