something, and in view of the uncertainty of life to overcome the possibility of plunging them into distress. Whether through extravagance, mismanagement, high cost of living or other causes the salary of the teacher who has a family is entirely absorbed in merely getting along, and he has nothing to invest in national conventions, advanced study or Summer Institutes. It is impossible for him to make educational progress. The man with a family must either develop an independent income, or he must for the good of the system, move out to give room for the single man or the man without a family. I still cherish the hope of being able to develop a little income so that I shall be able to return to my chosen vocation. With Hendersons resignation, James L. Barker of Brigham Young University was chosen as the principal of the Academy at a salary of 2,100. The new principal was also offered the principals home as a residence which was owned by the Academy and could be rented for 30 a month. The studentbody of the Academy continued to grow drawing largely on the population of Weber County. Dedicated faculty members continued to teach long hours and relate with students in a variety of extra-curricular activities. Faculty members were instructed that boys should be called brother rather than mister in and out of class. It was agreed by the faculty that an approved list of places for room and board for students would be posted in the office. In order to be approved, each place would be investigated by faculty members before being placed on the list. In September of 1912, the Academy Board made a request to the Ogden Transit Company that special rates for students be made on Transit Company streetcars. Streetcars on rails made connections between Ogden and many ofthe outlying communities including Harrisville, Farr West, Plain City, North Ogden, and Pleasant View. In October of 1912, the Ogden Rapid Transit Company agreed to offer the following round-trip rates to students of the Academy as well as to students of the public schools of Ogden: Plain City, 25 cents; Farr West, 20 cents; Pleasant View, 20 cents; Harrisville and North Ogden, 15 cents. In March of 1914, the Academy Board approved a registration fee of 12.50 to be charged on an annual basis to students. It was understood by the Board that the payment of fees would admit students to Academy activities. By June of 1914, the Board had assigned a portion of the fees as follows: Acorn 60 cents Student Body 40 cents Lecture Course 50 cents Dances 30 cents Athletics 70 cents This appropriation and distribution of fees in the Spring of 1914 appears to be the beginning of student fees at the Weber Academy. The Academy Board also determined in the Spring of 1914 that a study should be made concerning the possibility of introducing Physical Education courses for girls into the curriculum of the Academy. In February of 1915, the Weber Academy Board of Trustees addressed a letter to the General Church Board of Education requesting the establishment of a two-year college Normal Department at the Academy as well as funds to maintain the new curriculum. It was anticipated that the additions and changes would cost about 15,000. Superintendent John M. Mills of the Ogden public schools also wrote a letter to the Church Board urging the advisability of the Weber Academy taking up normal work. The General Church Board was in favor of the proposal but did not authorize it until January of 1916 when the new department began at the Weber Academy with Henry Aldous Dixon as its first head. Two courses were offered in the Normal Department including the four-year Preparatory Normal course offered to high school students and the two-year Advanced Normal course offered to the college students. The first year of college work in the Normal Course (called the fifth year in the catalog) was offered in the 1916-1917 school year and the second year (the sixth year as designated in the catalog, referring to 4 years of high school and 2 years of college) was offered during the 1917-1918 year. The Academy catalog defined the Normal School work by noting The object of this college work is twofold: to prepare teachers for the elementary grades, and to assist in preparation of teachers for the organizations of the Church. This was an era of growth and change for the Academy. The last courses in the Preparatory Department were offered in 1912, and the first courses in the college curriculum were offered in 1916. College work would quickly become a major focus at Weber as the school began to be called Weber Normal College on February 13, 1918. At the close of the 1920-1921 school year, the first year of high school work was discontinued, and by the end of the 1922-1923 school year, the high school program was entirely discontinued. At the time that the high school work was discontinued there were 530 students enrolled in high school courses, and beginning with the 1923-1924 school year, all courses taught were college courses with 258 students enrolled at Weber during the 1923-1924 school year. The implementation of the Advanced Normal course required new admission requirements and additional curriculum. Students entering the program were required to have taken fifteen units of credit from an approved high school or to take a special examination. The new curriculum for the program included educational psychology, principles of education, review of the common branches, training and methods, educational sociology, and practice teaching. Students who completed the two-year college Normal Course were granted a Normal Grammar Grade Diploma while students who completed only the first year of the Normal Course were presented a Normal Certificate which entitled them to teach in the schools of the county. The Utah State Board of Education reviewed the program and the curriculum and noted that it met all requirements, and the state board also specified that each faculty member teaching in the college department must have received a Masters Degree or its equivalent. Utah State Superintendent of Schools, E.G. Gowans, pointed out that the state board would be the sole judge of equivalency to Masters degrees, and that faculty in the Weber Normal program must not teach more than 20 hours per week. During the spring of 1917, a committee of the Utah State Board of Education conducted an evaluation of the first year of normal training and recommended that the junior college work given last year by the Weber Academy be