--- 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: 7 number: 7 published: 1904-05 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "Our Work," *Improvement Era* 7, no. 7 (May 1904): 549–550.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0707unse 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: improvementera0707unse start_page: 549 end_page: 550 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1904-05) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0707unse publication_year: 1904 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 1904, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Our Work OUR WORK. TO OUR YOUNG READERS. Many of the boys replied to our request in the March Era. We think the best suggestion comes from James McQueen, age 14, Preston, Idaho, who writes: "I like to read books which contain reading of a slight romantic nature, and from which a moral may be drawn. Books such as Louisa M. Alcott's represent my choice." The next best suggestion comes from W. R. Bullock, age 16, Salt Lake City, who says: "I am a fond reader of all books of history and adventures. Not dime novels." Then we have six others, selected from the numbers that have come to hand. Their suggestions are so good that we can not refrain from awarding them also each a book in their line. They suggest, church books of doctrine, travel, history, biography; also general history, ethics, poetry, and romance. All of them mention "Talks to Young Men," a series which, it would appear from all the letters received, is widely read by the boys. All the articles in the magazine are commended, and the cordial approvals would lead us to believe, as, of course, always has been the case, that the Improvement Era is the best magazine for young men. One older boy writing of the February number says: "I think you should not alone consider what the young men like best, but first and foremost, what is of most importance for them." It is the aim of the editors to give the boys both what they like, and what is good for them. We call upon our writers to aid us in this effort. Here are the names of the six others, each of whom in course of a short time will receive a letter and a book: Heber Bennion, Jr., age 16, Ta>lorsville,Utah; Shirley H. Johnson, age 17, Chuichupa, Mexico; J. R. Lambert, age 17, Heber, Utah; Jesse Martin, age 16, Nutrioso, N. M.; W. 0. Stephens, age 18, Henefer, Utah; Joseph L. Standage, agi 20, Mesa, Arizona. THE M. I. A. ANNUAL CONFERENCE. Stake and ward officers, and other workers of Mutual Improvement Associations, who are interested in the annual gathering of the young people at Salt Lake City, are notified that the first meeting of the an- nual conference this season will be held on Sunday, June 5th, and that officer's meetings will be held on Monday and Tuesday following. The first be a conjoint meeting of the officers of the associations will throughout the Church, and will be held at Barratt Hall, at 10 a. m. On the afternoon of that date, conjoint meetings of the associations, open to the general public, will be held at 2 and 7:30 p. m., in the large Taber- nacle. For these meetings a splendid program has been prepared which will include, besides the exercises of M. I. A. members, short speeches from members of the General Board of the organizations. Com- mittees have been appointed as follows: on Sunday program: Joseph W. McMurrin, Bryant S. Hinckley, Philip S. Maycock, Martha H. Tingey, Mae Nystrom, and Ruth M. Pox. Committee on quarters: Rodney C. Badger, and Adella W. Eardley. Committee on program for the officers' meetings of Y. M. M. I. A.: B. H. Roberts, Nephi L. Morris, Edward H. Anderson, and Bryant S. Hinckley. Committee on entertainment: Aggie Campbell, Elizabeth C. McCune, Julia M. Brixen, Frank Y. Taylor, Jos. F. Smith, Jr., and 0. C. Beebe. Committee on railway transportation: Thomas Hull, and Aggie Campbell. The General Boards are making arrangements to entertain the general officers of the associations at an informal reception and ban- quet in the home of Mrs. McCune, which will be held on the Monday or Tuesday evening. Every effort is being put forth to make this conference an important one in the history of our associations, hence the necessity of the officers preparing to be on hand to receive the instructions for the work of the coming year. No association in the Church should be unrepresented by its president, and as many officers as can conveniently come should be in attendance. Important instructions relating to all the work will be given, both to the Young Ladies and to the Young Men's Associations, in the various gatherings that will be held during the three days of the conference. HAVE YOU THESE NUMBERS? The Improvement Era management is anxious to obtain the fol- lowing numbers of the Improvement Era, Vol. 5, for which a liberal price will be paid, 20 cents per number. We have orders for several volumes, which can be supplied in case we receive the following num- bers of the volume mentioned; namely, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4. Send along the numbers, and do it now.