EXHIBITS
UAC Commencement Programs: 1894
1894
Commencement Ceremony Program
May 31, 1894
This is the Utah Agricultural College’s program for their very first commencement ceremony. There were fifteen graduates in total: twelve “full” course and three “short” course graduates. A full course is today’s equivalent of a bachelor’s degree and a “short” course is today’s equivalent of an associate’s degree. The full courses offered at this time were agriculture, domestic arts, civil engineering, and “commercial course,” or business. The short courses were agriculture and domestic arts. The degrees were conferred by the UAC president, Jeremiah W. Sanborn. Following the commencement ceremony was a students’ sociable in the UAC gymnasium.
First President of Utah Agricultural College
President Jeremiah W. Sanborn (1890–1894)
Jeremiah Wilson Sanborn was the first president of the Utah Agricultural College. Born in New Hampshire in 1847, he was appointed director of Experiment Station in 1889 and president of the faculty in 1890, and held both of those positions during his presidency at UAC until he was succeeded by President J. H. Paul in 1894. Sanborn thought up the general plan of the experimental and school work that paved the way for the first graduating class of UAC in 1894.
“Every student of the U.A.C. during their first four years remembers Pres. Sanborn with feelings of greatest respect and affection.”
Special Event
The second UAC president, Joshua H. Paul, replaced President Jeremiah W. Sanborn.
President Joshua H. Paul (1894–1896)
Joshua H. Paul was only president of UAC for two years, but his time in administration was very successful. Born in Salt Lake City on January 20, 1863, he wrote all the college advertising and catalogues, and he revised and proofread the Experiment Station bulletins. He taught the classes in logic, botany, economics, and sociology. After his time at UAC, Paul received an MA degree in political science and a PhD in philosophy and theism. He was also the president of Brigham Young College (BYC) and Latter-day Saints’ (LDS) University. Overall, he taught for twenty-four years—nine at the U of U, three at BYC, two at UAC, seven at the LDS University, and three more at the U of U.
Graduates
Graduate profiles included below:
John Thomas Caine Jr., William Bernard Dougall, Robert Wesley Erwin, Andrew Bernstoff Larsen, Mrs. William Myrick (Miss Martha Hoyt), and Joseph Edward Shepard.
The A.C.U. Graduate, 1909
