Show B Y ACADEMY PROVO there have been enrolled during the school year in the kindergarten department pupils 76 school commercial college academic department 26 25 normal department making a total of regular students M I 1 normal course pupils sunday school normal less number counted twice making a grand total of 1219 the report of the theological department shows an enrollment of high priests 15 seventies loo elders Bl ders 87 priests 67 teachers 63 deacons not baptized 85 non members 40 lay JAY members total 1219 by sexes boxes the students stu dente number mates males females 40 two departments have been especially emphasized the dormal dermal including the kindergarten and the training school and the commercial the former alma aims at a thorough preparation of young people academically professionally fessio nally and morally for school work the latt erat the same thorough preparation for commercial pursuits THE NORMAL department entrance to classes in this department la is conditioned by the following requirements applicants applicant must be at gamt fourteen years yeara ot age and must be of f good moral character tuey must sustain a satisfactory examination in those branches usually taught in the eighth grade of a regular graded school an exception to this examination requirement is made where students show marked ability in all excepting two or three of the required branches they are then permitted to enter on conditions and a years time is allowed to work on off these conditions dit ions applicants are admitted without advance credit abe a they are able to pass pan satisfactorily in studies required in the regular course the following named schools have been visited by a committee of the faculty and their to prepare students for the academy because of the excellent work they are doing has been favorably reported they are classed as certificate school and their graduates bearing properly signed ire admitted without entrance examination fiovo city central school J B walton principal Pleasant grove central school jae Jas brown principal american fork central school E W robinson principal lehi lebi central school james anderson principal springville Spring ville central school andrew morgan principal spanish fork grammar school JA reese principal payson central school D H christensen christense n principal ephraim grammar schools school peter greaves principal manti seminary A C nelson principal sanpete stake academy newton noyes principal heuer city central school H M aird principal midway grammar school A wootton principal morgan stake academy george J ramsey Ra maey principal box elder stake academy angus vance priti principal cipal central schools school P P christensen Chrls principal tooele thoele city central school H J principal members of the normal department whose general deport deportment meW in school has been satisfactory and who complete successfully any of the four bearss years courses are entitled to receive at your hands bands the degree of bachelor of pedagogy which to is known as toe the Brig brigham hain young academy degree rhose who successfully complete all the branches of the first year and who show good ability in the training school are entitled to a primary graue certificate and those who complete all the studies ot or both the first anti and second years and also the requirements in the training school are entitled to an intermediate grade graae certificate I 1 recommend that as soon as practicable two years yearb 1 study be required both for the primary and the intermediate grade certificates and that thai special aptitude determine which shall be awarded professionally the require heuts of the primary grade are even greater thau those of the intermediate or grammar and fir the good of the schools I 1 do not think it well to make too tn difference usually made the regular four years courses lead ing to a degree now offered in this department are as follows A course in pedagogy a course to in modern classics a course in physical science and a course in mathematics the first two yeara yean of all of these are the same A two years mechanical course entitling the graduates to a diploma is also offered STUDIES OF THE NORMAL DEPART theology regular lectures by the members of the faculty with the compendium as a text book have been given once a week general meetings are held every wednesday priesthood meetings meetings of the domes tic department testimony meetings and repetition meetings are held biweekly fast day is observed the first thursday in every month once a week during the first semester elder george reynolds give gave in ter te resting eating and instructive lectures on the book of mormon followed during the second semester byeller by Elder david mckenzie on the bible these leo lec tures were highly appreciated and the whole school heartily joined in thank ing the brethren for their labors the aim in the theological studies is 1 to develop the moral and spiritual natures to cause the pupils to appreciate and love virtue and to live virtuous lives and 2 to teach the principles not of the gospel of christ in priesthood meetings instructions are given with special reference to the duties aud and powers of the priesthood THE DOMESTIC organization during the past year some changes were made looking to a more complete organic organization tion of the students in a domestic capacity the city was divided into districts over which an elder and two counselors students were placed to preside and the teachers of each district were called to act as visitors over every boarding house as heretofore seniors preside at the meetings of the domes tic organization the presiding elders report their district a id tho seniors when called on report inear houses the teachers report at the regular teachers meetings in this way the organization tiou is similar to that oi 01 the church very satisfactory reau its nave have been accomplished and useful lessons are given the students in self govern ment students in these branches under the tuition of professors cluff and bramball Brim ball and instructor andelin have made excellent progress we have aimed here 1 to im part professional information 2 to inspire in the students a love lore tor for the literature of the profession and 8 to teach the best beet methods of acquiring and imparting knowledge the members of ithe the class in theory of teaching have written essays on educational subjects subject to which I 1 take pleasure in calling your att eLtion lang languages bages professors whitely and in their courses have lone done excellent work rhetoric philology philo locy and the ancient classics have been espe emphasized A two years course in greek is now offered with special attention paid to now new testament greek I 1 take pleasure in calling your attention to a little pamphlet called specimen compositions written by the rh rhetoric ettric and grammar classes it contains a collection of extracts from prize compositions sent out to the worlds fair and does credit both to the classes and the academy Prof Nels n in addition to his bm class clan duties has baa acted as secretary ot of the faculty and registrar french has been taught by prof phillips and grammar by brother emil maeser and slater sister young science cep through the liberal ampro for apparatus made by you early in the year the classes in physical and chemical sciences have progressed even beyond our expectations the additional appropriation already made lor for next year will sufficiently equip our laboratory for all elementary work dr phillips has done excellent work in ILA all branches of the sciences taught by him and it la Is with feelings of regret that I 1 announce his hie resignation he accepts a position in the churell university iu in salt lake city ane natural sciences under professor wolfe enjoy an importance now BOW in our class exercises they have never had bad belore before zoology and botany have been made full semester aud and a course in biology has ham been added professor wolfe has also taught general history and has labored as an critic teacher in the training school musio music the students in music nave have been under the direction of professor giles for vocal music assisted by ottille ottilie maeser in instrumental music miss mine beck miss lilly roberts and dr huff as special instructors have taught in this department though the growth of this department has been rapid as Is atte attested steu by the excellent concerts given by the choral society in the tabernacle SOle at provo and at salt lake city yet the instructors are not satisfied and ar rane ments are being made looking to a more complete organization and more efficient work the academy band needs special mention both because it is in a new feature and because of the high point of excellence reached by the players As soon as we feel able financially I 1 would recommend that we purchase a full set of silver and brass instruments mathematics the students in mathematics have been in charge of prof cluff assisted by instructor me kendrick we are greatly in need of instruments for the teaching of surveying also models for the practical illustration ol of conic sections 1 am pleased to record the successful introduction of in the academy several at tempts have been made heretofore but with little success owing to lack of room for workbenches workbenches work benches benches we have however during the last semester successfully carried on an elementary course in woodwork wood work under the tuition of instructor emil maeser provisions are already made lo jo increase the capacity of the department by the addition of several more workbenches work benches and the engagement of another instructor tor physical culture and gymnastics under the efficient labors of miss babcock the classes in physical culture have made rapid progress and it I 1 is noticeable that those students who exercise regularly as a rule do better belter work in their other bt udies physical culture is no longer an experiment its use as a school exercise is established i 1 would recommend that as soon as possible a room be fitted up as a gymnasium and that appi apparatus ratus be purchased for more professional work in this line connected with this gymnasium should be a bath or set of baths sufficient to accommodate all the pupils A small fee could be charged tor for their use and thus materially decrease the running expense M 1 I A normal under the tuition of dr hardy assisted by other teachers this course has done much to aid young men in carrying on the meetings of their associations land and in making those meetings highly educational the students stu Jents have h ave as a rule been earnest and energetic in their work and have made excellent progress program for the short abort time the course continues additional studies are offered for next cesi and the time of attendance increased to ten weeks the object being to prepare young men as teachers of members or normal teachers A class in the young liddiea Liadi ea gulde was organized at the beginning of last lasi sem semester tater it has been successfully conducted by prof bramball Brim haJJ ball the aim in this is to instruct the young ladies in methods of conducting meetings according to the direction of the guide sunday school normal course the normal sunday school work begun experimentally at the close of asat semester and organized sed more thoroughly at the beginning of this has been under the tuition of professors cluff Brim brimhall ball and giles As to in the M 1 I olaes class so in this students have come from all parts of the territory and adjoining states and territories instructions have been theoretical and practical for on eh our each day the class resolves itself into a regularly organized sunday school for practice work and on the sabbath through the kindness of the fourth wari wara sunday school which joined us regular exercises have been conducted beginning with next year the course will be increased from five weeks to twenty weeks the object being to prepare normal teachers instead of class teat teachers here the course is under the special direction of the board rf of the deseret sunday school union training school in charge of prof brimhall Brim ball and all the regular teachers of the preparatory school as critic teachers aims to give to the he normal practical a in the principles and methods of teaching already the wisdom of this school is seen in the excellent work done by our graduates and I 1 recommend mend that its efficiency be increased by the pur chase of at needed apparatus and the ex tension of the time required for training purposes the preparatory school which is the training school during the hours of the latter batters lat Is session is conducted as follows fol lowa the first and second grades by miss amy brown the third and fourth grades by miss irene the bath and sixth grades by miss mise mary Woodruff the seventh grade by orestus bean and the eighth grade by miss misa rachel edwards for section A and W E for section B without exception these teachers have labored d gently both an aa department teachers and critic teachers in the trai training ning school the commercial college this department part ment of the academy is in fast becoming popular inasmuch as it meats ft a want long felt in utah by of offering opportunities to the young for thorough preparation in business transactions commercial law jaw aud and typewriting type writing I 1 instructions are given by prof keeler a graduate of the eastman business college ypsilanti Bilanti michigan prof hinckley eastman college dr M H H hardy and instructor E EH H holt both theoretical and practical work Is done banks and offices are fitted up for the latter students of this depart ment are permitted to take any of the studies budles offered in the normal courses without extra charge to accommodate those who cannot take a winter a course a short summer course is now offered complete in itself beginning at the close of school and aind closing before the opening of next year the prospects of attendance next year indicates vint that additional rooms will have to be fitted up for theoretical work one hundred and one students have ben been enrolled this year perhaps double this number will atteno attend next graduates of this department are entitled to a diploma at your hands bands arts the art department has been in charge of prof hafen and slater sister christina young during the second semester meeter se we were deprived of brother hafen a services through a call made upon him to work in the temple at salt lake city H he will continue his labors however at the opening of next year sister young has ban devoted most 0 of her time to ladles ladle work sewing etc classes in cutting and fitting have atoo aim been organized I 1 believe that with ft a little encouragement by the proper arrangement of rooms the art courses course especially drawing and painting can be made as popular as their importance demands societies and associations the Poly society in charge of pro teasers brimhall and eggertsen has offered the students profitable ton lion as well as giving opportunities for acquiring general information and practice in public speaking several noted men among whom was prank frank 0 carpenter have lectured in this society the gium a society uon con ducted by the normal students deals especially on those subjects relating to the professional work of the teach teacher er its meetings have been well attended and much good has haa resulted among the commercial stu students denul the socratic society to is organized fur opportunities for public speaking debuting debating and the discussion of those subjects in 10 which these atu dento are par particularly dicu ticu barly interested the papers published in the academy are worthy of special mention the normal has increased its usefulness by publishing notes |