--- 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, "Summer Work," *Improvement Era* 15, no. 8 (June 1912): 753–754.' 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: 753 end_page: 754 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. --- # Summer Work Summer Work Supt. Aaron W. Tracy of the North Weber stake and his board have prepared a summer course for the wards in their stake that 754 IMPROVEMENT ERA meet on Sunday evening. The purpose is three-fold: (1) to develop the local presidents and counselors in public speaking and to aid them in obtaining new thoughts and ideas through visiting, thus engendering more enthusiasm in Mutual work; (2) to get the parents out to the meetings by giving them something valuable and entertaining; (3) to catch the crowds of boys and girls who otherwise would spend the evenings buggy-riding. They have prepared a schedule of subjects from the Elders' course of study on the Articles of Faith. Each ward presidency will present the program assigned to them, nine times, once in each of the nine wards. The program consists of singing, two fifteen or twenty-minute talks by a young man and a young lady, a recitation, and instrumental music. The meetings begin June 9 and close August 25, so that nine subjects will be presented in each ward during the summer period. The North Davis stake at their annual conference on Sunday, April 28, decided upon a summer program, providing weekly meeting in the wards of that stake. The Young Ladies will occupy their part of the time, on nature study, and the Young Men theirs on topics and stories from the junior manual. Supt. Herbert C. Burton and his Board are urging the study of the adopted program. The Bingham stake have arranged a summer program, and also a field day for athletic contests and games at the close of the season, Sept. 29.