--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Unknown collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 28 number: 11 published: 1925-09 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: "Unknown, “Mutual Work,” *Improvement Era 28, no. 11 (September 1925)*: 1095–1100." source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera28011unse 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: improvementera28011unse start_page: 1095 end_page: 1100 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1925-09) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera28011unse publication_year: 1925 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 1925, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Mutual Work MUTUAL WORK 1097 in the attempt that it is with joy that I find one here who has lived and has made it possible for another to continue to live." Left: Howard Kelley. Right: Regional Director Charles N. Miller shaking hands with Howard at Camp Alpine. Howard Kelley saved a comrade from drowning in Utah Lake. The two boys had attempted to swim to a motor boat anchored some little distance from the shore. The other lad who was a little younger than Kelley, became exhausted and sank. Kelley rushed to his assistance and succeeded in rescuing him from death by drowning. Howard Kelley's home is at Lehi, Utah. He is an Eagle Scout. — H. R. Merrill, Provo, Utah. Cedar City Troop No. 5 Cedar City Troop No. 5. Boy Scouts of America, were organized into a troop at the commencement of school last fall, Scoutmaster, John A. Young, coach at the college, and Assistant Scoutmasters, Irvin T. Nelson, and Arthur J. Morris, and a troop committee consisting of Director J. H. Maughan, Gilbert L. Janson, and William H. Manning — all members of the B. A. C. faculty. The work was given in the regular course of study. One of the require- ments of the course was to become a first class scout. In addition to reach- ing this point 45 merit badges were earned by the boys and the leaders — for the officers of the troop were always in the lead in scout scholarship. Among the winter activities was a monthly good turn. They assisted in cleaning the Cedar City cemetery, repaired a bridge for the college; during the coldest months they chopped wood for, and in other ways helped out the widows of the town, conducted at the close of the year a scout carnival in connection with the Parowan Stake M. I. A-, wherein they encouraged all of the other troops in the Cedar and Parowan districts into more active work, by giving prizes amounting to $50 tp the individuals and troops showing most excellence in the various phases of scout work. For recreational and educa- 1098 IMPROVEMENT ERA tional purposes they hiked out to the historic spots in Southern Utah, and held camping parties in the nearby canyons. They also served as a public safety committee acting at all times as a fire squad of the B. A. C. Campus. The troop next year will be appointed as the official committee of public safety upon the campus. Those becoming first class scouts were awarded neckerchiefs with the official letter of the institution upon them, done in colors of the school. That scouting will raise the standards of scholarship, was amply borne out in the record made by this troop last winter. With seventeen fellows, all students of the school enrolled, the average was 84.2 percent. The average of students the country over is about 75 percent. The work of the troop did not end with the closing of the school. A contest in stalking is being carried out during the summer. The winner of the contest will be the one who brings in the best bit of work done in the wild life, either the capturing of some wild animals, or some other equally difficult task that requires a knowledge and proximity to nature. The towns repre- sented in the troop are as follows: Beaver, Minersville, Cedar City, Hamil- ton's Fort, Kanarra, Hurricane, Tropic, Alton, Escalante, Enoch. It will be seen that the college has trained leadership for ten of Southern Utah's most progressive towns. The B. A. C. is doing its part as headquarters for the Zion National Park Council B. S. A. The fellows in Troop 5 are true L. D. S. scouts in every particular. It is remarkable to find such fine leader- ship in all of these towns isolated as some of them are. I am happy to make this report of scouting in this section. — Iroin T. Nelson. Commissioner Zion National Park Council B. S. A. T\ v.vv s Back row, Left to right: K. Palmer, Anthony Woodhouse, Helbert Eyre, Ray Littlefield, Merille Esplin. Bernard Johnson, Clarence Reddle, Howard Thompson, President Anthony W. Ivins, Wayne Esplin, Plorn Williams, William H. Wood, Floyd Heaton, Reid Cox, Carlyle Esplin, Spencer Isan, Erastus Matheson. Front row (seated) : A. J. Morris. Assistant Scoutmaster; A. H. Riddle, Senior Patrol Leader: John Young, Scoutmaster; Irvin I. Nelson, Assistant Scoutmaster; W. H. Manning, J. H. Maughan, Gilbert H. Jansen, Troop Committeemen. The M. I. A. in Aleppo, Syria The M. I. A. work of the Armenian mission is confined to one branch, and there is but one M. I. A. in all the mission. In some respects it will appear from the following letter from President J. W. Booth that they can, however, make a very good report. President Booth says: "Our bonafide membership is not very definite. About 25 each for the young men and MUTUAL WORK 1099 young ladies, but the average attendance including visitors is about 55 at the meetings. Ninety-.six percent keep the Word of Wisdom and ninety percent can bear good testimonies. At our last joint meeting, which was poorly attended, we had only 41 present; only one, a visitor, smoked. Eight had read the Bible through; nine had read the Book of Mormon through; and twelve, the New Testament. We have a library started of 100 volumes, but no funds on hand. We celebrated the Jubilee year in appropriate fashion with a program, drama, etc., held on June 7-11." Altogether, the M. I. A. in Syria in the Far East has planted an organi- zation which we trust will grow and spread to become great in dimensions and do good work in the cause among the young people. Winners in M Men Quartette Contest "M" Men quartette of Enterprise ward, St. George stake who were successful in winning the grand final contest at rhe June M. I. A. conference. They won in the finals over 12 oth:r groups. They arc, reading from left to right. Lafayette Staley, Wendell Robinson, J. W. McAllister, director. Elvis B. Terry and Theone Jones. New Superintendents of Y. M. M. I. A. Appointed Cassia, Wilford W. Sagers, Oakley, Idaho; formerly Archie Q. Hale. Hyrum, Alfred J. Peterson, Hyrum, Utah; formerly Henry C. Sorenson. Juab, Harry Beagley. Nephi, Utah; formerly Roy T. Cowan. Lost River, Charles D. Johnson, Jr., Moore Idaho; formerly Parley P. Black. Malad, Norman W. Crowther, Malad, Idaho; formerly George A. Wilson. Maricopa, Delbert L. Stapley, Mesa, Arizona; formerly Elijah Allen. Uintah, Irvin Eaton, Vernal, Utah; formerly H. S. Olson. Wayne, J. William Ivie, Loa, Utah; formerly Dalton H. Okerlund. 1100 IMPROVEMENT ERA A "Mormon" School in Hawaii Photo by J. Wesley Williamson, Laic, Oahu, T. H. Above: Principal Reuben A. Joseph and Laie Basket Ball Team. The team of 1924-25 has been a very successful one for the Church School iat Laie. We feel that much good has been accomplished, directly and MUTUAL WORK 1101 indirectly, by means of our athletic activities. Recently the Basket Ball team won the Rural Oahu championship. The Volley-ball and indoor Base-ball teams have made commendable records also. The "Mormon" school teams are praiseworthy for their fine spirit and clean sportsmanship, and the practice of the Word of Wisdom has had much to do with their success. Some people say our boys are "different" — they are. Why? We know. Center: Teachers of the Private L. D. S. School at Laie, Oahu, T. H. From left to right: Annie Jensen, Burlington, Wyoming; Flora Amussen, Logan, Utah; Mary Stevenson, Ephraim, Utah; Elroy Bush, Salt Lake City; Marian Clark, Salt Lake City; Howard Hubbard, Elba, Idaho; and Reuben A. Joseph, Principal of school, Beaver, Utah. Our School here follows the course of study outlined by the Territorial Department of Education, with the addition of a very beneficial class of theology — our one big cause for maintaining the Church School here. And the purpose in view is being accomplished. The principles of the Gospel of our Savior are being presented to the pupils here most effectively, the results of which are keenly observed by visitors to Laie, who see something about our young students that is "different" — a new spirit; strange, yes, but sublime. Below: This group of 34 pupils of the Laie Private School represent a mixture of the following nationalities: English, Irish, Scotch, German, Spanish, French, Hawaiian, Samoan, Tongan, Indian, Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Porto Rican. At mid-year, the following statistics were furnished the Department of Education, which show the different nationalities attending our school: Japanese — 72, Hawaiian — 59, Part Hawaiian — 33, Samoan — 18, Filipino — 8, Others — 4, Chinese — 2, Tongan — 1, Total — 197 pupils. Indeed, the scriptures are being fulfilled — "every nation, kindred, tongue and people shall hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ," and our missionaries and Church school teachers out here in the Isles of the mid- Pacific are making wonderful progress in their efforts to help accomplish this great aim, with the help of the Lord. — Reuben A. Joseph. ST. GEORGE M MEN AND STAKE AND WARD OFFICERS Soviet Russia is said to offer France an alliance against Germany and to pay interest on the Czarist debt to French families, in order to tear France away from British influence. A "Mormon" trail monument was dedicated, July 19, 1925, at a point eight miles northeast of Lyman, Wyo. This is the second in a series to be erected. It is a concrete shaft surmounted by a beehive. Almost 1000 people witnessed the ceremonies. Great Britain refuses to join in a conference on China, according to b communication from the British Foreign Minister, Chamberlain, July 17, to the American, French and Japanese ambassadors. Great Britain does not consider the timpe ripe for an international discussion of the extraterritorial privileges in China American and British flags were destroyed at Minsk, Russia, according to a dispatch from Stockholm, July 17. The story, as told by a paper published in the Swedish capital, was that the flags were trailed in dust, torn to shreds and then burned. The same story says that war preparations are being made at Moscow on a large scale War material, it is said, is being rushed to the Polish and Rumanian frontiers. The Belgian war debt to the United States was the subject of discussion between the Belgian and American debt commissioners, in their meeting in Washington, D. C. Aug. 10. That was the first formal conference. Utah's senior senator, Reed Smoot, is. as is well known, a member of the American commission. An agreement was reached between the two commissions, Aug. 18, according to which the debt will be paid in 62 years, with a very small interest. An anti-evolution suit was entered in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, July 2 2, by Loren H. Wittner, to obtain an injunction against paying salaries to instructors who teach evolution. Mr. Wittner says teaching that theory is forbidden by a congressional enactment which provides: "That no part of this sum shall be available for the payment of the salary of any superintendent who permits the teaching of, or of any teacher who teaches disrespect of the Holy Bible." John H. Miles, the past few years a member of the staff of the Church historian's office, died Aug. 10, 1925, at a local hospital, after a brief illness. He was a native of London, born May 25, 1853. He accepted the gospel while on a voyage to Australia, and soon came to Utah He was well educated and, for many years, taught school in Idaho and Utah. Funeral services were held in Salt Lake City, Aug. 1 2. Among the speakers were Prest. A. W. Ivins and Elder Joseph Fielding Smith, of the Council of the Twelve. The body was taken to Paris, Idaho, for burial. Mrs. Harriet Utley Carter died, at St. George, Utah, July 16, 90 years of age- She was the widow of William Carter, one of the 1847 pioneers, who was the first man to use a plow in Salt Lake and who, it is said, turned the first sod preparatory to building the Salt Lake temple. Mrs. Carter was born in Alabama July 11, 1835. With her family she joined the L. D. S. Church and emigrated to Utah, arriving in Salt Lake with her brother in 1852. No- vember 23, 1853, she was married. She is survived by her brother, Gabriel Utley, and the following children: Samuel U. Carter, St. George; Mrs. Elizabeth C. Harker, Mrs. Harietta Maria Thomas and Jacob U. Carter, Cardston, Alta., Canada; James Carter, Ely, Nev.; also thirty-six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.