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paid them to provide some entertainment for the others. The question of dealing with Motions came up, and the advice from the panel was to read the Hand Book and note everything about Motions. Specific points for presidents to keep in mind are: that you cannot have discussion on any matter until you have had a Motion from the floor # Motion means “the right to discuss"; a Motion must be moved and sec onded before discussion; the President must make the diseussion stick to the point; memâ€" bers should express their views in the meet ing and not on the street corner afterwards The President stands, repeats a Motion and puts it to the meeting. She counts the votes and records the decision as carried or lost. Except in the case of courtesies or an expres- sion of sympathy, the President must call for a negative vote so that every member may have a chance to express her views on a question. Concerning the duties of a President, the women were again advised to read the Hand Book. Special points mentioned by the panel were that a President must “know her job,” must be enthusiastic and tactful, must believe in her organization and must be constantly trying to improve her own branch. The Presi- dent always presides at the opening and closing exercises though a convener may have charge of the rest of a program. A President is a teacher for the Vice-President and during her term of office she should give the Vice- President an opportunity to conduct a meet- ing or two. Finally, a President should use her own originality and should not be afraid to be different. She must follow correct pro- cedures but she can do this in her own way. “And”, said a panel member, “everyone has her own way.” Discussing programs, the panel agreed that women come to an Institute meeting to learn something and to be sociable. A member sug- gested that we might think of a program as a rectangle with the two long sides edu- cational and cultural and the two short sides practical and social. Our objective should be to have every program so good that women won’t want to miss it. Other recommendations were to try to have several people take part in every program, to use flannelgrapbs and blackboards and visual aids and to have more demonstrations and discussions. Someone suggested having each standing committee convener speak for two minutes at each meetâ€" ing and it was decided that since time is so precious, if this were done the talks should take the nature of current events in the field of the committeemfor example, at the meeting last May the health convener might have reâ€" ported the polio vaccine neWS. These brief reports would not take the place of the full programs planned by converters. The printed (or typed) program for the year should contain the name of the branch and the district, the officers of the branch and the district, and the conveners. Each monthly 14 program should be given in fun mlh t topics and the names of those takinu .he Someone said, “These programs are yotiy MEL 1icity material; let them tell the whole of your activities.” ' 0” Financing was another matter for dist-WSW A panel member said, “The Institute it, not supposed to be a money raising organwmon but we have to have some funds. We ,,.,_ m, educational organization; then let us i~;i»_..',,,,,‘ money through educational devices [3,. . branch you could have a happy time “mm: on a play, giving it in a number of plain. Hm so adding to your treasury. One bran. 1', m, on a minstrel Show and raised $500, mm,“ have had good results from variety Cram-15“ Another Institute made $400 in on rear through “hobo teas.” ' Good Public Relations, it was 511: alt-r1 could be developed through having gt)de social time at meetings. For games all (on. tests, the book “Games and Parties tl'i \‘i-ai- Round" by Nellie Lewis, was recomi «led The panel stressed the point that even, ,,.m_ her is a public relations person; that wk. Hum cultivate a pride in our organizatir and should let nothing interfere with our ind. ance at its meetings; that we should :t- a member appointed to get our news it The press and on the radio; that we should iman our money on our own work, such as s tldy. ships; if we appoint a woman to repre i L15 in another organization we should be 5‘ ~ill5 will attend their meetings. Courtesy goes a long way in public rt ions one member declared â€" courtesy am the members, courtesy to guest speakers. .' to find out in advance of the meeting ’1! a guest speaker’s expenses will be, and ‘ for if there is one, so that the money can put in an envelope and given without quesz s at the time of the meeting. For greater it will- ness at meetings a co-hostess may be ap; and to help the hostese when the meeting ‘lE‘iEi in a home. Gifts to officers as a ret: fur service were considered less satisfacto: "hurl paying expenses where these are incui i. 01' giving a secretary an honorarium. Finally the discussion got back to pro ans. Some of the suggestions were to war for People in the community with rial information, for example, the Vii rian Order Nurse; to watch for people with hobbies, people who travel. Have "30k reviews. Be watchful for new trend: Hill as the trend toward larger kitchen: ‘iew trends in child guidance. Study a counti 01' R continent; just now we might be intere: il in studying Ceylonâ€"its geography, inch: Hes. people, customs, government. Mrs. Futcher closed the discussion \' h 3 word on our relations with other peoplr She recalled a conversation with a woman mm Lebanon who said she hated the word ’ W31" ance“; it seemed like merely putting up Hm People. “In the Story of the Good Samarium," Mrs. Futcher said, “the Samaritan showa-il 1191 tolerance but compassion and love.” Thi; .itti- HOME AND COUNTRY