Priesthood Quorums’ Table

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^mk 'Z'M Aim of the Senior Department The Committee on Senior Department, consisting of these members of the General Board, Osborne J. P. Widtsoe, Chairman; Thomas Hull, Vice- Chairman Nephi Anderson, Lewis T.. Cannon, James E. Talmage, J. Golden ;

Kimball, and Henry C. Lund, have sent the following message to all Senior classes: Dear fellow-workers —To the Senior Department of the Y. M. M. I. A. have been assigned duties of unusual importance and significance. We are very anxious that the Senior Department shall not fail in its responsibility. The Senior Department has a very definite aim. Read the "Y. M. M. I. A. Fundamentals," in the Era for September, 1919. There you will find a general aim for our associations. It is "to assist every young man to complete living on the foundation of faith in God and his great latter-day work." There you will find, too, the specific aim of the Senior Department in what is called a "foundation." It is to teach faith in God, and high standards of individual responsibility, in work and play, in community service, and in worship. This "foundation" we want to impress upon you. In your lesson work do not emphasize mere facts and dates. Strike at the meaning of each lesson. Determine how each event considered is epoch-making. Inspire, above all, faith in God, and apply the lesson always to the individual responsibility of Senior boys. President Joseph F. Smith declared that, "in all our labors in life, in all the cares that beset us, we should put uppermost in our thoughts, and highest in our appreciation and love, the cause of Zion, which is indeed the cause of truth and righteousness." Dear brethren, the Senior Department Committee of the General Ix aid exists to serve you. If you will communicate with us, we shall be happy to do all in our power to help you.

Still More Subscribers Arco, Lost River stake, Idaho, has added 25 more subscriptions for the Era in its list, and now has 92 out of a population of 424. So we are pleased to be iiiformed by Soren Jensen, our agent, of that ward.

New Roll and Minute Books A new edition of the roll and minute books for the Y. M. M. I. A. has been issued. Owing to the increased cost of all materials, the price of the minute book has been increased from 25c to 35c; and the price of the roll book, from 25c to 50c. Orders for these books from the organizations will be promptly filled by addressing Improvement Era, 22 Bishop's Building, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Manuals for Boy Scout Classes For boys in the Junior class doing regular scout work, and who are taking the "Twelve Scout Laws," with correlated outlines in the Junior

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manuals, we have three manuals in the series of Development of Character, entitled, "Conduct," "Courage," and "Success," from which many of the illustrations are taken in the outlines published monthly in the Improvement Era. Scouts and class leaders who desire to obtain copies of "Conduct," or "Courage," may order copies of these manuals at any time, and the order will be promptly filled. The manual on "Success," for the Junior classes, is now out of print.

The Y. M. M. I. A. Fund We call your attention to one important item on the ward M. I. A. — Activities report blank item ten; and also to item seven on the Efficiency report blank, under the heading Fund. It is necessary that the General Fund should be paid by January 1, 1920, in order that you may be able to score the ten points for each member. Please make an extra effort to secure these points for your ward and stake.. All funds collected should be forwarded at once to this office either directly, or through the stake officers.

Return Unused Junior Manuals Now The demand for this year's Junior Manual, "Success," has exceeded our estimates, and we are running short. If you have any on hand which are not now needed, please return them at once to this office for credit, so we can send them to others who need them.

Efficiency Reports Have come to hand for October and November, from the following stakes: Kanab,* Deseret,* Uintah,* Millard, Blackfoot, Woodruff, Salt Lake, Yellowstone, Box Elder,* Weber, Benson, Bear River,* Blaine,* Montpelier, Ogden, North Weber, Maricopa, Moapa.* In all of them there is a good showing in each of the ten activities. The stakes starred had gone "over the top" in membership on December 1. Thanks for the reports. We hope to get an efficiency report from every stake in the Church by Jan. 10. Please respond promptly.

Suggestive Program For Joint Meeting of M. I. A., Sunday, January 4, 1920. The following program is suggested for Mormon Battalion Evening, lo he used in full or in part.

1. "America" Congregation
2. Prayer
3. "Utah, We Love Thee" (Utah's State Song, adopted by special act of the Legislature) Mixed Double Quartette or Church Choir
4. Reading of poem by May Belle T. Davis: Era Vol. 22, p. 701.
5. Solo, "Mormon Battalion Song" (Words by Thomas Morris).
6. Male Quartette, "O Home Beloved, Where'er I Wander," No. 94, "Songs of Zion."
7. Address, "The Mormon Battalion."
8. "Star Spangled Banner." Assembly (Before the national anthem is sung, a color guard of Boy Scouts will bring in the American flag and unfurl it before the audience).