---
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: 5
published: 1917-03
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* 20, no. 5 (March 1917).
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2005unse
  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: improvementera2005unse
curator_note: Source verified against the Internet Archive scan and masthead (vol. XX, no. 5). Advertisements and advertising-only leaves are omitted. Scan leaves were mapped to visible printed folios before transcription; unnumbered frontispiece material is retained without invented page markers.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1917-03)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2005unse
  publication_year: 1917
  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 1917, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# Improvement Era, March 1917

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## Contents

- Wm. A. Hyde, “Soul Culture,” 381.
- Aubrey Parker, “Resurrection: A Poem,” 387.
- Myrtle Young, “The Kingdom of Little Children: A Story,” 388.
- Minnie Iverson, “The Hidden Spring: A Poem,” 395.
- Anthony W. Ivins, “On Villa's Trail in Mexico—IV,” 396.
- Hattie Geldard, “Hope: A Poem,” 400.
- James E. Talmage, “Original Sin and Preexistence,” 401.
- Josephine Spencer, “The Kingdom of Sin: A Poem,” 405.
- Newel K. Young, “Moral Education of the Adolescent—I,” 406.
- J. C. Hogenson, “Looking Back: A Poem,” 414.
- Delbert W. Parratt, “Outlines for Scout Workers—XVII,” 415.
- Frank H. Arnold, “An Indian School Paper,” 419.
- L. W. Bennett, “Ethics of War,” 423.
- Blanche M. Kelly, “Militarism: A Poem,” 425.
- Bertha A. Kleinman, “Success: A Poem,” 426.
- Nephi Jensen, “Eloquence,” 427.
- Grace Ingles Frost, “The Weakling: A Poem,” 430.
- Evan Stephens, “At Home They Are Praying for Me: Male Chorus,” 431.
- Elsie C. Carroll, “The Gift of Trapper's Cave: A Story,” 434.
- Joseph M. Tanner, “The United States and Germany,” 446.
- Olive M. Dunn, “A Friend: A Poem,” 449.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Editors' Table: Elder Stephen L. Richards,” 450.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Messages from the Missions,” 454.
- P. Joseph Jensen, “Priesthood Quorums' Table,” 459.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Mutual Work,” 464.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Passing Events,” 468.