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. GEN. SUPERINTENDENT.
GEO. REYNOLDS, SECRETARY
me an opportunity to form an opinion, and I found
the lady well qualified for the position. All the
Arizona Churchschool Teachers are either licensed al-
ready or will become so before New Year. I had a very
interesting meeting with the Local Board in the af-
ternoon, which was also attended by the Stake Presidency,
and a majority of the members of the Stake Board.
Whatever differences may have existed between the two
bodies, they were all satisfactorily adjusted on that
occasion, so that both Boards and Schools can work
henceforth harmoniously in their respective spheres.
Tuesday forenoon I made my final visit to the Stake
Academy at Thatcher, addressing the last half hour
the students, as I am in the habit of doing at every
churchschool before leaving. There was a large meeting
appointed for the afternoon in the meetinghouse, for
parents and students. The Trustees of the Districtschools,
at Pima, Central, and Thatcher, clohad closed their
schools that afternoon to give their teachers the opportunity
to attend that meeting. The house was terribly crowded.
The Churchschool Convention of St. Joseph Stake was or-
ganized. Although I have always opposed our
"Letter from Karl Gottfried Maeser, 17 December 1891," p. 9, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed June 17, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/lVvM