Printed in the United State of America Printed by Publishers Press Salt Lake City, Utah All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be produced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. 1988 Weber State College Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 88-051239 ISBN 0-916095-26-6 Endpapers The front endpaper illustrating downtown Ogden and the back endpaper illustrating the current campus of Weber State College are the work of Fred Kendall, W.S.C. architectural services and Van Summerill, W.S.C. printing services. Table of Contents History of Weber State College by Richard W. Sadler and Richard C. Roberts Chapter 1 The Weber Academy, the Early Years, 1889-1902 1 Chapter 2 From Academy to College 23 Chapter 3 From Church School to State College 1920-1933 46 Chapter 4 Weber College as a State Institution 1933-1945 74 Chapter 5 From a Junior College to a Senior College 1945-1962 101 Chapter 6 The Campus on the Hill as a Senior College 1962-1978 128 Chapter 7 Weber State College, the Last Decade of the First Century 1978-1989 157 Essays Gordon T. Allred A Center of Cultural Excellence 179 Sally Arway Reflections of a Nostalgic Librarian 194 Walter R. Buss Science at Weber College, 1933-1974, a great school, a great group of dedicated teachers 198 Robert A. Clarke Weber College- Weber State College The Move to the New Campus 212