Show BRIGHAM YOUNG ACADEMY AT PROVO wic WB have received the cie circular for the eleventh academic year 1886 1887 of the brigham young academy of provo our views regarding the usefulness and mission of this institution are well known having been freely expressed on different occasions we are pleased to know that they are shared by the consistent and thinking latter day saints the circular gives a succinct account of its history ito the present but the most practical evidence of its efficiency effic ency and the highly effects ot ol the training it at itaas consists of the excellent charac telof the students tb who have graduated from it A change chang ge ia inthe the construction of the terms haa asis neen made which 1 is s likely I 1 6 0 prove highly advantageous ane academic year it is now divined into two terms cacti to consist ol 01 twenty weeks each term will thus constitute one semester the ensuing one will open on the uth ot ol august and close on the bath of december the second will open on jan 3rd ard 1887 and close on the auta ot may this enables the student to 10 pursue uis studies the whole length of the semester without a break A more compact organization of the academic council board ot instructors instruct Orso and corps of lecturers has been effected whereby tile the harmony ot the system of teaching will be as near per lection as attainable the faculty is composed of teachers of undoubted ability who take pride in maintaining the efficiency of tile the several departments it is pleasing to observe that in addition to the usual branches ot ol scholastic education and besides a thorough moral and religious teaching special attention is given to training the students in industrial habits indeed industry may be classed under the head of morality and withal J a fatherly care is exercised over them outside ot school hours thus students from a distance are surrounded as closely as can be with safeguards peculiar to the home circle that parents in various parts of the territory who purpose sending their children to the academy may be fully informed in relation to terms and accommodations we insert the following extract irom the circular TUITION PAYABLE IN ADVANCE I 1 departments CHARGES FOR FOB 30 20 wl s 15 aks lowks io aks 5 aks preparatory 1400 1100 1800 1400 academic 1600 1050 normal 2000 1600 1050 music at the rate of f 1000 for 20 wee Us ts no refund is to be made except in cases of protracted 1 0 illness terms cash mer ater 11 chand ndoc sc or produce at cash rates BOARDING boarding can be obtained at the of 1300 per week in private families or at the academy boarding house at 21 50 per welk week one of the teachers lias has constant charge of students at the boarding house it has been demonstrated that by forming clubs students can greatly reduce their expenses students entering the B Y A boarding house must pe be pron provided aided with a pillow pair of blankets or quilts and toilet articles all desiring to attend this institution during the ensuing academic year can caa secure half rates over the respective railroads from their home stations to provo by bv applying in time to the principal Priti cipal professor karl G maeser the academy has had a hard struggle tor for existence the public being familiar with the losses it has sustained from a serious casualty by which its resources were greatly crippled it is well worthy of patronage as a purely latter day saint educational institution and with a principal at its head than whom a more devoted teacher of the young does not live parents send along the students 0 |