CHAPTER III The High School, 1889-1923 When the Weber Stake Academy was first organized, it was primarily a preparatory or elementary school designed for students of advanced ages. However, from the first day of school, January 7. 1889, the Academy did some high school work. A canvass of the first two hundred and one students who registered shows that fifty-eight of them were classified as Academic grade. It should be noted, however, that the first year Academic Course was a review of the common branches. The second year Academic gave subjects which are now classified as high school level. Accordingly, the high school classes of that year may have been small. During the first year, January 7 to May 24, 1889, there were high school classes in: Theology, algebra, physics, civil government, bookkeeping, physical geography, German, theory and practice of teaching, and elocution. The elementary courses taught were: Reading (third and fourth readers), grammar, arithmetic, writing, orthography, geography, physiology, with an elementary and an advanced class in each. A note was made that United States History and vocal music were taught for two weeks during the second term, April 1889. Theology was a required subject in all courses. Non-members of the Church were excused if they desired. No grades were recorded for the year. The size of the classes was not given. In his report to the Board of Education, Louis F. Moench singles out the class in bookkeeping. Fifty students were registered