---
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: 20
number: 1
published: 1916-11
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* 20, no. 1 (November 1916): 1–95."
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2001unse
  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: improvementera2001unse
start_page: 1
end_page: 95
curator_note: Cover, masthead, and contents retained. Unnumbered advertising leaves 1–2 and 98–100 are omitted. The unnumbered frontispiece leaf between printed pages 1 and 3 is represented here; printed editorial folios 1 and 3–95 are transcribed.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1916-11)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2001unse
  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.
---

# Cover, Masthead, and Contents

*Improvement Era*, vol. 20, no. 1 (November 1916), published monthly at Salt Lake City by the General Board of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations.

<!-- Frontispiece: The Garden Fountain, Home of Ramona. -->

## Editorial contents

- Mount Timpanogos, 1.
- Thanksgiving, 3.
- At the Home of ‘Ramona’, 4.
- The Meaning of Education. VII: Honor, 10.
- The Germ Ubiquitous, 12.
- God’s Painting, 13.
- Reflections, 16.
- Outlines for Scout Workers. XIV, 17.
- In Line with the ‘Spug’ Movement, 21.
- The Cheery Smile, 26.
- Remnants of a Noble Race, 28.
- Thoughts of a Farmer: The Back Sever, 30.
- Do You Believe in the Bible?, 33.
- Christ in Flanders, 50.
- ‘Lest We Forget’, 51.
- Football Champions, 57.
- Angels’ Visits, 58.
- Life’s May Time, 59.
- Practical Vocation Work, 60.
- Take Me Back to the South, 61.
- Good Turns, 62.
- Why Doubt Our Father’s Power?, 63.
- Editors’ Table: Conference Themes, 66.
- Priesthood Quorums’ Table, 80.
- Mutual Work, 82.
- Passing Events, 91.