Show MT MY for ohp meals of the B Y A commencement WORK there are seven graduates A H s address principal s deport the general commencement axer the B Y academy opened this morning there were on the stand apostle abram H cannon elder george goddard principal B cluff ir mem bera j the academy board and teachers ot the institution the students occupied the center and south side of the large assembly room and the north part was reserved for frenda and rhe atu denta aang the academy star invocation was offered by prof J B keeler and music waa rendered ay the orchestra principal oluff read bis annual report for ahe last year the following ia a synopsis of the principal report of the young academy the eighteenth academic year of the britain Bri hain young academy closes with an enrollment of amon aba daveral depart anta as follows 79 cupili preparatory hupila academic department 6 pupils corn department 58 panila ML normal clans sunday school normal class hupila normal department pupils total pupils tb department in acharya of dr ach hardy as the statistics high 16 aneata 73 teachers 43 D bacon alny noo members 29 not baptize J aft total TUB aime to develop the api ritu ally and to give them instruction in the principles of the gospel and the and order of the priesthood it is ethical aj well aa doctrinal the detailed work of abe year is as follows sundays sabbath and missionary meetings mondays regular cass in on scripture and sacred bictory biB tory lectures of the book of maimon daring abe by elder george reynolds and on bible subjects during the second almester by elder david mckenzie wednesdays general instructions and lectured lec turea students jakini part tuesday fast day and testimony meet inga classes in ethics and priesthood meeting i every two weeda besides tha regular work much rood haa bena accomplished by means of occasional lectures of an ei hortatory natura naturu the claaska throughout have been well and abe plan laid out at the beginning of abe year has been completed DOMESTIC in chacks of prof JOB B kesler as monitor leporta abe following fol lowine alca from giovi scalea fagalea total foreign malea females total kindergarten 79 general totals the object ol 01 ahia organization is to c care over abe students etu dents both in and out of school and to give them practice in self government the de ire is to place the disciplinary part oj abe 8 and more into abe hands of the pupils thus them ohp principles of belf abo city IB divided into four varda over each of which a student with two elected and by the members of his ward presides thea e presidents appoint visitors whose duty it is to veit at their boarding places all students living in their wards and report these visits at abe regular ward meetings held in the academy over the etiole organization is a representative of the principal Trin cipal usually one of the to whom the ward president report and from whom they receive their matters of a disciplinary nature r of importance are brought before the principal abe bresulla ol 01 this organization so far have ben more than satisfactory the presidents and ward visitors have been careful and conscientious in their work and the body of students have fully sustained and supports ed them there a also a pride among the students to haye as little difficulty aa ibia brought before the principal or even be ore the ward presidents for adjustment the palin this report khanha the dents and their counsellors coun and the ward visitors tor the able way in which they have performed ther labors TUB in charge of mrs K caz reports an enrollment during the year ol 01 79 pupils with foai teachers in training this school ia a part of the normal training school in that it affords opportunities for choso preparing pre parine to teach in primary to leam the methods of education and to see auw these methods tre t re put in practice and from this office ita aims are two farat to I 1 train little children below the school aeo second to instruct preparing to be kindergarten teachers in the theory and practice of the school the kindergarten ia comparatively new in utah and is neither understood nor fully appreciated of all those who graduated last year but one received position and she only for a few months during the summer this fact more then anything else accounts tor the small class in training this year bat the prospects brighten as the objects and aims of the school become batter known and their aie now chances for i openings in several parts of the territory it ia the desire therefore that next year more en than ever before shall be put on this department ast 1st by increasing the course to two yeara and and 2nd by raising the standard of admission I 1 instructions have been given in the the theory and methods of the kinder ten in the study and manipulation of the gifts and in delsarte in clyod in the history cf education in sciences in music and in drawing and painting SCHOOL with prof george H brimhall as dir ector by prof wolfe and prof N L neison as assistant and by the regular grabie teachers miss ella larson the farat and grades miss amy brown for the third and fourth grades miss irene mendenhall for the filth and sixth grades liaa tryphena brimhall for the seventh grade and miss rachel edwards followed at the cloae of the pe meater by bro 0 W andelin for the eight fiade ij a preparatory to the normal depart meat and is A practice for the teacher iu prof brimhall an hupila riis tributes tri buted in the grades as bolow first fiade 44 second grade 10 third grade 23 fourth grade 10 fifth grade aj sixth grade 9 grade 38 eighth grade as the are progressive gres sive begin ining where the kaader garden ands and ends where the normal and commercial work begina ane most advance 1 methods aro used in teaching seventeen ere to bo promoted today the eighth grade into higher departments part ments thirteen from the seventh grade to the eighth grade six from the sixth grade to the arade eight from the fifth grade to the sixth grade six from the fourth to the fifth grade seven from the third to the fourth erade nina from the second to the third ten from the airet to the second and fifteen from the ten to the farat grade aa a whole both in earnestness of purpose and in mental ability there is a improvement in all the grades over any pre viona year in char ge of prof jos B keeler aa bead assisted by abst prot L E Eege risen abst prof B 8 hinckley instructor ed ward H halt and prof J L townshend reports and en of 58 pupils besides these 65 from the other departments have taken special studies making in all who have been instructed in abia department during the year on the whole excellent progress has been made by all of the students in fact a very earnest class of young people has been in attendance great drawback to rapid and satisfactory advancement reports prof keeler ie the inability of so many of the students to remain long enough to finish their elected courses this to a greater or less extent can be made in every da part mentin the B A academy in every school in the territory for some reason er other the desire to hurry through the idea that a semesters or at most a year or twos attendance at a dizh school or college is sufficient for ao education adu cation is coite corn mon among the young people of utah perhaps time alone will remove this error but principal cleft thinka the united efforts ot the bhoola and men should be directed towards ita removal of the number of attendance 8 are prepared to today to receive their diplomas aney having completed the prescribed work three will receive certificates in special cournea cou raea prot keeler recommends that next year increased facilities be furs dished this department by way of fit ling up a special room for and by increasing ibe offices and banke in the practical room NORMAL above all else iu the academy is a normal training school students may pursue ac adamic courses but for these no degree is offered to obtain the degree bachelor of pedagogy they anat indicate their intention to teach aad must pursue su the conrace in pedagogy and as well a the practice offa ed in the training school the deerea ia offered at the completion of boar years work the work done in this department during the year haa in the hole been satisfactory the students kiib few exceptions and these exceptions have been notified of their partial failures have been earnest hard workers their success ia attested by the anut blat but few have failed to pass the final examination it has been the policy of the school to admit none but earnest students and after admittance to continua only those who by aptitude and application retain the required stand and athla ia done with the desire of producing a better class of teachers better professionally and academically for if there is one thing more than another that utah is buffering under today educationally it ia the evil of poorly prepared teachers many are now teaching in abo schools who have bad no special preparation and who ure no more fit to be teachers than they are to be doctors or law yera intact alvs the report a positive evil ia being done children in many schools by incompetent and unqualified teachers these teachers are they are cheaper partly because competent ones are not available bat what ever the motive the eyal is the same against this evil a united eff rt should be made in which school officers should be aided by the public especially bv the fathers and mothers teachers should learn that only mhd beat need apply and abat the best means a hiah arde of proficiency both academically and professionally should know that poorly qualified teachers are vastly dearer at any price than probes abonal teachers and that two terms under the latter is better for the children than four under the dormar the academy expects to do its shaie in the course of the school and has therefore expanded its normal course from four to sir years one year which 1 ia devoted to practical work arrange ments are also made for the merit of a pedagogical atory in which experiments and observations on children wili be conducted looking to s better and comprehend sion of child nature thereby ampha sizing the tact that the child ia the important consideration in the school and that all methods and principles should be based upon the bawd of its ments growth and develops nt seven applicants for the highest honors of the academy are before you 10 day these have completed the four years course practice in the training school M I 1 clabe in bharga of dr M H hardy as by other teachers is under tha immediate control of the general inper in tendency of the Y M L A broth cr hardy reports an attendance during the year of acme of whom were called on a mireion by the farat presidency to attend this class the others coming by special request of ward au instructions are given in the M I 1 manual in method of study psychology parliamentary law vocal music civil government natural science and in law besides these students are permitted to choose from courses offered in the normal department part ment others to make ap twenty four hours le citation per week members ot this have the same privileges and are subject to the rules and regulations as regular excellent work has been done in all the branches there has been some falling off during the vear but this like the sunday school class ie mostly due to the urgent home duties in every case the pupils have received honorable from the first presidency it is intended that this course shall continue and if possible its efficiency increased in to the SUNDAY CLASS the principal says the aim in this class is to prepare teachers ot teachers the idea being to establish in all the wards of the stakes normal classes for sunday school teachers there ban been an enrollment dating the year of students 50 of whom attended during the birac semester and during the second ge amester there has been conducted every sabbath in connection with this clace a sabbath school in which the pies taught theoretically during the week have been subject to the tests of practice MECHANIC ABT drawing and woodwork wood work in bharga of prof J L townshend during this tet year of its produced ex cellena results from all the grades as well from the higher departments have instructions in the use of tools and light machinery and in tho principles and practice of construction THE department the report eava ia under the tuition of sister young who reports that classes have been conducted every day from 12 till 5 p m students advance from plain to artistic work aa rapidly as their aptitude will allow drawn work ia taken up durine the second ten weeks and different kinds of embroidering embroider ing the last semester the cutting and fitting classes are each 20 weeks takina up in order measure ment eulaa drafting patterns fitting and lastly makenz complete dresses AST is in charge of brother john hafen jno A fairbanks and EE rang all graduates of the art school of paris france have been given in artistic drawing and in landscape and portrait painting in oil and water colora this haa been year for this department and while the results owing partly to a lack of appreciation on the part of the public and partly to the hard tindes are not what could be wished still they have been sufficiently to justify an enlargement of the courses and scope of work for the next year MUSIC ia in charge ct prof H E giles assist ed by mica ottillie and miss edilh beck has eiven instructions in vocal and instrumental muaia aud in voice culture the principal recommends that the muaia department receive more attention by the establishment of A well equipped conservatory of music A ae hoade with rooms for bight or ten organs and pianos for practice pur posy aud with a lare room for class recitations is needed with these and the of two or three more teachers of ability wo will bj able to meet every demand for professional in with dr M H hardy a librarian baa on band up to date 1310 bound koluma 1803 pamphlets 43 charta during the year there has been received as shown by the book bound and 1 17 these the club of provo kindly presented 54 vol amea besides the valuable vala able set of furniture carpeta and for the lib boom DRILL AND the military department was in charge of brother emil maeser up to the time of his departure for his new field of labor in germany when it was taken oy brother authur dalley the physical onufre haa deen conducted by misa amy brown for the young ladies and by brother 0 W abelin for ane young men the exercises have in ever respect produced the desired results aisy nellie halliday aang my temple of learning and the congre gallon joined in the chorus apostle cannon addressed the atu dental it was expected that president Q cannon would be present to talk to them but ha could not attend BO tho speaker was hee in his blead he was pleased to have the opportunity of talking to the students but he was displeased when he called to mind many young men and women who have been educated in this grand institution of learning and then when faey start out on a life of practical work they cast away the good in taught them in school and become almost useless to the world speaker hoped that this condition could not ba reported of any of the students abat have attended the academy this winter apostle cannon ared the necessity on the part of the students to elevee gain all the knowledge that is within their reach and work for the welfare of the human family so that when they depart this life they can feel I 1 that the world has bean bettered by their having coma to it whatever your occupation is he said anake it your object bour thong ht and bour whole desi to be content until you have reached the top BO far as it is possible for you to do ao be urged his listeners list ners not to think the learning that they get from the books of man will make them the 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