--- 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: 15 number: 3 published: 1912-01 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "Missionary Correspondence Course," *Improvement Era* 15, no. 3 (January 1912): 279–280.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1503unse 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: improvementera1503unse start_page: 279 end_page: 280 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1912-01) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1503unse publication_year: 1912 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 1912, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Missionary Correspondence Course Missionary Correspondence Course A missionary correspondence course of study will begin, under the auspices of the Church schools, January, 1912. This course has been established especially for missionaries, and will be conducted in connection with the office of the general superintendent of Latter-day Saints schools, Salt Lake City. After consulting with the mission presidents, First Council of Seventies, and the General Church Board of Education, a course of study has been prepared by the office, which will include instructions : 280 IMPROVEMENT ERA Church history and in the principles of the gospel, the scriptures, English; besides hints about travel, etiquette, statistics, and answers to questions often asked about our people, and much other information that every missionary needs. This course will enable young men who work, to study during evenings and at odd times, to prepare themselves for this great calling. A course of this kind has long been needed. Undoubtedly many young people will take advantage of it. Elder Edwin S. Sheets, an experienced teacher and missionary, will conduct the study, and it is desired that at least one person from each ward shall take the course. A fee of $10 is charged, and must be paid in advance. The course will last one vear.