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Mrs. H. Peterson, second from right, of the Horticulture De» partment of the r).A.C. demonstrat- ng flower arrange- ments. Ontario Girls9 Conference the theme of this year’s Ontario Girls’ Conference held at the Uni- sity of Guelph in June. The two hundred : egates were 4-H Homemaking Club girls, i teen to twenty years old, chosen from the \ lbs of their counties in recognition of their n progress and development in club work » .d their contribution to the success or ef~ ' :tiveness of their club. And, opening the iterence, MlSS Jean Scott, Supervisor of ‘ ,iior Extension with the Home Economics 311611, said she hoped the conference would ‘p each girl not only to make the most of rself, but to use her abilities to help others. 355 Scott hoped the girls would make friends ' iih girls from other parts of the province id that they would feel free to ask questions id to express their oWn views in discussions. Dr. W. A. Young represented the President ' the University, Dr. J. D. MacLachlan, in elcorning the girls to the campus. He iiietched the development of the university which began with the purchase of a farm 71d converting the farm house into the On- filrio Agricultural College in 1874. In 1904 i‘x’lacdonald Institute was set up on the campus. find in 1922 the Ontario Veterinary Collegeâ€" ‘hough the Veterinary College had been in ope oration in Toronto for forty years pI'EViOUS to this. In 1964 Wellington College, a college 0f arts and sciences was added and the fedâ€" Grated colleges became the University of Gu‘ilPh- This university was unique, Dr. Young said, in that a had been designed to Serve rural people and he assured the confer- ence that this service would continue. 4 AKING THE MOST OF YOU” was FALI. 1955 Making the Most of You Later Dr. Young spoke on the conference theme. “Making the Most of You". He said that while people do not all have the same opportunities or abilities, everyone has some- thing; and it is the responsibility of each of us to make the most of what We have. He re- ferred to the opportunities in this country where most of our education in school is free. He said, too. that education comes from all the experiences of life: and the only way to measure your success is to judge whether you have made the most of the opportunities available to you. If you don‘t take respon- sibility for yourself you have failed. "Life," he said is a landscaping job. When we are born we. are each given a plot of ground and what we make of it depends on the skill and imagination and hard work of the gar- dener. Perhaps your plot is mainly a stone pileâ€"you can't move it but you can turn it into a rock garden. As an illustration of such an achievement he told the story of how Helen Keller. born blind and deaf. had lived a life that was an inspiration to people all eyer the world. Dr. Young reminded the girls that they were privileged in having ability and good homes and that every privilege carries with it a re- sponsibility. Meeting this responsibility. he said, takes courage, faith in yourself and others and faith in God, because you will need spiritual resources. Dr. Margaret McCready, Dean of Mac- donald Institute. also referred to the confer- ence theme and said that “making the most of you” should imply making the most of 5