--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 31 number: 6 published: 1928-04 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: "*Improvement Era* 31, no. 6 (April 1928). Salt Lake City: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, April 1928." source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera3106unse 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: improvementera3106unse curator_note: Internet Archive issue scan; advertising and unpaginated plates omitted. rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1928-04) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera3106unse publication_year: 1928 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 1928, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Improvement Era, April 1928 ''■V., < Improvement Era Vol. XXXI APRIL, 1928 No. 6 Hugh J. Cannon By Bryant S. Hinckley, President of the Liberty Stake of Zion THE appointment of Hugh J. Cannon to succeed the late be- loved Edward H. Anderson as associate editor of the Im- provement Era was gratifying to all who enjoy the advantage of his acquaintance. His training and experience eminently fit him for the responsibilities of this new appointment. The high stand- dard maintained by the Era in the past will not be impaired under his editorial supervision. The writer of this sketch speaks out of a long and intimate ac- quaintance with the new appointee, and speaks with confidence concerning his ability as a writer and his sterling worth as a man. Hugh J. Cannon is, by instinct and training, a gentleman, modest, dignified and genial, full of human sympathy, tender and considerate; but in no sense lacking in the sterner virtues of cour- age, loyalty and dependability. He inherited from his illustrious father, George Q. Cannon, unusual literary ability and a sublime and beautiful faith, both of which he has cultivated. He has a clear understanding of the great fundamentals of the gospel of Jesus Christ and few other men of his years have given more generously of their time and means for its promulgation. He is the son of George Q., and Sarah Jenne Cannon, and was born January 19, 1870, in Salt Lake City, Utah. His mother, in her 88th year, is still mentally alert. He received his early education in a private school, taught by George M. Cannon, on the old Cannon farm near the Jordan river, and from there he went to the University of Utah. Subsequently, he became proficient in shorthand and typewriting. As a young man, he learned the nursery business and for a time was a partner in this business with the late Martin Christopherson. At the age of twenty, he was called on his first mission to Germany. He had been there about a year and a half when his brother, David, who was laboring in the same mission, contracted