Letter from Karl G. Maeser, 6 February 1896
Provo, .
President Wilford Woodruff,
Dear Brother:
Since my last report the prospects
of our church schools have brightened in many respects, so that the
resumption of several ^church^ schools, that have been temporarily suspended,
can be looked for with much confidence in the next academic year.
As already stated in my former report, my visits to the various
church schools, with the exception of the three colleges, had to be
confined to opportunities afforded me at my Sunday School appointments.
This difficulty I have endeavored to partially overcome by an extensive
and to some degree exhaustive correspondence and by the monthly Church
School Papers in the Juvenile Instructor.
The Stake Academies at Rexburg, Preston, and Paris, Idaho are re-
ported in a very flourishing condition, but are urgently requesting my
personal visit before April conference. I have not seen them for two
years past; and at several points in their organization and methods
are reported as neading my personal attention.
The Stake Academy at Ogden has recently taken quite a start up-
wards, but Pres. Shurtliff and the Stake Board feel reluctant to assume
the responsibility of starting the High School course, and will not
apply for such a charter at present.
The Stake Academies at Nephi, ^&^ Ephraim have made their mark in the
educational affairs of their respective localities and are looked upon
by the people as leaders in this respect.
The Brigham Young Academy at Provo has reached the highest actual
attendance she ever had, and is also in spiritual matters conforming
closer to the main object of our educational system than of late years.
