Show CS N N 7 M atta a 0 P t r P W 4 ewt WW al ys P P by MRS WILLIAM CHADWICK continued from last week MORGAN STAKE ACADEMY the morgan adorian stake academy opened december 3 1888 with albert N tollestrup principal the school was housed in the upper room of the county court house and later in one or two rooms downstairs the subjects taught were theology the new testament book of mormon grammar and composition arithmetic geography reading united states history physiology bookkeeping r penmanship and music the school year was divided into first and second semesters mutual confidence and affection were specially prominent between teacher and pupils mr tollestrup loved his work and his pupils and he received love and unbounded confidence in return the fundamental principles of the latter day saint education were plainly marked viz a religious foundation consisting of reverence for and obedience to the revealed word of god and a living testimony of the divinity of the latter day work special stress was also laid on the need of forming habits of integrity honor truthfulness chastity and love home social parties were encouraged and many happy times were enjoyed in this way by teacher pupils and parents dancing parties were held in the school building once a month these were conducted under the auspices of the school and only persons of good moral character were permitted to attend all dances opened by prayer and commenced at 8 p m and closed at 12 P al A literary organization known as the Poly society was formed this society held meetings once in two weeks to which the public was invited lectures readings debates and musical exercises were given the school year opened november 4 1889 at the opening of this year four normal students were appointed to assist the principal in the government and teaching of the school each of these students taught two classes per day the normal students were joseph S welch amelia francis hopkin walter E tollestrup and hannah grover hegsted these students received special normal training to assist them in their work the normal training was given by principal tollestrup a and nd dr karl G maeser and dr jos M tanner who made short visits to the school for this special purpose in connection with teachers institute in march 1945 morgan county achieved the distinction of being the first county district in utah to be completely consolidated at that time the devils slide school was closed and the students were transported along with all other students in the county to the central school in morgan this means that of the students of morgan are participating in a program of consolidation which is more complete than any system in the united states mary alary L welch was appointed matron many beautiful lessons that are dear to tp a girls heart were given by her in a vicy very humble Tway way t th at vas josf effective 1 e the discipline of the school was maintained by means of the honor system students were taught the sacredness of their word of honor until it was easy to abide by it bro maeser told us that the lord sent bro tollestrup Toll estrop to us and we felt that he did so and that he also sent with him a rich endowment of his holy spirit for that spirit seemed to characterize all of the work of the school said mrs hannah G hegsted the following set of rules was presented to the school by the church board of education of morgan stake A As s the board of education of the morgan stake of zion are desirous that our school shall in every respect be worthy of the name it bears we wish the students to comply with nath the following vales 1 the use of tobacco and liquors is prohibited among the students of the academy 2 all students should attend at least one sacramental meeting each sunday 3 students should be at home by 9 every night except sunday night and by 10 on that night 4 students of the academy will be given the privilege of attending four foul dances each terra term two of which will be given in the school room by the board of education W G SMITH MUTH pres of board CHARLES A WELCH secretary following is the list of charter members of the school oluf B anderson thomas W butters alma bertoch martha bertoch charles H criddle edw W criddle william coolbear elizabeth coolbear alvin Cool coolbear beak emeline crouch el loretta chapin lillie compton albert D dickson mary S dickson alfred ellingford arthur francis amelia E francis lavina francis eliza francis henry fry richard R fry james florence willard E gibby alberte gibby charles giles william giles minnie giles albert giles franklin geary agnes geary della delia grover eliza A heiner adelgunda heiner clara heiner roswell heiner anthony heiner george A heiner alfred hemming isabelle hogg charlotte hemming evelyn harding minnie Hay haywood Nood sarah hogg jesse C little ester phillips joseph littlefield john R porter olive porter hyrum K porter jarad rock lucy robison maggle maggie robison william robison david robison annie smith joseph smith william smith david smith amanda smith james H taggart george A taggart jessie taggart james taggart alice taggart james tucker sarah turner alfred turner hannah turner rebecca octave ursenbach charles jessie walker fanny wells joseph welch chrissie wells first graduates are as follows robert H giles george theron taggart jesse C dark clark horald dark clark elmer G waldron lena francis jesse taggart mary giles mary alary mecham disc heiner lula grover leone coolbear luella little and louica waldron continued next week |