Brigham Young College
| Active | 1877–1926 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Brigham Young |
Religious affiliation | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| Location |
Logan, Utah, U.S. 41°43′44″N 111°50′24″W / 41.729°N 111.84°WCoordinates: 41°43′44″N 111°50′24″W / 41.729°N 111.84°W |
| Colors | Crimson |
| Nickname | Crimsons |
Brigham Young College was a college and high school in the western United States, located in Logan, Utah. It was founded by Brigham Young on 6 August 1877, 23 days before his death. He deeded several acres of land to a board of trustees for the development of a college.[1] This was just two years after he founded Brigham Young Academy in Provo in 1875, which became Brigham Young University in 1903.
The college was founded after the order of Oberlin College—the students' work would support the college and their needs. The plan was never fully worked out. The classes met in Lindquist Hall and started on 9 September 1878. Classes also met for a time in the basement of the Cache Tabernacle.
The school was established to provide higher education to the youth of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in northern Utah, southern Idaho, and western Wyoming. The BYC (as opposed to BYA, now BYU) had nearly 40,000 students in the period of its operation. Initially it was for preparing teachers (1877–1894), then offered college courses and for fifteen years (1894–1909) and granted bachelor's degrees. After 1909, the school operated as a high school and junior college.
Closure
In 1926, the Church Board of Education of the Church Educational System decided to discontinue its schools, except for Brigham Young University. When BYC closed, its buildings were sold to the city of Logan and were used as a high school, specifically Logan High School, the adjacent property. Following a nearby earthquake in the summer of 1962,[2][3] the historical buildings were demolished and newer ones were erected. The original BYC library collection was given to Utah Agricultural College, also in Logan, now Utah State University.
Athletics
The athletic teams of BYC were known as the Crimsons.[4]
Notable graduates
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References
- ↑ "Brigham Young College". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). December 23, 1899. p. 16.
- ↑ "Sharp quake rocks north Utah". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). August 30, 1962. p. 1A.
- ↑ Nielsen, Christian P. (August 31, 1962). "Cache Valley mops up after quake damages". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. 1A.
- ↑ "Ricks College unable to solve aerial attack uncorked by BYC eleven". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). November 20, 1922. p. 3, section 2.
- Daines, Gordon J. (2006), "Charting the Future of Brigham Young University: Franklin S. Harris and the Changing Landscape of the Church's Educational Network, 1921-1926", BYU Studies, 45 (4): 69–98.
- Garr, Arnold K. (1973), A History of Brigham Young College, Logan, Utah, Master's thesis, Logan: Utah State University.
- Garr, Arnold K. (1992), "Brigham Young College", in Daniel H. Ludlow, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 1, New York: Macmillan, pp. 219–20.
- Garr, Arnold K. (2000), "Brigham Young College", in Arnold K. Garr; Donald Q. Cannon; Richard O. Cowan, Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book.
- Jenson, Andrew (1941), "Brigham Young College", Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City: Deseret News Publishing Company, p. 89.
- Sorensen, A. N. (1956), "Brigham Young College", in Joel E. Ricks; Everett L. Cooley, The History of a Valley, Logan, Utah: Cache Valley Centennial Commission, pp. 349–69.
- Student (September 1881), "Brigham Young College", The Contributor, 2 (12): 367–69.
- Tullidge, Edward W. (1889), "The Brigham Young College", Tullidge's Histories, Volume II, Salt Lake City: Press of the Juvenile Instructor, pp. 487–90.
External links
- Register of the Papers of the Brigham Young College at the Utah State University Special Collections
- Register of the Brigham Young College Photograph Collection at the Utah State University Special Collections
- Lost Colleges – Brigham Young College