38 SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT visits to electrical power houses. Three hours recitation and two hours laboratory work per week throughout the year. Carhart and Chute's High School Physics, and some standard laboratory manual. GENERAL CHEMISTRYThe non-metallic and more common metallic elements are studied, and work is given in the balancing of equations and the solving of practical examples. Daily laboratory work is required. Five hours per week first half year. Hessler and Smith's Essentials of Chemistry. BOTANY.This course deals with the structure and physiology of plants, germination of seeds, venation, morphology, adaptation, fertilization, and classification. Special attention is given to our local flora. Each student is required to present at the close of the year a carefully prepared her-barium of fifty species. Frequent excursions to the hills and canyons. Five hours per week second half year. Bergen's Foundations and Coulter's Manual of Rocky Mountain Flora. GEOLOGY.The agencies operating at the present time are considered as a preparation for the study of historical geology. Special attention is given to the geology of Utah and the Great Basin, with its well-defined fault scarps, ancient shore lines, saline lakes, etc. The geology of Weber County will receive considerable attention. Visits to canyons and the collection and determination of rocks are important features of the course. Five hours per week second half year. Dana's First Book of Geology and Le Conte's Elements. ZOOLOGYTypical animals of the different sub-kingdoms are dissected and studied in detail. Much attention will be given to the subject of reproduction, morphology, classification, and distribution, with special reference to local fauna. Collection and preservation of specimens. Five hours per week first half year. Kingsley's Comparative Zoology. WEBER STAKE ACADEMY. 39 PHYSIOGRAPHY.The physical aspects of the earth and its motions in space, the movements of winds and waters and their effects upon climate, earthquake phenomena, volcanoes, and the distribution of plants and animals are considered. Three hours per week throughout the year. Davis' Physical Geography. PHYSIOLOGYThe object in this course is to give a thorough knowledge of human anatomy, physiology, and hygiene. The nervous system, the organs of the special senses, and the effects of stimulants and narcotics are specially studied. Each student is required to do some laboratory work throughout the course. Two hours per week throughout the year. Cutter's Comprehensive Physiology.