Show NO SEMINARY FOR FOB US NF NEXT at YF AR parowan carowan will not be given an a a L D S seminary tor for next year as had been hoped lack of 0 funds ts s ts by the general church auth orioles as the reason for or denying the application of our stake prest denar defex lor for a seminary to be established here the following letter concerning same Is self explanatory president win R palmer cedar city utah dear president preside nt palmer I have just come fr from om meeting 1 with the first presidency and have been asked to say to all applicants for new seminaries the coming year that the granting of the applications will have to be postponed for tit lit least a year due to a lack of means beaw to go forward the general board of education has announced that it will continue the closing policy and that at least two of our schools will be closed at the endom next year this will give a fittie little fina financial leial relief and then the policy of establishing u new ow arles will e resumed the reason for closing the schools Is that the church la unable to finance the schools anci and continue the policy of 0 establIsh establishing irig new seminaries narles and so it is believed that the money spent by the church tor for education should be spent on the semina seminaries riek rather than on the schools because I 1 thi the per capita cost in schools Is ten times what it Is in the seminaries we hope that in a year from na now we can send the good word to you that we will accept your application tor for a seminary at parowan carowan Pa rowan sincerely your brother joseph P F merrall Merrl ll |