---
title: Improvement Era
description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930.
authors:
  - Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
collections:
  - periodicals
tags:
  - magazine
  - improvement-era
periodical: Improvement Era
volume: 4
number: 5
published: 1901-03
publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
publisher_place: Salt Lake City
language: en
type: magazine
reference: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, *Improvement Era* 4, no. 5 (March 1901).
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0405unse
  transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers.
  identifier: improvementera0405unse
curator_note: Retains the bibliographic cover, masthead, contents, and a frontispiece placeholder for Governor J. Wilson Shaffer. Omits advertising leaves 2–6 before the editorial pagination and leaves 89–95 after it under the Improvement Era advertisement policy; leaf 7 is an Internet Archive digitization notice.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1901-03)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0405unse
  publication_year: 1901
  note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1901, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# Cover, Masthead, and Contents

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<!-- Frontispiece: Governor J. Wilson Shaffer. -->

*Improvement Era*. Volume 4, no. 5. March 1901. Organ of Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations; published by the General Board, Salt Lake City.

## Contents

- Anderson, Edward H., “The Governors of Utah—J. Wilson Shaffer,” 321.
- Anderson, Nephi, “The Finding of Olga: A Love Story—II,” 326.
- Ivins, Anthony W., “The Yaquis and the Yaqui War,” 333.
- Rich, Ben E., “Training and Equipment of Missionaries: Spiritual Schooling First and Foremost,” 337.
- Bird, R. Leo, “Training and Equipment of Missionaries: Spiritual and Moral Qualifications,” 342.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “The Universal Cry: Wanted, a Man,” 345.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Have You Met the Gentleman?,” 346.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Bide Your Time: A Poem,” 353.
- Taylor, Joseph E., “Capital Punishment: Viewed from a Scriptural Standpoint,” 354.
- Richards, Samuel W., “Missionary Experience Recalled by the Death of Queen Victoria,” 363.
- Waterman, Nixon, “Pure Thoughts: A Poem,” 367.
- Cluff, W. W., “A Religious Revival,” 368.
- Widtsoe, John A., “Sunshine,” 371.
- Young, Aretta, “Students’ Parting Song to Karl G. Maeser,” 377.
- Tanner, J. M., “Some Leading Events in the Current Story of the World,” 378.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Editor’s Table: Home Building; Dr. Karl G. Maeser; Zion’s Teacher; Answers to Questions,” 389.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Notes,” 396.
- Hull, Thomas, “Events of the Month,” 397.