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Summer, 1937 l zfigmmfl PROVINCIAL CONVENER HOME AND COUNTRY Published quarterly by The Federated \Vmuoul Inuitqu or on...“ and Ti... quuulu: Branch mymmeui oi .uncuum 0mm EDITORIAL COMMIT-rs]: MN '1‘ J McDowell. Milvmlon Miss M v. rum-u. Whitby. ‘ um u. \cheruIIr-Id. Suponmuudum Women- luslllulcs. Tomniu. thusxs or PluVlNL‘lAL Buuu: Honorary “mum.- in: smut-my The Lady Tweedsmuir. Honorary rm Pmiamu: Mrs. R. 3. Bulletin. Luruu Park. um B. ncDuruiaad. Tiirflnll). Pruidznl: )Irs "r. .v. McDowcll. rice»Prraidenl:. his; Bessie 1. Ross, RR. 2. leckviIIe. Mr; J. H. Cnrscallcn. umomun. _ sin n c. omer. RR. i. For: Willlam. 0mm" on m. cumin-p w. Erase. Lyndhurll. w. Cunningham. wk, 2. Elora. IIowsou. Duntruon. B. Snmella. Rh. 1. Allenlord. sunny. Charlton. DiieL‘Iu": Mrs. E. puny. Haberlé. um, Fred Donna. R. . 3. Brighton. sin. 'r, .v. Newman. borueville. Mrs. W. n. steeper, Noun! Albert. Mrs w, Swaulon. Markdnle Mrs. Lloyd Wilson. emu-m MISS u 1., Schnurr. Linwood, Mrs. John E. Wilcox. Wuodslee. llrs Gus Campbell. Mount Brydgcs. Mn 5, Duke, Port Cnrlinz. in: w R Tait. Rh. 1 Damn, Mrs. G Herrmnnn R. 1. Elm). Rmremry Tn. n- un w B Lenrhcrdnlc. Culdwater. mlvmnn. 2 .F.. symrm (‘urruspoudeuce should he addressed to "HOME and (WITHâ€"FRY" The Women's lusutulo Brunch Parliament Buildmgv. Toronlu. This pa er is :stnhuled throth the score Line! a Branch Women‘s lmmules to [ho \Yomen's Institute memhm EDITORIAL COMMENT VALUE OF DISTRICT ANNUALS No organization of any kind, whet- her of young people, old people, rural or urban, will ever accomplish things worthwhile for the membership indi- vidually or collectively. unless the persons that make up the organila- tion can come together for the pur- pose of discussing matters that make up the aims of the organization and which pertain to the Welfare and happiness of the group. An attempt to under and the objectives of Wo- "101': Institute work and the deter- mination of methods to attain such objectives constitute the important business of district annual meetings. When the programme of a district annual fails to realize that the mem- bers in assembly have this work to accomplish, the district annual falls (70 serve the institute branches in its territory. The successful district an- nu 1 meeting provides time for dis- m in order that the membership may appreciate the significance of all the many phases of growth and devel- opment which are possible in the Women’s Institute programme. The reporting of past activities has long been the traditional function of district annuals. But, if these reports are to be helpful, they should make it p ‘ble for past experience to be a u ful guidance in building more succe ful programmes in the future; otherwise reports may be largely eulogistic dis ationâ€"building up un- warranted se natisfaction. The dis trict annual meeting functions success- fully when it carries reports through to an outlook for the future and lets them serve to help determine new and growing programmes. Proâ€" gramme planning is rapidly becoming the core of the district annual pro- gramme and follows logically the stock taking reports. Approximately 11,300 members of Women's Institutes attended the 98 district annual meetings. In the majority of districts the annual meet- ings were handled more efliciently than the annual meetings of institute branches. Consequently their good ex- ample will help bring better pro- cedures to branch meetings. PROGRESSIVE PROCEDURES AT DISTRICT ANNUALS North Bruce replaced the previous pluu of presenting brunch reports by having the branch secretaries and couvvuers report the ucclnuplisluuents of their respective lines of work to the proper district convcncrs. The district conveners compiled the reports nod presented them at the district meeting. ' I Stm-mont profited from n president 5 report which gave figures showing the growth in Women's Institutes III terms of the number of meetings held, the gain in membership and the increased attendance at the meetings through- out the year. At this district annual the Convener of the standing comnutâ€" tee on health summarized her report under three headings: what Ontario is doing, papers and literature, and funds. She concluded with one sug< gestion for work for the coming year. Russell adopted an excellent pro- cedure when the presiding officer handcd to each district converter. when she gave her report, the name and address of the area convener of the standing committee on which she was working. In the face of this ad- vice it would be diflicult for a district convener to fail to forward her report. North Hastings followed the reports of the standing committees by a dis» cussion period. The discussion leader who had been previously appointed by the district board of directors, asked each Convener to state what she, her- self, I (I actually learned concerning the \v 'k. This started a discu ' on actual facts. North Middlesex carried an a dis- trict annual meeting on schedule time due to the ability of the presiding (-fiicn-r who kept the speakers to their allotted time. The meeting closed promptly at 4 o’clock with enjoyment rather than fatigue uppermost in evoryone’s mind. The elections were held in the morning. Welland gave responsibility to the district directors when arrangements were made for them to answer in turn a list of questions based on the information given in the hand book. Lennox followed the report on girls’ work by a discussion on the ways in which the district ilnstitute might stimulate and help the girls‘ pro- gramme. The discussion concluded by offering encouragement to girls doing excellent work by defraying some of their expenses at the annual Girls’ Conference held in Guelph. North Grenville was fortunate in having a district annual meeting con- ducted according to the best practices of British Parliamentary Procedure. Every delegate and visitor should have profited from observing the skill of the well informed presiding officer. North Renfrew served an appetiz- ing and attractive lunch at the noon hour. The delegates were seated in straight rows of about 20 with the chairs placed back to back. An aisle was left between the rows facing each other. This made it possible to pass the food conveniently and quickly. Each guest was given a plate with a cup of hot and delicious cream soup. Sandwiches were passed. When this course was finished the dishes were removed and tea and cake were passed. The healthful and delicious food was appreciated by everyone. The serving was excellently organized and the simple lunch was far more enjoyable than the heavily laden tables of mis- cellaneous dishes which make so much Work for the branch entertaining the district annual. Many districts should be commend- ed on their practice of distributing printed or stencilled programmes of the annual meeting to the delegates. It helps to give a better understanding of the responsibilities of tho meeting. Districts in which eliicient branch secretaries had forwarded complete annual statements were able to pre- sent proper auditors' reports at the MARY WRIGHT KNOWS WHAT TO DO Mnry Wright was enjoying the nicest week of the summer. Her fricnd Agnes was making her unnuul visit. As usual, they chnttlcd from brcukfnst until bedtime. And it wua‘n: ' tnlk. They comp cmon m liltllicr to their mutqu bcncflt. Agncs contributed u wcll storm-«l and ripened miml gained by l-xtcnslve rcuding and the living of a full llfo. She could not becomo hcnvy m the face of Mury’s cnthusinsms imd cnd- less plans for futurc ucti itics. She was interested, too, in what the com- munity whcrc she had lived as u chlld was doing. Mary tried to keep her up-to»ilntc. "We are going to have a short course in Meal Planning this full". Mary announced. “It is living orgnn- ized through the co-nporutwn of our local Women's Institute and the Wo- men's Institute Branch of thc Dcâ€" purtmcnt of Agriculture". "I suppose that will menu thnt you, as local secretary. will have somd ad- ditional responsibilities", ventured Agnes. “Oh, yes", replied Mary. “und I nm going to sue that our brunch lives up to our obligations. You see we really enter into n contract with tho Depart- ment of Agriculture. The local insti- tutr is responsible for the meeting place, and keeping it properly cleaned, lighted and ventilated. We also have to do the publicity and secure a mini» mum regular attendance of at least 20. The ro-sponsibility of the Depart- ment in this partnership undertaking is to supply a teacher, pay her travel- ling expenxes and furnish the printed and stencilled informative materials used for distribution." “That is a very clear division of responsibility”, commented Agn "I should think it would work out well. Local p rticipation and responsibility is neccs v for the surccss of n local enterpr e.“ “Yet, it is said Mary. “The De- partment alu 5 live up tn its part by sending the instructor. but sometimes the local institute sort of shifts the responsibility from one member to an- other aml in the end they "let George do it." Of course, the lncal course suffers if the hall is dirty and badly heated. and the Women of the com- munity can’t take the advantage of the opportunity if they don’t know about it. 1f we don't have a regular attendance of twenty, we haven’t lived up to_our contract. I am certainly not gomg to let that happen.” _ “What are you going to do about It?" queried Agnes. _ “I ani going to see that a committee is appointed to take care of our re~ sponsibilities to the short course and that reliable members are on it. It seems to me that it would not be quite fair not to do what we have contracted to do”, replied Mary. “well, certainly", said Agnes "if your insttitute dies not do its part your par ner in t e " I right to withdraw." enterprhe has the "We don’t want that to h " responded Mary in a firm voicgpp‘flrl’e’ applied ‘for this course because we wanted it. We need it. We are going to take full responsibility for our part. We should have a regular at- tendance of at least sixty”. (Continued’from Col. 2). annual meeting This should b . e the :‘i‘gaigfll' procedure at all district an~ Each year election of ‘ _ om being scheduled in the mDmlf'legrSSEISs- slon .of‘more district annual meetings and it is a desirable practice. Nomin: atmg committees which have been filigli‘ulldy tselected to represent the e _ is not are bein us extensively and usually Ere hiiptiilai: securing a good group of ofllcers. unions, in RECOMMENDS STUDY OF HOMEMAKING In rc-nrrnnglng the re 0 economic: it occurred topmr: iii?” might try to have a clearer illun w? what we are ho lug to accomplish l? Hill: brunchd dial: in work. i y ct us ec c what. In 4 meant by the use of the wncriln'lllxénly Elma". Economic; has bccn MllllUI‘; t c scmnce 0 rod ' ‘ wealth. p “mun "M We have certain typcs and problems of national importance that on con sidered economic problems and ur’ dealt with by govrnmonts. Wu hqu economic guestions in labour and trullg . ustrlal disputes, profit ~hur. mg and changing methods of Iflufi. mesa. We have Economic Sch"..- Poiiticnl Economics and many lulu-I; divisions. all of which have thl‘ir place in world affairs. An economic up)" of thin I~ was made possible when men rcn used they had to depcml upon one another in the expansion nl' nmr. kets and tho proper division of humm- E_conomics as commonly boon ilix It]: cd into four parts: production, ill-m. bution, exchange and CDII$IJIII|lllIIn Tho welfare of each of these rl'lulcg‘ to the activities of the others and in". stitutcs an advance in the pmng . ill the Whole community. After taking all this into clumlur. atinn, it would seem that our prulih-ms us homomokers might be studied under the head of Home Economics. Home Economics is a phrase used to dew l' :1 subject of study which might l u been called Home Economy. Responsibility of Institute Brunt-h The cxtcnsinn work carricd rm by the Institute Branch of the [Mim- incnt of Agriculture under the Im‘ZlI lender plnn makes for n broudm nut- [onk and leads to the possibillll‘ ul rc=eurch. It helps to ensurc u {we educational programme and l . Enlunble knowledge useful to the r A . BF. To raise the standard of honn-m ll:- making as a'profcssion is highly ml- portnnt. Bringing efilcicncy mm the home is in well worthwhile pm l for any branch. After all, tlii- the purpose in organizing In~luu 3 forty years ago. We surely ll" wt think the home less important t lay than at that time. Alwriter has said: "When limpe- kcepmg becomes a science as w. ll as an art, when it is based on mm ure- ments of these, then it bow-nus worthy of the best brains and highest endeavour". We take our homemnhlng too much as a means of merely Wing. . One outstanding or each outstand- ing homemaker in the communi_ is an asset to that community as Wt un- consciously follow her examva in many ways. “'9 make a study of Clothing and Textiles; Foods and Nutrition: Hausâ€" mg and Household Arts; Economics and Management of the Home. Clothing and Textiles A large part of our income is . ‘nl on clothing. It is our duty to ho c 3 knowledge of textiles to get “11‘” f"? our money. In studying this din- SlDI’I stress the patronizin of reliable firms, the wise choice 0% materials, calours, etc. Exercise great care In the selection of designs. Most of “5 have had the experience of buying materials that were the value and me next year strictly passe. After the first year the wearin of a Elma" ‘71 this type gives and an appearance 0‘ being unsuitany dressed. Nutrition Wo‘ stress in our study of food its selection in relation to health nml its Preparation. Science tells us that food 15 a very in grunt factor in the health and well hung at our 13901719- When planning ‘ ‘ tho occulJflII‘m (Contin ' ‘