The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-10
YOUNG PEOPLE
HOLD SESSION
Mutual Improvement ASSoCia-
tons Hold Meetings and
Hear Many Discussions.
WILL BE CONTINUED TODAY
MANY -0PERS READ AND IN
sTRUcTIoNs ARE GIVEN.

The second days session of the Mutual
Improvement conference was held yes
terday morning and afternoon The young
ladies met in the Assembly hall and the
young men at Barratt hall The attend
ance was fully as large at both meetings
as on the preceding day The conference
will close today with a morning, after
noon and evening session. The morning
session will be at the Assembly nan anu
the others at the Tabernacle
The morning session or the 1Ouh6
Mems Mutual Improvement association
convened at 70 o clock. Brigham h ROD-
erts presided He said that more inltia-
tive and aggression were needed by the
officers Of the SOCIETIES Benjamin God
dard offered a resolution calling for re-
form in amusementS for the young peO-
ple which IS TO be presented to the gen
ersl Improvement board. Lyman R Mar
tfneau moved q substitute to appoint
committee to consider the matter. Inc
substitute carried The commlJtee ap-
pointed was Benjamin GOddaTu, Lyman
r. Ma~tineau and Z. s HinCkley-
Under the leadership of Evan stephens
the congregation sang count your
gave the opening prayer The song,
''Catch the SunbeamS' was sung. The
roll OF the stakes was taken and there
was a response from nearly every stake
Hold a Discussion.
The rest Of the morning session was
spent in discussing various SUBJECTS
There were five subjects and the time
given to each subject was twenty min
utes. There was a hearty response from
the assemblage when persons were asked
to treat the different subjects The SUBJ
jects offered for discussion were;
What is the spiritual status Of our
How do the boys spend their time?'
''In what parts if any, does the work
need strengthening
How may the NJ. I. A. work be made
more productive of strong, noble charac-
ters?'
ard of the strong. noble character
Four or five speakers spoke on each
subject After a few remarks by Apostle
George F. Richards and j Golden Kim
hall the meeting adjourned until the aft
ernoon session.
Afternoon Session.
The afternoon session was commenced
by some congregational singing, after
which George G. Morris offered prayer
W. D. Phillips sang a solo, He Lead
eth" The records Of the association were
read BY the secretary. Edward H AndeT-
son. Joseph T. Smith, jr., gave the re
ports from different stakes In the re-
ports he urged many things that were
being overlooked. he said He recon-
mended that the population OF the wards
be taken and permanent attendance roll
he fixed also that a strict record be kept
of the work done by the officers and the
that more system be used in keeping the
records and the minutes OF the associa-
ton
John A. Widtsoe of the general Mutual
Improvement board announced the man
uals to be used for 1857 The manual
for the seniors is the Doctrine and Cove
nants." and for the juniors the Life Of
Christ" Professor Paul of the 1. d S
university was substituted for George A
BrimhaH who was not present, for a
talk on supplementary reading. He re
commended that novel and drama be
taken each month to be read by a mem
Der and reported on at one of the meet
ings A committee was appointed to Sc
lect a list of books for the ensuing year
After a few subsequent remarks by Brig
ham H. Roberts and +. 5 HlChley the
meeting adjourned
The morning session of the Young La