Show PROVO A Thriving and Growing Place the B Y Academy PBOVO December 12 1881 Editors Herald Although distant only a few hoars ride Provo posseSSES features not fully recognized by the people of Salt Lake or indeed the territory at large To a person who has been absent a year or two this once quiei place presents a lively appearance and makes one think that extraordinary agencies have been employed Indeed it id questionable whether the most san gamely hopeful citizens had anticipated antici-pated such an early and marked change Aside from the railroad there ha probably been nothing more conducive to this progress than the mills erected and operated by the Provo Mfg Co Real exoellenoey of goods and efficiency ofmamifacture have done more towards insuring Nieces than even the inclination of the people to encourage home industry in-dustry and the hundred and more employees woo draw their weekly salaries and the general public who use advantageously the gocda owe at least some admiration to those whose capital and labor have been invested in-vested in so commendable aa enterprise I enter-prise After noticing the thriving business done by the several merchandising houses a person can profitably spend a day visiting the Brigham Young Academy The great good being accomplished within these walls is but meagerly realized by those who have not visited the premises Each year since its organization it has rapidly progressed until today its influence is felt favorably all around Aided by an eflicient corps of teachers Prof Maeser has in operation oper-ation a system and discipline which seems to be excellently adapted and I which although seemingly intricate as perfectly practicable The intricacies in-tricacies which at first appear entirely I vanish when it is discovered that the I responsibilities are distributed I throughout the entire school each student assuming Borne trust Asiet ance in teaching is rendered also by twelve normal students making in all nineteen amongst whom the 71 daily recitations are distributed Recently the services of Misa Sara Ellerbeck of Salt Lake City hare been secured in the department of music and the lady is giving excellent satisfaction Today the roll shows an attendance of 301 students of whom a large majority are from outside counties and a very fair percentage from other territories Arizona Nevada Idaho and the state of Colorado The moral and social culture of every student is one of the most prom iiinent objects sought after by the I nstituti on |