Ogden Military Academy

Ogden Military Academy
Ogden Military Academy
	1890 fire insurance map of the academy
Location
	200 North Washington Boulevard; Ogden, Utah [1] ; United States
Information
Type	Private military boarding school
Opened	October 1, 1889 — 1896

Last updated April 28, 2019

The Ogden Military Academy was a private boarding school and military academy that operated in Ogden, Utah from 1889 to 1896.^[2]

Private schools, also known to many as independent schools, non-governmental, privately funded, or non-state schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments. Children who attend private schools may be there because they are dissatisfied with public schools in their area. They may be selected for their academic prowess, or prowess in other fields, or sometimes their religious background. Private schools retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students for tuition, rather than relying on mandatory taxation through public (government) funding; at some private schools students may be able to get a scholarship, lowering this tuition fee, dependent on a student's talents or abilities, need for financial aid, or tax credit scholarships that might be available. Some private schools are associated with a particular religion, such as Judaism, Roman Catholicism, or Lutheranism. For the past century, roughly one in 10 U.S families has chosen to enroll their children in private school.

A boarding school provides education for pupils who live on the premises, as opposed to a day school. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. As they have existed for many centuries, and now extend across many countries, their function and ethos varies greatly. Traditionally, pupils stayed at the school for the length of the term; some schools facilitate returning home every weekend, and some welcome day pupils. Some are for either boys or girls while others are co-educational.

A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps. It normally provides education in a military environment, the exact definition depending on the country concerned.

History

The academy was opened on October 1, 1889 with 70 resident students and 50 cadets. The annual fee of $750 covered tuition, room and board. Some of the academic courses at the school were instructed by United States Army officers.^[1]

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In 1896, the Utah State Industrial School (later renamed Youth Development Center) took over the site until 1984, when the Ogden–Weber Technical College (formerly known last the Ogden–Weber Applied Technology College) moved its campus to this location.^[3] The collected records of the academy from September 1890 to 1893 were transferred from the archives of Brigham Young University to the Stewart Library at Weber State University.^[4]

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References

1 2 Richard Roberts (2008). "Private Institution - Ogden Military Academy". Stewart Library, Weber State University . Retrieved 2010-06-23.
↑ D. Boyd Crawford. "Pictorial History of Weber County Schools". USGenNet. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
↑ Yvette D. Ison (June 1995). "Juvenile Delinquency Posed Problems For Utahns A Century Ago". History Blazer. Utah History to Go. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
↑ "Appendix: Utah's Statehood Materials - Archives and Special Collections, Stewart Library, Weber State University". Utah State Archives. Retrieved 2010-06-23.

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The J. Willard Marriott Library is the main academic library of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. The university library has had multiple homes since the first University of Utah librarian was appointed in 1850. The current building was opened in 1968 and named for J. Willard Marriott, founder of Marriott International, in 1969. After two major renovations, the building is more than 500,000 square feet (46,000 m²) and houses more than 4.5 million volumes. The University of Utah Press and Red Butte Press are divisions of the Marriott Library.

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[SL-WSU-1] 1 2 Richard Roberts (2008). "Private Institution - Ogden Military Academy". Stewart Library, Weber State University . Retrieved 2010-06-23.

[US-Gen-Net-2] D. Boyd Crawford. "Pictorial History of Weber County Schools". USGenNet. Retrieved 2010-06-23.

[Utah-History-to-Go-3] Yvette D. Ison (June 1995). "Juvenile Delinquency Posed Problems For Utahns A Century Ago". History Blazer. Utah History to Go. Retrieved 2010-06-23.

[Utah-State-Archives-4] "Appendix: Utah's Statehood Materials - Archives and Special Collections, Stewart Library, Weber State University". Utah State Archives. Retrieved 2010-06-23.