---
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: 2
published: 1916-12
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. 2 (December 1916): 97–190."
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2002unse
  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: improvementera2002unse
start_page: 97
end_page: 190
curator_note: Cover, masthead, and contents retained. Unnumbered advertising leaves 1–2 and 98–100 are omitted. The unnumbered frontispiece leaf between printed pages 97 and 99 and the unnumbered General Efficiency Report after page 190 are omitted as non-article visual/table matter; printed editorial folios 97 and 99–190 are transcribed.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1916-12)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2002unse
  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. 2 (December 1916), published monthly at Salt Lake City by the General Board of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations.

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## Editorial contents

- The Birth of Jesus, 97.
- Faith, 99.
- Prosperity, Debts and Investments, 102.
- Stand By, 105.
- Vicarious Work for the Dead, 106.
- In the World of Spirits: Story of a Conversion, 111.
- Who Wants John Barleycorn?, 121.
- Leave No Loopholes, 122.
- The Right Way, 124.
- Doing It Without Pressure, 125.
- Solitude, 127.
- Down With the Old, Up With the New, 128.
- Beyond Today, 130.
- The Making of a Man, 131.
- Winter, 141.
- Outlines for Scout Workers. XV, 142.
- The Meaning of Education. VIII, 147.
- Subduing the Earth, 149.
- Give Us Peace, 151.
- Dear Land of the Valleys and Mountains, 154.
- Hiking to the Summit of Mt. Baldy, 156.
- Mind and Plan in Nature, 158.
- The Nativity, 161.
- For My Little Babe’s Sake, 162.
- A Study in American Hebraic Names. I, 166.
- Nothin’ Like Christmas for Drawin’ Home the Folks, 171.
- Editors’ Table: Dress and Social Practices, 172.
- Priesthood Quorums’ Table: How to Teach, 179.
- Mutual Work, 182.
- Passing Events, 186.