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Introducing Our New Editor By Ethel Chapman, with the Home Economics Branch eight years ago, the Director, Miss McKercher asked me to continue editing Home and Country for a while. In the words of the popular song Miss McKercher practi- cally said “You'll stay till it’s time for you to go.” And about a year ago I decided that this winter it would be time for me to go. Editing Home and Country has been an altogether happy experience; and I don’t feel that I am saying good bye to my Institute friends be- cause I will be following what you are doing and meeting you sometimes I hope. The Home Economics Branch has been very fortunate in securing the services of Mrs. Maryn Pardy as the new editor. Mrs, Pardy is already well known to many Institute mem- bers. She grew up on a farm near Mt. Brydges in Middlesex county. taught public school for a few years. was married and went to live in North Western Ontario. then returned to Mt. Brydges. She has three children. all married: and has been a widow since 1955. when she returned to school teaching. In the past few months Mrs. Pardy has had an interesting ex- perience working with the Jubilee Guilds of Newfoundland. WHEN I RETIRED from full time work Mrs. Mnryn Pordy, newly appointed Editor of Home and Country. Mrs. Pardy thoroughly understands Women's Institute work. having held a variety of of- fices and convenerships from Branch Presi- dent to Member of the Provincial Board: and she has a wise. warm interest in the organizaâ€" tion. Along with this she has a flair for writ- ing and considerable experience. Some of our readers will have read her published chil- dren‘s stories and poetry. After seeing a good deal of her work. I know that the coming issues of Home and Country will be alive with interest and information. I‘m looking forward to them myself. miliar with Dr. McCready's progressive program for Macdonald Institute, Because of the grow- ing need of professional home economists in a steadily increasing variety of fields. and be- cause limited accommodation at the Institute makes it necessary to reject a great many applicants every year: the one-year Diploma or “Homemaker” course was transferred to Kemptville Agricultural School, a few years ago. Accommodation is still inadequate for the many applicants who would particularly like to take their degrees at this school. But this is not news to Institute members. Many have daughters who are Macdonald graduates; many others know the disappointment of‘hav- ing a daughter rejected because there is no room for her. > Ontario Institute women have other links with Macdonald Institute. For years we have enjoyed the hospitality of “the O.A.C.“. now WINTER 1 967 Guelph University. for conventions and con ferenees. The campus seems like home to us. We feel we have a stake in the school be- cause the founder of the Women‘s Institute movement was also cofounder of Macdonald Institute: and she could visualize the two working together for better homes and a betâ€" ter family life. (Even Mrs. Hoodless could scarcely have imagined how far this would go with Institute women and home economics graduates carrying on our present program for girls' 4»H Homemaking Clubs.) 50 the Women's Institutes are not unaware of the heritage that is theirs in Macdonald Instiâ€" tute. Now that the whole University of Guelph is in a campaign to raise funds for expansion it is not surprising that the Institutes \\ ant to do something for that part of the University that seems especially their owm the school of home economics. Macdonald Institute. 17