1910s to 1940s
This exhibit highlights student life, clubs, teams, and activities at St. George Stake Academy and its later names from the 1910s through the 1940s.
1910s
Debate
1912: “Thursday afternoon at 3 o clock there was a debate in the library between the Second and Third Year classes...Long before two o clock parents began to throng in the halls. When the doors were opened there was a mad rush for the chairs...Never before was a debate delivered with such eloquence by all.”
-Washington County News, March 14, 1912[2]
Basketball
Dixie's Fame (1913)
Did you see that game with Cedar?
Well you’ve missed the greatest sight
That ever came to “Dixie,”
Ever came by day or night.
Did you see them make the baskets?
Did you see our boys gain fame?
Did you know that “Dixie,” “Dixie,”
That “Dixie” won the game?
-The Dixie (1913)[4]
Opera
1916: “The initial performance last night of Robin Hood the opera being staged here by the musical department of the Dixie Academy was an immense success. Every seat in the house was sold and occupied...The chorus work was grand – there is no other word for it. The stage settings and costumes were highly appropriate and the orchestra did excellent work.”
-Washington County News, March 23, 1916[6]
1920s
Tennis
1920: “Come on everybody and let’s play tennis. The court is just right and everybody is rarin’ to play. It isn’t every school that can play tennis in February.”
-The Dixie Owl, February 1, 1920[8]
Prom
1925: “The Junior College Prom given April 4, by the two College classes was teh most successful Prom so far given. The hall was elaborately decorated with flowers making it appear as a rose garden...The Prom was not only a financial success. It was attended by people from Kanab, Cedar, Hurricane, Leeds, and other settlements as well as a large number of townspeople and students.”
-The Dixie News, April 14, 1925[10]
The Girls Athletic Association
1929: "The Girls’ Athletic Association...is a new organization this year. The aim of the association is to organize girls’ athletics, making them of wider interest to the entire student body...This year the Association will sponsor a ‘Play Day,’ to bring the girls of the various schools together, so as to promote a feeling of good fellowship and joy in wholesome activities.”
-The 1929 Dixie[12]
1930s
Typewriting Department
1930: “Students can never forget the old tunes of the Victorola played and the stories they almost memorized in practicing.”
-The 1930 Dixie[14]
D Queen
Dear D -
An Honor I deem it thy
Queen to be,
A symbol of strength you
Are to me
A symbol of life, and what
I should do
If to your standards
I’m always true
-Roxey Romney, D Queen (1932)[18]
Pep Clubs and Parades
1939: “The girls and the boys of the pep club have received their sweaters. It should be a picturesque sight when the members of both clubs march in the Armistice parade, all dressed in their new attire.”
-The Greater Dixie of 1939[20]
1940s
Learning to Fly
1942: “Men like our student body president do their part in National Defense by learning to fly. They hope some day to become a part of our nation’s Air Corps.”
-Dixie 1942[22]
The Top Hatters
1944: “When you hear the band with a Glenn Miller sax section, a Harry James brass section, and Duke Ellington's rhythm you know that you are tuned into the Recreation Hall in Utah's Dixie, listening to the Top Hatters. They are just a bunch of school boys having more fun than the dancers, but still taking pride in their work.”
-Dixie 1944[24]
Annual Dance Review
1947: "Delightful Entertaining at assemblies...annual dance review a special event...adds interest in both classical and modern dancing.”
-Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Seven: The Dixie[26]
Citations
[1] The Student Body of St. George Stake Academy, The Dixie (Salt Lake City: Arrow Press, 1913), digital pages 61-62, Utah Tech University Library Digital Collections, https://digital.library.utahtech.edu/items/show/781#?c=&m=&s=&cv=.
[2] Academy Reporter "The Dixie," Washington County News (St. George, UT), March 14, 1912, 1, Utah Digital Newspapers, https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s67h2zp5.
[3] The Student Body of St. George Stake Academy, The Dixie (1913), digital page 52.
[4] The Student Body of St. George Stake Academy, digital page 49.
[5] The Student Body of 1916, The Dixie (Salt Lake City: Arrow Press, 1916), 59-61, Utah Tech University Library Digital Collections, https://digital.library.utahtech.edu/items/show/781#?c=&m=&s=&cv=.
[6] "Opera 'Robin Hood' A Great Success," Washington County News (St. George, UT), March 23, 1916, 1, Utah Digital Newspapers, https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6c5512v.
[7] The Dixie (Dixie Normal College Student Body, 1921), digital page 4, Utah Tech University Library Digital Collections, https://digital.library.utahtech.edu/items/show/687#?c=&m=&s=&cv=.
[8] The Dixie Owl (St. George, UT), February 1, 1920, 3, Utah Digital Newspapers, https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tr1mxg.
[9] The Dixie 1925 (Salt Lake City: Paragron Printing Co., 1925), 74, Utah Tech University Library Digital Collections, https://digital.library.utahtech.edu/items/show/784#?c=&m=&s=&cv=.
[10] The Dixie News (St. George, UT), April 14, 1925, 3, Utah Digital Newspapers, https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tv0hhh.
[11] The 1929 Dixie (St. George, UT: Dixie College Student Body, 1929), 87-88, Utah Tech University Library Digital Collections, https://digital.library.utahtech.edu/files/original/39e6739a920077d067958f20df693728.pdf.
[13] The Dixie 1930 (St. George, UT: Dixie College Student Body, 1929), 59, Utah Tech University Library Digital Collections, https://digital.library.utahtech.edu/items/show/693#?c=&m=&s=&cv=.
[15] The Dixie 1932 (Salt Lake City: Stevens and Wallace, Inc., 1932), 82, Utah Tech University Library Digital Collections, https://digital.library.utahtech.edu/items/show/694#?c=&m=&s=&cv=.
[16] "'D' Day Dance." The Dixie News (St. George, UT), March 13, 1923, 1, Utah Digital Newspapers, https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68t0974.
[17] "The 'D' Queen." The Dixie News (St. George, UT), March 13, 1923, 1, Utah Digital Newspapers, https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68t0974.
[19] "Pep Club Doings." Dixie Journalist's Chatter (St. George, UT), November 8, 1939, 3, Utah Digital Newspapers, https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6102pnc.
[20] The Greater Dixie of 1939 (Salt Lake City: Paragon Printing Co., 1939), digital page 35, Utah Tech University Library Digital Collections, https://digital.library.utahtech.edu/items/show/1090#?c=&m=&s=&cv=.
[21] Dixie 1942 (St. George, UT: The Associated Students of Dixie College, 1942), digital pages 4-6, Utah Tech University Library Digital Collections, https://digital.library.utahtech.edu/items/show/1093#?c=&m=&s=&cv=.
[22] Dixie 1942, digital page 6.
[23] Dixie 1944 (St. George, UT: The Associated Students of the Dixie Junior College, 1944), 23, Utah Tech University Library Digital Collections, https://digital.library.utahtech.edu/items/show/1095#?c=&m=&s=&cv=.
[25] Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Seven: The Dixie (St. George, UT: Dixie College Student Body, 1947), 52, Utah Tech University Library Digital Collections, https://digital.library.utahtech.edu/items/show/1098#?c=&m=&s=&cv=.