8 SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT natural science. Near the city limits is 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. Within an hour's drive is a large sugar factory, in which are employed the most recent chemical processes of extracting and purifying the beet sugar. A public library, containing several thousand bound volumes and the leading magazines of the country, is kept open daily Opportunities are frequently afforded to hear speakers, orators, 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. GENERAL PURPOSE. The aim of the Academy is to promote the moral, intellectual, and physical development of man. Special emphasis is given to religious education, in accordance with the sentiments expressed in the following extract from the letter referred to in the first paragraph above: "We feel that the time has arrived when the proper education of our children should be taken in hand by us as a people. Religious training is practically excluded from the district schools. The perusal of books that we regard as divine is forbidden. Our children, if left to the training they receive in these schools, will grow up entirely ignorant of those principles of salvation for which the Latter-day Saints have made so many sacrifices. To permit this condition of affairs to exist among us would be criminal. The desire is universally expressed by all thinking people in the Church that we should have schools wherein the Bible, the Book of Mormon, and the Book of Doctrine and Covenants can be used as text books, and where the principles of our religion may form a part of the teaching of the schools." The Principles of the Gospel are systematically studied from the standard works of the Church, with the view of creating faith in the minds of the students, and a sense of moral responsibility in all their associations and duties. Students belonging to other churches may be excused from taking theology by application to the principal. WEBER STAKE ACADEMY. 9 ADMISSION. The Academy is open to students of both sexes, and of all nationalities and religious denominations. Candidates for admission must be of good moral character, and signify their intention to keep themselves in harmony with the spirit and teachings of the institution. Students are admitted at any time, but it is to then-advantage to enter at the beginning of the academic year. PREPARATION. Candidates for admission to the Preparatory course must have completed the Seventh grade as prescribed in the public schools, and must present to the committee on credentials and entrance examinations, satisfactory evidence of their promotion, or pass an examination in the studies of said grade. Students presenting a certificate of graduation from the eighth grade of the public schools will be admitted without examination to the High School or the Normal Course of the Academy. Students above public school age, deficient in some of the branches of the grades will be given special consideration. No student pursuing the higher courses will be allowed to register for more than twenty hours' work per week, nor will changes in registration be permitted except by a special vote of the faculty. BUILDING. The Academy building is located on Jefferson Avenue, opposite Lester Park. It is two stories in height, and is sufficiently large to accommodate three hundred students. The rooms are large and well lighted, and are provided with steam heat, electric lights, and all necessary appliances. The first floor is occupied by the Principal's office, the Commercial and the Preparatory department, and the Physical and Chemical Laboratories. The Art Gallery, Library, Assembly Hall, and several recitation rooms, occupy the second floor. LIBRARY. The Library is a neatly furnished and well-lighted room adjoining the assembly hall. The shelves contain a number of valuable works of literature, theology, history and science, and the tables are supplied with the leading newspapers and magazines. During the past year valuable works have been contributed by