8 WEBER ACADEMY CATALOGUE John WatsonTreasurer. Heber Scowcroft Secretary. Chas. F. Middleton. Thomas B. Evans. David Eccles. James Wotherspoon Location The Academy is located at Ogden, Utah's natural railroad center, which has a population of about thirty-five thousand. The lofty Wasatch mountains and the famous Ogden canyon, just east of the city, afford excellent opportunities for the study of 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 trans-mission of electricity. An up-to-date sanitarium, which is fast becoming known as a health resort, located at the mouth of Ogden canyon, is only an hours walk from the doors of the Academy. Within a short drive is a large sugar factory, in which are employed the most recent processes of extracting and purifying beet sugar. Ten miles to the north of Ogden, located on the shores of the Great Salt Lake, are the large smelters of the Utah Smelting Company. Here the latest improved methods are used in refining ores, offering extraordinary advantages to students studying the physical sciences. The four electric suburban lines bring Ogden into close contact with the surrounding country. A public library, containing several thousand bound volumes and the leading magazines of the country, is open to the students. Opportunities are always plentiful to hear speakers, orators and singers of national as well as international reputation. Therefore, students who WEBER ACADEMY CATALOGUE 9 attend the schools at 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; to make out of our boys and girls self-governing and self-directing men and women. Special emphasis is given to religious education, in accordance with the sentiments ex-pressed in the above extract from the letter of the First Presidency. The principles of the Gospel are systematically studied from the standard works of the Church, with a view of creating faith in the minds of the students, and a sense of moral responsibility in all their associations and duties. By application to the principal, students who are non-members of the Church may be excused from studying theology. In addition to the regular prescribed courses in theology, the Academy offers all the regular courses prescribed by the High School curriculum; and these are so arranged as to prepare the student for advanced work in the higher institutions of learning. Buildings The Academy is located on Jefferson avenue, between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets, opposite Lester park. The original building is two stories in height. The rooms are large and well lighted, and are provided with steam heat and electric lights, and all the other necessary appliances. The first floor is occupied