--- 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: 7 published: 1930-05 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: "Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Mutual Work,” *Improvement Era* 33, no. 7 (May 1930): 497–505." source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera3307unse 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: improvementera3307unse start_page: 497 end_page: 505 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1930-05) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera3307unse 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. --- # Mutual Work MUTUAL WORK General Superintendency Y. M. M. I. A. George Albert Smith, Richard R. Lyman, Melvin J. Ballard, Executive Secretary: Oscar A. Kirkham, Gen'l Offices Y. M. M. I. A. 47 East South Temple Street Gen'l Offices Y. L. M. I. A. 33 Bishop's Building SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH General Presidency Y. L. M. I. A. Ruth May Fox, Lucy Grant Cannon, Clarissa A. Beesley, Secretary. Elsie Hogan The June Conference '"PHE annual Conference of the -*- Young Men's and Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Associations will be held in Salt Lake City on Fri- day, Saturday and Sunday, June 6, 7, 8. Preparations for the program are progressing steadily and there is every evidence that this will be an outstand- ing convention. The spirit of the oc- casion will be in keeping with the Centennial anniversary of the Church. Much interest is being manifested throughout the stakes. Following the Conference, on Mon- day, June 9, there will be held a Music convention. All music directors of both the Y. M. and Y. L. M. I. A. are cordially invited to attend- Also, on Monday and Tuesday, June 9 and 1 0, will be held the usual Y. L. M. I. A. Institute for leaders of all departments. On Thursday, June 5, will occur the contests for Divisions 2 and 3 and District 3. Program for the Conference The general theme of the Conference is "Onward with Mormon Ideals." This theme will color the proceedings of each session, all of which will be general, excepting brief luncheon pe- riods and periods on Saturday morning. Friday, June 6 Assembly Hall — 10:00 a. m. Joint opening session — under the direction of the Executive Officers. At this meeting will be presented various exercises in keeping with the theme and also a dramatization representing the Improvement Era. 12:15 p.m. Special Group Luncheons. Assembly Hall — 2:00 p. m. General Session, featuring Adult education. Evening — Reception to Stake Officers. Finals in Contest Dattce — "Gold and Green Caprice." Saturday, June 7 9:00 a. m. Separate Department meetings. Assembly Hall — 10:00 a. m. Vanguard-Scout demonstration — all Y. M. M. I. A. officers in at- tendance. Tabernacle — 10:00 a. m. Junior-Bee-Hive demonstrations — all Y. L. M. I. A. officers in attend- ance. 12:15 p. m. Stake Superintendents and Stake Presidents will be special guests of the General Boards at luncheon. Afternoon Semi-finals in all contest events. Evening Demonstrations and final contests. Sunday, June 8 Assembly Hall — 8:00 a. m. Joint Officers testimony meeting. Tabernacle — 10:00 a. m. General Session — M. I. A. and Pri- mary Association. Tabernacle — 2:00 p. m. General Session under the direc- tion of First Presidency of the Church. Tabernacle — 7:00 p. m. General Session of M Mien and Gleaners. Secretaries The month of May marks the close of the intensive season of M. I. A. work.. The report for this year is not a scoring report, but a record of your achievement. If you have kept a duplicate copy as rec- ommended, you now have on file a complete record of the main features of work accomplished during the year. How has the present form met your needs? We shall appreciate receiving com- ments from stake or ward secretaries. The Monthly Joint Session for June Tl/ARD PRESIDENTS will please "' bear in mind that the theme for the evening is: The General Au- thorities of the Church; that the material for the theme is found in this issue of the Era, page 462 and that it is published thus far in advance of the meeting in order that a thorough preparation may be made for the event. The following outline may be ef- fectively followed: 1. Singing, "We Thank Thee, O God, For a Prophet," congregation. 2. Invocation by one of the sisters. 3. Music. 4. Introductory remarks, preferably by a member of the Bishopric. (a) Explaining each division of the Church leadership known as the general authorities, naming the present personnel of each division. (b) Quoting or reading the follow- ing: "If there is no change among the pres- ent general authorities before next June 5 th, almost the very day on which this program will be given, this group will have the distinction of remaining ,in office longer, without change, than any other group of general authorities during the entire century of Church history, — over five years, from June 4, 1925." 5. Biographical representation of the 26 General Authorities by 26 young men, each one giving from memory the brief sketch of the officer he represents as published in this issue of the Era, page 462, beginning his quotation with the name of the man he represents. 6. Singing, "Zion is Growing," or some other fitting selection, by a young lady. 7. Other exercises if time permits. 8. Benediction. The success of this program will greatly depend upon the interest and efforts of the ward officers. The theme can be made strikingly educative and can be made highly faith promoting. To secure results adequate to the merits of the occasion a rehearsal with the 26 representatives should be held. 498 The Improvement Era for May, 1930 Herbert B. Maw Chairman M Men Committ.ee ONWARD with Mormon Ideals." Such is the clarion call of M. I. A.! Gratitude for their heritage and a determination to perpetuate the pur- poses and ideals of our Church con- stitute the evangel of Mormon youth. No better expression of that fact will be witnessed than the demonstration by an army of M Men and Gleaner Girls at the M. I. A. June Conference. Thousands of them from all parts of our Church will, in the Salt Lake Tabernacle on Sunday evening, June 8, pay tribute to our glorious past and forecast a no less glorious future in the translation of Mormon ideals into daily life. The demonstration will be unique and inspiring. The main floor of the Tabernacle will be oc- cupied by M Men and Gleaner Girls Emily H. Higgs Chairman Gleaner Committee only and admission thereto will be only by ticket. Therefore, all stakes who wish representatives to partici- pate in the demonstration or gain ad- mission to the body of the house must communicate at an early date with the M Men or Gleaner Committee at the M. I. A. office, Church Office Build- ing, 47 East South Temple Street, or at 33 Bishop's Building, Salt Lake City, Utah, and arrange for such tickets or reservations as may be de- sired. All arrangements for the demon- stration are under the auspices of the M Men and Gleaner Committees of the General Boards and subject to the immediate direction and control of a central committee to be named in the June Era. Gleaner Girls Department Grace C. Neslen COMMITTEE Emily H. Higgs, Chairman Rachel G. Taylor Martha G. Smith "COR two years the Gleaner girls of *■ the M. I. A. have been studying Latter-day Saint Ideals of Home and Home Life. They have discussed their relationship in the home of their parents, their plans for a home of their own, and, this year, the problems that must be met in the establishment of such a home. Desire and aspiration for the highest in home life has been kindled in their hearts. A^ true gleaners they have gathered the grains of truth; a harvest of happy homes will be numbered among the precious sheaves in the Gleaner field. The time alloted for the consider- ation of these lessons on home is almost gone, and the month of May should be one in which the teacher goes carefully over the course with the thought that if some lessons have been missed, all the work possible will be made up. If the course has been completed then a profitable month of review of the most salient truths, and their relation to the subject as a whole, will be of inestimable value. The book, A Lantern in Her Hand, has proved a delight to all. Its por- trayal of the trials and discouragements of frontier life, illuminated by the light of hope and high ideals finds a sympathetic response in the heart of youth. Reading is one activity that can well be carried over into the sum- mer program, and the leaders should see that every gleaner girl has an op- portunity to read this fascinating book. The project "I will con- tribute each day to the honor and hap- piness of my home" can be made a spiritual force in our summer activi- ties. Vacation time often takes youth far afield into new environment. The canyon, the ranch, the seashore, new cities all beckon with alluring prom- ise. When absent the hilaration of something new and different and novel makes home and home ties seem far away. But, however far they may wander the honor and happiness of the home are in their keeping. It is our privilege to make them realize that with them they carry a precious gem whose lustre must never be dimmed. As a glorious culmination of the past year's work, and an inspiration to lead on into the years ahead, the Gleaners and M Men are to be given the privilege of conducting the Sun- day evening session of the June con- ference (Details are printed in this issue under the M Men-Gleaners De- partment.) Upon the youth of today will devolve the responsibilities of to- morrow, and such occasions as this will give a glimpse into the future, so full of promise. i 1 1 Report of a Visit to Miami Ward By HARVEY L. TAYLOR MIAMI Ward, with a population of about three hundred, we had present regularly, twenty-five boy scouts organized into a beautiful troop; eighteen M Men; forty Adults; thirteen Bee-Hive Girls; fourteen Juniors, and sixteen Gleaners. After the usual open- ing exercises, which were spirited and snappy the class work showed the keenest interest of all members present. After the meeting an hour of dancing was arranged after which a lovely luncheon was provided for the visiting members and the local officers. There are ten young lady officers enrolled; ten were present; eleven young men officers enrolled: ten present, one excused. Miami is entering all the events but one of the contest work. All members of the bishopric were present. The Boy Scouts have won the Apache Council efficiency plaque for the past two terms. This letter was inspired by the following proverb: 'Yea, he who hath a horn and tooteth it not, behold, the same shall not be tooted." The Improvement Era for May, 1930 499 The Calendar for May is to be found in the March Era, page 356. Spring Festival "X/TAY will be a very busy month ■*■ ■*■ for conscientious Junior workers. It is hoped that the Spring Festival scheduled for April was successfully held in each ward, or that it will be equally successful if held during the present month. Some very encour- aging and enthusiastic reports are heard concerning it from groups in which it has already been held. Project HTHE girls who planted their bulbs -*- in the fall will have thrilled with the joy of blossoming crocuses, hya- cinths, daffodils and tulips during the past few weeks. For those who pre- fer summer gardens, it is high time for planning and planting. Seed catalogues giving detailed instructions as to soil, planting, etc., are now being distributed free by the leading nurser- ies and seed companies. Short but valuable little articles on flower cul- ture, written by Maud Chegwidden, are appearing frequently in one of the Salt Lake daily papers. The clippings would help to make a delightful and useful scrap-book. Keep ever in mind the thought of making your home town famous by planting the flowers that thrive best in the surrounding soil and climate, so the results will be outstanding, rather than mediocre. Plant with the thought of holding a flower-show in the fall. Special Matters of Importance 1 . Leaders should check up on all Junior activities to ascertain how near- ly up to date and up to standard their classes are in all the season's work. a. Are the lessons up to schedule; have those presented been understood and their message carried over? b. To what extent have the girls participated in the project, either in raising flowers, in procuring them to beautify chapels, cheer the home- bound and ill, or in placing them on unkept graves? c. Have the majority of Junior girls read or heard read the reading course book, "A Lantern in Her Hand?" d. Has the travelogue been success- ful as an agency for educational up- lift? e. Has the Question Box been a means helpful in clearing up hazy ideas? f. Are plans in progress for the re- told story contest? g. Has music been given due atten- tion, either as a Junior Girls Chorus, or in connection with the Gleaners? h. Was the Spring Festival a suc- cess? i. Are the special testimony meet- ings suggested in the March Era re- ceiving consideration? June Conference A TTENDANCE at the conference ■**■ in June has come to be recognized as of paramount importance in de- veloping efficient M. I. A. leadership. A trite but expressive figure of speech likens this occasion to the recharging of a battery. Those who fail to at- tend and partake of the revivifying in- fluence are very likely to "run down." The program as outlined in the current Era challenges enthusiastic in- terest because in addition to the sep- arate meetings that will be held this year as heretofore, there has been provided an opportunity for each de- partment to give a real demonstration of its activities in a public session, Saturday morning, from 10 to 12 o'clock, is the time reserved for the Junior and Bee-Hive departments, and the general committees of these two groups are planning a program worthy of this great centenary year. It is hoped that the Tabernacle will be filled to overflowing by members and friends, and that their hearts will be touched by the achievements of Zion's daughters. All leaders who can ar- range to do so are urged to remain for the two-day Institute following the June Conference, which is to be a veritable school of instruction, and one which has proved immeasurably val- uable to those who have attended in past seasons. It is thought that by early and careful planning many more than usual might arrange to avail themselves of this great opportunity for uplift and development. Contest HP HE retold story contest is the only ■*• event outlined specifically for Junior Girls (and Vanguards) which will come up to the grand finals in Salt Lake at the time of June Con- ference. It is urged that every effort possible be put forth to make this a creditable event. The choice of stories is limited to the Scriptures and Latter- day Saint literature. Points of judg- ment are the same as those outlined for the Bee-Hive story contest, in the March Era. Best wishes for the rest of the year. Make these last few weeks measure up to the standard that has been set in your group, that the memory of a lovely season's work may remain with the girls to help them measure up to their highest ideals during the summer months to come. IWfflfEFAWN flour! i I Offices and Warehouse 722 State Street i I Wasatch 1922 Salt Lake City, Utah ] For a Sound Mind in a Sound Body Remember IT PAYS TO EAT RIGHT! OUR CAMPAIGN FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION Is the greatest work of its kind ever done in this territory. HEALTH CAFE— FOOD STORE— LECTURES- RADIO TALKS— LITERATURE— DIETS. James W. Fitches, President. Dr. Ralph I. Shadduck, Health Director. Don C. Wood, Business Manager. NATURE-WAY INSTITUTE, 29-29% West 1st. So., Salt Lake City, Ut. FREE— SAMPLES— FRFE Natural Health Foods Health Products Descriptive Price List 500 The Improvement Era for May, 1930 This TRUST COMPANY Acts as Trustee - Receiver - Assignee Executor - Guardian Exchange Agent Administrator Registrars Transfer Agent PAID ON SAVINGS Gilt Edge First Mortgage Loans or Bonds to Net You 6% Halloran-Judge Trust Company Cor. Main at Broadway, Salt Lake City, Utah, Was. 633 Bee Hive Girls Department COMMITTEE Catherine Folsom, Chairman Elsie Hogan Sarah R. Cannon Vida F. Clawson Glenn J. Beeley WE wish to remind you that all contest events for the Bee-Hive Department this year are to be car- ried on in the stakes only. The Bee- Hive Committee is not conducting a scrap book contest as heretofore, but it is hoped that the stakes have held a contest in this event. (See August Journal, 1929, for further details, also Hand Book Supplement.) During June Conference, as previ- ously announced, we expect to have a fine display of articles brought in by the stakes of the Church. It is the plan that each stake shall bring one outstanding article to place in this display. It may be anything the stake feels will be the best representation of the Bee-Hive Girls' work. Each stake will be held responsible for bringing and returning the article to the owner. We are pleased to announce that on Saturday morning (June 7) at 10:00 a. m. there will be held in the Taber- nacle a big Swarm Day program dem- onstration, in which Bee-Hive girls of all the nearby stakes will participate; all other stakes wishing to join them are invited to attend. Kindly have your girls learn "The Honey Gath- erers Song" and "The Womanho Call," in parts. All girls taking part in special demonstration will be ex- pected to wear the Bee-Hive uni- form. * Following June Conference a Y. L. M. I. A. Institute will be held which all Bee-Keepers and all other depart- ment leaders are invited to attend. Definite information regarding this matter will be supplied through your Y. L. stake president. Read carefully our messages in the March Era, page 35 7. All girls should have completed their work and been carefully checked on by the time you hold your Swarm Day. If by chance there is any unfinished work, try and have it completed by the end of May. At the close of May all Bee-Keepers *The Complete Bee-Hive uniform made up at the Z. C. M. I. has now been re- duced to $3.75. SCHOOL IN SESSION ALL SUMMER— ENROLL ANY TIME ASSEMBLY ROOM Obtain your training in a school with a National Reputation. A position secured for every graduate — none out of employment. Call, write, or phone for information. Visitors welcome. HENAGER'S BUSINESS COLLEGE J. C. HENAGER D. B. MOENCH Phone Wasatch 2753 45 East Broadway <■ The Improvement Era for May, 1930 should file with the ward secretary complete reports of work accomplished by both Builders and Gatherers. In- dividual and swarm record sheets should be preserved so that at the commencement of the following season the exact status of each girl may be known to the next Bee-Keeper who may take the swarm, or filed for your own use should you continue. We find that many Bee-Keepers take their Bee-Hive records home and they be- come misplaced and lost and the girls are required to check their work all over again at the beginning of the next season's work. This is very discouraging to the girls. May we remind those who are not using our regular record sheets provided at this office, that they should obtain them and keep a complete history of all the work done, cells filled, etc., by each individual girl. The price of a rec- ord book containing sixteen sheets is 15c or two for 25c. We do not wish to infer here that you shall not work during the summer. We urge where it is at all possible that you bold your swarms together for summer work, so that the girls may fill cells for Bee- Lines and merit badges. ■f -f -f Some Pioneer Humor By CHRONICLER WHILE the Mormon pioneers of 1847 and the years immediately following were, as a rule, very serious in their habits and deportment, on occasion, they did indulge in levity, and many incidents are recorded which reveal humor of a high order. An incident of this kind is re- lated of the late Hon L. E. Har- rington in connection with Pres- ident Brigham Young and a num- ber of other churchmen and legis- lators. Mr. Harrington, as was quite the custom in early days, was not only a member of the legislative council from Utah and Wasatch counties, but he was also a bishop in the Church, the bishop of American Fork. 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The bishop launched out on a, sort of biographical sketch, saying, among other things, that he was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and that he was very proud of that distinction, etc. After he sat down Bishop Woolley of Salt Lake was called on, and he, too, was proud to say that he was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania; Bishop Weiler of Salt Lake, in giving an account of his stewardship, was pleased to say that he was born in Chester County. Finally, Bishop David Evans of Lehi, in giving account of his ward said it was one of the very best, if not the best, branches in the Church, and he was proud to say that he, too, was born in Chester County, Pennsyl- vania. At this point Bishop Har- rington was called on and pro- ceeded to say that he was getting on fairly well with his ward, and that he could not account for it in any other way than by the fact that he "passed through Chester County once when he was a boy." The audience thus being fed up on Chester County, greatly en- joyed this bon mot or wit, as it humorously implied that surely there must be some magic about Chester County. As a matter of fact, Bishop Har- rington was born in Otsego Coun- ty, New York State, not far from the Pennsylvania line, so as an his- torical fact, he had passed through the celebrated county as a boy. 1 i 1 What Shall I Do This Day? Keep cool in temper; cheerful and wholesome in feelings and atti- tude; lofty in thought. Do the right for its own sake, rather than to please, that my life may be independent. Think solidly on my work. Look to see the beautiful, listen to hear the good. Keep body erect, but without strain, that it may reflect dignity and ease; but make it a useful tool to serve the eternal spirit within. Have God before me constantly in all my relations, and be con- scious that my fellowkind are His children. Then shall I be a man Roy A. Welker The Improvement Era for May, 1930 503 The Centennial Pageant (Continued from page 461) Cod cides the dawn to answer him in vision — The message of salvation is reveal. Follows the exodus of the Pio- neers. Driven from place to place, persecuted and cruelly hated, they make their deadening trip across the plains. Handcarts pushed by women, babies carried by older sis- ters, all prove the united faith of the people in the accomplishment of this almost unendurable jour- ney. From domiciles of mansion-house and cot, From fruited fields and marts of indus- try, From all they love, from all their toil had wrought — On yet and on they moved in banish- ment. HTHE scene is inexpressibly poig- * nant, for the hearts of the peo- ple of the west are bound irrevo- cably in love and gratitude toward those whose sacrificial pilgrimage laid the foundation for prosperity and happiness. The establishment of Zion is suggested in a white plastique for- mation in which, high upon the top stage, culture, education, man- ual labor, play and worship are mystically represented, eternally white, symbolically beautiful. To this the nations, in representative costume, come seeking freedom and peace in the tops of the mountains. Across the seven seas Thy children come From every land and island of the deep, To merge their boundried nationality And rear a lasting empire unto Thee. Of such as these, the salt of all the earth, And as they wend in hallowed pilgrim- age May grace of thine enfold and lead them on To lave their souls in Truth's resplend- ent flame. The finale is reached in a col- orful suggestion of the Church of today. At the topmost point of the stage the Priesthood quorums are represented, robed in tones of cream and pale yellow. 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More divisions of M Men play are sure to be organ- ized. Inquiries from southern Utah indicate that Director Warner will have the responsibility shortly of working out a schedule for the many strong teams in Utah's Dixieland. Branches! of the Church at Portland, Ore; San Francisco, Oakland and Los An- geles seek permission to enter their Mutual quintets in the champion- ship play. There is no end in view. Wherever a group of young Latter- day Saint boys are gathered, there will follow, as the night the day, an M Men basketball team, all striving toward the same goal and teaching the same great truth, — to play the game square. There are three dominant factors in successful athletic competition and M Men basketball has been quick to grasp these things and stress them in its mammoth activ- ity program. The first is justice as it applies to the lesson of sport. It is not that blind justice that we see on so many court houses, that figure of justice, taken probably from a misguided interpretation of the Greek antiquity of a blind- folded figure with scales in her hand, the implication being that justice is to weigh the factors with blind impartiality. Justice is not merely weighing the facts or sizing up the situation. Justice in the Christian sense and in sports is training yourself to see the other fellow from his own view- point. You have to be able to put yourself in his place if you want to be just as an opponent. There is no institution like athletics to teach a man how to get into the other fellow's place without treading on his toes, without in- terfering with his personality, without breaking in on the reserve of a gentleman. That is the great service Mutual Improvement as- sociation athletics have to render, to teach young men justice, not in the old pagan sense but in the modern Christian sense. T: HE second great les- son to be obtained from this stu- pendous athletic program is the les- son of temperance. Now that might suggest the Eighteenth Amendment, but let us look upon it from a different angle. In this sense temperance means the mixing of the elements of life in the proper proportion. We get boys in the M. I. A. at the age when they are becoming aware of the elements of life. They are mixing these ele- ments, some of them, so that those mixtures simply result in a kind of effervescence of enthusiasm. You recall the boys in the Van- guard and M Men classes you just had to sort of cork up, — they were just effervescing — foaming with useless enthusiasm. You have to have temperance, to keep these boys from going off into tangents. They are extremists. It is easy to be an extremist. Temperance is to keep from following one in- stinct to the point of mere pleasure seeking. 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