1922-07—Improvement Era—Mutual Work
Mutual Work
- Improvement Era, July 1922, p. 849
Changes in the General Superintendency and General Board of the Y. M. M. I. A.
Elder B. H. Roberts, having been called to preside over the Eastern States Mission, was released as first assistant to the General Superintendent at a meeting of the General Board held May 24, 1922, at which a large number of the members of the Board gave brief remarks of appreciation for the good work and splendid life of Elder Roberts. Elder Junius F. Wells, on behalf of the Board, made a presentation to Elder Roberts of a pocket portfolio and contents. President Heber J. Grant was present and notified the Board that the First Presidency, on account of Elder Roberts' new missionary labors, had released him as one of the superintendency. On motion the action of the First Presidency was unanimously approved. Elder Roberts gave thanks to the Board for the token of remembrance, and made a happy speech of good will to the members of the Board. He still remains a member of the General Board.
At the annual conferences of the M. I. A., it was announced that the following members of the General Board of the Y. M. M. I. A. had been released on account of other Church duties and labors with appreciation for their splendid services in the past: Roscoe W. Eardley, B. S. Young, James E. Talmage, J. Golden Kimball, Thomas A. Clawson.
Elder Richard R. Lyman, formerly second assistant, was made first assistant to Superintendent George Albert Smith and Elder Melvin J. Ballard was sustained as Second Assistant Superintendent.
The following new members were presented and sustained at the conference to fill the vacancies on the Board: German E. Ellsworth, formerly president of the Northern States Mission; James Gunn McKay, a former missionary for many years in Great Britain; Thomas A. Beal, of the University of Utah; Nicholas G. Smith, late president of the South African Mission; Axel E. Madsen, formerly President of the Los Angeles Con-i ference; Heber C. Iverson, late president of the Northwestern States Mission, and Ephraim E. Erickson, of the University of Utah. The addition of these new members of the Board should be a strong impetus in the forward movement of the Y. M. ML I. A.
