Identifier |
038.TIF |
Source |
038.TIF |
Title |
A Wasatch Academy Classroom |
Subject |
Church schools; Mission to Latter Day Saints; Presbyterian Church in Utah; Mt. Pleasant (Utah); Presbyterians -- Utah; Sanpete County (Utah); Teachers; Wasatch Academy (Mount Pleasant, Utah) |
People |
McMillan, Duncan James, 1846-1939 |
Spatial Coverage |
Mt. Pleasant (Utah); Sanpete County (Utah) |
OCR Text |
Show A classroom photograph of twenty-three students and their female instructor. The class is posed sitting at what appears to be double seated desks and looking straight at the camera. The instructor is standing at the back of the room next to the blackboard, and is dressed in a black dress. The students are dressed in various assortments of light and dark colored dresses, blouses, pants, shirts, ties, and suite coats. The classroom walls are covered with various articles. Along the back wall is a blackboard which is full of cursive handwriting. Hanging atop of the blackboard are pictures of what appear to be U.S. presidents. An oval formation of portraits encircles George Washington who hangs center. The only discernable portrait in the oval formation is of Abraham Lincoln. A larger portrait of an unknown person hangs to the left outside the oval formation. On the wall to the left is a window. The bottom (larger) portion has the shade pulled down. The top (smaller) portion has a glaring light illuminating from it. Next to the window is mounted a clock and below the clock is what appears to be a wall display of two flags mounted and framed in a wooden frame. A lantern with a shade hangs from the ceiling. The foreground consists of an organ at far left and a desk directly at right. The organ has an open piece of sheet music on its top and the desk is covered with books shelved neatly on either end with a dark colored book lying in the center. |
Further Information |
This is not an original photograph; rather it is a photograph from another publication. However, the photograph is in good condition. The corners have slight creases in them and the photograph does show signs of discoloration due to age. Written in pencil on the back is the following: "Wasatch Academy Mt. Pleasant, Utah." There is no other information of what type of class is being taught or when and where the photograph was taken. Wasatch Academy was founded on April 19, 1875 by the Reverend Duncan James McMillan whom also had a major influence in founding Westminster College. A protégé of Sheldon Jackson, he came to the Salt Lake Valley in March of 1875 to find refuge from his bronchial condition and to establish a proselytizing mission to convert Mormons. However, McMillan soon turned his efforts to education when his proselytizing efforts towards the Mormons proved futile. He then founded Wasatch Academy in Mount Pleasant, Utah and opened a number of subsequent schools of the same nature in northern and southern Utah. |
Funding |
The Westminster College digital archives project is partially funded by the Masonic Foundation of Utah. |
Publisher |
Westminster College |
Type |
Image |
Format |
image/jpeg |
Language |
eng |
Rights Management |
Digital image copyright 2006, Westminster College. All rights reserved. |
Holding Institution |
Westminster College |
Source Physical Dimensions |
Archival TIFF 3000 x 4600 |
Source Resolution |
400ppi |
Display Dimensions |
JPEG: 650 x 1000 |
Bit Depth |
8-bit |
Scanning Device |
Epson Expression 836 XL flatbed scanner |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6671k3j |
Setname |
wc_pc |
ID |
1094280 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6671k3j |