the year. Because of financial difficulities numerous L.D.S. Academies and Seminaries closed during this period, and in August of 1894, the First Presidency noted that plans for a church university were withdrawn and full support should be given to the University of Utah. The Weber Board of Education continued to ask for assistance, noting that the institution may have to close if financial support was not forthcoming. Faculty members were owed back salaries, and many students owed tuition fees. In the Fall of 1894, Louis F. Moench was reappointed principal of the Academy and he remained in that position until the Spring of 1902. During this period of time, he helped to move the school to a sound base both in terms of curriculum and finance. When Weber Stake Academy first opened its doors in January of 1889, it was primarily as a preparatory or elementary school. Although other courses were offered most students, both under age eighteen and adults were enrolled in the preparatory course. Of the 192 students enrolled in the 1896-1897 school year, 70 were over eighteen and 93 were from fifteen to eighteen. Only 20 students were enrolled in the high school courses. The first class of high school graduates to receive diplomas did so on June 11, 1896 when three students graduated. Prior to this date commencement exercises were held and certificates granted to some who had made achievements. It was not until 1895-1896 that Weber Academy was officially recognized as a high school by the Church Board of Education. The movement to a high school curriculum and the gradual elimination of the preparatory school curriculum was in harmony with trends in Utah and on the national scene. The number of preparatory students gradually declined at the Weber Academy over the next decade from a high of 150 in 1896-1897 (42 high school students and 11 graduates) to 25 preparatory students in 1911-1912 (456 high school students and 40 graduates). The Annual for 1897-1898 listed the following course offerings: 1. A two year preparatory course (designated as 7th and 8th grades) 2. A two year commercial course 3. A three year Normal course (qualified one for a Grammar Grade certificate) 4. A four year Normal course (qualified one for a High School certificate) 5. A three year course in General Science 6. A three year course in Letters. Academy enrollments gradually increased to a high of 294 students in 1901-1902. The high school curriculum and the increase of students both demanded an increase in the faculty. In the Fall of 1895, William Z. Terry was employed. Dr. Terry would teach intermittently at Weber for a period of forty-one years until his death in 1962. Dr. Teny taught ancient languages and mathematics and organized the first debating society at the institution on December 5, 1895. In the Fall of 1896-1897, Dr. John G. Lind began his four decade teaching career at Weber Academy where he taught physics, chemistry, geology, physical geography, and Latin. An indication of a typical teaching day for a faculty member is Linds class schedule for 1898-1899. School began at eight in the morning and usually ended at four in the afternoon with forty-five minutes in each class period. Linds teaching schedule, beginning in the morning included: Latin I, chemistry, geology, Latin II, physical geography, physics, zoology and physiology. Linds tenure at Weber was continuous from 1896 to 1938 with the exception of the three years (1907-1910) he spent at the University of Heidelberg, Germany where he received his Ph.D. in 1910. Lind and Terry are representative of the scores of faculty members during Webers struggle for survival who have dedicated themselves to education and who have influenced hundreds of students. As with many private schools, finances for the Academy continued to be a problem. Tuition money from students and donations from Weber Stake members provided operating funds for the school which were supplemented by funds sent from church headquarters through the Church Board of Education. Weber Stake officials, sensitive about the local situation, continued to put pressure for funds on the Church Board of Education. An example of this pressure is contained in the October 23, 1894 letter which read in part that without general church assistance the Academy would be forced to close. By the summer of 1895 only 15 church schools remained in operation of the 40 that had been started over the past decade. On August 12, 1895 the Weber Academy was granted 2,500 by the Church Board for the 1895-1896 school year, and for the 1896-1897 school year the Weber Academy was granted 3500. In February of 1897 church school superintendent Karl G. Maeser reported to church president Wilford Woodruff that there are three stake academies that henceforth should be definitely recognized as high schools and have their charters changed accordingly. This step is appropriate on account of the work done by them and the influence they are exercising. These Academies are the Stake Academies at Ephraim, Preston, and Ogden. 26 In June of 1897 President L. W. Shurtliff and Principal L. F. Moench applied to the Church Board of Education for College status for the Weber Academy. On the motion of President George Q. Cannon the application was tabled. The Weber Academy was granted high school status on August 5,1897 with the stipulation from the church board that the change did not require any additional appropriation. Early in 1898 Weber was given a calendar year appropriation of 2000 by the Church Board, but on March 29, 1898, the 2000 appropriation was reduced to 1000 with the other 1000 given to the L.D.S. Business Department which was beginning to function as a college in Salt Lake City having recently been separated from the L.D.S. College. The appropriations for 1899 from the Church Board of Education were: B.Y. Academy, Provo 11,250 L.D.S. College, S.L.C 3,600 Brigham Young College, Logan 1,800 Weber Stake Academy, Ogden 900 Sanpete Stake Academy, Ephraim 900 Diaz Seminary 450 21,000 Under the direction of Mormon Church Presidents Lorenzo Snow and Joseph F. Smith, the Mormon Churchs financial status gradually improved. By the 1901-02 school year 75,950 was appropriated for church schools with the Weber Academy receiving 5,000.27 The Weber Stake Board of Education was charged with wise and prudent use of funds for the Academy as well as making certain that the Academy survived and flourished. Board minutes relate ongoing