Comments on: The Whole Year Through: BYU ad campaign, 1963

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Wed, 19 May 2010 13:56:52 +0000

And that is why we call Justin “The King.”

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 19 May 2010 13:53:09 +0000

Apparently the statue once stood in front of the Eyring Science Center.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Wed, 19 May 2010 13:31:38 +0000

What say you, BYU alums of the ’60s? Was the Maeser statue really in front of the Eyring Science Center? Or is this picture (the August ad) really a composite of two photos, one to represent the past and the other the future?

By: MRalf

MRalf — Wed, 19 May 2010 11:20:21 +0000

In your text I have seen the statue of Karl Maeser in front of Eyring Center. Is it moved? I remember me that it stood in front of building which hold his name?
May be I did not visit for a while!

By: m&m

m&m — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:49:31 +0000

It’s been fun to watch BYU change over the years. These pics are great.

Interesting to see the change in the ‘push’ to recruit vs. how they have to turn so many away now.

I still think there is a special spirit there, though. (Unless, of course, you are attending a football game….)

By: queuno

queuno — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:15:48 +0000

I think I once was a member of the 11th ward.

And let’s face it — no ONE thinks of BYU as a cookie-cutter architecture. In fact, I think it would be an interesting study to order all of the buildings by date and see just how much the architecture is changing from building to building. There’s just no real cohesive style.

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:51:23 +0000

Don’t tempt me, Chris.

And, Justin, thanks for the confirmation that I still have a little bit of memory left.

By: Chris H.

Chris H. — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:24:18 +0000

Mark,

I think it was officially known as the “SOB” only during the time Pres. Wilkinson was there.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:58:05 +0000

ah, the 60s cosmopolitan look, both in dress and in architecture. Never been a big fan.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:56:50 +0000

As to the number of wards, my dad was a bishop of the 11th Ward, beginning in early 1965. I think there were six stakes then, and under 70 wards. By the time he was released, I think there were 10 stakes, and I don’t know how many wards.

Right on. The Church Almanac indicates that the 4th, 5th, and 6th stakes were organized in May 1964, the 7th and 8th in April 1967, and the 9th and 10th in April 1969.