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i * * * 1" * * * “There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil, to one who is striking at the toot.”â€"Thoreau everyone will agree that this is something that should be considered in making Plans for an all-day meeting. I At a few district annuals, interesting bits of Institute information were given ,bY Vlsltors from overseas. Miss Vallerie Nicholson of Durham. England. who was touring , it“s country with the Young Farmers from Britain, attended the west Victoria District Annual. and described an Institute in England with, a membership of eighty and a long waiting list because the hall where they meat W111 “0t how any more, “The members all go to every meeting," Miss Nicholson said. At North Brant another visitor from England quoted this bY- law in her Institute: “A member who does not attend at least 3 monthly meetings during the year without good reason shall have her membership terminated. If she wishes at any time to rejoin, her name shall go on the wait- ing list and come up for reâ€"election in the usual way, When the number of members reaches 100, the names of the women and girls Wishing to become members are put on a waiting list, with the exception of neweomers to the locality whose names have been subâ€" mitted by their present Institute Secretaries and who shall immediately be eligible for election." These notes were gathered from reports and discussions: It is important that sometime during a District Annual, the representative from the Institutes Branch have an opportunity to meet with the district directors to discuss Extension Services. In some cases this was arranged by having the directors and the Departmental representative have lunch at the same table; sometimes they met during a singsong period in the programme. The special reason for this meeting is that the branches need not defin- itely decide on the course or other services they want from the Department until after the District Annual; they can ask questions of the Departmental representative and clear up anything they do not understand, Also, with all the directors meeting together it is easy to arrange for minorities from one branch to join another branch in a course they would like to take It was emphasized that as soon as a branch has set a date for a service, it should advise the District Secretary and should state whether or not it has room in the class for women from other branches. The branch should also let the District Secretary know if it 15 not applying for a course. If a meeting is held in a church, respect should be shown for the church. For instance should a communion table be used as a desk?‘ And what about raffles? The ruling in the Hand Book is “The provincial board does not encourage nor commend holding raffles or 12 bingo parties to raise funds for Women‘s [n_ stitute work, but the final decision is left 10 the discretion of the branch Institute." It was recommended that the “15mm Secretary send a programme of the llistnci Annual to the Departmental represiimanve and the Board Director. Sometimes to. v have difficulty in finding the meeting plack- A Departmental representative shc 7 be asked to deal with resolutions, but - I may give information related to a resolutio has such information. A District Annual is not an occas. ‘i for special speakers. With the Board Mem‘ .,the Departmental representative and the ’lFlC‘ business :to be discussed. time is too ‘iited for a special speaker. Financial reports at District Annual men show an amazing amount of money used and given to causes outside the area. .5 gag: one District President this year point nu; that more of the funds raised should be i. »-d [0 improve conditions in the local comn m1. and that primarily the Women's Insti 5 ii an educational, not a money raising or; HZE- tion. At one meeting the branches answer the Roll Call by telling how they used thei 'll‘v ernment grant for educational purpo- or that they did not apply for the grant. North Renfrew was commended for n; a blackboard to show its financial stal en: on one side, and its slate of officers nom lei on the other, This made for clarity anw saving. Perhaps a special word might be led about one of the most northerly Distrii' .n- nuals held this year at Island Falls . :19 North Cochrane district. A special car v Ontario Northland Railway picked up gates along the route and dropped th> Island Falls Junction where they werr by an Abitibi rail car and a delegation i Ir stitute women from the hostess brand? it Island Falls a troupe of Brownies and met the carâ€"the Brownies escorted the g to their billets and the Cubs carried their I Tea was served in the billeting homes, everyone went to the hall and the met 3 began. At five o'clock the meeting closed 1 dinner and was resumed again for an em if session. About nine o’clock most of the Isl J Falls people arrived for a supper at the i followed by a square dance with Mrs. M r wick, author of Northland Post and Miss H1 1 Clark at the microphone, “calling off.” In r morning some of the visitors had a motor b ride on the Abitibi River; and when the In: tute sessions were finished there was a ti “ of the power plant, Men as well as wont ' came to the station to see the visitors off. Sll .‘i is the hospitality of the North. at 4 4 Â¥ Â¥ 4: at "The more we know, the better we forgive; Who'er feels deeply, feels for all who live.”â€"Mrne. De Stael at 4 4 4 4 4 a 5 HOME AND COUNTRY