and 3 consultations with Faculties, atten conducted 1 ex-
amination of a churchschoolteacher for the Intermediate
Grade, and conducted several class exercises by special
request of the teachers, to illustrate some methods in teaching.
In every place in Arizona that I have visited I have found
former students of the B. Y. Academy, who as a rule were
pronounced by their presiding Priesthood active workers
in the cause of the Latterday Work.
Snowflake.
Bro. Levi Savage, who by your request, went from Logan to
Snowflake, to take charge of that Stake Academy, has with-
drawn from the educational field, and is now Bishop
at Woodruff. Although Bro. Savage is a man of sterling
worth and a faithful Latterday Saint, he does not seem to
have succeeded in obtaining the affection of the students and
the confidence of a portion of the community in his ability.
The Academy has suffered much in consequence. President Jesse N. Smith and Bishop LHunt in connection with
some line members of the Stake Board obtained, late in
the season the services of Bro. Webb, a former and well
experienced teacher. Bro. Webb has been very reluctant to
accept the position but consented merely to help the
Board out of the difficulty until a permanent teacher
could be obtained. Bro. Webb has a large family and
thinks he must do something more remunerative. He
wants to go into the Ranch business, for which in the
opinion of Pres. J. N. Smith he is not at all qualified.
I found Bro. Webb, assisted by his wife, doing good work
in the Academy. They had then 56 students of the V. IV. & III
"Letter from Karl Gottfried Maeser, 17 December 1891," p. 2, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed June 17, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/77n1