| Show WEBER STAKE ACADEMY on saturday at 2 rpm pm the spacious lecture hall of the stake academy was filled to overflowing on the occasion of the closing exercises of the academic department the room was appropriately decorated the exercises convis conflated ted of songs and choruses chor declamations essays and speeches all the selections selection were exceedingly cee well rendered the chief feature of the day was the principal ss report and to the surprise of all the board accepted his bis resignation nation 4 the following is the report and resolutions of respect reaped of the board WEBER STAKE ACADEMY ogden june 24 92 to tb th the president pr Pre 66 0 ent and members of the board of directors of the weber stake academy dear brethren again agaid after an elapse of over two years I 1 have the pleasure of submitting to your honorable body a report of the school work done at our new academy building during a portion of the present school ye year ar As you are aware 3 our academy first opened its doors to to the admission of students student fr on jan esth 1889 in the second ward meeting house where it held bald two with an excellent attendance in the same school year it resumed its work and in a short time the building was too small and the accommodations too meagre as well as too inconvenient to meet the demands of the many students who desired to attend the institution now new quart quarters ert were provided but unlooked unlocked for obstacles here also presented themselves and ore ere we were fairly under way we were compelled by force of circumstances to suspend operations again A year and seven months intervened before we had the pleasure of opening the doors of our academy agat agai and this time to the joy of our students in the new weber stake e academy only a portion of the building was in a S suitable condition lor occupancy and in consequence ol 01 the la lateness of the season many having gone to other schools it was thought by althe the board that this would be for all who might desire to attend but to the surprise ot all this portion of the building was in less than two weeks filled to its utmost capacity and the board were necessitated essl to make immediate arrangements ments for the entire completion of the structure the chief difficulty which confronted us now was the large number ot ol students having been enrolled the first week and only two teachers to instruct them and this at a time of the year when active available talent could not be obtained however through the energy and perseverance of the board this biffl difficulty alty was wa a finally overcome come and an active intelligent faculty employed still it was experimental work for some time in consequence of the many change sand nearly neaily the entire terni term was consumed before we found ourselves settled down to active work following are the statistics total number enrolled males females places of reside residence tift ogden uintah 1 mound fort 4 lynne 4 Harri harrisville eville 6 far west 6 5 north ogden 4 plain city 8 west wast weber 5 wilsons Wil sons solis lines lane 8 af Taylors taylorsville ville 2 rivendale riverdale Ri Bi verdale 2 eden 8 marriotte Mar Marri riots ote 2 kanesville Kanes ville 1 box elder co 1 summit co 1 morgan co 6 5 idaho 2 montana 3 9 this I 1 am informed is the second largest attendance of the church school which I 1 think breaks exceed angly well for us real realizing tsing the short time we in session faculty males 6 females 2 daily recitations in academic department part ment A and B 20 in intermediate department 10 in preparatory department part ment 20 total daily 60 50 theology priesthood meetings held 14 fast meetings meeting 6 on which occasions 40 on an average bore testimony and a large number fasted on the prayer list had voluntarily given in their names it to is with no small degree of satisfaction that I 1 make mention of this department it was a common thing for students to testify in there weekly fast and priesthood meetings that of all ail studies theology had been the most interesting te to them and that their was a hallowed influence of purity andton and ten derest feelings of friendship between pupils as well as between pupils and teachers that they had ever experienced before in any school and noth ing perhaps bears any stronger mony to this than the fact that in the spring term terin fort forty y two students were enrolled in the advanced academic class and almost this entire number held out to the end this has been the spirit and work of our institution during the past school year and which I 1 now mit to your honorable body with a desire that you may accept the same and also with it my resignation as principal of the weber stake academy in so doing I 1 must give my principal excuse as falling failing health twenty five years ago I 1 was called to the schoolroom by the prophet of god president young I 1 labored under his bis fatherly guidance until his death receiving his sincere approbation of my woric but three months beffre that sad event I 1 hai had the of enjoying the full confidence of president taylor during hla his administration being called upon on several occasions occa alona to represent him as superintendent of district schools three years ago I 1 received the counsel of presidents woodruff and cannon to leave the schoolroom iwas I 1 was inform edit was destroying my health of this counsel I 1 was again and again forcibly reminded th thy W winter when dragging my sick and emaciated body to the institution ution in which my spirit loved to dwell but in which also like paul of old the flesh proved too weak for the trying ordeal these circumstances indicated by president preside n t woodruff fr have now in my makad presented themselves I 1 bid you therefore my dearly beloved students a tender and affectionate farowe adewell i ll 11 I 1 have spent many a happy hour with you hallowed thoughts though ta that filled your bosoms have produced a corresponding influence to in mine causing us mutually in our temple of knowledge to live in an atmosphere of purity and virtue akin only as an has been otten often observed by those who have visited us to the holy temples of god when looking upon your faces num bering upwards of this winter alone and then associate with you the bbous ands of others whom I 1 have had bad the honor of instructing during the post past quarter of a century containing in the he ranks bishop high Counci councils Council lors rs presidents of stakes and two apostles of the lord my heart swells swell with gratitude to my kind father in heaven for having been permitted per witted through the voice of his bis servant president young to enter these sacred halls of learning I 1 say again god bless you my dearly beloved students remember the good I 1 have taught you but the errors of the brain and imperfections of human nature be pleased to blot from your book of remembrance and to you who have been my follow fellow companions in the cause of education ani an J with whom I 1 have had the pleasure of associating this winter with out one unkind word pawing passing between us or even a bard feeling existing in our hearts towards one another to you with a sadness of feeling I 1 extend the parting hand band god blew bless you in your trying ordeal I 1 have trod the path you are treading and I 1 know full well the briers aej thorns that beset you on your way still there is a goal beyond be faith faithful fu and true and you will leacu reach it sustain my successor as you have so faithfully sustained me strengthen his hands as you have strengthened mine and the reward is sure to be yours finally beloved president und members of the board please except my sincere thanks for the kind favors you have shown me and the sustenance you have given while occupying this high and responsible position having been assoni associated ted filth you in the erection of this thi beautiful fui edifice I 1 know full well the anxiety and care that has attended you in your labors to bring the building to its prese arese at state of completion ion this beautiful structure however whose classic front faces the rising sun of which it is emblematic ble matic in shedding its intellectual rays upon the growth of our weber stake stands now as an a memorial to your thrift and enterprise future generations will yet breathe a silent prayer within these sacred walls in your and pronounce a blessing upon you and lastly to the fathers and mothers whose confidence I 1 have en joyed now for twenty five years and who have entrusted to my care their most sacred gifts of god to you I 1 return my heartfelt thanks 1 I have but one wish impy heart and that is that my labors which have nearly cost coat me my life during durigg this winter may have merited at least one kind word in ia my retirement and perchance even blessing this is all I 1 ask aek may this sacred institutions institution whose plans I 1 drew aud and whose educational foundation I 1 have had the pleasure of laying continue to extend its spires nearer to the dome of heaven until the principles of knowledge shall be distilled distill td from the throne of grace like gentle dew upon the in ts of our beloved sons BOBS and ahugh tera of this stake is my sincere and earnest wish I 1 remain your humble bumble servant L F MONCH at the conclusion of the reading of the report elder joseph stanford in behalf of the board stated that when wh e n at a previous meeting prof monch 1 s resignation had been accepted a committee was ap appointed pointel to draft suitable resolutions revolutions of respect and akler appreciation of the professors labors elder stanford then presented the following resolutions lations lut ions OGDEN utah U tah I 1 june J u n e 25 1892 to prof louis F monch on his retiring from the position of principal of the weber stake academy dear brother As you have deemed it wise in view of your declining health through so many years of arduous labor in the school room to resign your position as principal and aikus sever your connection with the weber stake slake academy we the undersigner undersigned under signed feel that it Is our duty as a well as our pleasure to briefly testify in this man nor ner of your great zeal love devoted diligence and faithful work in the cause of education it is now twenty years since you took up the labor of this profession in ogden city you were the first principal who had charge of the central school and it was in this institution where you established your justly merited reputation as the leading disciplinarian la school government in this territory and where you demonstrated rated your ability to dispel from the minds of the itu students dents the elements of discouragement and gloom which invariably attend the laborious application of the mental powers to study and la in place thereof to inspire their feelings with a fascination and love of education that it transformed the pursuit in the experience of many ts one of pleasure and delight your long aad successful career as a principal and for six years as head master of all the city schools and fur for eight years county superintendent of district dietrict schools besides the four years you have had the charge of the weber stake academy has endeared you to the hearts of thousands and has left imperishable impressions of regard and esteem upon the minds and in the hearts of all those who have been under your tuition and elevating influence in the schoolroom we part with you the therefore with a due appreciation of your past services so faithfully and intelligently ren derel in the interests of the educational advancement of the youth of ozzio zion Zio we sincerely hope the change in your profession from the training and and directing of the youthful mind to the study anil and practice of medicine will be the means of restoring and permanently establishing your health should you however at any time feel disposed to resume the role of probes professor or in any of the thea halls balls of an academy or college we shall be most molt happy to aid you to fill any position to which you may aspire to occupy with feelings of profound respect WO we subscribe our names as your friends and brethren in the love of educational progress signed lewis W sh u president joseph stanford secretary robert treasurer chas chaa F middleton nieto niels flygare thomas thomaa JS astevens david mckay members of the educational cat ional board of the weber stake ot of zion OGDEN june 26 25 W |
