Since my last letter of the 3rd inst. to you the work in our church-
school-organization has been going on at an increasing ratio, and
consider it my duty to make a short summary report to you as
far as I have been able to obtain information. As until the times
of the issuing of Circular No. 2, my intercourse with the various
Academies was confined to [the] occasions when I was either instruc-
ted by you to write to certain parties, or my assistance was so-
licited by Stake Authorities or Teachers themselves, a systemat-
ic operation of all our existing schools, tending to a harmo-
nious blending of all our labors to a common end, could
not very well be attempted, without the appearance of of-
ficiousness on my part, which very suspicion would do
more harm than any possible good could have been
gained by premature overanxiety. But your Circular,
putting affairs at once into proper shape, enjoins simply
upon me the duty to inform myself to some extent in
regard to the spirit, condition, and results of every church-
school, and to labor with the end in view, that every school
of our organization feels itself as a constituent part of a
Provo, .
President Wilford Woodruff.
Dear Brother,
Since my last letter of the 3rd inst. to you the work in our churchschool-organization has been going on at an increasing ratio, and
consider it my duty to make a short summary report to you as
far as I have been able to obtain information. As until the times
of the issuing of Circular No. 2, my intercourse with the various
Academies was confined to [illegible] occasions when I was either instructed by you to write to certain parties, or my assistance was solicited by Stake Authorities or Teachers themselves, a systematic operation of all our existing schools, tending to a harmonious blending of all our labors to a common end, could
not very well be attempted, without the appearance of officiousness on my part, which very suspicion would do
more harm than any possible good could have been
gained by premature overanxiety. But your Circular,
putting affairs at once into proper shape, enjoins simply
upon me the duty to inform myself to some extent in
regard to the spirit, condition, and results of every churchschool, and to labor with the end in view, that every school
of our organization feels itself as a constituent part of a
"Letter from Karl Gottfried Maeser, 24 November 1888," p. 1, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed June 17, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/RKyL