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Show THE DESERET NEWS. 22 these kindly deeds with tenderness and grace. This is a part of the mission of the noble women engaged m this work of charity and love. It is useless to attempt enumerating all the duties, privileges and blessings pertaining to this Suffice it to say the grand institution. women who thus labor for others' good are learning the lessons of patience, long suffering and charity, and to feel for others woes in the spirit of the Savior; and are seeking to follow the admonitions He gave, who went about doing good, and developing the higher and better qualities of the head and heart, subduing pride, jealousy and avarice, gradually reaching a higher standard of excellence. Joseph F. Smith, 7 T RESIDENT Brigham Young, m instituted the Young Mens Mutual Improvement Associa1S75, -5tion, which means, as a whole, a universal, system of instruction, improvement, education, carried right to every home in the land. It means self culture by It means the education of the entire people, and includes the elevation and heightening of all profitable and legitimate recreations. It means that fifteen circuits, e Stakes, besides foreign branches, and thirteen thousand members are all working in relation to one great end. In organization its general management consists of a General Superintendent, two Counselors, four Assistants, a (5- divinely-directe- thirty-thre- tional missionaries. The Stake organization consists of a Superintendent, two Counselors, Secretaries, Treasurer, Music Director and Aids. A ward organization or association consists of a president, two counselors, secretaries, treasurer, librarian, chorister, special class instructors and members Members include two grades, (a) boys fourteen to eighteen years, and (b) young men eighteen to about forty five years. The course consists of four years. The M. I. students year consists of eight reg. First Counselor in General Superintendency Y. M M. I. A. M. I. A. & Secretary, a Treasurer and a Music Di rector. A circuit means generally two or more Stakes with two or more special educa- d based upon the assigned work of the weekly programmes relating thus the individual to the weekly meeting, this to the district conference, this to the stake conference, and this to the general conference, June ist, each year. Special preparation for leaders is proMutual vided in the Improvement estabNormal Course of Instruction lished in the Brigham Young academy, Provo, arranged for seven successive classes of fifty students each during each academic year, free of charge. The five weeks academic closely conconsists to date of ducted consecutive related lesTwenty-fivsons in the Gospel. half-yearl-y class-wor- k Dr. Milton II. Hardy, Assistant in General Y. M. M. I. A. ular working months, three regular, progressive, related groups of lessons each month, or one each week, or twenty-fivprogressive, related lessons in a line on each given subject each year. The complete system or entire plan is related in all its parts, from the great divisions or four basic studies of Theology, History, Science and Literature to the several subjects, from the subjects to the subdivisions, from the subdivisions to the , and from the subject-matte- r to the self review questions. The line of regular work is carried on (a) through the general superintendency and general annual June conference and circuit missionaries, (b) stake superintendencies and stake and annual district conferences, (c) ward presidencies and regular weekly meetings and monthly joint meetings with the Y. L. M. I. A., and (d) the individual members in home readings and preparations subject-matter- half-yearl- Twenty-fiv- e Superintendency progressive lectures in Old Testament history. consecutive lectures in Twenty-fiv- Book of Mormon history. related lectures in New Twenty-fivTestament history. Twenty-fivchronologic subjects in Church history. Twenty-fiv- e readings in national history. Fifteen studies in biography. Ten classic selections. Twenty five lessons in civil government. Twelve lessons in parliamentary law. Ten pieces in vocal music. Ten lessons in physiology. Ten lectures including physiology, (general), economics, etiquette and phye siology (special). Instructions pertaining to officers, priviminute-takinlecture duties, bureaus, joint meetings, special class leges, |