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125 years ago: Salaries for Brigham Young Academy teachers are 65 percent commodities and 35 percent cash.

100 years ago: A large block Y is built on the mountain east of campus.

75 years ago: Church leaders reiterate their request that employees of Church schools be full tithe payers.

50 years ago: Tuition is $105.

25 years ago: The College of Family Living and the College of Social Sciences merge to form the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences.

10 years ago: Elder Merrill J. Bateman replaces Rex E. Lee (BA ’60) as BYU president.

5 years ago: BYU suspends its programs at the Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies.