--- 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: 14 number: 2 published: 1910-12 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: "Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Mutual Work,” *Improvement Era* 14, no. 2 (December 1910): 183." source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1402unse 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: improvementera1402unse start_page: 183 end_page: 183 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1910-12) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1402unse publication_year: 1910 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 1910, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Mutual Work Mutual Work. A Day for Recreation. At the M. I. A. convention held in Preston, Idaho, September 18, 1910, the young men passed the following resolution: The Y. M. M. I. A. officers of Oneida stake feel the need of the promotion of clean athletics, and Whereas, Every young man needs some wholesome recreation, which he cannot obtain unhss means are provided, and Whereas, The time so devoted should be made interesting and profit- able, and Whereas, Athletic sports cannot be successfully promoted unless a uniform time is devoted to them, be it resolved that, As stake and ward officers we earnestly urge the setting aside of Saturday afternoon throughout the stake for this purpose, and pledge ourselves to work to this end in our respective wards. It being understood that this resolution does not apply where young men or young ladies are engaged during the week in school work where the needed recreation is obtained. Ask Yourselves. Now is the time for the stake superintendent and the ward presi- dent to ask questions: Have you organized the necessary committees? Are they working? Have you competent, boy-loving, active teachers? Is the class order good? Are you well-informed of the work outlined and suggested by the committees of the general board? Are all your mem- bers supplied with manuals? Is the canvass for the Era finished? What activities are you providing? Have you chosen debaters, selected a sub- ject, and arranged for one or more debates? Are you using members of the junior class for story- telling in your preliminary proa rams? Is your enrollment what it should be? Is your missionary committee work- ing? How about a concert and a drama this season? Are you going to have a stake M. I. A. day next spring or summer, to have a good' social time, to exhibit the best in oratory, essays, athletics, games' stories, etc? Have you a set of the reading course, and is it put to use? Are you busy doing something? Have you succeeded in making all your officers busy? Are you meeting regularly as officers, and working unitedly to a common purpose in all things?