statement of their standing may be furnished them by the faculty submitted and approved by the Board. The Weber Stake Board also determined the tuition charges for students: preparatory department 3-00, intermediate department 4.50, and academic department 6.00. All tuition charges were for a term of ten weeks. Tuition for the Weber Academy fell within the scale suggested by the Church Board of Education so that education would be so inexpensive it will be within the reach of the humblest in the land. As the opening day of school approached the curriculum was organized and advertised. In the Preparatory Department or Fourth Reader grade the students were to study theology, reading, grammar, composition, orthography, arithmetic, geography, penmanship, hygiene, and vocal music. The Intermediate Department or Fifth Reader grade included the following studies: theology, reading, grammar, composition, orthography, arithmetic, geography, penmanship, United States history, and vocal music. The curriculum of the Academic Department included: theology, elocution, rhetoric, physiology, philosophy, botany, zoology, geology, algebra, surveying, astronomy, book-keeping, and vocal music. Emphasis was placed on the teaching of theology. The Board mandated that: There will be a theological department established in the Academy, especially for the inculcation of religious principles. The prospectus which is just issued announces that this organization will be conducted strictly in accordance with the spirit and letter of the Gospel of the Son of God as revealed to his servants, the prophets, and will be under the special care and supervision of the Stake Board of Education. Students under this organization will be tabulated according to the grade of Priesthood which they hold in the Church and opportunities given to act in the capacity of their calling. The Academy was to be opened to male and female students as well as to all nationalities and religious denominations. The Academic Department was designed for students who had received previous schooling. The first year was a review year of the common branches (elementary grade level) and the second year was on the high school level. Students taking the normal course were enrolled in the academic department and were involved in training to become school teachers. The opening day of school for those associated with the Academy was January 7, 1889- About one hundred students congregated in the Second Ward Building and the day was taken up with speeches and music. All of the members of the Weber Stake Board of Education spoke as well as Apostle Franklin D. Richards and six other prominent men of the community. After the morning and afternoon sessions of speakers, ninety-eight students were enrolled for the first term. During the term the enrollment grew to 171 students. This term ended on March 15, and the second term began on March 18, and 137 students eventually enrolled for the second term. Two assistants, Edwin C. Cutler and Lorenzo Waldram, were hired to help teach the students. Salaries of these assistants were set at 70 a month. On March 1, 1889, the General Board of Education appropriated 500 to aid the Weber Academy; and on March 27, Karl Maeser, General Superintendent of the Church School System, visited the Weber Academy and made some specific suggestions to the Weber Stake Board of Education. The issue of purchasing land and erecting school buildings was discussed as well as a territorial examination for teachers so that qualified teachers could be properly certified. Professor Maeser suggested that he favored having one good lady teacher in each academy and that a music teacher was a necessity. He noted that the Weber Board should feel very good about the beginnings of the Weber Academy. During the first academic year of operation (January 7 to May 24,1889) 196 students registered for classes with 36 in the Preparatory Department, 66 in the Intermediate Department, and 59 in the Academic Department. Thirty-five students attended but did not specify a department. The registration of the students also listed a summary of ages: 66 students were over 18 years of age; 53 from 15 to 18 years; 63 under 15 years; and 14 with no ages given. From the beginning training for teaching (the normal course) was an important part of the curriculum, and during the first year a course in the theory and practice of teaching was offered. Priesthood meetings were held after school on a regular basis for both students and faculty. The school choir with a membership of 28 practiced twice a week. The ladies department encouraging fancy work met usually two times a week. Testimony meetings were a weekly happening with about 25 individuals offering religious testimonies at each session. A Polysophical Society was organized with meetings usually held on Friday evenings. A schedule of the lectures for the first season includes the following: Date (1889) Title of Address February 25 March 1 March 8 March 22 March 28 April 5 April 12 April 19 April 27 May 3 May 10 Rome Rome (continued) Book of Mormon Work Done by Students of the Academy Last Term The Character of Christ as a Man The Responsibility and Promise of Your Generation Success Benefits of Belief1 Temperance Parks and Palaces of London America Past, Present, and Future Given By Louis F. Moench Louis F. Moench Joseph Parry Hon. Joseph Stanford Karl G. Maeser Judge R. K. Williams Judge H. H. Rolapp Supt. E. H. Anderson Scott Anderson Ephraim Nye Louis F. Moench The theology classes stressed memorization of scriptures, and Professor Moench was very pleased with the students and the curriculum. In a report to the Weber Stake Board of Education, he also noted, We also made it a special duty to exercise a particular watchcare over the students from the districts. First to see they retired at the proper hours; secondly that they did not fall into bad company; and thirdly that they attended to their duties in the church. The large majority of the students attending the Academy came from Ogden City with about twenty percent coming from Huntsville, Mound Fort, Lynne, Eden, Plain City, Hooper, Harrisville, Riverdale, Kanesville, Marriott, Brigham City, and one student from St. Johns, Arizona. Closing exercises for the Academy for the first year were held on May 24, 1889 with speeches by prominent community leaders including Nathan Tanner, Lorin Farr, Thomas Champnese, and Mosiah Hall. The school choir performed several numbers, and following the examinations given later in the day the academy was closed until the