1922-1931
Cast of “Jane,”
1925-1926
On August 16, 1922, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints approved Weber Normal College to become Weber College, a junior college. Previously Weber had been a combined high school and college. The school was located on Jefferson Avenue between 24th and 25th Streets in the Moench building. The high school students took classes on the first floor and basement, and the college classes were located on the second floor. The college school year was three quarters of 11 weeks, with tuition at $10 a quarter or $25 for the school year, with a student association fee of $10. Classes were 60 minutes with devotionals on Wednesdays. There were 160 college students, and 381 high school students during 1922-1923, with 11 college graduates and 96 high school graduates. At the end of the school year, the high school classes were dropped and Weber College focused entirely on college courses.
Freshman Promenade,
1928
As a church school, students were required to take theology classes each quarter and maintain good moral character. Gambling, playing pool, tobacco, disorderly conduct, improper associations, and living in an undesirable board or lodging house could result in class credits being taken away or a student could be expelled.
The school years were filled with competitions between the classes in debate and sports, dances, plays, club activities, and competitions with other schools in debate and sports. Once a year, a “Girl’s Day” was held where the female students held an assembly, asked men to lunch, and had a dance where the women asked the men to dance. The students helped sell tickets to different events on campus.
Acorn Queen and attendants,
1926-1927
Each class included student leaders, as well as student body leaders. Each class had their own activities and dances, and would take charge of some of the devotionals. The student body president was always male, and the student body vice president was always female. The student body officers assisted with disciplining students.
Students could contribute to the student newspaper, The Weber Herald; The Weber Literary Journal (1921-1926); Acorn Crumbs, a satirical magazine started in 1931; or The Acorn yearbook. Students could join organizations or clubs based on gender (e.g. College Girls Association and College Boys Association), interests (e.g. orchestra, choir, the Public Service Bureau), scholastics (e.g. debate team), or athletics (e.g. football, basketball, track).
By 1929, tuition was $18 per quarter with the school paying laboratory fees. In 1931, there were 742 students and 90 graduates.
Notable events: First Mt. Ogden hike, 1922; Gymnasium completed, 1924; first year the football team competed against McKinley High School in Hawaii, 1928; Great Depression begins, 1929.
First Mount Ogden Hike,
October 5, 1922
The last graduating high
school class, 1923
Yell Master Heber Jacobs,
1922-1923
Moench Building Library, circa 1929
Weber College Glee Club, 1924-1925
Students at the Mt. Ogden hike, 10/5/1922