--- 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: 18 number: 5 published: 1915-03 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: "Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, \"Mutual Work,\" *Improvement Era* 18, no. 5 (March 1915): 462." source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1805unse 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: improvementera1805unse start_page: 462 end_page: 462 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1915-03) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1805unse publication_year: 1915 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 1915, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Mutual Work Mutual Work Stake Work Suggestive Ward Report to Stake Officers A number of stake officers have requested a suggestive outline for a monthly report of the Y. M. M. I. A. of the wards for the stake officers. Complying with this request, the Committee suggest the following, which may be printed on postal cards or paper, and sent monthly by the local secretary to the secretary of the stake for com- pilation. The matter which would thus be placed in the hands of the stake officers would be of great value, enabling them to have knowl- edge of the details of the various association activities every month of the year. The blanks might be modified, in each stake, to meet the requirements of the wards of that stake. The Committee are of the opinion and recommend that the officers of each stake print their own report blanks, as the local conditions vary to such an extent that one form would scarcely meet the demands of all the stakes. Hence, stake officers will please prepare their own reports for their own par- ticular wards, from this suggestive outline, adding such new matter or making such changes or eliminations as their local conditions demand. The report follows: MONTHLY REPORT OF THE Y. M. M. I. A. FOR THE WARD STAKE 191-— [The ward secretary, will fill out this report and mail to the stake secretary immediately after the last meeting of each month.] 1. How many weekly officers' meetings have you held? 2. Give enrollment of officers including class teachers— Give average number* who attended: At weekly officers' meetings (a) At regular sessions (b) .' At monthly officers' meetings (c) 3. Name any vacancies in your ward organization 4. Give enrollment of seniors Average attendance* for the month 5. .Give enrollment of juniors Average attendance* for the month 6. What percent of the ward population is enrolled? 7. What have you done to increase your membership? 8. What manual lessons did you complete in the senior class? In the Junior class? 9. What was done in vocational work? 10. What was done in scout work? 11. How many members have read one or more of the books of the reading course? 12. What did you do in contest work? 13. What was done in social work? 14. How many Era subscribers do you lack to make up your five percent ? 15. What percent of the Fund has been collected? What measures have been taken to secure the balance? Remarks: ,-- President Secretary *To obtain average, add number in attendance at each meeting, and divide by the number of meetings held each month. Ask the — bishop or ward clerk for population.