12 FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT Students taking laboratory work in chemistry or physics are charged an incidental tee of $2.00 to cover the costs of chemicals and other material used. In zoology this fee is $1.00. Board and lodging can be obtained at from $2.00 to $1.00 per week. By students renting rooms and boarding themselves, these expenses may be reduced. SOCIETIES. Two societies are maintained by the students of the Academy, in which earnest efforts are made to cultivate a literary spirit, and to develop accurate thinkers and ready speakers. The Olympian society, conducted by the young men, furnishes opportunity for practice in oratory, in debate, and in parliamentary procedure. The Edina society, conducted by the young women, is organized for the study of literature. During the last year special attention has been given to American writers. COURSES OF STUDY. The following courses of study are offered for 1902-1903: 1.A one year's Preparatory Course. 2.A two years' Commercial Course. 3.A four years' Classical Course. 4.A four years' Normal Course. GRADUATION. Students will be given certificates on the completion of the preparatory course as herein prescribed, and WEBER STAKE ACADEMY. 13 diplomas on the completion of either of the higher courses. For regular diplomas a charge of Three Dollars, in advance, will be made. The standing of students in studies pursued is determined from the daily records of recitations, re-views, and final examinations. No student shall receive credit towards graduation in any study in which the percentage of excellence falls below 60; nor shall any student be graduated who does not attain an average of 75 per cent in all studies included in the course. Since changes may be necessary from year to year, students who register for any course will be permitted to graduate in the course as laid out in the annual of the year in which they register. PREPARATORY COURSE. First Year. Corresponding to Eighth Grade of the Public Schools. FIRST AND SECOND SEMESTER. Theology................................................................................................. 5 Arithmetic............................................................................. 5 Grammar........................................................................5 Orthography...............................................................5 Penmanship ............................................................3 Drawing................................................................................................2 Reading and U. S. History...............................................5 Geography.............................................................................3 The figures indicate the number of recitaiions per week.