Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-09-25 | Page 14 | Conference Held by Young People

COiTOCERELD Bi' K8 PEOPLE j i ' M. I. A. Members Gather in Twenty-second Ward Chapel. ATTENDANCE IS LARGE Sessions Close in Time for All to Attend Service , at Tabernacle. More than 230 Mutual Improvement association as-sociation workers of the Salt Lake stako met in conference yesterday in the Twenty-second ward chapel, holding one officers' offi-cers' session and two regular open sessions, ses-sions, each of which proved highly In-leresting, In-leresting, and, according to the emphatic declarations of those who attended, profitable prof-itable In the extreme, resulting in the in- I terchange of advanced ldca3 that will surely broaden the scope and intensify the activity of tho workors. Superintendent Nephl Anderson and tho' members of the general board, met in an officers' session at 0:li0 o'clock. The hall' hour 'was devoted to a demonstration nf a typical officers' school. At 10 o'clock the first big open session was held, presided pre-sided over by Miss Ida B. Felt, president of the Young Ladles" Mutual Improvement association. Work Is Reviewed. Wliford A. Bersley, president of tho Young Men's Mutual association, delivered the. principal address, reviewing the work of the association In tho Salt Lake- stake and outlining some of the extensive plana for the ensuing year's activities. A general gen-eral discussion followed, and the department depart-ment meetings were hold, the young men and young women holding sessions in separate parts of the chapel -for the discussion dis-cussion of problems connected with their specific work. Luncheon was served at noon and the session reconvened at 1 o'clock. Wilfoid Becsley read a carefully "prepared paper, covering various aspects of the work accomplished ac-complished by the association, while CharloUc Stewart, a member of the general gen-eral board, discussed tjie social features of the work, and Andrew Bowman took up Uluminatingly the literary phases of the association's alms and accomplishments. accomplish-ments. Riley's Poems Read. The reading of several of Ihe most famous fa-mous poems of James Whitcomb Riley was a 'pleasant feature of this part of the session. The convention was marked by much excellent music, which Interspersed tho papers and the general discussion. Tho Fifteenth ward chorus sang numerous selections; se-lections; Cliarles R. Pike, baritone, sang one eoIo, and a splendid selection was given hy the Reesley trio, comprising A. A. Beesley, piano; Douglas Beesley, vio-!lln, vio-!lln, and Jerrold Beesley, cello. The convention con-vention adjourned at 2 o'clock, thus per-' per-' mining the workers to attend the reg-; reg-; ular services In the Mormon tabernacle.