Show THE STAKE ACADEMY The Closing Exercises of the Second Term THE PELNCiPALS HEPOET A Gratifying Showlnc 3Iada In afferent affer-ent and Careless Student Aroused The Theological and Domestic Domes-tic Organizations The second term of the Salt Lake Stake Academy closed on Friday January Janu-ary 20th 1888 The closing exercises consisted of addresses ad-dresses by students reports of teachers and remarks by visitors Among the latter w < re John Morgan and William Ashworth each of whom expressed limstlf as highly pleased with the kind education advanced in the school The report of the teachers were very satisfactory tho following is the report of the principal PBlKCIPAIiS BEPOUTO Sin e with todays exercises the second sec-ond term bcond academic year closes iI submit to you the following report GESBllALSIATISTICfa Regis Kemain Department tered lug Preparatory 59 57 Intermediate 115 110 Total v 174 167 The Preparatory Department in charge of Joseph Nelson shows thefol owing special statistics Ii 112 DO ° is2 s CLASSES B Ia a 5 Hen Et Bible theology 759 3 J Nelson Short studies in grammar A r composition 605 Ditto B with composition 27 5 c Fifth Readers 59 5 h tjmdtrd geography B45 5 ll Orthography B 59 6 U i Book of Mormon theology 59 2 WCroxal Arithmetic 18 5 W Done Arithmetic D 45 5 Making totaUn this department of ton classes fortyfive weekly recitations and three teachers In the early part of the present term this department was remoyel from the Eagle Gate schoolhouse school-house to the basement of the Social fall arrangements having been made for the removal of the intermediate de artraentto t to the upper roOm of the at tel building Since that time a general supervision by the principal over both departments as well as an interchange of teachers has been much more easily effected TIlE INTEBMEDIATE DEPABTMBNT has been constructed by the under un-der signed assisted by WilhrJ Croxall according to the following specIal statistics 41 m J tH O rj on 3 Q CLASSES L gr o Zg > I LC Q Compendium Theology 115 5 WDone Higher grammar A with v composition 82 5 Elocution 51 5 II 1 Physical geography 21 5 General history 215 01 Co Orthography A 115 5 II honopraphy < 10 4 V C 164 Physics 5 5s B with Higher grammar L composition 45 5VTCro all Arithmetic 67 5 Fifth Readers A 44 4 Standard geography A 65 5 PenmanshIp A 115 51 honog aphy A 84 riwing 4 8 4 rithmetlc A 31 5 JNeson Physiology 39 2 11 ri History 70 2 J Incidental class 131 i fckeepmgi 28 4 Making a total in this department of twentyone classes eightynine weekly recitations and three teachers On account ac-count of a demand for higher instruction instruc-tion classes in physics and general history have been organized The removal re-moval of the department to the upper room of the Social Hall has rendered it possible to increase the number of students from the former maximum of 84 to that of 112 To this we may add the additional advantages of better light and ventilation and increased classroom 4 THE FACULTY It will appear from the foregoing statistics that the Faculty has consisted of three teachers whose class work is recorded as follows Willard Croxall 34 Joseph Nelson 47 and Willurd Done 53 weekly recitations Methods of teaching in tae various branches have been explained from time to time in order to secure uniformity of method in teaching This enables a student to pass from one grade to another without suffering the inconvenience of a change of method between the two teachers Plans have been laid out in all the classes which cannot be departed from except by recommendation of the class teacher and the consent of the Principal Princ-ipal the register of studies now befora your shows that these plans have been completed THE THEOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION has consisted as before of the daily recitation in theology1 the general theological the-ological class Wednesday afternoon tho general theological repetition repeti-tion on Monday afternoon and daily opening and closing exercises exer-cises with singing and prayer Both departmCIts being located in the same building the lastnamed exercises have been conducted jointly instead ofseparately as before The course in ompendium theology has been continued con-tinued in the intermediate department while inthe preparatory theTiistpry of Gods chosen people as recorded the Bible and the Book of MormOn has formed the subject of instruction The students have been given an opportunity I oppor-tunity of bearing their testimonies on I every alternate Wednesday the responses to the call for testimonies I Deing very prompt and general According to standing the students are tabulated as follows Elders 2 priests teachers 3 deacons 44r lay members 121 x uz DOMESTIC pRGANZATXOI j has as ref been an hnira ion only In name there being t i so lew students who are not under the immediatecare joJ their own parents or guardians This has rendered very few rules necessary if and they have been bincIngupir sl deut students as Well us upon those from a distance Following is the domestic tabulation the students Salt Lake Citv First Ward 7 Second Sec-ond 5 Third3 Fourth Fifth S oixh 3 Sevantli 6 Eighth 3 Ninth 2 Eleventh 14 Twelfth 8 Thrteemh 10 Fourteenth Fifterh 3 Sixteenth Six-teenth il Seent Enth23 < ghteentn 3 Nineteenth 1 Tw ntiein 1 Farmers Farm-ers Ward 9 Sugar House Ward 5 Mill Cnek Ward 5 East Mill Creek Ward 1 Taylortville Ward 4 Big Cottonwood Ward 3j Granite Ward 2 South Cottonvroed Wart 1 Davis Jounty 22 Utah Con tyl Summit County 2 Iron County total 174 CLOSIftQ UEMASKS Again it Decomss our privilege to look back upon a terms work review our labors and form an opinion ss to their success In taking this view of the work of the term just closing cannot but feel gratified With the adTAUCement made A erat rtuny indifferent and careless stmie nave been aroased to the necessity pf preparing themselves for the work of redeeming Zon The general good feeling has been maintained netween teachers and stuuent as it must neeessarily bid in a school in which the pr no pies of kind K6ES tnd mutual goodwill are macip the basis of discipline This rule is not without its exceptions but they oly tend to increase tne determinate m the part of obedient students to keep inviolate the r les of the school With the Spirit of God and the teach ncs of His inspired authority upon the earh to Didetthe teachers and student tnu cool cannot but be as successful in the future as it has been in the past which may God grant in the name of Jesus Christ amen r I WILLARD DOME |