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Fireside Dreams

Improvement Era, vol. 23, no. 11, September 1920, p. 998

Allen, Oluf L.

1002 IMPROVEMENT ERA

—12 to 16 Inclusive Junior

The lessons for the Junior class will consist of campfire stories, the titles of which follow

  1. The Pathfinders from the Missis- 10. The Monarch of the Plains. sippi to the Pacific. 11. Life Among the Indians.
  2. The Indian Woman Guide. 12.-Indian Customs and Habits.
  3. The First Mission to the Indians. 13. The Story of a Song.
  4. The March of the Mormon Bat- 14. Father Bundy's All-wood Wagon. talion. 15. Pulling a Handcart Across the
  5. The First Pioneer Company to Plains. Cross the Plains. 16. Unwise Buffaloes and Men.
  6. The Herd Boy of the Plains. 17. How the Missionaries Escaped
  7. How Widow Smith Found Her Capture. Cattle. 18. The Gold Fever.
  8. The Pony Express. 19. Racing with a Prairie Fire.
  9. How Early Missionaries Crossed 20. The Waters of Loup Fork. the Plains.

Special Activity Events

Officers will have noticed in the calendar that there is a special activity event scheduled for each month. In the effi- ciency reports, stakes will receive proper credit each month if one of these is held each month in each ward during the eight months provided; hence 10% of the efficiency of the stake depends upon the carrying out of these programs. As indicated, where associations meet on Sunday evening, events that cannot be held appropriately on Sunday, such as debates, dramas, etc., should be held on a week night. The same event should be held throughout the stake on the same evening, but the December, January, February and March events may be interchanged, if thought desirable. Lists of plays, declamations, etc., will be furnished officers upon application to the General Secretary. The following are the special activity events:

  1. October—Opening SociaLt 6. March—An Evening with Church
  2.        —
    November Harvest Festival. Leaders.*
  3. December — Musical Festival. 7. April — A Spring Celebration.
  4. January— Debate. 8. May — A Pageant.
  5. February— Drama.

One Suggestion for an Opening Social The Secretary, on application from the officers, will furnish suggestions on each of these headings in detail for the carrying out of these various activity events. As for example, "Opening Social," in October:

Indoor Track Meet tDivide the company into groups, each with a captain and a yell- master. Furnish each person with a crepe paper badge of the color his group represents, and a program of the sports. The captain se-