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Show 14 EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT LABORATORY. The Laboratory is supplied with a collection of specimens illustrative of Zoology, Botany, Geology and Lithology. The cabinet contains a representative collection of gold, silver, lead and copper ores and concentrates from the mines and mills of Utah and adjoining states; a variety of igneous rocks from central and Southern Utah; specimens of the more common minerals and metamorphic and siedimentary rocks; a number of cretaceous and Tertiary fossils; a number of stuffed Utah birds and mammals; and a representative collection of land and marine invertebrates preserved in fluids. STUDENTS' EXPENSES. Tuition is free. An entrance fee of ten dollars, payable in advance is charged all students. For the Commercial Course, during the second and third years, an additional fee of ten dollars is added to cover the extra expenses involved in giving this course. Students taking laboratory work in chemistry or physics are charged an incidental fee of two dollars, to cover the cost of chemicals and other material used. In zoology this fee is one dollar. Board and lodging can be obtained at from two dollars to four dollars per week. By students' renting rooms and boarding themselves, these expenses may be reduced. ADMISSION. The Academy is open to students of both sexes, and of all nationalities and religious denominatious. 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 any time, but it is to their advantage to enter at the beginning of the academic year. The entrance requirements may be satisfied by the presentation of certificates, or by examination as follows: WEBER STAKE ACADEMY 15 a. Admission on Certificate. Students presenting a certificate of graduation from the eighth grade of the public schools will be admitted without examination to any of the Academic courses. Students beyond public school age who are deficient in some of the studies of the grades, will be given special consideration. No student pursuing the higher courses shall be permitted to register for more than twenty hours work per week, nor shall changes in registration be granted, except by special vote of the faculty. b. Applicants for admission to the Preparatory course must present to the committee on credentials and entrance examinations, satisfactory evidence of their promotion from the seventh grade of the public schools, or pass an examination in the studies of said grade. c. Applicants for admission to the Missionary Course must present a CALL signed by the First Presidency of the Church. A recommend from the Bishop of the Ward will be accepted until the letter from the Church can be obtained. d. For the entrance requirements of the Night School, write to the principal, or see later announcements. COURSES OF STUDY. The following courses of study are offered for 1905-1906: 1. A four years' Classical Course. 2. A four years' Normal Course. 3. A. four years' Scientific Course. 4. A four years' Commercial Course. 5. A one years' Preparatory Course. 6, A one year's Missionary Course. 7. A Special Night School Course. |