Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-21
YOUNG PEOPLE
IN CONVENTION.
Series of Profitable and Interest
ing Meetings Held Yester.
day in This City.
MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT WORK.
Programs Included a Number of I'M
portant Subjects, Among Them
That of Amusements.

A convention of the Mutual Inn
provement associations OF the Salt
Lake stake was held In this city yes
terday, the young men assembling in
Barrat hall and the young ladies in the
Brigham Young Memorial building
There were two meetings of each d.
vision during the day while In the
evening at o'clock joint session
was held In Barratt hall.
The morning and afternoon meet :
ings were given over TO discussion
of Mutual Improvement topics, these
including the following; Prepare
ton for opening the seasons work."
ID. J. Lang and Lucy W. Smith ,
Grading" John Il. Reid and Ellen
Wallace: Improvement fund" Math-
ew Noall; Manual" Philip 8. May
cock; Parliamentary Drill Member
OF Young Ladies' general board ,
Glass Work" Sasie Heath and George
II. Wallace; Era Moses A. Pond /:
Missionary Work" N. Y. Schofield;
Secretaries" II. L. Parker: Guide
Work Mary r. Connolly; Dime
Fund" Minnie Snow; Young Wo-
mans Journal" Edith Sampson.
EVENING SESSION.
AT the Joint session In the evening
the program was of highly interest :
ing character, The meeting was called
TO order promptly at o'clock by Pres
ident George a. Smith and opened
with the singing OF the hymn; Earth
with her ten thousand flowers"
PRAYER was offered by Elder Joseph
IL, Felt, after which the Euterpe La
dies quartet rendered sweetly, abide
With Me-"
The first speaker was Mrs. Emily
G. Adams, VINO dealt with the subject,
'Con1oint officers Meetings" The
speaker urged the young men and
young ladies to work together I'm this
matter 80 that they might have each
others confidence and be better able
TO properly conduct their associations.
"Con1olnt Meetings" with special
reference TO those held on Sunday
nights. was the subject spoken upon
by David r. Lyon, He commended for
Interesting programs. made up OF such
numbers as would appeal not only to
the iathers and mothers but to the
boys and girls as we'll. IN these, how
ever care should be taken TO avoid on
tectionnbie featnrts li3tan attempt To
Introduce something humorous. Some
discussion OF the subject followed,
preliminary Programs" was Inter-
estlngly discussed by Marie 1onasson
and Samuel NJ, Taylor who urged that
these exercises be OF such a character
as tc lead up to the other work of the
evening,
PROPER ADJUSTMENTS.
The subject Of "Amusements" was
spoken upon by Mrs. Mary f.. Kelly,
VINO expressed a fear that our young
people carried on the dance TO excess.
tnlhk' she said, we ought to try
ana ma some other amusement az well
as dancing. There ought to be amuse-
ments OF a more elevating character.
We can add theatricals which are a
very good thing and thus bring out
the talents OF the boys and girls,
Dancing can be overdone,' said the
speaker II see the professors I'm New
YORK nave protested against the foot
ball tactics resorted TO so commonly
IN the ballroom. And we, too, should
object to them, and see that we are
not made footballs OF by The young
men"
Mrs. Kelly also spoke against the
practise OF making the refreshments too
cianorate NJ SOCIAL gatherings. I'VE
don't so there for supper" said she.
Most of us have our supper before we
leave home. We must provide amuse-
ment for the young, but we must see
that II is of the right sort. IL we
do not provide the amusement they viii
provide their own, and they may not
always pick out the best sort"
Elias s. Woodruff also dealt with the
same subject, speaking In favor of en-
couraging the talent In the wards. He
called attention TO the danger of card
playing and to the fact that President
Smith had called attention to this dan
ger and had expressed his fears that It
was being carried to the extreme ana
that the result could not be other than
harmful
ELDER SMITH SPEAKS.
Elder John Henry Smith made the
closing address and spoke against the
danger Of going to extremes, mot
only IN amusements, but I'm the more
serious matters OF life," said he. 1--WE
are inclined as we grow older, to get
either too serious or too frivolous" The
speakers remarks were In favor Of a
higher manhood and womanhood, and
Ia To at,. o.,