--- 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: 8 published: 1912-06 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "M. I. A. Scouts," *Improvement Era* 15, no. 8 (June 1912): 754–755.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1508unse 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: improvementera1508unse start_page: 754 end_page: 755 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1912-06) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1508unse 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. --- # M. I. A. Scouts M. I. A. Scouts The committee on athletics and field sports, by Chairman Lyman R. Martineau, recently sent this letter to the stake superintendents of Y. M. M. I. A.: Why not take up M. I. A. Scout work with your junior M. I. A. boys? The summer season is especially favorable to its introduction. The General Board has adopted and printed in the March number of the Era (which please study), a plan of organization as a part of the Mutual work, officially recognizing the boy scout movement, which on every hand has caught the popular demand for some wholesome direction to boy activities. Our Athletic and Scout Director, Dr. John H. Taylor, under our direction, has very successfully launched the work in Liberty, Granite, Salt Lake and other stakes, and will meet your stake board or yourself and assistants, or any other officers or persons who are interested, at any time you may name, if you will give him a few days notice. Kindly write him at once, care Deseret Gymnasium, making an appointment, as he aims to give attention to stakes and wards in the order of application. This scout work and the athletic activities of the Y. M. M. I. A. have been laid upon the Athletic Committee by the General Board, and this letter is sent in pursuance of that duty. It is not our de- MUTUAL WORK 755 sire to force scout work nor any form of athletics upon any ward or stake, but we are ready and anxious to aid in organizing when and where a local demand for it is manifested. It is our aim and desire that the Y. M. M. I. A. shall organize, direct and control these activities along wholesome and uplifting lines as fast as wards and stakes can get ready.