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Show The high school courses taught, as shown by the teachers' recorded grades were: Theology, rhetoric, English literature, algebra, general history, civil government, political economy, physical geography, physics, botany, zoology, psychology, teaching, bookkeeping, phonography, typewriting, music, drawing, German and advanced physics. Elocution was given both in the high school and in the preparatory. The graduates for the year were: seven from the two year normal course and four from the commercial course. During the year 1897-98, the Weber Stake Academy offered a three year high school course, a two year commercial course, a one year commercial course, two year preparatory course, and a short term Sunday School course. The high school course was scheduled in four subdivisions: a three year normal course (one year review, two years high school), a four year normal course (one year review, three years high school), a three year course in general science, and a three year course in letters. There were two hundred and six students registered that year. The classification as to grades is not given. Forty-two students received final grades in at least one high school subject. The ages of the students were given as follows: five under fifteen years, ninety-eight from fifteen to eighteen years, seventy-four over eighteen years, and twenty-nine ages were not given. The graduates for the year were three from the normal course and eight from the commercial course. For the year 1898-99, the review of the common branches was eliminated from the normal course. The courses listed in the catalogue were: a four year normal school course, a three year normal course, a three year literary course, a two year commercial course, a one year course in phonography and typing, a two year preparatory course designated as |