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Homemaking Clubs. “Your mothers and grandmothers have set a high standard as homemakers,” Dr. Branion said. “I know you are going to maintain that standard. And when you come to the end of your ‘threescore years and ten’ nothing better can be said of you than ‘She was a home maker.‘ " Among the very enjoyable features of the conference were the sessions of choral singing, directed by Mr. Ralph Kidd of the College, assisted by Mrs. Kidd. One of the songs the girls sang at the banquet was a 4-H Song adapted by Fred Waring. The words, quoted below, seem to have a bearing on the general tone of the conference: "Give me a place in the Sun With the clear blue sky above On a day that sings of the growing things And the full, free life I love. “0h, give me a place in the sun With the warm, sweet earth below Where the fields are clean with the living green That my hands have made to grow. There’s a health to the land That my head and hand and Heart have learned to know." The Conference in Review Reviewing the conference, Miss Florence Eadie, Supervisor of Junior Extension in Home Economics Service, referred to a frequent comâ€" ment that rural youth will not “buckle down and work." One of the greatest satisfactions of life, Miss Eadie said, is the satisfaction in a job well done, and it is important for young people to know how to do things and also how to make decisions. No one can do this for them. Young people develop only as they learn to do things for themselves. A man who was interested in silk worms saw the worms trying to get out of their shells and decided to help them. The result was that because they did not make this effort for themselves they were never able to fly. Along with a willing« ness to work and a self-reliance, something more is neededâ€"integrity and a sense of right and wrong. Complimenting the girls on the way they had listened and taken part in discussion and showu a right appreciation of club work, Miss Eadie asked if they had given any thought to sharing some of their good things with UNICEF. Women’s Institute Holidays By ll’Irs. E. V. Thompsou annual Women's Institute Holiday held at the Ontario Agricultural College July 16th to 20th. Some members attended the holiday for the first time but a number had been there previously and some were proud to be "old- timers” having attended the holiday since its inauguration seven years ago. These “repeat- ers” are a good indication of the popularity of this annual event. Mrs, Gordon MacPhatter, Provincial Presi- dent, welcomed the guests and introduced Dr. Branion, Acting President, who on behalf of the college extended a warm welcome to the women. A panel and floor discussion “Now I Ask You” was conducted the first afternoon: members of the panel were Mrs. MacPhatter, Mrs. Gordon Maynard, Provincial Secretaryâ€" Treasurer, Miss Helen McKercher, Director of Home Economics Service Extension Branch; Mrs, R. D. Hendry, Board Director, with the Holiday Secretary as Chairman. It was Unania mously decided to continue the group discus- 310n on Wednesday evening in Macdonald Hall Common Room, when Mrs, J. M. McDonald. New Liskeard, Regional Vice-President, very ably substituted for Mrs. MacPhatter on the panel, and during the week when members enjoyed meeting the vice-president from Northern Ontario. The GetAcquainted Party, held the first evening, was very successful as new and dif- IDEAL weather prevailed for the seventh FALL 1956 ferent ways of getting acquainted were tried. The daily devotional service conducted by Padre Young is a lookcd-forward-to part of the holiday and is missed by very few memâ€" bers. This quiet half hour in Memorial Hall. preceded by soft organ music with Mr. Kidd at the organ, the singing of welliloved hymns and the understanding talk by Mr. Young, is a treasured memory of the holiday. Mr. Young's theme this year was “l-Iappiness.‘r The pro- gramme cach afternoon commenced with a session of community singing, led by Mr. Young and accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Kidd. The pleasure which is brought to any pro- gramme by this popular trio is very much appreciated by all W.I. members. The afternoon programmes were varied and included a square dance by members of the Campbellville Institute. lwo amusing songs by a downtrodden housewife. Mrs. Wallace. 2: film “The Story of Tea,” readings by Mrs. Ford Sudden in which she described most humorously her struggles at a “Dollar Day Bargain Sale" and her experience as a “green” bridge player throwu in with a group of ex- perts, Miss Dora Burke of the Home Econom- ics Service had many good suggestions in her talk, “Better Bazaars." Plan early was her advice and do present useful articles for sale. On display were many attractive and useful articles which had been made from scraps of material. 15