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ladies of the Relief Society for advice and suggestions. I will not attempt to say what good was accomplished." "In the !ear 1876 the name was changed from Retrenchment to Mutual Improvement Association. The name implied what it was first intended to be - improvement instead of I-etrench. T h e aeneral organization was effected and the work organized with the same objects in view, namely, to study the gospel and to make Mutual Improvement along all lines. General Conferelice was to be held annually. Then came the thought that General officers meetings must he held. I n order to have the work uniform, Stake Board hleetinss were introduced where the officers of the ward organizations could come and receive instruction? and hring any problems that they might have of a local nature. In order that members of the general board could visit the dinerent wards the dime fund was introduced. In 18913 a guide was published to outline studies for all the associations. Then came the grading of the assoriatiuns. R y this time our organization was recognized to the extent that we became affiliated with the national and international counsel of won~en." "Then came the necessity for the Mutual Improvement Organizations to handle the amusements of the young people. Committees were appointed in every Stake for that purpose." "When the organization was first effected, it was expected that we retrench in everything that was not good for us. As time went on, it was expected that we had accomplished all that there was to do, and we werr now ready for the hiaher law. (if you please) We were expected to take the lead in higher morals and set a n cxample in our amusements. ..\lso, to understand and be prepared to teach the gospel." Through the contest work such as public speaking, singing and music, all have heen improved. In general. they have been put on a higher plane." "Sister Elmira S. Taylor, who was the first General President, rcceived so many letters asking questions. She longed for some means of sendins word to the girls whose ranks were rapidly increasing. At the same tiine Sister Lucy Y. Gates, who was in the Sandwich Islands with her hushand (doing n~issionary work j was inspired with a desire to estahlish a magazine for the Young Ladies Improvement Association. I t was in Oct. 1889 that the first number of the 1-oung Ladies ,Journal was published. It was ten years old when the guide work was introduced. I t was published in the Juvenile Instructor Office. The Journal contained Literary Dept., House and Home Dept., O u r Girls Dept., Health and Hygeinc Dcpt., Editorials, Domestic Life and so on."
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Title	Lehi Willard Jones: Biography
Creator	Jones, York F., 1925-; Jones, Evelyn K.
Subject	Jones, Lehi Willard, 1854-1947; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History; Mormon Church -- Utah
Description	Life of Lehi Willard Jones, centering in Cedar City, Utah, 1854-1947, and history of much of the development of Southern Utah
Source	Lehi Willard Jones
Date Digital	2008-01
Date Original	1972
Type	Image; Still image
Format	image/pdf
Digitization Specs	JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner.
Contributing Institution	Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah
Publisher	Woodruff Printing Company
Language	eng
Genre	Biography
Website	http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/lehiwillardjones.html
Rights Management	Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved.
CONTENTdm file name	1334.cpd

Title	Page 71
Description	ladies of the Relief Society for advice and suggestions. I will not attempt to say what good was accomplished." "In the !ear 1876 the name was changed from Retrenchment to Mutual Improvement Association. The name implied what it was first intended to be - improvement instead of I-etrench. T h e aeneral organization was effected and the work organized with the same objects in view, namely, to study the gospel and to make Mutual Improvement along all lines. General Conferelice was to be held annually. Then came the thought that General officers meetings must he held. I n order to have the work uniform, Stake Board hleetinss were introduced where the officers of the ward organizations could come and receive instruction? and hring any problems that they might have of a local nature. In order that members of the general board could visit the dinerent wards the dime fund was introduced. In 18913 a guide was published to outline studies for all the associations. Then came the grading of the assoriatiuns. R y this time our organization was recognized to the extent that we became affiliated with the national and international counsel of won~en." "Then came the necessity for the Mutual Improvement Organizations to handle the amusements of the young people. Committees were appointed in every Stake for that purpose." "When the organization was first effected, it was expected that we retrench in everything that was not good for us. As time went on, it was expected that we had accomplished all that there was to do, and we werr now ready for the hiaher law. (if you please) We were expected to take the lead in higher morals and set a n cxample in our amusements...\lso, to understand and be prepared to teach the gospel." Through the contest work such as public speaking, singing and music, all have heen improved. In general. they have been put on a higher plane." "Sister Elmira S. Taylor, who was the first General President, rcceived so many letters asking questions. She longed for some means of sendins word to the girls whose ranks were rapidly increasing. At the same tiine Sister Lucy Y. Gates, who was in the Sandwich Islands with her hushand (doing n~issionary work j was inspired with a desire to estahlish a magazine for the Young Ladies Improvement Association. I t was in Oct. 1889 that the first number of the 1-oung Ladies ,Journal was published. It was ten years old when the guide work was introduced. I t was published in the Juvenile Instructor Office. The Journal contained Literary Dept., House and Home Dept., O u r Girls Dept., Health and Hygeinc Dcpt., Editorials, Domestic Life and so on." C' 71
Digitization Specs	JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner.
CONTENTdm file name	1151.pdf

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