the part of members of such Boards, which causes them to
take very little, or in some instances, no concern at all ab-
out the duties of their membership. In consequence of
this all the work devolves upon one or two, who occasionally
feel reluctant in assuming all the responsibility.
A reconstruction of many of these Boards, that carry
such "deadhead's" becomes a matter of necessity, but
can only be affected in a satisfactory manner, by the
First Presidency taking this matter in hand.
As an illustration of the foregoing complaint is the
manner in which the request of the General Superinten-
dent was responded to in regard to the supply of teachers
for the coming school year. The "Church School Papers"
No. 5, Juv. Instrs May 1st, requested all Boards needing teach-
ers for the coming school year to report to the General
Superintendent during June, so that appropriate selections
could be made. The urgency of the case consisted in the
increased demand for district schoolteachers and the
greater financial advantages offered by School-Trustees.
The y indecision of many of our Boards discouraged
several teachers, and I could not find it in my heart
to keep them in suspense until all good positions
in district-schools were filled, and these teachers
after all waiting perhaps yet disappointed in ob-
taining the coveted position in the church-school.
In this way the Church School Service has lost
several efficient teachers, where places had to be
supplied afterwards by less experienced ones.
"Letter from Karl Gottfried Maeser, 30 September 1891," p. 2, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed May 18, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/PpQ4