Mutual Work

What to do in January The officers who have in charge the reading course and the joint Fast day eve- ning meetings are asked to encourage com- pliance with the following requests: 1. Secure the reading, during January, of at least one book by each member of the association. The books have un- doubtedly already been selected from the recommended list, as published in the "Year Round Program." (See Era, July. 1927, p. 835.) Make record of the books read, and give opportunities for two or three short reviews, before the association, of the books selected. 2. Every officer of each stake and asso- ciation is asked to finish the reading of the Book of Mormon, and report as hav- ing done so, as an example to the mem- bers. Emphasize the slogan: We stand for a fuller knowledge of the Book of Mormon, and a testimony of its divine origin. 3. Encourage attendance at the January Fast Sunday evening joint meeting, with a view to making the monthly joint pro- gram popular in the ward. Stake officers will see that their tentative program is distributed among the association officers as a guide for the proceedings in the month- ly meetings. 4. Ascertain if the officers of the asso- ciation appointed to select the number and kinds of books from the list published on page 10 in the "Year Round Program" have made and advertised the selection. These books should be on hand for the members to read. The special recreation event for the year is the Gold and Green ball which, if con- venient, should be given in January. Beauty, art, culture, and good order, should combine to make it a glorious event. It should fit into the general year-round recreation program of the stake or ward, and should be presented on some night other than Tuesday. For suggestions for this big social event see the "Year Round Program," page 23. M. I. A. Students from Japan Elder Alma O. Taylor has received the pleasant information from the M. I. A. officers in Japan, and transmits it to the Era, that Takeo Fujiwara, a member of the Y. M. M. I. A. of Sapporo, Japan, arrived in Utah, October 30, 1927, and has entered the B. Y. U. at Provo as a student. He is one of the young mem- bers of the Church with whom Dr. F. S. Harris, president of the B. Y. U., became acquainted on the occasion of his visit to Japan a year ago. Brother Fujiwara says he expects two more Japanese Saints from Sapporo shortly after New Year. They also expect to enter the B. Y. U. M Men and Gleaner Girls, California We have received No. 4, Volume II, of the Messenger, the official organ of the M Men and the Gleaner Girls' association of Los Angeles and Hollywood stakes. Among other live matter, it contains an account of the Hollywood stake Jubilee, held on Saturday. November 19, the birth- day party of the organization. Over 700 people met to dine, toast, and dance. The paper is characteristic of California pep. of which the M Men of these stakes have evidently imbibed to the full. Success to the "M" Messenger and to the M Men and Gleaner Girls' association of Los Angeles and Hollywood stakes. We can scarcely keep up with them, but will ap- plaud vpcifereusly from the far-off.

MUTUAL WORK 261 Slogan Cards Distributed The Y. M. M. I. A. of the First ward, Raymond, Alberta, Canada, has issued a card containing a complete list of the M. I. A. Slogans and presented a copy to every family in the ward on the occasion of the annual membership drive. The cards were very much appreciated by the people and numerous requests have been made for extra copies to be sent to friends all over the world. The officers of the association are: N. Lorenzo Mitchell, president, W. Meldrum, first counselor, S. E. Low, second counselor, Ross An- derson, secretary and treasurer. A Chance to Study Leadership Leadership Week will be held at the Brigham Young University, January 23 to 27 inclusive, it is announced by the Ex- tension Division. The central theme for the week is "Man's Quest for Joy," which is adapted from the Book of Mormon statement: "Man is that he might have joy." Since this is Book of Mormon year in the Church, the theme is very appro- priate. It is designed that various sub- themes will be considered on the various days of the week. On Monday the theme suggested is, "Self-Mastery;" on Tuesday, "Self-Realization;" on Wednesday, "Joy Through Living the Religious Life;" Thursday, "Joy Through Intellectual Un- foldment;" Friday, "Joy Through Serv- ice to Others." Departments are planning courses in the following: Education for Moral Growth; Methods in Religious Teaching; Recreation; Genealogy; Social Welfare; Man and the Universe; Creative Writing; Music; Art Appreciation; Drama; Health; Literature; The Home; Scouting; Farm Problems; Psychology; History; and other subjects. As usual the program is free to all, and an effort is made to provide something worthwhile for everyone who might come. Winner in the One-Act Play Contest The committee who considered the manuscripts of the Improvement Era one- act play contest chose "The Invisible Hand," by Ira N. Hay ward, Cedar City, Utah, as the winning play. There were 45 plays and many of them very creditable. It is encouraging to see the improvement in the manuscripts, in both subject matter and thought, over those submitted in pre- vious years. The Era returns thanks to all who took part in the contest and invites them to try again in the new contest which soon will be announced for 1928. South Davis Stake M. I. A. The presentation of Gaul's Oratorio, "The Holy City," under the direction of the South Davis stake M. I. A. Committee on Recreation, with the cooperation of the choirs of the stake, at the Bountiful Tabernacle. Friday, November 25, was no doubt the biggest and most successful thing in the field of music yet undertaken in the stake. The Tabernacle and adjoining recreation hall was filled to capacity. The chorus consisted of 150 choir and Mutual members and the orchestra of 28 local and Salt Lake artists. The soloists were Mary Pierce, soprano; Annette Richardson, contralto: Howard Frazee, tenor, and Hugh W. Dougall. baritone, all of Salt Lake City. William Holmes, stake chor- ister for the Y. M. M. I. A., was music director: Ida K. Thomas, stake chorister for the Y. L. M. I. A., organist, and Leander T. Thompson, pianist. Robert A. Stelter, chairman of stake recreation committe. was business manager, and H. Tharon Salter, secretary. The successful rendition of the Oratorio was made pos- sible by the hearty cooperation of the entire community. — Geo. A. B. Mclntyre, stake superintendent, Y- M- M- I- A-

262 IMPROVEMENT ERA Y. M. M. I. A. Statistical Report, November, 1927 STAKE V) UJ o $ z c c a W £ "^ O j o C/3 *_, ■O 5 S E c — *o c < UJ c 1 1 "3 3 3 j > 1 < UJ w 1 .2 1 i-i u o h •J c n < to u "1 < < O £ o 9 ■a c c "^ 3 < B O C * < h Alpine Box Elder |1000 757 567 547 521 506 958 1100 1400 879 500 222 1435 595 344 700 454 456 710 264 640 876 497 767 330 680 1090 526 330 467 271 400 415 392 715 232 365 288 154 424 662 160 614 335 552 516 315 211 216 370 4061 318 359 223| 118 13 8 6 12 9 8 9 14 7 10 6 12 11 8 8 9 7 10 6 13 11 6 10 12 14 13 8 8 11 5 9 10 9 9 7 11 6 11 14 7 12 7 10 13 9 7 |13|124 13|120 8 87 3l 29 i 141 196 83 54 177 34 178 114 150 [227 227 105 26 112 75 209 247 283 60 54 10 281 124 72 103 119 101 151 25 109 200 70 169 65 165 239 183 20 88 16 67 116 48 114 21 81 17 44 34 157 89 72 145 68 72 24 30 66 107 73 1304 29|226 201208 71 4fi 796 798 503 162 538 260 838 871 1036 253 334 90 1166 479 208 447 439 356 532 129 385 772 354 567 403 705 881 556 127 317 251 280 464 234 475 143 353 118 198 241 664 429 345 596 395 347 97 124 273 4671 241 487 297| | 86 103 69 21 69 21 75 77 108 33 47 25 91 53 28 59 45 51 59 20 59 82 52 58 47 85 108 63 19 44 5 31 60 30 64 26 51 17 31 30 89 57 45 81 68 59 14 22 53 62 25 70 61 | 89 116 53 36 105 27 125 72 102 46 41 19 176 42 26 56 40 31 63 29 15 65 39 42 80 97 96 51 22 39 8 55 66 23 42 27 56 16 49 37 152 81 35 75 84 39 16 26 69 52 47 85 57 1 93 137 52 13 82 51 142 173 188 35 30 10 178 71 47 65 54 56 82 18 64 119 45 106 31 84 145 136 11 68 6 28 70 33 68 20 44 7 17 26 115 46 50 88 37 35 12 21 44 82 39 128 54 | 20 20 7 15 46 77 70 29 111 8 21 9 3 3 10 37 12 23 17 40 20 6 5 11 2 22 ~~8 10 2 6 25 13 15 15 9 24 17 54 166 139 148 46 88 90 186 238 286 50 73 20 264 149 55 109 138 94 140 31 117 186 75 129 66 138 251 178 30 79 7 83 98 63 117 30 73 13 30 121 107 48 81 127 41 55 31 22 41 75 30 68 12 1434 515 34^ 173 Deseret Emery _ Ensign 11 5 8 9 13 7 7 4 12 7 5 8 9 7 10 4 12 11 6 9 12 14 13 8 3 10 2 5 10 5 9 5 10 6 6 14 4 10 7 10 8 9 1 96 31 79 92 130 22 83 122 97 37 147 13 35 11 4 4 14 65 20 36 25 47 22 8 13 18 4 22 11 14 8 28 22 20 33| 33 17 46 1 131 120 289 296 376 71 100 20 377 199 62 152 195 144 212 40 163 284 138 214 106 217 340 204 53 107 100 118 146 105 191 44 112 27 42 65 167 951 133 183 72 104 7 24 54 103 44 Q3 359 189 574 637 754 451 77 164 Hyrum . 69 37 113 68 31 71 63 60 77 24 78 100 60 74 79 114 135 74 25 65 38 36 75 36 82 30 75 30 49 63 122 85 66 101 91 87 73 74 23 248 75 43 86 81 51 88 36 22 123 66 74 128 162 145 95 21 44 79 55 105 45 77 48 85 30 55 51 196 140 74 134 131 84 26 46 93 121 90 1151 73| 220 74 Liberty _ . 820 373 Millard 156 310 786 North Davis __. North Sanpete 232 347 101 765 489 Oquirrh __ . 223 358 741 St. George Salt Lake 444 620 478 88 735 Tintic Tooele 37 199 316 149 799 103 774 Burley 63 179 774 488 745 Malad 711 386 Rigby Shelley 245 188 8? 5 V 24 91 10 10 6 10 9 9 9 5 10 6 60 90 36 86 77 707 Alberta . 795 151 175 18| 368 64 631 20 738

MUTUAL WORK 263 C 0. eM o '5 c/5 „ „ OS •« a M ■o n W T3 S ^ £ S 2 C 1 /. 14 O , 1 < O c s g ^ 5 R 5 f ° *o c £ c/3 tU < UJ 172 61 12 111 12 65 9 78 30 36 35 80 14 38 25 55 5 o -a 2 in c « < ** r R - 3 - _ o f-H o 2 -5 K < < o a ^ o c > £ c 2 < < " < 69 1 6 75 9 127 6 38 26 28 18 9 40 20 25 2 33 13 391 1 1 17|132 h_ 356 212 343 158 182 124 164 135 41 303 33 391 Los Angeles ... .. 420 Lyman . 199 Maricopa 430 Moapa 246 San Francisco 3 67 Snowflake .. 290 Star Valley ... 365 Union 200 Woodruff . ..... 325 California Mission ... 415 East Jordan 554 West Jordan 425 8 8 85 K)2 7 7 46 78 8 8 76 95 9 5 47 52 10 8 56 89 11 6 35 54 11 9 91 63 6 4 45 33 6 6 49 84 23 18[104| 1 29 10 8 73| 75 7 7 61 105 811 158| 161 88 447 58 90 115 312 38 58 166 460 62 74 56 229 37 32 253 43 59 31 191 28 30 92 340 49 32 32 173 30 25 50 243 35 48 551 385 86 113 ISO] 486 7 6 164 517 52 75 Y. M. M. I. A. Efficiency Report, November, 1927 M ts. s w ^ •^ £■0 0 :>£ £ Alpine Box Elder . Cache Carbon Deseret Emery Ensign Granite Grant Gunnison Hyrum Kanab .. Liberty Logan Millard . Mount Ogden Nebo North Davis . North Sanpete North Sevier . North Weber - Ogden „ Oquirrh Pioneer Roosevelt St. George Salt Lake South Davis . South Sevier . 5 9 7 8 7 7 7 7 10 6 I 10 8 10 7 8 9 7 7 8 8 10 9 8 10 9 7 10 7 4 9 10 7 4 5 5 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 6 4 4 6 7 10 10 10 10 10 6 6 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 8 9 10 7 10 10 8 10 5 7 7 7 5 10 10 9 10 8 7 8 5 8 6 2 2 10 10 9 10 7 9 10 10 10 3 4 3 3 I 10 4 5 9 5 7 6 3 7 3 1 8 6 4 10 4 7 9 4 6 8 6 7 8 9 I 8 10 3 7 10 8 2 7 I 4 I 10 I 9 I 5 I 4 I 10 8 I 10 8 I 10 I 10 5 I 7 5 I 4 7 I 10 9 I 10 4 10 8 I 9 5 i 7 6 I 10 I 10 I 10 i 7 I 4 I 10 I 10 I 10 9 I 6 I 6 6 5 7 8 8 10 10 7 8 10 9 5 5 5 4 10 8 10 10 4 5 10 9 9 9 9 9 8 5 8 8 2 3 8 5 8 7 9 9 9 10 10 10 7 8 10 10 6 2 7 9 8 8 9 8 8 6 9 9 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 2 4 4 4 71 92 82 69 79 46 87 86 85 81 57 50 93 83 56 93 77 85 83 60 71 89 84 68 67 77

264 IMPROVEMENT ERA STAKE M K s ° ■- S •o c UJ C ll c S o •a 5 8 9 8 10 10 9 5 5 3 5 6 5 4 7 7 8 7 9 3 3 4 6 2 10 5 5 10 10 2 4 5 5 5 7 8 6 7 7 2 10 7 7 8 8 9 8 10 10 6 10 9 10 7 8 10 10 10 10 3 8 9 8 10- 4 7 5 8 7 10 10 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 6 6 7 8 5 7 8 9 9 8 2 3 2 4 2 5 6 2 8 10 7 6 9 8 7 5 8 9 9 9 5 6 5 6 8 10 9 9 10 10 9 7 6 10 10 7 9 9 10 10 7 8 8 9 8 10 10 10 10 10 5 10 10 5 6 7 4 5 8 7 5 4 3 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 5 7 3 10 10 5 6 9 8 9 7 8 9 10 10 3 4 8 6 7 5 6 4 10 10 Summit Tintic Tooele Uintah Wasatch Weber ___ Bannock Bear Lake . Burley Cassia Franklin Fremont Idaho Idaho Falls . Malad Pocatello Rigby Shelley Teton Twin Falls _ Yellowstone Alberta Big Horn Hollywood .. Lethbridge Los Angeles Lyman Maricopa Moapa San Francisco Snowflake „_. Star Valley _ Union Woodruff .... California East Jordan _ West Jordan 10 6 10 5 3 9 9 6 6 10 10 2 3 9 3 3 10 10 5 9 9 10 10 8 7 7 6 10 10 10 10 5 8 10 6 4 3 10 8 8 6 9 6 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 6 6 1 8 4 4 3 6 3 10 5 10 10 9 7 8 7 10 7 77 58 51 81 48 85 42 67 65 83 83 93 78 63 92 95 63 79 35 69 70 83 74 96 89 93 87 96 70 65 49 60 75 81 85 61 79 Note — The wards reporting, in the 65 stakes reported, totalled 509 out of a possible 619. The following 29 stakes reported all their wards: Box Elder. Cache. Ensign, Granite. Gunnison. Liberty. Mt. Ogden. Nebo. North Davis. North Sanpete. Ogden. Oquirrh, Roosevelt, St. George. Salt Lake. South Davis, Uintah, Weber, Cassia, Fremont, Malad, Pocatello, Shelley. Hollywood, Los Angeles, Lyman, Maricopa. Woodruff. West Jordan. A number of the stakes, as will be seen from the reports, approached closely to the one hundred mark in activities The total enrollment in the 65, out of 99, stakes reported is 26,842, and the total average attend- ance is 17,862 for the month of November. New Superintendents T. Roy Pickett was appointed superin- tendent of the Y. M. M. I. A. of the Idaho Falls stake, at a conference held November 12 and 13. 1927. Rolph C. Wold, was released, The address of the new super- intendent is 415 Fifth Street, Idaho Falls. Hyrum S. Evans, Burley, Idaho, was appointed superintendent of the Y. M. M.- I. A., Burley stake, at the November con-, ference, vice, Loren Lewis, released.