Mutual Work

• Slogan 1927-28 We Stand for a Fuller Knowledge of the Book of Mormon, and a Testimony of its Divine Origin What to do in October Emphasize attendance and dasswork. Check on teachers and prepa- ration; and urge that classwork be made enthusiastic and vigorous, both by teachers and students. Call attention to the membership cards, and explain, sign and deliver cards to the members on payment of the annual fund. Visit every family not yet solicited and invite subscriptions for the Improvement Era. The first number, November, of volume 3 1 , will be issued about the 25th of October. For further details of the campaigns for subscriptions, and the fund, see. pages 6 and 7, also pages 25 and 26 of the M. I. A. Year Round Program. Greetings from Japan When Dr. F. S. Harris, president of the Brigham Young University was in Japan on his trip around the world, from which he has recently re- turned, he organized a Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association in Osaka. The president of the association, under date of August 1, 1927, sent the Era this very courteous letter, which was translated by Elder Alma O. Taylor, and read to the General Board who were delighted with the contents, and wish the organization great success: Dear Era: Greetings: I hope you are all well and not oppressed by the intense heat of the season. Your brethren and sisters over here are all well, so please have no anxiety on our account. Accept our thanks for the Era. which you so kindly send us each month. As soon as it reaches me I lose no time getting it to a number who understand English, and we are all pleased with the articles it contains. We have certainly shown discourtesy by not acknowl- edging your kindness earlier. We are delighted that, under the direction of the President of the Church, the Mutual Improvement Association has been established in this land. We are working diligently for the success of this association; and we are praying for the reopening of God's Church in Japan. May we con- tinue to have your support? There are many things I would like to say to you, but I will write again, perhaps soon. Kind regards to your workers. — Tsurichi Katsura (an elder), president of the Mutual Improvement Association at Osaka. Japan. , A Lively Paper Number 4, Vol. 15, of the Ensign Speedometer. September, 1927. comes to hand full of improvement association information, both general and local to the Ensign stake, and full of lively items serviceable to mem- bers and officers alike. Among these are the population of each ward, with the Era and Fund quotas to be obtained from each.

1144 IMPROVEMENT ERA SCOUTS IN GERMANY Top: The Eagle patrol of the Breslau West branch who took all the honors in an inter-branch contest, June 6, 192 7. Bottom: Part of the 80-voice Boy Scout and Bee-Hive Girl chotus that sang several numbers at the last Breslau district conference. Fathers and Sons of Sevier Stakes The fathers, sons and boy scouts of South Sevier and Sevier stakes en- joyed a three-day outing, in the form of a visiting tour of Utah's places of interest, in Salt Lake City, on July f4, 15 and 16. The committee in charge wa composed of C. A. White and J. E. Magleby of Monroe, and A. F. Warner and James Peterson of Richfield. Fifty automobiles were required to convey the party, which numbered about 229. Among the places visited were, the State Game and Fish Hatchery, Columbia Steel

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1146 IMPROVEMENT ERA plant, Timpanogos cave, Municipal Baths, Capitol building and grounds, Saltair, and Bingham. While in Salt Lake City, General Superintendent George Albert Smith and Executive Director Oscar A. Kirkham, of the Y. M. M. I. A., were guests of the party. Co-operation Put it Over The Maricopa stake of Zion has achieved a major accomplishment in the collection of one-hundred percent Life Memberships in the Y. M. M. I. A. The enrollment of members in the organization in that stake is 485. They have secured 423 Life Members, sufficient to pay the annual fund this year of every ward in the stake. The amount is invested in a permanent fund by the General Board. The Maricopa Stake is the first in the Church to secure enough Life Memberships to pay for their annual fund without asking for further donations. This accomplishment was decided upon by HP^r' ■ ■ \ st ■ - (Bri m JfflKl 4 ^H ^t Left to right: J. Robert Price, President Maricopa stake; Delbert E. Stapley, Supt. Y. M. M. I. A. Jhe sta{ke presidency and high cfouncil which included Superintendent Delbert L. Stapley of the Y. M. M. I. A., some six months ago. Super- intendent Stapley, with his counselors and board members, went to work and, regardless of the stringent conditions financially exsiting in the stake, they put the accomplishment over after repeated visits to the wards, and hundreds of private interviews. Superintendent Stapley, sustained by Stake President J. R. Price, the high council, and the bishops, is con- gratulated upon this splendid achievement. In the hands of Superintendenr Stapley the Mutual Improvement Associations of the Maricopa stake have made splendid success. Not only in this division, but in all the depart- ments of the associations there are progress and enthusiasm. We con- gratulate him and his associates and the entire stake upon their excellent work.