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Here and There With the Institutes Notes from Secretaries’ “Reports of Meetings”. Again we have gathered from the Secre- taries' Reports of Meetings, ideas that We think may carry suggestions or inspiration from one Institute to others. Because this is our purpose rather than to give publicity to any branch, it may happen that some of the Institutes having the best programs are not mentioned â€" their topics are already well known and many other branches are studying the some things. such as Making Wills, United Nations, Flower Arrangements. Or in their Community Inter- ests they may be doing the finest sort of work such as sponsoring girls' 4-H Homemaking Clubs or baby clinics or community sociols or film showings, or providing first aid kits for schools or something for the local hospital or community centre. But these projects are so well known that they do not carry a new idea and it would be useless to list all the Institutes involved. Even when we try to avoid repetition it does get into the report and this makes tire- some reading, for which we apologize. Still, we hope these notes may have something of interest for everyone. The reports are not all reviewed here. The others will be dealt with in the next issue.â€" Editor. Program Features Recommended A great many Institutes stressed farm and home safety in their programs this year. Grand River reports studying safety on the farm, in the home, on the highway and with Christmas decorations. Institutes sponsoring swimming classes are trying to teach safety in and on the water. Several branches had demonstrations on Artificial Respiration. Cayuga had three safety programs during the year. A number had films on fire prevention, some of these shown at public meetings. Graveln'dge recommends the film “Electrical Safety in the Home” which was shown at one of their meetings by a Public Relations Officer of the Ontario Hydro Electric Power Commission. Wabash reports that the film, "One Day’s Poison”, shown at a meeting “has made their members more safety con- scious.” Glen Morris: “Safety reports and study have made us more conscious of hazards around the home and many have been eliminated." Blue Lake and Auburn had an address on accidental poisoning in childhood. (We presume with both precautionary and first aid measures included.) Uxbridge Junior recommends their home safety project for the Junior Institute and Junior Farmers or a discussion of the preven- tion of accidents in the home with a demon FALL 'I 961 stration of basic first aid. With Alloa Juniors the theme for the year was Safety. The “farm tour“ with the Junior Farmers in search of aceidcnt hazards and the first aid demonstra- tions were educational. Caledon Juniors also studied Safety stressing safety in or on the water and a demonstration of artificial respira- tion. Keyser mentions a talk on First Aid in the home and the school by the Superintendent of a nearby hospital. Colbeck Monticello recommends several health features: "Water Safety”, “Artificial Respiration‘Lâ€"We believe their speakers came from the County Health Unit and a Public Health Nurse showed the film “Self examinaâ€" tion for Cancer of the Breast“. East Korah says: "Every Woman should see and hear the films and talks given by representatives of the Cancer Society." Cobourg strongly recommends having an address on Mental Health. They secured a doc- [or from :1 Mental Hospital and they say “He left everyone with something to think about." Brook had this rather unusual feature: A series of short talks. one at each meeting. on the general theme “Let's Talk About Colour." The talks dealt with colour in Window Treat- ment. Furniture. Floors, Food. Flowers, Cloth- ing. Innerkip Community enjoyed a demonstra- tion on bread making by a member. Kinlorc a panel discussion on furthering their own education. Platlsville a librariun‘s talk on Cannâ€" dian Authors. Belfountain-Rockside refers to a program put on by some of their members with the help of material from the Loan Library, Thcy comment “We learn by doing and an inter- change of talents within the group can be as stimulating as an outside speaker." Mono Road: These interesting items are taken from the program for the year: On Pub- lic Relationsâ€"roll call, “A neighbourly not 1 ap- preciated"; panel discussion on the Radio and TV Evaluation Survey. Citizenship and Educa~ tion # “Something I have done since leaving school to improve my education"; a talk on “The Canadian Indian; Indian songs. an Indian contest skit." A contest on Flower Arrange- ment, a paper “Matches and Trees" â€" a con- servation topic. Beamsviile especially recommends a gardenâ€" ing expert for an early spring meeting. They got their speaker from the nearby Experiment Station. 19