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Show assing Of A PiOneei" By l3rclt e Jl'!nning=:-,'eserel Nc'\';,; Co:resjYJndcl,t E?HHAL\1 - The wa!ls are n:Jr:bJ:r,g oO\,ITI. as in the old ! ,.t)l lg. Some r esidents are gl;ul 10 th.ere 1<111. They feel that t 11 ~ . a n <; i e n t building i ~ ~.ee by time and by a nd should be re!,!UVt'<i . from its sUe on I~fai n S(reet ·so ,··thnL eventually R ., nlooern structure hou;;ing ' a ncw ! business rise in its JooJl ied ctlilnge pl a~_ can 1M the bistory huffs of the awa~ ot the links the <Ad building provldL'S with the 8rea, pa~t, are mourning its passing that by some last minute reprieve, t'Jat portion of the stnlcmre which represents its hittork sigllificance can be and ~ope ~pared _ 'I1Jat significance dates p.lc:k to 18M, when the b!lildlng was constructed a decade after the first settlers arrived in Ephraim. It has since served ' the genel'ations in various ways - a~ the Sanpete Co<Jp" grocery btore. social hall, elementary :,:;chool, l'Jovie hoUse ill' the c1a\'s of tlle silent films, Relief SOCiety hall. garage, farm i:y,plcme1It.. : ~tor~,~me , of ~anpete , ~e ,cade.ny and .. s a flOUi .ml~' ' , ' -> .' In the beginning it was a iwu·s tory buiitling, bUllt of .'he I!ative stone which ,\Vent mto ~:o mal:Y carly structures, and had a plairi face and a covp.red stairway leading til the tecond f10()!'. BuT. changes in functio n h r~ ul£ht addition!:. It spread OIa, and from its original s lidely appearance changed i'HI, something squat and PIO' ",:; (:, [' roba bly ::he his!Ol'Y blJfis ore m ost cor.eel'nel'l for the htl i:ding's passing. becall~e it was the fi :'St hr,me o[ tile school W l \\, known as Snow Col· 1,'[;,'. On its :;C'cond fl o:>r. in '-\111M . '., .,' HistOriC building to be torn '~clown ~' betrn Sanpmt·., G~~~'rgt·Oc4t."Y ~ , '1 ' , . I. social hall, movi~ ~~"se .",~entary teachen; '~tOO 121 stu<iP..Ilts, .. "-.......,_",_ s~~~- an ~~i~my. I~ b8d "'=~~~i~~,: who ha(l paid tuition, if they , mo"~'lDto a new home and "c were enrolled in the Prcpara- ~~~ Snow College. ' . tory Department, and $6 11 . ~.o there ie mourning : .><.ilJJl~l';(IIi~; they were in the Intermediate . Ephraim thI!5e da~ among" theti;;,~~~~, .- Depw;tIUeut J _" .. .. ', .. , . tr~ose _who fe~ '$trong ties to The chlldren studied Artho· ,: their heritage; ~ as Workmen " ,.. t101l,'t2iiLt:~rill'Mlrve graphy, Arithmetic. Geogra- ' tumble bri,dts to the gfound .. mn"'fj~"fll" • ..,,1IIt phy, Penmanship, SingiJlg aTi.ld 1-"""=--~·;':"~\~=::=:::::;=~7,;===;:;;'~:-::;;-;;;;;:;~;;:-::~';;;:--.-" Hygiene. Among the rulcs they were expectf>d to ohey ' was No.7: " Students mll.';t re- ' ceive penuission from the Principal ' to attend public and pri\'ate ,parties," T1lr~e of tbe ~ludent.~ were from " far-away places" one from American Fork, one from Salt' La.lrp. City lind one from -Colorado. In 1900. th~ stake board (l~idM to changl' the name teo honnr two Churr h lpaders the -;r:hool was renamed Soow ,\cadcmy 1n ilonor 01 P resid~nt Lorenzo S!lOW , and ArJOI:- then known ;'is ll.e nelid ~ Er:l ~ tus Snow, SUC H:!: Ii:dl. th(' SanD.... te With:n a very f!:'w Y'i'lIrs, !h~ ," ':\ ,C" i\('3d c my iwid it ~ !i r,: t ·:<:1!ou\ had OUI;Z!'O\\ -'1 it;; hn;r,;:, (";' ~"t:3 . Kov, ;" ! ~';;ii ~ ·Th ,~ . h';u. ()n Iht' s~ ~M i!oC'\' anc! it!.' ".\-i:i !; ... ", ... .... ~ ~ . . .. : ;" ,' . , ' |
