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M. I. A. Annual Conference "We Stand for Loyal Citizenship" Remember, the Annual Conference of the M. I. A. is to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, June 10, 11, and 12, 1921. The best time ever is anticipated. Read a few of the features that will interest Y. M. M. I. A. officers. Good music and song will enliven every meeting. Friday morning will open with a general gathering of delegates at the Assembly Hall, at 10 o'clock, when the members of the General Boards will receive visiting officers. The joint opening exercises will then be held, after which the officers Will separate into department meetings: The Superintendencies', Presidencies' and Secretaries' Department will discuss "Effective Administration in Stakes and "Wards," the discussion being opened by Executive Director Oscar A. Kirkham. Elder Melvin J. Ballard will speak on, "A Testimony of the Gospel a Vital Asset to M. I. A. Membership." The Class Leaders' Department, with the chairmen of class work committees of the General Boards directing, will meet in five divisions: The Advanced Senior, to be conducted by Dr. George H. Brimhall; the Senior Young Men, by Thomas Hull; Senior Young Ladies, Ruth May Fox; — Junior Young Men, B. S. Hinckley; Junior Young Ladies Bee Hive, Ann M. Cannon. The topics in each of these departments will be, "The Class Leader," "The Class," and "The Text." The Music Directors' Department will be in charge of B. Cecil Gates and Margaret Summerhays, and the general theme is, "The M. I. A. in the Community Music Forces." The character of music, and the boy and the girl and their music will be discussed. At noon the Boy Scouts will have a "Leaders' Conference," at which Church, State and National leaders will meet the delegates. The scout leaders' conference will be continued on Saturday morning, from 8 until 9:45 and a special program will be provided for this most interesting gathering. Separate Y. M. M. I. A. officers' meeting will be held at 2 o'clock on Friday, at which Junior department work and study will be presented by Preston Nibley, of the General Board, and Scouting by Supt. Richard R. Lyman. A demonstration of a "Fathers and Sons' Outing" will be given, and there will be a talk on the ''Relationship of Scouting to the Y. M. M. I. A." In the Assembly Hall at 7:30, a joint officers' meeting will be held in which the "Pageant of the Slogans," under the direction of Professor Elbert Eastmond of the Brigham Young University, will be given; also an address on the slogan for 1921-22, "We Stand for Loyal Citizenship," by Superintendent A. W. Ivins. On Saturday morning at 10 a. m., there will be a joint officers' meeting in the Assembly Hall, at which the Boy Scout Band will render selections, community singing will be given, and the general theme, "Leisure Time and Cultural and Special Activities" will be discussed by prominent speakers, among them, Eugene L. Roberts. At 12:15 on Saturday, the Y. M. M. I. A. luncheon to stake superin- tendents will be given in the Bishop's Building, at which Superintendent B. EL Roberts will speak. At 2:30 on Saturday, in Liberty Park, there will be an M. I. A. festival under the direction of Oscar A. Kirkham and Emily C. Adams. Among the exercises will be music by the Boy Scout Band, a get-acquainted dance

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on the lawn, community singing, Bee Hive girls' demonstration, group games and activities, led by Charlotte Stewart, of the Y. L. M. I. A. Board, and Professor Griffith, of the University of Utah. Demonstration in dancing under direction of Katherine Gabbott of the Deseret Gym; and dancing on the green by the entire party will close the entertaining out-door gathering, in one of the grandest parks in the Rocky Mountains. A separate officers' Y. M. M. I. A. meeting will be held at 7:30 in the evening of Saturday, at which the general theme will be "The Senior Young Man," which topic will be given special and vital attention at this Conference, Professor Arthur L. Beeley, one of the principal speakers. On Sunday, June 12, there will be a joint officers' testimony meeting in the Assembly Hall, at 8:30 in the morning; also a joint officers' meeting in the Tabernacle, at 10:30, at which the general theme, "The religious side of the Mutual Improvement Associations, in Class Work, in Recreation and in Individual Membership," will be treated by Dr. George H. Brimhall, Dr. John H. Taylor, and Lucy Grant Cannon, respectively. In the afternoon a general session in the Tabernacle will be held at 2 o'clock on which occasion the Tabernacle choir will furnish music under the direction of Professor A. C. Lund, Professor J. J. McClellan at the organ. The meeting at 2 o'clock will be addressed by President Heber J. Grant on, "A Message to the Young People of the Church." The evening meeting at 7:30, in the Tabernacle, will be addressed by Superintendent Adam S. Bennion on, "The Church as an Ideal Institution." Every Mutual Improvement worker will receive inspiration by attendance at these various meetings. Let there be a full representation from every stake in Zion. "We Stand for Loyal Citizenship" Suggestions for Associations that Meet Weekly on Sunday Evenings During the Summer In a number of wards of the Church, sacramental meetings are held on Sunday afternoons, and the Mutual Improvement Associations are requested by the bishoprics to occupy the Sunday evenings of each week during the summer months between the regular sessions of the M. I. A. Special programs must therefore be provided. These must be of a re- '

ligious nature, both because of the sacredness of the day, and because the young people appreciate the value of such programs, when presented in the proper spirit and iu an interesting manner, and with appropriate hymns and music. Furthermore, it is about the only opportunity our young people have, in their own organizations, for strictly religious services. The gatherings following are questions suitable for discussions in these M. I. A. that should be treated either in one lecture with appropriate music and and hymns accompanying, or be sub-divided into a number of sub-topics assigned to three or four speakers: 1. Why go to sacrament meetings? 2. Why be married in the temple? 3. Why pay tithing? 4. Why observe the word of wisdom? 5. Why have faith in God, in the Lord Jesus Christ, in the Holy Ghost, Smith.' Joseph and in the restoration of the Gospel through the Prophet, 6. Why the necessity of ordinances? 7. Why the necessity of organization? 8. Why keep free and unspotted from the sins of the world. 9. Why observe the Sacred Sabbath? 10. Why go on a mission? the Priesthood .'

11. Why honor the authority of
    12. Why believe in revelation?

756 IMPROVEMENT ERA Y. M. M. I. A. EFFICIENCY REPORT, APRIL, 1921

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Utah Beaver 5 10 10 5 10 5 5 10 \ 5 5 70 Benson 10 5| 10 5 10 10 10 5 5 5 75 Box Elder 10 10 1 10 10 10 5 5 10 10 10 90 Cache 10 5| 5 5 5 5 10 10 5 60 Cottonwood 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 50 Deseret 10 10 5 5 10 10 5 5 5 65 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 45 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 10 10 10 90 Hyrum 10 10 10 5 10 10 10 10 5 5 85 10 5 10 5 5 5 5 5 10 5 65 10 10 10 5 10 5 10 10 10 10 90 5 5 5 5 10 5 10 5 10 5 65 Millard 5 10 10 5 10 5 5 10 60 Nebo 10 5 10 5 10 5 10 10 10 10 85 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 5 5 60 Salt Lake 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 5 65 10 5 5 5 10 10 5 10 5 65 North Sevier 3-5 10 5 5 5 5 10 5 45 South Sanpete 10 10 10 5 10 10 5 10 10 10 90 Uintah 3 10 5 5 10 5 10 10 5 5 65 Idaho Bear Lake 10 10 10 10 5 5 10 10 5 75 Blackfoot 5 10 10 5 10 10 5 10 10 5 80 Blaine 10 10 10 5 10 5 10 10 5 5 80 Boise 10 10 5 5 10 10 5 10 10 5 80 Burley 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 10 10 10 85 Franklin 10 10 10 5| 10 10 5 10 5 5 80 Fremont 10 10 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 5 75 Idaho 10 10 10 10 5 5 10 5 5 70 Lost River 3-6 10 10 5 5 10 5 10 10 65 Pocatello 10 5 10 5 5 5 5 10 10 5 70 Portneuf 10 10 10 5 10 5 5 10 10 5 80 Raft River 10 10 5 10 5 5 10 5 5 65 Rigby 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 5 5 55 Shelley 10 5 5 10 10 10 10 5 65 Teton 3-15 10 5 10 5 10 10 10 10 5 75 Yellowstone 10 10 5 5 5 5 10 10 5 10 75 Arizona Maricopa 10 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 80 Wyoming Big Horn 10 10 10 5 10 5 10 10 10 80 Star Valley 10 5 10 5 10 10 10 10 10 5 85 Colorado San Luis 5 10 10 5 5 10 10 10 10 5 80 Young 10 10 5 5 10 5 5 10 5 5 70 Union (Ore.) 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 90

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Remarks

The following wards reported, too late for notice, for March, North Davis 65 points; Summit, 75; Bear Lake, 75; Juarez, 75; Star Valley 75 Now let us make a final showing for May. Let us hear from all the stakes. Th record for 1920-21 will then be finished. The reports form a barometer by which all workers may fairly well measure the labors of the Y organizations. Officers will be prompt with their annual report, I M M and the two will fairly reflect the conditions. North Davis, 55, too late for segregation: 5 out of 8 reported.

Stakes Classified as per Points

Box Elder 90 Boise 80 Beaver 70 Shelley 65 Ensign 90 Franklin 80 Idaho 70 Raft River 65 Juab 90 Portneuf 80 Pocatello 70 Cache 60 South Sanpete 90 Maricopa 80 Young 70 Millard 60 Union 90 Big Horn 80 Deseret 65 Roosevelt 60 Hyrum 85 San Luis 80 Jordan 65 Rigby 55 Nebo 85 Benson 75 Liberty 65 Cottonwood ....50 Burley 85 Bear Lake 75 Salt Lake 65 North Davis ...55 Star Valley 85 Yellowstone ....75 San Juan 65 No. Sevier 45 Blackfoot 80 Fremont 75 Uintah 65 Duchesne 45 Blaine 80 Teton 75 Lost River 65

Not Heard From

Alpine Panguitch Wayne St. Johns Bear River Parowan Weber St. Joseph Carbon Pioneer Bannock Snowflake Emery St. George Bingham Woodruff Granite South Davis Cassia Alberta Kanab Summit Curlew Taylor Morgan Tintic Malad Moapa North Sanpete Tooele Montpelier Juarez North Weber Utah Oneida Sevier Ogden Wasatch Twin Falls South Sevier

One of the Best J. L. Redford, Leavitt, Alberta, Canada, is an Era agent who thoroughly believes in the Improvement Era. He has about ninety percent of the families in the ward in which he lives as subscribers for the Era. There are thirty-six families and he has thirty-three magazines, all of which are paid. He says: "The Era is one of the best magazines published. I have been a subscriber to it for many years and I know its value. Many have come and said to me, 'Such and such an article I read in the Era was worth more to me than the price it cost me.' This is why I do not hesitate in trying to get a subscriber in every home. May our Father's blessings attend you brethren in this grand work is my wish."