Letter from Karl Gottfried Maeser, 31 May 1890
Provo City, .
President Wilford Woodruff.
Dear Brother,
I hereby submit respectfully a report of the circuits
made among the churchschools in the southern part
of the territory.
Sanpete & Sevier Stakes.
Leaving Provo for Mt. Pleasant, via Nephi and Moroni, I
arrived at Mt. Pleasant Wednesday, March 12, at 5 P.M
Mt. [Plea]sant Seminary.
March 13. Bro. Geo. Christensen, Principal, and Mrs. Clementine
Erickson, Assistant & Lady-teacher. The Seminary occupies the
upper story of the Coop-Store, two rooms, commodious,
well lighted and ventilated, nicely furnished, separate
entrances to each room, aby the liberality of Bro. Madsen,
owner of the building, under very resonable conditions
in regard to rent for premises and use of furniture.
There can be over 200 student accommodated. 100 stu
dents have been in [atten]dance during the two terms the
Seminary has been in existance thus far; they were
classified in a IV and V Reader grade; forming, how-
ever, for a start, only one department, called Preparatory.
The members of the Local Board have taken a very active
part in the development of their Seminary, realizing the
necessity for their utmost efforts in counteracting the
influence of the Presbyterian Academy at Mt. Pleasant.
Bro. Christensen, the Principal, is one of our most prom-
ising Churchschool-teachers, combining his labors in
the Seminary with his appointments in the Sunday-
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