22 SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT plemented with lectures, experiments and visits to powerhouses. Four hours per week throughout the year. Hoadley's Brief Course in Physics. General Chemistry The non-metallic and the more common metallic elements are studied, and work is given in the balancing of equations and the solving of practical examples. Daily laboratory work is required. Five hours per week, first half year, Hessler and Smith's Essentials of Chemistry. Botany-This course deals with the structure and physiology of plants, germination of seeds, venation, morphology, adaptation, fertilization and classification. Special attention is given to our local flora. Each student is required to present at the close of the year a carefully prepared herbarium of fifty species. Frequent excursions to the hills and canyons. Five hours per week, second half year. Bergen's Foundations and Coulter's Manual of Rocky Mountain Flora. GeologyThe agencies operating at the present time are considered as a preparation for the study of historical geology. Special attention is given to the geology of Utah and the Great Basin, with its well-defined fault scarps, ancient shore fines, salt and saline lakes, etc. The ore deposits of the western states will receive-some attention. Visits to canyons and the collection and determination of rocks are important features of the course. Five hours per week, second half year. Dana's First Book of Geology and LeConte's Elements. ZoologyTypical animals of the different sub-kingdoms are dissected and studied in detail. Much attention will be given to the subject of reproduction, morphology, classification and distribution, with special reference to local fauna. Collection and preservation of specimens. Five hours per week, first half year. Kingsley's Comparative Zoology. PhysiographyThe physical aspects of the earth and its motions in space, the movements of winds and waters and their effects upon climate, earthquake phenomena, volcanoes, and the distribution of plants and animals are considered. Three hours per week throughout the year. Davis' Physical Geography. PhysiologyThe object in this course is to give a thorough knowledge of human anatomy, physiology, and hygiene. The nervous system, the organs of the special senses, and the effects of stimulants and narcotics are specially studied. Each student is WEBER STAKE ACADEMY. 23 required to do some laboratoty work throughout the course. Two hours per week throughout the year. Cutter's Comprehensive Physiology. MATHEMATICS. Arithmetic (Advanced)Required of students who have completed only Eigth Grade arithmetic. Five hours per week first half year. Wentworth's High School Arithmetic. For students completing this course, a special course in algebra will be given. Five hours per week during the second half year. AlgebraRequired of first year's students in the Normal and Classic courses. Fundamental principles, use of parentheses, factoring, highest common factor, lowest common multiple, fractions, equations, inequalities, involution and evolution, theory of exponents, quadratic equations, progression, binomial theorem, logarithms. Five hours per week throughout the year. Plane GeometryRequired of second year students in the Normal and Classic courses. This course includes retilinear figures, the circle, proportion, similar figures, areas of polygons, regular polygons, and maxima and minima. Problems of construction and demonstration throughout. Three hours per week throughout the year. Geometry and Algebra Required of third year students in the Classic course. Open as an elective to others. Four hours per week throughout the year. (a.) Solid Geometry-Lines and planes in space, polyhedrons, cylinders and cones, the sphere, conic sections. First half year. (b.) Higher AlgebraInterest and annuities, choice, chance, continued fractions, theory of numbers, variables and limits summation of series and tests of their convergency, exponential and logarithmic series, determinants, etc., are included in this course. Second half year. Algebra and Trigonometry-Required of fourth year students in the Classic course. Open as an elective to others. Three hours per week throughout the year. (a.) Advanced AlgebraGeneral properties of equations, numerical equations, general solution of equations, and complex numbers. First one-third year.