---
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: 12
published: 1912-10
publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
publisher_place: Salt Lake City
language: en
type: magazine
reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "Cover, Masthead, and Contents," *Improvement Era* 15, no. 12 (October 1912): 1053–1146.'
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera15012unse
  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: improvementera15012unse
start_page: 1053
end_page: 1146
curator_note: Cover, masthead, and contents retained. The masthead identifies volume 15, number 12, dated October 1912. Unnumbered advertising leaves are intentionally omitted; editorial folios 1053–1146 are transcribed from the Internet Archive scan.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1912-10)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera15012unse
  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.
---

# 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.