--- 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: 33 number: 3 published: 1930-01 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: "*Improvement Era* 33, no. 3 (January 1930). Salt Lake City: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, January 1930." source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera3303unse 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: improvementera3303unse curator_note: Internet Archive issue scan; advertising omitted. rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1930-01) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera3303unse publication_year: 1930 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 1930, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Improvement Era, January 1930 THE IMPROVEMENT ERA 3SE Vol. 33-41 JANUARY, 1930 No. 3 A Demonstration of Leisure-time Activities in Russia ' * DR' ™^ HARRIS BriQham Young University ESTERDAY I had an op- Czar, and during his ownership the Y portunity of witnessing the greatest demonstration in leisure- time activity that has yet come to my attention. I wish that every Mutual Improvement Asso- ciation worker could have been present with our group of a half dozen who spent the afternoon and evening at a great park which has been set aside by the Soviet Gov- ernment for the good of the peo- ple. It is called "The Park of Culture and Recreation" and it certainly lives up to its name. A person can hardly realize the extent of this great park with- out being on the ground. It is all comparatively new. A large part of it was the private estate of the former Governor General of Moscow, an uncle of the late public was never admitted to the grounds. It was in reality a forest overlooking the Moscow river in the southeast suburb of the city. The park extends for five or six miles along the river front and back for some distance. AS we crossed the river bridge toward the park and saw the yj-3gEfTTO"u -(lU^fi&maiiaHggmaiL^^ Top: Dr. Franklin S. Harris. Center : View of Moscow Park of Recreation and Rest. Bottom : On the Moscow River.