16 SEVENTENETH ANNUAL REPORT LABORATORY. The Laboratory is well equipped with apparatus to illustrate the courses offered in physics and general chemistry. The most important items are a Winhurst electrical machine, a Becker analytical balance with weights of precision, a Ruhmkorff coil and moveable coils electric motor, Wheatstone bridge, rheostat, Geissler tubes, lifting and force pumps, adjustable inclined plane, galvanometer, electromagnet, sonometer, lenses, and chemical thermometers. The cabinet contains a fair collection of gold, silver, lead and copper ores, and concentrates from the leading mines and mills of Utah; specimens of the more common rocks and minerals, and a number of cretaceous and tertiary fossils. One section contains a number of stuffed birds and mammals, and a variety of Utah species preserved in alcohol. During the past year a representative collection of marine forms was added. STUDENTS' EXPENSES. Tuition is free. An entrance fee of ten dollars, payable in advance, is charged all students. For the Commercial Course, an additional fee of ten dollars is added to cover the extra expenses involved in giving this course. Students taking laboratory work in chemistry or physics are charged an incidental fee of two dollars, to cover the cost of chemicals and other material used. In zoology this fee is one dollar. Board and lodging can be obtained at from two dollars to four dollars per week. By students' renting rooms and boarding themselves, these expenses may be reduced. WEBER STAKE ACADEMY. 17 ADMISSION. The Academy is open to students of both sexes, and of all nationalities and religious denominations. Candidates for admission must be of good moral character, and signify their intention to keep themselves in harmony with the spirit and teachings of the institution. Students are admitted at anytime, but it is to their advantage to enter at the beginning of the academic year. The entrance requirements may be satisfied by the presentation of certificates, or by examinations as follows: a Admission on Certificate. Students presenting a certificate of graduation from the eighth grade of the public schools will be admitted without examination to any of the Academic courses. Students beyond public school age who are deficient in some of the studies of the grades, will be given special consideration. No student pursuing the higher courses shall be per-mitted to register for more than twenty hours work per week, nor shall changes in registration be granted, except by special vote of the faculty. b. Applicants for admission to the Preparatory course must present to the committee on credentials and entrance examinations, satisfactory evidence of their promotion from the seventh grade of the public schools, or pass an examination in the studies of said grade. c. Applicants for admission to the Missionary Course must present a CALL signed by the First Presidency of the Church. A recommend from the Bishop of the Ward will be accepted until the letter from the Church can be obtained. d. For the entrance requirements of the Night School, and Sunday School Courses, write to the principal, or see later announcements.