--- 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: 24 number: 11 published: 1921-09 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "Study Courses for 1921–22," *Improvement Era* 24, no. 11 (September 1921): 1009–1010.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera24011unse 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: improvementera24011unse start_page: 1009 end_page: 1010 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1921-09) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera24011unse publication_year: 1921 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 1921, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Study Courses for 1921–22 SOURCES OF JOY AND FACTORS OF HAPPINESS 1009 in ours. Dr. A. S. Bettelheim, a Jewish rabbi, traces the saying to the Tal- mud, where Phinehasben Jarr says: "The doctrines of religion are resolved into carefulness; carefulness into vigorousness ; vigorousness into guiltlessness; guiltlessness into abstem- iousness; abstemiousness into cleanliness; cleanliness into godliness— literally next to godliness." Problems and Questions 1. What can you do to improve the cleanliness in your community? a. Individually? b. As a class? 2. To what state of mind does one confess when he tells a smutty story? 3. How may there be unclean dressing in clean dresses? 4. What is the leading thought in The Strength of Being Clean, by David Starr Jordan? 5. Name the four states of consciousness that are special sources of joy and factors of happiness. 6. What element exists in the sense of cleanliness that may be absent in the sense of safety? 7. Discuss cleanliness in the light of the declaration that, "Salvation consists in getting beyond the power of one's enemies." 8. Wherein is baptism related to optimism, self correction, and clean- liness? 9. When has the sense of strength weakness behind it? 10. Show that cleanliness is not only next to godliness, but a part of it. Collateral Reading The Strength of Being Clean, David Starr Jordan. Gospel Doctrine, Joseph F. Smith, pp. 687-689. Study Courses for 1921-22 ' Advanced Senior Department The general title of the Joint Advanced Senior Class study is Sources of Joy and Factors of Happiness, the thesis being, "Man is that he may have joy," and the topics as they will ap- pear in the Era and Journal, are as follows: 1. Optimism 13. Veracity 2. Self -correction 14. Sincerity 3. Cleanliness 15- Hospitality 4. Education 16- Culture 5. Work 17- Thrift 6. Recreation 18. Obedience 7# Art. 19- Opposition 8. Literature. 20. Health 9. Music. 21. Leadership 10. Science 22. Charity 11. Large Family 23. Freedom 12. Prayer 24. Suspended Judgment 1010 IMPROVEMENT ERA Senior Department The general title of the Y. M. M. I. A. Senior manual is, Practical Religion. The aim is to interest the young men of Zion in the theories of our religion, and to impress them with a strong and abiding determination to put them into actual prac- tice. The title of the lessons are : 1. The Religion of the Latter-day Saints Reasonable and Natural. 2. Growth. 3. How Knowledge Comes. 4. Meaning of Prayer. 5. Prayer in World. 6. The "why" tion. 7. The "why" 8. Loyalty to 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. of Church Ordinances 18. the Priesthood. the History of the of Church Organiza- Counsel. Chastity. Effect of Chastity. Fasting. The History of Tithing. The Value of Tithing. Love as Shown in Offerings. Love for Humanity. Charity. Man Is that He May Have Joy. Junior Department The manual for the Junior Class carries the general title, Pioneer Stories. Unlike the trappers and the early explorers, who came for gold and adventure, the Latter-day Saints came to the unsettled west to make homes, with no thought of turning back. The object of the manual is to impress the youth with the faith and zeal of the Pioneers who thus established them- selves in the great American desert. The stories bear upon the hardships endured in conquering the soil and subduing the In- dians. The aim is to create in the new generation the faith of the fathers, and a desire to continue the great work which they began. To this end, many thrilling stories and faith promoting testimonies are recounted. The following are the lesson head- ings: 1. The Catholic Fathers— 11. Early Discoveries. 12. 2. The Fur Traders. 13. 3. "This is the Place." 14. 4. President Young's Predictions. 15. 5. An Indian Scare. 6. An Indian Scare. (Continued.) 16. 7. Jacob Hamblin and the Indians. 17. 8. Courage. 18. 9. Indian's Attack on Lee's Ranch. 19. 10. Indian's Attack on Lee's Ranch. (Continued) The Fruits of Disobedience. Providential. A Dog Story. Was it Retribution? Was it Retribution? (Continued.) A Navajo's Depredations in South- ern Utah. A Victory for Peace. A Victory for Peace. (Continued.) The Wily Chief. A Thrilling Experience of Pio- neer Life.