Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-21
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lis Young Institute Of Learning Proipsfoui-
252 Students Enrolled,
Colonla JuarcE. chihuahua,
M.AIcl. Oel. N. 1895

ANNNNAA ahAAfaH hhANNAAH't
Mckee. oct Il, 1895.
To the Editor:
In the northern part OF the stale 4t
Chihuahua In a picturesque little vale
les 81 the Sierra Madre mountains o.
located CnlArlA 1uafr4. n which
very advantageous Wow Can De h1i
from the many hills which surround o.
The inhabitants are industrious and
awake 20 cducatl0uai iatUsga,a, Many
beautiful odinccs have been erected,
the principal one ~ which 10 the
Juhrrx stake Academy building.
This temple VI learning. which Il on
the principal street and fronting thr
EAST. contains seven large rooms. an
once, prayer room, a ll1rary. ana
two halls. School Dr. held Ia siN Of
these rooms. IA which every available
SPOT u converted Into blaCkboaTds
made q cement and liquld slaslnE.
one can hardly contemplate the con-
ysnisrce aud grandeur u this building
without contrasting 10 with the little
adobe room and rpllt logs Tor benches
which were occupied by The frst school
n Juarsz thirteen years age.
This academy was organized by Dr.
Kari q. MhcHer ugider she direction VI
the Presidency of the Church, in the
year 1871 Ana Immediately the orcc-
lion VI the academy building was be-
gun. hut was not completed fQr she
nrnt school year. which began sept. ~.
1897. with an enrolment ~ two hun-
dred and uiEoiy-oue atuirr.a.
Prot duy g. Wilson, ui the brigham
Young Academy ~ Provo, Utah, was
called 90 act a. principal assisted by
three local tcachsTa
During the second semester an acai-
envy Library club was organized with
uut capital. but the teachers, assisted
hy q number OF the students. formed a
/ dramatic aHHooiaiinn, aud thereby pr1-
cured means o. purchase two hundred
ard thIriy-tw1 VOLUMES ~ uhnicr lltrr.
allure, and ne The present umr there are
about thfre hundred volumes and
| thrty-two dollars In she library. The
/ school year clJfpd May 10. ispA.
Tbs second academic year began
/ August ~. 1885. under the direction VI
| Prof. Wilson asalslcd by Professors
Denuison y, Harris and Sullivan G,
/ Richardson, Misses Ella Larsen and
/ Pearl Thurhgr. ana Mrs. Sarah A.
/ ClayHon, all " whom arr well known
IN parts % utah.
| Prof. Wills and Misa Larsen ara
clasacd with the best teachers % Utah,
and left good positions there % come
60 McNlcn 90 teach. Their labJrs ara
being crawrad with success. az they,
| and the other teachers. are ilyrd and
respected hy the students and parents
~ the opening % she present school
war there was an enrolment 81 one
huudrd and nlnD,y-tWl students, AZ
the proHrut time two hundred and
hfiy-twl, Including nine Mcxlcans
The daily routine ~ studies are much
lhe same nH lr other grammar and
high schools, with No. exception o. de-
vHaonai exercises, which are held IN
the uss molly hall, morning and even
ms. ThcOlogy ara spanish are two 4
the principal studies and are taught
daily ln nll departments During Ia.
last school year she classes wrrs or,
ganlzgd. with "a president. vice prtsl
dent, secretary nud treasurer. and theJ
Hilll continue % ofiictisc,
The students PrlrH,h a ana Iuunl
ladies' mgct.ugH are held The hfst nnt
thrd Thuwdayn OF the month. IN,
nra, aud third Friday evenings u .h
north, general arhlll mruunHa ana
hrld O. enable p>tnta % see Wht
prugfCaH ihe HiudeuiH are making. Tx
orcIrva are rendered hy the students
ana educational 1picH are legturcd up
ou by ihe toaChpra
The school To supported hy uu lucml
tax from the residents % luAraz =
tuition Zee ~ Blk ~ fifteen dollars, pr
semester is chlrged Tlu-r.BIdalis
our academy a. progressing rapidly
ana from prescott appearances Juar.
promises DO become the oiucAulna
center of The state NJ chihuahua.
Respectfully
STUDENT.