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Show 38 WEBER ACADEMY Physical Geography, by Hopkins, is the text used. Three hours per week throughout the year. Geology.The course is a consideration of dynamical and structural geology with special reference to the development of land forms. Attention will be given to the geology of Utah, particularly of Weber county and the vicinity of Ogden. Coal and ore deposits in the western states will receive some consideration. Frequent field trips during the autumn months and the collection and determination of the more common rocks and minerals' are important features of this course. The text used is Norton's Elements of Geology, with collateral readings. Five hours per week during the first semester. Physics.A study of elementary mechanics and the phenomena of sound, light, heat, magnetism and electricity. Lecture table experiments are performed to illustrate the principles studied. Special attention is given to laboratory work. Each student is required to keep a laboratory note book in which his observations and results are recorded. Visits will be made to power houses. Three hours' recitation and four hours' laboratory work per week throughout the year. Millikan and Gale's First Course in Physics and Millikan's Laboratory Manual. Chemistry.The work of the course covers the general principles underlying inorganic chemistry and a consideration of the characteristics of the groups of elements. First Principles of Chemistry, by Brown-lee, and Newell's Experiments are the texts used. WEBER ACADEMY 39 Three recitations per week and two double laboratory periods throughout the year. Biology and Agriculture. Elementary Agriculture.This work assists in solving the actual problems upon the farm by considering the origin and classification of soils, their relation to moisture, heat, etc., and to the plants and their food, fertilization and fertilizers, insects and fungus diseases, etc. The text is Agriculture on the Pacific Slope, by Hilgard and Osterhout. Three recitations and two double laboratory periods per week during the first semester. Horticulture.The students are made familiar with the principles of fruit-growing and vegetable gardening, including such topics as the location of orchards, tillage, fertilization, spraying, marketing, etc. Two double laboratory periods each week is devoted to laboratory work in evaporation, transpiration, pruning, budding, grafting, etc. The text is Principles of Plant Culture, Goff. Five hours per week during the second semester. Animal Husbandry.The course is designed to give the student a knowledge of the origin, history and characteristics of all important breeds of domestic animals. The class work is supplemented by visits to the homes of some standard types, and by lectures from prominent livestock men. The text used is Types and Breeds of Farm Animals, by Plumb. Five hours per week, first semester. |