The St. Johns herald., 1896-12-19
FROM PROVO.
An Interesting Letter From the
 B. Y. Academy.
PRovo, UTAH. December

l PRovo, UTAH. December 10.
 The students from Arizona are all en. toying good health. although there has been quite a number of cases of ty phoid fever. Their numbers have in- creased, and they generally have the name of being good students. i MUSICAL DEPARTMENT.
 There is good deal of attention be- ing paid to the musical department this year ,and President Gulf announces that it is to be 8 special feature. I looked up the professor, Anthony Lnnd, a graduate of a German university, and he stated a number of interesting facts with regard to this department.
 "I have one magnificent soprano l voice, and one but llttle inferior, be. sides anumber that are very promising. Two double quartetts have been formed and sing very we'll for the amount of practice they have had. I have a very large class who are yet n the stage of voice building and acquiring f1exibil- ity."
 What is your greatest difficulty 2"
 "The greatest difficulty 1 have to con- tend with is the wrong training some of the best voices have had before they come to me; it is even worse than no training"
 "HaVe you any with special talent iu the musical line?"
 "Yes, but strange to say, the good voices and the talent do not always go together. It is quite possible for the latter to become good instrumental performers, while even good voice IS 8 hopeless case, unless accompanied by that discriminative appreciation that gives the fine expression"
 Are there some who can't learn mu- sic at all ?"
 "Very few, if any. Unless there is some serious physical defect or mental lack of time or tune, any one can ac. quire music. would say that the per son who can learn to read well can learn music. It is essential to any de- gree of culture, and is no longer consid- cred either an unapproachable mystery or luxury.
 eve expect to do some eratoria slng- ing by the end of next semester. Also I have ten young ladies who are in the third year, who are practicing on Bee thoyen and Schubert's songs, and other classics. l will say, in conclusion, that l believe that have twelve of the best voices in the State."
 BUSINESS COLLEGE.
 Young men are giving up the idea that they can enter the rush of modern business and succeed unless they are thoroughly equipped with all that practical education can give them.
 This department of the Brigham Young Academy has always been well and especially is this true of students coming from 8 distance. This. year the class numbers sixty three, six of whom are ladies. This course includes Science of Accounts, Business Practice, Counting-house Work, Commercial Law, Political Econ omy, Commercial Arithmetic, Civil Business Correspondence, Business Penmanship and business Or biography.
 The work is made extremely practic- al. A regular banking business is done | aud bank with every modern feature and every variety of business is done right in the academy. The exact class of bookkeeping is done and the same sets of books used. Railroad book keeping is also feature, and real es- tate business, Leases, transfers. deeds and mortgages are made out by the stu dents and taken care of by them. Mer- captile business in all it's phases IS gone through, and commercial paper thoroughly understood. Photography and type-wrting are taught. and teie- graphy when wanted.
 It has been the custom to have Fri day lectures from prominent business men of the state. The following sub- jects have been discussed durln the present semester: "Value of Personal Credit" Money, It's Uses and Abuses" Getting on in the Business World" 'Characters of Successful Business Men," and many others.
 Graduates from this institution are now employed In places of responsibil- ity and honor, and others are doing a business for themselves.
 ELLEN JAKEMAN.