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Weber Stake Academy first opened its doors for instruction at the LDS Second Ward Meeting House on the corner of 26th Street and Grant Avenue on January 7, 1889. The academy's two teachers, Louis F. Moench and Edwin Cutler, welcomed nearly one hundred students on the first day, and, by the end of its first term, 195 students in all had registered for the school. This monograph depicts the role the LDS church and its leaders played in founding the school, the background of its first educators and administrators and the financial challenges they confronted in operating the school from 1889 through 1894. Letters of appreciation for Louis F. Moench and a bibliography of primary sources are also provided. |
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Show 6 Bishop Robert McQuarrie and the Honorable Joseph Stanford were appointed a committee to find a building suitable for school purposes and to inquire about the purchase of desks and other school supplies. In the meantime, Bishop McQuarrie offered the use of the Second Ward Meeting House. The committee reported as follows: 1. That the second ward meeting house be rented on the terms offered ($300 per year) for the occupancy of the students of the Weber Stake Academy. 2. That directors Flygare, Stanford, and McQuarrie act as an executive committee in behalf of the Board and that they be hereby authorized to build the necessary fences and toilets for the convenience and comfort of the students. 3. That the Secretary of the Board prepare and issue a circular to be circulated among the Saints of the Weber Stake of Zion through the Bishops of the several wards setting forth the object and purpose of the Stake Academy, and to call upon them for financial aid. 4. That the President and Secretary order from the Andrews and Company of Chicago the necessary school furniture (approximately $1000) and they are hereby authorized to give promissory notes in behalf of the Board for payment of said furniture.l The Board of Education through its secretary, Joseph Stanford, sent the following- circular letter to all the bishops of the wards and the superintendents of the Sunday Schools to be read in the ward meetings and in the Sunday Schools of the Weber Stake of Zion; Greetings: We have been desirious through the medium of a circular to call the attention of the Bishops and Saints in the various Wards throughout the Weber Stake of Zion to the necessity that exists for the establishing of an Academy and schools in the interests of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and to solicit your united cooperation in this, a work of great and vital importance. The necessity for such an institution of learning as a Stake Academy will become apparent to every mind on a little reflection. Our graded and common schools controlled principally by Trustees of the people's election, while not admitting of any sectarian or religious doctrines being taught, have generally been controlled by teachers of our faith, who, though being barred from exercising any religious influence 1. Historical Record Weber Stake Academy, pp. 2-3. |
