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Weber Stake Academy first opened its doors for instruction at the LDS Second Ward Meeting House on the corner of 26th Street and Grant Avenue on January 7, 1889. The academy's two teachers, Louis F. Moench and Edwin Cutler, welcomed nearly one hundred students on the first day, and, by the end of its first term, 195 students in all had registered for the school. This monograph depicts the role the LDS church and its leaders played in founding the school, the background of its first educators and administrators and the financial challenges they confronted in operating the school from 1889 through 1894. Letters of appreciation for Louis F. Moench and a bibliography of primary sources are also provided. |
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Show 65 JOHN L. HERRICK Belvedere Apartments, 29 South State Salt Lake City 1, Utah June 7, 1950 My dear Friend: Agreeable with your request (your letter of June 3), I submit the following as pertaining to the early activities of Professor Lewis F. Moench in Ogden and Weber County: May I say, at the outset, that I consider him the outstanding pioneer educator of Ogden. He was not only a great educator, but he was civic-minded and interested in all laudable enterprises for the welfare of the community through a long and eventful career. My father, second mayor of Ogden and mayor for twelve years, ending in 1882, was always a staunch supporter of Professor Moench and perhaps one of his early sponsors. While the Central School was being built, I attended his school at the court house, and with his wife, Ruthinda, an adorable woman, in the two-story adobe building adjacent to the Central. When it later was completed he became principal. Following his regime, he engaged in the monumental task of organizing the Weber Academy --a distinct achievement. Most sincerely yours, JOHN L. HERRICK Prof. Walter A. Kerr 132 University Street Salt Lake City, Utah |
