Mutual Work

Mutual Work. Quarterly Conjoint Meetings. Ward presidents of Mutual Improvement Associations, and particu- larly stake superintendents, are instructed by the General Board to be present and take places on the stands at Sunday evening meetings of quarterly conferences in the various stakes of Zion. These quarterly gatherings of the young people are very important, because this meeting is about the only opportunity that the young people have, as organiza- tions, to listen to the instructions of the leading authorities of the Church, the twelve apostles and the presidents of seventy. A suitable program of music, and one exercise from each of the M. I. A. organiz- ations, should be given on these occasions, taken from the manuals that have been studied during the season. It is important that all the officers, both the young men and the young women, take places on the stand, and that, as far as possible, representatives and members from each organization be present. There has been some neglect in this matter, and it is time that the officers of the young people were taking advan- tage of this excellent opportunity granted to the associations, by mak- ing these meetings not only the best attended, but the most instructive, of any that may be held during the quarterly conference. Questions for Debate. The following questions have been approved for debates by the General Board of Y. M. M. I. A.: 1. Resolved, That the college course should be reduced in length to three years. 2. Resolved, That the honor system of examination in colleges is desirable and practicable. 3. Resolved, That the recommendations of the Simplified Spelling Board should be generally adopted. 4. Resolved, That all studies in college above the first or freshman grade should be elective. 5. Resolved, That it would be for the best interests of the students of the United£States to have colleges situated in large cities.