Letter from Karl Gottfried Maeser, 29 February 1888
Provo City, Utah,
President Wilford Woodruff.
Dear Brother,
Your kind letter of the 24th inst. was perused by me
with much joy and gratitude.
In consulting with my fellow-teachers of this Ac-
ademy, and Bro H. H. Cluff, chairman of the Ex. Com.,
in regard to your fatherly counsel of my taking a rest
for a little while and have Bro. J. M. Tanner take
my place in the meantime, I have to state, that these
bretheren fully realize the necessity of some relaxation
for me, but that in consideration of the Normal Grad-
uates preparing now for their final examination, it
would be a serious detriment for them, if I should
withdraw now entirely. In as much as Bro. Tanner was
willing to take classes of minor importance off my
hands, I ought to finish up the course with these
Normals in Theory, Practice, and Theology, and at-
tend to the general executive matters among the stu-
dents, giving me thus sufficient chance to keep up
until vacation, when I could take a complete rest.
Appreciating, on the one hand, the importance of your
