Brigham Young Academy
When Maeser arrived at Brigham Young Academy in 1876 it was dying. Enrollment had declined since Warren N. Dusenberry had started the school a few months before. There were only 29 students at the time of Maeser's arrival.
Maeser believed that "Come follow me" and not "Thou Shalt" was the best principle for teaching.
Maeser had a profound effect on his students. One of them, Alice Louise Reynolds, wrote "He had the ability to inspire. He made his students feel the worth of life; he told us that the Lord had sent each of us to do a special work, and that the proper preparation was necessary for that mission."
Among the students who studied under Maeser were Reed Smoot, George Sutherland, William H. King,Alice Louise Reynolds, William Spry, Bryant S. Hinckley, James E. Talmage, George Albert Smith and J. Golden Kimball.
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