“Contents,” New Era, May 1976 New Era May 1976 Volume 6, Number 5 Contents Departments Feedback The Message: Youth Speak Out on StandardsElder Delbert L. Stapley Participatory Journalism: “Teacher, You’re My Best Friend!”Melanie Larsen FYI: For Your Information Puzzlement: Dates in Church HistoryJohn A. Tvedtnes Missionary Focus: Discoveries AbroadRuth Anderson Mormonisms Photo of the MonthLaird Roberts Feature Articles How to Gain a TestimonyPresident Marion G. Romney Soldiers of GodJoseph F. McConkie A Service Project with a Special MeaningPaul Willie Hong Kong School GirlRichard Stum A FableJeff Holland “Oh Beautiful for Patriot Dream”Elder Paul H. Dunn The Importance of Being HeardRonald M. Mann Okefenokee Swamp StephenPene Horton Nonutensil CookingDian Thomas Pondering Isn’t PreposterousSusan Hill Fiction MyselfKathy Ensign She Is My SisterAda Hackleman Gold MineStephen Farrance Cover note: The pictures on the cover were taken in and around the city of Boston, Massachusetts, one of the very important cities in American history. A few of the photos were taken in Concord, Massachusetts, where the famous “shot heard around the world” was fired. These scenes in and around Boston might help you catch a little of the spirit of that great American city. A. The Old North Bridge, Concord B. The USS Constitution, Boston Harbor, Boston C. Kristen Falck, member of the Cape Cod Branch, visiting the Old South Meeting House in downtown Boston. Samuel Adams held meetings in this building that were instrumental in ushering in the Revolution D. The Samuel Adams Monument, Boston E. One of the historic old churches in Concord F. The Concord Inn G. The statue of Paul Revere, Boston H. A Bicentennial bouquet at one of the many flower shops on the streets of downtown Boston I. The Minuteman Statue at the Old North Bridge, Concord (Photos by Ralph Reynolds and Lowell M. Durham, Jr.)