Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-06-27
WEBER STAKE ACADEMY.
n, Closing Exercl'es Of This Excel
lent Institution.


,s,n,e hall Of the Wicker Stake Aca.
Nv wns filled to oveiiiowing on the
occ,.lon Of the closing eAcrci,es Of the
.o.denic department The room was
appropriately decorated.
me exercises consisted Of songs and
.hous,s, d.clamatioue, sssays aud
.n,,chss. All the selections were eI.
sa.dingly well rendered. The chief
feature Of the day was the PRINCIPALS
,sport aud, 10 tho surprise Of all. the
noard accepted his Resignation.
The following Ia the report ard
resolutions Of respect q the oonrdi
IwEDER STAKE ACADENN,
"a ogden, June "a, 'Ol.
To the President and members Of the
Bonrd Of Directors OF the Weber
Htake Academy;
Dear Brethfen-Again, after au
,lapse Of over two yeaIe, | have the
,lrasure OF submitting to your honor.
Xii. body n report Of the school work
tone at our new Academy building
dutinga portion Of the present school
ycir. .,
As you are aware, our Academy
afst orened it, doors to the admission
,fistueenia on Jan. Sth, 1859, in the
second ward meeting house, where IL
beld two sessions with sn excellent
attendance. In the same school year
n resumed liz work, aud In a short
lime the building was too small ana the
accommodations too mengte ~ well Ms
100 incOnvsnient 10 meet the demands
n the many students who desired to
attend the Institution. New quarters
w,ie provided, but unlocked for
obstacles here also presented
themselves, aud ore We were
fairly under way, We were compelled
by force OF circumstances 10 suspend
operations again.
wear aud =. ven months interviewed
before we had tho pleasure Of opening
the doors OF our Academy agai anu
thls time 10 the Joy Of our
ttuienis In the new Weber Stake
heai,my. Only ~ portion II the
luilding was Ia suitable condition
ioroccupsncy, anu ia consequence OF
the laten,ss OF the season, many hav.
ing gone 81 other schools, II was
thought by lths board that this would
he tulll lieut. ior all who might desire
10 attend. But to the surprse OF all,
this portion OF the building was IN less
than two weeks filed TO its utmost
capacity, and the board were necessi.
at,d TO make immeiia.e arrange
meuts for the entire completion Of the
structure.
The chief difficulty which confront.
ed " nov, was the large number OF
students, go having been enrolled the
fret week and only two teachers TO in'
nirurt the m, ana this NJ n time u the
year when active available talent
could not be Obtaiuei. However,
through the energy aud perseverance,
VI the board this illl;ully was DAILY
overcome, aud au active, intelligent
fsculty employed; still II was cNpcr..
mvn,al work lot somu time In couuc'
qIcLUs Of TIE many chang h,ard neAfiy
iur .ntife terra was cJntumvi before
~" louud ourselves settled down ~
tcive work,
Following are tho statistics; Total
number enrolled, 3Jl; malice, lBi; t.
males, l35.
pnce, OF residence; Ogden, 2Sl'
Uintnh, Mound Fort, I; Lynne, q
HatrisVillu, d, Far Wet s; North
Osieu, 4; PAN Cily, -, West Weber,
Q; Wilson's Lime, .; fnylpr'vilic, =
RiyeTdai,, .; Eden, 5, AiaTfiots, y
kanesvile, u, BOX Elder Co., sum
mit Co., 1; Morgan Co.,, o Idaho !.
MuutInl, 8
This a.. Am Informed Ia the secont
largest attendance " tho Ghurci
school, which 1 think speaks exceed
ingly well tor up, realizing the shuh
tiue We have been IN session.
~. Male . faun0tas
Daily rscithtl1ur: In acadrmlc de
partmsni, A anu u, 20; In intermtdl
hts department, 10; In preparatory dc
psrtment, ~; total daily, 50.
Theology; Priesthood meetings held
u; fact melting, q, on when Occa
siOus " on nu average bore testimony
and large number lasted. On th'
prayer list Ia hal voluntarily givef
in their names.
II 10 with no small degree Of salts
faction that 1 make moutiOn Of TIM
d.ppr m.ni. II was a common THUS
o su tents totiti Ia there weekly
fast AID priesthood meeting that OF ~
studies theology hau been tue most In
terestipg to them, and that their was
hallOwtd influence OF purity ana ten
derest leslinps of friendship between
pupils M well n between pupils an
aohers, that tney had ever .xpoii
enoed before In any school; ana moth
log perhaps bears any stronger tesll
m0ny 10 this, than the fact that In III
apring term foTty.twO students wct
enrolled In tho advanced Rcaiemi'
class, and almost this eullre numbe
held out 10 the end.
This has been the spirit and work q
our institution during the past ichou
year, and which | now lchesriully sui
init TO your honorable body si.h a us
sire that you may accept the same
aud also with II my resignation y
principal OF tho Weber Stak
Academy. In 40 doing | must CIV
my principal excuse AZ aaillng heath
Twenty-Five Year, lgO | was calle
10 the schoOlroom by the Prophet q
God, President Young. labortd nndt
his fatherly guidance until his dealt
receiving his sincere appreciation O
my work but three months before thu
sad event. hal the pleasure also ,
enjoying the full confidence Of Pres
dent Taylor during his administration
being called upon on several occasion
to represent him m Superintendent {
District Schools. rhtee years ago
received the counsel OF President
Woodruff aud Cannon to leave ih
schVplroom because,as Twas informed,
was destri ying my health. Oh ~
counsel was again ant again lOrcihl
reminded this winter when 4rnfgiu
my sick anu emauiatsd body g. tho M
stilution in which my spsit loved
dwell, but In which a.1l, 1ike Paul
old, the iiesh proved too weak for III
tTying ordeal
These circumstances indicated b