“Contents,” New Era, Sept. 1979
Departments
Feedback
The Message: “Whose Help Would You Rather Have?”Elder William Grant Bangerter
Talk of the Month: Television and TimeElder F. Burton Howard
Mormonad
Participatory Journalism: The History LessonWes Stephenson
Mormonisms
FYI: For Your Information
Photo of the MonthRobert Clarke
Feature Articles
BYU Sounds at Home and AbroadKathleen Lubeck
How to Eat an Elephant—Or Plan Your Life (As the Case May Be)Kent S. Larsen
They Left Their Hearts … Melvin Leavitt
Kaiserslautern: A Place to LearnRichard M. Romney
Your Charge: To Increase in Wisdom and Favor with God and ManPresident Ezra Taft Benson
Fiction and Poetry
Last of the Big-Time SpendersJack Weyland
Crinkled AutumnAdrienne Lowden
Front cover: Melanie and Jackie Howells and friend Petra Backer on stairs at their German high school. Back cover: Scenes from Kaiserslautern and Rodenbach, Germany. See story on page 24