8 FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT As the patronage and the prestige of the institution rapidly increased, the board found it necessary to secure better accommodations. In 1891 plans were prepared and the erection of a suitable school building was commenced. The work was pushed as rapidly as the means at hand would permit, and in the fall of 1892, the new building was ready for occupancy. In response to the demands of the times, more advanced studies have been gradually added to the curriculum, and the Academy is now prepared, through the increase of its faculty, to do thorough work in all the courses offered. Additions and changes in the building and grounds have also been made from year to year, making the school strictly modern and up-to-date in every sense. LOCATION. As Ogden is the great railroad center of Utah, access is easy to students who attend its schools. The beauty of its location, and its pleasant climate, are unexcelled, The lofty Wasatch mountains, just east of the city, afford excellent opportunities for the study of natural science. Near the city limits is located one of the largest and most complete power plants in the country, where students of physical science have the privilege of studying the generation and transmission of electricity; and within an hour's drive is a large sugar factory, in which are employed the most recent chemical processes of extracting and purifying beet sugar. A public library, containing several thousand bound volumes and the leading magazines of the country, is kept open daily. Opportunities are frequently WEBER STAKE ACADEMY. 9 offered to hear speakers, actors, and singers of national reputation. Hence, students who attend the schools of Ogden have many advantages not enjoyed by those studying in institutions less favorably situated. BUILDING. The Academy Building, with its classical front, stands on Jefferson avenue, facing Ogden's most beautiful park. It is an imposing two-story structure, sufficiently large to accommodate three hundred students. The halls and class rooms are commodious, well lighted and thoroughly ventilated. They are amply furnished and provided with steam heat, electric lights, and modern conveniences. On the first floor are the Principal's office, the Commercial and Preparatory Departments, the Physical and Natural History Laboratories, and class rooms. On the second floor are the Art Gallery, Recitation Rooms, Library, and large Assembly Hall. LABORATORY. The Laboratory is well equipped with apparatus to illustrate the courses offered in physics and chemistry. The most important items are a Wimhurst electrical machine, a Becker analytical balance with weights of precision, a Ruhmkorff coil and moveable coils, electric motor, Wheatstone bridge, rheostat, Geissler tubes, adjustable inclined plane, lifting and force pumps, galvanometer, electro-magnet, sonometer, lenses, chemical thermometers, etc. LIBRARY. The library is a neatly furnished and well-lighted room adjoining the assembly hall. The shelves contain a number of valuable works of reference and the tables