Special Lectures. A course of lectures is given under the auspices of the Academy. The following specialists and eminent speakers were secured, 1902-1903: Prof. Maud May Babcock- two lectures: "Shakespeare's Women." "Monsieur Beaucaire." Dr. Joseph M. Tanner: "What Can an Education Do for Me." Brigham H. Roberts: "The Basic Principle of the Brotherhood of Man." Prof. S. H. Clark, University of Chicagotwo lectures: "The Interpretation of Literature." "Ulysses." Prof. Benjamin Cluff, Jr.: "Travels in Central and South America." Prof. M. Marshall: Westminster Abbey, Illustrated. Prof. Wm. M. Stewnrt: "Moral Effects of a Practical Education." WEBER STAKE ACADEMY HISTORICAL. In 1888, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints established the present system of Church education; and, in order to foster religious training among the young, President Wilford Woodruff, in a letter addressed to several presidents of Stakes, urged the appointing of Stake Boards for the establishing of Church educational institutions. In accordance with this request, the Presidency of Weber Stake organized a Board of Education, consisting of the following members: Lewis W. Shurtliff, president; Counselor Charles F. Middleton, Counselor N. C. Flygare, Hon. Joseph Stanford, Prof. Louis F. Mooench, Bishop Thomas J. Stevens, Bishop Robert McQuarrie, and Bishop David McKay. Bishop Stevens having since died, Bishop John Watson has been appointed to succeed him. Through the efforts of this board, the Weber Stake Academy was established. Temporary quarters were secured in the Second Ward Meeting House, Ogden, where the school was formally opened January 9, 1889, with Prof. L. F. Moench as principal. The attendance, though small at first, rapidly increased; and it was found necessary to secure better accommodations. In 1891 the erection of a suitable school building was commenced; and in the fall of 1892, the present home of the Academy was ready for occupancy. In response to the demands of the times, more advanced studies have been gradually added to the curriculum; and the school is now prepared, through the increase of its faculty, to do thorough work in all the courses offered. Additions and changes in the buildings and grounds have also been made from year to year, making the school strictly modern and up-to-date in every respect. _ LOCATION. Ogden, Utah's Great Railroad Center, is ideally situated near the junction of the Weber and Ogden rivers. The lofty Wasatch mountains and the famous Ogden Canyon, just east of the city, afford excellent opportunities for the study of