---
title: October 1912
authors:
  - Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
published: 1897-11
language: en
type: index
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera11unse
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  identifier: improvementera11unse
  scan: "Original source link: https://archiveviewer.org/viewer/internet-archive/improvementera11unse"
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1897-11)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera11unse
  publication_year: 1897
  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 1897, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# October 1912

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## Sections

- [Cover, Masthead, and Contents](https://library.mrm.org/improvement-era/1912/10/cover-masthead-and-contents.md)
- [The New Testament in Literature and History. III](https://library.mrm.org/improvement-era/1912/10/new-testament-in-literature-and-history.md)
- [Hiking the Trail. A Ballad of the Boys](https://library.mrm.org/improvement-era/1912/10/hiking-the-trail-a-ballad-of-the-boys.md)
- [Voice of the Intangible. III](https://library.mrm.org/improvement-era/1912/10/voice-of-the-intangible-iii.md)
- [What the Returned Missionary Can Do for Himself](https://library.mrm.org/improvement-era/1912/10/what-the-returned-missionary-can-do-for.md)
- [A Wish and the Answer. A Poem](https://library.mrm.org/improvement-era/1912/10/wish-and-the-answer-a-poem.md)
- [Builders](https://library.mrm.org/improvement-era/1912/10/builders.md)
- [Department of Vocation and Industry. II](https://library.mrm.org/improvement-era/1912/10/department-of-vocation-and-industry-ii.md)
- [The Open Road. XIII](https://library.mrm.org/improvement-era/1912/10/open-road-xiii.md)
- [Two Letters. A Poem](https://library.mrm.org/improvement-era/1912/10/two-letters-a-poem.md)
- [Equality of Opportunity](https://library.mrm.org/improvement-era/1912/10/equality-of-opportunity.md)
- [The Discourteous Smoker](https://library.mrm.org/improvement-era/1912/10/discourteous-smoker.md)
- [Little Problems of Married Life. XIV](https://library.mrm.org/improvement-era/1912/10/little-problems-of-married-life-xiv.md)
- [Ingenuity](https://library.mrm.org/improvement-era/1912/10/ingenuity.md)
- [The Ax at the Roots of the Tree](https://library.mrm.org/improvement-era/1912/10/ax-at-the-roots-of-the-tree.md)
- [Don’t Be a Scrub](https://library.mrm.org/improvement-era/1912/10/dont-be-a-scrub.md)
- [From Nauvoo to Salt Lake in the Van of the Pioneers. XVII](https://library.mrm.org/improvement-era/1912/10/from-nauvoo-to-salt-lake-in-the-van-of.md)
- [Be Prepared Now](https://library.mrm.org/improvement-era/1912/10/be-prepared-now.md)
- [The Harvest Moon. A Poem](https://library.mrm.org/improvement-era/1912/10/harvest-moon-a-poem.md)
- [The Sunflower. A Poem](https://library.mrm.org/improvement-era/1912/10/sunflower-a-poem.md)
- [Editor’s Table: The Presidential Election](https://library.mrm.org/improvement-era/1912/10/editors-table-the-presidential-election.md)
- [Close of Volume Fifteen](https://library.mrm.org/improvement-era/1912/10/close-of-volume-fifteen.md)
- [Messages from the Missions](https://library.mrm.org/improvement-era/1912/10/messages-from-the-missions.md)
- [Priesthood Quorums’ Table](https://library.mrm.org/improvement-era/1912/10/priesthood-quorums-table.md)
- [Mutual Work: The M. I. A. Fund](https://library.mrm.org/improvement-era/1912/10/mutual-work-the-m-i-a-fund.md)
- [The Improvement Era: Trust Funds](https://library.mrm.org/improvement-era/1912/10/improvement-era-trust-funds.md)
- [Some Problems in Athletics](https://library.mrm.org/improvement-era/1912/10/some-problems-in-athletics.md)
- [Passing Events](https://library.mrm.org/improvement-era/1912/10/passing-events.md)