--- 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: 7 published: 1912-05 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: Annual M. I. A. Convention Program," *Improvement Era* 15, no. 7 (May 1912): 661–662.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1507unse 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: improvementera1507unse start_page: 661 end_page: 662 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1912-05) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1507unse 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. --- # Mutual Work: Annual M. I. A. Convention Program Mutual Work Annual M. I. A. Convention Program The annual convention of the M. I. A. will be held in Salt Lake City, June 7, 8, and 9, 1912, beginning at 10 o'clock, Friday morning, with a meeting in the Assembly Hall, at which there will be singing by the Granite Stake Y. M. and Y. L. M. I. A. After the opening remarks twenty minutes each will be occupied by two stakes. Granite and Cache for the Y. M. M. I A., and twenty minutes each, Parowan •and Salt Lake, for the Y. L. M. I. A. in telling four stories. There will be an oration by a young man of Alpine Stake, occupying fifteen minutes, subject, "Brigham Young as a Pioneer," also an oration on "The Three Pioneer Women of Utah," by a young lady of Wasatch. In the afternoon separate officers' meetings will be held. At the Young Men's meeting a five-minute talk each from a representative from Union, Box Elder, Duchesne and Kanab, will be given, setting forth briefly the article in the current volume of the Era in which they were most interested. (2) The Reading Course. Each stake should furnish to the general secretary in writing the following facts: a. Number in the stake who have read one or more of the prescribed books for 1911-12. b. Which book has been most popular? c. A representative from each of the following stakes will give a five-minute talk on how they have handled the reading course in their stakes — Yellowstone, Weber and Sevier. (3) The Manual — "The Manual — Its Place in Mutual Improvement Work" — Dr. George H. Brimhall. (4) The Fund — Its use and disbursements — Moroni Snow. How to collect the fund, from each of the following stakes: Alberta, Millard, Summit and Beaver. Questions and discussions after each topic. (5) Annual report and roll call. Music by the Y. M. M. I. A. of Salt Lake Stake. On Friday evening a reception will be held for the stake officers in the Deseret Gymnasium, at 8 p.m. On Saturday morning at 10 a.m., at Barratt Hall, "The Essentials of Good Debating" will be treated by Dr. John A. Widtsoe. (2) Athletics and Field Sports (a) Some Problems in Athletics, by Lyman R. Martineau; (b) What to Play and How to Play It— Eugene L.Roberts. (3) Music and Drama. Music in the Associations — Practical Demonstrations, Oscar A. Kirkham. Saturday afternoon will be devoted to athletics and field sports, folk-dancing and exhibitions of scout work at Wandamere. ^C Zanday morning a conjoint meeting will be held at the Tabernacle, at which will be presented (1) a suggestive preliminary program under me direction of the general board. (2) A talk on Language by Elder Junius F. Wells. The balance of the time will be occupied by members of the general boards. Extra musical numbers will be furnished by the musical directors. At 2 p.m., in the Tabernacle, the Tabernacle choir will furnish 662 IMPROVEMENT ERA the singing. There will be three ten-minute talks as follows: Spiritual Development, Primary Association, Edith Hunter; Intellectual Development, by the Y. L. M. I. A.; and Social Development, Y. M. M. I. A., B. S. Hinckley. The remainder of the time after the presentation of the officers, will be occupied by President Joseph F. Smith. In the evening, at 7:30, in the Tabernacle, a conjoint meeting will be held, at which three twenty-minute addresses will be given as follows: "The Place of the Y. M. M. I. A. in the Church, by Elder Heber J. Grant; The Place of the Y. L. M. I. A. in the Church, by one of the ladies, and The Relation of the Primary Association to the M. I. A., Ann Nebeker. There will be music between the addresses, furnished by the musical directors of the M. I. A. and Primary Associations. Rates have been secured over the railroads.