--- 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: 9 published: 1915-07 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. 9 (July 1915): 841–842.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1809unse 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: improvementera1809unse start_page: 841 end_page: 842 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1915-07) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1809unse 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 No Sunday Contests At the meeting of the General Board held May 26, the question of the propriety of holding contests on Sunday night was discussed and a resolution was adopted to the effect that, while contest num- bers may be given on Sunday, actual contests must not be held on Sunday, and any adjudications rendered on this day will not be recognized. (See "Hand Book," page 91). Y. M. M. I. A. Hand Book The new, revised and enlarged edition of the "Hand Book," was ready for the June Conference. It contains 116 pages, with index, and is brim full of such technical and detail information as no officer who desires to succeed can do without in his work. Single copy 25c; one dozen, to one address, $2.40, postpaid. The June Conference No conference ever held was more blessed with the Spirit of the Lord, in all the divisions of our work, than that of 1915. Full proceed- ings will appear in the July number of the Era, with portraits of the contest winners, and some of the winning speeches, as well as remarks by leading speakers. Ludwig S. Dale, national representative of the Boy Scouts of America, attended, and addressed the officers of the M. I. A. Scouts, on several occasions. Vocations and Industries Industrial Contests To Stake Presidents and Vocation Supervisors: The General Board has decided to award gold medals to winners in the M J. A. Boys' Industrial Contest. These prizes will perhaps be appreciated more than money, because they can be kept for a life time as tokens of achievements really worth while. We trust that you have created a live interest in these contests, in your stake, and that you have the work 'well organized. Please remember that June 10th was the time to close the entries, and all entry blanks were to be sent promptly to us at that time. Boys who have not entered now will not be eligible to receive prizes at the close of the contest. Will you immediately communicate with the Ward Vocation Counselors, and ask them to forward to you at once the entry blanks from the boys in their wards? You can probably see most of them personally, or reach them by phone. The committee would like a complete list of the names and ad- dresses of the men who have charge of this contest work in the dif ferent wards, and will appreciate it if you will send us a list of those in your stake, when you send the entry blanks. Committee on Vocations and Industries, by roscoe w. eardley, Secretary. Athletic and Scout Work Progress of Scout Work The M. I. work during the past year, has had a per- A. Scout manently steady growth. As the Mutual officers become more familiar with the aim of the movement, they become thoroughly aroused to the importance and necessity of having their boys receive the scout training. Those who have taken up the work properly during the past year are unanimous in their testimony as to the benefits of the movement. In a few cases scout masters have imbibed the idea that scout work meant basketball, wrestling, etc., and have spent most of their time in these exercises. The result has, therefore, not been satisfactory, and the boys have shown little advancement along scout lines. Through the scout training the boys have done some very efficient service, in live saving, helpfulness in the home, the ward, and the stake, in kindness to animals and birds, in civic improvements, and in many other ways that make for the development of true men. On June first, our records showed the following: forty stakes and one hundred and four wards have scout troops, leaving twenty-nine stakes who have not yet given their boys the advantages of this train- ing. Two thousand and forty-four scouts are registered as M. I. A. Scouts of the Boy Scouts of America. Thirty-six stakes have deputy stake scout commissioners, to look after the work in the stake. We now have a number of First Class scouts, and some scouts who are now taking out merit badges. The new revised and enlarged "Y. M. M. I. A. Hand Book," now on sale, contains in detail the necessary instructions to start and carry on this great work among the boys. M. I. A. CLASS IN LEADERSHIP, ST. GEORGE, UTAH