--- 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: 12 published: 1916-10 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: "Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, \"Ninth Ward M. I. A. Boys’ Band,\" *Improvement Era* 19, no. 12 (October 1916): 1087." source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1912unse 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: improvementera1912unse start_page: 1087 end_page: 1087 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1916-10) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1912unse 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. --- # Ninth Ward M. I. A. Boys’ Band ^5 NINTH WARD M. I. A. BOYS BAND This is a picture of part of the Ninth Ward M. I. A. Boys' Band, of Salt Lake City, Utah, sent to the Era by the presidency of that ward association. The organization is made up of Ninth Ward boys, most of whom are under the age of 18. On the first of March, of this year, not one of the boys knew how to play or handle a musical instrument, yet, as a result of hard work and honest effort, they were playing in public before mutual closed in April. At the present time it is one of the most progressive boys' bands in the State. The success of the band is due to the hard work of its members, and to the untiring efforts of Brother W. A. Jackman, conductor. He not only organized the band, but also taught the members how to play their instrument*. Band organizations for the study and execution of instrumental music, are among the interesting and attractive activities of the Y. M. M. I. A., and there should be more of them. What are you doing in your ward in this line ?