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Our Heritage in Macdonald Institui = TUTES naturally feel that they have a heritage in Macdonald Institute. When Adelaide Hoodless persuaded Sir William Mac- donald to give the funds to build this school of Home Economics â€" they called it Domes~ tic Science then â€"â€" she had a triple purpose in mind. First she wanted a school where farmers' daughters could study home ecoâ€" nomics for the betterment of their own homes. Second. she could foresee the need of trained teachers to carry homemaking education to the new organization for rural women, the Women's Institutes. Already the Institutes were asking for such help and the very limited numâ€" ber of home economists available in the province had received their training either in the United States or at what was called the “Ontario Normal School of Domestic Science and Art”. This school had been opened in Hamilton in 1900 through the influence of Mrs. Hoodless with the Y.W.C.A., the Hamilâ€" ton City Council, the Ontario Department of Education and a number of wealthy friends. (The school later merged with Macdonald Insti- tute.) Mrs. Hoodless was also crusading to have Domestic Science taught in public schools â€" a beginning had already been made in the schools of Hamilton: and if this was to be extended. numbers of Domestic Science gradu- ates would be required as teachers. Again a school was needed as a teachers‘ training ground. There were difficulties in financing THE ONTARIO WOMEN'S INSTI- * 'k * IN A MUSEUM By Carrie A. Hall Rare old quilt, of faded hue â€" Once a bride‘s most precious treasure Hidden in her downer-chest. Loving hands that fashioned you Stitch by stitch, in careful measure Long ago, are now at rest. Your patches tell a wondrous story Of treasured scraps and handicraft; Of love and home. and dreams come true. For honored guests your pattern'd glory, Enfolding them, caressing, soft â€" And baby hands have lightly touched you. Now you're worth your weight in gold To lie in state your onIy duty, In pleasant ways your lot is cast And to the world your tale is told. To those who love your patterned beauty You recreate the fragrant past. ’ 'k * it 16 the Hamilton institution so Mrs. Hood looked about for other possibilities. Her was a student at the Ontario Agricultural ( lege at Guelph and she knew the Prcsi. Dr, James Mills. She discussed her pml with Dr. Mills and he encouraged her to to find funds for a building which could located at the O.A.C. Mrs. Hoodless took appeal to William Christopher Macdonald. lionairc tobacco manufacturer; the funds provided and Macdonald Institute was up in 1903. At this time Miss Mary Uric Watson, :1 tive of Ayr, Ontario was principal of Hamilton School of Domestic Science and and she moved with the School to Guclpi become the first principal of Macdonald i tute. Miss Watson had an extensive Cducn for a young woman of her day, with pest gr. ate studies at Columbia University. She h.i natural aptitude for home economics. 1 standards for her students and a progrc outlook. Some years after her retiremcr 1920, she expressed her special interest in expansion of practical education in home r agcmcnt and child study at Macdonald l lute. When Miss Olive Cruickshank of Wing} the second principal came to Macdonald I. tute in 1921 there was a growing demand graduates and for more professional traii Some of the shorter courses were disconiiv and most of the students entered the ' year Associate Course. An outstanding p of Miss Cruickshank’s work was the den ment of very streamlined food labornlo much in advance of what was commol other schools of home economics at that i: In 1941 Macdonald Institute was closed a school. to provide accommodation for the Force: and Miss Cruickshank took a “fir-l position with the Dominion Government r- her sudden and untimely death in 194:4. When the Institute was re-opcned after war. Miss Dorothy Lindsay. now Mrs. Fi Walden. came as Associate Director. She the heavy duty of helping to get the build renovated after its military occupation. this time. in 1946-47. there were no prv- sional courses. only a oncâ€"ycar Diplv Course: but the staff worked with an Au“ 0W Committee to plan a four~yeur DC}r Course which was introduced in 19-18 with 1 Margaret McCready as principal. Ontario Women‘s Institute members are HOME AND COUN?