schoolhours, as the children are then too tired to take
much interest, and especially many boys have to go
home to do chores; neither could all the good be ac-
complished on Saturdays for the same reasons as re-
gards to the boys and many of the larger girls. It
was, therefore, decided to apply to the School Trustee's
to close the district schools one hour at least sooner—
one day or two in the afternoon, for the purpose of
letting our children have the privilege of going to
their Religion-Classes. This plan has madeet with
much favor everywhere, that it has been adopted thus
far since, in St. George, Parowan, Beaver, Sevier, and
Sanpete Stakes. The Stake Academy at St. George has
had to suspend operation for this academic year,
and Bro. Nephi Savage, the former Principal, has ac-
cepted a position as teacher in the District schools, but
has been appointed as Stake Superintendent of Religion-
Classes. The same evening I filled an appointment
in a meeting a Santa Clara. Saturday, Nov. 4, ad-
dressed a conjoined meeting of the M. I. Association of
St. George, visited the next morning the Sundayschools,
and addressed the meeting of the Sundayschool teachers
"Letter from Karl Gottfried Maeser, 5 December 1893," p. 14, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed May 18, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/9AW8