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Summary Issue 1950-51 HOME AND COUNTRY 3 F.W.I.0. DINNER PARTY . R. I. St. Thom 0!, Miss Anna I’. Lewis, Director. -nings with a total attendance at i w exhibition of 257 people. Four i'kshops have been scheduled this yi ir (North Cochrane, South Huron. rah Essex and Nipissing). Ninety- i requests have been filed for short v ties in Home Crafts but with the i ~ent stafi, only 62 can be filled. l ice presenting the above report regret that several more Home ‘ 1ft courses were cancelled due to i arm 1nJury to one of our stsfi’ ,rllllers). twenty-seven Districts have re» ed District Service in Health motion in 27 centres and 10 Insti- a short courses have been ‘ «duled. ‘Tnder Home Furnishings, Brighten Llr Home With Colour is being en_to 31 districts this yearn Sixty- a districts requested it but in Miss :cart’s schedule only 31 districts he served this year. No requests ire received this year for Tailored p C overs. l'nder Room Arrangement 49 Instiâ€" requested service but only 18 be served. The courses to date '9 been excellent. Five Institutes "9 received the course Your Work- " Centreâ€"the Kitchen. iou can see from the above that _neec_l another stafl' member to isr_ Miss Taggart in Home Furnish- - gs in order to meet requests. lhirty»one requests were filed for i iliyrses in Psychology for the Home- :ncer. We have been able to schedule 'csc as follows: Give Them a Good at: 3; Now They’re at School 4; ‘ 'Hlerstanding Your Teenâ€"Agar 9; i ii'lng Together in the Family 11. From results of these courses, we ‘- wl that more action might be taken ‘4' the branch Institutes in publiciz- L‘g’ the courses and arranging for ll“ 'Ymmg mothers to be present, We have 3 staff members conduct- ing courses in Clothing. Five dls- (nets are being served in 12 different iontres; 65 short courses in Modern [tressmaking have been scheduled and b in Lingerie. Four nutritionists conduct the foods zind nutrition section of the work. The Course "Foods That Healthy Children Like" requested by the Board has been very popular. Seventyâ€"one dis- tricts requested this service Requests {91‘ other courses were as follows: \Dlir Money’s Worth in Foodâ€"27; Lets Cook It Rightâ€"49; Oven Meals ‘45: Your Children’s Foodâ€"â€"â€"11; The School Lunchâ€"10; Frozen Foodsâ€" 43: Canningâ€"47, Q‘tl' Junior Homemaking Club I-Iead Table Guests (left to right):Mrs. John .‘ Graham; Mrs. T. L. Kennedy; Mr. C w. Grahan' Mccuumh' 58mm“ report 9f TTSlninL’ Schools, number of completions at Achievement Day, etc” \iill_be reported at the Spring Beard session. Northumberland Countv received the F.\V.I.C. Rose BUM Edvard for Chilling clubs and Perth t ounty received the award for Foods and Xutntion at our Provincial Iiay iii Guelph. Our llural Night Schools are well under way for the coming year with our- Branch responsible for the Home Economics instruction in these Schools. To date 13 schools have been started with 26 part-time instructors employed by our Branch. Many more schools are about to he started. Many interesting Women’s Insti7 tute visitors have been entertained and given an insight into our work Among them were Mrs. Leila J. Tnnilinsnii, Jamaica rs. H. R. Gunav wardcna, Ceylon; Miss Ans Prinsen. The Netherlands; Mrs. Jackson. New Zizalnnd. “'9 here also very happy to be of service to the Indian Honiemakers’ Club Conference at Sarnia this past summer. Miss Lewis went on to say: “We need Women's Institute members who feel so strongly their responsibilities as citizens in a democracy that they are incensed with The desireâ€"are passionate with their plea for a better world. “Women through our organization have a force for world understanding but we must act now. There is an urgency: every individual must do her part “Our women are the mothers of statesmen, the teachers, the leaders in the community. The calibre. of the home is influenced by the calibre of the mother in that home, the calia hrs of the community is determined by the calibre of the people living in that community, the calibre of'the nation is determined by the calibre of the individual people Who make up that nation. ' “Our influence must be Widely felt. It is not enough to live right our- selves, our spirit: of goodivill land brotherly love must be so contagious and faiureaching that we ‘envelop every family in our community, and by having an Institute organized in every community, our influence \vill row. ‘1".45 I have visited our Women‘s Institute groups throughout our countryiand, as a matter of fact, in other landsâ€"I [ind that greatest headway in our work has come about in communities where we have treasurer, De uii M' ' ‘ 4 ’ Colonel the Honourable T. L. Kcnncdy,pMinisilcli'lStlJirXériifidiiiisfirh‘m J. R Fumher‘ pa“ presmem' ' Women's Institute Br- Director, Macdonald Institute, Guelph? R.R. 2, Brampton; Mrs. C. 5. Hugh Summers, R. R. l Fonlv nch and Home Economics Serv' ‘ ' Ml-S‘ L. W‘ Hughes. ice, Dr. Margaret McCrcad}. broad-minded, opoaninded, thinking women; women with a visionaalert to the changing times, willing not only to accept the changing conditions of our day, but eager to help direct that change. "_I shall cite one or two examples which deal directly with our work: 11) Cultural Activities for Home and Community: There was a realization on the part of our women that to keep abreast with changing conditions at school, new media for education etc. our mothers need further help in order to guide and direct the cultural activities of the home and community (this is adult education in homemaking, isn't it?) (2) Psy- chology for the Homemaker: In order to know our children’s needs and to help them grow up into sound. mature, well-adjuster] citizens in this complex world of today, we have added this study to our co-operative programme. “Let us keep on with this vision and foresight. We have no time for destructive thought; all our energies should be turned to help toward" richer more abundant living. “Through our visit abroad I knnu I developed a much greater apprecia- tion of the Old World Culture and its contribution towards ‘modefrn civil- isation. It was just like having back- drops on a stage lifted so you can see on and on into the distance. it makes the whole scene more meaning- ful. I have taken a terrific interest now in a review of modern history. In the light of the knowledge of today's world, this study opens up the backdrops. We see things more clearlyl "I should like to quote from John Stuart Mill an excerpt used by President Roosevelt in a speech brood, cost from North Carolina: ‘History shows that great economic and social forces flow like a tide over communities only half conscious of that which is hefalling them. “'isc statemen, who foresee the cfi'ects of these forces, are trying to shape institutions and to mold men’s thoughts and purposes in accordance with the changes that are silently approaching. ‘T'he unwise are those who bring nothing constructive to the process. and who greatly imperil the future of mankind by leaving great nucstions to be fought out between ignorant change on one hand and ignorant opposition on the other.’ “I see our Federated board and our makers of the Co-operative Program- me in Home Economics or these ‘wiae statesmen who forsee the effects of these forces and are trying to shape institutions and mould men’s thoughts and purposes in accordance with the changes that are silently approach- mg. At the conclusion of Miss Lewis' address‘she asked the board to [:0 along uith her in some “crystal ball gazing” in the Form of very practi '1 suggested activitics for future \iork. In closing. she quoted Linda I‘ried- man who said: "All men dream The monstrous statue-builders of our city, were once a dream Walking on the bridge in early morn- mg With the infinite spiralling wire of gray glory above I knew that his \\as once a build- er's dream He dreamed of a city and a child Walking across his bridge Ilreaiiiini:H “Let us go on dreaminginr rrvsial hall gazing" said Miss I lie. “then work to make our ilreui nine true." CITIZENSHIP DAY COMPETITION Mrs, J. E. Hnui'k, F.\\'.l.('. Fitzcn- ship Convener initiated a i'(SiilLit|Or‘. for n “Citi'leiiship liay" to be held in as many Institutes as in si ‘1“ across Canada. Since we haw nppr. imately one-quarter million lialll horn each year in Canada it follows that we must have npprovimatrly thc some number roach nintuntv each year in Canada. Many organisations have expressed an 0[ilnliin that there should he a suitable commend-ace ceremony which would stress that these people have now arrive-d at a legal age for holding property and other legal matters: how; no“ :i Wu and should now accept their full ponsibility of manhood and \‘I’il’lifl ~ hood. Since 1899 when the Canadian Fiulur catinnal As ciaiinn passed a resolu- tion favourincr a school day devoted to the history of Canada mid to the interests of the pupils in their n\\n country, and the Commonwealth, have had Empire liay programmes on May 23rd. In Parliament on Friday, April 91h, 1950, l‘riiiie Minister St. Laurent made the fnllcmim: niinnunvmiiunt regarding this matter, “I should likc io'nmke a b llf stoieinuni i'egnrilini: the vereiiinn . h are lir‘lll’! organ. ized for May 2 rul of this year. As the liunuurllblu iiieiiiliors know. for a number of ycm‘s May l"ril has iii-en observed in most provinces as Empire liay. . . . it seemed appropriate that this might lie dom- in the schools in each province on May " rd in such a manner {is iiiiuht he ilcciiicil ulmn hv the prnvim-iol educational niithnritiws, without in any \‘flV intirfvrii’ls' "ith tlie exercises tiniliiiunally observed (in that occasion but rnther supple- niei’itinL’ tllcm. “We therefore consulted with pro- vincinl l‘I'L‘liliL‘l‘S Iil'lll it has hecn ar- ranged that nn May 2::ni this i‘enr the occasion iiiiuht he found in thi- srhnols to ivc attention to Canadian ( itizenshiii as 1\ basis of our ii ion in tlic Cninnimiuenlth It l.‘ not intended that it Sllniilil lie a pllllllC holiday but that suitable ew‘rci “ could he observed. both in schools and in public-spirited organizations. in nrrlcr that we may become more drop- l_v conscious of our own citizenship rind all that it implies”. The F.\V.I has strongly recom- mended n . zenslilp Ceremony either by “'niiien's Institutes or in co-operntion with other oruanizntions and civic oifirials. The Citizenship Convener will lie rcsponsible for a $50.00 prize to the Women's Institute sendian to us the heat programme of such ceremony which has been held on or before June lst, 1051. The above is quoted from the F.W.IIC. Citizenship Convener's letter and your provincial executive would like to have entries in this contest