Letter from Karl Gottfried Maeser, 5 July 1888
Provo City, Utah,
President Wilford Woodruff.
Dear Brother,
Relying upon your kind indulgence for not waiting for your
decision in regard to my letter of the 2nd inst., I feel that I am under
the necessity of making some report to you that may constitute a
factor in your consideration of the educational movement, at least
as far as the S. L. Stake Academy is concerned.
Bro. J. E. Talmage, on returning from Salt Lake this morning,
informed me, that the offers, made to him by the University of Deseret
a year ago, had been repeated very urgently and seconded by bretheren
high in authority, and accompanied by fine pecuniary induce-
ments. He seemed to consider these propositions quite favorably,
promising me, however, not accept any call from that quarter
in preference to any appointment by the General Board of
Education. But he requested me to see, if the matter concerning
his position and pecuniary consideration could not be
speedily settled, that he could make his arrangements ac-
cordingly.
This matter seemed to me of sufficient importance to acquaint
you with it, that you may know what efforts the University is
making to prevent the establishment of an efficient competition;
