---
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: 19
number: 5
published: 1916-03
publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
publisher_place: Salt Lake City
language: en
type: magazine
reference: Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, *Improvement Era* 19, no. 5 (March 1916).
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1905unse
  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: improvementera1905unse
curator_note: Source verified against the Internet Archive scan and masthead (vol. XIX, no. 5). Advertisements and advertising-only leaves are omitted; editorial frontispieces and image-only leaves are described here.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1916-03)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1905unse
  publication_year: 1916
  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 1916, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# Improvement Era, March 1916

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## Contents

- Wm. A. Hyde, “The Son of Perdition,” 385.
- Grace Zenor Pratt, “Glimpses of Villa's Army,” 395.
- Orson F. Whitney, “Significance of the Fall,” 402.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “The Great Event,” 404.
- L. J. Muir, “Social Activities in the High School,” 413.
- Robert C. Webb, “Human History Not Explained by Evolution,” 418.
- Joseph F. Smith, Jr., “Is Man Immortal?,” 425.
- J. Arthur Horne, “Into the Light,” 432.
- Delbert W. Parratt, “Outlines for Scout Workers,” 443.
- Edward H. Anderson, “The New President of the University of Utah,” 447.
- Edna L. Smith, “Improvements in the Logan Temple,” 458.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Editors' Table,” 460.
- P. Joseph Jensen, “Priesthood Quorums' Table,” 468.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Mutual Work,” 469.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Passing Events,” 474.