---
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: 16
number: 12
published: 1913-10
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* 16, no. 12 (October 1913): 1171–1246.'
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera16012unse
  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: improvementera16012unse
start_page: 1171
end_page: 1246
curator_note: Cover and masthead retained. Editorial contents are split at source-native headings. Advertising leaves and unnumbered front/back matter are intentionally omitted. The temporary leaf-to-printed-folio ledger and source audit are retained outside the repository.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1913-10)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera16012unse
  publication_year: 1913
  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 1913, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# Cover, Masthead, and Contents

*Improvement Era*, vol. 16, no. 12 (October 1913).

## Editorial contents

- The Icarians, 1171.
- Visit to a Rubber Plantation in Samoa, 1176.
- Pap's Mission, 1182.
- Voice of the Intangible: Part of a Program, 1189.
- Is It Loose?, 1197.
- The M. I. A. Contests: Story Telling, 1199.
- The Loss of True Christianity, 1204.
- Choosing a Vocation, 1208.
- Securing Activity in Religious Work, 1213.
- Increasing Enrollment and Interest in the Mutuals, 1219.
- O My Father, 1224.
- Department of Vocations and Industries: Suggestive Guide for Choosing a Vocation, 1226.
- Rules for Ward and Stake Athletics, 1232.
- Editors' Table: Close of the Volume, 1236.
- Passing Events, 1241.