WEBER COLLEGE 19 HISTORICAL SKETCH On January 7, 1889, Weber College was founded by a corporation, the Church Association of Weber Stake. It was then known as Weber Stake Academy. In January, 1916, the Latter-day Saint Church Board of Education established a Normal School by adding two years of college work to the four-year high school curriculum of the academy. By this action, the school acquired junior college status. College instruction was begun in September, 1916, but the name of the institution was not changed to Weber Normal College until 1918. With the opening of the school year, 1922-1923, Weber College was organized into two distinct departments: the senior high school consisting of the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth years; and the college consisting of two additional years. At this time the Commissioners of Education of the Latter-day Saint Church announced a new policy of the Church School System. It was decided that as soon as possible the church schools should confine their efforts to college work. In conformity with this policy the high school department of Weber College was discontinued in May, 1923. In 1933, the Utah State Legislature passed House Bill Number 120, which was an amendment of House Bill Number 101, as passed by the Utah State Legislature of 1931. To effect the provisions of this statute, on July 1, 1933, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints transferred by gift to the State of Utah the Weber College buildings, grounds, and equipment. From this date, Weber College has been known as a state supported junior college under the direction of the Utah State Board of Education. BUILDINGS The Louis Frederick Moench Building, located on Jefferson Avenue between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Streets, opposite Lester Park, is the fourth home of Weber College since its founding January 7, 1889. Classes were first held in the Second Ward. In the autumn of 1889, the school was moved to the Ogden Tabernacle, and in the spring of 1890 to the Fifth Ward Institute. By the year 1892 Weber Academy was housed in the first building on the present campus, the east section of the Moench Building. In 1907, a wing on the west side of the original building was constructed, and in 1934, through federal and state aid, the west entrance to the Moench Building was added. From the early part of 1934 to the fall of 1935, extensive repairs and renovations were made through funds made available by the government.