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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 41 Chapter XI The Weber Stake Academy was not in session during the scholastic year 1890-91. The question has arisen as to whether the Academy was in session or whether it was not in session. Written evidence indicates that the school was not in session. The Weber Stake Academy Record, Book A., lists the years when the Academy was in session from 1889 until 1902. The names of the principals are also given. "The 3rd Year Not In Session" is the comment for the year 1890-91 in the hand writing of Louis F. Moench. On December 27, 1890, pending the opening of the Weber Stake Academy, and by general request the undersigned has kindly consented to open an evening class in penmanship and bookkeeping. Louis F. Moench.1 On March 1, 1891 Bp. T. J. Stevens and his councilors engaged my services to take charge of their ward school.2 A notice of the starting of the ward school was announced by The Ogden Standard, on March 6, 1891.3 OUR FIRST WARD SCHOOL It Will Open in the Fifth Ward Institute Next Monday. The public are hereby notified that the Fifth Ward Educational Institute will be open for educational purposes on Monday next, March 9, at 9 A. M. The intention is to conduct the institution as a primary and preparatory school, but pending the opening of the Weber Stake Academy, all grades will be admitted upon the following terms: Primary Grade $2.00 per quarter Preparatory Grade $3.00 per quarter Intermediate Grade $4.00 per quarter Advanced Grade $4.50 per quarter The services of Professor L. F. Moench have been secured and he will take the supervision of the school until the Academy opens, after which suitable arrangements will be made to supply 1. The Standard, December 27, 1890. 2. Historical Record, Louis F. Moench, p. 29. 3. Idem, p. 29. |
