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Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada Face "The Challenge of Tomorrow” By llda Holder HALLENGES, which ranged from the C confines of home to the Uttermost parts of the world, could not fail to give the more than three hundred delegates and visrtors to the Second National Convention of the Women’s Institutes of Canada a broader viston of what they, as members of the largest women’s organization in the world, c0u1d accomplish by united effort. In a very colorful opening of the Convention at the University of British Columbia, Vanâ€" couver, on June 19th, 1961, Mrs. E. J. Roy- ]ance, National President, urged the delegates to remove Provincial boundaries from their minds, and to remember that in all delibera- tions, decisions had to be made nationally. “We must share alike with all people in the world our abundance, our friendship and our love, but can we learn to do this quickly and sincerely enough to help the world today?” she asked. In his address of welcome, Dr, John Friesen, Director of Extension of the University of British Columbia, outlined the work done for students from foreign lands, desoribing his province as the show window of the Pacific. Mrs. Roylance presents o cheque for $6,700 from the Women's Institutes of Canada for UNESCO Gift Coupon No. 400 pro|ec| {for adult education in the West Indies). to Mr. Lewis Perinbam, Associate Secretory Canadian National Commission for UNESCO. ‘ 4 He said that all women’s organizations 1! .: in. fluenced by the Women’s Institutes, un‘ L“. pressed the conviction that this com ,.l‘.,,n would bring forth an abundant harvest oi tluus and programmes for rural peOple. Amt»; me many greetings received were those mm Queen Elizabeth II, Rt. Hon. J. G. l.‘ 'lcn- baker, Rt. Hon. George Pearkes, Si, no, Cairine Wilson, Hon. Alvin Hamilton, 1m Walter Dinsdale, Hon. W. A. C. Bennet and from the City of Vancouver. Goodwill m. sages were also received from numero‘ or. ganizations in Canada and the United ‘ ice and from the Associated Country Won i of the World. Following the opening session, the dot he; and visitors were taken on a bus lt oi Greater Vancouver, by courtesy of the 'r llsll Columbia Women‘s Institutes. One full dc mo also devoted to a tour of Vancouver 1 ‘lltl. and this proved to be a very refreshir .le memorable experience for those who we we- ing the Pacific Coast for the first time. we of the points of interest visited includt the Saanich Experimental Farm, the beautith 'itat- chart Gardens, the City of Victoria or the lovely Malahat Drive. The Government of British Coiumb: enâ€" tertained at an evening banquet, with I) my Minister of Agriculture, Mr. W. MacGill my. as Master of Ceremonies. The speaker MS Hon. Frank Richter, B. C. Minister of ~L'l'l- culture, who stressed the fact that edui iron holds the key to eventual success in overt. ting the obstacles of fear, prejudice, suspicio' «ml greed, and Women’s Institutes can dissen idle this type of training through their pro. 1W- “No one has yet acquired stooped Sl‘lOl - m from carrying the load of education. and it‘ll of the future course of the history 0‘ the world will be influenced by women‘s 9‘ “P5 such as yours,” he stated. Challenge in the West Indies Mr. Lewis Perinbam, Associate Seer. my Canadian National Commission for UNE" T0- developed the same thought in his add 655. “The Emerging Nations: A Challenge to the West.” The most significant event of the W937 cm century is the rise of the Asian and African countries to their present stature, he said. .md the Pmblems which arise are explosive. Wu 011 HOME AND court?“