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Show BR. B. QM. JR., aaal GOING TO MEXICO. WM TcudQred liis Resignation as President HH ol B. Y. University. HH DR. BiUPAIl TO SUCCEED MM. aaH RellrlnBP:.WMtWW "' 'H the Interests of the Utali.flcx- --aaH can Rubber Company. H Pro to H President 11, CI tiff, Jr., has tendered H his resignation and tlio board of trus- tecs will meet tonight and take notion upon it. Prcsldeut duff has rccclve'il '" " H an offer of tho aupcrlntcndcncy of the Utah-Mexican Rubber Company, and 'H has concluded to accept it ns soon an H his resignation of the presidency of the H Brlgham Young University shall be a- H ceptcd by the board. H President Cluff has for ti' long time H past had a desire to resume liis e.vplor- H ations nnd investigations of tlio couh- jBBal try in which the Utah-Mexican Rubber . aaaal company Is operating with the view of gaining additional corroborative ovi- affjaaal deuces of tho truth of the Book of Mor- iMH mon history. He believes in accepting 'Haaai the position offered lie can better pur- H sue researches in that direction than lis jH can do in ills prcscut position, Of H course it is a pralswortliy purpose he H has in view, and one which, if he should be successful in carrying out, H may prove- of incalculable benefit to H nmeuuiminiiy oi iiatter-uay saints. aaaaaj President Cluff has been identified' V witli the educational-Institution lu in.'. - V 1 about rf separate himself from si)ice 'i-'iaaaBB early bifthood, aud for thu last t wTe jjj? jawnaaaal .yJurbiitJ IJei'ii its p'resid'oiif. ' lfnfina!JSI'wm"m"J fH (his direction the institution has ni'$L WH its greatest progress and deyolopnife H and thero nro serious misgivings enter '1 talned hynany of tho fifends of tli H advisably of releasing him from tho Uto charge h has bo ably and success- j H fully conducted. It is quite probable H however, that the desired release will be granted. , Thxre is a likelyhodd Hint Dr. Geo. j H. Brimliall will be the successor of '1 President Cluff. Like the rutiring president, Dr. Brljihall has almost 'H grown up with tho Brighnm Young ''H University. There Is no man moro 4 H loved iiy tho faculty and students than H is Dr. Brlmhall, and no man identified 'Vvx H with its growth Is perhaps us well qual-" s "" XH iflcd to take the charge of that great school of learning. That his appoint- H ment will meet with genernl approvnl H and satisfaction is a foregone couclu- It Is stated that Dr. Brlmhall, who H lias been residing In Canada for several aaai months past for tho benefit of his' health, is so far recovered as to he able H to assume tho duties of president of tho H H. Y. University. ?aaal |