Show of hie bridigo Bri diao A A v 1 THE SCHOOL fl 3 to be in a Prope rons bondi vi v i i ta tion department to the board of trustees and the board of education of utah stake of alon DEAR the first term of the present school closes with students enrolled and 21 students attending evening post ot tho normal department making in all receiving instructions instruct iona in the academy distributed among the several departments part ments as follows primary department 31 preparatory department 27 ite 88 academic 78 normal department and evening classes total these totals show a decrease of 33 students from the ding during the of last year but by a comparison of the statistics it will be seen that the loss is in the daiy and preparatory departments and that in the other departments there is a gain this decrease is due no doubt to the establishment of the territorial free school system departments the primary department has been in charge of miss amy bawn aa department teacher it is desired to make this a model primary school and connect it with the normal department some changes haye therefore been made which you will notice by visiting the room but before our desires can be fully realized improved desks and chairs and additional apparatus will be needed following are the department statistics classes no of students teachers theology 29 amy brown emil maeser Elmen tv en g A 15 adv brown B 14 BUG 0 14 R woodward alemy arith A 35 amy brown alemy arith B 14 mabel pratt ard 3rd reader 14 amy brown assi by mary lyman and 2nd reader 6 nattie reader 4 maggie lowis A 3 ida alleman B 2 geography 29 amy brown class 29 H E giles drawing 21 wm beckstead spelling 24 W mckendrick 24 eva thorn mary andersen work class 8 amy brown tlygie ne class 29 making in all 17 classes that have recited in this department THE preparatory department in charge of bro avrum A ander ion lias been seated in the assembly hall with the intermediate department in order to accommodate the great num her of students in the commercial course iiii department statis lica are as fol bows glasses no of students teachers theology Theo loay 30 H A anderson and emil isgren graded em A emil isreen and comp 20 sue B cluff graded eng B and comp 45 emil maser practical arth E 2 tt F 40 ehas olsen aad homer mccarty D 67 R R lyman 0 34 N L yeldon and bro heppler fourtly reader 24 A C lund E demtry geo 19 henry peterson and A C lund orthography B 38 bob t woodward and A G annd penmanship 35 H A anderson and H 0 lund making in all eleven classes TUB INTER MEDIA IQ charge ol 01 bron L nelson shows the follow ing statistics classes no of students teachers Theolo 98 N L nelson and A L booth higher english A and comp 50 H A anderson higher english B and colip 51 emil B isgreen higher english C and colip 54 R R lyman practical arithmetic A 19 emil B isgreen practical arithmetic B 42 H A anderson render 73 emil maeser Ortho amphy 42 standard 17 L nelson U S history 7 wallace wilde and S R penmanship 75 N L nelson drawing A 40 emil B isgreen drawing B 16 H A anderson makin in all twelve classes for the beautiful decorations of the assembly hall making it po pleasant and inviting thanks are due the teacher and students of this department THE ACADEMIC been in charge oi bro jus bheeler BK eeler during the last five weeks by bro emil eer on account of the large number of students jakine a commercial conrge and with a to the establishment of a commercial college next year in connection with the academy as you have already suggested the academic department part ment haa been divided separating off a commercial room I 1 especially recommend the commercial deportment t your consideration consid and that is the funds of the Aca derov allow it be irell equipped with proper beaks tables and apparatus that more efficient work may he done such instructions as a business college nivea is popular and will continue to be popular amona the young people for the requirements ol 01 our territory place a premium on a thorough business training following era the department no identa teachers theology J B keeler and B cluff jr rhetoric A and corn position 10 N ielson rhetoric B and composition 12 A L booth and emil maeser commercial ar i ith 19 J B 11 keeler babok keepe A 47 ii B 39 algebra A 4 B claff abst by A L booth geometry AB A B 7 A booth claff jr 2 B etry trig noro aplaon N L 68 elocution Klo cution keeler 28 J B gop 6 EB isgreen i 64 ii biology chemistry G 3 A L booth and EB isgreen geology 7 J B heeler 27 spanish 2 iret J mula french 11 N lnelson latina 2 B 2 german U EmU Maeser A 7 H A andersen B 23 aalst aast by aso smith 0 12 HA Anderson spec Phon opy 3 H A anderaon Ander commercial penmanship 75 J B keeler i thus maciag 27 classes reciting in this department THE NORMAL wab ande the direction of the principal assisted by brother benjamin oluff jr as iu tor the following claresea were taught classes no of students teachers logic 24 B cluff jr practice in ehg 36 theory of senior class 36 theory of junior class 47 post grado teals 4 evening post prad aate classes 21 the evening classes wera organized by request of of the district school teachers to accommodate those who desired to pursue studies in the history and the philosophy of education and in aduca rational cat ional aya to meet the full requirements require menta of a normal college it is necessary to davd in connection with the technical instruction a model primary school anda and a kin dery arten the first of these we have in an imperfect while the second according to the announcement in the circular supplement hlll be established june next the great demand for teachers in the disirio dis iric and other schools has compelled us to bermit three of the to t each aberm of five weaks beven to lave for the purpose of taking charge of schools and two bava been appointed tutors in the academy and yet we have not been able to fill one tenth odthe rea quests made upon ns for in connection with this department also a normal library hac been established the statistics of chichi ap pear under libraries the importance of a well selected library ip connection with this department iff a great that I 1 especially recommend ip the consideration of the educational and executive committees STUDENT assistants to assist backward students in their studies have been appointed to conduct classes as follows classes no of pupils teachers arithmetic 3 pupils miss nora bedfield language A 6 pupils foster cluff and joseph hansan B 4 pupils liaa caffrey besides these 22 tye been called upon to hold repetitions GJ due work and 60 to be inspectors to ill of the adlla and to all duties placed upon them the have cheerfully responded TUB music department consists of classes in the theory of music singing classes and the choir the vocal part has been under the instruction of prof H E giles the instrumental has been taught by misa ottilie maeser following are the statistics choir 28 students primary singing class 29 students general entire school instrumental music 16 pupils under the auspices of the music department part ment a glee club has been organ which together with the choir lias riven concerts in spanish fork and lelii and expect to visit other settlements tle ments when time will permit the object of these concerts is to arouse in the youna an interest in music andin education in our thanks are due the people of for the extend el faung broto the faculty of the B Y college atlo gan to institution and give a concert has been accepted day was appointed as our time of departure but owing to the severe of apo HE H E giles our baa been post boned until after the holidays holi daya DOMESTIC presided over by brother lyman aa monitor dents as follows from provo students 12 fork A benjamin 1 payson 4 coehen 14 1 santaquin U lehia american fork 5 pleasant grover II 11 alpine 1 county S summit county 4 salt laka county 15 sn pete bounty ou nty 10 county 15 i beaver county 2 iron coulty 2 mil lard county 7 emery county 6 thoele tooele county 10 county 1 cache county 1 juab county 4 county 2 box elder county 1 washington county 1 nevada 1 arizona 5 colorado 2 mexico 1 idaho 5 kentucky 1 total keelins Me elins of this dart ment the minutes of which are before yon have been held weekly biweekly bi at which leporte from visitors and nix ni x ors have been made and given by the i iua department mrs leibum boote was succeeded by amy brown assisted by mary he work of this department is an ex hibi tion before you been given both in plain and ing eighty seven pupils have be ehen rolled three were excused r twenty five special meetings haye been held by the ladies at which as roaby lectures have been iven I 1 take pleasure in noting the valuable instructions given to the ladies by our lecturer mrs hannah on morals THE SOCIETY under the presidency of bro emil B isgreen reports twelve meetings of the society have been held in chich have been 11 lectures 18 bongs 14 pieces of instrumental music 10 readings rea dinga 12 stations 2 species spec bes 6 questions answered 3 talks on current items balao that 4 parties have been held the beneficial influence of thi society noticed in a marked degree among our students is also oi the academy as attested by jibe patronage of the citizens of brovo 1 I 5 TUB ikan ajla connection with abo scientific departie Depart me n three trips for scientific por posea one to Nephi and the mountains adjoining prova theological in charge of bro N L nelon the follow ine enrollment seventies 11 eldera 18 priests 54 Tf achere 20 deacons 46 aja members 1 7 non members of the chur cli 20 r total fourteen meetings meetings mee tinga and 16 general ane oloe ical meetings have beena held and there haye been eiven 42 au dressea and 30 select rea dioca thib baa materially assisted assia ted ibbe disciplinary fart ol 01 taft school work the ave been aa follows theological alonzo wall domestic 1 akly man normal department alax jame eon a academic r orge smith lyman preparatory william Ric heus to these men to the and domestic visitors and to all who have 80 materially aided Ihil eachers 1 t V fatt x w our thana LiBBA Riis the general brother otar lion john tra ta coy i v f li N 0 o v alaa cs i ian contains 99 volumes as follows of education gy andlovic 22 history of education 5 volumes methods of teaching 48 volumes chambers encyclopedia 10 volumes reports of the commissioner of education 14 volumes las FACULTY has held 17 meetings of which are before you nothing has happened aurini the term to call for a formal meeting f the academic ica demic council several students have been dealt with for breaches of tha rules but the offenses n ere not aggravated grava ted the labors of the regular teachers have been as follows A 0 lund 3 classes RR Lyman 3 emil maeser 6 classes amy brown 6 HA Anderson 9 emil B isgreen 8 classes A L booth 5 classes N L nelson 10 classes J B keele 7 classes B cluff jr 0 besides this regular bro has acted as assistant principal oal and in the absence of dr maeser as principal bro Keeler bas acted as deputy treas 1 brer and has had charge of the domestic department brother nelson has been in charee of alie theological organization iza tion brother booth has been custodian bro isgreen librarian bro anderson registrar bro emil maeser has assisted bro keeler as department teacher of the academic department alias amy brown has been lady superintendent in bro R RJ jyman baa been monitor of the domestic department and bro A C lund has been ore anist church school C under j the direction of the general in dr K G faeber a conven tion ot the church schools in utah stake wasatch Va satch stake Juab Stake and millard stake was organized with bro B jr as president and miss amy brown secretary and meets monthly in the academy building the purposes of this convention are to advance methods of instruction and better qualify teachers for their schoolroom work THE AIM OF THE it will perhaps not be entirely inappropriate to mention here the aima which the teachers have in view in connection with their labors in the academy from the first day that classes were taught in thia school the teachers have aimed to give the pupils a complete education morally religiously and intellectually this end is still in yiew under the guidance of the spirit we strive to teach faith in god and in his holy woid and to instill correct ethical principles leaving to the pupils the arrangement and responsibility of their own course of conduct the academy lias always been and by the blessings of god always will be a leading normal institute the technical instruction in the science of education will continue to be kept abreast of the times while the facilities fur the practice of teaching when the model primary school and kindergarten work ine order will be surpassed by no normal college in the west As the normal courses advance the academic studies shall not fall behind dional instruction will continue to be given in the sciences literatures and the arts the intermediate and prep depart imenes really no part of the academy proper serve as excellent preparatory schools for higher academic work and it is the aim of the faculty to have them preserve their distinctive feature and become model in their line another department the commercial college is receiving especial attention and is to be made a leading department the rapid growth of our territory and its great commercial importance macce business necessary and the Academy as the parent institution of athe church schools should take the head in offering facilities for a commercial education i CLOSING REMARKS with a normal department to aich is connected a model primary school and a kindergan with professional academic instructions in all the departments with a well graded preparatory school with a commercial college amply equipped and above all with the spirit of god actuating and directing both teachers and students the brigham young academy hopes to continue its mission i asano ble instrument in the hands of p providence in training the bouta of zion |