Cover, Masthead, and Contents

Improvement Era, vol. 15, no. 12 (October 1912), published monthly at Salt Lake City by the General Board of the Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations.

Editorial contents

• The New Testament in Literature and History. III, 1053.
• Hiking the Trail. A Ballad of the Boys, 1060.
• Voice of the Intangible. III, 1067.
• What the Returned Missionary Can Do for Himself, 1073.
• A Wish and the Answer. A Poem, 1077.
• Builders, 1078.
• Department of Vocation and Industry. II, 1083.
• The Open Road. XIII, 1085.
• Two Letters. A Poem, 1092.
• Equality of Opportunity, 1093.
• The Discourteous Smoker, 1097.
• Little Problems of Married Life. XIV, 1098.
• Ingenuity, 1102.
• The Ax at the Roots of the Tree, 1103.
• Don’t Be a Scrub, 1106.
• From Nauvoo to Salt Lake in the Van of the Pioneers. XVII, 1107.
• Be Prepared Now, 1111.
• The Harvest Moon. A Poem, 1118.
• The Sunflower. A Poem, 1119.
• Editor’s Table: The Presidential Election, 1120.
• Close of Volume Fifteen, 1121.
• Messages from the Missions, 1122.
• Priesthood Quorums’ Table, 1129.
• Mutual Work: The M. I. A. Fund, 1131.
• The Improvement Era: Trust Funds, 1134.
• Some Problems in Athletics, 1137.
• Passing Events, 1141.