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M.-I. A. Slogan— 1926-1927 We stand for a testimony of the divine mission of Joseph Smith As an aid to our officers and members in presenting this year's slogan at our regular weekly meeting, the Standards Committee will suggest material to be used for introductory settings for the slogan: Our Heavenly Father has restored the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the earth through his servant, Joseph Smith. Our Father is desirous that we should know this truth for ourselves. He has given this testimony to hundreds of faithful Latter-day Saints; and the officers and members of the M. I. A. are very desirous that hundreds more may receive this same blessing during the coming season. Let us, in the first four evenings, dwell on — How To Obtain A Testimony 1. "If we are to obtain a testimony of any truth, we must learn to understand that truth; then we must practice it, and before and during the study and practice, we must be in close communion with our Heavenly Father and pray to him for help. Thus by prayer, study and practice, the testimony will come to us as an inspiration and gift from God." — Elder John A. Widtsoe of the Council of the Twelve, in the August, 1926, Era. 2. "And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it to you, by the power of the Holy Ghost." — Book of Mormon, Moroni 10:4. 3. "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him." — James 1:5. 4. "And I say unto you, ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it- shall be opened." — Luke 11:9, 10. "Ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." — Doctrine and Covenants 4:7. Credit For Reading the Book of Mormon The efficiency report will contain the following instructions showing credits in the ward and stake: Ward: If 10 per cent or more of the total membership of your ward association have read 25 pages or more of the Book of Mormon this month, mark 10 in the proper space. If less, give figure nearest actual per cent. Stake: If all the ward associations in your stake have reported ten per cent of their members as having read 25 or more pages of the Book of Mormon this month, place 10 in the proper space. If not all, give figures nearest actual per cent.

1198 IMPROVEMENT ERA Music and Drama on the M. I. A. Year-Round Program The music and dramatic presentations on our year-round program should be of the highest order. The different auxiliary organizations have been pretty well traditioned in using the drama to help raise funds to care for the expenses of these associations. Laudable as this is, the M. I. A. Committees on Recreation should remember that obtaining funds is not and should not be made the main purpose in M. I. A. productions. Plays and operas should be chosen because of their excellence as high-grade entertain- ments, or as being vehicles for cultural and educational development, both for participants and listeners. As Bulletin No. 6 puts it, the objectives of the dramatic urge for the adoles- cents are: i To develop appreciation for the best dramatic literature. To develop ability and appreciation for effective expression. To develop sympathy for the various human types and characters through acting out their parts. To create an understanding of human problems and perplexities. To develop discriminative judgment for good art. To create a gentler and more humane spirit. People are .consciously or unconsciously affected by what they see on the stage or screen, and, to a certain degree, shape their judgment and form their social standards accordingly. While there are serious financial questions entering into the choice of a good drama or opera, as a result of the necessity of paying royalties, can we not "afford" to put on a play for the sake of the play and players, and "afford" to pay the price? It should be an achievement worthy of the position we occupy, as standard bearers in the field of recreation, to produce, in a fine, artistic way, a play of the type, let us say, of The Builder of Bridges, by Sutro, and let it stand as our contribution to the community in the matter of fixing better standards in dramatic literature and play production. The list of long, or three-act, plays on the M. I. A. year-round pro- gram are all royalty plays. Do not attempt to play them without arranging with the publishers. The royalty is usually $25. However, if you put your case up to the publishers, some concession may be obtained from them. The list of non-royalty operas found on the year-round program requires that a certain number of books be purchased to give right of production — ■ usually 15 to 18. There are a few good non-royalty plays. These, in the main, are plays for which copyrights have expired and are what we speak of as "classics." Most of them are difficult to produce, and are rather uninteresting to our modern adolescent; such, for example, as: Schools for Scandal, by Sheridan; She Stoops to Conquer, Oliver Goldsmith; A Scrap of Paper, Sardon; School and Caste, by T. W. Robertson. And also a few of the old school of melodrama, such as: East Lynne, Mrs. Henry Wood; The Lady of Lyons, Butwer Lytton; Damon and Pythias, John Bamin; The Iron Master, Olivet; Harvest, Henry Hamilton; A Celebrated Case, D. Enney and Corman; The Confederate Spy, W. E. Stedman; Still Waters Run Deep, and Our American Cousin, by Tom Taylor. Appreciation for the M. I. A. Handbook Dr. E. A. Ross, of the University of Wisconsin, at the Summer school of the Utah Agricultural College, in the course of his instructions in one of the class rooms, made the following statement, sent to us by Mr.

MUTUAL WORK 1199 Clarence E. Smith, principal of the Bear River High School. Asked if he was willing that the Improvement Era should quote his statement, Dr. Ross replied: ; '.."•; "I am very willing to be quoted as my words were quoted to you and reproduced in your letter. I am glad to recognize the fine feeling for the needs of young people which the leaders of the L. D. S. Church show." This is what he stated in the class room. It is a splendid encouragement to our peoples' organizations and to our leaders, in their struggles for the wel- fare and advancement of the young people of our communities: "I want to give you some of my impressions of Utah, as a sociologist. I am, first of all, very favorably impressed with the 'Mormon' Church. I don't know any other place where the young people are so well provided for as here in this state. I don't understand how the 'Mormon' Church got the idea of providing so well for the recreational and social needs of people so much earlier than we sociologists got the idea. The Church was away ahead of us in making this discovery. I have never met so many fine young people as I have met here in Utah. The 'Mormon' people have been decidedly misunderstood in the East." Dr. E. C. Branson, of the University of North Carolina, in a class of the Summer school of the Utah Agricultural College, also made this statement commending our M. I. A. workers, and has permitted its publication: "I wish to call your attention to a piece of literature I am just now going through. Two of the choicest pieces of literature in all my collection of pamphlets on Church work with young people I have found here in Utah — they are the Hand Books of the Young Men's and the Young Women's Mutual Improvement Associations." Drs. Ross and Branson are assured of our appreciation of their kind and friendly expressions. What To Do In October Stake and ward secretaries will give attention to the reports required on the Efficiency Report. The Reading Course should be kept track of; all the reading done in October should be recorded, so that when called for the secretaries may have the information necessary to make a complete report. By this time the Reading Course should be at its height. This is the month to give attention to class leaders. Proper class leader- ship means a successful year for the M. I. A. All class leaders should be supplied with Manuals and be ready to provide each of the members of their classes with one. The Slogan should be introduced at each meeting and presented as a preliminary exercise. We call attention to the statement of the Standards Committee, with quotations and statement, appropriate for the introduction of the slogan for the four weeks of this month. Secretaries: It is very important that each association shall have a live, dependable secretary, who is alert in his business, and who is willing and able to give proper attention to every detail that should be presented to the officers of the association or the stake. It is very important that superin- tendents shall keep their secretaries informed, check them up and see that the work is done. The Membership Committee should be hard at work enlisting members for the association, taking suggestions from the Hand Book, or from their experience, and enlisting all the young men and young women who are eligible for membership in the Mutual Improvement Associations. The associations have excellent programs this year, in all divisions of the work, enough to interest any aspiring young man or young woman. •

1200 IMPROVEMENT ERA Subscription Lists and Canvass for the Improvement Era To Ward President or Ward Era Agent: Deat Brother: We have forwarded, through the stake superintendent, the list of Improvement Era subscribers as they appear on our record for Volume 29, as a foundation for your canvass for Volume 30, which begins with the November number, 1926. Please make a thorough canvass of your ward; secure a renewal of each subscription on the list. A thorough canvass of your ward will bring the necessary new subscribers. Secure 5% or more of your Church population, and we will be pleased to remit 25c on each subscription to you. Forward your list to this office as promptly as possible with cash in payment of same, as all Era subscriptions are now on a strictly cash basis. This work should be completed by October 3 1 . Many of our associa- tions made this canvass in September in order to take up other important matters at the beginning of the season's work in October. We are grateful for the loyal support given us for Volume 29, and wish to thank all those who contributed to this most worthy work. Kindly accept in advance our appreciation for your services in making the new volume successful. Sincerely your brethren, General Superintendency Y. M. M. I. A. By Oscar A. Kirkham. New Stake Y. M. M. I. A. Superintendents Since the former statement in the July number of the Improvement Era, the following new superintendents have been appointed: South Sanpete — Elmer B. Simmons, Manti, vice Charles G. Braithwaite. Oneida — Norman D. Salisbury, Preston, Idaho, vice Wilford H. Bingham. Boise — Charles B. Borup, Boise, Idaho, vice Charles R. Gambling. Shelley — J. C. Stutznegger, Shelley, Idaho, vice Floyd G. Kelley. Portneuf — Wm. J. Brady, Arimo, Idaho, vice Leo Hansen. Teton — John Henry Jen;en, Driggs, Idaho, vice Leon M. Strong. For the new Lyman stake,. Geo H. Crosby, Jr., Green River, Wyoming, superin- tendent of the Y. M. M. I. A. Los Angeles — J. David Larsen, Long Beach, California, Chamber of Commerce, vice J. A. Rasmussen. Cache — Alma Sonne, First Nat. Bank, Logan, vice Francis M. Young. Minidoka — Charles N. Campbell, Rupert, Idaho, vice David G. Hyde. North Sanpete — Seymour Jensen, Mt. Pleasant, Utah, vice John F. Mower, appointed bishop, Mt. Pleasant North ward. Western States — Ralph F. Giles, 53 8 E. 7th Ave., Denver, Colorado. Parowan — Isaac Irwin Rudle, Cedar City, Utah, vice Thomas Gordon Smith. California Mksion — Rulon A. Snow, 153 W. Adam, Los Angeles, California. Y. M. M. I. A. Officers' Meeting A special meeting of the superintendents and other stake and ward officers of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement associations will be held in the assembly hall of the Bishops' Building on Sunday morning, October 3, 1926, beginning at 8 a. m. All Y. M. M. I. officers and members of stake presidencies and ward bishoprics are especially invited to be present. GEORGE ALBERT SMITH, Richard R. Lyman, Melvin J. Ballard, General Superintendency.

MUTUAL WORK 1201 Successful Outing in Maricopa The Maricopa stake M. I. A. held their outing of fathers and sons at Granite Dell's, Prescott, Arizona, July 23 to 25. Notwithstanding the distance drawback, the attendance was approximately one hundred and fifty, and the outing was voted the best ever held. Prescott is 140 miles away from Mesa, but all decided it was not too far, and it was a fine place to go. The people in the Maricopa stake are handicapped for accessible Summer campsites. Superintendent Stapley says: "We followed the outline of the General Board on Fathers and Sons' Outings. The small folder of directions is a splendid credit to the General Board; a wonderful help in the conduct of the outing. The spirit of our company was splendid; and how they did work to win. The days were filled with activity; and twice daily the old swim- ming hole received a large delegation. Besides games, we had Nature hikes, swimming tests, scout exercises, etc. The camp-fire exercises were especially fine. The fathers were in for showing the boys a good time, and the Sunday Morning Session in Fathers and Sons' Outing. Maricopa Stake spirit and splendid feeling of the camp could not be surpassed. All remained practically through the entire three-day camp, returning home on the fourth day, Monday. Those in charge of Granite Dell's invited us back, stating that we were the best and finest disciplined group that had visited there. Eight stake board members were present, and Brother John Cummard, of the stake presidency, gave splendid support by being present, helping in all the activities." Pleased With the "Y. M. M. I. A. Handbook" George E. Schlafer, Assistant Professor of Physical Education at the University of Indiana, writes on receipt of a copy of the Y. M. M. I. A. Handbook : "I wish to thank you for this booklet. I consider it most excellent for the purpose for which it is intended. It contains a helpful compilation of games, programs and much information of much value to a play and recreational director."

1202 IMPROVEMENT ERA Missionaries Safe Pestilence is following in the wake of the hurricane that devastated Florida towns. On September 18, it was feared that tetanus would break out, and requests for large quantities of antitoxin were made on September 20, by physicians. Dr. Charles H. Mann, chairman of the state board of health at Fort Lauerdale, declared that the conditions in the stricken area were horrible beyond description. Famine was rampant and many injured had died of thirst. President Charles. A. Callis of the Southern States mission reported September 20, to the First Presidency, that there were no L. D. S. mission- aries in the stricken area. American Legion Home The home of the American Legion, at Fillmore, Utah, is a structure 40 by 60 feet, in its principal room, and is built of logs, each one of which has been purchased for $5 by Legion members and citizens of Millard county. American Legion Lodge, Fillmore, Utah The large hall is octagonal in shape and contains two large fireplaces which are to be the memorials to the dead of the county. The fronts of these fireplaces are to be covered by specimens of ore of the vicinity, which will give them a peculiar brilliance and beauty, and above each one will be a marble slab, on which will be carved the names of the boys who lost their lives in the World War. A side room, off from the main hall, contains the beginning of what is to be a museum of war relics and other items of local interest. For instance, they have at the present time a loaf of bread from cliff dwellings in Arizona. In the basement are kept the cooking utensils and other equipment. The hall is to be a social center for the Legion mem- bers of the county. — Lowry Nelson, Provo, Utah. Fathers and Sons' Outing, Ensign Stake The annual Fathers and Sons' Outing of the Ensign stake was held this year on the 13th and 14th of August. The upper picture shows the Fathers and Sons' Outing company on Snake Creek Canyon; and the lower picture, a company on the trail, near the divide between Snake Creek and

MUTUAL WORK 1203 Big Cottonwood canyons. Note Professor E. E. Erickson, of the General Board and the University of Utah, in the lead; Dr. T. Fred Hardy of the Twenty-seventh ward Bishopric in the rear. The photos were taken by John D. Giles, superintendent of the Ensign stake Y. M. M. I. A. Needless to say, they had a good time. Top: Bottom : Photo by John D. Giles. Ensign Fathers and Sons' Onting, Snake Creek Canyon, August 13-14. Near divide. Snake Creek and Cottonwood Canyons. Dr. E. E. Erickson in lead, 27th Ward Bishopric in rear.

1204 IMPROVEMENT ERA The Program On Recreation By F. C. Steele, Lethbridge Stake Recreational Chairman (Delivered at the Lethbridge Stake M. I. A. Convention) The Church of Jesus Christ is a living, progressive, divinely guided institution. That it is abreast of and even forging ahead of the times is evidenced in the forward-looking recreational program devised by the gen- eral boards and handed on to the stake and ward M. I. A. organizations throughout the Church to be carried into effect. Ours is the responsibility of leadership in this growing field of service in human progress and happiness. We have the plan. It is now our task to create the machinery to carry into effect this plan. The product will be a better generation of men and women, equipped in mind, body and soul for that world leadership which will come to the Latter-day Saints. As Americans — and by Americans I also mean Canadians, for our nations are closely interwoven — we have been accused of worshipping at the shrine of material success — money, stocks, speed, adding machines, sky- scrapers, quantity production. Europeans say we have not time to enjoy leisurely the expression of the spiritual and cultural instincts. And yet this machine — the civilization that we have created — ugly though some of its as- pects may be, has its compensations and is destined to become a soul-builder and not that soul-killer it has been pictured. It will enable us to earn larger incomes in shorter hours and to stake out larger periods for leisure in our lives. i i I ) ' The problem that faces us is to make an intelligent use of that leisure, for already our civilization has given us an increasing measure of it. What shall we do with those hours after the tasks at office, factory or on the farm are finished for the day? How shall we capitalize our leisure? Further, how shall we give to our youth that social and cultural opportunity they crave? i I ! Our recreational program solves that problem, as President Hart re- marked on his visit to our convention: "It will be effective because it is based on scientific principles — fundamental urges which must be recognized." Some churches, as a leader in our own city told me only this week, bury their eyes like the ostrich to dangers which might be escaped. The powerful emotional urges of youth, such as the dance and the drama, by some denomi- nations have been looked upon with suspicion. Not so with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Our whole recreational system is based on these natural instincts. Now as to the program itself — it is not difficult to understand or to operate. We have been afraid of it because we have not understood it. This lack of understanding, I take it, has been the root of most of our difficulties. Hence, the need of becoming informed, and in this connection I can do no better than to recommend most strongly the Y. M. M. I. A. Handbook and Recreation, the official recreation guide — two thorough and practical guides to M. I. A. work. One cannot be a good M. I. A. worker without them. Organization General Church-wide supervision of this program is vested in the general boards. They have set up standards and an outline of work and passed it on to the stakes and wards. In turn the stake and ward authorities have been instructed by the general authorities to set up machinery to carry into effect the program. It is one of the MAJOR ACTIVITIES OF THE M. I. A. The stake committee consists of four members, two from each board. One, usually one of the brethren, is chosen as chairman, They guide and

MUTUAL WORK 1205 supervise the work under the stake president and ward bishops throughout the stake, as both in the stake and ward the old social committee has been scrapped. The ward organization is identical — four members with a chairman. They are executive members of the M. I. A. and shall work and cooperate with the bishopric. A conference of the committee, the bishopric and the heads of auxiliaries, shall be held early in the season for the purpose of formulating a year-round program. (Follow the suggested outline as closely as possible, to suit local conditions.) The program suggested by the general board is an excellent one embodying, as it does, social ventures for every organization in the fully organized ward. Let me stress the need for standardization in our work. This is urgently needed if our recreational program is to become a vital, winning, and holding arm of our Church organization. It is needless to say that the work of the stake and ward committees must be divided among the members of the committee, for the child, the adolescent and the adult. Recognition must be given to the varying ages, inclinations and capabilities of the ward membership. If this organization has not been effected, lose no more time. NOW IS THE TIME to prepare for the 1926-27 season. Let's make it a banner one. Finance As to finance — this has given rise to all sorts of complications in some wards. But why should it be difficult? The plan is simple as the suggestion of the general authorities indicates. I read from the Handbook the funda- mental principles of the financial division of this program: "So far as finances are concerned, we naturally expect recreation to pay its own way. Indeed, we are perfectly willing that it shall do more than that, since wc recognize that each of the auxiliary organization:;, including such other organizations as the priesthood quorums, ward choirs, etc., are in need of funds, and have been in the habit in the past of raising funds from recreation. While we do not hold out the securing of money as the chief objective in recreation, it h a minor ob- jective, and we are perfectly willing that funds shall be raised from this source. Therefore, we have suggested the PARTIAL-BUDGET SYSTEM which provides that one-half of the profit from each of thece several entertainments be given to the organization that is introducing the entertainment, and the other half to go into a common fund, known as the ward recreation fund, to be disposed of by a council of the bishopric, the heads of auxiliary organizations and the M. I. A. Committee on Recreation." Do not use these funds for other purposes. If a group gives a social they must finance it themselves. Activities The types of activities are many. I can only mention them here, exhorting my co-workers to a serious, prayerful study of the Handbook and Recreation. They are your chart and compass. During the coming year we desire to see carried out in our stake a revived, standardized, highly socialized program. We must win every member of the ward, old and young, to this work. Surely, the program is broad enough in its appeal to> attract all. Maintain Church standards, which means the best standards known to our modern civilization. If those standards are maintained we will have a measure of success which will amaze us. The possibilities are unlimited in the activities we as a committee recommend to you, with modification to suit your local conditions decided upon after consultation with your stake leaders. Home parties, banquets and receptions, contests, debating, drama, public speaking, story telling and dramatic reading, pageantry, dancing, Sum- mer-resort parties, motion picture standards and physical activities and sports require careful supervision.

1206 IMPROVEMENT ERA Current Events A Study for the M. I. A. Advanced Senior Classes 1926-1927 (Prepared by the Advanced Senior Committee) LESSONS FOR OCTOBER, 1926 I — POLITICS AND INDUSTRY Local Topic. 1. United States Land Policy — How it Affects Utah. Under the Enabling Act, Utah was granted sections 2, 16, 32, 36 in every township in the state, and where such sections or any parts thereof had been sold or otherwise disposed of by or under the authority of any act of congress, other lands equivalent thereto were granted to the state for the support of the common schools. From statehood (Jan. 4, 1896) to the decision of the supreme court of the United States in the Sweet case (Jan. 28, 1918), the people of Utah believed that these sections, no matter what their character, belonged to them and that eventually their common schools would be well supported from the income derived from the proceeds of sales of those lands. 1. What wat the decision of the Supreme Court in the United States vs. Sweet case? 2. How does it affect Utah? 3. What is the offer proposed by the Govern- ment for lands taken from the state? 4. Why is this proposition not favorable? 5. Why is it unfair to Western States. 6. Who determines whether land belongs to the Government or to the State? What is inconsistent about the State's having to prove whether land i,: non-mineral or not? 8. What was the intention of the Government in giving these sections in every township to the state? 9. Is it failing in its benevolent purpose by its decision in the Sweet ca:e? 10. What can be done to remedy the precent law in favor of the states? (See Salt Lake Tribune, Aug. 29, 1926; also articles by Governor Dern.) 2. Stabilization of Currency — Problems in France Today. Taxation has been considered by many as the real issue in France today, i. e., that the reluctance of the French to bear the burdens of taxation is the trouble. Not so. Taxation there has doubtless reached the point of maxi- mum yield and new taxes would diminish, not increase, revenue. The real question she is wrestling with today is the issue of stabilization. 1. What does this mean? 2. How would this affect the value of the Franc? 3. How would it affect Government securities before and after the war? 4. What class of people would be injured mo:t? Why? 5. What would be the effect upon orices in France? Upon export trade? 6. Must stabilization eventually come about? 7. Name and discuss some other economic problems France muct ultimately meet. ''See Salt Lake Tribune, July 19, Aug. 28. 192 6 — Articles by Frank H. Simonds.) 3. Cancellation of Our European Debts. The European thesis on the American debt is that it should be cancelled as our contribution to the winning of the war, i. e. , America, in all equity, should give her money as the Europeans gave their blood. 1. What was the economic status between America and Europe prior to the World War? 2. What is the economic status now? 3. What has brought this fhange in status? 4. Was the war in any sense America's as it was Europe's? 5. If European countries pay up how much would we receive and where would it come from? 6- How would this affect our debtors? 7. What is claimed for the cancellation of our war loans? 8. Discuss the principle of cancellation, pro and con. (See The Independent, Aug. 21, 1926 — p. 217, Article by Charles R. Walker.) II— RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS The greatest Catholic gathering of modern times was the 28th Inter-

MUTUAL WORK 1207 national Eucharistic Congress, held at Chicago, June 20 to 24, 1926. The general theme was, "The Eucharist and Christian Life." For the final open-air meeting nearly a million persons were gathered together. 1. What is the Catholic doctrine of the EucharLt? 2. What is the purpose of the Eucharistic Congress? 3. In what respects is this Catholic congress like, or unlike, our Semi-Annual Conference? 4. What is significant in the fact that Catholics are (or are not) increasing faster than the general population? (See Current History, August, 1?26, p. 686.) A Korean tribunal recently sentenced a Seventh-day Adventist mis- sionary to three years in jail because he painted, with silver nitrate, the word "thief" on the cheeks of a native boy who stole. 1. Who are the Seventh-day Adventists? 2. What are their doctrines? 3. Should one regard the act described as that of a sectarian or a zealot? 4. How far should any missionary go in judging the lives and the conduct of those among whom he labon? (See Time, Aug. 9, 1926, p. 19.) Other current topics: Drinking among younger generation. (Literary Digest.) Ex-Kaiser expresses himself on the Jewish religion. (Current History.) Theory of Evolution excluded from school books in Texas. (Literary Digest.) Protestant churches in Canada unite. (Literary Digest.) That Christianity has help for the here and now is shown by the work of the missionary of today. He aids in wiping out pestilence, putting down the slave trade, improving agriculture, and in establishing and main- taining schools and hospitals. 1. Point out definite reforms effected by missionaries. 2. What is the changed attitude regarding the function of the church and its membership? 3. Show that this is in harmony with New Testament teachings. (See Literary Digest, August 21, 1926, pp. 34, 35.) Mother Alphonsa Lathrop, the youngest daughter of Nathaniel Haw- thorne, has given singular love and service to mankind. She gave up "a career, family, a life of comfort," to devote herself to those suffering from incurable cancer who were too poor to pay for service and attention. 1. Tell of her ministrations. 2. Tell of the honor that came to her after her seventy-fifth birthday had passed. (See Literary Digest, July 31, 1926, p. 3 5.) Step by step prohibition is gaining ground. The ethics of the moving picture industry made a decided step forward when it was decided volun- tarily to exclude from the movies anything that makes light of the pro- hibition law and of law in general. 1. Why has the struggle to enforce the prohibition law been so difficult? 2. Give some of the comment: of leading papers on the stand to exclude from the movies anything that makes light of the prohibition law and of law in general. 3. Show the valuable ethics in this stand. 4. What will be the value of this since the moving picture public is said to be the largest public in the world? (See Literary Digest, August, 7. pp. 28, 29.) It is said that Anti-Semitism is increasing over all the world. In Germany it is estimated that three-fourths of the people are antagonistic to the Jews. 1. What is the reason for Anti-Semitism? 2. Suggest remedies. (See Literary Digest, June 12, pp. 30, 31.) America's religious life is not appealing to the students of the Orient. Christianity has been presented to them in their own lands, but their observations have rarely led them to accept it. 1. Give definite critici ms of Oriental students. 2. According to an Indian student, on what three motives is American life founded? 3. Show that these are not in harmony with Christ's basic teaching. (See Literary Digest, Sep- tember 4. pp. 30, 31.)