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QyVLutual Work A Great Pleasure Ahead Each member of the Y. M. M. I. A. is expected to read the four gospels as recorded in the New Testament; write a short statement, not more than 500 words, of what he has learned from the reading; and submit his statement and name to his ward president. It will help him to obtain an individual testimony of the divinity of Jesus Christ. All who read the gospels, whether they write or not, should give their names to the ward president, so stating. The invitation to read the gospel is open to all members of the Y. M. M. I. A. The ward president should select the best essay, and send it, with all the names of the readers in one list and the writers in another, to the stake superintendent. The stake superintendent should select the best essay from those of the various wards, and send it, with all the names of the readers in one list and the writers in another, that were sent to him from the wards, to the General Superintendent Y. M. M. I. A., 47 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah. The best essay selected from the 94 stakes will be published, and other recognition given the author; and some kind of recognition will be given all who have read and written, whose names are sent in. Essays and names must be in the hands of the ward presidents by April 1 ; in the hands of the stake superintendents by April 15; and be sent to the General Superintendent Y. M. M. I. A., Salt Lake City, by May 1. In order to get the best results, it is suggested that the Young Men's mem- bers of the Committe on Standards take charge of the work. Are you going to be one of the readers, and writers? It would end in much good, if in the next three months, 50,000 young men would read the wonderful story of our Lord Jesus Christ as found in the Evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John; and tell, in a few words, what inspiration they have received from the reading. A great pleasure will come to the boy who will do it. Recognition as follows will be given: First: General recognition will consist of a special card, signed by the General Superintendency, which card will be sent to all the names reported as having read the four Gospels and as having written an essay, and submitted it to the ward president, giving their impressions received from the reading. Second: The recognition to the stake winners will consist of a New Testament, with autographs of the General Superintendency. Third : The recognition to the leading winner will be the publication of his essay in the Improvement Era, and the gift of a more elaborate New Testament, given by the General Superintendency. Basis for Contest Scoring The Yellowstone stake officers have made arrangements to award a stake cup to the ward making the best showing in efficiency for the season 1925-26. The basis of points for such scoring are given below. The idea is a good one: 1. Receipt of efficiency reports by 5 th of month following report month, 10 points per month. 2. Receipt of annual report by June 5, 10 per season. 3. Entering contest work, division: Debating 25. Chorus 25. Quartet 25. Oration 25. 4. Officers and teachers social — September, 10 pet

388 IMPROVEMENT ERA season. 5. Obtaining two Life Members — Young men, 50 per season. 6. Making drive week October 4 to 1 1 for members, life members, fund and Era — young men — 50 per season. 7. Enrollment of 10% of ward population, 10 per month. 8. Average attendance of 2/3 of enrollment, 10 per month. 9. Recreation, 10 per month. 10. Scout work, 10 per month. 11. M men, 10 per month. 12. Monthly joint programs, 10 per month. 13. Im- provement Era, 10 per month. 14. Fund, 10 per month. 15. Monthly stake and ward officers meetings, 10 per month. 16. Ward officers meetings, 10 per month. 17. Additional for each month scoring 100% on effeciency reports, 10 per month. Note: The awards from numbers 7 to 16 inclusive are based on the Efficiency Report scoring, and when 10 points are not placed on the report as being earned, the actual points shown on the report will be placed to the credit of the ward per month. EAGLE SCOUTS IN ST. GEORGE Left to right, standing: G. Carlisle Thompson, Eagle, Troop No. 2, St. George; George T. Thompson, Scout Master; B. Jarvis, Jr., Scout Master, Troop 1; Bliss S. Jarvis, Eagle Scout. Sitting: Martha B. Thompson, mother of Scout Thompson; Zora S. Jarvis, mother of Scout Jarvis. All the scouts of St. George who arrive at the Eagle rank by Spring will be taken to California, and it is stated that ten or twelve will make it. Over a Thousand Enrolled — New Features in Getting Attendance Lewis E. Rowe, President of the Y. M. M. I. A. of the California mission, in forwarding his efficiency report for December, calls attention to the fact that the enrollment of the Y. M. M. I. A. to date is 1046, which is the highest enrollment the California mission has reached. He calls attention, however, to the low figure in the average attendance, and says, "We are campaigning this month for increased attendance by featuring 'Every member a missionary;' 'A courtesy campaign on the part of officers and

MUTUAL WORK 389 teachers and members;' 'Extend a glad hand,' and 'Better teaching in the class room.' These phases are given unique emphasis by placing the most of the leadership with the young men. We tried out a new feature as a help in putting the slogan over last month. A pageant, lasting twenty minutes, was presented, featuring all the slogans since 1914. The slogans were pre- sented by means of banners, scripture reading, vocal solos and declamation. A great interest is manifest throughout the mission and reports to this office have been very gratifying. This was featured in the joint sessions. By special invitation, we are staging the pageant for the Los Angeles stake, using talent from West Adams Ward." It will be noted that the mission is able to score 88 points this month, and the average attendance is 715. PLAY ON THE SNOW IN JULY Minidoka stake, consisting of parts of Jerome and Minidoka counties, Idaho, and which stake has a membership of 2,224 Latter-day Saints, held their stake Fathers and Sons' outing last summer at beautiful Lake Cleveland in the tops of the mountains. The top picture shows their arrival at the lake, and the one at the bottom shows how they are enjoying the joys of winter on the 9 th of July, 1925. The border of this snow field was abloom with red and blue flowers. Fred, "Frosty" Richards Wins Dr. H. G. Merrill Cup Fred, "Frosty" Richards", of Pleasant Grove, for the third time in suc- cession won the Dr. Horace G. Merrill silver loving cup, and set a new record for the cross-country run at Brigham Young University, on November 25. the day before Thanksgiving. Richards made the distance of approxi- mately four miles and a quarter in the phenomenal time of 22 minutes, 34 seconds, a record twelve seconds better than the record he established for the race two years ago.

390 IMPROVEMENT ERA Fred "Frosty" Richards winning and receiving the Dr. Horace G. Merrill cup — B. Y. U., November 25. 1925 Left to right: Fred Richards receiving the cup, "Frosty" on the home stretch. Dr. Horace G. Merrill presenting the cup. In winning the cup, Richards performed a feat that some good men have been striving for ten years to do, but vainly. The only other man ever to win a Dr. Horace G. Merrill cup, which can be won only by the same runner's winning the race three years in succession, is Wayne Hales, who afterward became president of Snow College. Hales won the cup ten years ago, in 1915. Lyman "Bunk" Brown won the race three years, buc he failed to do it in succession. A young fellow by the name of William Stowall stepped in and took the race from Brown the second year* Brown competed for the cup. Brown won twice more, but his chance for the cup was gone. Stowall was present this year to see Frosty Richards step the distance and to see him cross the tape nearly two minutes before his nearest competitor. Each year the name of the winner has been engraved on the cup. This makes the trophy especially valuable. Dr. Merrill says he may change the stipulations for winning the next cup. He says he has always thought that Bunk Brown really earned the trophy and that he will probably change the stipulation so that a man who wins it three times may keep it. The cup is worth about $70, but considerably more to Richards. — H. R. Merrill.

MUTUAL WORK 391 Y. M. M. I. A. Statistical Report, December, 1925 STAKES ■M 3=3 3 = 03 S3 d a © a pq ■3 6 Z i g _ © a a « H .2 'a .3 a Si a. ^ . O S .2 § a ^h a> o m s .§•3 , O M a O 2 a H 3 o ffi s a ■a £ a «-> at <; .2 -a S3 .2 « BJ'S .2 J a a cq 2 < ° S a I 11 < 3 o E-l Bear River 476 12 8 71 98 89 18 100 376 48 61 45 ii 57 222 Beaver 309 562 5 13 2 12 19 98 53 128 35 166 40 44 173 151 605 19 73 42 74 28 57 33 30 94 1 19 Benson 331 Box Elder 638 13 97 165 35 76 160 533 85 120 45 15 147 412 Cache 520 8 7 66 28 138 152 384 57 20 70 80 227 Carbon 590 11 4 33 58 56 7 65 219 28 35 24 5 37 129 Cottonwood _ 717 10 10 102 103 247 4 271 727 85 43 110 2 180 420 Dcseret 471 12 12 106 187 160 17 141 611 68 96 79 12 86 341 Emery 492 9 5 45 34 92 164 335 32 24 52 111 219 942 277 8 8 8 4 79 32 133 30 275 37 97 249 39 833 138 68 23 72 19 136 25 59 184 30 519 Garfield 97 Granite 1000 9 9 102 98 224 115 235 774 90 64 163 86 194 597 Grant _ 1251 288 14 7 11 7 99 48 84 63 226 89 56 40 281 71 746 311 82 37 63 29 125 43 27 22 191 33 488 Gunnison 164 Kyrum - 500 10 5 46 79 54 13 68 260 30 52 34 8 71 196 Jordan - 1011 16 12 102 162 203 293 760 75 84 121 177 457 339 215 1350 5 6 12 5 6 12 44 60 145 92 53 231 86 37 121 61 303 343 211 1212 34 47 118 72 38 170 53 29 206 157 81 51 241 740 Kanab 165 Liberty 307J226 892 Logan 615 11 101105 85 166 250 606 81 47| 96 176 400 Millard 344 8 6 42 55 56 17 75 245 45 68 27 18 53 211 Mount Ogden ._ 640 8 8 77 91 112 42 169 491 58 54 67 20 125 324 North Davis „ 437 6 6 47 70 88 30 111 346 40 45 42 16 71 214 North Sanpete 730 10 10 88 66 178 30 232 594 67 49 104 21 158 399 North Sevier 267 6 5 37 70 54 15 37 213 27 26 31 10 25 119 North Weber _. 618 17 13 101 64 141 17 188 511 71 31 61 12 115 290 Ogden 901 462 10 5 10 5 88 54 118 81 199 103 37 27 251 146 693 411 68 45 67 29 113 52 16 17 167 104 431 Oquirrh 247 Palmyra 492 8 8 63 101 150 31 186 531 50 46 81 73 64 314 Panguitch 261 6 6 46 54 75 63 66 304 26 50 57 49 74 256 Parowan 489 8 7 46 96 69 32 66 309 35 47 41 18 58 199 Pioneer 776 10 6 46 50 77 41 71 285 36 22 45 14 56 173 St. George 682 15 8 79 123 106 49 125 482 64 94 57 45 77 337 Salt Lake 1078 13 13 130 154 203 49 335 871 97 84 127 35 264 607 San Juan 182 4 4 34 49 54 24 71 232 25 46 54 17 46 188 South Sanpete.. 480 7 6 39 9 89 149 286 29 2 51 76 158 Tintic 265 5 5 39 93 41 18 118 309 26 43 20 6 75 170 Tooele 398 205 1100 383 10 10 15 9 7 62 75 110 105 117 75 124 206 117 12 26 29 114 102 327 175 338 420 782 479 43 54 99 44 49 78 59 63 40 82 150 79 10 26 23 54 64 190 147 196 Uintah 10 15 8 58 115 70 304 Utah 571 Wasatch 333 Wayne 153 667 242 6 8 8 5 8 34 76 35 96 79 31 98 60 5 54 201 55 159 471 258 19 53 50 13 50 47 13 63 43 2 32 123 41 79 789 Bannock 5 64 181 Bear Lake 363 1 1 11 83 88 111 9 122 413 55 52 77 3 77 264 Blackfoot 514|12 _J 84 125 90 25 88 412 65 89 70 18 52 294 Blaine 176 4 31 34 621 56 42 194 10 16 10 14 50 Boise 364 8 40 30T 21 3 42 136 28 30 15 2 38 113 Cassia 171 6| 6[ 44 56| 23 75 55 203] 38 57| 14T 10 36 155 Curlew 124 10| 5| 32 511 45 44 169 24 34l 16| ..... 24 98 Franklin 420 1 1 1 1 1 1 94 104| 75 147 420 65 68| 35| ..... 109 277 Fremont 687 14|14|125 226ll98| 77 172 798 83 132|115| 48 1191497 Idaho 203 111 8 58 83T 38| 15 34 228 37 501 13| 6 17 123 Idaho Falls .... 530 1 1 1 1 1 91 152| 901 30 121 484 73 95| 671 21| 80 336 Lost River .... 136 4| 3 19 26| 2l|- 28 94 14 17| 1 8 J .....| 17 66 Malad 326 11 11 81 76 96 ...... 102 355 51 62 73 ...... 78 264

392 IMPROVEMENT ERA .s e « gl •a S a B .§■§ B R STAKES ■S-8 O 3 .o&a ■o d So § a a if so a Ed .So. o £ 3s 3 o Eh 31 a 3< u 3 S gi 02 -O << §1 SS CO jj < o g 11 S .s a o"2 35 3 S3 S s z O j O J Montpelier 367 13 12 73 86 55 38 105 357 54 49 34 18 60 215 354 1 1 7 55 74 49 95 273 41 56 35 77 209 Pocatello 524 10 9 81 102 115 59 147 504 64 63 56 41 85 309 Pcrtneuf 275 10 7 49 57 28 50 184 37 38 16 34 125 520 290 210 13 8 6 10 6 5 72 28 44 88 56 65 74 49 37 18 22 70 26 63 322 181 209 43 18 42 67 24 45 49 21 20 13 12 52 14 49 224 89 Twin Falls — 156 Yellowstone _ 370 10 7 56 80 61 94 291 48 59 33 57 197 Alberta 365 12 11 96 122 138 47 143 546 74 79 83 31 110 377 127 223 5 9 3 5 32 40 78 63 22 50 11 30 70 29 213 212 26 25 45 46 16 35 11 15 60 21 158 Lethbridge _ - 142 Los Angeles _ 526 17 17 151 175 283 11 213 833 123 151 215 9 169 667 Maricopa 402 8 8 72 131 117 29 156 505 57 81 79 22 116 355 Moapa _ — 191 8 5 45 56 52 13 67 233 31 29 29 6 39 134 St. Joseph . 428 15 11 96 125 126 41 141 529 66 85 83 28 90 352 San Luis 201 4 3 26 20 16 58 120 19 14 7 30 70 Snowflake .__ 290 10 7 41 74 32 50 59 256 32 46 18 31 41 168 Star Valley 359 11 9 79 57 88 6 81 311 52 46 60 4 61 223 325 435 6 9 6 9 75 78 91 159 115 120 41 16 76 23 398 396 56 ' 55 68 113 76 76 28 10 46 77 275 Woodruff . 331 45 1046 4 3 21 204 24 382 47 224 20 71 6 165 118 1046 14 163 12 243 25 148 9 58 5 104 65 Calif, Miss. ._ 716 N. W. States 292 21 20 78 184 46 24 28 360 60 153 41 23 17 294 Y. M. M. I. A. Efficiency Report, December 1925 STAKES a •9 ■a a s s 5 ca 1 a < M ■9 s < a 1 O & o S oa S 'o en — § 5Ph o s ■a § fa 1$ » • 3 £ CO .« o'E .— S S .0 OS ■3 1 Bear River 8 6 7 10 9 10 9 8 10 9 86 Beaver 5 10 10 7 10 10 6 7 10 10 85 10 8 5 10 5 9 6 7 6 6 9 10 9 9 7 8 8 10 7 10 7?, Box Elder .__ . 87 Cache 7 6 10 10 8 8- 6 4 10 10 79 Carbon 4 6 4 2 3 4 2 1 4 4 35 Cottonwood 10 6 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 94 Deseret 10 6 7 8 5 10 10 10 9 9 84 Emerv 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 4 4 4 63 Ensign .. .. — 9 6 10 10 10 10 8 5 10 10 88 Garfield 10 10 10 4 6 10 10 5 10 10 85 8 6 10 7 10 8 10 8 10 7 10 7 7 6 4 4 10 8 10 8 89 Grant 69 Gunnison 10 5 7 3 6 10 9 6 9 6 72 Hyrum 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 9 10 92 Jordan 8 6 8 7 8 9 8 5 8 8 75 Juab 10 10 10 8 8 10 10 8 10 9 93 Kanab 10 10 10 10 7 10 7 5 1 10 79 Liberty 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 99 Logan 10 7 9 10 9 10 8 7 10 10 90 Millard 7 10 7 4 5 10 5 5 5 7 65 Mount Ogden .. 8 7 10 7 6 10 8 8 10 9 83 North Davis _ 8 6 10 10 8 10 10 8 10 10 91

MUTUAL WORK 3$3 STAKES o s 13 North Sanpete- North Sevier _ North Weber „ Ogden Oquirrh Palmyra Panguitch Pa rowan Pioneer St. George Salt Lake San Juan , South Davis . South Sanpete _ Tintic Tooele Uintah Utah Wasatch Wayne Weber Bannock Bear Lake Biackfoot Blaine Boise Cassia Curlew Franklin Fremont Idaho Idaho Falls Lost River Malad Montpelier , Oneida Pocatello Portneuf Rigby Teton Twin Falls Yellowstone Alberta Juarez Letbbridge Los Angeles _ — Maricopa Moapa San Luis St. Joseph Snowflake Star Valley Taylor Woodruff Young Calif. Mission,. N. W. States 9 10 10 6 4 7 8 10 10 6 10 8 10 7 10 10 7 10 10 8 10 3 10 10 10 10 10 9 7 10 10 8 9 7 6 * 6 10 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 6 10 9 9 10 9 10 10 10 10 6 6 6 6 6 10 6 6 10 10 10 10 6 6 6 10 10 10 5 6 10 6 10 3 10 10 6 7 6 5 10 10 10 6 10 6 I 10 10 | 4 I 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 6 6 10 6 10 10 10 6 10 10 10 8 10 10 8 10 6 4 7 10 10 10 10 9 6 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 8 5 5 10 7 10 9 5 10 5 6 6 10 8 4 9 3 8 10 9 10 10 10 10 6 7 10 10 9 10 8 10 10 7 10 9 9 10 10 9 6 4 4 7 10 10 10 10 8 4 5 10 8 2 6 5 5 5 4 2 3 10 10 4 9 5 6 4 10 6 3 7 7 3 7 10 10 8 9 1 7 10 10 5 9 9 5 6 9 7 10 8 9 5 5 4 8 10 5 10 10 6 5 7 9 9 2 6 7 8 10 10 9 5 10 4 10 10 10 10 10 8 9 6 6 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 6 10 7 10 10_ 10 10 7 7 8 10 8 10 9 4 8 10 9 10 10 10 10 6 10 10 10 8 10 10 10 10 9 5 9 8 10 10 6 3 4 7 8 10 9 10 10 7 6 5 9 3 5 10 9 8 7 4 10 10 10 9 7 9 6 7 7 10 7 4 9 8 6 10 8 10 10 9 10 6 7 9 2 6 10 7 4 5 3 10 7 8 10 5 6 4 6 10 10 10 1 5 10 3' 6 5 10 7 5 3 9 10 10 9 2 10 6 8 JO 6 5 9 8 9 7 7 9 6 2 , 9 8 8 10 9 5 10 6 9 7 10 10 10 9 9 3 6 10 10 8 10 7 9 3 10 9 10 10 9 10 9 10 10 2 10 10 7 10 6 10 5 5 5 7 8 5 10 5 8 10 9 10 10 10 10 6 10 8 10 7 9 6 10 10 7 10 8 10 9 10 6 5 9 10 10 10 8 10 5 8 10 10 4 10 10 6 7 8 5 8 5 7 10 9 8 5 5 6 9 8 7 9 9 10 10 10 10 6 8 10 6 7 10 8 8 10 7 82 74 81 87 91 88 80 51 47 81 96 93 99 83 86 62 77 85 95 57 78 75 80 78 66 46 84 7! 84 91 74 92 57 71 63 91 78 57 84 45 76 86 87 99 97 93 97 53 66 90 73 74 97 84 73 88 70 Sixteen stakes did not report. Let us all get in for January, by February 10.