Y. M. M. I. A. Statistics

Y. M. M. I. A. STATISTICS 929 M. I. A. Mission Statistics The General Statistical Report of the Young Men's Mutual Im- provement Associations, for the year ending March 31, 1922, shows reports received from the missions of Britain, California, Canada, Central States, Eastern States, Hawaii, Japan, Northern States, Southern States, Sweden, Tonga, Samoa, South Africa and Australia. These show that there are 178 organizations, with: Officers and Instructors 856 Advanced Seniors 1,623 Seniors 1,438 Juniors 1,235 Total 5,152 The average attendance of officers and instructors was 656 Of Advanced Seniors 1,027 Of Seniors - 950 Of Juniors 778 Making a total average attendance in the missions of 3,411 Fifty-five were attending school, 17 were on missions, 22 were at work or in service of their country. There were: Officers' Meetings "8 Joint Officers' Meetings 455 Regular Association Meetings 5,554 Monthly Joint Meetings 463 Conferences and Conventions 41 Meetings held altogether 6.671 There were 3,773 actually taking part in the M. I. A. Activities. There were 20*4 M. I. A. scouts registered with National Organizations; and 137 were doing scout work who were not registered; 139 reading course books were in the libraries, and it appears that 91 read one or all of the reading course books for the year. The largest number of members were in the: Hawaiian Mission 1,436 Australia 195 California followed 980 Sweden 194 Eastern States 470 Samoa 189 Britain 428 Tonga 170 Northern States 355 Canada 76 Southern States 326 Japan 37 Central States 280 South Africa 16 Y. M. M. I. A. Statistics From the General Statistical Report of the Young Men's Mutual Im- provement Associations, for the year ending, March 31, 1922, it is learned that there are 821 associations in the organized stakes of the Church, an

930 IMPROVEMENT ERA increase of 25 over the previous year. The following enrollments in the various classes are given: Officers and Instructors 6,507; An Increase of 391 Advanced Seniors 11,363; An Increase of 806 Seniors 12,837; An Increase of —1,321 2,518 Juniors 15,149; A Decrease of 224 224 Total enrollment 45,856; Total Increase 2,294 The average attendance of Officers and Instructors was 4,471 Of Advanced Seniors 5,827 Of Seniors ~ 6,733 Of Juniors 8,728 Making a total of 25,759 an increased average attendance over last year of 4,663. It appears further from the report that 1,498, an increase of 47 over last year, are attending school; that 1,377 members, a decrease of 164, are on missions; that 1,648 are at work or in the service of the country, a decrease of 173. In the matter of meetings, there were: Officers' Meetings 5,008 Joint Officers' Meetings 13,014 Regular Association Meetings 18,487 Monthly Joint Meetings 6,709 Conventions and Conferences 624 Total Number of Meetings _ ..43,842 all of which shows an increase in every division, except conferences and conventions, which decreased 84. There were 29,295 people who actually took part in M. I. A. activities. There are 8,559 scouts registered with the National Organization, an in- crease of 1,014 over last year. Besides that, there are 4,618 doing scout work who are not registered, which is a decrease of 509; 3,168 members read one or all of the reading course books, which is an increase of 363 over last year. There was a decrease in the visits of M. I. A. stake of- ficers. The finances of the organizations are not as prosperous as during the year, 1921. There were reports from every stake in the Church, 86 in number, at the time of the closing of the report. A Live Mutual in Nottingham Elder Arthur B. Sims, president of the Nottingham, England, Y. M. M. I. A. writes under date of June 11 that they have in that conference a live Mutual Improvement Association, the attendance being greater than the Sunday meetings of any other Church organization. The class has been studying the Advanced Senior lessons found in the Improvement Era, and he says: "We have proved that these lessons are indeed vital problems of life, and sources of joy and factors of happiness. They have helped us in our spiritual life and in the things of the world. We have had six converts baptized in this branch in twelve months. We owe much of the success of our organization to the work done in this class and branch by President Virgil B. Stallings, who was our conference president until about eighteen months ago. We hope to get a better attendance in our Mutual for the coming year, and believe that this can be brought about by obtaining a permanent meeting room."