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At Mocdonold Institute, . N TUESDAY EVENING JUNE 27. 1967. two hundred girls with the average age of seventeen, representing all the ounties and districts in Ontario gathered on ' e lovely lawns at the University of Guelph. é hese girls were all feeling various degrees of ‘trangeness for many of them had never been fiar away from home before and most of them iound themselves sharing a room with a girl horn they had never seen before. But all of ese girls had a common interest. They were U members of the Ontario 4H Homemaking lubs. They had all been chosen for their chievements in their club work and because i}: campus at the University of Guelph for the 1' irls‘ Conference for 4H Homemaking Club embers. In the give and take of games. planned by ‘ome Economists, Miss Rosemary Clark. Miss .7 ra McCormick and Miss Katharine Cowâ€" rough, the strangeness soon wore off and new Viendships were developing. When it was too ark on the lawns (and the mosquitoes got too “othersome) the girls moved to the basement 5 Memorial Hall and were divided into ' cups. The ingenuity of these girls was dem‘ striated when they were given bathroom and {racial tissue and pins, and totd to make a dress :‘u one of their groups. The giggles told of ai- fun the girls were having and the costumes reduced, ranged from mini skirts to long "taborate wedding gowns. There were no It angers when the lights went out at 10 p.m. » ll. 1967 You and Canada’s Centennial left to right Teresa Olsheskie, Renfrew; Dr. Margaret McGready, Deon; Darlene Cope- land, South Simcoe; Ruthonn Webster, Victoria. Photo courtesy Ontario Dept. 0t Agriculture and Food. On Wednesday morning Miss Jean Scott. Supervisor. Junior Extension. Home Econom- ies Branch officially welcomed the girls to the Conference. Miss Scott told the girls that there are 13,000 4H (‘ltth girls in Ontario and 80,â€" 000 in Canada. * i '1' The mind stretched by a new idea never returns to the same dimension. * i i R. MARGARET MCCREADY, Dean D of Women at Muedonald lnstitttlt.‘ wel- comed the girls and invited them to tour Maedonald Institute. She explained the spring semester at the University and something of the education available there. Part of the work of the Home Economist, Dr. MeCready said. is teaching and assisting people in choosing from the vast array of products. with enticing packaging. that are on the market today. In referring to young people and their prob- lems Dr. MeCrcady quoted George Bernard Shaw who said, “Youth. that old thing! It is too good to be wasted on young people." Dr. MeCready continued. “Parents are puzzled as to how to deal with their growing Children. Students are not slow now in voicing their ap- proval or disapproval of anything. Lecture methods are no longer adequate. students must now be involved. All of these things are a part of our changing world." Education is a social responsibility in Can‘ adu." concluded Dr. MeCready. 'IS