| Show t t THE BRIGHAM YOUNG ACADEMY I Dotallod Doscrlptlon of Provos Groat Educational Institution The hark of Use Various Grades and Classes the Ortamsalion of the FamIly and of the Students Methodically and Ably Dim sled The Brigham Young Academy was tstabllshcd by President Brigham Young In the ycar 1874 that tho young people of the Church of Jesus ChrUt of Latter day Saints might be taught theology at the same time they were beiiiK taught the arts sciences and professions More than this these very arts sciences and professions were to be taught from the standpoint of religion The one grave defect In our excellent public schools is I thus met 111 is a titled which to every thinking person serious and yet ono for which the wisest education educa-tion ol this or any other generation will find itdiflicult to suggest remedy whie parents hitter so widely in religious belief be-lief I liefTo meet and overcome this great evil t the Individual relationship to God ol the I pupil and the lathers responsibility and dependence are made the foundation j of every study used in every grade A I chair of theology has been established Elder Charles W Fenrose being the present worthy incumbent The plan of i work tor this semester Is I as follows On Monday Elder David McKenzie lectures to the entire school except certain cer-tain grades on the historical nod philosophical philo-sophical proofsof Scriptures Tuesdays Tues-days Wednesday and Thursdays regular re-gular theological classes are held In the various class rooms under the direction of the faculty These lessons are of ant an-t hours duration and the classes are thoroughly graded friday of each alternate t al-ternate week Is I devoted to Priesthood and young ladies meetings when the sexes meet Separately while the Friday morning hour not so used Is I spent as a testimony meeting Sunday school is held regularly every Sunday and b I a working model of what the Sunday schools throughout the Church should be The monthly last meeting is carefully care-fully observed and Sabbath evening meetings are held in the Academy DOMESTIC ORGANIZATION The nll ham Young Academy differs in some ol Us leading features from every otherInstitution of learning This is i not more marked In any feature than in its domestic organ ttlon nih fly carefully examining the arrange mints made for directing the daily file of nonrisldent students It will be seen how impossible it is that any pupil of the six or eight hundred now In alien r dance l can be guilty of wrongdoing without the knowledge ol the locally This domestic organization Is under the management ol Professor G II It IHItnhall To those not residents ol 1rovo it may be necessary to say asa as-a rule the students are domiciled In private pri-vate home lor the most part from two to ten being under one rool but there arc some boarding houses proper which accommodate many more and again several students from one locality not infrequently rent rooms and board e i themselves Provo city and its environments environ-ments has been divided Into lour domestic domes-tic wards Each ward is i presided over by three leading students who correspond corres-pond with the bishops and his two counselors s coun-selors m the regular organization of the Church and they have also a clerk These ofhcers are nominated by the faculty and I sustained by the vote ol the students or members of that domestic ward Each of these ward is subdivided into in-to teachers bealsor dis hats The students stu-dents each and every one are visited at their boarding places by the students called as teachers for that special purpose pur-pose At each boarding place one student stu-dent Is selected as senior to take charge of those boarding there Every Thursday the respective I domestic I tlcE Yt ea J ic tic wards meet in the academv at which meetings the student presidency presides pre-sides under the direction of a member of the faculty who has general supervision super-vision cf the domestic organization The report of the student teachers are given in these meetings as to the mem bers and families ol students in their beats as regards the general moral social and spiritual condition Each senior or head of a boarding house or family of students also reports the con i dillon ot those under his charge on the following points i In regard to their spiritual and moral duties i Their intellectual darts j Environments a Re personal character are made prhotdy to the faculty In theo case ol f any derellcation I of tluty on tin g J aa no r part of a student his fellow students tlv teachers take up a reformatory labor with him and report results 10 the pIe sidency 01 the domestic ward who II I the case is I serious enough lake the matter in hand If the ward presidency Is unable to bring about desired result the matter ts brought orTiClally before th5 tatull Aside Irons Ihe regular weekly met iois spoken 01 monthly nleeOutgs are held for the orTicers of Ihe respeclivn wards w here reports are made too and j Inslructions given hy the presidio I and olher members 01 the faculty When students movelrom one domes tic ward 10 another they are required 10 take recommend which admits Oboes to I the new ward tiers student 1 s required re-quired tube al home alld lit his or her i studies hv cightnclockand it II bllldent is I keown to spend money in tiny bill a legltimale way their parenl or gu uardiau are promptly IIIl0rmd j t Ths IllOrLuh and svslemalicorgan Izaliun enables the faculty tu detect the j hrsl ago 01 waywardness and to d1 with it ai they deem best It also throw t the burden ol discipline upon the stir I dents where II most gncelul y and ellectuall resls en I the elshUitng mid its m era lbeu pOSlllon 01 tall er or in former Is i blotted suits the ofh J il citiics j imposed upon the students ihtmsclvcs It will be readilY understood that I I many tales told ot Brigham Young Academy students arc m impossibility and very largely the com ol brains that love to ex igerate and traduce The students attending the academy arc for the most putt exemplary oung men loud women std those who are not or whcs suddenly acquired frees free-s duos s a to ptation will be so guarded and nl lulptd I J5 to be made sail fti is pos sible The last I monthly report ulll I serve to show how admirably this system sys-tem works Cases ol bad hours none ce of intemperate study over hours ten Cases ol failure to hold regular pray ye irsfive Cases of breakin worJ ol wi dam me of Ua coffee or tobacco lour Uissatlshction with the faculty one Cases of illness Five Chronic poor health 1 > two These facts in a actual numbering over eight hundred speaks > more in the way of commendation for the excellent care taken of these pupils some 01 thelll thousand 01 mles Irolll horn than i volumes written praise NORMAL TRAINING The mighain Young Academv fs I es sentiallys normal training scroll This department numbers Home five hundred students and Is I presided user by 110 lessor George II I r nrmihill lilies Ably Hale an eastern graduate h i principal teacher The quality < il the work done is i best understood when the fact tint there are hundreds teachers gridu ates Irom this depattmtnt now teaching successfully in this i nod the surrounding i h = J I m states territories i and even Olt I Mexico I both in church and disinct schoo AI most without exception tI ee young teachers give llslacllon und it has come to be one prominent Item of prel trance that they be graduates ol the IIrl ham Young Acidemy Herbert Spencer sayithe greatest de lect In the education ol the age is I a allure all-ure to provide fur a course ol Instruction necessary the successful rearing ol children The normal course While embracing all that is I of Individual advantage ad-vantage u n regular collegiate course more nearly approaches this ideal train hug than any other method While Jibe colleglaic course has the same tendency toward Individualism noticeable in the trend of modern edu colion the normal training school has underlying the mere gratificition ol mastering new problems and the Irani 1 crudest beauty which he who disciplines himself by mentlfic study finds in the face of nature ns his sole reward mil through all and above all is the idea ol how that can be made of the greatest possible service to ihe child m his education < edu-cation Ins usefulness happiness and his elerml welfare Till BUSINESS COLLEGE That our young men might enter business < busi-ness hoe thoroughly quipped with all the theoretical practical knowledge necessary to success this department has been emphasized The teachers are eraduales ol Lastern schools of lush rcDuteilheprincp I t Irolessorl II Kiel er is a practical business man and author 01 I the text book now m use which has many advantages over other text books The work done in I the per badly appointed bank and counting house is largely Individuil In hischarac ter and prolickncy depends on Individ sal chlort not class atandiuj In connection con-nection with this depirlmenlare taught Commercial arithmetic civil govern merit business correspondence business penmanship phonograph typewrllmR ante business r fayplvfrom = 5 lPr Leclures every Friday from success lul business men on pertinent subjects such as Value of personal credit Characters of luccessful men Money Mon-ey its uses and buss give a broad view tu the I student The class ol men who have failed in our communities have been those who did not have this practical training The success that is i being made ty graduate from this department Is the highest encomium en-comium of the work No joung manor man-or woman need go cast bar this branch 01 education and tne lime is near at hand when our business oleo anJ via men will be ns widely known for their scientific proficicnc as now for then perfect Integrity DOMESTIC CONOAIV lAs l-As recently reviewed in the column of the Nuws this department is a new feature of the Brigham Young Academy The object of this class is to fit young women for becoming wives and mothers jails Inch proficiency In all the common com-mon branches Is necessary below enter Ing this department HcMdes practical cooking and house keeping care ol the sIck and care of inlantj the phisio logical and moral reasons why arc also taught The class numbers about forty men be rs and is growing in popularlhs wills is fj l lOs slim young ladies Mrs Suva Young Gates Is tile teacher MUSIC Mulc being considered by many as a i mere mailer of ornament and because it requ es sears ol practiceard expense before ihere can be any practical re turns Is one 01 thin last branches 01 cola cation to be earnestly taken up in a new cummon weallh lint muic Is no loner lon-er upon as n great unapproachable unapproach-able ystcrv neither as a luxury but as an essential element 01 culture Irofessor Aulhony Lund tducaled In Germany with a corps of able teachers is making music a pronounced feature of the llrigham Young Academy Among our onng people a great deal 01 abllit Is found ned some talcrt Fen oung ladles are in their third year ol vocal culture and arc able to render Ilecthoven Schilerl and other classics creditably Many students who have no special qujlity or comins1 of voice are doing excellent work in the line ol instrumental in-strumental music are good critics and may become composers Irolsor Lund says be has three miguiliccnt voices in training among the older pupils and the largo class yt ou n voice I i building and gamins H e < gj lty 1 so full ol promise ol excelling in she dime art im sics AND cimuisTK The eight courses in physics and chemistry nfltreu the students of One lineham Young Academy would to credit to a much older and better en Board institution Ilia i our own is ut bite present lime Recently tint department has re moved to mOle snllolla reams uhicli ere being fitted up with I appliances ol the very best kind for carrying on the work New apparatus has been ordered ana ulll be here in lime lor the b gin lung of the second semester All that was In any way out ol order Is bong put in good conoitlnn and every etluri Is I beiu ude l to hive Ihs department conducted in shuns Mennticmi ner that Is requisite for such a large institution There is pethapsno other ciipartiucin here every student fitteil for It has elected to take the next higher course during Hie coming semester The class has shays been well repriscnled as to numbers but this t semester lust closed especially i so there being about forty students Most of these arc young men but there Is a larger percentage c f young ladies who wilt nter the classes for the next In rnly u ceks All the work in thz lower classes whether general or an t Ijllcaluhcthcr theory or cxperimcntil 1 drY rae ren > > Is only I calculated I as a broad solid loundallon to the practical and essential work of tho Usher grades just as wo must firsl acquire the art of reading before be-fore fine points ol literary excellence can be considered The advanced classes will be given course which arc the scipnilfic Insls lor those who Intend to follow such pursuits as electrical engineering mechanical engineering l > hdiin icy or man ilacluring chemistry There latter courses arc intended tots very practical and are therefore largely lab iratory work IleMdcs Urn the able conductor of this departmenlProfessor Stanley fin sllllllo to tlehver Iectures oece a week to the domestic economy jlass on sock sub jean as coordinate with the branches ol horn life to which that class are devoting devot-ing themselves rKrNCIl Ann CKRMr These languages nre taught in all the grades above the boost and a specially li made ol speaking Hum Nothinzis attempted as to the primmnlical const con-st rscnu 1 except that sentences arc alway chen to them 10 good rammatl Ml 1 inrm One ot tlio special diniesof the lingliam Young Academy is to prepare pre-pare mlssionuriesand a speaking knowl edge of theso languages is i deemed the mot necessary alter English because so large a percentage ol the people ot the world sriul them The little ones arc not tied down to ROy one method but the object or natural method prevails They learn the alphabet and reproduce their lessons les-sons from Ihe pruner and story books Ljphmlions arc open made in English when the teacher thInk proper The higher classes arc taking courses tint will prepare the student to enter college as al it is a college requirement English grammar is I seldom understood until the student has studied one foreign language as a basis of comparison To the scholar and scientist a reading know ledge 01 these languages Is i Indls pensible and it l is nol uncommon to find n person capable of translating who can ni1 converse Prof Davis says that many 01 the students m both languages and the various var-ious sections and classes are making Haltering progress In the Academy proper there arc In German seventy eight iluricnti divided into classes A 11 and C Class A is i divided because ol the numbers into section one and two Mrs Young leaching section two Tee French classes are n and C and have not so many students enrolled ulo CLb Sit RllbTORlC AND ORATORY English rhetoric and oratory is one of the departments ol the Academy these classes are presided over by fief N L Nelseii assisted by L E Escrtsom The one first nine is to enable the student to speak English correcllv easily fluently flu-ently and eloquently A great many people who pretend to be grammarians and Indeed can write the Language with tolerable accuracy speak it airoc foully Grammar should be an ever present qualification not a eneensy flttee or lour years are spent in oral work as ninety live out ol every one hundred persons do not compose in any other way Another reason lor laying io much stress on oral work U the patent pat-ent fact that a perfect addrels is of Immense Im-mense advantage to any perfon in any walk of life To be able lo express a thought well is to inlensif Itwhilecrude expression dims it in the mind till it eventually lo > es part ol its significance I In the lower grades it is generally reported re-ported by teachers ol oilier schools i that the language studies are considered itksome nod especially by hops but m i h r Y tlsl il ie the llngham Young Academy there is a marked enthusiasm The teachers ascribe this to the great degree of personal i per-sonal liberty allowed in the choice ol subjects to speak and write about It then becomes a mater of personal development de-velopment rather than a chiseling out ot character to a set model The only stimulus applied is In the nature of contests bclore the assembled Academy lthel bl la 1 where the honor of bring the best and the publishing of ihe best Alien work in the Juvenile Instructor DKSERET NEWS loud other home publications is I the reward Correspondence to newspapers has been encouraged and with marked success suc-cess One thing has been thoroughly Impressed and that is to always have the capacity of the audience for whom you write before you that the article may fit the publication a glove fits Ihe hind It is all extremely practical and the student taking this course find himself able to use good English on all l en dp occasions t In a manner perfectly suited to the occasion KNCLISII LITERATURE Under the able instruction of Miss Alice Reynolds this important branch of education is making rapid progress This sludy Is not only an ornament but does as much perhaps to develop char acler and build up Ihe moral nature as rnb study I except theology So potent is the inlluencc ol a good or bad book that thousands ol people can trace the turning point ol their career to this source To philosophy It adds emotion lo the experience ot one life the experience exper-ience ol a thousand to the wisdom of today the best brought forward from all the ages ot the past There is not enough attention bestowed upon the class of literature allowed within the sacred circle of home Wrong concep lions ot the truly noble wrong ideals false estimates ol the rclallv Import onto 01 results are often created and open are the young woefully led astray ns tu the results following certain Hues ol conduct Once the taste is cultivated and the Judgment formed as to what is worth reading and In the I hands hOfu that person ln h ral the golden key which unlocks the iron casket ol the ages This pedal form of education supplies comp inion ship makes the soul strong prep ires one for emergencies and disasters for great heroisms and the best every day lines gives breadth to the understand log iuslihes the judgment and brentties the very soul of living charily hobo every net of hie MATHEMATICS In the department of mathematics all the grades are interested Three professional pro-fessional teachers arft constantly cm blanch besides several assistants 1Ual zing the value of a good foundation Classen in the eights grade arithmetic are given every semester for those who wish to take the subject and alfiou h no credit is given in the Academy proper pro-per lor this work these classes are mnonf the largest This show that he i sm e it conironted by the exacting demands de-mands cf the higher branches feels the need of a more comprehensive course Ulan that giveu m Ibe district schools given In these classes they or shown not so much how figures ornate d as why they are used AUer revtewing briefly the how students stu-dents study quit thoroughly the deep and important facts which are loo often overlooked as hidden i from their minds by rho tery figures thalshould reveal nvh them Viol this I for a foundaton the sludnts arc thoroughly prepared for alllebra ad geometry and nil succeeding work DUling the lat semcater the lollowing work has been done In the mathematical dilartlllenl three large classes III practical arithmetic one tn commercial a rlhmellc three sections 01 nlltebra A and tO 01 geometry A Theso classes nre mostly nw stndnts and nearly all have sigu fled their intro tion to continue in IIle same hues next semester Classes In geometry Band B-and algebra Chave been doing excellent ex-cellent work The class in trigonometry trigonome-try finished plain trigonometry during the lirst half ol tile semester and lookup look-up descriptive geometry In anal tical geometry after finishing the most important Paris of plain an il Heal geometrv took a short course In solid analytics Tne class in calculus completed com-pleted Uycrlys Uillerentlal Calculus and will go 01 with Integral calculus next semester The widespread idea that Ins gained a foothold In soma educational Instilu lions that mathematics urea very small and much estimated part ol an education find no favor in the lirliham Young Acauenay Its necessity and practical I value in massy walks ot life ore too obvious to need pointing out Besides Be-sides that it is the study of the exact sciences that prevents the Imagmition and emotion from running riot led It Is I the basis upon which all philosophy is built LIThe LI-The pedagogium is the normal society ol the Academy The object of tins association is to nflord Ihe normal sill dents an opportunity to lecture and present suitable subjects In logical form efore an audience One of the most commendable features Is I the sifting of news and seiecihg and clashing the current Items rejecting in their summaries summar-ies all except that which might he considered con-sidered history making Articles on these living sur jecis are writ en and submitted sub-mitted lor cruicim These criticisms are given the same evening that the essay is i read that all may be benefittcd thereby but the prime motive is i that the mind ol the sluJent shall be trained to grasp the salient points reason on and compare them and agree or din agree with the main points at once and be able to tell the reasons why Recreation is also an object and as Ihe organization is i strictly a pupils society soci-ety and under the direction of a member mem-ber at present Charles lirnadhent this object is fully attained lectures lec-tures on pedagogical subiccts are given by the proltssioml teachers and Pro lessor L E Egertsen has general supervision super-vision CLASS ORO VM7ATION Class organization early as to Ihe election ol cfilers who are I elected from the members of the class I Il has been founded lo foster a feeling ol unity and mulual assistance among its members patriotism to tin institution and pride as a class and as to individual record This organization is i conducted strictly by parliamentary law and is governed by a constitution and bylaw 10LbOllICAL SOCIETY This society is almost at present a lecture bureau Every Friday evening this organization has the right and preference pre-ference All balls given by the students ol the Academy proper are under its auspices These bails occur about lour times during tho year The great feat net however is I the weekly leclur Th brihtet minds 01 the Slate and tai yi olhr Itates and territories have lectured I to these students on subjects having a range as wide as science art Iitemlure and national question will cover A cbarge 01 one dollIIIS made for a season ticket which panly defrays the expense incurred KINDERGARTEN To the Brigham Young Academy belongs be-longs the honor of establishing the kindergarten south ot Salt Lake City and It was first to institute a normal training school for kindergarten teachers awarding certificates and diplomas While a great deal has been done lor the little ones placed under tne care ol Mr Craig still that lady says the co operation opera-tion of the I mothers I ns the hone will be necessary to unqualified success Unless the Instructions in neatness kindness cleanliness accuracy courtesy promptness in prompt-ness the and home responsibility life much of be Us emphasized efficacy Is lot these schools will become in time ward and even block necessities I 1IIYSICAL CULTwKE There is a large class in physical culture i rr lure whose members find great benefit and relief In the scientific exerclseslrom the fatigues of mental exertion Those who lake this exercise feel the beneficent benefi-cent elects In the degree of intensity h8 which i they are able lo bring to bear on their studies and the increased vigor ol body and mind Miss Mamie Gates conducts this department sltoi PRACTICE Carpenter work cabinet work sloyd and pocket knife work all come under this head The Inside work of the academy and much ol Its handsome furniture have been made In the shop and by the boys taking this course The founders and promolers designed that the academy should at some future time when means would permit become n perfect industrial I 1 school and such is still the ci intention MEW CLASS For the benefit of the young men and women who have not had the advantage advan-tage of an education and are therefore there-fore advanced in years but backward In learning the Brigham Young Academy takes pleasure in announcing the establishment estab-lishment of a winters course of study to be known as the Preparatory Course beginning I January 4111897 I and continuing continu-ing ten weeks This I course will be under the direction of Elder II S Tanner i laic president of the California mission assisted by other teachers of the Academy Acad-emy Instruction will be given in Reading Read-ing Arithmetic Geography Grammar and Composition Penmanship History and such other studies as may be required re-quired The object ol the preparatory course is i to afford voting people an opportunity op-portunity tinder the most favorable circumstances cir-cumstances of advancing as rapidly as possible with a view of preparing themselves them-selves to pursue regular courses LADIES WORK There is I a well established course in sewmf dressmaking and arl needlework needle-work established In the Dr gham Young Academy Mrs Christina L Young is I the able instructor of this department The first semester is spent by the novice In plain sewing A large assortment of buttonhchs seams gussets bands gathering fine darning and patching etc Is where a visitor can see it Alter this class of work Is I completed the pupil is I taught to draft patterns for plain underclothing In miniature From measure these garments are cut and made and machine work Is I allowed One year Is I usually spent in the dress makng establishment and as much time afterward In needlework as the pupil feels vvillung to spend far there is always something new in this line The class numbers lortyfive and is I divided into classes A U and C When a young lady has finished this two years course of one hour per day five days In the week she will be able to cut and make every garment she or a family might need to wear though not considered a professional dressmaker DRAW INd There Is a very large class of normal uJ uen rd students taking I drawing from the standpoint stand-point ol teaching it Form outline perspective shading etc mare being taught by Mrs C D Young WRITING Writing Is an essemlal feature of a gOod education In fact it Is 1 so obviously obvious-ly essential to every walk of lifo that the study is not confined to any grade age or profession The highly artificial style of teachIng teach-Ing with us arbitrary angles and positions posi-tions regardless ol the physiological dill ercnees of pupils I had almost said victims has given place to the practical practi-cal useful and beautiful based on psychological laws Some teacher who Pad grown tired of the difficult tusk of leaching the slanting spidery characters charac-ters delivered by cramped and weary fingers took the trouble to look at the writing of those whose professlonil work required plain legible penmanship penman-ship and a great deal of It Tills almost al-most invariably was lound to be a smooth round hand nearly perpendicular perpendicu-lar and the muscles of the arm were brought to reinforce ine wear lingers Tnc writer I sits square to etha desk and almost every old theory was discarded In the practical work Nature again instructed in-structed art tu the great advantage ol the latter Prof Pratt thoroughly understands how to teach this essential branch and how to instruct the young teachers lo teach 11 He says that without a thorough thor-ough knowledge of psychology 1 and physiology It is not possible to teach writing correctly All may with care acquire good and legible hands but some who have special solitude in size and shape under Piol Pratis instruction instruc-tion write like copper plate LIBRARY The accumulation of hooks looking lo the establishment ol n library for the Brigham Y sung Acadtmy began only about three vents ago Polo library has no endowment except a yearly lee of one dollar paid by all the students above the grades Tnere arc already some four thousand thou-sand bound volumes on Ihe shelves of the commodious room titled up lor this purpose Last months report shows tint thirty newspapers of which five are dailies are received continuously Twenty seven monthly journals and magaz ncs educational und literary come periodically period-ically Thlltone bound volumes have been purchased cr presented That the smdeuls appreciate and use the library is i shown in the report lor two thousand one hundred and ninety five books were drawn out during the month just past The library opens at 745 a m and closes at 6 pOt on cnool day and opens at 9 oclock and closes at 4 p m on Saturdays Tnere has been a most thorough system sys-tem adopted and the best ol care Is i taken ol volume already in posssession of students When some benevolently Inclined person with plenlyol money desires to build a lasting monument of good he will endow this insiitution wilh the where with to make this library equal to the demands made upon it To have a good library In reach and know how to use it Is a liberal education ELLEN JAKEMAN |
