Letter to Karl Gottfried Maeser, 28 February 1890
Gen. Supt. K. G. Maeser,
Church Board of Education.
Dear Brother:
With the desire to assist the Latter-day Saints College in this city
the First Presidency have offered to the Stake Board the services of Elder Joseph
Dedtrich, free of all c^h^rarges, as a professor of German in the College, the present
arrangement not being ientirely satisfactory to the patrons of the College; Brother
Willard Done, though an excellent instructor in many branches, not being sufficiently
acquainted with the German language to make his instructions in this branch as ad-
vantageous to the students as they should be. But the appointment of Brother Diedt-
rich would be at least a technical infringment of the rules we have ourselves made
with regard to teachers in the Church schools receiving certificates for the branche^s^
^in^ which they give instructions. What course do you suggest to bridge over this dif-
ficulty?
Brother Dedtrich, as you are probably aware, is not only a good German
scholar, but a man of culture in other directions, and may possibly be of use to the
institution as an instructor in other branches, after mastering the English language.
With kindest regards,
Your Brother,
W Woodruff
