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On Guard For Thee Miss Louise Moclnnes (centre) Home Economist with the Home Economics Branch, representing the French mothers in the pageant; Mrs, Dekkers, Miss Anne Smith; and John Dekkers, Holland; Mrs. Enlinhistle representing the English mothers, Photo courtesy On- tario Dept. of Agriculture and Food. 185 ROSEMARY CLARK, supervisor, M County and District Home Econ- omists, Home Economics Branch was the chairman of the Wednesday evening ses- sion of the Conference. An outstanding fea- ture of the whole Conference was the pageant “On Guard For Thee.“ This pageant was writ- ten by the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews and directed by Miss Lois Smith and Miss Frances Lampman. clothing specialists with the Home Economics Branch of the On- tario Department of Agriculture and Food, assisted by Mrs. Ralph Kidd of the University of Guelph. Narration was by Miss Frances Hucks also a specialist with the Home Eco- nomiCS Branch. The theme of the pageant was the contribu- tion of the pioneer mothers in the early days of settlement of Canada. Characters represent- ing Canadian Indian, French, English, Scotâ€" tish. Dutch. Scandinavian. German, Negro. Italian. Slovakian and Jewish mothers, dressed in authentic costumes were in the cast. A new 4H Club film. “Learn to Do by D0- ing." completed the evening entertainment. Miss Nina Burnhom, representing the In- dian mothers in the Pageant. "On Guard For Thee", â€"- Photo courtesy Ontario Dept. of Agriculture and Food. Nutrition, Yesterday and Today R. JANET WARDLAW, A“. mm D Professor of Nutrition at Macdons r| In stitute spoke to the Conferencc ninu the subject “Nutrition, Yesterday and um Using a blackboard chart Dr. Wardl ,5. volved the girls in her lecture by km, questions and recording the girls’ answt- Th; way the girls responded was a tribute l :tm‘r intelligence and keen thinking. From th .illtl’l it could be seen that the subject of m .‘m brings together many areas of study a: a.“ the whole field of Home Economics _nn. cerned with the environment of man ant :tn‘t relation to it. “In 1900 an orange was a Christi-n. rm but modern transport and modern stor. tn. made many more foods available to L: Dr Wardlaw said. “Modern methods of pr rm! and packaging should mean that diets i :m. ada meet all the nutritional needs. But » it, not so in the developing countries." “There is a distinct link between 1cm deficiency and the ability to learn. The Inn. of our food affects our susceptibility .ln- 3! ease, the speaker warned the confers] it if 'k \VORDS FROM “SONG OF PEACI This is my home, the country where my hear Here are my hopes, my dreams. my holy shr: But other hearts in other lands are beating \Vith hopes and dreams as true and high as I My country's skies are bluer than the ocean And sunlight beams on clover leaf and pine, But other lands have sunlight, too, and clou And skies are everywhere as blue as mine, Oh, hear my song, thou God of all the natinl A song of peace for their land and for mine. . 7 l, .. “is In Memorial halt left to rightâ€"Beth Crago, "'l“ Bonnie Olliffe, Peel; Dr. Janet Wurdlaw‘ Mo: ‘O'd IDSlilUTe; lois Chapman, Algornu. Photo courteu 0” turio Dept. of Agriculture and Food. HOME AND cob“ 'TR"