Church Review Historical Edition/Vol. 4/No. 1

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Page 61<br><br>Home Missions, of which Mrs. W. B. Holmes of Amesdale, Pa., is the efficient president. All the noble and generous women connected with these and other organizations who have worked so perseveringly for the completion of the enterprise can congratulate themselves that they have constructed in behalf of the Presbyterian church as a whole, for it belongs to the whole church, a building so fine and complete that it drew from Dr. Sheldon Jackson when he went through it this eulogy: "Well, this is truly a building of which the entire Presbyterian denomination can afford to be proud." The Collegiate Institute is in no sense a rival of the public schools, for it has a special sphere and work of its own, namely, to provide a Christian home for young men and women who come from a distance to secure an education, and also to meet the increasing demand for an education conducted on a Christian rather than a secular basis. Next year there will be accommodations for about thirty young ladies and about fifty young men. The school never did more thorough and satisfactory work than it is doing now under its present corps of teachers, Prof. R. J. Caskey, principal, Miss Hulburd, assistant principal, Prof. I. N. Smith, natural sciences, and Miss Zorbaugh, English, Greek and German. The object is not merely to carry students through certain courses of study, but in addition to give such moral training, on a Bible basis, as to make earnest, efficient and conscientious men and women. Thirteen classes have now graduated from the Institute, and many of these graduates have taken high rank in educational work and professional life. Eleven of them are teachers in the public schools of the city. This school is one of the four academies which will be permanent feeders for the college soon to be established in this city, for which a most beautiful site of eighty acres has just been secured. General Eaton of Washington, D. C., recently elected president, is at work now in the East with Dr. Jackson raising money for a $50,000 building, whose construction is expected to begin as soon as the winter is over.<br><br> HUNGERFORD ACADEMY OF SPRINGVILLE.<br><br> The teachers who upheld the work in the first years of its opening were Misses Anna Noble, Mattie Voris, Tillie Ray (now Mrs. Theo. Lee), Nellie Hutchinson, Bessie Parsons, Eugenie Munger. Since the opening of the academy the following persons have been connected with it: Rev. J. A. L. Smith, who built the academy and had charge of it for five years, Prof. I. N. Smith who secured him and conducted the school for two years, and Prof. Willis Marshall, who had charge for one year. Others who have been connected with the school since the opening of the academy are Miss Speekman, Miss McCullough, Miss Bertha Work, Miss Fannie Perley, Miss Helen Cougle, Miss McClain, Miss Barris, Miss Fannie Galbraith, Miss E. M. Allen, Miss Ora Gates, the present principal, Miss Margaret Nelson, Miss Nellie Dunham. The matrons who have had charge of the Home are Mrs. Dunlap, Miss Katie Smith, Mrs. Marshall and Miss S. M. Allison. The academy is a substantial brick building, the chapel a neat wooden structure, and the "Home," which was built last year, is also a frame structure.<br><br> WASATCH ACADEMY.<br><br> In the month of March, 1875, Rev. D. J. McMillan of Illinois came to Mount Pleasant, and seeing the spiritual destitution of the people, at once began his missionary career in San Pete valley. "Liberal Hall," a building partly finished, was soon secured, and at the urgent request of many apostate Mormons, a day school was opened by Dr. McMillan. The attendance at this first mission school in San Pete valley was good from the beginning, and soon passed the one hundred mark. It was not [PHOTO: WASATCH ACADEMY] long until the school was named Wasatch Academy. During its twenty years' existence it has been a success, and the influence of this pioneer school has been wholesome. The former students of Wasatch Academy are to be found acceptably filling positions of trust and responsibility in various stations of life. Many young ladies who are now teachers in public or private schools in Utah look back with deep pleasure to the days spent at the academy, and earnestly thank the Christian supporters of the school for making their education possible and opening the way to their usefulness in life. The academy is under the auspices of the Woman's Executive Committee of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, and it was principally through the efforts of the Ladies' Home Mission Society of the Synod of New York that the enterprise of erecting the present commodious building was undertaken. It is a three-story brick structure. On the first floor are the assembly and recitation rooms; the second floor, the principal's office, parlor, library, teachers' private rooms and the academic department, and the third floor, the boys' dormitories. The building was completed and the school entered its new quarters in the fall of 1891. The non-resident students come from many parts of Utah, and the boarding department, one block from the academy, is a prominent feature of the institution. Here are the girls' lodging-rooms. The following list of teachers gives the names of those who have taught in the academy or have been matrons of the boarding department. The date following each name shows when the person entered the work: Dr. D. J. McMillan, 1875; Miss Snow, 1875; Mr. H. G. McMillan, 1876; Miss Sowles, 1877; Mrs. Wilcox, 1877; Miss Fishback, 1879; Miss Pierce, 1879; Miss Tubbs, 1881; Miss Stayers, 1881; Miss Leonard, 1882; Miss Crowell, 1882; Miss Kyle, 1883; Mrs. Crawford, 1883; Misses Gee, Beekman and McNair, 1884; Miss Larsen, 1886; Prof. Geyer, 1887; Miss Osmonde, 1888; Miss Miller, 1888; Mrs. Liddle, 1889; Miss Handley, 1890; Miss McDonald, 1890; Prof. Smith, 1891; Miss Buchanan, 1891; Miss Neilson, 1892; Prof. Marshall, 1892; Misses Cougle and Smith, 1894, and Miss Galbraith, 1895. Matrons of the boarding department of the academy: Miss Crowell, Mrs. Murphy, Miss Mitchell and Mrs. Burnet. Mrs. Burnet is now serving her sixth year as matron. <br><br>George H. Marshall.<br><br> Was born near Dayton, O., October 5, 1861. At the age of 9 moved with his parents to Illinois. After completing the work of the high school he passed the examination and secured a certificate. He was advised by the County Superintendent to begin teaching, but he was anxious to secure a more thorough education. The way opened the following year, when he entered the National Normal University. After graduating from that institution he returned to Champaign county, Ill., and began his first school, September, 1883. The next year he was principal of the public schools of Pukwana, S. D. He then returned to Illinois, where he taught until he accepted the principal-ship of Wasatch Academy, September, 1892. The two years just previous to his coming to Utah he had so successfully managed the public schools of Butler, Ill., that the school board had unani- [PHOTO: G. H. MARSHALL.] mously re-elected him principal for a third year. He resigned this position to enter the Presbyterian school work in Utah. At the age of 19 he gave his heart to Christ, united with the Church and enlisted in his Master's service. Mr. Marshall is the holder of State certificates of two States, Illinois and South Dakota, and for some time was president of the County Teachers' Association of Douglas county, Ill. During the past year he was president of the Teachers' Association of the Presbytery of Utah.