Wednesday, Nov. 8, we returned to Parowan, where the same
evening a meeting of the Seminary Board was held, at which
the devotion of the members under the wise leadership
of Bp. Charles Adams, manifested itself very markedly.
The Seminary had opened five weeks before under the
Principalship of Bro. Frank Cutler, who has accepted the
position under the conditions of the usual pro rata
plan, and has gained already within that short time
the confidence of the community and of his pupils,
so that the attendance at his Seminary is daily increas-
ing. His records are in first class order, and his plans,
programs, methods, and general progress of his work
very satisfactory, so that he expects to have an assistant
before long His students comprise the 6, 7, & 8th grades.
Much credit is due to the Seminary Board for fitting
up and furnishing the Seminary rooms in such a
handsome and suitable manner. A reception to endorse
me by the Authorities and People of Parowan in the
evening, I accepted only in my capacity as a representative
of the General Board of Education in whose name I thanked
and congratulated them for their appreciation of the aims
of that honorable body, and expressing the hope that
"Letter from Karl Gottfried Maeser, 5 December 1893," p. 16, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed May 18, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/kj1r