Oct. 26, 1911: Stake missions were established as 61 seventies in the Granite Stake in Salt Lake City were called to serve.
June 9, 1911: The 10-story Church-owned Hotel Utah opened in Salt Lake City. Renovated and remodeled, it is now the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.1912: Latter-day Saint colonists were forced to flee Mexico because of a revolution in that country.
September 1912: The Church's first seminary began, providing weekday religious instruction to students at Granite High School in Salt Lake City. As the seminary program grew, the Church phased out its involvement in academies.
Nov. 18, 1912: The First Presidency created a Correlation Committee to coordinate scheduling and prevent unnecessary duplication in programs of Church auxiliaries.
April 6, 1913: Maori Agricultural College, a secondary school to train boys in farming, technology, leadership skills and religion, was dedicated in Korongata, Hastings, New Zealand. After an earthquake in February 1931 rendered the buildings unsafe, the Church closed the college.
May 21, 1913: The Boy Scout program was officially adopted by the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association and became the activity program for boys of the Church.
July 27, 1913: President Joseph F. Smith dedicated the site for construction of the Alberta Temple in Cardston.
January 1914: The monthly Relief Society Magazine began publication. Until 1970, when it was incorporated into the Ensign, it was the auxiliary's official publication.
Dec. 19, 1914: In a message published in the Deseret News, the First Presidency reviewed events of the year, including compliance with the U.S. government's advisory for all Americans to leave European countries experiencing "widespread uprising." Under the pall of war, missionaries were removed from France, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium. The First Presidency said it was wise to remove missionaries also from Holland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway; missionary work in Great Britain continued.
April 27, 1915: The First Presidency inaugurated the "Home Evening" program, inviting all families to participate.
June 1, 1915: President Smith dedicated the site for construction of a temple at Laie, Hawaii.
Fall 1915: The first college classes were taught at Ricks College, which had been Ricks Academy.
June 30, 1916: The First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve issued an official doctrinal exposition, "The Father and the Son," on the identity and relationship of God the Father and Jesus Christ.
April 6, 1917: The United States declared war against Germany. The resolution of war came on the opening day of the 87th Annual General Conference of the Church.
Oct. 2, 1917: Construction was finished on the Church Administration Building at 47 E. South Temple in Salt Lake City.
May 1918: The Relief Society sold the U.S. government 205,518 bushels of wheat it had in storage. As early as October 1876, the Relief Society had been gathering and storing grain against a day of scarcity.
February 1918: President Smith issued a statement on the status of children in the resurrection.
Oct. 2, 1918: While contemplating the meaning of Christ's atonement, President Smith received a vision of the redemption of the dead, now published as Section 138 of the Doctrine and Covenants.
Nov. 19, 1918: President Smith died at age 80. He had served as president of the Church since Oct. 17, 1901. No public funeral was held as Utah was under quarantine during a worldwide influenza epidemic.
Nov. 23, 1918: Heber J. Grant was ordained and set apart as the seventh president of the Church.
April 1919: Because of the influenza epidemic, general conference was postponed until June 1, 1919.
1919: The Doctrine and Covenants, which had earlier been divided into verses by Orson Pratt, was printed and published in Liverpool, England, by George F. Richards.
Oct. 10, 1919: King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium attended a recital on Temple Square to hear the Tabernacle organ.
Nov. 27, 1919: President Heber J. Grant dedicated the Hawaii Temple in Laie.