Mutual Work: M. I. A. Annual Conference; M. I. A. Normal Training Class

Mutual Work

M. I. A. Annual Conference The general boards have decided that the annual M. I. A. conference will be held this year on June 6, 7, 8. Efforts are being directed by committees towards making this one of the most practicable, profitable and enjoyable conferences in the history of Mutual Improvement. Conjoint religious services, special meeting for superintendents, Boy Scout demonstration, conjoint business meetings, socials, separate officers' meetings treating on special M. 1. A. work, and athletic sports are among the contemplated activities. Every superintendent in the Church should make it a point to attend. Superintendents are instructed to make their arrangements now to send also other representatives from their stakes. These should be instructed to prepare to report the proceedings at a special officers' meeting of the various stakes on their return.

The M. I. A. Normal Training Class The fourth Y. M. M. I. A. Normal Training Class at the Deseret Gymnasium closed on March 7 with a luncheon tendered to them by

FOURTH NORMAL TRAINING CLASS, DESERET GYM

650 IMPROVEMENT ERA the General Board. They had been in session since February 11 and had received instructions from the Deseret Gymnasium faculty and specialists in various ljnes of work. In a number of the wards and stakes the representatives of these classes have made excellent progress in among the young people. A portrait of the introducing the work class shown herewith: is

Lower Row, left to right: Wilford S. Anderson, Rexburg, Idaho, Fremont Stake; Lester Stoddard, La Grande, Oregon, Union Stake; Earl Vernon, Rockport, Utah, Summit Stake; Ole A. Peterson, Wanship, Utah, Summit Stake; Amley Pulver, Payson, Utah, Nebo Stake; Howard Geddes, La Grande, Oregon, Union Stake; Hugh Roberts, Hibbard, Idaho, Yellowstone Stake; Clifford Eyre, Lyman, Wyoming, Woodruff Stake. Middle Row: O. E. Steed, Stirling, Canada, Taylor Stake; H. F. Jensen, Salina, Utah, Sevier Stake; Lawrence Frazier, Oakley, Utah, Summit Stake; Herschel Calderwood, Coalville, Utah, Summit Stake. Top Row: Robert Richardson, Instructor; William E. Day, Physical Director; Arthur Peterson, Circleville, Utah, Panguitch Stake; William C. Rollins, Lyman, Wyoming, Woodruff Stake; A. D. McAllister, Panguitch, Utah, Panguitch Stake; Heber S. Saurey, Hibbard, Idaho, Yellowstone Stake; Clyde Van Tassell, Woodland, Utah, Summit Stake; B. S. Hinckley, Secretary Deseret Gymnasium; Dr. John H. Taylor, M. I. A Athletic and Scout Director; Benjamin Harker, Instructor; Miss Hazel Edwards, Dancing Instructor

This is likely the last class of the kind that will be held, as the work will be taken up in the various Church school gymnasiums.

"The Millennial Hymns" is the title of a book of music which contains fifty of Elder Parley Parker Pratt's hymns, mostly appearing in the L. D. S. Hymn Book, though there are some new ones. The work is edited and compiled by Samuel Russell, and printed by the University Press, of Cambridge. contains a preface giving a short It sketch of the life of the noted author, and for many of the hymns there are two tunes from standard compositions by leading musicians, many of which are familiar to all singers. The book is especially valuable to choirs which desire to sing the songs of Elder Pratt to tunes other than those used in the L. D. S. Psalmody. There are seventy-five tunes selected from English, German, Italian, French, Welch, and modern American hymn music, covering a period from the sixteenth century to the present time. Selections are given from many noted composers. The tunes constitute a collection especially adapted to the "Millennial Hymns," but may also be used, of course, with other hymns having corresponding meter. The book may be obtained either from the book stores or from Samuel Russell, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Passing Events

An Extra Session of Congress to consider the tariff has been called for April 7.

Mr. Joseph P. Tumulty, of Jersey City, was chosen secretary to President Woodrow Wilson, on February 3. Mr. Tumulty was graduated in 1899 from St. Peters college, Jersey City. He was admitted to the bar in 1892, and served four terms in the New Jersey Legislature, being elected first in 1897.

King George of Greece was assassinated in the streets of Salonica on the afternoon of March 18, by a Greek, educated anarchist, named Aleko Schinas. Crown Prince Constantine has been declared King of Greece. He was at Janina, in command of the Greek troops, when called to the throne. King George had been in Salonica since Nov. 12 last year. He was in his sixty-eighth year and had ruled fifty years to the day, as he was elected King, March 18, 1863.

William Eddington, pioneer of 1853, prominent in political and Utah for the past sixty years, died at religious circles, a resident of Salt Lake City, March 3, 1913. He was born in England, November 27, 1821. He was a school teacher for a number of years, and one of the founders, with Lorenzo Snow, of the Polysophical Society. He was major of the Third Regiment of the Nauvoo Legion, an actor in the Echo canyon war, a member of the High Council of the Salt Lake stake in 1859, mayor of Morgan City for a period of eight years, and at one time a member of the board of regents of the University of Deseret.

Winslow Farr, for many years a resident of Utah, and a pioneer of Weber county, died at his home February 18. He was a brother of the late Lorin Farr, and was born May 11, 1837, in Vermont. He moved to Kirtland, later to Nauvoo, and was acquainted with the Prophet. He went to Winter Quarters with his parents, in 1847, and came to Utah in September, 1848, walking barefooted across the plains. He took part in the Echo Canyon war, was ordained a Seventy in 1852, and went on a mission to England in 1868. In 1890 he moved to Mexico, and was for nine years bishop of Colonia Dublan. In 1899 he was ordained a patriarch by the late A. Owen Woodruff. He was a temple worker since 1906.

The Utah Legislature passed one excellent bill tending to the

moral welfare of the State of Utah, in the Mabey Anti-Gambling bill.