---
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: 21
number: 5
published: 1918-03
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* 21, no. 5 (March 1918).
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2105unse
  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: improvementera2105unse
curator_note: Source verified against the Internet Archive scan and masthead (vol. XXI, no. 5). Advertising-only leaves 1–2 and 99–100 are omitted; leaf 4 is retained as unpaginated editorial frontispiece context. Scan leaves were mapped to visible printed folios before transcription; frontispiece and illustrated material are retained as figure comments or source-native items without invented pagination.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1918-03)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2105unse
  publication_year: 1918
  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 1918, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# Improvement Era, March 1918

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## Contents

- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Hyrum Mack Smith,” 377.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “In Memoriam,” 379.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Lowering a Big British Hydroaeroplane,” 396.
- F. S. Harris, “The Makers of Science: VI,” 397.
- Alfred Lambourne, “The Saint's Tragedy,” 399.
- Max Eastman, “Coming Spring,” 403.
- James E. Talmage, “God's Foreknowledge Not a Determining Cause,” 404.
- George H. Brimhall, “The Grace of Power to Give,” 406.
- Joseph M. Tanner, “Problems of the Age,” 407.
- Orson M. Sanderson, “Riches vs. Riches,” 418.
- Will Dobson, “A Victory for Peace,” 420.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “London Conference Reunion,” 425.
- Delbert W. Parratt, “Outlines for Scout Workers,” 426.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Jerusalem Delivered,” 431.
- Frederick J. Pack, “Should Latter-day Saints Drink Coca-Cola?,” 432.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Four Generations,” 436.
- Henry Nicol Adamson, “They Kissed Again with Tears,” 437.
- Evan Stephens, “Invocation to Harmony,” 444.
- Joseph M. Tanner, “Peace Terms,” 446.
- Joseph F. Smith, “Editors' Table: Only Life Worth While,” 448.
- Charles W. Penrose, “Congratulations,” 449.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “In Honor of Hyrum M. Smith,” 451.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “The Story Contest,” 452.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Messages from the Missions,” 452.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Mutual Work,” 458.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Passing Events,” 464.