OFFICE OF THE
GENERAL BOARD OF EDUCATION
OF THE
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS.
WILFORD WOODRUFF, PRESIDENT,
KARL G. MAESER, D. L. D., GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT,
GEO. REYNOLDS, SECRETARY.
Readergrades, divided into two departments. A large increase
is expected after the holidays. Bro. Webb promised me to recon-
sider his intention of quitting teaching, if the prospects should
brighten up a little more financially. This has not yet
received its appropriation fot this year, as the Board had
failed to report to Secretary , that their Academy was
in running order. At the meeting of the Stake Board
the necessity of reorganizing the Board became apparent,
and some more active members were intended to be added
at their next Quarterly Conference. According to the testimony
of Pres. and his bretheren, there is not in whole
a single young man or boy to be found, that
drinks, smokes, or takes the name of the Deity in vain.
This is then the only place in Zion of this kind, that
have found. Visited also by special request of the
Trustees the districtschools at Snowflake and at ,
giving the teachers a few points, and addressing the
pupils, suitable to the occasion. It is a remarkable fact,
that the Territorial Commissioner of Education, in a
lengthy letter to Pres. JN. Smith declares Prayer to be
illegal in a districtschool, hence no prayers can be offered
up in these schools. They are otherwise well provided with