Show FIRST TERM ENDED Closlnc Exercises of the Millard Stake Academy Friday morning Dec 19 the students and friends of the Millard Stake academy assembled in the court house for the closing clos-ing exercises of tho first term of the sixth academic year hd At 10 oclock the congregation was called to order by head monitor Rufus Day The choir sang when prayer was offered by Brother Christian Anderson After singing sing-ing by the choir an excellent programme was carried out consisting of representations representa-tions of the various departments by students stu-dents songs instrumental recitations and the reading of the principals report by the principal Brother J E Hieknan The report re-port which shows the complete standing of the academy is in brief as follows To the Hon Board of Education of the Millard Stake of ZIon As the farmer watches his growing crops and looks with anxiety to the time of gathering that he may be the better able to judge of the fruits of his labors whether satisfactory or otherwise so is it with the labors of students and teachers Although there have been threatening blasts floods of unseen danger to the looker on yet the results of the arduous labor are very pleasing to me Today closes usa sixteen iveek term and the results of part of the work are now before you There is a most truly quoted < < saying The student is the reflection of tee instructor hence we have the students represent In brief the work accomplished in the academy There have been 150 students registered regis-tered during the entire term29 have disco < < tinned 121 in attendance This Is a greater enrollment en-rollment by 34 than at any previous year for the first term A primary grade has been added to the acad emy this year The teachers have taught weekly recitations as follows May Cooper twentyne weekly recitations May Heed twcnt Ot weekly recitations MA Lawitch fortylive weekly recitations W L Kydalch fiftyfive weekly recitations J E Hickman sixty weekly recitations With choir practices and other work tho recitations would have footed to 250 weekly or 4000 during the term Students as registered departments are as follows Primary departrhent un 51 Preparatory department 33 Intermediate department C9 Academic department 20 Normal department 12 The students have been tabulated domestically domestic-ally as follows Fillmore uu 93 Holdcn 5 Scipio 2 Oak Creek 4 Leamington 9 Deseret 20 Ingersoll 2 Clear Creek 1 Kanosh uuu nuuuu 3 Pinto county 6 Utah county 3 Sevier county 00 1 Nevada uuuuuuu 1 Totals u uuu n 150 Students have been registered theologically as follows Elders u 6 Priests unu unu 1 Teachers 00 2 Deacons n2J Lay members 00 00 u 94 Not baptized 15 Non members Hi There have been three baptisms and three confirmations performed under orders of the presiding officer of the ward The ladies department under tho charge of Miss M A Lawisch reports the following statistics sta-tistics Lady students 72 We acknowledge two contributions one from Bp Anderson of Oak Creole two volumes of ancient history and a human skeleton from Charles CrockwelL I will close asking Gods blessing upon this institution and upon the people of this county and that the spirit of God will speak as audibly to them as it does to me concerning the worth of these schools J E HICk IAN Principal W E RYDALCIL FJLLMORE Dec 241890 |