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Show I THE B. Y. ACADEMY. Next Monday begins the sixteenth , academic year of the Brigham Young Academy and Latter-day Saints Normal Cobege of this city. The term is short for preparation, but it is an old established estab-lished and well known institution, highly honored by the residents of Utah, from Idaho on the north to Arizona Ari-zona on the south, and the states and territories adjoining, as an educational institution, and at this v.rittng woven, tare to say students are making preparatory pre-paratory arrangements to be here on time for the opening. With the view of counteracting the tendency of modern education toward infidelity, President Brioiiam Young did what was in his power to introduce a system of t raining that should include ; the principles of religion. Oat of such a necessity arose the Brigham Young Academy, with AnitAiTAM O. S.moot, Mvkon Taxxeh, W. II. I)l-sexi!'-:k-itv, II. II. Clltf, Lkoxaho E. IIAI'IUXOTOX, Wji. Bkixo-IUT'st Bkixo-IUT'st and Mautiia J. CORAY, as a board of trustees, three of whom, viz: LeoxaiU) E. II ai-.uixutoX, i vVm. Buinouchst and Martha J. Cocky have since died : the vacancies thus created were filled by Don'. C. YoUXO, J. E. TaLmagi:, and John (J. Canxox. In" the deed of trust, executed exe-cuted October 10, 1S75, it is expressly .-ct forth that the Bible and other .-tandard works of the Moi uk.ii church shall be among the regular text books, and that nothing shall tie taught in anyway conllicting with the principles of the gospel, as believed in by the Latter-day faints. Tiie genius ot the institution ;s well dlustr .ted by the si: gle admonition given to its principal, princi-pal, Dr. K a ui. G. Maeslu, when, before be-fore beginning his labors, he c;;lled upon the President for liu.d in.-lrue-tions. "Remember," said he, "not to attempt to teach even aiiihmetic w ith-out ith-out the guidance of the Spirit of iou." Duriiigthe fifteen years of the Academy's existence, this has been the keynote of its labors. The history of the in-itu'nn is one of constant increase of efficiency in its corps of instructors on- the one hand, opposed, on the other, by a series of financial embarrassments meeting it at nearly every step of its progress. From a beginning with but one teacher the faculty has been increased to its present pres-ent number of regular instructors, thirteen thir-teen in all. The school year is divided in two semesters, from August 17, 1800, to December IS, lSitl, and from January Janu-ary 2, lMi- to May 21, 1802, with a midwinter mid-winter vacation of two weeks. The Academy is open to students of both sexes; and offers facilities in all the branches of a common English education as well as in higher studies in language, mathematics and science. Special features are the normal and I commercial courses. Applicants are welcomed at any time, but it is stron jjly urged that they enter, if possible, at the beginning of the academic acad-emic year, or at least at the beginning of a term. Students on entering will be assigned, after a preliminary exam-ainination, exam-ainination, to the department to which thev ajbest adapted by previous train- 1 -1 - V ji I ti'"ii- studies. Tuition, invariably' payable in advance, and no refund allowed except ex-cept in cases of protracted illness. The charges are as follows: Full Semester. Primary B Charts. I Reader. 4.00 Primary A II. Ill Reader 5.0(1 Preparatory I" Reader 10. UO Intermediate Y Reader 15.U0 Academic 20.0(1 Normal 20.00 Kindergarten, per week 2-5 Instrumental music, per term. .. 10.00 Free for Normals. Good board and lodging can be obtained ob-tained at the rate of 3.00 to $3.50 a week in private families. Many students stu-dents prefer to form clubs, and by so doing their expenses can be reduced to half the above estimate. Through the courteous liberality of the Union Pacific Pa-cific and Rio Grande Western railways, students receive ereatly reduce 1 rates. The curri-'uluin includes all tranches usually taught in first class colleges and thorough training in and teaching of theology. It is a thoroughly equipped institution institu-tion of learning both as to the efliciency and ability of its able corps of instructors, instruc-tors, and apparatus and appliances and an honor to our city and an institution worthy the patronage patron-age of the territory at large and to which there is none belter to send our young men and women for an education. |