Elora Road North WI Tweedsmuir Community History, Volume 1, 1799-1969, page 14

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9 -- ra in dn t n Inirmcmage Wt en in enc 0nR d -- N 00 +9 0500040 OOR P28 7 o > co--aopmcaian :{._;y:.r_:'»- m P e es s l o ND mm .w ln sls o --idlt ¥¢. d g e ~|ADE T'Afi;&?} ODLEss _ ?fii. 7 n ie V x.. | \& ', ' 3 ® <l R t l s l Lie zsc 1 2e --------~ ' J t 6 ESS * ntinued from page 17 . + -- wl a -- amrrap, Wds s in copies of Mrs. Hoodless' addresses, e d thap sholaimist ncarinbly linked: to: gi€ i ¢ e ; yether a woman's responsibilities as a leS } p '-':fi'_""' homemaker and as a citizen. So it is B . 0 V ;\ < isA L!-;';;*.;; entirely in keeping with her plans that h J"{u_t,#:zg"' 4 the institutes now have standing com-- teuaid 1 R¥ .,3--;{;? P mittees on such things as Social Wel-- 1 e . es ctrs fare and Citizenship, running from a p a n Yatlhe woman's part in the local school see-- gt e --<ol tion right up to international affairs. 2/ / / // » And if Adelaide Hoodless could know : {,{ e] 2 Che that the Ontario institutes this year ? door EL y asked the Government for a course in 3 ' £ 12 Culture, I think she might say, "That's > h . Ap the sort of thing I had in mind for -((/ trruwrrd Cns ige tA in + 'the uplifting of the home.'"' / > The Spiri Homemaking // p 2 1 h"p 9 s J $ c ups Fo oo 205 n her own homemaking, Mrs Redt ( 7 C Hoodless must have been closely in {A Bhe with (home economica' present W trend toward simplicity and an appre-- ciation of the intangibles. A daughter says: "As a homemaker she was an in-- P {. R spiration. Our old home was open /A dion ie » house and she was the gracious centre # '! e ' P s _ around which everything revolved. / ) 40. j rct J¢§,' Mother had travelled widely and there Sp efi w h 4 _efH 4&?"1" w always i}:\t&:'e;fing people cnming Ese ) N® f eb i+ s and going--she had a stimulating am 1 L ,;7'@75',?3" R lovable) personalily: that drewlyoung M a Ho e y B ~/ Vieke and old alike. Yet she seemed to have (e) Ay \o time for everything. She used to say [¥ T x3 g 'Women must learn not to wast ZX.CC ,\\ P valuable time on non--essentials', and 0 \\I C I think much of her success was due w 2M e to her wise cholce of essentials and \(-*' YE 23 her concentration on them'". | < bz--£ C o | _ In the early days of MacDonald } ag>) fl'" Institute there was some little con-- | cou :' | troversy over Mrs. Hoodless' determin-- /( !l ation to have "Ethics in the Home" Caorg _ _/ included in the course of study. She /| argued that more attention should be _ TT menpAate--i«« -- 7 1 } given to the "spirit" of homemaking. | \ f 4 Admank And her family remember that once, > / 3€ \ after she had addressed the students of ) ( # 2 ( UHIAMeTed o college in the States, the president . Beab,... MM tLtae. t TT MBEREE ssig: "I would giv;a very]ldib;;rfll salary 5 & x 1 is CMBH§ to any woman who wou ring into k. AJ VP ':,' B¥ my college the spirit which you have s < nerp /A 3M L0 PZ 3. "4 introduced into the education of wom-- "a : /)/ /Ba/ L/ k // en in regard to homemaking". Per-- Fifu® --_cze # f _--_| wW#zee T haps in her work in her own country Nt sy! L 7 besas o i " Ey this "epirit' was her greatest contri-- o 42 / /07, &7 i c' 1 | 4 io 11. 7 7 © _ § bution of a '%L 7 /N// //Q/ S An Educationist Ahead of Her [ W / M i D Time / A ) T ks As an educationist Mrs. Hoodless (/ e M ) I was years ahead of her time. Fifty-- ,/9//;0 tm 4 L/{ d/" ; five years ago, in an article on New n soemnrzaZ, EP Aae8L a Methods of Education, she wrote: o m ainniZc d i "The traditional idea of emphasiz-- A C n seeesl ing the classics as a basis of all culture f has been a difficult one to combat. At -- | the present day there is conflict be-- g y é M a 4 e -- ] tween the idea of personal freedom w ts .i o c . 7 j f ; and the organization of the social life. MA k 382 § < Our writer says: 'The ultimate de-- * e o o y¥3 m yB velopment of personal freedom leads h -;& ""'"a | R P p-- / to anarchy, and the final development 9 s ty / u. i( A : /é j of organization to socialism.' What 4 uhC e en / M y -' 1 ue 1 must be done is to develop to the fullest bur: d wt m oe extent the two great social forces, / RFc '2.',-:_&: he) s ~ oR J 2 ) education and organization, so as to . | M o t k o > ©3 | secure for each individual the highest 6 PP ~@| s B {4 degree of advancement." 9e in h) ) Without doubt, Adelaide Hoodless T _ Cl : ) had the far--sighted vision of the & k. PP vioneer. She had also the pioneer's > e ... \Wes | a hardships. Speaking at a celebration -- * "C [ < t ; ) of MacDonald Institute's . twenty-- _-- fifth anniversary, her son mentioned & Cd t O URNBSWNE this in a very moving tribute to his v oo m Pioo uitc Wl O oo mother, He said: T k',' lb 0 "After a bitter fight Mother suc-- perpmms iemeippmnrrey . on o ereroitsinmmmersnrmentorenes omm a ceeded in having domestic science in-- Tc mike 1 CRA cesc in ons to® es ts ; ifi troduced in the Hamilton schools. fapas JC Ag z. E4 SLINH Tess " oon S MJ Today one can hardly conceive that s mt f rasike & the attacks made upon her could have . | * 4 occurred. She was derided in the press a prrctrtnttene M PR Wb oWiigetmererarmeisne==moweoit and from the platform as one of those com ooz s d espised. 'ne nnnnrd We W

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