10 SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT friends and patrons of the school. The class of 1903 deserves special credit for contributing a number of valuable books on theology, and the Olympian Society for furnishing the standard magazines. 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 Lind coil, electric motor, Wheatstone bridge, rheostat, Geissler tubes, lifting and force pumps, adjustable inclined plane, galvanometer, electro-magnet, 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 ferns 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 chemistery or physics are charged an incidental fee of $2.00 to cover the cost of chemicals and other material used. In zoology this fee is $1.00. Board and lodging can be obtained at from $2.00 to S4.00 per week. By students' renting rooms and boarding themselves, these expenses may be reduced. SOCIETIES. Two societies are maintained by the students of the Academy, in which earnest efforts are made to cultivate a literary spirit, and to develope accurate thinkers and ready speakers. The Olympian society, conducted by the young men, furnishes opportunity for WEBER STAKE ACADEMY. 11 practice in oratory, in debate, and in parliamentary procedure. The Edina society, conducted by the young women, is organized for the study of literature. During the last year special attention was given to the study of great artists and leading English authors, COURSES OF STUDY. The following courses of study are offered for 1903 1904: 1A one year's Preparatory Course. 2A two years' Commercial Course, A four years' Classical Course. 4A four years' Normal Course. GRADUATION. Students will be given certificates on the completion of the preparatory course as herein prescribed, and diplomas on completion of either of the higher courses. For regular diplomas a charge of Three Dollars, in advance, will be made. The standing of students in studies pursued is determined from the daily records of recitations, reviews, and final examinations. No student shall, receive credit towards graduation in any study in which the percentage of excellence falls below 60; nor shall any student be graduated who does not attain an average of 75 per cent in all studies included in the course. Since changes may be necessary from year to year, students who register for any course will be permitted to graduate in the course as laid out in the annual of the year in which they register. PREPARATORY COURSE. PER WEEK. Theology. ......... Three-quarter Hour Recit. 5 Arithmetic........................................... " " " " 5 Grammar........................................... " " " " 5 Orthography........................ One-quarter " " 5 Penmanship.......................................... " " " 5 Drawing........................................ Three-quarter " " 2 Reading..................................................One-half " " 5 Geography.............................................. " " " 5 United States History .............. " " " 5