Show SALT LAKE STAKE ACADEMY auspicious opening of the new latter day saints school crowded with pupils addresses and exercises in the basement rooms of the social hall this morning the opening exercises of the salt lake staka academy took place the school room was filled with students eve every seat being occupied and a member ry of the c committee having charge of the establishment lish ment of the school and the admission of pupils remarked that dozens of applicants had been refused admission because of the lack of room THE SCHOOL ROOM though located in the basement is a very pleasant appart ment the committee have caused it to be newly painted and furnished with desks of the most approved pattern aud and other obber school appliances the floor is nicely carpeted and the apartment as a whole presents a comfortable and attractive appearance there were present resent on the oc occasion cation nearly early a all of the members of the committee attee judge E A smith professor carl G maeser principal of the brigham young academy at provo under whose general supervision the school will be conducted and elder willard done late of the faculty of the same institution who will have the immediate charge of it also a number of prominent elders of the stake the dedicatory prayer was offered by elder taylor after which elder dougall of the committee gave an account of THE ORIGIN of the school the speaker stated that he be had noticed a spirit among our young people which led them to indulge excessively in amusements and light mindedness and that this state of had been deprecated by our leaders the speaker had concluded that this condition among our youth was largely due to a lack of proper instruction st and educational advantages such teachings as were required could not be imparted in the district schools and the speaker was led to favor the idea of a school modeled af after ter the brigham young academy at provo this suggestion was laid before the general authorities of the church and of this stake was canvassed thoroughly leand and finally it was determined to make the attempt to establish such a school as had been talked of by request the speaker had led in the effort to secure a subscription of sufficient means to purchase purs base desks fixtures etc and had been very successful the use of the SOCIAL HALL had bad bean been given and a committee had been formed to take charge of the enterprise ter prise the services of prof karl ghaeser maeser had bad been secured to superintend the school and have a general oversight of it 1 elder A E hyde addressed the as As a member of the committee he had been very much interested in the labor of fitting up a room suitable lor for this school and it was with pride and satisfaction that he be viewed the results of the labors of the committee he exhorted the pupils to observe good order diligence in their studies and obedience to their teachers elder francis cope next spoke he regarded this day as a very auspicious one for the youth of this stake provo and logan had bad each a school of this character but here in this city where we have more opposition thin than anywhere else in the territory we have too long lone delayed the establishment of such a school as this the speaker remarked that only a commencement had bad been made and was of opinion that had bad existing facilities permitted a much more extensive 8 school boo 1 might have been started and that it will be found necessary within a few months to add other departments sister zina D young expressed her her DEEP JOY and gratitude at witnessing the present occasion and at the prospect now opening that the youth of this stake would be permitted to enjoy the educational opportunities that have been offered to the young people of provo and logan she concluded by giving some excellent advice to the pupils in attendance sister E S taylor expressed sentiments me ats similar to those of sister youn young she thought that in this city our ceif children greatly needed such a school as this to counteract the avil influent influences ces that were s spreading among them and which wre fraught with such su ch danger to their spiritual welfare the speaker with great earnestness expressed her joy at witnessing the inauguration of this school elder john nicholson gave expression to a hearty sympathy sympathy with the movement out of wh which ch this school has grown he regarded it as the OFFSHOOT OF A w planted heretofore by president brigham young the founder of the academy of provo after which this school is modeled the speaker referred to the character of the schools in which the children of the saints have heretofore been taught as unlit unfit for them a knowledge of god not bengi bengl permitted to lie be taught them he paid a warm tribute to the zeal faithfulness and devotion 0 of brother karl G maesar in the cause of education edu catian catlan among the youth of zion elder taylor remarked that though infidelity had not been actually taught to the children of the saints in the common schools there had bad been in the latter an utter absence of all ail instruction relative to god and the gospel the speaker felt that blame rested upon the authorities of the different wards and stakes in that they had not been more prompt and energetic in establishing tab lishing schools wherein spiritual truth could conid be imparted to our young people the speaker WARMLY COMMENDED the present movement and spoke of the earnest endorsement it had bad received from the general authorities both ol of this stake and ot of the church the chairman of the committee next spoke lie he briefly reviewed the history of education during the early years of settlement in this territory he bad attended school in those jays days and knew that many of the teachers labored faithfully mania for r the spiritual as well as educational welfare and progress ot their pupils but today to day in our common schools school no menton mention is made of god while the sectarian schools among ab are supported by funds that are raised by means of misrepresenting the faith and practices of the latter day saints and hence members of the church who patronize them endorse the falsehoods which those engaged in conducting these schools cause to be circulated about our people he praised the labors of the committee in founding the school and in fitting upson up so nicely icely and comfortably the school room he also eulogized the work of brother masser who for so many years ha had d labored with such self sacrifice and devotion in the cause of the highest kind of education for the children of the saints elder A E B hyde of the committee explained to the pupils that it would be necessary for each of them to be subjected to AN examination to ascertain it t all were sufficiently clenty advanced to enter this the intermediate department the speaker intimated that a primary department would shortly be established ane chairman of the committee then arose and in a formal manner turned over the school to prof karl G maeser whereupon the 1 latter proceeded to address the pupils present in an eloquent and touching manner he stated that they would be taught correct principles with the expectation pec tation that they would govern themselves la in accordance therewith Hs sald said that in order to insure success in their studies the pupils would require every day two kinds of preparation the first was familiarity with the lessons assigned for the day this kind of preparation was required and was observable in the schools of the world bu the other was wan not it consisted in the possession of the holy I 1 spirit obtained by prayer unless a pupil should have both of these preparations his or her labors for the day would be a failure in this school the speaker himself notwithstanding the long years of experience peri ence he had had bad in the school room felt that he could never succeed in his labors a a teacher on any single day without these preparations he told the pupils that after they had passed the examination for admission and when they came to register their names each one of them would be put pat upon his or her WORD OF HONOR to be at all times truthful in reports and statements tand land obedient to the rules of the school after they have thus given their word of honor their statements will invariably be accepted as the truth without doubt or question their declarations and reports will under all circumstances be acce accepted ted as gold coin is until there shall oe evidence that they have spoken falsely when a pupil shall be so convicted he will be privately spoken to by the teacher and told that his word can no longer be rece received I 1 ved a and ud that tha t he I 1 is 8 a MORAL BANKRUPT his deplorable condition in this regard will be pointed out to him in kindness and an opportunity will be given him to repent and make restitution failure to do this will be followed by expulsion from the school the speaker stated that there was one thing that would be strongly dis countenanced among the pupils which was the ridiculing of a student by others because he had made a mis take if any of the pupils were so smart as never to make a mistake this school was not f founded for them the speaker gave the pupils somin som in regarding their 0 nt summing cummin up by saying th that any aca unworthy of a true lady or gentleman would be a violation of the regulations of the school he closed by introducing THEIR TEACHER brother willard done who addressed the school briefly expressing ex the necessity that the faculty faculty be supported by the faith and prayers of the pupils and their parents some further remarks were made by the principal and the chairman of the committee regarding details relative to the conduct of the school when a noon recess was taken the afternoon was occupied in examining pupils organizing classes classe sete etc the day marks an auspicious era in the cause of education amono among the youth of this stake of zion |