continued.
ceeded in stopping altogether the attendance of Mormon
children at ther Gentile-schools, and is doing a good
work in that .
Bro. , of , sent at
last a short report this week about the S. L. Academy.
They are in an overcrowded condition, had to dismiss
the Preparatory Department in order to make room for
the larger students, and almost a hundred applicants
had to be refused admission. This case demands serious
consideration, and I should suggest, that the Bishops
of Salt Lake City take this matter in hand, and
organize at least four Preparatory Churchschools
in appropriate parts of the city, under our super-
vision.
A letter of the 22nd inst. from Bro. ,
informs me, that they have organized there also a Stake Board
of Education, himself Secretary, and want a teacher to
commence school on the first Monday in December. Al-
though our Normal Dept. is now larger than it hever has
been, 63 registered, 53 in attendance, I could select none
of these students any more for such position, and
continued.
ceeded in stopping altogether the attendance of Mormon
children at ther Gentile-schools, and is doing a good
work in that place.
Bro. James E. Talmage, of Salt Lake, sent me at
last a short report this week about the S. L. Academy.
They are in an overcrowded condition, had to dismiss
the Preparatory Department in order to make room for
the larger students, and almost a hundred applicants
had to be refused admission. This case demands serious
consideration, and I should suggest, that the Bishops
of Salt Lake City take this matter in hand, and
organize at least four Preparatory Churchschools
in appropriate parts of the city, under our supervision.
A letter of the 22nd inst. from Bro. Ch. A. Walch, Morgan City
informs me, that they have organized there also a Stake Board
of Education, himself Secretary, and want a teacher to
commence school on the first Monday in December. Although our Normal Dept. is now larger than itever has
been, 63 registered, 53 in attendance, I could select none
of these students any more for such position, and