WEBER STAKE ACADEMY. HISTORICAL. In 1888, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints established the present system of Church education; and in order to foster religious training among the young, President Wilford Woodruff, in a letter addressed to several presidents of Stakes, urged the appointing of Stake Boards for the establishing of Church educational institutions. In accordance with this request, the Presidency of Weber Stake organized a Board of Education, consisting of the following members: Lewis W. Shurtliff, president; Counselor Charles F. Middleton, Counselor N. C. Flygare, Hon. Joseph Stanford, Prof. Louis F. Moench, Bishop Thomas J. Stevens, Bishop Robert McQuarrie, and Bishop David McKay Bishop Stevens having since died, Bishop John Watson has been appointed to succeed him. Through the efforts of this board, the Weber Stake Academy was established. Temporary quarters were secured in the Second Ward Meeting House, Ogden, where the school was formally opened January 9, 1889. with Prof. L. F. Moench as principal. The attendance, though small at first, rapidly increased; and it was found necessary to secure better accommodations; and in the fall of 1892, the present home of the Academy was ready for occupancy. In response to the demands of the times, more advanced studies have been gradually added to the curriculum; and the school is now prepared to do thorough work in all the courses offered. Additions and changes in the buildings and grounds have also been made from year to year, making the school strictly modern and up-to-date in every respect.