Teachers at Logan Academy

The teachers at Logan Academy were very well prepared for their work. They were well educated women many of whom were from the Eastern U.S.

Here is a picture of Miss Rhoades, one of Mom's favorite teachers.She taught English and she oversaw the publication of the "Ariel," the school yearbook.

 Miss Barber was a favorite teacher of Mom's Aunt Gladys Mitchell. Miss Barber was raised in China. Her parents were missionaries in that country. Mom remembers that Miss Barber had red hair.

Pattricia McGee

Here's a picture of Patty (Patricia) McGee:

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Patty's father was a doctor in the Logan area. Mom's Aunt Ellen Mitchell came from Idaho to live with the McGee family several years before this picture was taken. Ellen was training to be a nurse and studied with Dr. McGee.

Before she began her nursing training, Ellen attended Logan Academy.

More friends at Logan Academy

Here's a photo of Beulah "Frankie" Webb and Flossie "Flirt" Jephson.

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Boonie and Fritz

Ada Marcia and Fritz practice the bull fight.

Marie and Ada Marcia

 

Lorene Mays was from the Arco/Lost River, Idaho, area.

Lorene Mays

Yetive Stowell

June Mallory, also known as "Irish" due to her red hair.

Ruth Pond, nicknamed, "Poodle"

"Gerry"

Frieda Johnson

Josephine working in Biology class

"No, you won't break the camera"

The caption for this photo says, "No, you won't break the camera." How could these lovely girls worry about that?


The names listed for this photo are Ada Marcia (later Ada Marcia Hoebel Porter), Melba (not sure if she's the second or third from the left), and Helen (my mother, on the right).

Mom remembers sewing her outfit in her Home Economics class. She used black corduroy to make the hat, scarf, and skirt. She recalls that the top she's wearing was knit or crocheted by her Grandmother Mitchell. By the way, Mom got an A in the Home Ec class!

Out for a Sunday Walk

The caption for this picture says, "Out for a Sunday Walk, Pede and Ada Marcia."

The neighborhood is likely the one where Logan Academy was located. Below are links to two old photos of the school:

The Logan Library offers this picture of the New Jersey Academy, later renamed to become the Logan Academy.

Here's a color picture of the school that is part of Westminster College's digital collection. (The trees in the picture obscure much of the view of the buildings.)

You can use Google Street View to explore the area as it looks today.

Camp in Logan Canyon

Mom had fond memories of when the girls all spent a week at camp each year.

Here are Ada Marcia Hoebel and Elna dressed in their camp attire.

This is labeled "Junior Sneak." This event was only for the junior-level students and it took place at the Skidmore's Camp in Logan Canyon.

Here's a picture of the nice facility they used in Logan Canyon.
She believes this camp was owned by the LDS Church and was rented to the Logan Academy each year.














 Below is another picture marked "Logan Canyon - Crimson Trail."

Pede and Patty

Here are Pede and Patty. Mom says that many girls were known by nicknames and she thinks Pede (rhymes with "seed") is an example.

Mom remembers that Patty's last name was McGee (or a similar spelling). Her father was a doctor in the Logan area. Mom's Aunt Ellen lived with the McGee family when Ellen was going to school to become a nurse. This would have been prior to 1930.

Elva, June and Bulah

Here's a photo of three classmates in a pyramid:

I don't have other information to add to this other than the names noted in the book:
Elva
June
Bulah

A Peek into the Past

My sister found an old photo album our mother had from when she attended Logan Academy in Utah during her freshman and sophomore years from 1932 - 1934. We've often heard her speak fondly of her time at this boarding school and it was fun to see the pictures of her classmates and teachers.

I thought how much others might enjoy these pictures. There must be sons and daughters, and grandchildren who would love to see the images of when these women were in their teens.

I'll begin with the first picture. It is labeled "Ada Marcia and Yetive." Mom remembers Ada Marcia Hoebel as being the daughter of a banker in Arco. Yetive Stowell is the name of the young woman on the right.

Note that both are holding tennis rackets. A story about the history of Logan Academy tells the story of this tennis court and why it was built. When a new principal was needed in 1925, the school approached Margery Frink. "When she was approached with the new assignment, she was teaching physical education and had no desire to lead the school. The governing board promised to build a tennis court if she would agree to become the principal. She accepted, and a very nice tennis court soon appeared." (Godfrey, para 19)

Yetive Stowell is mentioned in the same article referenced above.

Godfrey, A. (2000, March 22). Academy helped shape the West's women. HJNews.com. Retrieved from http://news.hjnews.com/article_aea1e04d-f3ba-5daa-bf3a-5517924852b8.html?success