26 FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT in Genung's Outlines of Rhetoric, and in connection with some of the following: Webster's Bunker Hill oration, Goldsmith's Deserted Village, Dicken's Christmas Carol, etc. Five hours per week throughout the year. Literature-A critical study of choice selections from the works of Gray, Burns, Wordsworth. Shelley, Coleridge, Byron, Scott, and Tennyson. Special attention given to the influence of the Lake School on Literature. Three hours per week throughout the year. History of English Literature.The history of English Literature will be carefully considered, and several classic productions of leading English authors studied. Painter's History of English Literature as text. Three hours per week throughout the year. Composition work will be required in connection with all the courses in English. NATURAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE. Physics.This course deals with the physical properties of matter, physical units of measurements, mechanics, sound, light, heat, electricity, magnetism, and physical theories. Lectures, experiments, and visits to power houses. Wentworth and Hill's Physics. Four hours per week throughout the year. General Chemistry.The aim is to give a general knowledge of the science of 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 problems. Daily laboratory work is required. Remsen's General Chemistry, Briefer Course. Four hours per week, first half year. WEBER STAKE ACADEMY. 27 Qualitative Analysis.The work in this course consists of the analysis of salts, solutions, minerals, mineral waters, etc. Considerable blowpipe work is also given. Explanations and reports. Noyes' Qualitative Chemical Analysis. Given as an elective. Four hours per week, second half year. Zoology.The aim in this course is to give a general view of the animal kingdom. Typical animals are dissected and studied in detail. Effects of environment, morphology, classification, and distribution receive attention. Needham's Elementary, and Orton's Comparative Zoology. For reference, Packard's Advanced Course. Five hours per week, first half year. Botany.The course in Botany deals with the structure and physiology of plants, germination of seeds, venation, morphology of parts, adaptation, fertilization, and classification. Special attention is given to the systematic study of our local flora. Each student is required to present at the close of the year a carefully prepared herbarium of fifty species. Coulter's Text-Book of Botany, and Coulter's Manual. Bailey's Plants and Vines' Text-Book of Botany for reference. Five hours per week, second half year. Geology. This course deals with the development of the earth and its inhabitants. The agencies operating at the present time are considered as a preparation for the study of historical geology. The "Great Basin," with its well defined fault-scarps, shore lines, alluvial cones, saline lakes, and ore deposits, receives special attention. Dana's Revised Text Book of Geo-logy. For reference, Le Conte's Elements and Dana's Manual. Four hours per week, second half year. Physiography.The physical aspects of the earth, its place and relation in the solar system, movements