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Show 16 WEBER ACADEMY CATALOGUE 8A one-year Special Bookkeeping course. 9A one-year Special Stenographic course. 10A one-year Missionary course. 11A one-year Preparatory course. 12A two-year course in Agriculture. Graduation Those students completing any of the three or the four-year courses will be given diplomas, Students will be given certificates on the completion of the Preparatory course as herein prescribed. The standing of students in studies pursued is determined from the daily records of recitations, reviews, and final examinations. No student will receive credit toward graduation in any study in which percentage of excellence falls below 60; nor shall any student be graduated who does not attain an average of 75 per cent in all studies included in the course. Students who do not graduate with the class in which they enter, will be held to all the requirements made of the class with which they finally graduate. Since changes may be necessary from year to year, students who register for any course will be permitted to graduate in the course as laid out in the year in which they register. 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 must 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 their advanage 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 ACADEMY CATALOGUE 17 (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 any of the higher courses shall be permitted to register for more than twenty or fewer than fifteen hours 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 satisfactory evidence of their promotion from the seventh grade of the public schools, or pass an examination in the studies of said grade. Special arrangements will be made for applicants who are past grade school age, and who have not completed the seventh 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. Preparatory Course Arithmetic, three-quarter hour recitation.s......... 5 Grammar, three-quarter hour recitations........... 5 Spelling, one quarter hour recitations.............. 5 Penmanship, one-quarter hour recitations........... 5 Reading, three-quarter hour recitations............ 5 Geography, three-quarter hour recitations......... 5 U. S. History, three-quarter hour recitations....... 5 |